I made it to the airport for the first time since my son (first child)
was born in May. I did a little PAO-WVI-E16 loop by myself.

I couldn't help but notice that a lot of the Sunday flyers were father/
son or father/daughter teams. Perhaps that's how it's always been, I
just hadn't noticed it before.

It made me wonder, how long did you parental pilots wait to take your
kids up on their first flight? In any case, I've got years to wait! In
the meantime, I get to dress him in airplane themed baby clothes -- of
which he has many.

Dave J

PS -- I guess its heartening that I saw mostly father+youngster rather
than grandfather+youngster teams -- but then again, this was Palo
Alto -- the planes were late model Diamonds, Columbias, and Cirri,
too. Sigh. I wonder how excited my son will be to go up in a 1970's
172 with funny mechanical instruments!