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Dave J wrote:

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.

My son has been flying since he was few months old and my daughters
since they were a few years old. My son (now 9) loves flying, one
of my daughters (6) is ok with it, and the other (6) doesn't like
it at all. My sister steals one of my kids on the weekends I have
them, so when she takes the one that doesn't like flying, I usually
take the other two up.

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!

My kids have been plenty excited to go up in 1970s Cherokees, but
after awhile started asking to go up in a Cessna for something
different. The 1970s 172 was a big treat for them. The funny
mechanical instruments makes it easier to introduce one instrument
at a time to them.

John, also at PAO
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John Clear - http://www.clear-prop.org/