Another deposit into the "Cool Dad" bucket...

The OTHER Kevin in San Diego wrote:

This may sound egotistical, but I am by far the coolest dad at my
kid's school..

Now that was a good story.

I can just picture you daughter in school tomorrow during the lunch
break listening to the other kids bragging about what they did with
their days on fathers day.

Well we went to the farmer's market....

Well we went to the beach......

Well we went to a stock car race.....

I took my dad out for a pepsi and we flew out by helicopter.

Talk about bragging rights.

"The OTHER Kevin in San Diego" skiddz "AT" adelphia "DOT" net wrote in
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Yesterday was a big deposit into the "Cool Dad" bucket.. I took my 11
year old daughter for a ride in a helicopter.

Man, what a cool story. Really made me smile. Sounds like you've got the
makings of a pilot in that little one.

Si

The OTHER Kevin in San Diego wrote:

I quietly sneak to the instructor's station to watch.

As she's landing, she's verbalizing what I'd said on the 1st landing
and damned if she didn't set the thing down by herself!

Now some fathers would storm in and bark.... let's go.

Other fathers would keep quiet, put a **** eating grin on their faces
and enjoy the moment with pride for all it was worth.

Don't be surprised when you wake up one day and realize you have a
flying family.

Doesn't get any better than that.

"The OTHER Kevin in San Diego" skiddz "AT" adelphia "DOT" net wrote in
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As she's landing, she's verbalizing what I'd said on the 1st landing
and damned if she didn't set the thing down by herself!

She can't flay accurately and can't even come close to hitting her
target when she lands, but she can be in the sim for an hour and not
"crash" a single time. granted it's nothing like the real thing, but
still it's impressive.



Be careful, Kevin, you're liable to be working for her some day! :-)

Fly Safe,
Steve R.

The OTHER Kevin in San Diego wrote:

Middle daughter will never fly. She's such a girly-girl it's not even
funny. I can see the oldest wanting to learn and my son is definitely
interested.

Well every FBO and flying business needs a front counter person.

And if she's going to be a girly-girl then put here on the counter.

The OTHER Kevin in San Diego wrote:

I'd be afriad some of those stick-jockeys might want to date her - and
we all know how pilots really are. hehehe

Well as long as they don't want her to join the mile high club on
company time don't sweat it.

The OTHER Kevin in San Diego wrote:

it's way too busy to even be thinking about sex in a helicopter.

Well you can think about it.

So has your flying schedule kinda toned and slowed down or are you
still going flat out.

So when you take your daughter or a friend out for that
four hundred dollar hamburger what do they charge you for the
helicopter rental.

The OTHER Kevin in San Diego wrote:

$185/hour for the R22.

So what does an R44 rent for and do you have any idea what something
like a bell 206 would rent for.

And I suppose I should ask if these are student prices or over the
counter prices that anyone qualified would pay to rent a machine.

The OTHER Kevin in San Diego skiddz "AT" adelphia "DOT" net wrote in
:

This may sound egotistical, but I am by far the coolest dad at my
kid's school.. I go on every field trip and school event, have missed
ONE basketball game since my daughter began playing on the team and am
on a 1st name basis with ALL the soccer moms and school staff.. 2
weeks ago I bought my son his 1st 4wheeler (ATV) and have been
teaching him how to ride almost every night after work..

Yesterday was a big deposit into the "Cool Dad" bucket.. I took my 11
year old daughter for a ride in a helicopter.

I mostly lurk here, but I had to respond to this one. That is one of the
koolest stories I have read in years. The CRQ - F70 trip sounds
interesting. I live in the SD area, and have driven the trip a couple of
time, but have never flown it. As an aside, all my helo time is crew in
UH-1Ns in the 70s in Maine.

Dave in Lakeside

"The OTHER Kevin in San Diego" skiddz "AT" adelphia "DOT" net wrote in
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On Tue, 21 Jun 2005 00:22:55 GMT, SHIVER ME TIMBERS
wrote:

The OTHER Kevin in San Diego wrote:

I quietly sneak to the instructor's station to watch.

As she's landing, she's verbalizing what I'd said on the 1st landing
and damned if she didn't set the thing down by herself!

Now some fathers would storm in and bark.... let's go.

I've been guilty of that at times.

Other fathers would keep quiet, put a **** eating grin on their faces
and enjoy the moment with pride for all it was worth.

That was definitely me that afternoon..

Don't be surprised when you wake up one day and realize you have a
flying family.

Middle daughter will never fly. She's such a girly-girl it's not even
funny. I can see the oldest wanting to learn and my son is definitely
interested.

Doesn't get any better than that.

Nope. I'd say I got lucky with this bunch. Who needs a winning
lottery ticket? Oh wait.. What the hell am I saying!!??

The best moment ever was when my 8 year old son asked me if I could
teach him to fly some day..

One year when we were on holiday at our place in Sweden, my (then) 10 year
old son showed some interest in the RC heli's, so I connected him up to the
transmitter (in a tray around his neck) gave him the "This stick does this,
that stick does that" thing and took off with his hands covering the sticks.
Then I told him to take over anf cuk me, he bloody well did. My missus was
totally dumbfounded when I waled away from him, leavinghim flying 2 grand
worth of gear. (UK money too, it's REAL money at 2'5 dollars to the pound in
those days)

He flew in an absolutely perfect hover, landed, took off, flew up the field,
turned it round and flew it nose in back to himself, then landed (yes, I
know, ********!! , but he did and I've still got the pics the misus took on
display at home)

He didn't fly again until he was 14, when I got him a heli for Christmas
that year and by the beginning of February he was flying inverted figure
eights and inverted nose in hovers were "nothing" to him, plus he was
already walking out to help guys who were struggling to cope with their new
toys. He also flew a glider when he was 10 and he did pretty good at that
too, but then of course, girls and cars. The rest, as they say... :-)


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