Who among us had/has a parent who flew/flies?

On Thu, 22 Sep 2005 23:02:47 GMT, kontiki
wrote:

My Father was a Navy pilot during WWII in the Pacific. He flew TBF
Avengers and PBYs during the war then F4U Corsairs after.

That pretty much ruined any desire to do anything else for me. :^)

john smith wrote:

Just curious how much "trickle-down" aviation there is among us?

My father flew, that is how I got started. We never owned a plane of our
own, only rented. I got my first plane ride when I was three.
He was my first passenger upon passing my PPC checkride and J3 checkout.
I got to fly him to Oshkosh for his first trip there.

My father was also a Navy pilot. Trained in PBY's ("Take off at 100,
cruise at 100 and land at 100") but was deployed as copilot in
PB4Y-1's. He then returned to the states after his first tour to work
up as first officer in PB4Y-2's and was in Hawaii heading for the
front when it ended.

He returned to active service for the Korean war and flew P2V's out of
Kodiak Alaska, patroling along the Aleutian Islands. He was also
checked out in DC-3's DC-4's and DH 125's before deafness required his
retirement from flying.

Took a number of flights with him as a kid and no doubt this fueled my
desire to earn my PPASEL.

Corky Scott

My mom soloed in a Piper cub in 1942. She washed out of the WASP
program due to poor vision. She went to work for Pan Am as a radio
operator in Brownville TX and met my father (an Air Traffic Controller
for the CAA in Balboa, Panama) "over the airwaves" via Morse code in
1944. As a new pilot, I was thrilled to take my mom flying for her 82nd
birthday. She passed away 3 years later. Dad retired from ATC in 1973
after working at Albuqerque Tower Everett, WA tower (PAE), Seattle
Center, and Spokane (WA) Approach.

john smith wrote:
Just curious how much "trickle-down" aviation there is among us?

Bob, my dad was also at Moffet Field. I now have all of his personal and
military aviation records. I need to look at them and see when he was
there. He was an instructor. He had gotten his certificate through the
CPT program. I'll check and post.


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Regards, Ross
C-172F 180HP
KSWI


Bob Chilcoat wrote:
My brothers and I were all Air Force brats. Dad (
http://geocities.com/viewptmd/Dad.html ) joined the Army Air Corps in 1940
or thereabouts. Graduated from Cadet training in October 1941. Lousy
timing. The war started about a month later. Of his class of 250 at Moffet
Field, only 26 survived the war.

All three of us eventually became pilots. I was the last, soloing two weeks
after Dad passed away. I never got to fly with him in the right seat. Sad.