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