A Scary Prospect -- What to do?

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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"borrowing the plane"? I mean, it's not quite the same as letting him
take
the pickup down to the corner grocery...


Apparently the insurance companies think he's a bigger risk in the truck
than the plane.

-cwk.

what is there about your current situation that could possibly lead you
to believe you have not passed any possible option long ago?? unless
you can give him to the gypsies (they refused both of mine!) the boy is
just going to fly that plane and that's all there is to it. i'll bet
you still think of it as "your" airplane too, don't you? ha!

dan (congrats..sounds like you're doin fine)

The Grape carries more gas. Bigger explosive potential.

--
Bob (Chief Pilot, White Knuckle Airways)


"Colin W Kingsbury" wrote in message
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Apparently the insurance companies think he's a bigger risk in the truck
than the plane.

The Grape carries more gas. Bigger explosive potential.

Nope. The Grape carries 55 gallons in the transfer tank, and 15 in the
vehicle's gas tank.

Atlas carries 84 gallons...

Of course, the odds of something hitting the plane are probably less.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay Honeck wrote:

The Grape carries more gas. Bigger explosive potential.

Nope. The Grape carries 55 gallons in the transfer tank, and 15 in the
vehicle's gas tank.

Atlas carries 84 gallons...

Of course, if you keep the tanks full, the potential for explosion is pretty low
in either.

George Patterson
I prefer Heaven for climate but Hell for company.

Thus, we hope he'll be taking flight lessons this summer, assuming all
goes
well with his grades. He thinks he's ready, and I hope he earns his
glider rating before next school year starts.

All well and good, but the magnitude of this endeavor had truly not sunk
in until he quite innocently said:

"Just think, Dad, in two years I'll be able to take a date out in the
plane!"

After I picked my jaw up off the floor, I just laughed -- but this brings
up a serious point that I've never seen addressed here. For those of you
who own aircraft, and have kids that have learned to fly, how did you
handle "borrowing the plane"? I mean, it's not quite the same as letting
him take the pickup down to the corner grocery...

Do you guys let your kids fly your plane?
--
Jay Honeck

Wow! What a conundrum. I doubt any of else can help much with
something as subjective as this. I'm not qualified to cite experiences. My
youngest is 38 and none of the four fly
I'm pretty sure you are level-headed enough to know whether your son is
or isn't the type that would say, "Hey! Watch this!" in order to impress a
peer. That's probably all you need to know. With as much stick time as he
has, I'm also pretty sure he doesn't relate Atlas to an X-Box.
Heeheehee, ain't daddying fun?

I believe the correct saying is: "Here, hold my beer and watch this!"

Casey Wilson wrote:
Wow! What a conundrum. I doubt any of else can help much with
something as subjective as this. I'm not qualified to cite experiences. My
youngest is 38 and none of the four fly
I'm pretty sure you are level-headed enough to know whether your son is
or isn't the type that would say, "Hey! Watch this!" in order to impress a
peer. That's probably all you need to know. With as much stick time as he
has, I'm also pretty sure he doesn't relate Atlas to an X-Box.
Heeheehee, ain't daddying fun?

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:BSuUd.70922$tl3.52178@attbi_s02...
All well and good, but the magnitude of this endeavor had truly not sunk
in until he quite innocently said:

"Just think, Dad, in two years I'll be able to take a date out in the
plane!"

LOL!
My wife and I got a kick out of this!
But, seriously, I let my 6.5 year old fly all the time.
I don't let her take off or land, but she can do steep turns almost by
herself (she's not quite strong enough to keep enough back pressure).
She held a heading from Sacramento to Lake Tahoe.
I can't wait until *she* wants to take a date for a ride in the plane...
Wait...yes I can!

Adam
N7966L
Beech Super III

I can't wait until *she* wants to take a date for a ride in the plane...
Wait...yes I can!

Yeah, right behind my boy is my 11-year old daughter.

Thus far, she has shown little interest in flying -- but that could change .
Then I'll have TWO problems to deal with...

;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

("Jay Honeck" wrote)
"Just think, Dad, in two years I'll be able to take a date out in the
plane!"

No. You take dates to the roller rink, where they have signs up that say: No
Heavy Petting.


I mean, it's not quite the same as letting him take the pickup down to the
corner grocery...

In that purple gasoline tanker?? g

I bet many more answers to your questions will be revealed the closer he
gets to soloing.


Montblack