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

"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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