Flying and the New Family

I'd love to take them along but my wife's about 6 months pregnant and my son
won't keep his earplugs in his ears nor will he keep the headset on his
head!

Maybe that's when I'll be able to fly more. I expect some further
degradation of flight hours once the second one is born.

Thanks!

Marco

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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Thoughts?

Take 'em along!

My son has been flying since he was a toddler, and my daughter has flown
since birth. It's somewhat of a military operation, getting them loaded
in
the plane -- but that's no different then EVERYTHING else in your life,
with
little kids.

Just takes more planning....

And it *does* pass. To be replaced by whining, which, in turn, is
supplanted by surliness.

I can hardly wait to see what's next! :-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"






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I'd love to take them along but my wife's about 6 months pregnant and my
son
won't keep his earplugs in his ears nor will he keep the headset on his
head!

Well, Mary flew when she was pregnant, right up till the week before
delivery.

When my kids wouldn't keep their ear plugs in, we would simply tie their
hoods tightly around their faces. This effectively kept those chubby little
fingers from removing the earplugs, and all was well. Actually, we found
that they would usually fall fast asleep within minutes after take-off.

In fact, they often still do, at ages 10 and 13.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"
"Marco L" beach321(at)ix.netcom.com wrote in message
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Maybe that's when I'll be able to fly more. I expect some further
degradation of flight hours once the second one is born.

Thanks!

Marco

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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Thoughts?

Take 'em along!

My son has been flying since he was a toddler, and my daughter has flown
since birth. It's somewhat of a military operation, getting them loaded
in
the plane -- but that's no different then EVERYTHING else in your life,
with
little kids.

Just takes more planning....

And it *does* pass. To be replaced by whining, which, in turn, is
supplanted by surliness.

I can hardly wait to see what's next! :-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"






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Ya know, that tight hood idea is a good one! I must have read scores of
"flying your kids" threads but I must have missed that little gem. I must
try that when I get home...

Thanks,

Marco

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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I'd love to take them along but my wife's about 6 months pregnant and my
son
won't keep his earplugs in his ears nor will he keep the headset on his
head!

Well, Mary flew when she was pregnant, right up till the week before
delivery.

When my kids wouldn't keep their ear plugs in, we would simply tie their
hoods tightly around their faces. This effectively kept those chubby
little
fingers from removing the earplugs, and all was well. Actually, we found
that they would usually fall fast asleep within minutes after take-off.

In fact, they often still do, at ages 10 and 13.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"
"Marco L" beach321(at)ix.netcom.com wrote in message
...

Maybe that's when I'll be able to fly more. I expect some further
degradation of flight hours once the second one is born.

Thanks!

Marco

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:y%qCb.525884$Fm2.506470@attbi_s04...
Thoughts?

Take 'em along!

My son has been flying since he was a toddler, and my daughter has
flown
since birth. It's somewhat of a military operation, getting them
loaded
in
the plane -- but that's no different then EVERYTHING else in your
life,
with
little kids.

Just takes more planning....

And it *does* pass. To be replaced by whining, which, in turn, is
supplanted by surliness.

I can hardly wait to see what's next! :-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"






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We don't have kids but when were in our 20s and 30s it was hard for us to
imagine doing anything that would impact flying (glider racing) time.

More recently, we spent 4-5 years aggressively using our Maule to travel to
see friends and recreate *every* weekend. Lot's of flying and lots of fun.

Now we aren't glilder flying. Now we are flying the Maule twice a month ...
mostly.
But do we feel like we are losing our love for flying? Not a bit. Stuff
changes. Now our flying is fully integrated into our life and therefore it
changes just like our lives do. Big difference now is there are no regrets,
no fear.

I can only imagine that kids and a growing family changes everything. So I
guess one has to just let it change and not worry about the flying - it will
find its natural role in one's life.

Jack Nicholson in the this month's 50th anniversary issue of Playboy (I only
get it for the articles...not) said, "When people are worried about having
kids, I always say, 'Don't worry about it, because this is natures's only
guaranteed, bon fide upside surprise' ".

"Marco Leon" mleon(at)optonline.net wrote in message
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Hi all. I've noticed a considerable decrease in flight hours since my son
was born a little over a year ago. My wife is also 5 months pregnant with
another so flying time may suffer further decline. I'm wondering...what
are
some of your experiences during the life-changing event of a new family
and
flying? Did you start flying more often after the kids hit a certain age?
What did you do to find more time?

I found that I can get *some* more flying in by waking up at 5:30 Saturday
morning or flying after 10 PM on other nights. Don't get me wrong, I love
my
family and thank God for everything but darnit, I love flying too!

Thoughts?

Regards,

Marco



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More recently, we spent 4-5 years aggressively using our Maule to travel
to
see friends and recreate *every* weekend. Lot's of flying and lots of
fun.

Huh? recreate every weekend??!! now THAT is a short gestation period!! I
thought our first one popped out early at only 7 1/2 months!
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Jim Burns III

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"Jim" wrote in message
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More recently, we spent 4-5 years aggressively using our Maule to travel
to
see friends and recreate *every* weekend. Lot's of flying and lots of
fun.

Huh? recreate every weekend??!! now THAT is a short gestation period!! I
thought our first one popped out early at only 7 1/2 months!

I think he meant REcreate (as in recreation), not PROcreate..or did I miss
the joke completely?

Nasir

"Nasir"
"Jim" wrote in message
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More recently, we spent 4-5 years aggressively using our Maule to
travel
to
see friends and recreate *every* weekend. Lot's of flying and lots of
fun.

Huh? recreate every weekend??!! now THAT is a short gestation period!!
I
thought our first one popped out early at only 7 1/2 months!

I think he meant REcreate (as in recreation), not PROcreate..or did I miss
the joke completely?

Thank you - that's what I meant. However now that you mention it,
unsuccessful procreation is recreation. A worthy Maule mission.

re-create requires the hyphen Jim :-)

Marco,
I went from 150 hours, the year before my first child was born, to 17
the year after he was born. My second child was born a year and a half
later. My log book shows 16, 5, 3, 25, 13, 18, 40, 39, 93, 81, and 77
so far this year. The years with 13 and 18 were spent outside the
continental USA. As the children got older, the time to go flying
became more available. As you can see from the last three years, the
hours have gone up as family travel increased. The last three years
have been almost exclusively high performance rental ($100+), so as the
aircraft speed went up, the travel time went down.

My situation is different. I have been MR MOM since my second child was
born and I have a spouse that travelled as part of her job, so I was on
call 24/7, so to speak. I wouldn't trade my experience for anything,
though!

When my wife's father died out of state, a friend loaned me his
airplane to get my wife to her mother's side. The kids were 4 and 2, it
was the second child's first flight. For the trip home, I gave each of
the kids a grease pencil and they had fun drawing on the rear windows
for and hour and a half. After that trip, every time we drove past the
airport, the 2 year old would gleefully ask, "Daddy, are we going
flying again?" Music to my ears!

That sounds like what my logbook will look like in a couple of years. Thanks
for the story. I am hoping to take my son up soon but I want to wait until
he either keeps his earplugs in or keeps a headset on his head. At 1 year
and 4 months it's damn near impossible unless he's sleeping.

Living on the approach end of one of the airport's runways, my wife and I
have already conditioned him to point to every airplane and wave to it as it
goes by. He does it quite a bit considering how busy my airport is.

Regards,

Marco


"EDR" wrote in message
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Marco,
I went from 150 hours, the year before my first child was born, to 17
the year after he was born. My second child was born a year and a half
later. My log book shows 16, 5, 3, 25, 13, 18, 40, 39, 93, 81, and 77
so far this year. The years with 13 and 18 were spent outside the
continental USA. As the children got older, the time to go flying
became more available. As you can see from the last three years, the
hours have gone up as family travel increased. The last three years
have been almost exclusively high performance rental ($100+), so as the
aircraft speed went up, the travel time went down.

My situation is different. I have been MR MOM since my second child was
born and I have a spouse that travelled as part of her job, so I was on
call 24/7, so to speak. I wouldn't trade my experience for anything,
though!

When my wife's father died out of state, a friend loaned me his
airplane to get my wife to her mother's side. The kids were 4 and 2, it
was the second child's first flight. For the trip home, I gave each of
the kids a grease pencil and they had fun drawing on the rear windows
for and hour and a half. After that trip, every time we drove past the
airport, the 2 year old would gleefully ask, "Daddy, are we going
flying again?" Music to my ears!




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EDR wrote in message ...

When my wife's father died out of state, a friend loaned me his
airplane to get my wife to her mother's side. The kids were 4 and 2, it
was the second child's first flight. For the trip home, I gave each of
the kids a grease pencil and they had fun drawing on the rear windows
for and hour and a half.

Gah! Glad it wasn't our plane...

Sydney (three words: COLOR WONDER MARKERS)