First Date

In article 6usUe.99016$084.51391@attbi_s22,
"Jay Honeck" wrote:

Any suggestions? Did any of you guys ever fly one of your kids out on a
date?

If I found myself in that situation (my kids are 27 and 24) I'd be certain
to call the girls parents just to make sure that they are O.K. with the
idea of their daughter going up in "one of those little planes."

Hmmm. I had not considered that. Probably a good idea, but that will
REALLY convince my son how "uncool" we are...

Just hope the parents don't Google "Jay Honeck" and read you previous
postings! :-))

john smith wrote:

Why not suggest that Joe talk to the girls parents about it and if they
have any questions, they can call and speak with you or Mary?

I wouldn't trust any 15 year old to do that. I would talk to the girl's parents
myself.

George Patterson
Give a person a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a person to
use the Internet and he won't bother you for weeks.

Just hope the parents don't Google "Jay Honeck" and read you previous
postings! :-))

Are you kidding? They'd be 90 years old before they got through reading the
14,000 articles and references!

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

Back in the day, kids used to like going to the drive-in.

Maybe you could take them to a fly-in instead?

("Jay Honeck" wrote)
[snip]
Yikes! His first date with a girl, and he wants to take her flying --
how's THAT for starting 'em out young? :-)

Any suggestions? Did any of you guys ever fly one of your kids out on a
date?


I was going to contact you back-channel (I've always wanted to type that)
....but I figured what the heck, I'll send it out here instead. Here goes.

The difference between 11 and 16 is like the difference between 20 and 45.
Joey isn't 11 anymore, he's almost 16, and he wants to be 17. He'll be
helped getting there if you treat him like he's 17 - kind of grease the
skids for him, as it were - which won't be easy for you to do, especially if
he *is* acting 11 some afternoon around the house. g

Joey next year at OSH?
In his own tent down in Vintage - do they allow 16 year old volunteers?

Joey on a date with a young lady?
Being treated like a [nervous] young man by his pilot father.

This is the long way around for reminding you that it's his date, not Jay's.
Behave yourself Dad :-)

Let's see, both kids in the back seat or his friend up in the right seat
working the controls? It'll be interesting to see how JOEY plays it.

You are PIC. Will you be giving the pre-flight briefing or will you turn
some of that over to ...just a minute!!

"Joey! Stop putting boogers in your sister's hair."

Now, where was I? Oh, I know - However you play it, good luck.


Montblack
I was on my 3rd girlfriend by the time I was 15 ...well, you know what I
mean.

This is the long way around for reminding you that it's his date, not
Jay's. Behave yourself Dad :-)

Check. Snide comments and witty double entendre will be kept to a
minimum...

Let's see, both kids in the back seat or his friend up in the right seat
working the controls? It'll be interesting to see how JOEY plays it.

Actually, it was Joe's idea to let her fly the plane. I don't know if he's
trying to thrill her, or trying to test her -- but it'll be interesting.

I just hope the weather isn't like today. 90 degrees, 5 miles vis, gusty
winds -- yuck. A friend and I flew up to Lone Rock for lunch, and it was
butt ugly. Without a GPS, it would have been done with a heading and a
stop-watch, cuz there were certainly no ground landmarks visible. We had to
climb to 9500 feet to get above the very thick haze.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Sounds very like the IOW weather the last Saturday afternoon in July.

{;-)


Jim


"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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I just hope the weather isn't like today. 90 degrees, 5 miles vis, gusty
winds -- yuck. A friend and I flew up to Lone Rock for lunch, and it was
butt ugly. Without a GPS, it would have been done with a heading and a
stop-watch, cuz there were certainly no ground landmarks visible. We had
to climb to 9500 feet to get above the very thick haze.

RST Engineering wrote:
Sounds very like the IOW weather the last Saturday afternoon in July.

{;-)

Yes, that was a nasty mixture of heat and humidity. Give me 100+ degree
days here in SacredTomato any day! :-)



--
Jack Allison
PP-ASEL-IA Student
Arrow N2104T

"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the Earth
with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there
you will always long to return"
- Leonardo Da Vinci

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You should come up here to Placerville. Its a bit cooler right now. KPVF.
Only about 20 min "as the pilot flys".

"Jack Allison" wrote in message
...
RST Engineering wrote:
Sounds very like the IOW weather the last Saturday afternoon in July.

{;-)

Yes, that was a nasty mixture of heat and humidity. Give me 100+ degree
days here in SacredTomato any day! :-)



--
Jack Allison
PP-ASEL-IA Student
Arrow N2104T

"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the Earth
with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there
you will always long to return"
- Leonardo Da Vinci

(Remove the obvious from address to reply via e-mail)

Date update: The girl told Joe today that her "parents didn't think she
should go flying until she knows him better" -- at which point she then
invited HIM out to see a movie tomorrow night!

Ten bucks says that's a line of BS from the parents, who didn't want her
flying in "one of those little planes"...

But, no matter. My kid is happy, for now. Little does he know he's taking
the first step down a VERY slippery slope...

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