Good Kids

Jay's posts about his son and flying remind me
of the family of my hanger mate.

Saturday morning, my instructor and I were standing
outside the hanger talking. A car pulls up full
of teenagers. I recognize at least 2 of them as
my hanger mate's kids and I know from talking to
him that they have PPL's.

We watch as they pile out of the car, swarm over
the Piper Arrow with each of them doing a portion
of the preflight, push the plane out and mount
up. The tallest girl takes the left seat, yells
"clear prop" and they are off.

Good kids.

"Jim Stewart" wrote in message
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We watch as they pile out of the car, swarm over
the Piper Arrow with each of them doing a portion
of the preflight, push the plane out and mount
up. The tallest girl takes the left seat, yells
"clear prop" and they are off.

"Each of them doing a portion of the preflight."

OTOH, at least they did one. There was a guy with a Warrior in Troutdale
who "filled up his tanks when he was done flying" so that when it was time
to go he could just hop in and take off. Don't know whatever happened to
him, but the last time I saw his airplane he'd left the storm window open,
to the apparent joy of a family of swallows.


-c

On Nov 26, 1:52 pm, "Gatt" wrote:
"Jim Stewart" wrote in message

.. .

We watch as they pile out of the car, swarm over
the Piper Arrow with each of them doing a portion
of the preflight, push the plane out and mount
up. The tallest girl takes the left seat, yells
"clear prop" and they are off.

"Each of them doing a portion of the preflight."

OTOH, at least they did one. There was a guy with a Warrior in Troutdale
who "filled up his tanks when he was done flying" so that when it was time
to go he could just hop in and take off. Don't know whatever happened to
him, but the last time I saw his airplane he'd left the storm window open,
to the apparent joy of a family of swallows.

-c

Hey, at least there were experienced flyers in the left seat!

"Gatt" wrote in message
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"Jim Stewart" wrote in message
.. .

We watch as they pile out of the car, swarm over
the Piper Arrow with each of them doing a portion
of the preflight, push the plane out and mount
up. The tallest girl takes the left seat, yells
"clear prop" and they are off.

"Each of them doing a portion of the preflight."

OTOH, at least they did one. There was a guy with a Warrior in Troutdale
who "filled up his tanks when he was done flying" so that when it was time
to go he could just hop in and take off. Don't know whatever happened to
him, but the last time I saw his airplane he'd left the storm window open,
to the apparent joy of a family of swallows.

Was that an African swallow, or a European swallow?

"Matt W. Barrow" wrote in message
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Don't know whatever happened to him, but the last time I saw his
airplane he'd left the storm window open, to the apparent joy of a family
of swallows.

Was that an African swallow, or a European swallow?

Might have been sparrows or starlings for all I know. They all poop the
same. Sure did a number to his interior.

-c

Gatt wrote:
"Matt W. Barrow" wrote in message
...

Don't know whatever happened to him, but the last time I saw his
airplane he'd left the storm window open, to the apparent joy of a family
of swallows.

Was that an African swallow, or a European swallow?

Might have been sparrows or starlings for all I know. They all poop the
same. Sure did a number to his interior.

But what is airspeed velocity of an unladen starling?

Gatt" wrote in message
...

"Jim Stewart" wrote in message
.. .

We watch as they pile out of the car, swarm over
the Piper Arrow with each of them doing a portion
of the preflight, push the plane out and mount
up. The tallest girl takes the left seat, yells
"clear prop" and they are off.

"Each of them doing a portion of the preflight."

And???

What's wrong with "You do the left, I'll do the right"?

My brother and I did that all the time. Communication and Trust.

--
Geoff
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Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe wrote:

What's wrong with "You do the left, I'll do the right"?

My brother and I did that all the time. Communication and Trust.

When we used to tie down outside, Margy would hop into the cockpit
and volunteer to do that part of the preflight while I did the outside.

What's wrong with "You do the left, I'll do the right"?

My brother and I did that all the time. Communication and Trust.

When we used to tie down outside, Margy would hop into the cockpit
and volunteer to do that part of the preflight while I did the outside.

Interesting. Mary and I *never* split the preflight duties. The PIC
always does everything from start to finish. We decided to do this
from the first day Mary got her ticket and we had two pilots on board,
under the theory that we would be less likely to forget something.

This system also evolved because one person had to be the "parent in
command", meaning that the "other pilot" was in charge of keeping the
kids from beating each other bloody. Although we are long past
needing to do that (well, most of the time!), the procedure just
stuck.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay Honeck wrote:
Interesting. Mary and I *never* split the preflight duties. The PIC
always does everything from start to finish. We decided to do this
from the first day Mary got her ticket and we had two pilots on board,
under the theory that we would be less likely to forget something.

I agree, Jay. I usually fly with a pilot/friend, and we don't split
preflight duties for that very reason also -- too easy for both to think
the *other* checked/did it. We do overlap each other though (both do the
checks) on the verification of fuel, oil and cowl latches.

Shirl