---------------------------------------------------------- RV-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Wed 09/19/12: 3 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 05:39 PM - Flying the Grandchildren (David Schaefer) 2. 05:51 PM - Re: Flying the Grandchildren (Dale Ensing) 3. 07:25 PM - Re: Flying the Grandchildren (Dan Bergeron) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 05:39:48 PM PST US From: David Schaefer Subject: RV-List: Flying the Grandchildren OK .. I see all the pictures on VansAirforce of folks flying their young grandchildren. What's everyone's opinion on the right age to take them for their first flight? Thanks... David W. Schaefer RV-6A N142DS "Nerdgasm" TMX-IO360 Dual-LightSpeed Plasma IIIs, Hartzell Blended Airfoil, GRT HX EFIS Now building N383DS - Zenith CH-750! ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 05:51:04 PM PST US Subject: Re: RV-List: Flying the Grandchildren From: Dale Ensing I have found that it is really not about age as much as their sense of adven ture. Some of my grandkids flew with me when they were four while one was st ill reluctant at fourteen. Main thing is that it has to be their decision as long as the parents are OK with it. Dale Ensing RV-6A N118DE On Sep 19, 2012, at 8:38 PM, David Schaefer wrote: > OK .. I see all the pictures on VansAirforce of folks flying their young g randchildren. What's everyone's opinion on the right age to take them for t heir first flight? > > Thanks... > > David W. Schaefer > RV-6A N142DS "Nerdgasm" > TMX-IO360 Dual-LightSpeed Plasma IIIs, Hartzell Blended Airfoil, GRT HX EFI S > Now building N383DS - Zenith CH-750! > > ========================== ========= ========================== ========= ========================== ========= ========================== ========= > ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 07:25:59 PM PST US Subject: Re: RV-List: Flying the Grandchildren From: Dan Bergeron Dale: My grandaughter was nine and grandson five when I took them for their first rides in my newly completed RV-7A - they both enjoyed the rides, my grandaughter more so than her brother - she is now 12 and insists we go flying and that she get some stick time every time she visits - we took them both to Hawaii for three weeks this summer - she got a beaufiful ride in a classic WACO UPF-7 out of Dillingham Airfield on Oahu but was a bit disappointed when she had to settle for the historic/scenic ride instead of the aerobatic ride due to FAA regs about parachutes - enjoy your grandchildren and by all means take them flying - I would have started them at five or six if my plane had been flying - Dan Bergeron RV-7A - N307TB 355 hours since first flight on 08/04/09 On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 8:50 PM, Dale Ensing wrote: > I have found that it is really not about age as much as their sense of > adventure. Some of my grandkids flew with me when they were four while one > was still reluctant at fourteen. Main thing is that it has to be their > decision as long as the parents are OK with it. > > Dale Ensing > RV-6A N118DE > > On Sep 19, 2012, at 8:38 PM, David Schaefer wrote: > > OK .. I see all the pictures on VansAirforce of folks flying their young > grandchildren. What's everyone's opinion on the right age to take them for > their first flight? > > Thanks... > > David W. Schaefer > RV-6A N142DS "Nerdgasm" > TMX-IO360 Dual-LightSpeed Plasma IIIs, Hartzell Blended Airfoil, GRT HX > EFIS > Now building N383DS - Zenith CH-750! > > * > > * > > * > > * > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message rv-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/RV-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/rv-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/rv-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.