Do you have an aviation soulmate?

[Gerhardt]

These last several posts made my day.

Also, was I the only one who had to look twice to tell which was 6PCjr and which was 6PCsr?

 

[mscard88]

Neither of my parents would go up with me. My in-laws entirely different. The best was when I took my father-in-law (WW2 Vet) up in a J3 Cub. Let him fly and I could only imagine the grin and joy on his face from the rear seat. He was an engineer, loved aviation, and grew up in Ohio so he was around a lot of aviation. Remember it like it was yesterday. Priceless memories.

6PC great post!

 

[Ted]

Dude, you're very lucky. My Dad really didn't have a hobby, except for maybe work. If he wasn't at work, he was at work in the yard or renovating the old house we lived in, always something to work on. No time for frivolous stuff like hobbies or playtime. Growing up we entertained ourselves as our parents had important stuff to do.

My hobbies sprang from inside I suppose, and nobody in my family does the things I like to do.

Kinda funny about that. My mom had no hobbies. Her hobby was being lazy and doing absolutely nothing. I often talk about how I can't imagine a person who's accomplished less in her life. I love her, of course, but we never did much of anything, fun or otherwise. Dad wasn't around, but even if he was I never would've seen him - he still works probably 80+ hours a week and he turns 88 later this year. I'm the opposite - always busy, always doing something. I suppose part of it is trying to make up for the first 18 years or so of my life. I also want the kids to see that we do things ourselves, and teach them to do the same. I try to get Robert involved in as much as possible in the house work, and we have fun doing it. Sometimes he gets bored after a while and wants to do something else, typical 3 year old.

Since moving to Kansas I worry that we've spent too much time working on the house and doing various other things relating to moving here, and not enough time doing fun stuff with the kids. Tomorrow I'm going to take Robert flying in the 310 and we're going to go to the lunch in Oklahoma. It'll be the first time he's been in the plane since Gaston's (way too long). We're both really looking forward to it, he's been asking to go flying for a while. Now that the weather's nice, we'll also do more tractor rides, get the boat out soon, etc.

Want to make sure the kids know the value of work and see us working (as well as participating in the work), but also want to make sure they don't see us as workaholics who never have fun. It's a hard balance to achieve.

 

[PPC1052]

I am lucky beyond anything to be sitting here at almost 40 and have my dad let alone my grandfather (who I flew for the first and likely only time a few short months ago and God I am so glad I got to do that).

Fantastic post.

I have never had a familial relationship with my father. But I am lucky enough that age 45, I can still take my grandmother flying. I took her up in my plane, and we stumbled upon the airport's community day. She got to see lots of WWII aircraft. That was cool. She turned 90 in December, and she lives on her one, in her house, and still walks almost daily with her friends, drives herself everywhere, and has a very full social calendar. She winters in Florida, and she and her much younger friend drive down together, each taking their turn (although I suspect my grandmother still drives most of the way.) This summer, I hope to fly her to Cincinnati to go see her high school classmate.

 

[denverpilot]

@SixPapaCharlie does win the Internet for today. @SCCutler is right.

Bryan don't take it for granted. Grandpa made it into his 90s. But Monday was my dad's birthday. He would have been 65.

He loved going flying. I think he'd probably like some other upcoming stuff around here, too.