Son's first flight

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Son's first flight

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Managed to get in .6 today in between frontal passages. It was my son's first flight with me at the controls. He was very well behaved and I was super nervous, but it went great! My wife snapped a few pics.
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Just FYI, he was belted in, the old Cessna only has lapbelts in the rear...
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A few more....
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Awesome! How old is he? Can’t wait to take my grandkids up.
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He's 4 and can follow instructions pretty well. I also had the com hooked up to isolate me if it got complicated, which it did not thankfully. I wanted to fly for an hour to a neighboring airport, but I cut the flight short because information I got from the weather briefer did not match conditions. Clouds moved in faster than originally predicted, called up flight services in route, they were saying I should be in clear skies the entire way, but I was looking at a wall of clouds at 2800' in front of me. I turned back, no reason to chance it...
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That was entirely the right call, Ed! And, from his grin, I'd say you should start saving up right now for your son's lessons.
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What a handsome little guy.
Maybe you have a future Delta pilot in the making there. :D
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