Jay,

It is too bad you are not near me in Colorado. I have had several
young students... I like to start them in airplanes at 10 years old,
transition to gliders at 12, solo gliders at 14, glider ticket at 16,
solo airplanes at 16, airplane ticket at 17. :-)

Youth are an interesting group to work with. I get to serve Civil Air
Patrol at glider and power flight academies, so I am quite used to
working with young folks. Make sure your son and your chosen flight
instructor get along well, and that your son is doing this for
HIMSELF, not to please his parents!

So, look around, and purchase him a glider ride, a balloon ride, and
an airplane introductory ride (without any parents or parent's friends
or acquaintenances in the airplane). Afterwards, intervies the
CFI/pilot about their perceptions of your son's motivations and
aptitude at this time.

Take this ALL with a grain of salt, as EVERYTHING for a young person
may change in 6 weeks or 6 months.

In rec.aviation.student Jay Honeck wrote:
My son, age 13, is planning to take flight lessons this summer. My wife and
I are both pilots, so he has been flying since birth.
Best regards,

Jer/ "Flight instruction and mountain flying are my vocation!" Eberhard

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