My Grandson is crazy about airplanes. Before he was 2 he'd sit and
"read" my aviation magazines, turning the pages from front to back.
He has a bunch of toy planes and loves them. He likes to look at
planes flying.

Right after his 2nd birthday I took him for a flight in the 172. I
put him (in his car seat) in back and his Mom beside him. He enjoyed
the flight, although he kept trying to take his headset off and he did
fall asleep after about 30 minutes.

The part he still talks about was the preflight inspection because he
got to walk around the airplane and touch it everywhere.

- J.O.-

On Wed, 08 Sep 2004 00:50:05 -0400, Dave *m wrote:

Howdy all,

I have a young daughter (currently 17 months old) who I am looking
forward to taking up in a plane some day. I have a private pilot's
license and typically fly C172s, Pipers, etc.

I feel she's too young right now, but as soon as she's old enough to
understand most anything we (my wife and I) say to her, we will
consider taking her for a ride.

Has anyone else taking their youngin' for their first flight? What
about seating (carseat compatibility in abovementioned planes)? Are
there headsets for smaller heads? (I didn't see any at Sporty's, at
first look). What else did you do to make the flight as enjoyable as
possible?

Thanks in advance!
Dave M.