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Fred Choate wrote:

My question to you folks is simply, how long did you
all wait before you decided it was safe to fly with your family?

My kids have flown "since before they were born". My wife quit flying
solo when she was too pregnant to pull the yoke all the way back on a
C152.

Since 5 years old, each of the kids have been able to hold straight
and level, on course, IFR, in the soup. After all, all they could see
in the front seat was the instruments, and to them it was just a large
video game.

But, they are spoiled. Neither of the kids has "taken to" aviation.
They think "everyone" has an SUV at the airport and can go
wherever/whenever. For my wife, after she soloed, and knew that she
could land the airplane if something happened to me, she sits in the
back and reads a book while the world goes by.

So, since my family is not interested beyond the travel time, I
volunteer for Civil Air Patrol flight academies... power and glider.

Yes, I love to fly and teach!

In the mean time, I keep myself busy teaching mountain flying ground
school (5 of them this year), and then doing the flight training in
the mountains. I no longer do "mountain checkouts". What I do is
"mountain training to proficiency". The typical "2-3 hour mountain
checkout" is just enough to get some killed by attempting to operate
beyond their and their aircraft's capabilities.

After a full day ground school (Colorado Pilots Association), I have
3.5 full days of flying scheduled to take a pilot all over Colorado
and help them with operational experience and a high level of
proficiency and comfort in the Colorado Rockys! Many of my customers
return in later years for a "brush up" on proficiency and techniques.

After flying with me in Colorado, I recommend "McCall Mountain and
Canyon Flying Seminars" in McCall, ID. After that... Alaska!

Best regards,

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

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Jer/ (Slash) Eberhard, Mountain Flying Aviation, LTD, Ft Collins, CO
CELL 970 231-6325 EMAIL jer'at'frii.com WEB http://users.frii.com/jer/
C-206 N9513G, CFII Airplane&Glider, FAA-DEN Aviation Safety Counselor
CAP-CO Mission&Aircraft CheckPilot, BM218 HAM N0FZD, 228 Young Eagles!

I went to the McCall school last week and had the most fun that I have ever
had flying!

Mike
MU-2