My paternal grandfather flew ... don't believe he solo'd. He was
apartner in a Cub, but before he flew it his partner crashed and was
killed during a buzz of his home. That ended Grandads flying career,
but he always talked of it. Have a great-uncle who was a crewman on a
B-25 in the Pacific and another great uncle who was killed in a B-17
training accident on the West coast during WWII. All that said though,
my father flew and that is what I remember growing up. He sold his
plane stopped flying when I was in 3rd grade (job, family, etc), but
we'd fly with a friend of his once every year or two. My older brother
got up to his solo and decided flying wasn't for him. I was in my 30s
before I could really afford to fly regularly. Now that I've started
flying, my Dad has gotten current and is looking at a Mooney ... we'll
see, but it is fun to go flying together which we do occasionally.

Both my kids enjoy flying, but only from the front seat. For them,
it's no different than a car from the rear. We all went to OSH 2 years
ago and my son flew out and my daughter flew back. At 7 and 10, I
didn't need to touch the controls for a 1/2 hour at a time ... just tap
on the misbehaving instrument. Maybe it wasn't a direct flight, but it
was fun. My son is now asking for weekly lessons ... he holds heading
and can handle std rate turns, but altitude sometimes gets the best of
him.

Great thread that I'm glad got started.

Jeff
Velocity SE-FG