It was my son Niels, who enrolled in the Air Cadet program (CAP to you
yanks) at York Soaring, who got the first licence in the family. I watched
him solo, asked about lessons, and when I found out I could get 4 lessons a
day ("well you can get more but you'll fry your brain!"), I signed up
without even an Intro flight.

We took the Instructor endorsement together, and he helped me this summer
past with Freedom's Wings Canada, (www.freedomswings.ca) , in particular
with a week in Ottawa demonstrating the program. Next week he is off to
Estrella for a week of Acro instruction, with his girlfriend who is also a
gliding Instructor at York, following my lead at Turf.

It is a delight to fly with your offspring, and I am comforted that when I
get to the age when I need a 'safety pilot', I will have only to buy the
appropriate 2 seater and I'll spend even more time flying with him. His
love of aviation has carried him through the Aerospace Engineering program,
and I now find that as with so many other things, he is better trained than
I.

Fatherhood really can be fun.


"Charles Yeates" wrote in message
...
Rod Morris of Calgary, AB, mentioned in his Christmas letter ---

By the way Kenna (15) went solo this year and instead of asking for the
car keys, she's asking for the keys to the PW6!!. She is already planning
to spend half of next summer in a tent on the airfield at Invermere. I am
sure Roger will follow in no time but he needs 2 more years before he
turns 14 plus one to go solo. However, he flew 10 hours this year in just
four flights including a wave flight to 15,000'. All I do for him is the
take off & landing and have a good yak with him in between. He has the
touch, now he just needs the years and some theory.

Nice to read about younger follow-ons, eh?

--
Charles Yeates

http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/yeatesc/world.html