First flying experience for young child

My 2 boys were 6 months and 4 months old on their first flights. The oldest
will be 3 on Sept 11 and he wears a child headset from Softcom. We got it
at avshop.com. Sometimes he wants to wear it, sometimes he doesn't.

http://www.avshop.com/catalog/produc...categoryid=127

For the youngest, we just use some very soft earplugs and either a cap for
headband to help keep them in. We've used the Macks silicone earplugs a few
times, but I don't personally think that putting in the adult size are very
comfortable to my own ears, so we've stopped using them on the kids.

For the seats, we just use the seats out of the trucks after we checked that
they had the sticker on them that says something about being "approved for
airplane usage".

"Dave" *m wrote in message
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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.