List of Places to fly with kids?

http://www.schlitterbahn.com/ in the winter of course

Niagra Falls

http://www.hfmgv.org/ Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, MI

Mt. Rushmore

http://www.callawaygardens.com/

http://www.ringling.com/schedule/ Ringling Bros Circus

Silver Dollar City, Branson, MO

Mammoth Cave http://www.nps.gov/maca/

Jim

In article ,
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The Los Angeles County Fairgrounds in Pomona is right next to Cable
Airport.

*chortle* If you're going to pick the fairgrounds, might as well pick
Bracket Field (POC) in La Verne. They share the same fence line. Well,
shared with at least the Dragstrip on the fairgrounds.

Final on 26R puts you 50-75 feet crossing perpendicularly over the
dragstrip. I've seen them stage as I fly over. I guess they wait until
nobody is on final before the run down the track. I'd hate to be on
final when one of the funny cars or top fuel cars blows up and throws
debris way up in the air.

Also under the final paths for 26L/R are the fairground parking lots.
During the week, you can see various Law enforcement types do high speed
training runs on a course painted in the parking lots.

--Carlos V.

Maybe it is the journey, not the destination.

Yeah, that's what I always thought. Unfortunately, it seems that one man's
journey is another kid's penance. After 1500 hours in the back seats,
they're just not thrilled with another hour of droning over the Midwest.

You mentioned your son enjoys it sometimes when he gets to sit up front.
How about a Father son team or a Mother Daughter team up front. Weight and
Balance permitting.

No problem with weight & balance in a Pathfinder. We have done this on
occasion, usually to good effect. I think we'll have to do it some more!

Give them something to do like find things on the chart.

Charts are kid stuff for Joe, and a big yawn to Becca. Gotta find another
angle...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

http://www.hfmgv.org/ Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, MI

Man, I've got to get the kids to this place. I visited as a young man with
my parents, and still remember it.

Although I hesitate to take them to another museum too soon. They've been
"aviation museumed" to death in the last two months (Rantoul, Udvar-Hazy,
Seattle's Museum of Flight, Oshkosh later this month), and I fear that *any*
museum would be met with cries of anguish!

Niagra Falls

Gotta do that one, soon.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jay Honeck" wrote

My kids, ages 11 and 14, have flown with us almost since birth. They
are, quite frankly, bored with the whole thing, much to my dismay.

The solution? When we fly places that are "kid centered", both kids
are (not surprisingly) more than happy to get in the plane.

I have no idea how easy it is to fly into Kentucky, and go to Mammoth Caves,
but that is hands down, the coolest cave around.
--
Jim in NC

Jay Honeck wrote:

Can you add any others?

Yet another underground one -- Luray Caverns, Virginia.

George Patterson
Why do men's hearts beat faster, knees get weak, throats become dry,
and they think irrationally when a woman wears leather clothing?
Because she smells like a new truck.

Morgans wrote:
I have no idea how easy it is to fly into Kentucky, and go to Mammoth Caves,
but that is hands down, the coolest cave around.

I have looked into doing this, but there is no place to land close to
the caves.

Cleveland OH
Burke Lakefront Airport
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

White water rafting on the New River in West Virginia

Summersville WV (SXL)
Campground adjacent to the airport
Rafting outfitters will come pick you up.

New River Gorge (Pvt) northeast of Fayetteville WV
Two miles north of Class VI River Runners
Class VI has a campground and lodge.
They will pick you up from New River Gorge Airport.
Public use Favetteville Airport (I89) is on the south side of the gorge
across the bridgel

On 2 Jul 2005 09:30:16 -0700, "Jay Honeck" wrote
in .com::

Can you add any others?

Laughlin/Bullhead International Airport
http://www.airnav.com/airport/KIFP

http://www.ramadaexpress.com/veterans.html
In the middle of Casino Drive, you'll find the Ramada Express Hotel
Casino. This is not your ordinary casino. Inside the 9,000 square foot
Pavilion Theater is the American Heroes Museum, a magnificent tribute
to our military heroes. The casino's commitment to the community and
to American Veterans has made it the local favorite and a popular
choice for Veterans.

The tribute to Veterans started when Susan Murphy, President and
General Manager of the Ramada Express, wanted to give something
special to her guests: memories.

"In 1996 we started a promotion called 'Back to the 40s' to honor
those Americans who gave so much to this country during World War II.
We filled our Pavilion with priceless WWII memorabilia and displays of
life on the home front, and opened it to the public," Murphy said. A
few years later we added a free multi-media show and a speaker
program.

"Unexpectedly, we began to receive all kinds of memorabilia from this
era that we now call the 'Greatest Generation.' Our exhibit had grown
into a fine tribute and we renamed it The American Heroes Museum. It's
was a wonderful collection of WWII memorabilia and it was free for our
visitors to enjoy," Murphy said.

Now, in 2003, we decided to "move on" once again. By including the
second half of the 20th century, we also embraced those Veterans of
more recent conflicts. Our American Heroes Museum of Memories now
includes memorbillia from WWII, Korea, and Vietnam. The new displays
are fabulous!