A new pilot in the family

Jay Honeck wrote in news:9d1c52f6-cc8b-4985-bc90-
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Woo hoo! Our 17-year-old son, Joe, passed his Private checkride
today, on a picture-perfect fall afternoon!

Congratulations! Nice job!

But, uh, Jay? You know what this means, don't you?

You're going to have to give up more yoke time.

We're still trying to work this through. Dunno if Joe can afford it,
at his pay grade...

:-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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Woo hoo! Our 17-year-old son, Joe, passed his Private checkride
today, on a picture-perfect fall afternoon!

He flew the rental Cezzna 150 down to Burlington, IA to meet up with
his Designated Examiner, an old P-38 Lightning pilot named Tommy
Tomkins. He's the same guy that gave Mary her checkride nine years
ago -- and she said he was old THEN! He's well North of 80, but still
pretty spritely, according to Joe.

The ride took 1.4 hours, and contained no surprises. Joe was well
prepared, with a bit over 45 hours of "real" flight training time --
and about a thousand hours of "prep" time with us! I'm hoping to be
his first passenger tomorrow. Then we'll have to see about getting him
checked out in Atlas...

One down, one to go. Our 14 year old daughter has a couple of years
to go before she can get started....

:-)

Congrats to the new junior birdman and welcome to the club!!
--
Matt Barrow
Performance Homes, LLC.
Cheyenne, WY

congrats Jay... now those decisions..
most trips have an out and return leg..
which of the pilots does not get to fly?

granted, it will be awhile before he'll be ready for atlas
as for the daughter... she can solo gliders NOW and take her glider check
ride before her power rating
I'll agree it is tough to fly drafty gliders in a snowy winter
B

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
...
Woo hoo! Our 17-year-old son, Joe, passed his Private checkride
today, on a picture-perfect fall afternoon!

He flew the rental Cezzna 150 down to Burlington, IA to meet up with
his Designated Examiner, an old P-38 Lightning pilot named Tommy
Tomkins. He's the same guy that gave Mary her checkride nine years
ago -- and she said he was old THEN! He's well North of 80, but still
pretty spritely, according to Joe.

The ride took 1.4 hours, and contained no surprises. Joe was well
prepared, with a bit over 45 hours of "real" flight training time --
and about a thousand hours of "prep" time with us! I'm hoping to be
his first passenger tomorrow. Then we'll have to see about getting him
checked out in Atlas...

One down, one to go. Our 14 year old daughter has a couple of years
to go before she can get started....

:-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

joehoneck at gmail dot com


--
Jack Allison
PP-ASEL-Instrument Airplane

"To become a Jedi knight, you must master a single force. To become
a private pilot you must strive to master four of them"
- Rod Machado

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On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 16:46:18 -0800 (PST), Jay Honeck wrote:

Woo hoo! Our 17-year-old son, Joe,

17, wow, good for all of you!
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Remove numbers for gmail and for God's sake it ain't "gee" either!

And he's still talking about possibly pursuing flying as a profession
-- so he may go on and get his IR and CFI.

You're going to let your kid get his instrument rating before you do?

Seriously - congrats to him!

Jose

--
You can choose whom to befriend, but you cannot choose whom to love.
for Email, make the obvious change in the address.

-- so he may go on and get his IR and CFI.

You're going to let your kid get his instrument rating before you do?

Seriously - congrats to him!

I'll pass that along.

Wouldn't it be cool if he got his CFII, and I finished up the rating
with my son as instructor?

Spooky/cool...

;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay Honeck wrote:
Woo hoo! Our 17-year-old son, Joe, passed his Private checkride
today, on a picture-perfect fall afternoon!


Congratulations out to Joe for his accomplishment.
Now let him get his instrument rating... and you
could work on it together! ;^)

On Sun, 25 Nov 2007 13:54:54 GMT, kontiki
wrote:

Congratulations out to Joe for his accomplishment.
Now let him get his instrument rating... and you
could work on it together! ;^)


With easy access to each other as safety pilots, they'd probably do it
faster and for less money. They can do productive and loggable
foggle time during the course of normal flying.

Now's your chance, Jay!