Jay,
Have you tried a booster style seat for Becca? If she can see over the
panel her interest may rise.
Michelle

Jay Honeck wrote:

Radio work Jay. First easy step, have him announce your taxi progress on
unicom. Work with him a little prior to getting in the plane. Next step,
initial call ups after freq changes while using flight following. Nothing
complicated, just report on the freq at what ever altitude. After that,
coach him on pattern announcements.



Great minds think alike, Jim. Joe's been practicing on the radio for the
last few months.

We flew last night as per Michelle's recommendation. Joe and I on the
flight out, Bec and Mary on the flight back. It worked out pretty well,
although Becca still can't see over the dashboard, so all of her flying is
IFR.... :-)

Joe did okay, but usually I can let him get us down to about 50 feet off the
runway before I take over. We had a wicked cross wind, with MUCH higher
winds at altitude, so he was having a terrible time keeping the runway in
its proper place in the patter -- so I took over at 1000 AGL.

All in all, an enjoyable flight for all, and I got to sit in the back and
enjoy the limitless leg room that sitting behind two 5 footers allows!