Someday...

[Sarc]

I hope to do this with my daughter.

[jwgn777]

Great first plane to take a ride in. Nice Piper.

[widebody911]

Hopefully it's not like this

[chocolatelab]

Thank you for posting.

Best video i have seen this year.

[pavulon]

can we ask what might be holding you back?

[Heel n Toe]

Beautiful and touching. Very few things can touch the awe and wonder in a child's eyes when experiencing something like that.

Nice touchdown, too... her head barely moved forward for a split second.

What's the function of that lever in the roof that her dad adjusts a couple of times?

[johnco]

my daughter's first flight. her mother still doesn't know about it a decade later

[onewhippedpuppy]

Awesome. My fondest childhood memories are of flying with my grandfather in his Bonanza. Hopefully I can someday share that with my kids.

[Bill Douglas]

Well she is braver than I am.


My GF, as a birthday present, shouted me a trial flight in a Piper Cub


I thought I was going to die of a heart attack in that thing. It was like being 1,000 feet up in a canvas kite.

[daepp]

Ok - that is definitley the best and happiest video I've seen this year. My daughters are 21 and 19, and the 19 y.o. told me yesterday she's thinking of flying f-18's (She's at USNA - ouch!). For all the fathers of daughters that age - GO DO THAT. Wow!

[KNS]

That was magic!

[recycled sixtie]

Originally Posted by Heel n Toe

Beautiful and touching. Very few things can touch the awe and wonder in a child's eyes when experiencing something like that.

Nice touchdown, too... her head barely moved forward for a split second.

What's the function of that lever in the roof that her dad adjusts a couple of times?

It is years since I have flown a Cub but I would think that it is the trim adjustment.
The purpose of this is to take the pressure off the elevators and make the aircraft easier to fly. I don't know what engine is in that Cub - could be anywhere between 60-85 hp. The best is the Super Cub which has 150 hp. Piper Cubs are some of the most fun aircraft. You have stick control and you are lined up with the propeller which makes you think you are in a fighter aircraft. Nice video. Thanks for sharing...

[flatbutt]

"Hi Mommy!" gotta luv it when she spreads her wings at 1:47.

[Seahawk]

Originally Posted by KNS

That was magic!

No kidding!

My son's first flight in a Cub was around that age...wish I had thought of the video camera. He had a huge smile as well.

A few friends of mine were flight instructors...they said you could tell in a minute or two how comfortable a student was by seeing if they would look to the side and down in a turn naturally.

Great video.

[cashflyer]

Originally Posted by jwgn777

Great first plane to take a ride in. Nice Piper.

Not a Piper.

Originally Posted by Heel n Toe

What's the function of that lever in the roof that her dad adjusts a couple of times?

Elevator trim.

[recycled sixtie]

Originally Posted by cashflyer

Not a Piper.

What is it then?

[cashflyer]

It's an Aeronca Champ.

[daepp]

So the dad is flying it?

[Sarc]

Originally Posted by pavulon

can we ask what might be holding you back?

Just the usual suspects, time and money. I started taking lessons, but commitments at work and at home had pushed the dream back a bit. I now realize the timing will never be right, so I'm hoping to get back in the swing of things soon.
This video is serving as inspiration.

[onewhippedpuppy]

Originally Posted by Sarc

Just the usual suspects, time and money. I started taking lessons, but commitments at work and at home had pushed the dream back a bit. I now realize the timing will never be right, so I'm hoping to get back in the swing of things soon.
This video is serving as inspiration.

I even bought two of the Jepp books to self-study ground school and a Gleim book to study for my written. I lost motivation after I decided that I didn't have time or money to not only do it, but then maintain a safe level of currency.