Today was a great day,
One of my students Kevin soloed on his 16 Bday! how often does that workout!
..I have been flying with him on and off since he was 13 and it was really cool to finally say "leave the engine running" and watching him do such a great job, especially with all the traffic in the pattern today at LNK...I asked him to do 3 touch and goes and he gave me 4.His parents came out to watch and of all times for there video camera to break...After he landed for the 4th time he taxied into parking and his grin was visible from 50 ft away. I proceeded to cut his shirtail out and have him sign it....(This is a great aviation tradition I wonder how many other instructors still do this?) The only problem is that he has grown about 2.5 feet since we started flying, I really think today was the last day he can fit in a Cessna 150 and will have to learn the PA-28-180 now! I wish I had that "problem" when I was his age..
One of my students Kevin soloed on his 16 Bday! how often does that workout!
..I have been flying with him on and off since he was 13 and it was really cool to finally say "leave the engine running" and watching him do such a great job, especially with all the traffic in the pattern today at LNK...I asked him to do 3 touch and goes and he gave me 4.His parents came out to watch and of all times for there video camera to break...After he landed for the 4th time he taxied into parking and his grin was visible from 50 ft away. I proceeded to cut his shirtail out and have him sign it....(This is a great aviation tradition I wonder how many other instructors still do this?) The only problem is that he has grown about 2.5 feet since we started flying, I really think today was the last day he can fit in a Cessna 150 and will have to learn the PA-28-180 now! I wish I had that "problem" when I was his age..
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