Happy Father's day

SixPapaCharlie

SixPapaCharlie

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Here's to hoping all the flying dads have a great day.
 
Same to you, I'll be flying this afternoon with my youngest son as my co-pilot! :D
 
Thanks son, happy fathers day to you too. To all of you, if your dad is still with you give him a big hug and just thank him for being a dad. I miss my dad a great deal.
 
tmyers said:
Thanks son, happy fathers day to you too. To all of you, if your dad is still with you give him a big hug and just thank him for being a dad. I miss my dad a great deal.
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Boy ain't that the truth!

Thanks for starting the thread, Bryan. Happy Father;s Day right back at you!
 
I have breakfast with my brother and dad every Saturday morning. If I could think of a better gift I'd get it for him, but every year he has to settle for two 6packs of German beer.

He's a good guy. Took my son on a road trip through New England and Canada last summer and is taking him to D.C. Next month.

When I was a kid he worked six days a week, gone before I was awake and home after dark. One mistake you never made twice was to let him hear you say you were bored.
 
Gerhardt said:
I have breakfast with my brother and dad every Saturday morning. If I could think of a better gift I'd get it for him, but every year he has to settle for two 6packs of German beer.

He's a good guy. Took my son on a road trip through New England and Canada last summer and is taking him to D.C. Next month.

When I was a kid he worked six days a week, gone before I was awake and home after dark. One mistake you never made twice was to let him hear you say you were bored.
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We must have the same dad... :lol:

My dad grew up on a farm during the depression, then after graduating from high school he jumped into the war. After that he took his GI Bill and went to college, earning an engineering degree. Later he added a masters and then a PHD. After graduation he took a commission in the army but switched to the air force shortly after. He spent 32 years in the AF reserve.

After college he took a job at the Agriculture and Mechanical College in Texas , now Texas A&M University, as an assistant professor. While at A&M, he taught various subjects on how to mechanize farms for better production, then became a research scientist designing and building equipment to make small farms more efficient.

He worked at A&M for 41 years. I still see equipment on farms that my dad designed.

At the time I thought I was being punished for something because he made me do farm work. We didn't live on a farm, but I was sort of an "indentured servant" that he loaned out to work on farms, mostly small family farms. As it turned out the hard work didn't hurt me at all like I thought is was. I feel I am a better person because of my dad, because of the way I was raised.

My dad has been gone for 20 years now, but all he ever did was try to make a better life for my mom, my sister and me. To this day I still reap benefits because of my dad.
 
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I used to go to my dads house every Saturday morning and we would just sit and talk and drink coffee. Sometimes we just drank coffee. I didn't need a lot of conversation to have a good time with my dad.
 
Weather is down and props in the shop,happy Father's Day to my fellow pilot dads.
 
Zeldman said:
We must have the same dad... :lol:

My dad grew up on a farm during the depression, then after graduating from high school he jumped into the war. After that he took his GI Bill and went to college, earning an engineering degree. Later he added a masters and then a PHD. After graduation he took a commission in the army but switched to the air force shortly after. He spent 32 years in the AF reserve.

After college he took a job at the Agriculture and Mechanical College in Texas , now Texas A&M University, as an assistant professor. While at A&M, he taught various subjects on how to mechanize farms for better production, then became a research scientist designing and building equipment to make small farms more efficient.

He worked at A&M for 41 years. I still see equipment on farms that my dad designed.

At the time I thought I was being punished for something because he made me do farm work. We didn't live on a farm, but I was sort of an "indentured servant" that he loaned out to work on farms, mostly small family farms. As it turned out the hard work didn't hurt me at all like I thought is was. I feel I am a better person because of my dad, because of the way I was raised.

My dad has been gone for 20 years now, but all he ever did was try to make a better life for my mom, my sister and me. To this day I still reap benefits because of my dad.
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20 years ago my dad passed away as well. The wound is healed, but every once in a while you realize you have no one to turn to for fatherly advice.

So I'm sitting on my drinking porch with my wife, daughter, and two chocolate English Labs, drinking his favorite Gin on the rocks, wondering how much he would love to be sitting here with me, today.
 
Zeldman said:
We must have the same dad... :lol:

My dad grew up on a farm during the depression, then after graduating from high school he jumped into the war. After that he took his GI Bill and went to college, earning an engineering degree. Later he added a masters and then a PHD. After graduation he took a commission in the army but switched to the air force shortly after. He spent 32 years in the AF reserve.

After college he took a job at the Agriculture and Mechanical College in Texas , now Texas A&M University, as an assistant professor. While at A&M, he taught various subjects on how to mechanize farms for better production, then became a research scientist designing and building equipment to make small farms more efficient.

He worked at A&M for 41 years. I still see equipment on farms that my dad designed.

At the time I thought I was being punished for something because he made me do farm work. We didn't live on a farm, but I was sort of an "indentured servant" that he loaned out to work on farms, mostly small family farms. As it turned out the hard work didn't hurt me at all like I thought is was. I feel I am a better person because of my dad, because of the way I was raised.

My dad has been gone for 20 years now, but all he ever did was try to make a better life for my mom, my sister and me. To this day I still reap benefits because of my dad.
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:yes::yes:...

You don't know what you have............. Till it's gone...:sad::sad::sad::sad:
 
My dad's been gone for over 25 years (I was the youngest of 10, he was 49 when I came), he was a truly gentle man and one helluva craftsman, mechanic and engineer. I miss him every day.

Mom lived to be 101. All us kids joke that she lived so long because Dad was up there every year lobbying God to please give him just one more year of peace and quiet.

Yeah, I know, we're all going to hell! :)
 
Happy Father's Day to all. I lost my father 41 years ago at age 16. As someone mentioned, the worst part was not having "fatherly" advice as I was making my way in life. But, I have two daughters and a son-in-law who lost his dad last year, so hopefully, I can help provide fatherly advice to all of them.

Btw- I did go for my annual Father's Day flight today. Great weather after all the rain we have had.
 
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