My son has borrowed my plane

He’s over in Montgomery Al for another couple of weeks. Probably back to Goldsboro on Friday for the weekend
 
I was afraid this was a bad news thread and that he "borrowed" it. Glad to hear he's just building time!
 
flyingpreacher said:
I was afraid this was a bad news thread and that he "borrowed" it.
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Well, he came from the airport just the other day,
So much like a man I just had to say.
Son, I'm proud of you, can you sit for a while?
He shook his head, and he said with a smile.
What I'd really like, dad, is to borrow the airplane keys,
See you later, can I have them please?

(with apologies to Harry Chapin)
 
Zeldman- that’s pretty close. He’s figured out how to go slow and cheap. Hard for me deny my son access to a tool I have that will help him in his future career. However, I’m having airplane withdrawals knowing it isn’t in the hangar waiting for me here in SEGa. Anybody wanna drop by and take me flying? lol
 
Having been the son in this equation before, I will say a collective 'thank you' on behalf of all airplane sons everywhere.

My dad let me take the -7A and keep it for a couple of months to do my IR training while in college as well as other extended trips. I have very some cool stories - flying to Vegas, NYC, Boston, etc. - that were made possible b/c my dad let me borrow the plane. I tried to pay back with sweat equity back in the day, but I know I never evened out the balance, and I'm always appreciative of the opportunities he gave me. So even if he doesn't say it or maybe doesn't realize it yet, he's grateful for the opportunities.
 
Thanks for that CJones. Capt Chris has expressed many times how grateful he is that I let him have the plane. His day job plane goes quite a bit faster, carries more things you can aim, and burns a LOT more fuel. His twin brother flew it around a bit as well to get some hours before he signed on with the Airlines. If my daughter flew, she could’ve used it as well. All three kids turned out great in spite of whatever I did.
 
As "flyingpreacher" said, I thought it was going to be bad news, too.

I had a friend who had some older brothers. His parents went out of town for a week and left the keys to the family car (as I recall it was a station wagon) in case the older boys needed to go to the store or what-not. This was back in the late 1960's. Mom and Dad came home, and Dad went out to start the car on Monday to go to work, and the car just roared in the driveway. Turns out the oldest boy pulled off the stock mufflers and installed glass pack "Cherry Bombs" in their place.

Dad was not pleased.
 
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