Lawreston
En-Route
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Bill hadn't flown for years but now he's sporting forever wings and shall be missed by many. A long-time co-worker in the cement industry with my father, Bill gave Dad his only general aviation flight in Bill's beloved float plane.
Both his sons are pilots/owners; at least one grandson is a pilot. The latter is a story in itself.
That grandson had been flying with Grampy since "knee-high to a grasshopper." Over the years, the boy picked up a lot of "help" and understanding. After Bill had completed the area tour with my father, they talked.
"Ken, if you really want to have your heart in your throat, think about saying to your nine year old grandson who's about to solo your pride and joy float plane, ""Now boy, I want to see some turns, figure eights, takeoffs and landings,"" and then stand there on the shore of the lake and watch him do it." True story!
Of course, eventually the kid had to take standardized flight instruction. The story came that the flight instructor is said to have commented to friends, "Either I'm the world's greatest instructor or I have a complete whiz kid for for a student pilot." He was totally unaware of the circumstances. Needless to say that, when the kid became of Private Pilot age eligibility he passed on the initial flight test. RIP, Bill.
HR
Bill hadn't flown for years but now he's sporting forever wings and shall be missed by many. A long-time co-worker in the cement industry with my father, Bill gave Dad his only general aviation flight in Bill's beloved float plane.
Both his sons are pilots/owners; at least one grandson is a pilot. The latter is a story in itself.
That grandson had been flying with Grampy since "knee-high to a grasshopper." Over the years, the boy picked up a lot of "help" and understanding. After Bill had completed the area tour with my father, they talked.
"Ken, if you really want to have your heart in your throat, think about saying to your nine year old grandson who's about to solo your pride and joy float plane, ""Now boy, I want to see some turns, figure eights, takeoffs and landings,"" and then stand there on the shore of the lake and watch him do it." True story!
Of course, eventually the kid had to take standardized flight instruction. The story came that the flight instructor is said to have commented to friends, "Either I'm the world's greatest instructor or I have a complete whiz kid for for a student pilot." He was totally unaware of the circumstances. Needless to say that, when the kid became of Private Pilot age eligibility he passed on the initial flight test. RIP, Bill.
HR