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My 13 year old son took his first glider lesson yesterday. I believe he has found a new way to spend my money. Looks like I will be spending my Saturdays at the airport instead of gun shows in the foreseeable future.
BTW, if you thought the idea of your child driving at the age of 16 was a little scary, the schedule my son is on has him taking his first solo flight on his 14th birthday. Maybe I should have posted this in the prayer request section.

kewl and ummmm could be in the prayer section your a brave man!

Dude, that is sheer awesomeness.

Very cool!!! Is he heavy enough for the front yet? Way to go for you for supporting him!!

Is he flying at Midlothian / TSA? I spent most of my time at Caddo Mills but now I'm at Midlothian off and on. Most of my time there now though is to complete annuals for friends. I havn't flown in years though and want to get back in to it. Just got to busy to stay current. I spent many weekends playing line boy so that I could earn time for instruction.

Tell him to keep it up and in just a few short hours, he'll be soloing. Just think of it this way, he'll solo quicker than the time he'll have to drive with an instructor in a car.

RX8er wrote:Very cool!!! Is he heavy enough for the front yet? Way to go for you for supporting him!!

Is he flying at Midlothian / TSA? I spent most of my time at Caddo Mills but now I'm at Midlothian off and on. Most of my time there now though is to complete annuals for friends. I havn't flown in years though and want to get back in to it. Just got to busy to stay current. I spent many weekends playing line boy so that I could earn time for instruction.

Tell him to keep it up and in just a few short hours, he'll be soloing. Just think of it this way, he'll solo quicker than the time he'll have to drive with an instructor in a car.

Had to take the rear seat this time. I think they will try to put in some weights for the next lesson.
Doing lessons at Midlothian (stones throw from the house). He will be doing the line boy thing most of the Summer.

I took flying lessons from a man whose flying license was signed by Orville Wright. He was a retired insurance salesman, and gave flying lessons so he could ride around in airplanes that someone else was paying for. I asked him at one point how did he know when a student was ready to solo.

He said, "when I would let my granddaughter ride with you."

Very, very few pilots have trouble on their first solo. It's afterwards that most of the problems arise.

By the time he is ready to solo, he'll be ready to solo!

jmra wrote: Had to take the rear seat this time. I think they will try to put in some weights for the next lesson.
Doing lessons at Midlothian (stones throw from the house). He will be doing the line boy thing most of the Summer.

We had to add some weight and I sat on a lead shot seat pad and a parachute backrest just to get the CG correct. I was a skinny kid!!!

We will wait for the video of his first solo.

And, if you run in to Carol Walker out there, tell her that Brian and Don said Hi!!

Earning a pilots license before a driving license demonstrates a maturity way beyond his years...I would be watchful for the young ladies who will be wanting to hang around him soon...

My Dad saw that in me when I had eyes on driving his '65 Corvette when I first got my DL (17)...He sold that sucker real quick when that epiphany hit him...

RX8er wrote:

jmra wrote: Had to take the rear seat this time. I think they will try to put in some weights for the next lesson.
Doing lessons at Midlothian (stones throw from the house). He will be doing the line boy thing most of the Summer.

We had to add some weight and I sat on a lead shot seat pad and a parachute backrest just to get the CG correct. I was a skinny kid!!!

We will wait for the video of his first solo.

And, if you run in to Carol Walker out there, tell her that Brian and Don said Hi!!

Carol is awesome. She spent a lot of time wih us yesterday. She flew the tow plane and Shane was my son's instructor. So thankful to have such great resources so close to us.

jmra wrote:

RX8er wrote:

jmra wrote: Had to take the rear seat this time. I think they will try to put in some weights for the next lesson.
Doing lessons at Midlothian (stones throw from the house). He will be doing the line boy thing most of the Summer.

We had to add some weight and I sat on a lead shot seat pad and a parachute backrest just to get the CG correct. I was a skinny kid!!!

We will wait for the video of his first solo.

And, if you run in to Carol Walker out there, tell her that Brian and Don said Hi!!

Carol is awesome. She spent a lot of time wih us yesterday. She flew the tow plane and Shane was my son's instructor. So thankful to have such great resources so close to us.

Lots of great folks out there. Carol knew me when I was your son's age, more than 25 years ago.

Thought I would post a new pick. This is my son riding in the tow plane. If you look center right on the pic you will see the glider in tow. BTW, the headset he is wearing was a gift from a member of this forum - thank you again.

That is too cool. I am not letting my daughter see this.

C-dub wrote:That is too cool. I am not letting my daughter see this.

Yep, I'm getting jealous. I walk up to a plane and tell the pilot he has a really cool plane and he says thank you. One of my boys walk up and say the same thing and next thing you know they are flying patterns around the airport.
My son did that yesterday and got a ride in a Light Sport.

Finally stuffed enough bacon down my son to get him in the front seat of the glider. Flying every week now in anticipation of a solo flight on his 14th birthday in Feb. Mom is getting nervous.

C-dub wrote:That is too cool. I am not letting my daughter see this.

You'd better not. Otherwise she'll be taking lessons.