Comments on: Little Things

By: Justthisguy

Justthisguy — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:58:54 +0000

Awww! Just Awww!

Maybe she’s starting to appreciate that her Dad turned down a chance at a flag to look out for her?

(and you can tell her I said that)

By: Mark

Mark — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 21:47:05 +0000

Lex

“That’s not nothing”, indeed. Awesome that she came to you, paying homage to your skills honed through long hours over many years. Good for you. Both.

Through the good graces of the Director of Training for the Company I work for–I took my 11 year old son into a 747-200 simulator for about 2 hours. He frankly didn’t care that much initially…humoring his old man he was.

He has shone the video of his flight under the “Golden Gate Bridge” and subsequent landing at “SFO” at school twice. His old man still beams about it brighter than he does.

By: Kris, in New England

Kris, in New England — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 20:57:02 +0000

Lex – speaking as a daughter whose dad died way too soon, these are the moments that the Kat will cherish long after you are gone – and here’s hoping that’s a very long time to come.

By: Guy

Guy — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 18:26:22 +0000

Lex,
As one who has lost a daughter to the world, enjoy those special moments. They are few and far between.

By: Grumpy

Grumpy — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 18:22:34 +0000

Lex, you make an excellent point. You give an important insight into the truth. Did you ever notice how many times you can look at two diametrically opposed sides, but see equal value/wisdom/truth on each side? Did you ever notice, how simple it is to make something complex or how complex it is to make something simple? Albert Einstein had a good one, “Are you smart enough to be dumb OR dumb enough to be smart?

As I see you step from the cockpit, to a computer simulation with “X-Plane” as a wise move. It takes a strange courage and wisdom to listen to one’s own body to know when to do this. By the way, “Google Earth” has a flight simulator in it.

Oh, Humble Scribe, you are showing this wisdom. It is strange, I see many people who demand respect. Demanded respect is worthless. You are showing COMMANDED respect, not demanded respect. What is the difference between the two? Commanded respect is gained the old-fashioned way, YOU EARN IT!

By: Glenn M. Cassel AMH1(AW) USN RET

Glenn M. Cassel AMH1(AW) USN RET — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 12:43:12 +0000

Actually, I prefered my Great-Uncle Kenneth’s Aeronca 65 Champ. T-panel and a sight tube fuel gauge. Stick and rudder, fabric over tubing. And you could land it on a section road.
number 2 was Dad’s Ercoupe 415E. With the interconnect, a crosswind landing could be very interesting.
Flying, just to fly, as bsic as it gets.