Originally Posted by
Gertrude the Wombat
Wasn't that big a deal ... we got the engine going again, and we had plenty of time to try other things from 9,000'.
My older brother had a similar experience, at a similar age. My dad was flying us somewhere, we were in weather and filed IFR, and skirted a t-storm. It didn't bother me as much, but my brother was done.
Last October I had my older boy in the back of the 2-33, and we had a rope break at 100'. Harris Hill is on a ridge, and we had the emergency field made. However, as I got down by the hang glider launch area, the ridge started working and I climbed 600', enough to land back. He thought it was great, has the busted piece of rope on his cork board.
I have a flying kids story from a different perspective too - my own childhood. On a flight in either the C172 or Debonair, I don't remember which, with me in the front and my older sister & brother in the back. My dad asked if I wanted to fly. I said sure, but I could just get my fingers to the yoke. As I was trying to get purchase, I realized it could slide back, so for proper ergonomics I pulled it back to the stop. Brother & sister screaming in the back, then after apologizing to each other for all the bad things they ever did to each other. Guess they thought they were goners. My dad hammerheaded (stall turned if you prefer) out the top and all was well. Having shown myself a child's capability to make mischief in an airplane, I am ever aware of the possibility.
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