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Originally Posted by outahere
I have to agree with this. Our son did an EAA Young Eagles flight when he was about 9 or 10 years old and was hooked. He graduated from Florida Institute of Technology with a Bachelors in Aeronautical Science, and is currently working as a flight instructor (CFI, CFII, MEI). He has an interview for a first officer position next month.
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I bet when you think back on it, you will remember those signs that were there even before he was 9 or 10......
When he was a little boy, his favorite toys were probably little airplanes instead of little cars and trucks.
You also probably noticed early-on that if he heard a plane he always looked up and watched that plane fly until it was out of sight....
And, as you no doubt already know, that looking up does not stop. He now probably regales you with what kind of plane it is and more information about that plane than you ever wanted to know.
(Be sure to look at the picture alemorkam put on TOTV yesterday of an osprey flying with a fish in its talons. Your son would get a kick out of the aerodynamics that big bird instinctively knows how to use.)
Thanks for supporting my theory. All my evidence is anecdotal, but I have been around long enough to have seen it over and over. I think it's pretty wonderful.