| What happens when you're standing outside with your | | | | them learn how to fly right then. |
| little one, and you hear the whistling sound of jet | | | | Start with an RC trainer because crashes are normal |
| engines overhead? Isn't your attention suddenly drawn | | | | when beginners take to the air. Then, once they learn |
| to your child as they point toward the sky, jump up | | | | control of the aircraft, let them sample different types |
| and down, and excitedly yell "airplane, airplane?" | | | | of model aircraft to see which branch of the flying |
| Nothing compares to the look of utter captivation on | | | | career they'll pursue. |
| every youth's face when they spot an aircraft flying | | | | Plenty of radio control aircraft vehicles line up for those |
| across that blue expanse above them. | | | | sampling opportunities: |
| My grandson never tires of telling me how he went up | | | | - Cessna type single and dual motor airplanes for |
| for a demonstration flight at the county fair one day. It | | | | vacation flying, tour pilot, crop dusting, and corporate |
| was his first airplane ride, and one that he'll always | | | | pilot jobs. |
| maintain as part of his most favorite memories. After | | | | - Jets used for corporate business trips, and many |
| the plane leveled out the pilot handed the controls over | | | | other transportation reasons. |
| to my grandson, and let him fly the aircraft for a while. | | | | - Commercial models for transporting passengers on |
| He set his mind before this day to become a pilot as | | | | trips for pleasure and business. |
| an adult, and I know he'll always cherish flying that | | | | - Helicopters for sightseeing, corporate, rescue, and |
| airplane at the age of four (I think) as a major event. | | | | medical transport. Helicopters are probably the most |
| Kids start deciding their adult career choices at an | | | | difficult RC aircraft models to fly, and take hours of |
| early age. Of course, those choices change many | | | | practice to skillfully control. |
| times through their years from youth to adulthood, at | | | | - Military aircraft including turbo-prop airplanes of many |
| least they do for most kids. I know in my youth, I had | | | | types, jet planes, and helicopters for missions of war |
| four or five different job choices before my fourteenth | | | | and humanitarian operations. |
| birthday. | | | | Those RC aircraft will fascinate your children beyond |
| As adults we have the responsibility to help them | | | | imagination, and they'll be intrigued for hours just flying |
| make those smart choices by guiding them into | | | | them around. |
| awareness of what results they face from the | | | | When your child has her or his mind set on becoming |
| choices they make. One way to provide that guidance | | | | a pilot, and you give them a remote control aircraft for |
| is to give them a taste of what they say, or think, they | | | | those initial flight-learning experiences, how thrilled will |
| want as goals for later in life. | | | | you make them? |
| If your child decides on flying as a career choice, why | | | | How many "I love yous" does something like that get |
| not give her or him a remote control aircraft, and let | | | | you? |