Averie's PROUD Dad (Leighton) flies, 1st time since his ~20 hours of flight lessons 25 years ago!

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[@SantosChronicles]

The Flying with Ron series continues. It’s a family affair. So cool to see your abode from that height. Dad is proud. And can’t believe its a free ride and gets paid. I just finished paying my student loans last November. Cool to see the money breakdown. All we need is Janis handing out her famous cookies after the flight. You can charge an arm and a leg for that experience 🍪🛩️. With all your footage, where do you store all your footage?

[@Parr4theCourse]

I would be proud too, we just recently paid off the rest of our daughter’s college loans!!!!! Once all the videos are up on KZbin we delete the raw footage, but I could still download and make a montage…..can’t charge to take folks up….against the rules!!!

[@janisparr8592]

You are right, Carl! I need to start handing out cookies!!

[@prestonmiller9552]

Ron, you are flying's best ambassador. The best part of flying has always been introducing others to the joys of flight. Well done!

[@Parr4theCourse]

Thanks Preston we appreciate that…. We are blessed having met/known you through aviation!!

[@janisparr8592]

Thanks, Preston. You are so right!

[@kevincollins8014]

He definitely has every reason to be very proud of Averie . That would be pretty cool for them to train at the same time . I am getting ready for a Bahamas cruise soon and I've never been there so definitely looking forward to it. As always thanks for sharing the great videos with us all and blessings to you and your entire family!

[@Parr4theCourse]

Thanks Kevin, keep us posted on your cruise…..

[@janisparr8592]

Training at the same time would definitely be a competition!! I hope you love the Bahamas - it is such a beautiful place. You’ll have to let us know what you think.

[@davemajor1884]

Good luck on flying again. Getting my pilot’s license was the most exciting thing I’ve done in my life. I saw you take off at Stearman Field. 👍👍👍👍 Blue Skies Dave Major

[@Parr4theCourse]

I hope Leighton takes it up again, I didn't get my PPL until I turned 60 and I agree was one of the best things I've ever done. We've flown all over and chronicled most of our adventures, but we really enjoy sharing aviation with others . . . hope to meet you at Stearman one day . . . Thanks for watching!

[@davemajor1884]

@@Parr4theCourse we live right across from the restaurant, second house from the North end of the runway.

[@Parr4theCourse]

@@davemajor1884 Sweet!!!!!

[@janisparr8592]

Thanks for watching and commenting! Nice that you are right at Stearman - hope to meet you sometime.

[@Andre.D550]

I’m here to watch already. 😎

[@Parr4theCourse]

Thanks . . . 😎

[@janisparr8592]

Always one of the first!

[@paratyshow]

👍✅ ☕ Nice job again spreading it around!

[@Parr4theCourse]

We love doing it . . .

[@janisparr8592]

Leighton would love to pick up his training again, but “life gets in the way”! Building a house, 3 kids, 2 horses, etc…

[@ProPilotPete]

Was that a Stearman at Stearman?

[@Parr4theCourse]

YES it was, they have several of them that fly out of Stearman . . .

[@janisparr8592]

😂 Yep!!!

[@paratyshow]

👍✅ Funny, funny guy you are Pete!

[@dutchygirl]

Ha! Taking whole families up for some much needed vitamin F! I hope Averie and her dad will start flying lessons together. Great father-daughter thing!!! I have this flying school buddy that does it with his 16 yo son. The youngster has already done his first solo. They seem to go in a faster pass. I don't understand this whole 'I'm good' saying though. I think Americans mean they don't like something. It is a bit confusing. Just like when us Dutch say, that we find something interesting, we are honestly interested. Need more Dutch directness 🤭 Did Janis find some sweet while you guys were out there?? 😁

[@Parr4theCourse]

Yes I’m good simply means I’m done/finished just more polite to say “good” vs “done/finished” sounds so final😜🤪

[@janisparr8592]

We had a great time with them. I know Americans have so many idioms/slang terms - it makes it impossible to know what we mean!!! No sweets this day - lots of good conversations with Leighton and Averie, though!

[@dutchygirl]

Aaaah! @@Parr4theCourse So "I'm good" basically always means some kind of a 'no'. I think it is weird not just saying what is really going on. Dutch would just say 'I'm done' or 'I don't like this', or more politely 'no, thank you', or a thanks with at "but" and short explanation following. Now with my previous comment, I do still hope Averie and her dad will start flying lessons, but I'm not sure. Maybe dad was just a bit overwhelmed by the opportunities you gave him. On my first ever GA flight, I didn't even dare to ask to steer a bit though it was part of the package. I did ask a lot of questions what I, as a total greenie, could do in case the pilot would get incapacitated. I kinda freaked that guy out. Now I brief my instructor on this every flight on all the options as if they were a greenie too. It took me quite some time to take immediate charge of everything. I just felt respectless taking the lead with a real pilot sitting next to me. My instructors really had to push me to make my own decisions and just go for it. How things could change! 😎 I love it how you invite people for a spin, take efforts to explain things and being so kind in general!!! 😃

[@dutchygirl]

Nice chats can be very fulfilling too, @@janisparr8592 😃 Since I think my basic English is pretty good, I can dive into differences and more slang. By now I do understand about 95% of all what Americans are saying, even when not knowing all spoken words. Finding the exact right words to reply is another level. It is mostly somewhere in my memory, but sometimes I need to find it. Every country has its own specialties to learn more about. Same here, but merely sayings and more street language and Dutch directness could be a thing. We basically just always say what is really on our mind without any or much hesitation 😬😅

[@flyingadventuresab]

I wonder how much cheaper his flight training would have been 25 years ago.

[@Parr4theCourse]

A LOT . . . wished I had started 25 years ago!

[@flyingadventuresab]

@@Parr4theCourse Me too!

[@mattmansell3486]

You sure he's not a pilot already, that mustache is to cool not to be.

[@Parr4theCourse]

AH, AH, AH . . . He never got to solo . . . So no, but he was close~