My Daughters First Flight in the family J-3! Finally took Amelia up in the Cub. She loved it.

[@logictheorist]

I used to take my daughter flying at that age. She's now 25 and a licensed pilot herself. In my family she is the 4th generation to become a pilot, but she is the first girl to get her license. These are priceless memories to have with our kids, thanks for sharing yours with the rest of us.

[@cpunut]

That's awesome. I used to take my teen daughters flying back last time I was current, about 20 years back. They learned to fly, we all had a great time. It's a special bond 🙂

[@stevenlocke5445]

Someday she may take her family flying or on vacation

[@BradYaateeh.]

There is nothing more heart warming than to watch the world through a young girls eyes.

[@dougmackenzie5976]

Someday, many, many years from now, when she's your age, she is going to watch this and thank you all over again. You orchestrated a magnificent memory for your daughter, and thanks to today's technology, she'll get to relive this moment for the rest of her life. Good on ya, Dad. You really nailed this.

[@dougmackenzie5976]

Excuse me...I need a minute to inspect my eyes. They seem to be leaking out of limits....

[@stephenreese5921]

Flying with her dad will be a memory that will stay with her forever!

[@Bananasssssssss]

I hope so!

[@marcelofilippini1899]

Y cuando sea abuela loa nietos le preguntarán ¿Hiciste éso en éso? ❤😊

[@williammullis1913]

😮It'll also stay with her Dad forever. I have those memories with my oldest daughter who will be 54 this year.

[@tommysonnier9848]

Looks like it will become a normal thing in here life because she will definitely do it with him countless times more. Also, her dad infected her with the flying bug. She will never get rid of it.

[@stephenreese5921]

@Love.is.the.Key. Dad is her protector. He gives her the strength to tackle difficult situations headlong and unafraid.

[@getoff7803]

Dad: "This is the best day ever!" No amount of money, even a billion dollars, could buy these moments.

[@Bananasssssssss]

100%

[@seancrowley1065]

​@@BananasssssssssI said that to my dad the first time we flew on the concord. When it hit Mach 2 he had to tell me to be quiet because I was yelling, we hit Mach 2, we hit Mach 2.

[@Matas226]

We always sat in the rear seat in my Grandfather's J3. All three of us could sit in it at the same time.

[@jpb1958]

Moments like this is what makes life worthwhile.

[@jean-marcpoirier9340]

It's wonderful that an 83-year-old plane can give so much joy to a young child. The result of an excellently designed and very well piloted machine.

[@mikeydx]

“Best day ever”!!! What a special daddy daughter moment!! Thanks for sharing this special video Joe!

[@Bananasssssssss]

My pleasure! Thanks for watching!

[@forummorum]

When this little princess grows up and has children, she will show her children how she spent an incredibly beautiful time with their grandfather with this video. What a great memory.

[@paulmartos7730]

I totally agree. She absorbs flight as a natural phenomenon, just one more remarkable thing humans can do. I never had such luck but I loved aviation as long as I knew it and enjoyed being a pilot more than almost anything.

[@wonderrob3225]

God bless her she is wonderful

[@Skyfloats72]

Whe she said "The Best Day Ever" my heart melted, bless her ♥️

[@jeffreygrantsmith]

The way she touched her dad's face. Beautiful.

[@lukemolloy2971]

She's a natural! Won't be long til she's got you sitting in the front seat Joe. Brilliant stuff...

[@Bananasssssssss]

I hope so!!

[@cpunut]

Yea I can see that 🙂

[@bertwooley]

My dad was a flyer in WWII. When I was about 3 (1953) my dad took me flying in a J 3 Cub much like yours. What a thrill. It changed my life. Thanks for the video and the memory. Your daughters will remember this forever. Beautiful, just Beautiful!

[@Bananasssssssss]

Thanks for watching

[@BradSimmons]

Magical. your Dad skills are 10/10 brother. I have always had the dream of flying - but never had the opportunity. I encouraged our little boys -- now , not so little - we have a PPL in the family - and he's going for commercial now. We do things for our kids that we didn't have... You are doing it right. thank you for the video.

[@Bananasssssssss]

Thank you!

[@theflyingchillipepper]

A moment to treasure forever. Daddy's and their little girls have a special bond and it's so cool to give them experiences like this. 🥰

[@eriku571]

I've never watched a video of yours. I don't have a daughter. This video makes me smile and feel filled with joy. What a wonderful way to preserve and cherish your memories...

[@Bananasssssssss]

Thank you! Sincerely appreciate that!

[@UTube4Junky]

Wasn’t blessed with kids but as an international airline pilot and an occasional glider pilot, videos like this put a smile on my face.. congrats.. she’ll always cherish that day! ❤️ ❤️

[@Bananasssssssss]

Thank you!

[@matthill1727]

You had me after pancakes. Pure gold. Brought back lots of great memories flying with my mom and dad just a bit older than Amilia. We all need to take notes on her pure joy of just running around in a circle on the grass.

[@Bananasssssssss]

Really seems to be the simple things they enjoy the most.

[@sirtango1]

@@BananasssssssssIsn’t that the truth! You can buy them a toy or something and they’ll ignore the toy and make a fort out of the box the toy came in, and move into it! I😂

[@glennmullis1477]

THIS ❤️ is what it's all about! I was actually crying tears of joy as I watched this video. It brought back memories of my grandfather and his love of aviation... a passion I share with him and his memory ❤️. Sadly, I never got to fly in his J-3 Cub. A terrible thunderstorm struck 8A6 Wilgrove Airpark while he was out of town on business, and many airplanes were destroyed by the extreme winds. His was one of them. Watching your sweet flight with your daughter made me think of what could've been for my grandfather and me once. 😊 Thank you so much, Joe, for creating and sharing this special video. You and your family will always cherish this beautiful day. May God bless you always 🙏 ❤️

[@Bananasssssssss]

Thanks Glenn!

[@cameronmolt5649]

Me to! I used to fly with my gramps in his Aeronca. Now I fly it. After I got signed off to fly it (insurance checkout) I had to gather my composure before my 1st solo.

[@MrSoarman]

My goodness, I loved every second of that, she is sooo cute and sweet, great job dad in explaining and nurturing her first flight, due to poor health I no longer fly, enjoy every flight as your last.

[@Historyfreak-f7o]

Me too. Tears of joy in remembrance! Oh to be young again!

[@scottnix4991]

This is the best thing I've ever seen on KZbin. Dad took me up in his Taylorcraft when I was about that age. I will never forget that ride. Neither will she.

[@BackcountryPilot]

Watched this sitting between with my two young daughters, who’ve only sat in the back seat. Now they want a ride in that J-3.

[@Bananasssssssss]

They have good taste!!

[@annonymous6906]

Have 2 boys about her age. Actually made me tear up a little when she said 'best day ever'. That's literally my favorite thing to hear. Good on you dad!

[@michaelkraus5984]

This was so precious my teeth fell out!

[@RandThompson-dd3sk]

The only thing better than every kid having a father... is every kid having a good father!

[@waynemanning3262]

Retired pilot here, I remember my Dad and I flying our J-3 together on Sunday mornings, best days of my life!

[@Bananasssssssss]

Hopefully my girls look back and think the same

[@waynemanning3262]

@@Bananasssssssss I’m sure they will! Our Sunday morning breakfast at the air park was our tradition and later my wife enjoyed that tradition with us. Beautify Cub by the way, mine needs a total rebuild, my retirement project!

[@ebenezerwheezer2957]

This is exactly how I was introduced to Flying my dad had a cub 1947 I think. I know it had a Franklin engine. I was about the same age as this little girl. I sat in the front seat couldn't see anything out the front windshield had to look out the sides my dad was 6 ft 5 so i had his long legs next to me. I earned my pilot's license at 18 years old and ended up becoming a commercial pilot. I still remember taking my dad up few months before I had my license shortly before he died. I still don't regret bending the rules. No radio, no lights, no Electric System, a simpler time.

[@Bananasssssssss]

This Cub came with a Franklin originally from the factory.

[@ebenezerwheezer2957]

Two things that I remember was the fuel indicator. A bent wire that came out of the fuel cap on top of the engine cowling. When flying with the doors open. Your stall warning indicator was the lower door raising up as you were approaching a stall.

[@wonderrob3225]

When i was little, my Dad took me flying in his Cessna 172 many years ago

[@lincturcotte6194]

4 years ago, I took my youngest grandson Mike up in my RV6 for his first flight ever. The noise he made when I built speed and did a pull-up at the end of the runway made my 20 year build effort totally worthwhile!

[@glenwilliams5818]

CF-LVW on the bucking bar! Horizontal and Vertical! Dad has been flyen since 69! Vernon b.c.

[@michaelladigo2395]

I can't tell you the emotions that this brings back to me.

[@Clare-t8r]

My dad, when he was 16 in 1926, soloed and then took his mom for a ride in a bi-plane for her one and only ride. She was wonder struck. She said "this is what angels see when they look down from heaven." What a thrill for grandmother and a once in a lifetime honor for dad. Dad retired from American Airlines as #1 in seniority at DFW and #4 company wide.

[@alcampbell5831]

Videos of the joy of a child are the best thing to find on KZbin. Thank you very much.

[@Bananasssssssss]

Thank you!

[@rogerd9150]

What a great dad! And might I say, that is one of the sweetest looking J-3 Cubs I have ever seen. You are one very blessed man!

[@Bananasssssssss]

Wow, thank you!

[@lw216316]

"Are we flying now?" - love it from I'm scared to best day ever , this is fun - brings back memories of flying with my father when I was a kid. I remember the first time he made a bank turn. I looked down out the window and was scared. So I leaned way over against my dad. He said, "Are you scared?" - unlike this precious, honest girl who said she was scared, I said , "No, I just wanted to see out your window". I think I was 5 years old.

[@tarrabueche4922]

Flying with Daddy is something this little girl will always remember. I am 61 years old, and my Daddy had a J3 Cub when I was Little and flying with him are some of my most wonderful memories.

[@bradkalinowski7143]

Well done Joe! That’s definitely what life’s all about!

[@jerryhubbard4461]

I have watched thousands of KZbin videos and this one has to rank near the top. What memories and a lucky family.

[@sardillo]

Dad of the year award . Great video

[@Bananasssssssss]

Thank you!

[@zezeandjr4110]

That tiny hand feeling the air as the plane was taking off, and just the experience, I wish I had anything close to this, beautiful..

[@robertmills2147]

Just the simple fact that you get to do this with your daughter is amazing! I have 3 and have nothing this close. Great work dad!

[@tommywalker742]

Amazing Dad Award! She will never top that nor forget it!

[@mtacoustic1]

Just over-the-top darling! A bright yellow Piper Cub, a beautiful warm day and a cute little gal as your passenger- just doesn't get any better than that!

[@Bananasssssssss]

Agreed! Days like this really are The ones I’ll remember forever

[@haroldbishop5314]

At 9:25, when she simply runs around, loving life, no doubt taking in all the beauty in the world. I can almost smell the grass. Thanks for sharing.

[@ThomasGrillo]

I can't think of a more wonderful way to introduce the next generation to the joys of aviation! Thanks for sharing this! :)

[@Bananasssssssss]

My pleasure! Thanks for watching

[@fighterbomberMiG27]

It's so cute to watch family videos like this. It's like pure oxygen. My Sub for your channel, I love it. Good luck with growing!!!

[@captbart3185]

My favorite memories are flying with my Dad and flying with my son. I wish those 2 could have flown together. That would have been perfection

[@jcwilcox6210]

Outstanding! My son and I rode front seat in a J-3 when he was 2yo. We flew over our house while the wife was outside hanging his little brother's diapers on the clothesline. My friend throttled back and she said she could hear him calling "Momma" from 300'. Great first experience in a string of many involving aviation that I've been able to share over my career as a commercial pilot. Like my son, that first flight surely has set the hook deep for Amelia for a love of flying.

[@Bananasssssssss]

ha! hard to beat an open door J3 for first flight experience.

[@JayOgle]

Everything about this video = video of the year.

[@Bananasssssssss]

Thank you!

[@Ziptiedandtickled]

So cool, what great memories this will make. This reminds me of a memory of mine. When I was kid just a few years older than her I’d won the prize of being able to go for a flight like this from our Church’s Vacation Bible School contest for who brings the most guests along with you at the end of VBS. It was so cool, we got to go fly over the Church and our house. Man did I ever love that flight and VBS. Thank you Lord that was fun. 😊

[@jdl.1234]

What a great Dad. Your daughters will alway remember your Love!

[@Bananasssssssss]

Thank you!

[@kreyolLA84]

That's an amazing memory. Thanks for sharing.

[@Bananasssssssss]

Our pleasure!

[@michaelbohlander8392]

Best video ever makes me miss my Dad a little. Put a smile on my face THANK YOU blue skies and grass strips forever.

[@Bananasssssssss]

Thank you! I appreciate. Glad I could put a smile on your face

[@arbiter569]

You are a huge inspiration for me man, I hope I have a kid one day 🤞🏼. Also the name Amelia is so perfect! Future aviator right here!

[@33tonino]

I can't believe this little girl is a spitting image of my daughter Samantha when she was 3......it felt like a lump in my throat to see this beautiful family....Samantha, she is 50 now...

[@Musix4me-Clarinet]

*That's awesome.* I'm glad KZbin brought you to me.

[@Bananasssssssss]

Thank you!

[@Patrick42567]

I may not word this right so bare with me. The thing I love about this is your setting the foundation for her on how her future man should treat her with respect, caring, concern and love. THAT is a true FATHERs job, hats off to you my man..... Best wishes for you all and safe flying.

[@Bananasssssssss]

Thank you for this Patrick, it's sincerely appreciated.

[@gwenjones8]

Patrick, thank you for saying that. It was the first thing that came to my mind when the video started. Dad has made quite an impression on his daughter in her formative years. God bless you all.🙏

[@Patrick42567]

@@gwenjones8 Thx, I just had to, I just feel a lot of parents now a days don't realize just how much kids unconditionally trust and respect their parents, I felt Joe was not taking advantage of that and he was continuing to ensure her she could trust him, he knows the dangers, her not so much. Hopefully she will continue to look for these qualities in people she meets in her life. I'm rambling now so I'll zip it. Peace to all.

[@gwenjones8]

@@Patrick42567 👍🙂

[@rgarlinyc]

What a brave, happy, inquisitive, gorgeous little girl, what a wonderful 'vintage 'plane' to soar in the skies, and what a great Dad!

[@EdwardGrim-yx6rr]

Probably, no absolutely the best video I have seen on KZbin! Precious memories you and your daughter will have for a lifetime.

[@Bananasssssssss]

THANK YOU!

[@neira.francisco]

Her smile when you first start the engine: PRICELESS! Her memories with his dad will be priceless too 🤗🤗🤩

[@stephenhodkinson7707]

This is adorable a real father and daughter moment.

[@Bananasssssssss]

Thank you!!

[@stephenhodkinson7707]

@Bananasssssssss it reminded me of the times with my daughter I spent every minute I could with her. Cherish every moment because before you know it their a young woman. My daughter now is a midwife and she love me to bits and often reflects on our time together. Would change a thing. Have a lovely life. Stephen H.

[@Bananasssssssss]

@@stephenhodkinson7707 thank you for sharing!

[@stephenhodkinson7707]

@@Bananasssssssss ❤️

[@thecooky7744]

Her excitement and smiles good dad

[@PaulMacklinAmazing]

'this is the best day ever'!!!!

[@conservative-proud]

She’ll never forget this day !! ❤❤

[@brjimbo1]

I remember a little brown eyed, curly haired girl I took flying 25 years ago. An old Piper Cherokee 140 (1965) in the summer from a grass strip. We flew to Tulsa for snow cones at the airport snack shack.

[@peterwu8471]

Nothing better than having a daughter... and being a daddy.

[@Beerbellybilly1]

Super fun to watch. Good job Amelia😊

[@mikepech6822]

I don't think there is anything as gratifying as doing the first thing with your child they have only watched before. Just the look on her face and smile was priceless for me so could imagine for her dad. Thumbs up for both of them.

[@Bananasssssssss]

100% agree!

[@bearlemley]

My first aviation memory was information with my Dad’s 210. I was with my mom in her bonanza. My sisters was screaming for her mommy and remained just terrified. Meanwhile my mom was flopping the controls over to my side so I could see how the controls worked. I had to stand on the see]at to see outside. We flew up to Myrtle Beach to stay at a nice hotel on the beach. My granddad taught my mother in 37. My dad learned in a hurry to fly B17’s in 42. This month, I’ve had my license for 51 years. Flight kinda sticks to your ribs and you can’t stop. This lassie’s pink heads are so cute.

[@viewfromthehillswift6979]

Around 1952, my older brother was in his teens and had a private pilot's license. He took little me up in a J-3 for my first ever plane ride. Vivid memory, as she will have. This video takes me back.

[@hillcrestannie]

Priceless ! Thanks for sharing this special moment !

[@Bananasssssssss]

You bet!

[@tommysonnier9848]

What a cool guy, father and husband. Aside from this video being so beautiful to watch, what stands out to me is the insitution of family and the character of this man. Anyone without a dad, especially a good one, is at such a loss in life. This is a wonderful video for ALL these reasons. I wish all men were good fathers. This world would be a far better place.

[@Bananasssssssss]

Thank you! Really appreciate that

[@briannat1086]

So special! I too have a daughter named Amelia, inspired by Amelia Earhart.

[@sonnymolina8748]

I Absolutely Loved ❤️ this video I couldn’t stop crying your Daughter will never forget this moment thank you so much for sharing your special time with your Daughter and with all of us 👏🏽

[@Bananasssssssss]

Thank you!

[@nedgoldreyer8761]

This is how children should be raised. That is one fearless human in the making.

[@pointsplus5754]

Have a '39 Cub and a 4 month old granddaughter. Hope to do this some day. Great little pilot you got there. Enjoy every minute Joe. They grow up fast.

[@jamestone265]

I remember the first time I flew with my dad in our J-3 Cub.. I was 5 in 1949; we flew out of Hawthorne Municipal where had built his first hanger and machine shop.The Cub is still flying today out of El Monte Airport. I don’t remember how long we flew but I was hooked and continued to fly with him until he died in 1963 when I was 19. I never got my license or never went up in another private plane. The many hours I spent with him in our various planes and doing many hours with my hands and feet on the controls is and will be always the greatest time I ever spent with him.

[@Samtzu]

You've just made an avid pilot.... she will never forget this day.....

[@Bananasssssssss]

I Hope!

[@flyingmaniac3827]

it's hard to get any better than this, best family memories are the small one.

[@Bananasssssssss]

Absolutely

[@Curious_Skeptic]

Exactly, how a J3 should be used! LOL. The plane that will bring a smile to everyone's face! She'll be landing by next year.

[@2pugman]

Great video ! The Cub J3 I took my lessons in didn't have a throttle like that. It was an old fashioned window sash lock ! 1964.

[@Curious_Skeptic]

@@2pugman You sure it was a J3? Pretty sure they all have always had that exact throttle locations and type. There are several 'similar' planes. I've been in many J3's. All are identical. Been around planes for 30 years. Anyway. The important thing is, you had a chance to fly! It's one of the most magical experiences in life!

[@jessicahupe9727]

I did not see the fuel float. Ours had a cork fuel float sitting on tundra tires

[@marcsmith7037]

Brings back lots of memories. Dad sat me on a boat cushion so I could see over the dash...8yrs old. I later soloed in our Cub, rebuilt it as an A&P. I lost several hats in that cockpit!

[@adrianrmoralesb]

This world belongs to the children, parents are here to enjoy the process of teaching them as much as possible for when we are no longer with them.

[@onenesswithJesus]

Priceless moments to never forget. she is so good sport a pilot by nature.

[@twiddlinbits]

How can you bring up pancakes if they're not available? That's crazy.

[@smartbody2456]

Awesome Dad, what a memory that your daughter and you will have to share.

[@Bananasssssssss]

Thank you!

[@drumhaver223]

New bucket list items; 1. Have daughter. 2. Buy J-3.

[@jakebrodskype]

Good job! I took my daughter with me flying when she was 5. We went to Lancaster airport for afternoon tea. She had a good time too.

[@davew7250]

I’m not sure who’s enjoying this more. It appears to be a tie.

[@Bananasssssssss]

One thing for sure, we both won’t forget it!! (Hopefully anyway, lol)

[@eriklindgren5870]

Reminded me of the first time I took my son flying on the Cub. Great stuff and something you will both remember forever. Thx.

[@rovhalt6650]

That girl is gonna have trouble finding a partner when she's grown who can live up to the standards set by her dad.

[@jaex9617]

Creepy and weird thing to say.

[@njcowboys3588]

And being called buddy all the time lol

[@gillesbueno1153]

That girl will have no problem whatsoever to find her way as a commercial pilot should she choose to become a professional pilot thanks to the wisdom of her father, so she can live up to the standards imposed by the economic system. She will find someone to live according to her standards and not according to her father’s standards. Writing from France.

[@Septurez]

uhhhhhh

[@manifestgtr]

@@gillesbueno1153 lol…and “fun at parties” guy has made the scene…

[@crazypetec-130fe7]

Those giggles make my heart melt.

[@bigal1863]

Wonderful day and thank you for sharing it with this old pilot.

[@terrymcchesney383]

What a great Dad.....she'll never forget it! I know you won't either!

[@colinkobel2868]

I can only imagine the feelings of joy that you must have had! Your daughter will remember her first flight forever!

[@Bananasssssssss]

Great memory for sure!

[@pixamite1]

Awesome!!! That time you and your little Amelia spent in the Cub was priceless👍🏼

[@ArenAurelius]

Pure Love and Joy! Life is good!

[@JC-td4gg]

What an great experience for both of you! Love that beautiful Cub, my favorite!

[@cl4998]

This is a very beautiful moment, thank you for sharing.

[@bwmcelya]

Great video! She wasn’t the least bit frightened. You prepped her well. My first flight was with my Father in a Stearman bi-plane. Still flying, until I can’t. I’ll age out before long, but the memories will always be there. Your daughter will always remember her first flight, and it was with her Dad. Pretty special.

[@cameronmolt5649]

That's awesome. My favorite thing to do is take kids flying. The nervous ones are always smiles when we lift off. The amount of responsibility is equal to the joy of sharing GA.

[@crystalclarity6766]

The creation of a beautiful, lifelong memory! ❤

[@craigmeek6026]

I Remember my First Airplane Ride in my Dads Plane way Back in 1972..He is Gone now but I Can Still Remember that day like it was yesterday