Why Fathers Get Gray Hair

[Filip Larsen]

I don't know if I posted this photo before, but here's the plane my daughter has been doing acrobatics with lately

With the new posts I am also reminded to check up on 19 year old Zara on her record setting world-circumnavigation solo trip, and it appears she is scheduled to complete this Thursday Jan 20th (with live coverage I believe), making her trip taking 5 month! Dispite her young age I bet she already has some pretty fantastic aviation stories to tell by now. I sure hope they put up a good video summary of her trip at some point.

 

[WWGD]

With the new posts I am also reminded to check up on 19 year old Zara on her record setting world-circumnavigation solo trip, and it appears she is scheduled to complete this Thursday Jan 20th (with live coverage I believe), making her trip taking 5 month! Dispite her young age I bet she already has some pretty fantastic aviation stories to tell by now. I sure hope they put up a good video summary of her trip at some point.

After her arrival, she will give the State of the Union address!

 

[dlgoff]

I don't know if I posted this photo before, but here's the plane my daughter has been doing acrobatics with lately:
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Here are some other photos that my daughter sent me:

Sorry if I've posted these somewhere before.

 

[berkeman]

Sorry if I've posted these somewhere before.

Nope, not posted here before. Beauty.

 

[dlgoff]

Nope, not posted here before. Beauty.

Thank you Sir.

 

[Ibix]

The last but one is very dramatic - the last quiet moment in the hangar, then the doors open and we roll out to meet the press/take off into battle/whatever.😁

 

[dlgoff]

Here's a new photo to add to this very old thread. My daughter with her scholarship to help her get her instrument rating:

 

[dlgoff]

Thanks for the likes guys. Here's another photo of her in the cockpit:

 

[Filip Larsen]

Training for an IFR rating is intense! The cognitive limits of the conscious mind becomes very apparent when trying to monitor 3-4 things in your instrument scan while also trying to figure what is wrong when they don't add up. Having a knack for multitasking (or rather, quick task switching) sure is a bonus here (I suck at that).

I look forward to see pics of your daughter flying with the windshield visually blocked off.

 

[dlgoff]

I look forward to see pics of your daughter flying with the windshield visually blocked off.

I just emailed her letting her know about this. Hope she'll send me a photo of that.

 

[pinball1970]

Thanks for the likes guys. Here's another photo of her in the cockpit:
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I went back to #47 I liked that photo. Concentration meets wonder and joy.
Reminds of that a little bit. Great pic as is this.

 

[Borek]

C172 with glass cockpit I know it from sims, but it is one of the most popular planes in GA.

 

[dlgoff]

I went back to #47 I liked that photo. Concentration meets wonder and joy.
Reminds of that a little bit. Great pic as is this.

I went back to #47 and it looks like the same photo. I'm thinking my daughter must have not realized that it was an old photo.

 

[pinball1970]

I went back to #47 and it looks like the same photo. I'm thinking my daughter must have not realized that it was an old photo.

A quick side to side
Head phones, glasses, dash, black jacket- blue t-shirt
Defo different

 

[dlgoff]

@pinball1970
Here's a good image of my daughters face:

 

[dlgoff]

my daughter

She gives me meaning to my life.

 

[Borek]

She gives me meaning to my life.

It haven't been missed - and it is not surprising at all

 

[dlgoff]

It haven't been missed - and it is not surprising at all

Thank you @Borek. This means a lot to me.

 

[Astronuc]

She gives me meaning to my life.

You've done good.

 

[pinball1970]

@pinball1970
Here's a good image of my daughters face:
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That's great.
That look is, "I got this and it's awesome. Any questions?"

My son dives (and other stuff like traveling) I hate it, which is why resonated with this thread that started in 2017.

Beautiful post.

 

[Astronuc]

My son dives

Water or air?

If air, maybe dads can introduce them, and she can drop him off somewhere.

 

[pinball1970]

Water or air?

If air, maybe dads can introduce them, and she can drop him off somewhere.

Sea.

 

[dlgoff]

No need for gray hair because of this, which gives me great confidence in her flying:

https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/random-thoughts-part-6.875108/post-6651535

 

[dlgoff]

Sometimes I still get a few gray hairs:

I just received this in an email:

I am up in Fort Morgan preparing for the first aerobatic contest of the season. I will be here until Sunday.

 

[dlgoff]

Here are some photos that my daughter just sent me. I think they are from her aerobatic contest and the last one is from getting her instrumentation rating.

 

[Vanadium 50]

In the late, lamented Ukraine thread, I pointed out that there were a couple hundred F-14's in the desert. If she really wants to do aerobatics...

 

[dlgoff]

I thought this photo was good:

 

[dlgoff]

I really like this one too. A good close up of here face:

 

[dlgoff]

Didn't know where to put this, but it makes me think of my daughter:

https://www.wifr.com/2022/07/27/amelia-earhart-honored-us-capitol/

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WIFR) - A new statue was unveiled at the U.S Capitol buildings Statuary Hall on Wednesday that honors the legendary pilot, Amelia Earhart.

... 125th anniversary of her birth in Kansas.

 

[berkeman]

So they both were born in Kansas? Does you daughter know this?

(oops, maybe ixnay on mentioning that to her -- last thing we need is her taking off on an around-the-world solo flight...)

 

[dlgoff]

So they both were born in Kansas? Does you daughter know this?

Yes. I emailed here with that link and quoted the same.

maybe ixnay on mentioning that to her -- last thing we need is her taking off on an around-the-world solo flight...

Now this post fits, as I'm getting more gray hair now.

 

[berkeman]

Yes. I emailed here with that link and quoted the same.

Oh noes! Maybe just remind her how boring the trip would be? That should put it right out of her head!

 

[dlgoff]

Oh noes! Maybe just remind her how boring the trip would be? That should put it right out of her head!

I think that's why she hasn't visited for a while.

 

[berkeman]

I think that's why she hasn't visited for a while.

You mean she...might...already...be...

 

[dlgoff]

You mean she...might...already...be...

If you mean:

That should put it right out of her head!

Yes