Another Family First Flight

I took my 5-year old son for his first flight in a light aircraft yesterday. Looks like we have another Yates family member hooked on aviation! I used a club Alpha as I didn't think being stuck in the back pit of the Yak where I couldn't keep an eye on him was a good idea. I still had to put his booster seat in so he could see out of the airplane.

We powered off into the evening sky for a quick flit over our house and around the area before landing back at Te Kowhai airfield. He seemed very happy in the air (admittedly it was a smooth-ish evening) and he asked "When can we go next?" as we taxied in...

Hopefully, the closure of the Alpha factory in Hamilton won't affect the Waikato Aero Club's operation of these nifty little craft.