James M. Lewis
Armed Forces
Hi everyone,
Wow!!!!!!!!!!! what a day.
I had 27 children between the ages of 4 to 6 years old and WAS SO HAPPY when the session was over. I was worn out but really enjoyed myself. The class started when I turn on the navigational lights to my CH53 and explained their meaning. They're taught when you see a green light you can go and a red light means to stop. I went further and told them this is how their mommy and daddy are able to drive the family car on the street. Every child understood completely when I related it to an airplane/helicopter. The school had set up a 55 inch wide screen TV monitor that I plugged my laptop with the RC Flight Simulator attached to it. So you could imagine how big a 600 size helicopter would look like before you with all the whistles and bells. Awesome. I placed a little people chair before it and I sat on the floor next to the child. And let me tell you friends overall there were some sharp kids out there. Two girls stood out and no boy could touch them. This is not an easy task explaining to a young child on how to use the collective/cyclic sticks. It didn't matter if they crashed a few times or a hundred, they had fun and that's all I cared about. While each child took a turn and flew for about 3 to 4 minutes, they would then pick a fellow classmate to take the controls. In the background their teachers were printing the child's name to a training certificate my son in law made. My wife who came with me had the bag of junior pilot wings. When everyone had a chance I asked everyone to give themselves a big clap for an awesome job. And you should have seen their faces when I told them they have earned a certificate with their name on it and will also get a set of junior pilot wings. So with teachers video taping, the school director called out the name of each graduating student to get a certificate and their wings. Our granddaughter helped in passing out the wings. I had the added honor of giving the child their certificate. There were SMILES everywhere. According to school rules you can't pin anything on to their clothes, so each child was handed their wings. Both items were placed in the book bags belonging to the little one. And guess what, Carey had made extra certificates so all teachers got one along with a set of wings. Even had certificates made for the owners of the school and director with wings. 
Wow!!!!!!!!!!! what a day.
I had 27 children between the ages of 4 to 6 years old and WAS SO HAPPY when the session was over. I was worn out but really enjoyed myself. The class started when I turn on the navigational lights to my CH53 and explained their meaning. They're taught when you see a green light you can go and a red light means to stop. I went further and told them this is how their mommy and daddy are able to drive the family car on the street. Every child understood completely when I related it to an airplane/helicopter. The school had set up a 55 inch wide screen TV monitor that I plugged my laptop with the RC Flight Simulator attached to it. So you could imagine how big a 600 size helicopter would look like before you with all the whistles and bells. Awesome. I placed a little people chair before it and I sat on the floor next to the child. And let me tell you friends overall there were some sharp kids out there. Two girls stood out and no boy could touch them. This is not an easy task explaining to a young child on how to use the collective/cyclic sticks. It didn't matter if they crashed a few times or a hundred, they had fun and that's all I cared about. While each child took a turn and flew for about 3 to 4 minutes, they would then pick a fellow classmate to take the controls. In the background their teachers were printing the child's name to a training certificate my son in law made. My wife who came with me had the bag of junior pilot wings. When everyone had a chance I asked everyone to give themselves a big clap for an awesome job. And you should have seen their faces when I told them they have earned a certificate with their name on it and will also get a set of junior pilot wings. So with teachers video taping, the school director called out the name of each graduating student to get a certificate and their wings. Our granddaughter helped in passing out the wings. I had the added honor of giving the child their certificate. There were SMILES everywhere. According to school rules you can't pin anything on to their clothes, so each child was handed their wings. Both items were placed in the book bags belonging to the little one. And guess what, Carey had made extra certificates so all teachers got one along with a set of wings. Even had certificates made for the owners of the school and director with wings. 
