Gift for 16-year-old obsessed with airplanes and air travel
Aug 17, 2017, 2:48 am
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Gift for 16-year-old obsessed with airplanes and air travel
Any ideas? Have given him a couple of books in the past, although I'm open to book as well as other gift suggestions.
Aug 17, 2017, 5:20 am
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Aug 17, 2017, 5:38 am
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Budget up to around US$100. I think he has a couple of models already (though I don't recall which one), as well as books and cockpit posters on his wall.
Aug 17, 2017, 5:40 am
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A nice backpack or other luggage for travel? This assumes that circumstances are such that he actually does some travel.
Aug 17, 2017, 7:24 am
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Jane's has lots of books related to transportation, I can't personally comment on their aircraft volumes, but their train guides are very nice.
At https://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&ke...sl_1j2skhwdw_b amazon is selling under $15 the 5 volume Jane's aircraft books(1993 though)--this might be of interest.
At https://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&ke...sl_1j2skhwdw_b amazon is selling under $15 the 5 volume Jane's aircraft books(1993 though)--this might be of interest.
Aug 17, 2017, 8:06 am
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Aug 17, 2017, 8:13 am
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Agree, this would probably blow his mind.
You'd probably need to make sure his parents are OK with it first, though. There are some nervous Nellies out there.
You'd probably need to make sure his parents are OK with it first, though. There are some nervous Nellies out there.
Aug 17, 2017, 8:31 am
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I did this for my wife, but in a sailplane. Life changing.
Aug 17, 2017, 1:16 pm
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There are also places where you can purchase a simulator session. There's one in MOA (that seems to emphasize historical and military aircraft) and the DL museum at ALT offers sessions that can be booked in advance in a real simulator like their pilots use, but the price is beyond what the OP plans to spend.
Tickets or a trip to an air show of some sort?
Tickets or a trip to an air show of some sort?
Aug 17, 2017, 2:41 pm
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How about some stuff from www.airportag.com ?
Aug 17, 2017, 3:18 pm
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When I was 16, I think the open-seat biplane ride would have been about the coolest thing ever.
Simulator wouldn't be bad either...
Simulator wouldn't be bad either...
