How many of you get support from you parents?

[Jaybird]

I always wanted to fly as a teenager but my parents thought it was a waste of money. I had to wait untill I was able to do it on my own. I cant wait for the day my son shows interest in the hobby and we get to go buy a trainer. He is 7 now and is all into his 4 wheeler and X-box. I'm pretty sure that I'll fund him as long as his attitude and grades stay up.
Brian

Just remembered my grandfather bought me a chrome P-51 Testors CL model when I was young. I got it to run but never got it flying. Wish I still had it.

[3D_Kid]

I had to buy my own trainer as well!

[steven_gene]

My parents are realy supportive. My dad mostly, he takes me to the field when i want to fly and takes me to competitions. He usually enjoys it because hes a pilot and likes planes. finacially I pay for prety much everything but they will ocasionally buy me bits and bobs like glue etc. Usually wen i need/want something expensive they'll pay for it and ill pay them back over a couple of months so that my bank isnt completly empty, but even then i still have my savings, i have two account my pay goes into one and $10a month goes into my savings so that ive always got some money. I work after school for an hour mon to fri and i manage to keep my planes going. With the job that ive got i managed to have an extra 300 46 size, a spitfire 46 size and 2 electric foamies. Im now goin to start saving for a patern ship for competition. So the only advice i can give is not to give up on ur hobby because you cant afford it . go get a job mowing lawns, a paper run anything any money will help and dont sit around on your a$$ all day doing nothing

[bodywerks]

Well, I'm not a teen, but my dad helps me out more now than he ever did! When I started out, the only time I ever really got stuff was for xmas, and even then, before I actually started flying, getting him to get me a plane was like pulling teeth! His response was always "why would I buy you something that you are just going to go out and crash?" He is of the old-school, flew a little bit of control line and crashed a bunch of gliders and figured that is how it went - "build-fly-crash", LOL!
I do have him to thank for me actually getting into planes, though. He took me to one of his friend's house that had a bunch of gliders that were sitting around and baught a Goldberg Gentle lady for me. From there, I was pretty much on my own, taught myself how to fly it, flew it for almost a year under different sources of power (slope, powerpod, highlift), and actually never crashed it, at least not enough to break it - gave it to a friend, though, that proceded to crash it into little pieces within seconds!
Anyway, I am almost 32 years old, have my own house and my own planes, but live 1300 miles away from my dad. He misses having me around and missed watching me fly, so he bought a GP Ultimate 160, DA 50, and pretty much all the fixens so I'd have something to fly when I visited...
Bottom line, though is that it is YOUR hobby and, unless your mom/dad are into it too, you probably shouldn't expect a ton of help from them.

[jongurley]

Well I just turned 26,, All through my last 8 years of flying my parents have been very,very, supportive, they say atleast I am staying out of trouble,, and that statement is true,, All through my four years at East Carolina University and even after I graduated they still buy me airplane stuff,,, like I said I am 26 now, I am planning on starting North Carolina Highway Patrol Academy, but this past christmas they gave me a big gift certificate to the LHS,, and they also bought me a Matt Chapman 1/3 Cap,,,

[red_z06]

As a little boy of 12-13 years of age, I had $3 per month allowance. This was about 30+ years ago. My next door neighbor had an Enya 15 or 19 that he broke in on top of the roof (building structure allowed this). I was so envious of him and his Sterling Ringmaster. I wanted it so much that I decided to buy whatever I could until I had all the pieces. The first month, I bought a bell crank for a 19 size control line airplane. It was so precious to me as imagined finished ringmaster around my new hardware. My parts collection never made it past that bell crank. I knew that I could not ask any more than my pocket money allowed. No one pushed me into the hobby as a youngster. If I got all the stuff from my parents, I doubt that my memory of my first bell crank would be so dear and precious to me.

During my high school days, I worked at a local toy store. It allowed me to be close to the stuff I loved. I believe those were my happiest times. I now can afford things more readily. All the planes and helis that I get these days excite me still. However, the fondness and the satisfaction that I got during my younger days would never be matched.

I sure wish that my parents bought me the stuff I wanted so much when I was younger. I'll bet I would appreciate this hobby much less (umm maybe little less )if that was the case. I believe it is in our human nature that we value more of things that were obtaind with most effort.

[3D_Kid]

its just hideous to see kids my age with 3-5 DA150 35-40% planes ! i dont think ill ever get a giant scale.

[Flatlandman]

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please clarify what you are doing here. Are you trying to make fun of me or the child with dyslexia?
FYI he only misspelled one word in the original post. Thats why i suggested Word since that program doesn't just check spelling it also helps with grammar.

If your going at me,I will retort and you wont like what I have to say.

ps; this proves the crew here at the flying giants are hypocrites! It took less than 1 hour for them to delete my post that wasn't making fun of any one yet this pos post has been left here all day thats begging for me to get nasty with a response.

[3D_Kid]

	Quote: Originally Posted by 3D_Kid
	its just hideous to see kids my age with 3-5 DA150 35-40% planes ! i dont think ill ever get a giant scale.

it really pisses me off.

[leblanc]

Ya me too, but I am working hard to get my first 50cc plane and I know I am really gonna like it and going to appreciate it. =)

Although I am suprised to see many people are getting support from the parents, although soon it won't matter because I am getting a car in june\july and so will be just fine on my own, and another year after that "ON MY OWN"!! =)

LeBlanc

[Pro1Foam]

Just turned 29 and my mother gave me $200 towards a DA-150 for my b-day.

She also bought me a .40 extra300 and an OS61 for x-mas when I was 17.

And I bought my first plane, (aircore cub, attack-4 radio. fox 50), with the money they paid me to paint the whole out side of the house. (2 story-1800 sq ft) that was a bit#$.

[snapplane]

I get help from my parents during times like Christmas and my birth day but I pay for the rest of the stuff my self. I started saving for a car when I was about 12 or 13 but once I got into the hobby I decided to just get a cheap car and put the rest into planes. There is still no way I could do this without my parents support in allowing me to spend the weekends flying not to mention all of the other things they help me with outside of flying.