Congratulations on the solo flights! I remember how weird it felt to fly my plane by myself. I'd been using my buddy box all through flight training and it was the first time I actually controlled the plane with my radio.

Considering that RC flying fields are the only place that I know of where teenage boys enjoy hanging out with their fathers, I'm surprised that more dads aren't following your example and flying with their kids.

Thanks for posting about your experiences, and here's to hoping you two will be flying that LT-40 for a long time. One of the guys I fly with learned to fly decades ago on a Goldberg Falcon 56 he built himself as a teenager. Now his kids are training on that same plane. Who knows? Maybe you'll have a grandkid or two learning to fly on your LT40 in about 20 years!