Between Sandy and weeks of regular old rainy weather, it has been too long since I've flown. It gets a lot harder to find time when it is already dark when I get home on the weekdays.
This weekend finally turned out to be pretty nice. Saturday afternoon I met my friend Drew Matlack and his son Jonas at the airport. Jonas had watched his brother Ethan get a ride on his birthday and wanted the same treat. I was happy to oblige.
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Jonas is excited to go and surprised that he can move an entire airplane. He pushes it onto the taxi line so that we can load up.
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Jonas got lots of pictures of the interior and exterior of the plane.
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Here's one of his shots of the interior.
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We do a preflight briefing and explain what we'll be doing. It's his first time in a light plane.
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Drew and Jonas all buckled in and ready to go.
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We take off and fly over to the Matlack's neighborhood. Here's Jonas in the back.
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We circle Jonas' school, then over to.....
his house. His sister is bouncing on a trampoline in the back yard and waving to us.
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We land for some fuel before going up for a little more flying and a low pass. Jonas runs around getting pictures of everything.
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We had a great flight. We did a landing, circled his house and saw his sister jumping on their trampoline waving, then back to the airport for a low pass and landing.
Jonas nails an "Eagle One" pose.
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Jonas helps me with the post flight clean up. He took a bunch of pictures.
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We tuck the plane back in the hangar. That's Jonas in front of it, still taking pictures. I'm glad he enjoyed himself.
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Andrew came back out a few weeks later to help me bring home the workbenches in the last picture. We decided to give his daughter, Hannah, a ride. The last kid is in diapers and will have to wait a few years.
She had a great time, but even though she asked for them, I think the steep banks made her a little queasy. Less is more on a demo ride.
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