Great day!

Another one of the things I enjoy is flying. I have a buddy who is a pilot and a few months ago he took me out in his flying club's Cessna 172. What a blast! Flying to me is a lot like taking a motorcycle ride...there is a lot of concentration going on watching for traffic and operating the machine, but it is so relaxing being able to be a part of the environment and enjoying the view. I'm always waiting for my friend to need somebody to split the gas bill with so I can go up again!

He recently took me to the Spanish Fork airport for a pilots meeting where they talked about some recent aircraft crashes. They also talked about the EAA Young Eagles program and how it was coming up July 15. While riding the tractor this morning, I realized there were a lot of airplanes flying around today and finally remembered that today was the flight. I was ready for a break anyway, so I ran in the house, hollered at the kids to load it up if they wanted to look at airplanes and we went to the airport...after getting permission from Mama to put one in a plane.

My oldest, Matt, had his first flight in a General Aviation airplane and he couldn't wipe the grin off his face when getting out! Here's some photos of it. First he took off

Then right after landing he's in the back seat grinning like a monkey!


And here he is with his plane flown by USAFR Major Richey