I'm going flying!

Published on June 2, 2006 By dharmagrl In Misc

My birthday is the friday after next, and Dave's been asking me what I want. I haven't been able to come up with anything; my desires have decreased as I get older and I haven't been able to come up with anything that I REALLY want.

Until today.

We live on an Air Force base that has a private Aero Club for people who have little Cessnas and prop jobs to tool around in. The Aero Club has just started offering a one hour inital training flight for $60, where you get to sit in the cockpit and wear a headset and see all the stuff that goes on up there during take off and flight...and they even let you take control of the plane for a few seconds.

That's what I want for my birthday.

I'm going flying, y'all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ME!!!! FLYING A PLANE!!!!!!!!!!! I know it's only for a few seconds, but how many people can say that they've actually taken control of an airplane?!!! Not many!

We have to decide the actual date and time of the flight, but we're pretty certain that it's either going to be on my birthday or the weekend after. I'm so excited I can hardly stand it!!!!!!!! Dave said he's going to give the pilot our digital camera and ask him to take some pics of me at the controls so we'll always have a record of me flying for my birthday.

I don't think I've been this excited about a birthday in years. It's like I'm a kid again!

I'm going flying! WOO HOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!

Comments (Page 2)

Dr Guy

on Jun 07, 2006

Have a great flight. And tell them you get mine, so you get 2!

dynamaso

on Jun 07, 2006

Wow, I hope you enjoy your time behind the controls. I love flying but am very afraid of heights, so small planes don't really agree with me.

Incidentally, my birthday is on the Thursday following yours. Happy birthday for then, in case I forget.

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on Jun 08, 2006

Thank you, Lucas. You really should get out and live a little, you know? Take some risks....go flying in a plane for an hour or something that gets your blood pumping.

I do, I walk every evening. It *really* gets my blood going.

(If I walk a lot, my heart has to work harder...hence blood pumping)

Seriously though, I'm content at the moment. That and I'm afraid of heights. (As well as snakes)

~L

pseudosoldier

on Jun 08, 2006

That and I'm afraid of heights. (As well as snakes)

Right. You need to watch out for (cock)pit vipers up there.

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