Air Show

So this weekend was the Prairie Air Show. I wanted to go as soon as I heard when and where. There were just a few problems, getting there and when, since I worked all day Friday and Saturday. Thankfully my dad was home on Sunday so we were able to go and we had a blast. Airplanes have always fascinated me and I have always wanted to learn to fly, I have been asking my dad for years now to teach me but it just has never worked out. So going to the Air Show was big for me because there are some many different types of planes and the actual shows are amazing. We toured some of the bigger aircraft. Walking through the KC135 was awesome. There is so much history and stories that can be told. We were able to see were a pilot could control the refueling line to connect to another plane to refuel in the air. It was pretty cool seeing that and knowing that at some point in time someone was actually working the controls. The next aircraft we looked at was a Harrier, which can lift off vertically (like a helicopter), which is pretty sweet for a fighter jet. My dad struck up a conversation with the pilot and it was fun listening to them discuss different topics. The pilot was very eager to talk to us and describe the plane a bit. I found it very intriguing to listen to them discuss and similar occupation but each with their own unique style. My dad, being a commercial Airline pilot, deals with people constantly, has a crew on board and weird schedules. The fighter pilot has the weird schedule also, but he is on military time and flies alone in his cockpit, with only the ground crew to help maintain the aircraft. I can’t remember everything they said but I remember listening and thinking ‘Wow that is a lot of information and technical stuff. It was very fun getting two different perspectives on flying. The next project is to go up to Oshkosh this August to really experience flying and the aircraft.