Did you know Harrison Ford is a Pilot?! A few weeks back my mom got an email from a Home school group leader informing us about some upcoming events! One of the events was the EAA’s Young Eagles Flight Experience. When we looked into it we found out Harrison Ford is a pilot and the Chairman of the program. Naturally we became interested, being loyal to our heritage from living in Indiana and being a Jones.
I, truthfully, wasn’t very interested until I got there. At first I thought we would just sit around watching some info movie about how planes fly and then get to hop in a plane and take a quick spin; which is ok, but a little boring… I continued that train of thought until Alex and I got in the plane. As you can see, I got the copilots seat and I was ear to ear (see picture above)! Alex, who you can’t see, was right behind me and couldn’t hear any thing we said for about half the flight, but he was smiling ear to ear as well. Since Alex’s headphones and mic weren’t working the pilot, Herb, handed me the yoke so he could fix it. This is where my smile went beyond ear to ear! I got to pilot the plane for about 50% of the flight! While we were up there we got to see an awesome bird’s eye view of El Paso and Juarez! We even flew along the border. It was awesome, and then being able to fly the plane was amazing!
When we got back on the ground, I found out that I could take flight lessons! It’s kind of expensive, but I think it might be worth it. I’ll have to think about that a little bit more, even though I think I’ll take the introductory flight.
You can see some more photos of Alex and me at the airstrip HERE and below. Mom and Dad also got some video; so if you want to see it scroll down! As always please feel free to comment.
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| EAA Flying 5-12-07 |
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