Aviators

We went flying in a tiny plane today! Tim has his pilot's liscense and is studying aviation at SIU. He took us out for a bit. I'd flown before (although never on a plane this small), but this was Chase's first experience. We took many pictures and video taped to document this occasion. I might get a video up sometime in the future, but here are some of the pics (click on them to see larger):

It only took one guy to pull the plane out of the hangar... talk about tiny!

Tim made sure things were working properly...

Chase & his aviators...

Me posing with the tiny plane...

Plane gadgets!

Me inside the tiny plane...

Chase aviating in the aviators

Takeoff!

There's our church!

Chase took this photo of our shadow.

Getting ready to land...

Chase stretching out after the flight...

Our pilot Tim with Chase and the tiny plane.

It was way cool and pretty fun except I felt pretty sick about halfway through the flight. Tim's a great pilot. He made a pretty smooth landing. Next time I fly it'll probably be on our way to Poland this summer. I want to be sure to bring some ginger pills with me because according to Myth Busters, they really work on motion sickness.