Sunday May 31, 2009
Jennifer experiences her first non-commerical flight:
After spending several hours organizing paperwork in our office and washing not only my car, but my husband's ginormous truck, I decided I needed a little something fun to do. My friend Brad has been trying to talk me into going for a ride in his airplane, so I finally decided to go for it....what did I have to lose? Brad lives near the Aurora airport and flew out to the Scappoose airport to pick me up for my first ever non-commercial flight. We decided a short flight for Sunday was best and we would fly around to other locations in the near future. En route to Astoria airport seemed the best option for today.
Brad was such a good pilot, his skills were quite impressive for a 23 year old lad! I am not really sure what I was expecting as we neared the runway, maybe some fear, potential vomiting, etc. However, as we got off the ground I have to admit I was rather impressed that I felt no sickness, no fear, nothing. Just a bit of excitment and wonder....and of course loving the view. I had a few family members worrying about the "preggo" going on the plane and thinking Brad was going to flip me upside down and around....but the fam was quite pleased to hear that I was very well taken care of in the air.
I actually called Jared as Brad was flying us over our house....and he totally saw us, it was so incredible. Flying above your hometown is defintely an experience, especially when you can see the details of everything.
Thanks for taking me to Astoria and back Brad....I had a lot of fun!
Pilot Brad and Co-Pilot Jennifer (don't mind the terrible photo of me):
Brad just landed at the Scappoose airport to pick me up:
Brad doing some checking on the plane - such a good pilot!
The very tiny plane that Brad took me to Astoria and back in:
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