Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Airplanes, airplanes, everywhere!

We went to the McChord air show last Saturday for the first time. They haven't had one for three years, and before that, Adam was usually on a trip that particular weekend. Traffic was a little crazy as it took almost two hours to get there and to get home! It was fun to see all of the airplanes though, particularly the ones Adam has flown.

Here are my boys inside the C-17, the airplane Adam currently flies for the Air Force (in addition to the MD-80).


One of the parachuters who jumped from the C-17!

This is the airplane that has recently replaced the "Tweet" or T-37, the first airplane Adam flew during Pilot Training.


Here is a picture of the T-1, the airplane Adam flew during the last six months of pilot training.

These airplanes were dropping bombs in order to re-enact the attack on Pearl Harbor.


All in all, it was a fun day. The Thunderbirds were there as the grand finale, but my camera's battery had died by then. I always have bad timing with that! The boys liked watching the airplanes, but I think they liked the ice cream and free prizes even better. ;)

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Awesome! We were going to go to the air show but have been so busy we missed it. Thanks for giving a little view of it here. :o) Looks like it was a great time!

LDraper said...

Wasn't it fun?! We actually went on Sunday, but the traffic was insane then too!

Seriously... one of my favorite things to do!