26 Sept., 2008 -- Flying, well sort of, Friday

Scenes from our Flight Simulator trip to home school kids. The boy with the big grin had just turned the airplane upside down. They love it! Too bad we can't count it as actual simulator time for pilots, but sigh, it is just a game. That's our EAA members Ray and Jerry helping the kids.




The kids all got a pin, and some airplane information materials, connect the dots, etc. We need future pilots! Our group is part of the Experimental Aircraft Association, the Oshkosh Airventure bunch that puts on the big airshow every year. We're also all involved in the Aircraft Owner's and Pilot's Assn., who supplied the kids' materials.

Ben's hangar is all sprayed with insulation, and now we just have to clean up some of the dribbles on the floor that sneaked through the gaps in the plastic sheeting.

The electric company fixed the night watcher that's been out for a few days. Watching the guy climb the pole with his spikes brought back memories of my dad, who repaired telephone wires in Colorado, same way. I've got some pics of him and his crew repairing phone lines, standing on dog sleds on deep snow up on Cottonwood Pass near Tincup (that's somewhere between Aspen and Gunnison, el. 12,000 ft).