Today was a big day in aviation. Today we found out that our niece, Melinda, had been accepted to the Air Force Academy, and, today, Race joined the EAA (experimental aircraft association) Young Eagles and took his first ride in a 2-seat experimental aircraft. He took off from Buchanan Field and Daddy got to see him circle the plant in Bay Point before he returned for a perfect landing. He received his Young Eagles Logbook and the first entry reads, Aircraft: Lancair 235, Registration #:N19BJ, Route of Flight: Concord Local, Duration of Flight: 0.5 hours.
Race also got to fly a flight simulator. The EAA members were a little stumped when he asked for Missiles on his simulator, but one of the EAA members rescued them by explaining that he would have to be older and take a lot more flight lessons before he could have missiles. Another Young Eagle alertly pointed out that if he had missiles, and he crashed, he would blow up!
The coolest thing was that Grandpa Don had taken a flight to Columbia, CA in the same Lancair just last weekend.
