Flying with Mike

On Sunday we made a decision to take Ryan up in a small airplane for the first time. He has been on an airliner about 6 or 7 times when he was pretty tiny, but nothing like this. When you are in an airliner you don't feel like you are flying in an airplane. You get on the airplane from a buliding, you can barely feel any turbulence and you can't even see the ground for 99% of the plane ride. Flying in a small airplane is such a different experience. I have been flying with Mike like 3 or 4 times so far and everytime I do, I have more fun. I get less nervous and am able to look around and take pictures and just enjoy the ride. Mike is a pretty good pilot (not that I would really even know). He likes to explain everything he is doing to me (that is the flight instructor in him). He says that one day he will teach me to fly. I don't know about that, but it would be cool to say that I know how to FLY AN AIRPLANE!

Here are some pictures of our little adventure....

He was a little nervous at first

Santa Paula airport from inside the plane

I tried to distract him by looking at the other airplanes
Wow, cool

Santa Paula from the sky

Mike flying


Just landed in Camarillo

Taking off from Camarillo

He must have been really relaxed

We had alot of fun. If Ryan grew up to love flying and airplanes like Mike, I think that would be the proudest dad in the whole world. It's important to have something that Mike and Ryan both love to and can do together.