For Knights Club this month we read a book about the Wright Brothers and their first flight. We didn't have access to this private jet but we did have acess to a helicopter so we took the boys over to the airport and we all got a helicopter ride. It was soooo cool! I have never rode in one and neither had any of the boys except one (his grandpa was our pilot, Mr. Losee). Three of us could go up at a time so we had to wait a bit but no one seemed to mind, the anticipation overiding our impatience.
Dylan was not nervous at all and was lucky enough to go up first. It took quite a while to get the helicopter ready to go and he was able to be in there while the pilot got everything ready. He thought all the buttons and gadgets were really cool and he was most excited, I think, about getting to talk into the head piece.
This was after their ride, a bunch of very happy boys!
Afterwards Mr. Losee pulled the helicopter in and showed us how it worked, how to take care of it and what makes it fly. I was so glad that I could share this day with Dylan. We have now done something that no one else in our family has so it's our special thing. For me, Dylan's excitement was the cake and the ride was the icing. It will be hard to top this for the rest of our club meetings :)!
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