Sunday, August 1, 2010

First Flight

David bought this airplane "for the kids".  He had seen it at the PX and thought about getting one, but then he saw our neighbor kid had one and that meant we had to have one.
 
David taking her out for a spin.
(That's our neighbor, David, and his cousin - they wrecked his plane earlier in the day)
 
Loop de loop time
 
Tristan got a couple of good flights in before we decided there was too much interest in the plane by too many little people who didn't know how to fly it correctly (i.e. nose dives by a styrofoam plane into poorly poured concrete and asphalt).
 
David labeled it well since it was a twin to a plane upstairs...

I think our next flights will be on post at a ball field that has a more forgiving landing zone.

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