Airshow

The annual airshow was in town this weekend. We tried to take Cason when he was 3 months old but we didn't realize that it would be so loud. He was a pretty laid back baby but the loud planes were too much for him so we ended up leaving about 20 minutes after we got there. Last year, Kelly worked the whole weekend. So this year, I thought Cason would really enjoy it and asked Kelly to take one of the days off work. We were smart enough to leave Bryce at home, so it was one of Cason's first big outing with just Daddy.

All ready to go.



Kelly and Cason arrived right when the gates opened and were among the first inside the gates. They went straight for the Boeing 777 because Kelly thought it would be the most popular thing and he wanted to show Cason before the lines got long. They walked up to the huge flight deck and Cason got to sit in the jumpseat and they talked to the captain. Then they toured the first class and talked to a flight attendant who gave Cason a set of wings.

Next they went to the Marine Corps V-22 Osprey. There was no line so Cason got to look at the flight deck again but the cockpit was roped off. Kelly talked to the pilots but Cason was being all shy and wouldn't talk.

Here is Cason next to a Navy carrier trainer called a Goshawk.



Next they went to the UH-60 Blackhawk and Cason sat in the right seat.





In the back of another helicopter.



They watched a Pitts do an aerobatic display with lots of smoke. Cason kept saying "I see another one!" over and over again, even though it was the same plane. In fact, that was pretty much all he said the whole morning, "I see another one!"

Then a big semi with a giant jet engine on the back was tearing up and down the runway, leaving behind it a big plume of smoke and flames. Next the Golden Knights did a demo skydive. They went up and down the lineup of aircraft and touched each one (F-18, F-15, F-16) because Cason wanted to touch them all. There was also a Piper Seminole, which Kelly flew at FlightSafety Academy so he showed it to Cason. All in all, they were there for about 3 hours and saw all of the displays. The really cool demos, like the Blue Angels were later in the day, but we could see them from our house. Cason had a really great time and Kelly plans to take him again next year if he's not working.