AirShow Highlights
* Watching my kids fly off (and return safely) in a Helicopter ride. It was a little strange- no legal paperwork to sign, no pilot biography to read, nothing. The only thing I had to prove that they were even on it was my credit card receipt. A few flights before theirs was a pilot change. The new pilot got in and listened while the old pilot seemed to be saying “yea, this is similar to the one you know how to fly” and spent some time going over the knobs and buttons. Didn’t make me feel too comfortable.
* The B2 Bomber- that was an awesome sight.
* The MC, over the loudspeakers, asks the crowd to flag down security if they see a “very inebriated person messing with the planes”. 5 minutes later- “I think we found our drunk! Hey! Get off the runway! You can’t do that! Security! Security!” I didn’t have a view of the runway, but the play by play continued, and it sounded like he was putting on a pretty good show running around out there.
UPDATE: Crap- I think I’ve been duped. I was told they did the same thing on Sunday… all part of the act…Â
* A mother saying “This is scary” as a reaction to her two 6ish year old kids getting Peoria Playhouse temporary tattoes. It wasn’t the tattoe itself that bothered her, but rather where they wanted to put it. The boy wanted it on the back of his upper leg, just above the bottom of his shorts. The girl wanted it on her lower back, even though she was wearing a shirt. The Junior League lady put the boy’s on the side of his lower leg, and the girl’s on the top of her foot. Most kids wore them for fun on their arm, their hand or their cheek. These two kids seemed to be wanting to give Mom a preview of their future body-art.
A good time was had by all. After buying the largest corn-dog I’d ever seen for one of my girls, we left around noonish on Sunday, all AirShowed-Out and a little lighter in the wallet. I didn’t do a whole lot of volunteer work, but my wife and kids made up for slacker me. I tried, but everytime I heard a plane overhead, I’d quit and watch.