Air Show

 We had the BEST seats in the house!

Right across the field from Embraer - Rod works in

those big blue hangars.

(There is an F-16 on the runway on the left, but it blends

in with the building...)

And there's his tail...

We sat right up by the fence.

The little grass knoll and then the runway!

To the right of us they set up a bunch of tables

and chairs  (in a fenced enclosure) and charged

$50 to sit there and watch the show!

(Saturday and Sunday...)

Friday was a practice run through.

They invited all the FIT Aviation employees

and all the various ROTC groups from the

high schools in the area.

It was nice to be there without huge crowds.

It was partly cloudy in the morning,

and we even got a few cooling sprinkles of rain...

but every time there was a plane up,

a big blue spot opened up right above us.

It was PERFECT!

And when the blue angels were flying,

there wasn't a cloud in the sky.

We all got good and sunburned.

And we had a GREAT TIME!