Monday, June 16, 2008




We had the greatest flight ever. Garett had the window and he was Mr. Observant during flight. When we were deboarding, he all of a sudden stopped at the door and turned to the flight attendant and said, "I just think you should know- your wing is wobbly and you have a whole in the wing." The flight attendant said, "That is very important. You had better tell the captain." So, she had him go tell the captain. The co-pilot said that he had better take his seat (he left and went and stood in the galley so Garett could sit in his co-pilot's seat. The pilot then gave him the best lesson in aviation including a great lesson radar and 'holes in wings' and autopilot buttons. He had him push any button he was curious about including the red button that takes the plane off of autopilot. He felt pretty proud of himself for setting the captain straight about the wobbly and holey wing. I felt pretty happy the pilot would take so much time with my little boy teaching him about aviation. Later that afternoon, we went to the Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum which was fun. It did, however, pale in comparison to his firsthand experience in the airplane's cockpit earlier that day.