Saturday, July 27, 2013

Air Show

On July 3rd, Cavanaugh, the air museum that's hanger is next door to Sam's work, puts on an air show at the Airport. I went with Sam to work and hung out in the break room and read till work was over


the planes that are in the hanger


Yes, sometimes they park cars in the hanger



the inside of the owners to the Rangers jet! :)



Sam with the plane he worked on






filling out his time card


they started pulling the planes out for the show








the air show started with parachuting out of a DC3

one guy had a smoke trail


this guy had a huge flag hanging from him :)









we heard that the flag weighed about 80 lbs




war birds doing aerobatics with smoke trails






they closed the tower down, so they set up their own 'ATC'



flying up-side-down! :)
















we sat with one of Sam's co-worker and his wife and children :)


Levi and Lucas



this little guy, Wyatt, was born the day before our wedding! :) He didn't appreciate the loud noises...but when his Daddy put the earphones on him, he eventually fell asleep! :)


























P-51 Mustang - this is Sam's favorite war bird! :)



we had pretty good seats!!! 
Sam, Lisa, Levi and Griffin


Joe(another co-worker) playing catch with his son



the guy that drives the fuel truck chatting with Bill, Sam's boss







Bill, and his niece, Lisa
















taking off in formation















flying in formation














they had two hot air balloons, but it was too windy, so they didn't go up



7 war birds in formation










flaring to land









An ultralight with fireworks! :)








Then a plane with more fireworks




Then there was a 30 min firework show off the end of the runway!





























Sam with the P-51 Mustang :)


Traffic was crazy getting out of the airport, so we just sat in the bed of the truck and chatted with Bill till it cleared slightly....at about 11:30...but it was totally worth it!!! :D

Friday, July 26, 2013

Announcement.....

....Samuel has a new shirt...read it carefully!!!




Baby Schatte should make his or her appearance sometime around March 7th!!!!!!! :D

Monday, June 24, 2013

A flying date!!!

A few weeks ago, Sam took me up on a date, so he could practice some take offs and landings...and just because it sounded like a fun, spur-of-the-moment kind of thing to do.... :)




Sam doing the pre-flight walk-around



testing the fuel



us!!! :)



Waiting in line to take-off



on the runway!!!



flying over Addison



it's amazing to me how many of these houses have pools in their back yards!!!


The Dallas North Tollway & The George Bush Turnpike interchange



Plano water tower









I was trying to get the sunset and the tail....oh well, this is the best I got...




121 & 75


I think cloverleafs look neat from the air... :)





Pastures



McKinney airport



sunset





Sam did 3 (very good) touch-and-gos!!! 







more sunset pics





there were some lower storm clouds blowing in, but still high enough that we could still fly VFR, thank goodness!!!











Sam filling out his log book after the flight



and, He took me out to Braum's for ice cream on the way home!!!




I can't even begin to tell y'all what a blessing and encouragement this man is in my life!!!
I love him more every day!!!!!!!!!!!!


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   'Till next time,           
EsGrace