Flying with Patrick!
February 12, 2004 -- I took my first flight with Patrick, along with his instructor, Steve. It was one of the coolest and proudest moments of my life!!! I thought I'd be nervous, but I wasn't one bit. I enjoyed every moment!!! I'd give him an A+ for his landings, especially the one at Daytona! It was smoooooove!!! :-)
Below are pictures I took during the day, and a couple of video clips.
How NOT to land an airplane!
Ugly Landing
(2.3MB .wmv video file) -- NOT Patrick!!!
Patrick showing how it's done!
A+ Landing
(2.5MB .wmv video file)
 Just part of the school's fleet
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 Private planes belonging to some of the Daytona 500 racers!
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 Cleared for take-off!!!!!!!!
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 Wheeeee!!! We're airborne!!!!!!!! :-)
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 This was the week before the Daytona 500
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 Time-trials were going on this day.
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 Wow! Look at all the RVs!!!
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 You can see how close the track is to the runways! (far right)
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 Another angle showing the track and runways.
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 Ormond Beach airfield.
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 Flagler Airfield, near Flagler Beach.
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 We landed at Flagler to have lunch!
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 hmm ... not exactly a good name for a restaurant near an airport these days!!!
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 uh oh ... looks like trouble!!! ;-)
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 Getting ready to head back!
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 Flying away from Flagler Airfield.
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 Patrick, hard at work!
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 Headed toward the beach area.
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 Lots of swamp land!
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 One of the many bridges between the mainland and
barrier island.
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