Todd and the boys have been in Civil Air Patrol for several years. One of the cadets' favorite things to do is go for glider flights. This is something that they don't get to do often, so when they do they take advantage of it. Last Saturday after we got home from camping and Brodie got off work we went out to the airport to watch Brodie fly in the glider. Todd had been there all morning helping the cadets do their glider flights. Brodie had gone earlier that morning and came back for one more flight.
The glider plane has no engine and gets its power by a powered airplane pulling it up to altitude and then releasing it. The glider plane then is powered simply by the wind. The cadets get to fly the plane, but there is a certified instructor in the back seat instructing them.
This is a picture of Brodie in the glider plane and then being pulled by the Cessna plane. The only bad thing about the glider is once it lands you have to push it back into place.
3 comments:
Wow, what a unique experience for your boys. That is really neat. Harleigh looked so cute at the cheer thing. That is fun for them!
Jared wants to glide SO bad!!! I had no idea you can do it in Rexburg. The only place we have seen it is in Driggs. Do you have anymore info on it? Like price, if it is open to normal people, etc. What a FUN opportunity for your boys!!!
your a brave mom...that would scare me to death! I bet he loved it though!
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