Musings of a technophile

Mr. Higgins (or as the boys call him, “Papa” ) came up to visit us this last weekend. He flew up in his airplane on Saturday morning, stayed the day, and then flew back Sunday morning. He actually did it as he was practicing for his Instrument exam for his plane – an exam that will allow him to fly through clouds as it would show that he is able to read and understand instruments.

The boys enjoyed seeing him of course. They played trains and we went to Cracker Barrel on Saturday morning. After a nap, we decided to go check out his plane as he was going to be leaving early in the morning and the we were sure the boys would want to see it. After a quick 20 minute drive to the airport, we were able to go out and the boys we able to climb into the plane. It’s a four seater plane, and I must say it was a lot more spacious than the two seater he used to have. The boys of course were all into the controls, so I pretty much had to play referee and stop them from hitting buttons. I can just see Ethan now “I pressed this red button, but nothing happened…why?” “You mean the one that says ‘eject fuel’?!”.

At night time, the instructor and his son came over and stayed the night as their plans to stay at a friend’s fell through (they had come up with my father-in-law). Of course Ethan saw the little boy and could not fall asleep as he was too excited. “I just play with that little boy. He came to play with me!” “Well Ethan he wants to go to sleep” “But I want to play!” Early the next morning they were able to play together for a little bit, so that made Ethan’s day.

Anyways, we got some good pictures of the plane Of course my wife was more interested in the Jet that was sitting next to my father-in-law’s plane, so we had to get a picture of her next to it.