The Airshow, by Jay

Today the boys and I went with some friends, Ross and Buffy and their two boys, to the air show.  This was a particularly exciting opportunity because the Blue Angels, the Navy's flight demonstration squadron was the premiere act.  Plus, having watched Top Gun many, many, many times, I was eager to experience the jets firsthand.

I was a bit unsure whether to take the boys because the past two years on the fourth of July Isaac has freaked out during the fireworks.  So I thought six F/A-18 Hornets might freak him out a little too.  I was right.

When we arrived at the base, we watched a jet doing some serious moves, all of which Ross, my pilot friend, was narrating to me - (I forgot all the cool, aviation words except minimum radius turn).  Isaac did really well with this jet screaming overhead, so I was encouraged.

We took our seats and were able to watch some really great stunt fliers.  Patty Wagstaff was one of the first pilots we watched - she was stinking awesome!  Besides doing loops and making the plane flip around like a fish out of water, she flew straight up in the air and cut the engine off.  Then, she did a free fall and re-started the engine in time to pull up and not crash.  

The terror ensued when two barnstormers played a game of cat and mouse.  While they were flying around pyrotechnic explosions began to go off on the runway.  This shook the ground and Isaac lost it.  (Poor guy.)  Anyway, the explosions were there to produce smoke so the planes could fly through it which was very, very impressive.  But every time an explosion went off, Isaac lost it.  Thanks to Ross who said he forgot to tell Isaac about the explosions and let Isaac hit him on the chin for punishment.  This made Isaac giggle.  

After the dramatic explosions, the Blue Angels came out and flew an awesome show.  Josiah had to go potty right in the middle of the Blue Angels Show - this is typical Josiah.  It turned out to be the best time to go to the restroom because everyone was watching the show.  :)  

All in all, it was an awesome day!