As many of you know, my second favorite movie is “Top Gun.” I usually show my admiration for the film through quoting it (as often as possible) and utilizing Goose and Maverick's high-five throughout my everyday life.
Wednesday began as a regular day. David and I were looking forward to dog sitting our friends’ 10-week-old puppies. Then I got an offer I could not refuse—one of my credit union members owns a plane and offered to take David and I on an airplane ride!
I am always up for adventure and random opportunities, so I immediately accepted the offer to fly. After work, I drove home, changed and David and I headed to the Ottumwa airport. Ed, the pilot, picked us up on the runway and away we went. David sat in the front and I sat in the back (this is what happens when your husband has long legs).
We were flying over Ottumwa, finding our house; our offices; and some landmarks and then I heard Ed giving David instructions on how to fly the plane. The instructions were not just an FYI—instead, Ed was instructing David on how to immediately take control of the plane and begin flying it! AHHHHHH!!! Haha.
After David served as our pilot for about ten minutes, Ed landed the plane so I could switch David spots and get the opportunity to be a little pilot, too.
When we landed, David and I were starving—so the airport was kind enough to feed us free popcorn, hot dogs and soda. I kept saying, "This is the best day ever!" I mean, what could be better than flying in a plane, getting to pilot a plane AND free food?!?!
After David and I demolished the food, we were back in the air. I will be honest—when I took the controls I was ridiculously nervous. To try to keep a small plane steady, nose not too high or too low, and keep the wings from tipping was so hard. I was fully concentrating on trying to keep it straight and Ed was insisting that I also look at the gauges—which felt WAY more dangerous than texting and driving. After about five minutes of me being terrified of piloting the plane, I started to really enjoy it!
Apparently I was doing well, because Ed started texting haha.
Once I began to enjoy the experience, the Top Gun lines started flowing haha. I flew for about twenty minutes and it was so much fun. I think getting our pilots licenses may be a new goal for David and I to obtain when we are retired and have time to travel a lot.
When Ed landed the plane, we took some pictures together on the runway. It was a truly fun day that was so memorable. I love experiencing once-in-a-lifetime opportunities like that with my love.
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