Captain Jeff!

Congratulations to my brother, Jeff, who got his pilot's license last week!

Aaron and I got to be the very first ones to ride alone with him. What fun! He's a great pilot and we had a blast on our plane ride. Jeff flew us over to Westfield, IN in only about 45 minutes. Aaron's mom met us at the Indy Executive Airport and got to see us land and take off. She had cold cokes and warm chocolate chip cookies for us - yummy!

It was a blast! Here's the documentation of this new adventure.

The 4-seater plane.

Going through the pre-flight check list (a very good thing).

Leaving the Butler County Airport.

We flew over UBC. It's kind of hard to see, but it's the building in the center with two horizontal white stripes.

Checking things out after landing in Westfield, IN.

We saw a corn maze! It was so cool! Click on this picture to see a closer view of the "Eat Beef" and the cow. I love corn mazes - but had never seen one from the air!

Pilot and co-pilot.
Yes Aaron got to "fly" the plane (thankfully it was briefly).

Coming in for a landing.
Jeff turns on the runway lights by clicking a button (very cool).

We made it - back to OH and on the ground in one piece (whew!).
Just kidding. It was actually a blast!