(# 38 ) Biplane Ride

Happy Father's Day to all you Fathers out there! Happy Sunday to everyone else. Today Tony and I went for a Biplane ride in a 1927 Biplane. It was a lot less scary than I thought it would be in an 80 year old plane with an open cockpit. A very smooth flight(thanks to Brian our pilot), but the fumes from the engine were a bit much for me. They didn't seem to bother Tony, but his head is about a foot higher than mine so I guess the fumes disapated before they got up to him. Mikey (Tony's son) wanted to go for a flight so we got him the next best flight we could afford, the coin operated little plane in front of the Barnstorming Hanger. Our particular plane has been employed in it's life time as a U.S. Mail plane and a crop duster plane, before making it's way to Palomar Airport in Carlsbad, CA to do "just for fun flights" nowadays. Biplane wings are made of wood and fabric, so they are very light weight and glide very smoothly. The big disappointment today was the marine layer came in over the coast so we bareley got to see any of the coast line today. On the flip side, the pilot flew us near Tony's house in San Marcos, and we got to see it from the air, so that was cool. Have a great week all! I know I will, Sue