A big thank you to Keith Carson, who arranged for my son Adam to try out the flight simulator at Luke Air Force base.
Adam is obsessed with all things related to aviation. He loves to play flight sim at home, Wii games like Heatsinker and Blazing Angels, and he watches the movies Top Gun, Pearl Harbor and Flyboys over and over. When he got the chance to visit the simulator where the "real pilots" train, he was so excited! He wore his child-sized flightsuit all day so he would be ready to go, and he's still wearing it now even though we've been home for almost an hour.
He had such a great time. Keith showed him how to use the throttle and the landing gear and how to turn the plane, then let him fly. The first thing Adam wanted to do was shoot me! I was flying in the adjacent simulator, so he could see me. Typical little boy, shooting anything he can - even his own mother! I told him he's grounded, but he said it was worth it.
So once again, thanks to Keith for giving him such a wonderful experience! I'm sure I'll be hearing about it incessantly for the next months.
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