T-6 solo

Tyler soloed for the first time in the T-6! I was able to take off the afternoon from school to hang out a bit in the flight room, observe the pre-flight checklist, watch him take off and jump in the dunk tank.  it was a lot of fun to see him "do his thang" (he's going to hate me for saying that).  i'm a proud wife!  here is the afternoon in pictures.  they're pretty self-explanatory, so i'll spare you the captions. 

(isn't my hubby handsome?)

(tyler actually JUMPED by himself into the tank/bowl...crazy man!  beats getting thrown in, i guess)  and that's the dunk tank he and his class took a saturday a couple weeks ago and painted the tank for breast cancer awareness month.  cute, huh? 

i snapped a short video of the taxi, mostly for thorough documentation.  then tyler asked me tonight if i noticed the crew chief dancing a little bit as he directed tyler, which of course i didn't notice.  (did you notice?)  now go to these videos; apparently crew chiefs know how to have a little fun with the pilots.  click here and here and here.

yeah! solo #1 down!  hope you enjoyed the pictures!  it was sure fun to be a part of.  we're looking forward to the weekend.  no huge plans, just relaxing.