That's what all the protest signs said out front at the air show.
Boy, were they wrong!
Why is it that planes flying low to the ground are so awesome? Some were enormous and loud, some were fast and REALLY loud, and a few were cute and agile, but they all made me say something stupid to the person next to me:
"Wow, there is goes!"
"Damn, that's huge!"
"No wonder they crash a lot!"
Indy had some serious reservations about any plane beginning with "F-" since the pilots knew they were most impressive when breaking the sound barrier. We saw that actually! It's this vapor-like explosion. Amazing. And it caused me to say:
"Damn, did you SEE that?"
Shortly after we saw sound vapor, Indy said, "I'm done now." Followed by, "I want to go to the car." So that's exactly what we did. We watched the airshow from our car. We were parked right next to the runway and a lot of people were tailgating, so we were feeling pretty smug in our air conditioned, shaded, semi-sound proof shelter next to the show. Indy was able to relax and really watch the Thunderbirds without having to have one ear nestled next to someones leg. Yeah, I tried to get him to wear the earplugs. He wouldn't leave them in.
Two years ago, I thought I'd never go to an airshow. And this morning I figured I'd never go to one again. Now, I'm jazzed about becoming one of those tailgating families next year with a cooler in my trunk.
Boy, were they wrong!
Why is it that planes flying low to the ground are so awesome? Some were enormous and loud, some were fast and REALLY loud, and a few were cute and agile, but they all made me say something stupid to the person next to me:
"Wow, there is goes!"
"Damn, that's huge!"
"No wonder they crash a lot!"
Indy had some serious reservations about any plane beginning with "F-" since the pilots knew they were most impressive when breaking the sound barrier. We saw that actually! It's this vapor-like explosion. Amazing. And it caused me to say:
"Damn, did you SEE that?"
Shortly after we saw sound vapor, Indy said, "I'm done now." Followed by, "I want to go to the car." So that's exactly what we did. We watched the airshow from our car. We were parked right next to the runway and a lot of people were tailgating, so we were feeling pretty smug in our air conditioned, shaded, semi-sound proof shelter next to the show. Indy was able to relax and really watch the Thunderbirds without having to have one ear nestled next to someones leg. Yeah, I tried to get him to wear the earplugs. He wouldn't leave them in.
Two years ago, I thought I'd never go to an airshow. And this morning I figured I'd never go to one again. Now, I'm jazzed about becoming one of those tailgating families next year with a cooler in my trunk.
2 Comments:
war isn't entertainment.
tools-designed-for-war used to trigger your gestalt responses by going thunder-boom right by your head & put the astounding feats of math and science that went into making those things move like that at work, to work, however, is pretty damn entertaining. plus, you can get away, at least w/a while, with thinking that maybe one of these days we'll outgrow war and only use the tools as toys for barnstorming and impressing tailgaters.
they are awfully expensive, though. i hope somebody's having a bake sale...
"Bake-Sale for Empty Bombers"
Chocolate Bomb Brownies - $55 cents each.
Lemon Explosion Pie - $4.50/half $6.75/whole.
Carmel Chaos Crunch Cookies - $2/dozen
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