Fly Day at Jason's Flight School

Today was Fly Day 2011 at Jason's Flight School, Summit Aviation. We took Katie to the school to see the planes and they were giving free plane rides to kids. Katie went flying in a plane similar to the one Jason flies all the time. She went up with a pilot named Randall who is one of Jason's instructors. She had a GREAT time and said it was totally cool to fly in an airplane. We got to sit in an airplane and see other old aircraft. It was very fun.

The hanger to the school where the airplanes are kept.....

A cool old airplane

A tradition of the flight school is that once a pilot flies his/her first solo flight they cut off a sleeve of the shirt they are wearing, write the date on it, and hang it on the sleeve wall in the school.

Jason's sleeve for when he did his first solo flight Feb. 14, 2011.

Katie and Randall heading out to the airplane for her ride.....

If you look closely you can see little Katie in the airplane....

After her ride she was all smiles....

They gave her a certificate of flight.

We sat in one of the planes Jason flies. A tight fit....

Jason gave us a tutorial on all the dials in the airplane and what they do. I have to say he was in his element.....

After Fly Day we went to Billings to shop the rest of the day away. This was the beginning of the sunset on the way home.....notice snow still on the mountains.

The end of the sunset....awesome!