Our day at the air show

When we lived in Missouri we lived 10 minutes away from an Air Force base--home of the B2 bomber "2B" exact. We also lived with the worlds greatest female aviator, well as far as I know. This means that I was immersed in more aviation geekery than I ever hoped for...which really isn't very much.

One day at the beginning of June, Hudson and I were planning on going to the botanical gardens when Roomie Allie swooped in with a suggestion.
"I think Hudson should go to his first air show."
(as if there would be many more)

I rolled my eyes, of course, but along we went. After over an hour and a half in traffic (unheard of 'round those parts), we arrived inside the walls of the base. A fun scan by some Air Force peeps with guns, and we were in.

To be truthful, it wasn't just Hudson's first air show; it was mine too. For those who don't know (or care), different types of crazy planes fly in from all over to park and look pretty. Much like a pageant for airplanes I suppose. Some planes are super special and are on the schedule of events to perform. Did you know Jelly Belly jelly beans has a stunt plane? Now you do. Stunt planes from all over were there to do stuff you never ever want to think about when you're flying cross country.

In fact, as we arrived a WWII plane was having landing gear issues and had to make an emergency landing. Who said an air show couldn't be exciting, eh?

Anyhoo, we walked around and looked at the pretties (air force pilots in flight suits) and some planes too. Did I mention it was the windiest day EV-ER? Allie knew a little something about these planes. I still don't.

We saw the big kahuna

Ooh, a guy in uniform with a gun.

I mean, look! Missiles!
and some "smaller" big kahunas as well.

And just some crazies in general.

In fact, I have no clue which way these photos are supposed to be oriented.

We learned so much that day. Mostly that Hudson is terrified of loud noises, such as those made by various airplanes in the sky. We had to bail early since the big guns were slated for later in the afternoon. All in all, it was a great experience--just a little windy and noisy. It appears that Allie's dream of turning Hudson into a pilot are a little far off but not hopeless.

Thanks, Wings Over Whiteman, for being slightly more interesting than the botanical gardens.