Today was the airport's annual open house, bomb drop and landing competition day. The morning started off with tornado sirens, but the afternoon turned out to be pleasant. I wasn't scheduled to work, so I came out to volunteer and try my hand at the bomb drop competition with Matt. There was a decent crowd, and my family even decided to come hang out for a while.
We offered BBQ and music for everyone to enjoy, and even had a B-25 Mitchell come out to fly. There wasn't enough pilots signed up for the landing competition so they cancelled that event, however the bomb drop was a success.
Matt and I were the last to go. We made three passes where I flew the pattern, then he took the controls once onto final so that I could drop the "bomb" (bags of sand) out of the airplane. I missed the target each time but it didn't matter; I was just having fun. After the last drop, Matt asked me if I was up for something fun, but said he wasn't going to tell me what it was. Of course I said yes, so he took the controls and flew the pattern around then announced on the radio his intentions. No-one on the ground knew what we were up to, so Matt sneaked up on everyone by flying a really low approach only 100-200ft above the hangers. Then once we were past the buildings, he made an incredibly steep climb and turn to the left. It was apparently quite the show; but being inside the airplane was even better. Most spectators thought it was cool, but there were a couple people that weren't too happy about us pulling that stunt. My opinion? Who cares! They'll get over it. I always have a good time during lessons, but today was really nice because we flew solely for fun.
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| Matt and I participating in the Bomb Drop Competition |
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