Helicopter Ride

Logan had a really unique opportunity last week to take a ride in a helicopter. One of his scout leaders arranged for the boys to be able to earn their aviation merit badges and it included a ride in a helicopter.  It was a little scary to have him go, especially since I had no idea who was doing piloting. In fact when he brought home the permission slip I couldn't bring myself to sign it and turned it over to Scott.  We were originally told they would be in a helicopter with no doors! Thankfully that wasn't true. I was glad Scott was there with him, although I think Scott thought the idea of no doors was pretty exciting.  As you can see there were doors, but they were clear so they provided a great view of the area for the boys.  It turned out that it was a very well run merit badge opportunity by several seasoned pilots.  They got to look closely at numerous planes, some got to ride in a small airplane also.   Below is a clip of Logan heading up for a 20 minute ride over Gilbert.