AIR SHOW

Nellis Airforce Base was putting on an Airshow so Mike & I decided, hey, it's free and its planes. We're in. We headed to the Base to take in the sights. There were some amazing planes. Huge, small, WWII, current, you name it. There were several Air Acrobatics that took place. I tell you, these men and women can fly. I was truly in awe.


This is the C5. Humongous! The front and back open up to load Hummers, tanks, and the tactical big stuff. Crazy!


I was talking to the airman and he said that the gun fires 750-1000 rounds per minute. Per minute. I asked what the usual trigger finger pull was and he said one would typically get off 5 rounds with one short trigger pull. kack,kack,kack,kack


I really wanted to get behind the gun on this chopper. I bullied my way past some 5 & 6 year olds and went straight to the seat.


The military started adding what they title the "Heritage Flight." There basically are different planes from different eras, wars, etc that fly together. It is neat to see the evolution of technology and tactics. This picture doesn't do justice, but I think there is a WWII fighter jet, F15 and some other planes. Mike knows the names, ask him.


This is just cool. A craft you would find on a naval vessel.

Viva Las Vegas

For the past 3 years I've been contemplating getting Mike a "Race Car Experience" package. This year I decided it was as good of year as any and I purchased an Indy Style Racing Experience. I really wanted to get the BMW Road Racing Experience, but my timing was off. Mike and I flew down to Vegas, stayed with Vegas Josh & Teri, and lived it up for a few days. We arrived at Vegas Motor Speedway Saturday morning. Mike was pretty excited. I was too. He got to put on the handy dandy driving jump suit and take in about a 30min. training. The catch phrase we both liked was "you can drive on the freeway going 100+ mph, but can you do it turning left?" Here are the pictures. Mike will have to blog with his words later.

Hitting the top speed of 146.5mph. Speedy!


The pit crew member gave Mike the low down again. Then once his time was up and he was to hit the oval, the 4-runner would give him a push and Mike had to pop the clutch.


I wanted Mike to drive the blue or the maroon car. He got the blue. It looked fast and was really shiny. It reminded me of picking out go-cart cars at Boon Docks. You size up the cars by how fast the previous driver drove and its passing ability.


Mike at full attention during the training. Sweet jump suit.