Jennings County: North Vernon Municipal Airport Awareness Day
Saturday, August 11 turned out to be airport fly-in day for us. We visited the North Vernon Municipal Airport, which hosted an Airport Awareness Day and later that morning also attended a fly-in at Camp Atterbury.
This weather on this particular Saturday was absolutely amazing; cool and sunny. The flight from Columbus to North Vernon was only 10 minutes, though. All said and done, it probably would have been faster to drive… but where’s the fun in that?
Isaac headed straight for the two helicopters set up for display. I tried to have Caleb and Isaac pose for a picture in the military helicopter but Isaac was too excited. After a quick talk with a few of the helicopter pilots, we were off to check out the other sites at the event.
Surprisingly, Isaac had little interest in the huge inflatable slide and either of the bounce houses (there was a smaller bounce house for the younger kids).
However, he did enjoy driving the fire engine. Talking to the police officers and petting the police dog.
One of the planes on display during the event was an experimental airplane built by some kids at a local high school.
Some other interesting things on display during the event.
And here is one more picture of Caleb and Isaac checking out a beautifully restored Pacer 115. Isaac was definitely more interested in the pink balloon he scored earlier in the day.
Although there was still plenty to do – like eat fried fish sandwiches – we loaded up the airplane and headed to the Camp Atterbury fly-in.