The FAA and Larsen Motorsports has been planning an event for about 3 months. It is called the ACE Camp. It is a camp geared towards careers in Aviation. The FAA and Embry-Riddle invited us to come out and help with the kids that had to write an essay in order to be a part of this two-day camp. We brought the Miss Ta Fire jet dragster over to Fantasy of Flight which is very close to us. What a pleasant change to drive 20 minutes to get to work.
It was fun to watch the kids and parents faces when they pulled in and saw the dragster sitting out front. When I told them we were firing it up, I think they were ready. Other in the Aviation Community gave their speeches, and then it was our time. We fired the car up and had a lot of fun. They had a lot of questions, and then it was time to wind down and enjoy the rest of the day, or so we thought. Mr. Ben Coleman from the FAA and Mr. Kermit Weeks, the owner of Fantasy of Flight had a special surprise for Chris. It was our 20 year anniversary and they wanted it to be special for Chris. Mr. Weeks was doing the Flight of the day in a P-40. This is the only one in existence that is up and flying, and he invited Chris to go along for a ride. He did some pretty cool maneuvers and the kids at the camp and I voted if Chris was going to loose his lunch. I lost and Chris kept his lunch.
The next day was more of the same. We pulled out the car and waited for the kids to arrive. We had to pull out at 12:00 on Thursday in order to make it to Atlanta for the night of fire.
We had some special visitors this week. Tom, a guy that stood up for Chris in our wedding, and his family came for a visit in sunny Florida. We also had another visit from Curt Eierdam from AZ. He was here for a working conference. Curt came out to Fantasy of Flight to check the place out. We are racing against each other in Kennedale, TX.
Have fun and check back later.
Elaine
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