Today is my much older brother's birthday. He is so much older than me (14 months). He lives in St Augustine, FL, the oldest city in the US. He just became a private pilot last fall and he took me flying with him. He did an awesome job considering I didn't shut the door very well. But I was proud of him in how he handled the door opening, he just calmly turned the airplane while coordinating with the tower for a return to landing. After a brief stop to shut the door we were off and back into the air again. The photo today with this post is from us goofing around while flying around at 2000 feet looking looking at the beach. It was a fun day for both of us. Flying with Mike was one of my two favorite flights ever. The other flight is when Matt got his Private Pilot's License right before he left for the USAF Academy a couple of years ago. He took me flying with him as well. It's neat for me to see them as Pilot in Command and awesome to watch as they both did an outstanding job.
Yesterday I also got to see a free concert from a "Country Eastern" group (that was their joke) called the Rascal Flatts. They are on a 5 day tour of Iraq where they go to many military places and put on a concert. They played for nearly 1 hour then they stayed for 2 more hours signing autographs, taking pictures with everyone, and just talking with the troops. They did this 2 times yesterday. They did not leave until the last person left the place. They probably took 700 pictures on each of the concerts. The last concert of the day ended at 10:00pm but they didn't leave the venue until after midnight. Then they were up early to catch a 7:00am helicopter flight to Baghdad where they were gonna put on 3 concert that day. We are all glad to see things like that. It diverts our attention from the daily grind here and allows us to relax and enjoy ourselves. Everyone enjoyed the concert and the music was really good. That is that
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