We went to the Northern Illinois Airshow today, and really enjoyed it!
We’ve seen signs for the show the 7+ years we’ve lived here, and always said “we should go to that” but never did. It makes sense we finally went this year – it’s at the airport Steven flies out of, and his instructor was working it. And we’re a little more interested in planes now.
The last two days were so overcast and would have been crummy if it was show day, but we had completely clear blue skies today, yay! It was a beautiful summer day (I put so much sunscreen on).
We got to the show about an hour and a half before show start to check out the planes.
This plane behind us is the Diamond DA40. It belongs to Steven’s flight school and he hasn’t flown it yet, but plans to.
Then we sat down about 45 minutes before show start at noon. We saw so many cool stunts during the show. It opened with a skydiver trailing the American flag while a plane flew circles around.
We saw stunning aerobatic performances, historic planes, jets,
and a jet truck!
It was all really exciting to see, and made me want to fly with Steven again, even though he doesn’t fly like that. It just made me want to get in the sky in a small plane. Hopefully I can go up again with him (and his instructor) soon!
