Last year for Christmas I got the hubs a discovery flight. The purpose of this flight is to determine if continuing on to get your pilot’s license is something a person might want to pursue. Knowing that Chris is afraid of flying in general it was a gutsy move, but I thought that if nothing else it would probably help calm his thoughts of “not being in control” and he could learn a little bit more about the inner workings of a plane!
Finally, once the weather turned nice and we had a down day, we decided to make the move and book the lesson. August 21st at 4:30 we met a wonderful pilot at the Des Moines International Airport.
Confident pre-flight
We were prepped on the plane and off we went. Hubs in the pilots’ seat, me in the back.
Before we knew it we were flying high over Norwalk. It was so picturesque.
We kept flying south towards Ottumwa straight out of Des Moines. Hearing the chatter from the airport and other pilots and learning the ins and outs of the language was so interesting.
We turned back around with Chris at the helm and headed by Lake Red Rock
The hour literally flew by! Soon enough we were back in Des Moines, landing safely back on the ground.
Feeling safe back on the ground
It was such a neat experience. One of the coolest things I’ve ever done. It’s such a neat perspective and definitely something we’ll remember for a long time. Chris has even talked about continuing on to get his pilot’s license when we get the free time & money to do something like this in our lives. We have yet to see if it will help with his fear of flying. If nothing, I’m sure it will only help. We’ll know in November when he flies to Florida with his dad for a week- I can’t wait to hear the results.
