The Budgie goes a-flyin'

Budgies fly, although this one in particular had to fly via a Piper that looked more like an origami table decoration than an actual flying machine. I've seen dragonflies bigger than this thing.
Our scoutmaster arranged this outing as the conclusion to the Aviator merit badge that the boys have been working on. A local airport provides a service where they will take up groups of kids in little airplanes free of charge. It's all volunteer on the parts of the pilots. What a great group of people to do this for us!

I didn't attend; Jim did, however, and he is the one who took the pictures.

The boys had a long wait for the clouds to clear out and it was hot and humid as well. But it was worth the wait. Matt said the pilot took the plane over each of the three boys' houses. So Matt saw our abode from up above. I should have asked him if there were any frisbees on the roof. Or stray stuffed animals.The boys each got a certificate and their own personal flight log with this flight added in. They were up in the air for half an hour. Thanks to the great pilots at Lake Air!