Today was a very special day in the lives of these guys & gals. As you can see, they are not your normal "wuffos", or discovery flights. The guy standing in the blue t-shirts' name is Robbie. He is the director in charge of taking care of, and helping these folks. He has lined out other activities such as water skiing, sky diving, etc......(there should be more directors like him!)
One of the hardest things for a photographer to do, is to choose which pictures gets shown to others. Thus, the case that I faced tonight. I have 19 great shots, however, I'm not going to post all of them on here. I will send any of these folks the pictures however, if they just send me an e-mail and let me know that they want them.

This is John & his Mom. As you can see from his smile, this was taken after his flight.

Eric took John up first today, just to show the other guys how to do it. This was just before his hang-check & flight. It took a little bit of doing to get all of them suited up, and safely hooked into the gliders, and comfortable. However, for Eric, Rex, and Steve, the tandem pilots on deck for the day, it was poetry in motion. Trevor was on the ground crew for this group of folks. Like a well-oiled machine, with a very little anxiety factor for all.

This is Mark & his sister Kathy. He has been confined to the chair for 35 years, after someone hit him with a car,as a kid while he was on a small motorcycle. He had a little trouble with the harness at first, however Rex & Trevor was able to make even him comfortable for the flight. As you can see with the huge smile on his face,,,, this was taken afterwards also, :^}

Cayle looks like he had a terrible time, huh?!!! Ha Ha! Would say alot more about this young man, however, I think his smile says it all.

This young man had way too much personality to be all of 11 years old. After this flight, Trey was asked if he would like for Eric to take him back up again. Should have seen the smile,,,,,Priceless. We may see him again, in a few years.

This was Robyn that was hooked in with Steve, for this flight. She is Trey's mom. Is she holding him in the right spot, or ..... just kidding. I could've sworn that I heard something like---"hunka hunka" off in the distance somewhere.. Sorry, it's a real funny private joke around here,, and Robin said that she agreed with it! ! She wanted him to fly her all kind of places, ha ha! Just kidding around a little bit, Steve!

This is a shot of everyone after their flights, and just before they all loaded up to head home. It was a great pleasure to meet everyone of them, and to be reminded of just how precious life is. AND, how important that it is to keep a PMA ! positive mental attitude. I sincerely hope that these guys come back and spend more time around here. They were a great bunch of folks, even Justin(just kidding)! I would be willing to bet, that they will be talking, reminiscing, and dreaming about their time amongst the clouds.