November 22, 2017

Goodbye to Edwards

Of the many goodbyes we've had to make the past month, saying goodbye to all of Travis' co-workers has made us very sad. As a proper send-off, we had an adults-only trip to Six Flags one day. It turns out that screaming your lungs out on roller coasters is a great stress reliever.


I took the kids up to the base for Travis' fini-flight. Basically, Travis flew around for 1.5 hrs in a F-16 while the pilot did all sorts of crazy maneuvers. Upon landing, their entire team was waiting on the tarmac. The tradition is, the 'honoree' is pulled out of the jet and restrained (tackled and bound up with duck tape) and then sprayed down with cheap champagne and fire extinguishers.
It's quite the production and it didn't help that it was freezing outside and poor Travis got drenched after having pulled 6 or 7 G's consistently and was feeling a bit queasy.
But it was great to be there to celebrate with him -- it was an awesome perk. Notice his personalized flight helmet behind us.



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