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Dear Diary,

Today was so amazing. Like I told you Tuesday, I joined a new group called the civil air patrol. Today, I went down to the airport to go on an O-flight. I did not know what it was,but they said it would be really fun. So I went down to see what it was, and it turned out to be one of the coolest things I have ever done. We started with checking every little detail on the outside of the aircraft right down to any little cracks on the propeller. Next we checked the oil and fuel. I did not know a little airplane like that could hold 56 gallons of fuel. Next, the pilot taught me how to check every instrument in the cab and see if it was working right. We then fastened our seatbelts, and the pilot started the engine. The roar was deafening! The pilot then handed me a set of headphones with a microphone in it. This made the engine sound very quiet. We soon rolled down the taxi lane towards the runway. After the pilot got permission we rolled onto the runway and soon we were speeding down it. As we picked up speed we slowly got higher and higher. Soon we were soaring through the air towards my house. As you looked out the window you could see everything: houses, factories, streams, mountains, and so much more! When we reached the pilot’s goal height, he looked at me and said “do you want to fly?” “Yes” I replied. So he instructed me to take the yoke in front of me, showed me where to keep my height, and what direction to fly. He then let go of his yoke, and I was flying the plane! I could not believe it! I had dreamed of doing this, but now I was not dreaming, I actually was flying an airplane! We flew over my house, Montoursville, the mountains, and then back to the airport. He then said he would have to take over to land again. I was kind of disappointed it was not longer, but it was fun while it lasted. Soon we were back on the ground,and we put the air plane away. As I was getting ready to leave,I said “Thank you.” He said “I cannot wait to do it again.” I replied “I have more?” He said “yes, six.” As I left all I could think was I cannot wait to do this again! Every member in CAP gets 7 powered aircraft flights, 3 glider flights and I plan to use them all!

Sincerely,

Nate