Imagine flying at 1,500 ft in the air. Sitting in one of the seats of a blackhawk helicopter. Well the cadets did fly in one, they flew in one at the Vermont Air National Guard. The U.S army was so kind to let us fly in three of there four blackhawks. We were in the air for 22 mins soaring high in the sky. The funny thing about this event is the cadets got into buses and they did not know where they were going but they knew they were going some place good. When they arrived to the guard they went inside and saw the helicopters just sitting there waiting to be turned on and transport some cadets. As the encampment was briefed on some minor details some Air Force F-16's flew right over us and taxied right by us. There were also some C-130's takeing off. All around this experience was one in a lifetime. When all the flights were done we went to the guards cafe and had some lunch and then we were on our way back to the Norwich Campus. As we got back we went to the obstacle course and all the flights went through that a few times doing all the different team building tasks. After that we went back to the barracks we changed into our P.T's and we went on our way to dinner. We went to bed thinking about the days events.
2 comments:
So Michael D and Jack B...after all the late night specials did you manage to stay awake for the helicopter rides?
What an incredible day this must have been for the cadets! Cadet Parent you must have been thrilled.
Don't worry, you can sleep when you get home! Take pictures and write your thoughts down to look back on.
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