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Sunday, March 22, 2009

Last Minute Assignment

I got a call that Andrew was going to do his first solo flight in about an hour Saturday afternoon, so I headed to the airport. His dad is a pilot and manager of aircraft and Andrew has been flying his whole life. At 16, Andrew still doesn't have his drivers license.
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during a pre solo flight check with his dad.
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After his successful first solo flight
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3 comments:

andrei said...

Was his dad on the plane as well? Or was it just the two of you?

I would have been scared shitless.

Patrick Smith said...

Yeah, agreed with Andrei. Tully + first time flying alone kid = could be crash. Hahahaha. I kid. But I would have been scared.

Tully said...

haha, nice. His dad was in the plane when I went up because he wanted to go over a few last minute run-threws before turning Andrew loose. When I heard about the assignment, I asked the intern Amanda if she wanted to shoot the flight or the gymnastics. When I mentioned it would probably be essential to get in the plane, she chose gymnastics. I was hoping she chose flying. So, off I went. Luckily the kid had been around planes his whole life and knew more than probably some paid pilots. Oh well, it was pretty fun.

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I am a staff photojournalist at the Concord Monitor. I am a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and was a student at the Danish School of Journalism. Upon graduation, I worked at the Midland Daily News for nearly two years from 2008-2010.