| | Very rarely do we fly on the weekends. It is one of the major perks of the job. However, today was the exception. Unfortunately, I had very little notice and we kind of had to scramble to replace my fabulous assisting at a wedding Jess was shooting, but we did get that taken care of...
We flew to Chicago Midway airport, which is just on the southwest edge of Chicago, then on to George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, TX. After gorging ourselves on Chili's baby back ribs, we headed back to the airport to get ready to do the trip in reverse. On the way back to the airport, we got lost, as usual. Funny thing about us pilots. When we're in the air, we have the latest and greatest technology at our fingertips giving us situational awareness the Wright Brothers didn't even know to dream of. However, put us on the ground in the crew car and we are sheep without a shepherd. The boss showed up before we finished watching the Michigan Wolverines win, and it was time for a sunset cruise...
One of the coolest situations you can find yourself in is taking off of runway 4 at Chicago Midway Airport at night. You are aimed right at downtown and you can see all of it, beautifully lit up. I wish I could take a picture or video at that point so that others could experience it, but takeoff is sort of like the most critical phase of flight, and snapping photographs by the flight crew is frowned upon. Guess that's an experience only those in the "club" have...
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