Ryan and I spent the afternoon galavanting around the Electric City in search of some fun and interesting things to do. We found it in the form of fifteen war planes tucked away in a museum just five miles from my house! It was pretty cool to see the progress we’ve made since the first military aircraft (the civil war scout balloons by the way) and it was both cool and sad to see how big a role General Electric played in that development. From 1946 to 1967, GE developed military aircraft engines and radar technology right here in our neighborhood. Those jobs are long gone.

Of course, Captain Ryan wasn’t so bothered by the stresses of life. While I pondered the demise of a generation and the sacrifices of another, Ryan spent his energy trying to figure out how to turn on the helicopter and take off. While I wasn’t able to figure out any answers to the problems I was thinking about, I’m more thankful Ryan didn’t figure out his.