{"id":8341,"date":"2019-09-14T13:59:06","date_gmt":"2019-09-14T20:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/?p=8341"},"modified":"2022-01-24T15:34:23","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T23:34:23","slug":"double-wings-of-adventure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/2019\/09\/14\/double-wings-of-adventure\/","title":{"rendered":"Double Wings of Adventure!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As it was in \u201991, so it was in \u201919: Having been treated to an incredibly memorable biplane ride in Minnesota for my 16th birthday, I thought it\u2019d be great to share the experience with Margot &amp; the lads to celebrate my 44th. We were treated to an absolutely perfect day, and after some trepidation (saying his final goodbyes, thanking us for having had a nice life &#x1f644;&#x1f60c;), even Finn joined us in flight. Our pilot Jeff (a retired Air Force tanker flyer) couldn\u2019t have been nicer, putting everyone at ease as he took us aloft in the 80-year-old Stearman.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/photos.google.com\/share\/AF1QipMdTvjBZfKzXTqUtqb6K-I9omoHmmfU4MtBJeW0S1noyNCMrnsYFjF56783Oe_JpA?key=S01WQmRZWlEyVFVvRkxqLTZDZVJEX3ExOWQ1NFBB\">Check out our photos<\/a>\u00a0plus this video montage from the flights:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KYu2ObG3GZg\" width=\"530\" height=\"298\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Bonus for history-loving Hen: the old WWII-era Willys Jeep remains in loyal service, and G-Man got to serve as co-pilot while it pushed the plane back to its hangar, then help tuck it in for the night.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dh4U7ZrhmEE\" width=\"530\" height=\"298\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/photos.app.goo.gl\/6swvUUfVzbuDSJ2i9\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"NewImage.png\" src=\"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/NewImage-5.png\" alt=\"NewImage\" width=\"530\" height=\"530\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"NewImage.png\" src=\"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/NewImage-6.png\" alt=\"NewImage\" width=\"530\" height=\"334\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As it was in \u201991, so it was in \u201919: Having been treated to an incredibly memorable biplane ride in Minnesota for my 16th birthday, I thought it\u2019d be great to share the experience with Margot &amp; the lads to celebrate my 44th. We were treated to an absolutely perfect day, and after some trepidation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photos","category-videos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8341"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9541,"href":"http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8341\/revisions\/9541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}