I attempted to get good pictures, and I sure missed Laurel!
Here we are listening to Mason talk about what we will be doing and where we will be going:
We got to visit the ticket area and the baggage area. Next, we got to ride the escalator up to the concourse. We were not allowed to go through security, since it would have taken all day (all of those SHOES!).
We got to ride a bus to tour the other areas of the airport, including the private and corporate airplanes, hangers, mail delivery airplanes, repair shops, fuel stations and the Airport Fire Station, which is a division of the Rapid City Fire Department. (We have a tour scheduled for there as well...watch your email inboxes!)
I tried to get everyone in the picture, but my camera isn't able to zoom back that far!
While at the Fire Station, we got to watch the Fire Engine spray water through the Snozzle. This Engine can carry 3,000 gallons of water, and is capable of spraying it all in 2 minutes!
This sprayer can go inside of the plane and acts like a big sprinkler:
We got to drive past the Life Flight Airplane and Helicopter:
We also got to see the South Dakota National Guard Huey Helicopter:
Next, we got to board a North West Airlines airplane:
Even though you don't see heads in all of those seats, we FILLED IT UP:
As we left the plane we got our wings and got to view the cockpit (the plane was so full, the flight attendant had to sit up front with the pilot):
As we stepped out of the jetway (the hallway between the airplane and the concourse) we had several strange looks when kid, after kid, after kid, kept coming out.
Try to imagine THAT flight!!!
We ended our tour back down near the baggage area. It was a great tour and all of the kids (and the grown-ups too!) seemed to have fun!
Thank You to Jeannie for setting this up for MOPS! Thank You to Mason Short for being our tour guide and showing us around! Thank You to Bus Driver Mike for driving the Bus!
Thank You to the Rapid City Regional Airport for having us!
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