{"id":8598,"date":"2014-12-04T07:03:32","date_gmt":"2014-12-04T13:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/?p=8598"},"modified":"2014-12-04T14:06:50","modified_gmt":"2014-12-04T20:06:50","slug":"ride-lifetime-bell-huey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/closed\/2014\/ride-lifetime-bell-huey\/","title":{"rendered":"The ride of a lifetime on a Bell Huey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lucas and Nathan took the ride of a lifetime on a Bell Huey. &nbsp;We spent a recent Saturday at the Georgetown Air Show. It was also a car show and it wasn&#8217;t really an Air Show but more of an Air Fest. The neighbors found an actual air show too disturbing. Strange, huh? That&#8217;s ok, we had fun anyways.<\/p>\n<p>I liked the pink mustang. I have a thing for classic cars. I blame my dad.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/pinkcarphoto-4.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8811\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/pinkcarphoto-4.jpg\" alt=\"pinkcarphoto 4\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/pinkcarphoto-4.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/pinkcarphoto-4-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There were two P-51 Mustangs which are HANDS DOWN, Wiliam&#8217;s favorite. He knows every bit of history possible on this plane. He has a replica nose as his ceiling fan. It&#8217;s his dream to fly one some day. He doesn&#8217;t want to just RIDE in one, he wants to FLY it. It has to be an original. DREAM BIG, kiddo!!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/p51photo-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8807\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/p51photo-1.jpg\" alt=\"p51photo 1\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/p51photo-1.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/p51photo-1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/p51photo-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8808\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/p51photo-2.jpg\" alt=\"p51photo 2\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/p51photo-2.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/p51photo-2-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/p51photo-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8809\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/p51photo-3.jpg\" alt=\"p51photo 3\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/p51photo-3.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/p51photo-3-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you recall Will&#8217;s <a title=\"The New York Series: Day One\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/2012\/the-new-york-series-day-one\/\">trip<\/a> to <a title=\"The New York Series: Day Two\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/2012\/the-new-york-series-day-two\/\">NYC<\/a>, he took a tour of the city in a helicopter. Charlie hasn&#8217;t been able to take the little boys to New York yet and they have been begging for their own ride of a lifetime. I opted out because, well, the only helicopter ride I&#8217;ve ever been on <a title=\"Starflight\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/2011\/starflight\/\">WAS NOT a good experience<\/a> and 15 years later I&#8217;m still not ready to go up in another, even for pleasure.<\/p>\n<p>There was a Bell Huey at the Air Fest and for a &#8230;.. **GULP** fair amount (okay, way more than I&#8217;m willing to admit), you could go for 15 minute ride.<\/p>\n<p>Guess what Charlie, Lucas and Nathan did? Yes. They took off in the helicopter.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/600hueyphoto-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8805\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/600hueyphoto-4.jpg\" alt=\"600hueyphoto 4\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/600hueyphoto-4.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/600hueyphoto-4-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/hueycollage.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8806\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/hueycollage.jpg\" alt=\"hueycollage\" width=\"400\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/hueycollage.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/hueycollage-266x300.jpg 266w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nMy sweet baby hasn&#8217;t stopped talking about his &#8220;he-copter&#8221; ride. I actually think, he thinks he gets to go again, but sadly not anytime soon.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Have you or your kids ever done anything cool like a helicopter ride?!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lucas and Nathan took the ride of a lifetime on a Bell Huey. &nbsp;We spent a recent Saturday at the Georgetown Air Show. It was also a car show and it wasn&#8217;t really an Air Show but more of an Air Fest. The neighbors found an actual air show too disturbing. Strange, huh? 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