So here i am in bed...6:30 CT. It's the first day Of MCA Testing, a test which determines weather or not I get into high school, So i am pretty nerve wrecked. I grab breakfast, a shower, get dressed and ride my bike to school. I take the test (Pretty long and hard) and due to that, my rest of the day is in the dumps. I grab my book bag and head off to science class.
I get to my desk, and put my head down. it's 10:15 and kids are starting to arrive at class. An announcement over the speaker in the classroom goes on. "Attention: All 8th grade teachers who wish to see 'the man out back' please bring your students outside at this time." "Great" I thought "another job speech." So we wnent outside and it is cold. Very cold. 42 degrees with a wind of 40 mph. all i had was a small short sleaved casual shirt.
So we wait outside for 15 minutes and all i see is 4 police cars circling the back lot of the school. no 'guy outback' "Just another D.A.R.E Thing I guess" We wait for another 15 minutes and a Helicopter fly's by. "Just another military training exercise" i think to myself (The Pessimist I am.) it circles around my school at about 1000 feet. "Now he's just showing off" i say. he goes out of sight as he roars past my school. But a minute later he comes in on the back lot of my school and to my suprise looks like he is beginning a landing procedure.
I Watch as a Black hawk helicopter lands only 300 feet away from the crowd. dead grass and leaves fly at us at 100 mph. I duck down as girls and boys ahead of me are hit with them.
the black hawk shuts down and everyone runs at full speed to it. we all gather around as the Pilot gets out and gives us a speech about the aircraft, what it was used for in Iraq and how to get your pilots license (Which i already know.)
After the speech nearly everyone had questions. one boy asks if it has air conditioning. the pilot responds with a "Yup I'll show you". He opens the side door of the Helicopter.
Don't you love the smell of JP5 in the morning?
Pictures to come within the week (Teacher has to e-mail them to me) so please post to make sure this thread isn't lost within the BBS.
Thank you!
