Nina's Adventures in Aviation
Ms. Nina missed her first standby flight from BWI to TPA, so she is waiting at the USO for her next flight from BWI to RSW. In the meantime, she learns about Loss of Tail Rotor Effectiveness (LTE) in helicopters and how it is actually human-induced. She is eight months old.
Ms. Nina learns all about airport operations while she watches an Airbus A-330 taxi into the gate at Tampa International Airport. She is waiting for one of her many flights from TPA to DCA. She is only eight months old so she may have to start small with the Airbus A-319 before transitioning to the A-330.
Ms. Nina is already a seasoned traveler by eight months. Here she is learning about how airflow over an airfoil creates lift. She is on one of her many flights from BWI to TPA.
At five months old, Ms. Nina is already a frequent-flier. She routinely travels thru TSA Pre-Check. On October 07, 2018, she flew from TPA to BWI on an Airbus A-319, American Airlines Flight 541.
At four months old, Ms. Nina took a trip on a Southwest flight to and from Houston, TX. The photo shown above is from the return leg: SWA Flight 6019 from HOU to BWI.
On her two month birthday, seasoned passenger, Ms. Nina, slept almost the entire flight from TPA to DCA. She got her own seat with plenty of legroom. Full tummies = happy babies = quiet babies = happy passengers.
At seven weeks old, Ms. Nina took her first flight in a general aviation aircraft. This was a 1967 Cessna 182K owned by her father. She fell asleep before we even reached the runway. The hearing protection worked great. The flight departed FME in Fort Meade, MD flew to LYH in Lynchburg, VA. Flight time was 1.7 hours. Ms. Nina didn’t have a set of flight controls, so she did not log the flight.
At almost six weeks old, Ms. Nina took her first trip on an airplane. She nursed on the way up and way down and slept the entire flight. Full tummies make for happy fliers.