Great Balls of Fire!!

Tom Cruise has nothing on my daddy! Check out these pictures from his real life Top Gun Experience!!!

Grandpa Downs' good friend Gary has this awesome Mig and was nice enough to take Daddy for a ride on Friday. They did loops, drops, and 4 G's at one point!

It was a once and a lifetime experience, dad still can't believe he did it. He was so excited to go he barely slept the night before!

He said it was totally awesome and you can't imagine how fast that jet really goes. He even got to do some of the flying and manuevers. Dad wanted his handle to be "Iceman" like Top Gun but mom calls him "Ice Pic" instead.. haha

Here I am in my cockpit taking a little R & R. Mommy and I got to watch Daddy get geared up, take off and land. Mommy says my top gun handle is Tooter, and something about me taking care of the gas in the Jet. Not sure what she means by that.

Even though it was days ago, he is still riding in the clouds. He is showing his photos to all his Academy buddies and talks about it all the time.