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I have previously posted about the advantages to flying a small (6 seater) airplane to the places you want to go, instead of flying commercial. One serious disadvantage is weather*. We wanted to leave from the Lindon NJ airport early in the morning, so we could fly to Dayton OH and see the Air Force museum. We got up in time, got a taxi to the subway to the train station, even got to the airport in time. But then the storms, which I had hoped would blow over by then, got rolling.

There was lightning and thunder. Lots of it, all around the area. We had a 6 hour wait in the Lindon airport, which is not a bad place, but not really interesting for 6 hours. The kids watched more Spongebob than I hope they will see for the next 10 years. When the weather finally started clearing up and we got into the plane, we had to wait on the ground for clearance to take off after other delayed airplanes (since Lindon is about 6 miles away from Newark, and we didn't want to risk losing Michael's pilots license by leaving early--- not to mention our lives...)

The flight to Dayton was uneventful, if long, but we got to the airport 2 hours after the museum had closed. Maybe next time. We did eat at a pub which was having "Open Mic Night." The performer sang "C is for Cookie," which got Luke singing along---so funny!

*I should point out that weather is also a problem for commercial flights---flights from Newark were delayed as well. Maybe it seems more personal when you are waiting in a smaller airport, or when you are not one of thousands being inconvenienced.
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