try, try, and try again. This is exactly what Dade and Papa did last week. My dad bought Dara and Dade each a small, thin, wooden airplane.
Apparently my dad has found memories of having one of these planes that flew great! You may have had one too. You twist the propeller that is attached to a rubber band. Once the rubber band is wound as tightly as possible without breaking (which did happen), you release the propeller. Somehow the force that is created when the rubber band unwinds should be enough to lift the airplane off the ground and soaring through the air.
Dara was at school and Dade was gnawing at the bit so with visions of grandeur the flying began.
Amazing really...or is it. :)
Not to be misleading - it did get off the ground a couple of times. Overall, I think that I had more fun watching and laughing than the two boys did flying.
Dade kept trying long after Papa had gone and I have a funny idea that one day he will buy his son a small, wooden airplane that "flies great". Maybe there will even be a story about how he and his Papa flew it over and over outside in the street - you just never know.
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