Aaron's Got An Airplane

After several months of minimal airplane-related purchases, we decided to get Aaron an airplane for Christmas. His very first plane, the NexStar, had a very spectacular and unfortunate demise over the summer, and our Christmas airplane is a NexStar replacement. Sort of. Aaron just bought the pieces he needed (since the wings survived the crash); the new parts are blue and the wings are a contrasing red.

Because we don't have our own hangar yet, Aaron engineered a hanger to keep planes out of our living space but leave them accessible for frequent flying. A little plexiglass, a little PVC pipe, some rope, and lots of help from Aaron's dad and we have a platform that can be hoisted into the ceiling of the garage. Now the airplanes are in the air all the time!

We took them down yesterday to go flying, and the system worked like a charm. One really fun part of the design is the clear plexiglass platform, which allows us to see the planes when we're right underneath the platform.