Flaps

            Over the break, I flew down to Louisiana. I got a few photos of the wings during takeoff and flight to look at the slats, which I learned about in Airframe. Unfortunately, all I got were pictures of flaps, but as they perform a similar function I decided to put the pictures up.

            It's kind of hard to see, but the trailing edge of the wing is curved down. That part of the wing is the flap. It's curved down during takeoff so that the air will move faster over the top of the wing.

            During the middle of the flight, the wing is flat. The flaps are up.

            These were taken on an A319.

            How educational!

Back at Last

            I'm back!

            Over the break, my nuclear family went down south to visit my extended family. Since we hadn't seen most of them in over two years, it was exciting to see them again. Also exciting was Mardi Gras.

            On Monday, we got a behind-the-scenes look at the floats that would be in the parade on Mardi Gras.

            This is the float that my uncle rode on. Later we went to the Monday parade (Lundi Gras?). I think that the entire city was out to see it.

              The floats are better there than they are here. Or anywhere. We managed to get a bead or two...

              I won. On the other hand, I also lost because I ate my own weight in seafood and poboys in the span of three days.

            Those were the most delicious crawfish ever eaten.

            That was my vacation.