And For Those Who Dont Know...

On February 5th I finally got my private pilots license.

Hooray!

Oh, Canada

On Monday, to honor our dead presidents, Travis and Jeff (fellow fraternity members), Jeff's girlfriend Toni and I decided to visit Winnipeg to see the Western Canada Aviation Museum. We left the Forks at seven in the morning, and after a surprisingly hassle free border crossing, we stopped at McDonald's for breakfast.

This is what I had for breakfast: a BLT Bagel. It was delicious, and only available in Canada.
Also Canadian only, packets of white vinegar for, I assume, your tater tot, which is what I used it on. It was also amazing.
This is the museum, located on the edge of the Winnipeg International Airport, in hangar T-2.
This is a view of the whole hangar. From left to right: Beech 18 (you can see the top of it's fuselage with "CANADIAN" written on it), Bellanca Cruiseair, Junkers Ju-51/1m, McDonnell CF-101B Voodoo, Bristol Freighter, Vickers Viscount, and the little Blue thingie is a Rutan Quickie.
Fokker Super Universal
Bristol Type 170 Freighter (inside is the Kolb Flyer)
Looking up the tail of the Bristol Freighter
Fairchild F11-2 Husky
I think this was my second favorite plane at the museum. They only ever built twelve, and this is the only one left.
Bristol Mercury radial engine
Avro Canada VZ-9 Avrocar replica
Tug used in the movie "The Arrow"
Lockheed 10A Electra
North American NA-64 Yale
Avro Canada CF-100 "Clunk"
Vickers Vedette replica
Bellanca Aircruiser. Only 23 were built, and this is one of only two left. This one used to haul Uranium concentrate in Ontario until it crashed in the '40's
de Havilland DH.83 Fox Moth
I cant remember what this plane was
Liberty V-12
The Ju-52/1m was definitely my favorite airplane at the museum.
Something you have to see to believe is just how massive the wing on this plane is. It practically stretched from one side of the hangar to the other
My new background
Jeff and Travis in a Beech 18 cockpit. They were trying to figure out where the flaps lever was.
Canadair CL-215 Water Bomber
After the museum we went to the Polo Park mall, and then went to Smitty's for lunch. I ordered a Denver Cheese sandwich, and then the waitress asked if I wanted fries, soup or salad with it. I said fries, and she asked "do you want gravy on top?" Sure I said. Then she asked"Would you like Poutine?" I said, "What's Poutine?" She replied "are you kidding me?" She couldn't believe that I had never had poutine, but after I explained that I was from Minnesota, she convinced me to try them. And they were amazing. For those that don't know, poutine is french fries with cheese curd and gravy on top. To top the meal off, and since the drinking age in Manitoba is only 18, I ordered a few Alexander Keith's, my absolute favorite beer, and only available in Canada. After that, we all had an uneventful trip home, and I promptly fell asleep on my futon since I had only had two hours of sleep the night before.