{"id":3885,"date":"2015-12-17T10:59:52","date_gmt":"2015-12-17T16:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/52.15.223.162\/?p=3885"},"modified":"2015-12-17T10:59:52","modified_gmt":"2015-12-17T16:59:52","slug":"christmas-night-flights-are-a-popular-family-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/highskywing.org\/?p=3885","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Night Flights Are A Popular Family Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last night customers both young and old were once again greeted with a cloudless night with mild winds, perfect for taking in the beautiful &#8220;Christmas-scape&#8221; of Midland-Odessa from our C-45, <em>The Spirit of West Texas<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3880\" style=\"width: 2874px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/52.15.223.162\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC_4917.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3880\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3880\" alt=\"H.A. Tuck, Elise Coombes and Bill Coombes, ready for passengers.\" src=\"http:\/\/52.15.223.162\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC_4917.jpg\" width=\"2864\" height=\"1902\" srcset=\"http:\/\/highskywing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC_4917.jpg 2864w, http:\/\/highskywing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC_4917-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/highskywing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC_4917-1024x680.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2864px) 100vw, 2864px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3880\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">H.A. Tuck, Elise Coombes and Bill Coombes, ready for passengers.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3882\" style=\"width: 3917px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/52.15.223.162\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC_4921.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3882\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3882\" alt=\"Pilot Daniel Rathburn and the &quot;Domino's Crew&quot;.  Many thanks to Domino's Pizza for their continual support of the High Sky Wing.\" src=\"http:\/\/52.15.223.162\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC_4921.jpg\" width=\"3907\" height=\"2595\" srcset=\"http:\/\/highskywing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC_4921.jpg 3907w, http:\/\/highskywing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC_4921-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/highskywing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC_4921-1024x680.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3907px) 100vw, 3907px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3882\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pilot Daniel Rathburn and the &#8220;Domino&#8217;s Crew&#8221;. Many thanks to Domino&#8217;s Pizza for their continual support of the High Sky Wing.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3883\" style=\"width: 4298px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/52.15.223.162\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC_4923.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3883\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3883\" alt=\"It's a family affair with this flight containing several generations in the Watkins family.\" src=\"http:\/\/52.15.223.162\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC_4923.jpg\" width=\"4288\" height=\"2848\" srcset=\"http:\/\/highskywing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC_4923.jpg 4288w, http:\/\/highskywing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC_4923-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/highskywing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC_4923-1024x680.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4288px) 100vw, 4288px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3883\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It&#8217;s a family affair with this flight containing several generations in the Watkins family.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3881\" style=\"width: 4298px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/52.15.223.162\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC_4934.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3881\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3881\" alt=\"Jeff Barnes piloted this loving couple around the night skies.  Rumor has it that there was a little hand-holding going on in the cabin.\" src=\"http:\/\/52.15.223.162\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC_4934.jpg\" width=\"4288\" height=\"2848\" srcset=\"http:\/\/highskywing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC_4934.jpg 4288w, http:\/\/highskywing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC_4934-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/highskywing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC_4934-1024x680.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4288px) 100vw, 4288px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3881\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jeff Barnes piloted this loving couple around the night skies. Rumor has it that there was a little hand-holding going on in the cabin.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3879\" style=\"width: 4298px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/52.15.223.162\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC_4927.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3879\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3879\" alt=\"John Echols and another group of happy passengers.\" src=\"http:\/\/52.15.223.162\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC_4927.jpg\" width=\"4288\" height=\"2848\" srcset=\"http:\/\/highskywing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC_4927.jpg 4288w, http:\/\/highskywing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC_4927-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/highskywing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC_4927-1024x680.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4288px) 100vw, 4288px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3879\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Echols and another group of happy passengers.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3878\" style=\"width: 4298px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/52.15.223.162\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC_4925.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3878\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3878\" alt=\"Daniel Rathburn and one of the several groups of satisfied passengers that he flew around the evening sky.\" src=\"http:\/\/52.15.223.162\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC_4925.jpg\" width=\"4288\" height=\"2848\" srcset=\"http:\/\/highskywing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC_4925.jpg 4288w, http:\/\/highskywing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC_4925-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/highskywing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC_4925-1024x680.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4288px) 100vw, 4288px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3878\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daniel Rathburn and one of the several groups of satisfied passengers that he flew around the evening sky.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3884\" style=\"width: 2458px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/52.15.223.162\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_0322.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3884\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3884\" alt=\"Downtown Midland from the cockpit.\" src=\"http:\/\/52.15.223.162\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_0322.jpg\" width=\"2448\" height=\"3264\" srcset=\"http:\/\/highskywing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_0322.jpg 2448w, http:\/\/highskywing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_0322-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/highskywing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_0322-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2448px) 100vw, 2448px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3884\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Downtown Midland from the cockpit.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night customers both young and old were once again greeted with a cloudless night with mild winds, perfect for taking in the beautiful &#8220;Christmas-scape&#8221; of Midland-Odessa from our C-45, The Spirit of West Texas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/highskywing.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3885"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/highskywing.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/highskywing.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/highskywing.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/highskywing.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3885"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/highskywing.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3885\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3886,"href":"http:\/\/highskywing.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3885\/revisions\/3886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/highskywing.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/highskywing.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/highskywing.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}