airplane airplane sorry I'm late; I'm on my way so don't close that gate

I satisfied a long-standing wish earlier this week and watched the planes taking off from the Northampton airport. I was with the healing angel and her significant other--we had a picnic.

It's a beautiful area, with cabbage, potato, and cornfields all around, plus plenty of wildflowers, and a view of the Holyoke range:



And there were *lots* of planes flying that day:







( 22-second phone video of a plane taking off )

I could have watched them all day, but work called. I'd like to go back, though, maybe...