The Knot Texas Weddings Magazine

PERSONALIZED WEDDING DAY GIFTS

THE GIFT

FLYING LESSONS ON A WW11 PLANE

“When we first started dating, my husband shared many stories about his grandfather, and it was clear to me just how much he had meant to him. He had been a decorated pilot, and so many of Drew’s favorite times with him involved plane rides to Florida alongside his cousins and siblings. For our wedding, I wanted to give him a gift that tied in his family history and included a little fun and adrenaline for my fastpaced husband. We had agreed that instead of gifting a ‘thing,’ we were going to gift an experience. He had never actually flown a plane himself before, so I started there. I ended up finding a company called Cloud 9 Living that offered WWII plane flying lessons. I chose a flight path over Baltimore, since we have friends in the area and he could fly over

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