Airplane Tag

Prepare for takeoff!

ADDED February 27, 2009

Today we have a fun way to bring our Travel Week to a satisfying close: a game called Airplane Tag. In this game, everyone can transform themselves into their favorite air vehicle: a passenger jet, a fighter plane, a giant cargo hauler -- even a blimp can play. If it can fly, it's allowed! (In case you didn't know, humans really can transform into excellent airplanes. To make the perfect flying machine, simply extend each of your arms out straight. These will serve as your wings, and now you are ready to fly. Prepare for take off!)

Here is how you play the game: all of the planes fly around, trying to avoid being touched by the plane that is "it." Once tagged by the "it" plane, a person has to join hands with "it," creating one bigger plane. Now, hand in hand, the multi-person "it" continues to tag other people and add players to the gigantic plane until everyone is tagged. (The last person to be tagged will start as "it" for the next round.)

As the "it" plane gets bigger and bigger, the sound of its engine roar should increase dramatically, right?

This is a great game for a group, or even as few as three people. Everyone gets some exercise, and even parents can get in on the fun. (I like to pretend to be a flying fortress or a supersonic jet -- two planes that are practically impossible to tag.)

Up, up and away! Hooray!