Come Fly with Me (Modern Family)

"**Come Fly with Me**"
"Come Fly with Me"
Modern Family episode
	Phil (Ty Burrell) after Jay (Ed O'Neill) has "accidentally" crashed his model plane into his nose
Episode no.	Season 1; Episode 3
Directed by	Reginald Hudlin
Written by	Dan O'Shannon
Cinematography by	Jim Bagdonas
Editing by	Jonathan Schwartz
Production code	1ARG04
Original air date	October 7, 2009
Guest appearance
	Reid Ewing as Dylan;
Episode chronology
← Previous; "The Bicycle Thief"	Next →; "The Incident"
	Modern Family season 1
	List of episodes

"Come Fly with Me" is the third episode of the first season of the ABC sitcom Modern Family and the third episode of the series overall. It originally aired on October 7, 2009. The episode was written by Dan O'Shannon and directed by Reginald Hudlin.

In the episode, Jay tries to spend some time alone with his model airplane, but Phil ruins his plans. He hits Phil in the nose with his model airplane on purpose and claims it was an accident, but later apologizes when Claire calls him on it. Alex and Gloria go to a mall and Gloria tries to convince Alex to wear a dress to a wedding. Mitchell goes to Costco for the first time in his life and while he thinks he will not like it, he gets excited.

"Come Fly with Me" received a 3.4/9 in the 18-49 demographic according to the Nielsen Media Research and positive reviews from television critics with many calling it an improvement over "The Bicycle Thief".