Dear PCN (of over 2600 subscribers),
Kentucky
musings: Well, a couple of inches of white is on the
ground and the birds are hard at the feeder.
Here in KY it isn’t unusual to see flocks of cardinals and have 7-10
cardinals around the feeder at any one time.
Sure pretty against the background.
Barb and I have a mission for the next week and it will likely take some
years of our life. We are heading to MI
to watch the 5 munchins for one whole week.
There mommy and daddy are getting away on a much needed vacation. I hope to be able to assemble a HL for next
week but it’s a little up in the air since I don’t know if I will still be in
one piece.
First
flight: My dad had returned from the war and spent a
few years away from flying when he decided to join a local aviation club. They had two airplanes under carports. They
had a Tri-Pacer and a pretty beat up Aeronica Champ. My dad wasn’t checked out in the Champ so he
asked another member to give me a ride in it.
My first flight (bet you can
remember yours). I was still in elementary
school so pretty young and the pilot couldn’t talk to me very well in the
tandem nor offer me any flying lessons. But
what he did, however, was show me the wonder of flight in this old ragwing and
it made a lifelong impression. While he
was doing turns around a silo below I looked down and saw through to the
ground. The rubber grommet around the bottom
of the stick was missing and so to the outside access panel. It sure made that plywood floor seem thin and
was kind of an eerie feeling but I got over it.
Looking at the terra firma from above is what stuck with me as it does
with all pilots. A lofty perch is a neat
thing. That Champ ride, propelled me in
to scrimping and saving and starting ground school and lessons while still in
high school. Flying became a real
passion. While time and airline conditions
have worn a little shine off the actual jobs in the field today, flying……….just
plain old flying, is still the bomb.
This spring and summer, go to an
airshow or two and fall in love again!
Superbowl: Don’t really have
a dog in the fight. Ravens are a rival
in the AFC central so don’t care if they lose.
Pickin 49ers by 3.
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