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To: Peter Dierks who wrote (176665)3/27/2009 10:59:59 AM
From: ManyMoose  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 225578
 
I know I'd make a terrible pilot and kill myself. I've never had the urge, but both my father and brother took it up for pleasure.

I liked some of what Richard Bach said about flying. He was a jet pilot, among other things:

"You will begin to touch heaven, Jonathan, in the moment that you touch perfect speed. And that isn't flying a thousand miles an hour, or a million, or flying at the speed of light. Because any number is a limit, and perfection doesn't have limits. Perfect speed, my son, is being there."



To: Peter Dierks who wrote (176665)3/27/2009 11:46:51 AM
From: Ken Adams  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 225578
 
My son is, or was, that kind of careful pilot. He also gave it up a few years ago, after building his own airplane from a kit. I flew with him a couple of times and he was very much "by the book". The problem with most civilian pilots is that they don't stay current. You can't go out for an hour every few weeks and be sharp. Keeping an instrument rating current is very wise.


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