Some great comments on flying. For example:
Dick, I had to chuckle when you said that most pilots, when not flying, are at some little airport flying their own planes. My friend’s husband Bob, who flies for United, is almost done building a hanger at a small airport about 30 miles from Denver International. He has included a living area so he can sleep with his plane. 😉
When you mentioned having an instrument rating, if the reports I read were correct, that is what John Kennedy Jr. did not have, and yet he flew into a storm, causing the parents of those girls to lose 2 of their 3 children.
Speaking of NASA, my mom is glued to the NASA channel whenever a shuttle goes up. When we remark about it she reminds us what her world was like when she was born in 1918.
I live very near to the Air Force Academy and see the gliders a lot. What’s really neat is when you’re hiking over near there and hear them above you — it’s a very soothing humming sound.
I think that being sure there is no God is just as ridiculous as being sure there is one.
Betsy
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