- A Thousand Words
I’ve done a lot of flying in my life. More lately than ever before, although travelling around Southwest Asia in military airlift is a whole new experience from commercial air travel! I’ll never complain about airline delays again! It’s still better than showing up 3 hours early for a flight that may or may not show up!
Still, I love to fly. Something about being above the world looking down has always appealed to me. I’m like a kid on an airplane, trying to look out the window and watch the world get smaller when we ascend, and bigger when we descend. Now, in my older age, I’m very conflicted when it comes to picking seat assignments. I want the aisle so I’m not crammed in or crawling over people, but when we’re taking off and landing, I want to see out the window!
In my current 4-month job, I have the opportunity to travel by air a lot. So far, I’ve only done C-17s and C-130s, but in the next few weeks, I’ll get to travel on a Sherpa (Army C-23) and am still holding on to the hope of a helo ride before I go!
One of the items on my list of things to do before I die is to get a private pilot’s license. For me, that would be an ultimate achievement. Hey, I’m still (relatively) young. It could happen!
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