Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Scootter on September 03, 2003, 02:30:00 PM
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" You can't watch yourself fly. But you when you're insync with the machine, so pluged in with its instruments and controls that your mind and your hand become the heart of the operating system, the machine knows when its in competent hands. You know what you can get away with, and you can only be wrong once"
General Chuck Yeager
' It is my personal opinion that the people who lament the existence of general aviation are strikingly similar to other conspicuous sign-waveing "antis." Their targets are also hunters, fisherman, bikers, surfers, mountain climbers, and others pursing interests in which true freedom and the love of a challenging activity are very visible. Many of these outspoken individuals will throw words like "freedom" and "public interest" around like loose change, while in their hearts wanting a regimented way of life completely devoid of activities that carry the slightest tint of risk. For them, the TV and the mall will do fine"
Lamar Underwood
" I'll run my hand over the wing of a small airplane and say to him 'this plane can teach you more things and give you more gifts then I ever could. It won't get you a better job, a faster car, or a bigger house. But if you treat it with respect and keep your eyes open, it may remind you of some things we used to know---that life is in the moment, joy matters more then money, the world is a beautiful place, and that dreams really, truly are possible' And then, because airplanes speak in a language beyond words, I'll take him up in the evening summer sky and let the airplane show him what I mean."
Pilot and Parent Lane Wallace, Flying magazine Feb, 2000
From the book " The Greatist Flying Stories Ever Told" by Lamar Underwood. Pub. by The Lyons Press
Great book guys, 19 Amazing tales from the sky, I really think you will like it.
Regards, Scoot
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Sounds cool. I'll add it to my Amazon list.