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Years ago before I went to the States I wrote Andy a letter for some info.(early 70s) He sent back a nice reply...I should see if I can dig it up, it would be great to give it back to him at the reunion next year......................................................................024_cool.gif.7a88a3168ebd868f5549631161e2b369.gif

 

 

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Got this from an email:

 

News reporter & the Pilot



 

 

 

 

 



His request approved, the Fox News photographer quickly used a cell phone to call the local airport to charter a flight.

 

 

 

 

 



He was told a twin-engine plane would be waiting for him at the airport.

 

 

 

 

 



Arriving at the airfield, he spotted a plane warming up outside a hanger.

 

 

 

 

 



He jumped in with his bag, slammed the door shut, and shouted, 'Let's go'.

 

 

 

 

 



The pilot taxied out, swung the plane into the wind and took off.

 

 

 

 

 



Once in the air, the photographer instructed the pilot, 'Fly over the valley and make low passes so I can take pictures of the fires on the hillsides.'

 

 

 

 

 



'Why?' asked the pilot.

 

 

 

 

 



'Because I'm a photographer for Fox Cable News,' he responded. 'And I need to get some close up shots.'

 

 

 

 

 



The pilot was strangely silent for a moment, finally he stammered, 'So, what you're telling me, is . . . you're NOT my flight instructor?'

 

 

 

 

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Most gulls don't bother to learn more than the simplest facts of flight -- how to get from shore to food and back again. For most gulls, it is not flying that matters, but eating. For this gull, though, it was not eating that mattered, but flight. More than anything else, Jonathan Livingston Seagull loved to fly.

 

*************— Richard Bach, 'Jonathan Livingston Seagull'

 

 

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"When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

takes off against the wind, not with it." - Henry Ford

 

Love it!:thumb_up:

 

Gonna pinch it for a new Signature I reckon!:big_grin:

 

 

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'There are old pilots, and there are bold pilots. But there are no old bold pilots!'

 

'There are those who have and those who are going to'. A comment on forced landings

 

 

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Guest eland2705

Words, poetry and flying!

 

My 10c worth.

 

If you want pure poetry, prose and a dedication to aviation, it's gotta be Richard Bach:- :thumb_up:

 

Richard Bach - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

Books

 

* Stranger to the Ground (1963) Dell reprint (1990), ISBN 0-440-20658-8

 

* Biplane (1966) Dell Reprint (1990), ISBN 0-440-20657-X

 

* Nothing by Chance (1969) Dell Reprint 1990, ISBN 0-440-20656-1

 

* Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1970) Macmillan, ISBN 0-380-01286-3

 

* A Gift of Wings (1974) Dell Reissue (1989), ISBN 0-440-20432-1

 

* There's No Such Place As Far Away (1976) Delta (1998), ISBN 0-385-31927-4

 

* Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah (1977), ISBN 0-385-28501-9

 

* The Bridge Across Forever: A Love Story (1984) Dell Reissue (1989), ISBN 0-440-10826-8

 

* One (1988) Dell Reissue 1989, ISBN 0-440-20562-X

 

* Running from Safety (1995) Delta, ISBN 0-385-31528-7

 

* Out of My Mind (2000) Delta, ISBN 0-385-33490-7

 

* The Ferret Chronicles (five novellas):

 

o Air Ferrets Aloft (2002) Scribner, ISBN 0-7432-2753-0

 

o Rescue Ferrets at Sea (2002) Scribner, ISBN 0-7432-2750-6

 

o Writer Ferrets: Chasing the Muse (2002) Scribner, ISBN 0-7432-2754-9

 

o Rancher Ferrets on the Range (2003) Scribner, ISBN 0-7432-2755-7

 

o The Last War: Detective Ferrets and the Case of the Golden Deed (2003) Scribner, ISBN 0-7432-2756-5

 

* Curious Lives: Adventures from the Ferret Chronicles (2005) Hampton Roads Publishing Company, ISBN 1-57174-457-6

 

The book Curious Lives is in fact the above five Ferret Chronicles books collected in one volume, the only changes being changes to the titles of each of the five.

 

* Flying: The Aviation Trilogy (2003) Scribner, ISBN 0-7432-4747-7, Collected edition containing

 

o Stranger to the Ground

 

o Biplane

 

o Nothing by Chance

 

* Messiah's Handbook: Reminders for the Advanced Soul (2004), ISBN 1-57174-421-5

 

* Hypnotizing Maria (2009), ISBN 1-57174-623-4

 

 

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Actually, it appears we're both right (go Google:))

 

Rex: [as he and the other toys applaud and whistle] Whoooooooooooooa! Oh, wo you flew magnificently!

 

Bo Peep: I've found my moving buddy.

 

Buzz: [proudly] Thank... th-thank you all, thank you!

 

Woody: That wasn't flying! That was... falling with style!

 

So, basically, we're both awesome:thumb_up:

 

 

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