High Flight
Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds, — and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of — wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there,
I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air. . . .
Up, up the long, delirious burning blue
I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace
Where never lark, or ever eagle flew —
And, while with silent, lifting mind I've trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.
by John Gillespie Magee
In this picture I am at about 9000ft above
Florida. I had left Pinconning, Michigan the
day before. I stopped in Crossville, Tennessee
and spent the night with my mother and father-
in-law after 6hrs of flight and will be landing
at Tampa Bay Executive airport.
This is a view of our home near Almont
Michigan. We lived there for about 14
years. It was about 2 miles from the
airport that I learned to fly at. I am
probably about 2-3000 ft above the
ground in this picture.
This is a view of the airport where
I trained for my pilots license, which
I got in 1984. We eventually bought a
home that joined this little airport.
This is my first airplane. It is an
Eagle ultralight. I saw one of these
flying in a TV movie and had to have
one. I didn't need a pilots license
to fly this ultralight.
This was my second airplane. It
is a 4 seat Cessna Skyhawk(172).
This is the plane that I finished
my license training in. I had two
more Skyhawks after this one. I
had partners in all of the Skyhawks.
Made flying more affordable.
