“Hold fast to dreams, For if dreams die, Life is a broken-winged bird, That cannot fly.” – Langston Hughes My roots in aviation came from my father. His sprouted in the 1960s. I do not know what or who influenced him. He had not flown in the military nor been involved in aviation prior to his decision […]
Two Unusual Exciting Ways To A Pilot’s Licence
“Worse than not realizing the dreams of your youth would be to have been young and never dreamed at all.” Jean Genet Acquiring a private pilot’s licence in the United States is fairly straightforward: Pass the Federal Aviation Administration’s(FAA) written exam Take flying (and landing) lessons from a FAA certified flight instructor (CFI) for at […]
How I Witnessed A Delayed Dream And Vision Fulfilled
“Walk with the dreamers, the believers, the courageous, the cheerful, the planners, the doers, the successful people with their heads in the clouds and their feet on the ground. Let their spirit ignite a fire within you to leave this world better than when you found it…” ― Wilferd Peterson “I turned left onto a half-mile […]
How To Stay Up To Date On EAA Airplane Building
“To invent an airplane is nothing. To build one is something. To fly is everything.” – Otto Lilienthal An airplane building project my father began in the 1960s has been re-begun. “The Biplane – A Dream And Hope Resurrected” post provides the background for the extraordinary turn of events that has resurrected a dream all but […]
The Biplane – A Dream And Hope Resurrected
Me, at seven years of age: “Daddy, how long will it take to build the biplane?“ Daddy: “I’m not sure, but you will probably be old enough to fly it by the time it is done”. Me: “How old to I have to be to fly?” Daddy: “At least 16 years old.” I asked the […]
Making Time For Family – Stories Then and Now
Rejoice with your family in the beautiful land of life! – Albert Einstein For the past few weeks I have re-posted content with stories centering on my maternal grandfather’s branch of the family tree. Then I realized that during this time, I had actually been in contact with parts of my grandfather’s side of the family from […]
A Family Summer Picnic, A Castle And Providence
This weekend I will be joining my mother, her brother and members of three of the seven branches of my maternal grandfather’s siblings for a family picnic near Boise Idaho. Sometime in the 40s or 50s three of my grandfather’s six siblings moved from Kansas to this area so I only knew them by name. […]
Pencils, Husbands and The Stonebridge
G. K. Chesterton observed, “We are perishing for want of wonder, not for want of wonders.” Recently my husband and I went to a local meeting of the Kansas Policy Institute and Bastiat Society. We are not members of either, but go occasionally as guests. There are some great speakers and the room is always […]
He Is Risen! He is Risen Indeed
The resurrection of Jesus Christ. That historical event that has brings out chocolate bunnies, colored eggs and marshmallow peeps. I like chocolate and even put out the wonderfully painted eggs and decorations we acquired during our years living in Europe, but it’s is rather jolting to put those things in the same sentence: Jesus’ […]