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BZ Sir, excellent piece

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That was such a lovely piece to read. I was once , decades ago , a young earth bound person who lived , breathed for Aviation and Aviators. My bedroom walls were overflowing with really bad hand drawn pictures of Airplanes , cut out pictures from Flying Magazine and the best … a Marine Corps recruiting poster , featuring a Marine Pilot and Marine Rio , dressed appropriately, holding their flight helmets facing forward, against their left sides of course ( Marines always have a ready right hand for Saluting , Shooting , Holding Umbrellas for others ) , their stern expressions as it was the 60’s or very early 70’s and the height of Vietnam. Behind them was the black pointed cone that was the radome of an F-4 How cool was that. My favorite jacket was a Cessna Flight School jacket , red , and of course I carried my pens on the left pocket thingy . As one reads how awful young men and women are , how there is a global Pilot shortage and small Airports are turned into strip malls , well it’s easy to feel sadness about this strange passion we have. I could smell the bacon , hear the oohs and aaahs , and saw the young faces lecturing parents about leading edges. Thank you for making this curmudgeon, using both of his brain cells SMILE

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Well done, Rick. The social aspect and camaraderie were integral promoters of my initial aviation involvement many moons ago, leading to a 30 year career. Nothing has changed, we still all seek community and people who fly have the edge on interesting. Cheers.