what? did i get a new job?
was i shopping for property for my sheep ranch?
was i transporting teenagers to to hoods in the woods programs?
negative; negative; negative.
was i at work?
YES.
yesterday i got to go on a flight test (this is not typical) for the new 747-8 Intercontinental. job = winning.
like, i GET fluid dynamics. but it's still such a crazy thought that massive machines, full of hundreds of people, controlled by one little bitty person using some buttons and computers, can lift into the air and predictably go an intended route hundreds or thousands of miles away on this this planet of ours...
pass the landing strip twice to scare the cows off first. lunch in montana. (it was probably the same cows from the runway.)
why yes, i'd like to tour the flight deck, thank you. oh, sit in the co-pilot seat of a cruising 747? yes PLEASE. so dope. our eastern block sounding pilot loves his job, and turning knobs, so he gave a good show. might be the closest i'll ever get to the summit of Rainier.
flying gets you in perspective. makes you appreciate home. and how small it is.
and every time i fly, i think of this clip, which never gets old.
"There are only two ways to live your life.
One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as though everything is a miracle."
Albert Einstein
3 comments:
V. here... love this post , so glad you got to test fly on your project. i think you work too hard. Very good quote.
v. You got to sit in the co pilot seat!!
RAD!!
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