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“Pappy” Boyington’s definition of flying as “Hours of dull monotony, sprinkled with moments of stark terror” remains unsurpassed. Virtually no pilot puts in any time without collecting white knuckle “hangar stories” and I’m no exception. The path of our “leadership” and those vying for office reminds me of one incident in particular. Taking off from Kernville airport one beautiful afternoon in a small Alon I owned, a real kiddy car to fly and a lot of fun, I pointed the nose of the bird toward Walker Pass. I was flying VFR with ceiling and visibility unlimited in the extraordinarily clean, clear desert air. Hanging a right at the junction, I would follow the 14 into Fox Field at Lancaster, a short but generally delightful and uneventful flight. Making my turn south, I settled back to enjoy the scenery encompassing nearly the whole of the Mojave Desert and the feeling of three-dimensional freedom of movement that...
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