A L O H A !
When young, my father
was an usher
in a movie palace like this.
Then a projectionist in the
WWII US Army Air Corps.
Old movies were something
we shared. He had an
encyclopedic knowledge
of Hollywood film!
History,
especially of the 20th Century,
is a fascination of mine.
Well, I spent so much
time there!
JFK roared by me while
campaigning for president.
(I was only a wee thing!)
I debated with James Michener
to my mothers humiliation,
and I once tried to joke
with Bob Hope on the
street in Philadelphia.
He wasn't having it,
and the gorgeous blonde
with him looked bored.
I saw Nureyev leap
and hang in the air,
and I remember hearing
on the radio that the last
(US) Civil War widow had died.
Of course, I saw John Glenn
leave the earth,
Humans walk on the moon,
I attended Woodstock,
spoke with Timothy Leary,
and saw the first trans-oceanic
broadcast on Telstar.
Aviation is another
fascination of mine.
So I was beyond eager
to see
"Across The Pacific"
about Juan Tripp and
the earliest days of
commercial aviation
overseas.
Here We Go!
Nobody who has not
been up in the sky
on a glorious morning
can possibly imagine
the way a pilot feels
in free heaven.
William T. Piper,
founder of Piper Aircraft Corporation
Is it irony to share
a flightless bird
for this week's
Wild Bird Wednesday?
What Was THAT?!?!
I was annoyed from the start
by the attitude of doubt
by the spectators that
I would never really
make the flight.
This attitude made me
more determined than
ever to succeed.
Harriet Quimby,
first woman to obtain a pilot’s license in the U.S.
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Love You,
Pixie & Cloudia
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