Why We Fly - Reason #127
If you’re looking for the other 126 reasons we fly, they haven’t been written yet. They exist, but I haven’t written them down. And of course the reasons will be different for everyone. And there’s most likely more than 127 reasons too. But I didn’t want to start at number one and since I’ve always liked the number (*warning* geek talk) 2^7-1 I decided to start there at number one hundred and twenty-seven.
Once again I was catching up on my RSS feeds (for those not in the know, I’ll likely never catch up), and read Yet Another Aerobatic Video and from there I ended up watching a video posted by Frank which, at this point, is probably the best home made aviation video I’ve seen to date. You can watch the video, titled Climb through the clouds into the sunrise! on YouTube. The video has terrific footage, a great soundtrack and includes some radio communications. You can also check out Frank’s other videos on YouTube or over at his website www.160knots.com. Frank owns a Bellanca Super Viking (tail number N4201B) and has lots of great info and links relating to the Super Viking and flying in Southern California.
In any case, I highly recommend that you check out his climb through the clouds at 5:45am because that is reason #127 why I fly. Now, if only I can find the time to finish up my instrument rating I too can experience such beauty.
Wed, 19 Jul 2006 19:14 Posted in Flying
