"I've never tired of flying. It's ethereal. It's more than just pleasure. It's freedom. You're up there flying the airplane, and you're on a mission, freedom of motion. Up and down, and left and right, just the maneuverability. The maneuverability, and choosing your destination. You're sitting in the cockpit behind that big windscreen with an 180-degree view clear to the edge of the world, just before sunrise, and you're flying into the sun where it gets rosy, and then white ... It's a connection of being closer to the Heavenly Father, and it's just marvelous. The evolutionary process reminds me that we're on a spaceship earth, hurdling through space along with other planets and satellites." —Col. Gail S. Halvorsen
photo courtesy of the halvorsen foundation / todd phillips
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va l o r : a s a l u t e t o u ta h ’ s v e t e r a n s a n d m i l i ta r y
august
2020
