Comments on: ‘Closer to heaven’ http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=880 Online perspective from the editors of "AOPA Pilot". Sun, 19 May 2013 17:43:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: James H. Rustige http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=880&cpage=1#comment-65380 James H. Rustige Sat, 29 Aug 2009 15:05:44 +0000 http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=880#comment-65380 Well written story on sharing the gift of flight.
As a pilot (when I had my own plane) the joy was giving anyone a ride in the plane. I loved to see their faces light up when I would show them how the yoke worked and then say “would you like to take it”.
I live in Charlotte County, Florida and my sharing flight always included flying over Boca Grand. My passenger/s would always be amazed at how deep into the waters they could see, often seeing schools of sharks.
The beauty of flight always reminds me of this portion of a pilots poem “I feel I can reach out and touch the face of GOD”.

]]> By: Ken Templeton II http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=880&cpage=1#comment-65281 Ken Templeton II Fri, 28 Aug 2009 19:56:27 +0000 http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=880#comment-65281 Great Story. One of the greatest gifts of being a pilot is sharing that joy with someone else. My grandmother passed away a few years ago, and Miss Helen reminds me of her, active and vibrant well into her 90′s.

God bless all who made a very special day happen for Miss Helen.

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