On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 17:39:48 -0500, Andrew Gideon
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Larry Dighera wrote:

Expertly piloting a
masterpiece of engineering efficiency with alacritous authority among
invisible airspace boundaries in compliance with voluminous
regulations demands full mental concentration thus refreshingly
emancipating your thoughts from their mundane confinement.

You get to fly a masterpiece of engineering efficiency? Nice. I wish I
could say the same.

I would characterize today's aircraft, relative to the early aircraft,
as masterpieces of engineering efficiency. Take an introductory
flight in a sailplane to experience even higher efficiency. :-)