There's a lot of truth in that. Ferrying little planes over big oceans does
not attract the risk-averse, that's for sure. This kind of flying is right
up there in my book with fishing in the Bering Sea or climbing the
Himalayas. A good part of the US was settled by people who piled wives and
little children into covered wagons to cross a continent full of deadly
weather and hostile natives. There isn't a lot of room left in the world for
people like that.


When the pioneers settled the area west of the Missippii via covered wagon, and
such, there were not many alternatives other than staying put.

To compare this reckless woman with those pioneering individuals denigrates
their memory.