Unscientific survey - why are you a pilot?

On Thu, 16 Aug 2007 12:32:38 -0700, Jay Beckman
wrote:

On Aug 16, 7:53 am, KAE wrote:
On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 14:16:34 -0700, Jay Beckman
wrote:

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. It's probably worth a
few answers as well:

http://www.pbase.com/flyingphotog/image/69390684

Jay Beckman
PP-ASEL
Chandler, AZ
www.pbase.com/flyingphotog

Those photos just about sum it up.

Outstanding photography!
Your sense of composition is exceptional. But so is your mastery of
exposure in so many varied light conditions.
Nice work.

PP-ASEL
Jacksonville, FL

Thank You .. Thankyouverymuch...

Jay B

What I'd like to know is how did you manage to stowaway on the Apollo
11 mission? Must have taken that photo when Neil and Buzz were out for
a stroll.

KAE wrote:

What I'd like to know is how did you manage to stowaway on the Apollo
11 mission? Must have taken that photo when Neil and Buzz were out for
a stroll.

Houston Space Center has a great display(s)..

BTW Jay, fantastic bunch of shots!!

ManhattanMan wrote:
KAE wrote:

What I'd like to know is how did you manage to stowaway on the Apollo
11 mission? Must have taken that photo when Neil and Buzz were out
for a stroll.

Houston Space Center has a great display(s)..

BTW Jay, fantastic bunch of shots!!

Speaking of photos and piloting incentive:
http://www.members.cox.net/drpics/NE_1947.jpg

My first flight was from a grass strip in Nebraska in a J3, age 4, 1947 -
I'm the mean looking dude in suspenders!
First "job" (after my mowing lawns career was marking fields for a crop
duster (why I still have operating lungs is a mystery).
Then 4 years in the Navy, flying back seat radar operator in S2F Grumman
anti-sub trackers, with the honor of witnessing the pickups of astronauts
Shirra & Copper aboard the USS Kearsarge!! Fantastic!!
20 years after my J-3 flight, I got my PPL in 1967. Only was active for 4-5
years, but at least racked up a few hundred hours to satisfy the desire to
do it, and one eye went from fair to terrible so knew any airline
aspirations were trashed. But, I wouldn't trade the experiences for
anything!!!

Cheers'n beers.. [_])
Don