Aviation

I wrote this in March of 2010. G passed not too much later that year, late May or early June. I don’t remember, I suck. We weren’t especially close, certainly not as close as my friend and he were, as well as many others. But he was a great mentor and I will always remember logging hours with him. I last flew with him in November of 2009. There’s a mantra among pilots that you learn from day one, and that is to “fly the plane”. Those three words are often repeated throughout your career as a pilot, whether you are a recreational pilot or a commercial airline pilot. To many people this may seem like an obvious or trite statement. Of course you fly the plane! What the fuck else are you doing up in the air in that aluminum contraption?