The definition of "The Right Stuff" is the ability to go up in a hurtling piece of machinery and put his hide on the line and then have the moxie, the reflexes, the experience, the coolness, to pull it back in the last yawning moment -- and then to go up again the next day, and the next day, and every next day. That pretty much explains what I have, The Right Stuff..... Favorite Aviation related quotes:
"There are two kinds of airplanes—those you fly and those that fly you . . . You must have a distinct understanding at the very start as to who is the boss." -- Ernest K. Gann
"And let's get one thing straight. There's a big difference between a pilot and an aviator. One is a technician; the other is an artist in love with flight." — Elrey Borge Jeppesen
Once you have flown, you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you long to return. -- Leonardo DaVinci
I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things ... -- Antoine de St.-Exupery
Real planes use only a single stick to fly. This is why bulldozers & helicopters — in that order — need two.— Paul Slattery
Hey, ya'll — watch this!— every redneck cropduster's last words
Here are a few friends of mine up in Dallas having fun with their RVs.