As
far back as I can remember, I wanted to fly. From about age thirteen,
my dream was to become an Air Force pilot. As things I turned out, I
did go into the Air Force and I flew, but not as a pilot. (See my book Hauling Trash.)
Yet even though I never became a military pilot, I took advantage of
the opportunities presented to me to obtain a private pilot's license
through military flying clubs then used my GI Bill benefits to obtain
my commerical pilots license and other ratings, which made me eligible
to pursue a career in aviation and when I left the Air Force after
twelve years, that is exactly what I set out to do. As a pilot, I
logged over 16,000 hours, which comes out to over two years of my life
spent off of the ground. TWO YEARS IN THE SKY is the account of those
hours, starting with my introduction to flying as a small boy and
ending with my retirement from corporate flying.