Crunch: The Plan
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Crunch: Write about the plan
When I was ten, I wanted to be a fighter pilot. This was an ambitious dream, unmoored by reality. I was ten, what could I do but imagine?
When I was fifteen, I wanted to be a commercial airline pilot. This was not an ambitious dream. I wanted to see the world, and I wanted a wife and kids. I wanted them to travel with me and we would see the world together.
When I was twenty I was taking courses to set myself up to become a pilot. I had already started flying lessons.
When I was twenty-five I was in a car accident.
It wasn’t my fault. A drunk driver smashed into me while I was going to meet friends for dinner.
I was in a coma for a while. They did some surgeries, did some work. Now I am paralyzed from the waist down. All I could think about was flying.
This wasn’t the life I wanted to live. I was going to travel the world, I was going to have a wife and kids.
That dream doesn’t just go away.
But now my dream is to walk again.
I don’t know why, but that old dream still gives me hope.
When I am thirty, my dream is to be a commercial airline pilot. This is an ambitious dream, unmoored by reality. I am paralyzed from the waist down, what can I do but imagine?
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Wow, that is quite a story.
In 1971 when I was fourteen my father's boss who was quite wealthy decided to purchase a new airplane. I was invited to come along for multiple test flights. I sat at the Quakertown airport and tagged along on test flights of a Piper Aztec, Cesena 310 and a few more. I was in awe.
My father came close to purchasing a small airplane of his own. It turns out PA law allows a fourteen old to have a pilot license even before you can get a driver's license. A deal of the sale was to teach both of us to fly. He never bought the plane, but I did get one flying lesson.
Your tale, caused me to remember this very fond memory, it is now on my backlog of stories to tell.
That story took a turn. I like that it ends on a hopeful note.
Even though I don't dream of becoming a pilot, I do dream of traveling with my family around the world. Europe and South America first, everything else would be a bonus.
I do like to fly, even though airplane seats have ridiculously shrunk over the years. Aisle seat for me, please.
And the best airplane food I've had has been served by British Airways on a flight from Chicago to Rome when my wife and I were en route to our honeymoon. I don't remember the specifics but I do remember that every few hours we would be offered wine, snacks and even ice cream. 10/10 would fly again.