The Romance of Flight

I have a confession to make: I have a thing for airplanes. One of my favorite bits of online reading is Salon.com's column "Ask the Pilot" by Patrick Smith. In a recent column he mentioned he didn't think he was much read. In response, I sent him a letter. Strange, I know. I almost never do things like this, but I thought maybe instead of silently, anonymously appreciating his writing, I would tell him. In the writing of the letter, I ended up with a little autobiographical essay about my childhood romance with flying.

( Dear Patrick Smith )