passion
I have everything to make me glad I am alive
Published in 1913, John Barleycorn is an autobiographical novel by Jack London. Chapter 36 has these wonderful lines. He was ‘bestride’ a horse, but in an airplane the inner game seems the same:
Harrison Ford on flying
I love training. I love taking on new challenges. Like short strips and crosswinds and tail-wheel airplanes. Confined spaces in helicopters. I like to challenge myself. Always make sure I don’t over challenge myself.
Great freedom, great responsibility. I think it’s the mix of the two of them that I really enjoy most of all. Freedom without the responsibility is just maybe not so engaging.
Up here I don’t think about much except flying. What my duties and responsibilities are. Everything else just kinda falls away. That’s very restful for me.
~ Harrison Ford, speaking while flying in the 2009 short film ‘Just Another Pilot’ by Steve Stafford (free on YouTube).
Mike Goulian on flying
“You’re not flying it, it’s a part of you.”
“You have to be driven, you have to want to do well, every single time.”
~ Mike Goulian, aerobatic and Red Bull air race pilot.
Great video: http://on.fb.me/1Ds3gVu
Rumi on what you do
~ Rumi (translation by Coleman Barks)