Science, Freedom, Beauty, Adventure: What More Could

Sometimes, Flying Feels Too Godlike To Be Attained By Man. Sometimes, The World From Above Seems Too Beautiful, Too Wonderful, Too Distant For Human Eyes To See .

God Made Life Simple. It Is Man Who Complicates It.

After Reading ... Accounts ... Of Minor Accidents Of Light, It Is Little Wonder That The Average Man Would Far Rather Watch Someone Else Fly And Read Of The Narrow Escapes From Death When Some Pilot Has Had A Forced Landing Or A Blowout, Than To Ride Himself. Even In The Postwar Days Of Now Obsolete Equipment, Nearly All Of The Serious Accidents Were Caused By Inexperienced Pilots Who Where Then Allowed To Fly Or Attempt To Fly-without License Or Restrictions About Anything They Could Coax Into The Air.

If I Were Entering Adulthood Now Instead Of In The Environment Of Fifty Years Ago, I Would Choose A Career That Kept Me In Touch With Nature More Than Science. ... Too Few Natural Areas Remain; Both By Intent And By Indifference We Have Insulated Ourselves From The Wilderness That Produced Us.

A Great Industrial Nation May Conquer The World In The Span Of A Single Life, But Its Achilles' Heel Is Time. Its Children, What Of Them?