Behind The Controls Of A Cessna

Behind The Controls Of A Cessna, originally uploaded by SWVirginiaDeity.

A friend of ours from medical school flies out of this airport. She showed us around one day and let Kate check out some of the planes while I was (of course) standing by with my camera.

Kate looks so grown up sitting in the cockpit with the headset on. Of course, she is wearing a shirt with what looks to be a cupcake on it.

What the picture doesn’t convey is the overwhelming smell of fuel that permeates the cockpit. I guess you get used to it (just like I’ve gotten used to the smell of autopsies).

Seeing Kate looking “all grown up” makes me wonder what she’s going to do with her life. It makes me wonder what’s in store for her. It makes me hope that I’m doing enough to help her make good choices down the road.

It’s funny to think of her as a commercial airline pilot, or a doctor, or a lawyer, or a business woman, or whatever it is that she decides to do with her life. It makes me hope that I’m around long enough to see how it plays out.