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  • Timeless Glory

    She rests quietly in the fading light, painted in the colors of old glory. Weathered by time but unshaken, she wears her colors not as a decoration, but devotion—a quiet sentinel of the land she loves. In her stillness, there’s… Continue reading

    Timeless Glory
  • Reflections of Sacrifice

    Her reflection ripples gently across the water—a quiet echo of those who did not come home. Their legacy lives on—in the stillness, in the silence, and in every reflection of what it means to be free… Continue reading

    Reflections of Sacrifice
  • Ghosts of Appalachia

    Old Glory still remains at her post among the swirling ghosts of Appalachia… Continue reading

    Ghosts of Appalachia
  • Happy Independence Day! 🇺🇸

    Melding into one, past and present embrace within their weathered planks—old barns standing as silent witnesses to freedom—an embodiment of the rugged independence within the American spirit… Continue reading

    Happy Independence Day! 🇺🇸
  • Champaign Lady

    I recently had the opportunity to see the restoration of a Boeing B-17G. Champaign Aviation Museum, Grimes Municipal Airport (I74). Urbana, Ohio. August 20, 2022. Looking into the nose, you can see the Bombardier and Navigator positions. Beautiful nose art… Continue reading

    Champaign Lady
  • North American Aviation T-6C Texan

    “The airplane is just a bunch of sticks and wires and cloth, a tool for learning about the sky and about what kind of person I am, when I fly. An airplane stands for freedom, for joy, for the power… Continue reading

  • Approach

    “Real flight… is the spirit of an airplane lifting the spirit of its pilot into the high clean blue of the sky, where they join to share the freedom.”  Richard Bach, Air Facts magazine, September 1960. Continue reading

  • Never too Far Away

    🎶 “Can you feel me when I reach for you?Hear me when I say your nameSee me walking through your doorOr are we just too far away too far away” 🎶 Kip Moore If the old man in the moon… Continue reading

  • Every Pilot Logbook Tells a Story

    “Aviators live by hours, not by days.” T. H. White, England Have My Bones, 1936. While a pilot’s professional experience is recorded in their logbook, a treasure is concealed within each page… a story unique to every pilot. If the… Continue reading

    Every Pilot Logbook Tells a Story
  • Beautiful Piper Cub

    On this beautiful chilly Sunday morning, the birds were enjoying the Fall day… This beautiful Piper Cub may be small, but she was kicking up dust with a little attitude! 😎 Continue reading

    Beautiful Piper Cub
  • Strawberry Bitch

    This Consolidated B-24D Liberator served in the 512th Bomb Squadron, flying combat missions from North Africa in 1943-1944. Continue reading

    Strawberry Bitch
  • We All Have a Bridge to Cross

    “we all have bridges we must cross, sometimes with others, sometimes alone…these bridges can lead us across turbulences and trouble, keeping us safe…or, they can be burned down to break contact when we need to forgive and forget, move forward… Continue reading

    We All Have a Bridge to Cross