This was the MOST exciting experience!!!!! I completely understand how someone can become obsessed with the idea of flight and dedicate their lives to doing it. It was such a rush! There is so much truth to the song lyrics that I feel I can connect to on such a different level now having flown. When I was in the air, I kept thinking of the section of "When I am the Wind" that says, "...every part of me is working. I feel nothing and everything. I move in all directions, I forget about my senses, a minute is forever, it's clear and I can finally see." Even though the instructor was with me, (a young woman I might add!) I felt like I was totally alone, on top of the world (literally) and didn't have to worry or think about a thing. It was such an escape from the world and from all the stress I've been feeling lately with school and life. I can only imagine how good Amelia must have felt when she could climb into her plane after lectures and appearances and get away from it all. I have a few videos that i think are too large to upload via this site. Hopefully I can find another way to post them. One is me in action flying the plane and the others are vids of the airfield and me chatting with/interviewing the instructor Erin.
