COUPERS I DIDN''T DIE THIS MORNING, BUT I MUST'VE WENT TO HEAVEN. I WAS UP AT SUNRISE ON THE DAWN OF A BEAUTIFUL DAY, AND ACTUALLY MANAGED TO GET TO THE
AIRPORT WITHOUT MY PAGER OR CELL PHONE INTERRUPTING MY PLANS. THE "BURGUNDY BELLE" AND I LIFTED OFF THE RUNWAY JUST AS A BEAUTIFUL CASCADE OF VIOLENT RED SUNBEAMS MADE IT'S WAY OVER THE DISTANT HORIZON. UP TO A THOUSAND FOOT OUT NEAR THE CANYONS AND JUST A LITTLE PRAYER FOR THE WORLD AS GOD INTENDED FOR ERCOUPE DRIVERS TO VIEW IT. THIS WAS INDEED WHAT MR. MCGEE MUST HAVE FELT AND SEEN AS HE WROTE THE WORDS TO "HIGH FLIGHT" SO MANY YEARS AGO. POP DOWN THE SIDE WINDOWS, SET THE TRIM, POINT THE NOSE EAST BY SOUTH EAST, AND WATCH THE SUNRISE AS ONLY A FLYER CAN WITNESS IT. DRAW IN A DEEP BREATH OF COOL MORNING AIR LACED WITH THE SMELL OF A RESIDUAL RAIN SHOWER, AND KNOW THAT THIS IS THE START OF A WONDERFUL DAY. THEN TAKE A MOMENT AND LINGER BELOW THE VAST EXPANSE OF FEATHERY LACY UMBRELLA CLOUDS THAT GUARD THE LIGHT UPDRAFTS FROM YESTERDAYS WARMTH. LINGER ONLY A FEW MOMENTS LONGER AND WATCH THE SUN AS IT BREAKS AWAY FROM THE EARTH ON IT'S APPOINTED CLIMB UPWARD. SALUTE THE SUN, AND TURN SLOWLY TOWARD THE AIRPORT AND THE WAITING WORKDAY. SMILE, FOR NOTHING CAN RUIN YOUR ELATION AT BEING THE FIRST ONE TO ESCORT GOD'S MESSENGER ON ITS WAY TOWARD THE DAWNING OF A WONDERFUL NEW DAY JIM MILLER ERCOUPE N94732 IN CASE ANYONE CAN'T FIGURE IT OUT, I WENT FLYING THIS MORNING AND IT WAS INDEED A BEAUTIFUL SIGHT.
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