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SEPTEMBER 2016
radius lawn mower. It causes one to consider the parallels to airplanes:
Operators, age 60 and above:Data indicates that operators, age 60 and above, are involved in a large percentage of machine-related injuries.These operators must evaluate their ability to operate the machinesafely enough to protect themselves and others from serious injury.
But way off alone, out by himself beyond boat and shore, Jonathan Livingston Seagull was practicing.
If you love the flying you do, and if you have a choice, don’t change a thing – enjoy what you have. And, since my mind and body seem to be holding up pretty well – able to remember my own name and all – and having not run over anyone or lost any body parts to the lawn mower, I should free my mind, like Jonathan Livingston, of the flock’s fly-to-eat mentality and keep practicing, learning and enduring the wood bench at the DMV. I should embrace yet another change and move to the next-gen airliner. That’s what James T. Kirk would do. There’s fun in that, right? After all, why retire and gi•ve up the admiration of men, women, children and super-models? Well, at age 60, three out of four ain’t bad. T&T
Kevin Dingman has been flying for over 40 years. He’s an ATP typed in the B737 and DC9 with 21,000 hours. A re- tired Air Force Major, he flew the F-16 then performed as a USAF Civil Air Patrol Liaison Officer. He flies volun- teer missions for the Christian organi- zation Wings of Mercy, is employed by a major airline, and owns and oper- ates a Beechcraft Duke. Contact Kevin at Dinger10d@gmail.com