Midnight at 61 North

THIS would have been my dream job.  But thyen one of my eyes went to 20/40 and that shot my Air Force pilot chances.  But this guy writes like a poet of flight and is a very enjoyable read.

Position: 60 east of PANC (Anchorage)

Altitude: 22,000 feet and descending
Fuel-on-board: 90 minutes
Pax-on-board: 123
Equipment: A319


Airborne...

Good Lord, it is beautiful up here... Midnight at 61 north with ninety minutes of Jet-A in the tanks. I am trying to imagine how my life could be better at this point in the continuum. The sun is barely below the horizon, something I never tire of seeing.

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