Thursday, August 22, 2002

One thing that I really

One thing that I really did notice on our way out of Burbank was the shadow of my airplane against the ground below.  By the time we were high enough for me to see the shadow the houses were pretty tiny, and I was shocked at how large our shadow was against them as we streaked across roofs and pools and utility sheds in orderly rows across the neighborhoods were I grew up… the really impressive thing, though, was the speed with which we were travelling - how fast those umbral wings sliced through the blocks, eating up the cul de sacs and wiping clean the tired sideyards, moving so quickly it took my breath away - it’s not like when you’re watching one plane from another plane going the opposite direction, where the speeds add up and it looks like the other plane is going 1000 miles an hour and you’re standing still - here the land was flying faster than the plane, I could feel it beneath my skin and it was exhillerating