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United States Pilots Association |
First of all, a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS to all our USPA members and families from your Branson office staff, my co-pilot Willie, and the 17 deer and 14 wild turkeys in the yard! We intended to be watching last night at midnight to see if they would speak to us. If they had, I feel sure it would have included “Thank you” to Grandpa for the corn he puts out for them. In 6 cold degrees, corn helps keep their bodies warm.
We’ve just past the winter solstice, and the nights are still long, and invite us to read—and to mostly read about flying. A dear friend gave me a most welcome Christmas gift in the form of “The Wright Sister” (Katherine Wright and her famous brothers) by Richard Maurer. You can find it on the Internet, if not at your local bookstore.
I couldn’t put it down. I now feel that I KNOW the Wright family, and understand much better their dilemma of competition, too much or too little publicity, attempts to steal their discovery, selling their invention, the reluctance of our government to feel it of value, etc. And among all the “business” issues, the personal lives of the Wrights are revealed in perspective. This wasn’t very long ago, you know. Orville Wright died while many of us were already here on this earth.
Anyway, since I enjoyed the book so much, I thought I would share the title and author with you in case you were looking for a Good Merry Christmas Read.
Jan Hoynacki, Executive Director
United States Pilots Association