"In my dreams, maybe. But it's just neat seeing how they work. Unless I just go for the Air Force Academy, my chances are pretty low, I guess. All I've ever done is take up the old duster, but..."

He smiled, fondly, at that.

"She's slow and not much to look at, but the second those wheels leave the ground you're just...in another world entirely. All that stuff about who is seeing who or who you're supposed to not be around and everything just kinda stops mattering. I mean, the world looks so small from up there, and you're defying gravity itself...yeah, it's...pretty great."