I would rather fly in a small plane

I have flown several thousand miles in commercial jets, but small planes are my preference.

My first small plane ride was here in Grand Coulee and my last was also from here.

In the mid 1950’s I was a lumber grader in the planing mill above the dam. I worked for a man named Kirkpatrick. Only the old timers will likely remember either.

I worked with a guy who claimed to be an Alaska bush pilot, and...