Two Sunsets & Still Flying

By Maynard Hill Photos by the author except as noted Map photo from https://www.freeworldmaps.net/ As seen in the January 2004 issue of Model Aviation. I was born into the Golden Age of Aviation in 1926. By age 4 I understood that Charles Lindbergh had done a miraculous thing, flying alone across the Atlantic Ocean. During the 1930s one-eyed Wiley Post was famous for setting altitude and speed records while wearing a pressure helmet that looked like the top of a hot-water heater. Amelia Earhart flew alone across the north Atlantic, and her smile was seen on many newsreels…