Cross Country (Digital)

Cross Country (Digital)

1 Issue, 156 Novemeber - December 2014

LAUNCH

LAUNCH
Some of our best moments are when we fly with birds. “It’s like swimming with dolphins, but in the air” is how I explain it to non-flying friends. Having a bird on the wingtip, or following one to a thermal, leaves an indelible memory that lasts far longer than the feeling of satisfaction (or otherwise) of the flight. I think about flights where I have encountered birds. We used to fly with a kestrel on a soaring site near where I grew up. We’d approach from behind, level, and watch its wings beat as it hovered, watching the ground for movement, seemingly oblivious to us. We weren’t a threat. In Australia I was scratching in zeroes, drifting nowhere, a few hundred feet above a dusty paddock. A family of wedge tailed eagles…
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Cross Country (Digital) - 1 Issue, 156 Novemeber - December 2014

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