When I was a very young boy, my father and I had a plan. Maybe it was just so much blue-sky dreaming, but it was our plan, and it was great.

As early as I can remember, my dad, whom we affectionately called Papa Louie, liked airplanes. He had friends who flew, and he went up as a passenger any time the opportunity arose. It was my dad's goal to learn to fly and to eventually buy an airplane of his own. He would then teach me to fly it, and I would spend eternity flying him and his friends all over as my dad's own personal charter pilot.

Yes, that was

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About the Author

Author Dan Pimentel is a private pilot, writer, photographer and owner of an advertising agency that specializes in the aviation market sector. He is also an active blogger, posting often about aviation issues at his blog, World of Flying.