Flutterby™! : Swagger

Yesterday Phil and I went over to the airport (Petaluma Muni, O69) and ate some ice cream while we sat on the deck at the cafe watching the flight line. We were sitting next to some guys who were finishing up their briefing for a flight down to the Central Valley somewhere, a briefing that included taking off with a 7 second separation and flying in a diamond formation, there was some discussion about who had smoke and when and how they were going to use it, and the details of how they were going to peel out of the formation at the remote end, a "crisp east coast break" which involved pulling back to 15° for 3 seconds, then rolling out (the alternative was a "west coast break" which was demonstrated by a hand swoosh that was... well... fabulous).

At any rate, I realized that there's a certain confident swagger that looks silly on a 20 year old wearing a T-shirt, but that's inspiring when seen on a guy north of 65 in a flight suit...