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With the stick in my right hand, the throttle in my left, and the rudder beneath my feet, I can savor that essence from which life is made.
Stephen Coonts
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Stephen Coonts
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: July 19
Lawyer
Military Officer
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Morgantown
West Virginia
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I am alive. Up here with the song of the engine and the air whispering on my face as the sunlight and shadows play upon the banking, wheeling wings, I am completely, vibrantly alive. With the stick in my right hand, the throttle in my left, and the rudder beneath my feet, I can savor that essence from which life is made.
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