European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 14, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Fac =1.� a 4 a v Al .32? pm r of 5- it tub in " �. Or to v_.vli_1A Date with an old flame by Dave Didio stir Iliin a fit ice King. I  .1 Hale with in old flame recently. Although \ in a m e hi1 i in a up of weeks f ver year when 1 go Lumir i leave the love  has been him Strong fur i  now. Seeing her s the sort o tiling i have to work up 1.1 slowly. I of Al  pm Law ind ,1 will Isy feeling in Chi pit of my Slom Adi just thinking about her Mil ii a Joni limes we be shared the morning after i got Home i backed dad s Pulito nut of the garage me headed toward Lafe Grove Sunn i Mill s away where she slays.  Hing the old inn rat n fee posts flick by i Lumu Jill about  i would eel when i saw her a1 tin. And i wondered we Vlcher shins would be thi1 Ime in us ,15 i Inre. I1 Fin n Twisp nut to in in  ill Elliis Limi of on1 , with  mils us browned or a pushing their  up Limhi a l us Fuline visas if Snow in 1l.iv Dolthes. Irvinn for Spring Umaine h \ ,1 mail Linn or ii Fyk Liun. Will pro lev in. Jud the  will Oon by a Ujjin Loys Down Trimm in build  ii v l did isl. L-5 Al Limp no Nike Ris Nio Linns .1 it to Impi f of Ino lilt  u life Tini i Linb nut of ii Kio Zirul. Semi limit in tin htciu.1 til ugly living we fur i l we i s  in life Mil cart i Ilki in no Quill d. Cru win up in Lill Tom try Wal Ching j   i irn.  if furrows to Cut Nul Len los   if Liri jul of new Corn series the that Chr no f  d .1 Lillif and inc door pain a a ceiling my j  via Oil Row isl Hil . No one in Giulii mind if i  d on tht1 . Or .1 moment Alvr 1  och Ned the door and a Ppd in Idt i Uil blood there pm Linn in her. A nil Lii no Minuit raced through my mind and my  ii ii i mfr in. She looked Juil As Beautiful in n to it prop Jurlin i Pul left it in rough .11T Riri Iii a. By . The Clit Neil a inn  .1 Lulio . But i know in would Fli inc up i  ill Maple a curs running of the Chi inc 1h  Campli if i sit pred up Ohio inc Wing based myself Don Inin the Liny Tolk Pil swill a d on i he m.it--, ind  the i a idler. She firt d o p it exciting years ago when All my los Iii trends Weie v. Hiking on their Rommyn 1.1 mini i. Or became Jet in \ yes in the military i Niile a i Psi Tous decision to Mirk to die grass roots. Wanted info Lehr Ihram r i the engine flying Low and slow and feel the hi"i.i7i in my face. I did t Waul my Lile to be made i a of Light plans and Esrher Lunev Low and slow. In was my Way u keeping in touch i a my tools. My Way of it Epi Glove alive. It  me a quiet place to to to think. Slumping u round in the sky i passed Over towns whose  Spove of their hcrimjii1, Anil mine Loo. Kens like Pocahontas  and Cherokee  Beds of this pan of Rural America Sheie Are still to mans where people Don t lock their Lino is Al night Tir lock up their cars when shopping downtown. I fell .1 rekindling o the values of my youth. Low and slow. Stay close enough to listen to the heartbeat of whatever you love. When my engine skips .1 beat to does my heart hut the Little Continental picks up again and i can Slop looking or a pasture to s1 her Down in. My my other Pilot friends Are up i Here somewhere at 35,000 Leet flicking switches etching instruments and letting the electronics do the flying Loo for away from the Earth to eel any  kinship Wilh it. And most of them have Lold me  it s a lot like driving a bus now and their real love of flying died out. But my love is still just As much alive As when i first set eyes upon her. And ice again she has laugh me what living is All about. Some things never change. And some limes Lizul s a very comforting feeling. Do a 11uh 10 of a pc n Jeri / a i9fl0