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Snowbirds on the Space Coast

"As I watched through binoculars as Crew Dragon sailed downrange at 70,000 feet, I felt something stir inside me that I haven’t felt in a long time, and a keen interest in spaceflight was rekindled after a long dormancy." SpaceX/Unsplash
Gemini Sparkle

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I have to confess that I have a very love-hate relationship with the state of Florida. On one hand, this upper-Midwestern country boy has come to crave white sand, salt water and warm winter sunshine, all of which Florida is blessed with in great abundance. On the other hand, I am decidedly not a fan of angrily snarled traffic, endless bleached-concrete sprawl, and the “Florida Man” drama that continually emanates from America’s third-most-populous state.

Sam Weigel

Sam Weigel has been an airplane nut since an early age, and when he's not flying the Boeing 737 for work, he enjoys going low and slow in vintage taildraggers. He and his wife live west of Seattle, where they are building an aviation homestead on a private 2,400-foot grass airstrip.

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