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My Version of Airplane Heaven…What’s Yours?

When you pass through those Pearly Gates, make sure to close your life’s flight plan. Dan Pimentel
Gemini Sparkle

Key Takeaways:

  • Inspired by "What Dreams May Come," the author details a personal "Airplane Heaven" as an ultimate pilot's paradise with every imaginable aircraft, endless fuel, gourmet food, and aviation legends enjoying limitless flying.
  • In stark contrast, "Airplane Hell" is presented as the same airport setting, but completely devoid of fuel, creating eternal torment for pilots surrounded by unflyable aircraft.
  • The article concludes with a philosophical message that our reality is shaped by our thoughts, encouraging positivity, kindness, and sharing the passion for flying to manifest a good future or "heaven."
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If you’ve ever seen “What Dreams May Come,” with Robin Williams and Annabella Sciorra, you know it’s a beautiful and extravagant movie that won the 1998 Oscar for Visual Effects. But as easy as this great flick is on the eyes, it is the story that grabs your heart and refuses to let go.

Dan Pimentel

Dan Pimentel is an instrument-rated private pilot and former airplane owner who has been flying since 1996. As an aviation journalist and photographer, he has covered all aspects of the general and business aviation communities for a long list of major aviation magazines, newspapers and websites. He has never met a flying machine that he didn’t like, and has written about his love of aviation for years on his Airplanista blog. For 10 years until 2019, he hosted the popular ‘Oshbash’ social media meetup events at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh.

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