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Reconnecting with Cotton-Candy Sunrises

After a long hiatus, a cross-country trip reawakens a pilot's skills, flight planning techniques, and her love of flight.

Amy Laboda got to see a sunrise from her airplane recently for the first time in a long time. [Courtesy: Amy Laboda]
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Key Takeaways:

Five a.m. and my eyes are open. I tap the screen of my phone, strategically poised on my nightstand and ready to wake me in 15 minutes.

I don’t need its alarm. I know today is the day I have planned to actually go somewhere in my airplane.

Amy Laboda

Amy Laboda began flying in 1978 and is a flight instructor, with credentials that range from a gyroplane rating to an airline transport pilot certificate.

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