Christmas ornaments are physical manifestations of memories. With one look you can be transported back to yuletides past, especially if you are in the habit of adding to your ornament collection every year.
My family did this when I was growing up with the ornaments reflecting our hobbies and pursuits at the time. Today, if you look at my tree, you will see a collection of ornaments reflecting athletics, music, and, of course, aviation. The latter was often the most difficult to come by, because when I began my aviation career there weren’t many ornaments geared toward pilots beyond Santa’s sleigh and round globes with an image of an airplane. Oh, how that has changed! If you want to add some aviation flair to your tree, here are a few from my collection.
