Comments on: "I was up in those clouds all night."

"I was up in those clouds all night."

emelenjr — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:10:47 -0800

"We were having dinner about four months ago and I was showing Clelia some pictures I'd taken in the air, and she said, 'Oh, that's so beautiful. I want to do that,'" Ben said. Easier said than done when you're 95.

Be sure to check out the slideshow.

By: Devils Rancher

Devils Rancher — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:21:55 -0800

Cool. My granny sky-dived for the first time at age 92. She just upped and realized one day that she'd gone her whole life without jumping out of an airplane, and decided to set that to rights. I think if you make it to 95, you should be able to do any damn thing you want, if you're capable. It should be a rule, or something.

By: sea

sea — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:02:47 -0800

Well that's cool & all, but I know some people in their 80s who are still sharp enough to be flying sailplanes. It may not be easy to learn as you age, but they can hold onto their flying skills for a long time. Al Santilli is gone now, but he flew until he was 93.

By: meinvt

meinvt — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:20:33 -0800

Thanks, this is a wonderful story.

By: HuronBob

HuronBob — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:03:13 -0800

Thanks... I love these stories.. I turned 61 last week.. I remember, as a kid during the 50's trying to imagine living until the year 2000, it was a concept that was almost unimaginable.. we were steeped in science fiction, the future and it's technology was almost beyond our ability to conceptualize. As I've grown older, as technology as advanced, as I've embraced the internet, cell phones, html, flash, java, os 7, os 8, os 9, os 10, iTouch, iPhone, facebook, wifi, and metafilter, I am constantly amazed that the world has yet to leave me behind... But...I worry, somedays when the bones ache, when riding a Harley for 30 miles to work causes a bit of sore back and the fingers hurt from pulling in the clutch, I think...shit, I'm getting old... Then I read a story like this... and, hell, I've got another 35 years to enjoy, if I don't screw it up!

By: dirtynumbangelboy

dirtynumbangelboy — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:44:22 -0800

I think if you make it to 95, you should be able to do any damn thing you want, if you're capable. It should be a rule, or something. Absofuckinglutely. Imagine a senior version of the Make A Wish Foundation. Make it to 90 years old, and they'll fulfill one dream for you. Except possibly the one about the blonde twins.

By: The Monkey

The Monkey — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:01:17 -0800

Except possibly the one about the blonde twins. That's only an exception in the US. Everywhere else they'll do that one for you as well.

By: pernishus

pernishus — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:38:40 -0800

Make it to 90 years old, and they'll fulfill one dream for you. Except possibly the one about the blonde twins. Only thirty-three years to go! Nordic dioscouroi need not worry; other entities may begin trembling in their boots at thier leisure...

By: backseatpilot

backseatpilot — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:29:44 -0800

I approve of the recent rash of plane stories. We had a flight instructor back at the airport I worked at that taught his 90+ year old grandmother to fly. We had a copy of the newspaper article about it framed in the office.

By: Madamina

Madamina — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:29:14 -0800

The slideshow was pretty nice until I saw the two pictures in which she's waving at the photographer in the other plane. Then I grinned.