Writing for a major aviation publication like Plane & Pilot feels sometimes like being a time traveller. I'm thinking, in particular, of the moment the fictional hero of H.G. Wells' classic novel The Time Machine first watches the sun, then the seasons, then the aeons fly by as he hurtles ever faster into the future. At times, I feel the same exhilaration/dread that my Well-sian counterpart felt when I meet, greet, then too soon, must say farewell to airplanes, designers, manufacturers and dealers. Some have been in the game quite awhile and will hang in for the long haul. But others come and go like the lightning-fast scenery changes the Time Traveller saw...and it can be a bit jarring.
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