"I know why the caged birds die, for, like them, I have touched the sky" Mike Resnik - Kirinyaga

I've used that as one of my many sign-off quotes on FT for the last few years, but over the past few weeks it's taken on a new meaning for me.

It's a sad day for me, a sad day for all flyers, and a pretty bad day for humanity as a whole. As a race, our destiny lies in the stars, but this week, we took a step backwards.....

I'll treasure the memory, and hope someday we'll fly that high again.

Ken.

"One life, one arrow, short journey from bow to target" - Traditional Zen, via Walter Jon Williams - Voice of the Whirlwind.