… flight has always been a part of me … we lived under the pattern for Wold Chamberlain Airport in Minneapolis … now known as Minneapolis St. Paul International Airport. If it flies I love it!
It was many years before I was able to take up aviation as a pilot … on September 12, 1996, I took my first lesson in a glider at Turf Soaring (now gone) in Peoria and Noel was my flight instructor. Three flights the first day and ninety days later I had my Private Pilot license … then the aerobatics instruction … cross country flying and one year after my Private Pilot license I had my Commercial Pilot license … Noel took me through the whole thing and a little later he returned to the Army and resumed flying for them … multiple tours in Iraq and Afghanistan and after retiring he began flying for NetJets. We have stayed in touch over the years and occasionally been able to get together … yesterday he flew this Cessna Citation Sovereign into Sedona and we had a chance to get together for a while and catch up … then it was on to Carlsbad, CA for him and on with the day for me.
The Sovereign is a totally cool aircraft and makes traveling by air a delightful experience again … if you can afford it … another reason to spend a dollar on the Arizona Lottery once in a while 🙂 Me? I am going to return to Amtrak which is a totally civilized no stress way to travel!
Into the weekend and who knows what adventures await us … smile, keep breathing and choose to have an amazing day … be kind!
Cheers,
Ted
Therefor be at peace with God, whatever you
conceive Him to be. And whatever your labors
and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life, keep
peace in your soul. With all its sham, drudgery
and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.
excerpt from Desiderata by Max Ehrmann
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The easiest way to reach Mr. Grussing is by email: ted@tedgrussing.com
In addition to sales of photographs already taken Ted does special shoots for patrons on request and also does air-to-air photography for those who want photographs of their airplanes in flight. All special photographic sessions are billed on an hourly basis.
Ted also does one-on-one workshops for those interested in learning the techniques he uses. By special arrangement Ted will do one-on-one aerial photography workshops which will include actual photo sessions in the air.
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