by mjmarggraff | Mar 12, 2015 | Courage
Bravery does not describe me. I’m too imperfect for that. Learning to fly, twelve years ago when in my forties, was a dream to follow, not a dream feared. My biggest flying fear—my biggest dragon—was fearing that I would not be perfect enough at it. The next biggest...
by mjmarggraff | Mar 9, 2015 | Inspiration
My day planner was filled—line by line, day by day. Each morning I consulted it and prepared for the list of duties it dictated about how I would spend my time. Blank lines on its future pages didn’t wait long for ink to fill them. My corporate days as a manager were...
by mjmarggraff | Mar 5, 2015 | Space
Mount Diablo Pilots Association: Tips from Space — Feb. 20, 2015 This was a lot of fun. Right outside was the airfield where I had first soloed in 2004. The sky was clear (pilots have a habit of looking up) and the control tower had its night-time beacon...
by mjmarggraff | Mar 2, 2015 | Space
My classmates and I before we enter “The Beast” behind us. This centrifuge is the world’s best to simulate leaving Earth’s gravity hold–making the weight of Mach 3.5 acceleration feel up to 5 times the weight of my body. Once in the...
