I just wanted to thank all the LIHD members for the friendly comments on my photographs. I really enjoy taking the photos and especially the ones of events. It seems that there is a lot of interest in the photographs featuring aircraft and space craft. Maybe its because aircraft, spacecraft and those brave souls who fly them played and continue to play such a large role in the development, defense and and technology of our country.

 I remember back to that cold January day in 1961 when John F. Kennedy gave his inaugural  speech and listed as one of the Nation's goals to "... send a man to the moon and bring him safely back to earth by the end of this decade". Indeed we did. At no small cost, by the way, lives were lost, billions were spent, but the effort pulled our nation together with a common vision and sense of purpose and created most of the technology we now enjoy and that secures the United States today. 

No great move forward,no important social change and no protection of our freedoms and way of life comes without enormous cost.