Risk Management Magazine

When I was in college, I had the opportunity to take a class on the Korean War. Not only did I learn a lot about an interesting part of American and world history, my school paid for a trip to Korea as well as visits to the actual battlefield sites.

It was a beautiful, sunny Hawaiian day with the thermometer comfortably resting in the high 80s — perfect weather for a motorcycle ride along Oahu’s North Shore.

Young men and women volunteer for pilot training to fulfill often long-held desires to break the bonds of the earth. The luster of flying eventually fades for some; but for the rest of us, aviation remains an important life focus.