Motherhood sidetracked her plan for a while, but by the time she was 32, she was learning to fly at New Bedford Airport. Today, she has more than 500 flight hours under her belt and is a true ambassador of flight. Also, she works as a field representative for the Experimental Aircraft Association's Young Eagles program, which pairs young people with pilots to expose them to flying and show them real-life application of math and science. The program's goal is to put 1 million kids in the cockpit with pilots by 2003, the 100th anniversary of powered flight. Despite 10 years of flying and 96 years since the Wright brothers' work, Aarsheim still marvels at the invention and the freedom and convenience it brings.
People get all bent out of shape when the planes are late.
I love living in the 20th century. Some of the century's greatest scientific advances were prompted by mankind's desire to deal with the forces of nature.