Personal Narrative: Civil Air Patrol

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Deep bonding with flights I developed as a toddler. The flights’ landing and takeoff, I watched curiously when I was waiting in the airport launch for boarding Lufthansa flight to India. Fading of sawing noise as the plane disappeared in the sky during takeoff and puffs of smoke from the wheel as they touched the ground on landing captivated me. My level of excitement to watch these scenes never changed a bit even now. The contrail left behind by jets still amuses me. Playing flight simulator-X game at home hardly quenched my thirst for aviation.
My innate analytical skills and profound love for flying-machines obviously pulled me into the Civil Air Patrol. Flight Commander, my current position and Cadet Chief Master Sergeant, my current

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