First, my parents bought me Flight Unlimited and a joystick when I was 5, and nothing has thrilled me more than controlling an airplane since then. Second, my uncle was an astronaut and a great man who inspired my love for aviation. Third, family trips to Jamaica as a kid. I have many vivid memories of walking off chartered Tristars onto the sunny ramp at Montego Bay and looking down at the Caribbean Sea from my window seat, and not so many vivid memories from the resorts we stayed at.