The Gift
A Young Boy's Dream, A Young Man's Goal, An Old Man's Discovery
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I became the ineradicable fly on the wall. The “Old-
Timers,” who flocked together around the cast iron stove
furnace in the office in the afternoons and evenings
like pigeons coming to roost, dispensed their empirical
knowledge like ripened apples falling to the ground. And I,
as an impressionable teenage boy, ate it up ravenously. But
there was more.
Hillman Flying Service radiated an irrefutable attraction
that was unmistakably apparent to all who shared their lives
with it. Everyone could feel it, but not many could readily
identify its coalescing element. At first I couldn’t either;
however, as time went on, and Mr. and Mrs. Hillman
tutored me in life as well as in aviation, I recognized what
it was. I had been witnessing it all my life. And it had begun
centuries earlier.
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About the Book
If you found out tomorrow that your time left on this earth was to be limited to only the next few days or hours, what would you do for those you love? What would you give to them that possesses true meaning and significance? What would be your legacy? What gift could you give them that would make a lasting impression in their hearts?
The Gift is simply one grandfather’s attempt at helping his grandchildren understand and choose wisely––what he feels is, anyway––the most important decision they’ll ever make in their lives. And he does so by writing about the only thing he knows intimately: His personal experiences in aviation.
About the Author
Dave Sandidge, born in Greenville, Mississippi, is a captain for a major airline based in the United States. He gained his experience through the civilian world of aviation flying passengers and cargo in many types of aircraft ranging from Cessnas to DC-3s. He currently flies a European-designed Airbus. When he’s not flying his airliner he plays his saxophone in his church. It is his fervent wish that each of his readers will come to know the Lord, not only as their savior, but also as their best friend.