Paul Wilhelmson Vuelo porque Vivo! 
Most guys I know would enjoy a car like that… You know… You punch the gas and the acceleration forcefully throws you back in your seat. That would sure put a smile on my face! No, I am not talking about my little Honda. The only throwing it does is when I slam on the brakes! I am actually talking about the last few months here in Indonesia.
It was just November of last year when I first received my Indonesian Pilot license and was able to begin taking flights by my self. January rolled around quickly and things began to accelerate. Daren, our chief pilot, and his family were due for furlough so we began to step on the gas to prepare for the transition. By the middle of February I was doing almost all the flying and taking on the remainder of Daren’s responsibilities. The smile on my face started to fade as I realized that we weren’t letting of the accelerator. 60 had long come and gone and that smile gave way to a new feeling. A feeling more like being out of control. The first two weeks in March represented the busiest we have been since I moved here almost a year ago.
You know, I don’t much like that feeling of being out of control. It is especially not a good thing in the flying world! 
But that is where we come to the end of ourselves and have to rely on the Lord. That is where we learn that apart from Him we can do nothing, not even the stuff we are trained to do! That’s one lesson I seem to keep repeating… Now the second half of March has rolled around and things have slowed down enough to allow us to catch up to ourselves. PTL!
I am very thankful that, although I am the only pilot until the middle of April, our mechanic Andy is here and he carries a huge chunk of the responsibility. Thanks Andy! So that’s the story of zero to 60 in 3.5 months… It doesn’t sound so bad when you look at it that way!
