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Katie.
Katie. Yes.
Yes.
Yes. Hi.
Hi.
Hi. Hi.
Hi.
Hi. I understand that you earned your
I understand that you earned your
I understand that you earned your private pilot license during the
private pilot license during the
private pilot license during the pandemic
pandemic
pandemic Yes.
Yes.
Yes. and are now doing aerobatic training.
and are now doing aerobatic training.
and are now doing aerobatic training. I've heard of acrobatic training, but
I've heard of acrobatic training, but
I've heard of acrobatic training, but never aerobatic training.
never aerobatic training.
never aerobatic training. Mhm.
Mhm.
Mhm. Tell us what that is.
Tell us what that is.
Tell us what that is. Yeah, so aerobatics is flying the
Yeah, so aerobatics is flying the
Yeah, so aerobatics is flying the airplane in unusual ways. So, things
airplane in unusual ways. So, things
airplane in unusual ways. So, things like loops and uh spins and rolls and
like loops and uh spins and rolls and
like loops and uh spins and rolls and really learning how to control the
really learning how to control the
really learning how to control the airplane at all areas of the envelope.
airplane at all areas of the envelope.
airplane at all areas of the envelope. You know, really beyond the normal
You know, really beyond the normal
You know, really beyond the normal straight and level flying. And it's
straight and level flying. And it's
straight and level flying. And it's super fun because it's like creating
super fun because it's like creating
super fun because it's like creating your own roller coaster in the sky.
your own roller coaster in the sky.
your own roller coaster in the sky. And it's not scary?
And it's not scary?
And it's not scary? It's It can be scary sometimes.
It's It can be scary sometimes.
It's It can be scary sometimes. a daredevil.
a daredevil.
a daredevil. No, I I enjoy it because it's it's
No, I I enjoy it because it's it's
No, I I enjoy it because it's it's challenging, it's interesting, it's a
challenging, it's interesting, it's a
challenging, it's interesting, it's a different perspective, and it's a way to
different perspective, and it's a way to
different perspective, and it's a way to learn enough about how the plane behaves
learn enough about how the plane behaves
learn enough about how the plane behaves to be safer when you're trying to just
to be safer when you're trying to just
to be safer when you're trying to just fly straight and level. Sometimes things
fly straight and level. Sometimes things
fly straight and level. Sometimes things happen and you need to learn how to
happen and you need to learn how to
happen and you need to learn how to recover. So, I do it because it's a
recover. So, I do it because it's a
recover. So, I do it because it's a challenge, because I enjoy it. I'm not
challenge, because I enjoy it. I'm not
challenge, because I enjoy it. I'm not an adrenaline junkie in any way. Um but
an adrenaline junkie in any way. Um but
an adrenaline junkie in any way. Um but uh it's it's just something that I feel
uh it's it's just something that I feel
uh it's it's just something that I feel like it it can make you a better pilot
like it it can make you a better pilot
like it it can make you a better pilot and it's just a a different way of
and it's just a a different way of
and it's just a a different way of seeing the world.
seeing the world.
seeing the world. Has flying given you a different
Has flying given you a different
Has flying given you a different perspective on your work as a
perspective on your work as a
perspective on your work as a cosmologist?
cosmologist?
cosmologist? I think what it has done is it's allowed
I think what it has done is it's allowed
I think what it has done is it's allowed me to have a space where I don't think
me to have a space where I don't think
me to have a space where I don't think about work, actually. It's um when you
about work, actually. It's um when you
about work, actually. It's um when you are fully fully in absorbed in something
are fully fully in absorbed in something
are fully fully in absorbed in something and fully focused, it's you you get into
and fully focused, it's you you get into
and fully focused, it's you you get into this zone where nothing else can touch
this zone where nothing else can touch
this zone where nothing else can touch you. And when you're flying, you have to
you. And when you're flying, you have to
you. And when you're flying, you have to be focused. You can't think about other
be focused. You can't think about other
be focused. You can't think about other things because things will go very badly
things because things will go very badly
things because things will go very badly if you if you take your focus away from
if you if you take your focus away from
if you if you take your focus away from what you're doing. And so, I really
what you're doing. And so, I really
what you're doing. And so, I really enjoy that that opportunity to
enjoy that that opportunity to
enjoy that that opportunity to just be in the moment, be in the plane,
just be in the moment, be in the plane,
just be in the moment, be in the plane, have that different view of the world,
have that different view of the world,
have that different view of the world, um and and I enjoy, you know, the extra
um and and I enjoy, you know, the extra
um and and I enjoy, you know, the extra challenge of of trying to do something
challenge of of trying to do something
challenge of of trying to do something else.
else.
else. Your grandfather worked on the Apollo 11
Your grandfather worked on the Apollo 11
Your grandfather worked on the Apollo 11 mission.