Hanging on the wall next to my desk, is a framed certificate that says ‘Solo Certificate,’ dated 1980.
It came from my flight school and features a hand-drawn picture of an eagle, having just shoved a baby eagle out of the nest, with the little guy pulling out of a dive.
As with a lot of drawings, there are motion lines from the eaglet to the nest. They are supposed to represent the flight of the new flyer. For me, they represent a kind of rope or golden thread…..some way of providing a safety net, in case the little fellow was a bit of a lateral-thinker. He might also be envisioning the possibility of just climbing down from the nest. But, that’s just me.