Tim is flyin' high

   Tim Lewis is a success story, He wanted to learn to fly. But first he had to lose a lot of weight, basically an extra person. He found the motivation to do this by dreaming of hang gliding. It worked. He lost the weight, he built his endurance and enrolled in lessons.
   He wasn't "a natural", he didn't pick it up in an instant, but he was very motivated, enthusiastic and willing to listen to the instructors and build his skills.
  The young kids ran past him up the hill, he kept pushing himself, they had bountiful energy, he had persistence. Like the tortoise and the hare he just kept going.
  He was the first to achieve his Hang 1 rating, and then his H2. He knew he would keep flying so he was the first to buy a glider.
  Then the training hill closed early and no one could get their first high flight last season. So most went home to wait for fall or the next spring, not Tim, he went and learned to aero tow and soloed that summer.
  Saturday was the first good forecast in a month and through diligence at the training hill this spring he was ready. An early flight at Bristol, then two more at Harris and he is off to the races. He will achieve, I guarantee it.