Speed Record

—  Gene Deatrick      

On one of my trips with Scotty in his beautiful Cessna, we were heading west along I-70. Allowed only to smoke my pipe and be quiet, I had time for silent contemplation.

Observing the scenery as it passed beneath us, I told Scotty that this was the most ridiculous flight I had ever been privy to.

"What are you alluding to?", he asked.

"The first man to go Mach 2, an old jet bomber pilot and the cars down below are passing us."