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Show COMMENTARY Hilltop TIMES February 11, 2010 r 'Perfect People'—when a concept can be misleading Hilltop TIMES Wuckly since 19-t« Hilltop Times Editorial Staff: Lee Carter... Standard-Examiner publisher Mary Lou Corny Hilltop Times Editor Lee Anne Hensley Hilltop Times Writer Catherine McNally Hilltop Times Correspondent Deadlines: Editorial and news items are due by noon on the Friday prior to the Thursday print date. To submit news items e-mail hilltoptimesestandard.net or call (801) 625-4273. For Classified Advertising, call (801) 625-4300. For Retail Advertising, call (801) 625-4388. The Hilltop Times is published by Ogden Publishing Corporation, a private firm' in no way connected with the U.S. Air Force, under, and in compliance with, a Memorandum of Understanding with Hill Air Force Base. 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Additional editorial _ | content is provided by vari\ ous military and civilian wire j services anfltfllT Air Force' "" Base public affairs departments. \ Call (801) 625-4273 with \ story ideas or comments, or \ contact the editor, Mary Lou \ Gorny, at mgorny@standard. (net. \ Call (801) 625-4300 for [Classified Advertising or i: (801) 625^1388 for Retail ] Advertising. COMMENTARY BY SALVADOR ALESTRA . 508th Aircraft Sustainment Wing A s I do my daily commute to work and back, I love to listen to an all music station. My favorite song is "Perfect People" by Natalie Grant. I especially like the lyrics, "There's no such thing as perfect people. There's no such thing as a perfect life." At one point in the song she comments that outwardly we show the world that we have it all together and we cover up what's underneath. We call this managing expectation. You have to be perfect at everything you do. You have to always succeed at everything you do. You have to have the fancy house and the newest car. You have to be wealthy and powerful. You can never make a mistake. Well, in case no one ever told you, life is not perfect and no one should expect you to be perfect. The Air Force is addressing awareness of this issue through the Four Pillars of Wellness — social, spiritual, physical and emotional. Individuals are encouraged to create social networks of family and friends and surround themselves with supportive, caring and sincere people who provide encouragement. Spiritual wellness involves a high level of faith, hope and commitment to a personal set of guiding beliefs in a higher power and when integrated in our daily rou- get closer to retirement, I am really lookWhat does ing for other things I can attempt to do and hopefully succeed at. Being a big part oflpy being a' grandchildren's lives sounds really good fi^ at this time. What does being a success-' successful me ful person mean to you? What are you doing' it? '. ,' person mean about We talk about continuous process im- , .*., provement when we discuss ways to .\<\ to you? achieve a successful program. Are you tines produce action Alestra and bring hope, meaning and purpose to our life. The physical dimension deals with the functional operation of the body; exercise, balanced and healthy diet, appearance and self-image, medical self-care, relaxation and physical environment. Emotional well-being is the ability to be resilient, or to be able to bounce back emotionally after encountering difficult and stressful times in one's life. Life is not perfect but you can have a successful life and you can become a successful person. All you have to do is define what it means to you today to be successful; not what it means to someone else and not what it meant to you yesterday. At one time, I thought if I got an advanced degree I would be successful. If I had a good paying job, I would be successful. If I became a supervisor, I would be successful. 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Maintenance Salety Office „ 777-3333 Safety Office Hotline .'. 586-93Q0 Union : 777-3157 . AFOSI Narcotics Hotline 777-1f5£Family Assistance Center 777-3090(when activated) ^.^ Aviation after World War I breaks distance barriers Ogden Air Logistics Center History Office Grab four Wingmen from your office and register for the Team Lean challenge! Weigh in is Feb. 18-26 at the War'rior Health and Fitness Center. Log on to www. afmcwellness.com to enroll. If you are a civilian and have not renewed a Health Risk Assessment in the last 13 months you must do so to enter. The challenge is open to all active duty and Depatfment of Defense civilians. performing continuous process improve-^;' ment on yourself? Not that we expect yod.tq be perfect but you should expect yourself,''.'. to become a better you. Be the best you c^T' be! Be the best employee or supervisor HiU Air Force Base has ever had. Be the best golfer your friends have ever seen. Be the best spouse that your honey can imagine. Likewise having a successful life "1 * changed for me at a different stage in my '.'• life. I've always been surrounded by faml £ and friends and always made time for fun ;; stuff like dancing, working with the youth :: at church, and spending time with my bride. What does a successful life mean to you? '•• . What are you doing about it? Am I perfect ^ and do I have a perfect life? Definitely not 1:: There are many that can attest to that, bud I would not change it for anything else in j [ the world. Thank God there are no perfec^ r people and it is not a perfect life otherwise: life would be really boring. i '• t the beginning of World War I airplanes were still in their infancy, but by the time the war was over they had become more durable and reliable, and more forgiving of error and inexperience. By then they could carry heavier loads and travel greater distances at higher speeds than at any time before. This led to a greater number of pilots and ground crews and helped some of them set new speed and distance records. Such people, both servicemen and civilians, began to be treated as champions rather than "birdbrains." In 1919, Capt. E.F. White was the first to fly from Chicago to New York — a distance of 738.6 miles in 6 hours and 50 minutes. He flew at heights of at least 10,000 feet for almost the entire way, sometimes reaching as high as 12,000 feet. With the flight he not only set the record of the first flight from Chicago to New York, he also had accomplished the longest successful nonstop flight. Also in 1919, a civilian by the name of Leslie Leroy Irvin made the first premeditated free-fall parachute jump from an airplane. The leap was over Dayton, Ohio. The airplane was flown by Floyd Smith, who had designed the parachute Irvin used for the daring demonstration. The type of parachute became the standard means of survival that we see today in the form of a backpack with rip cord. During the 1920s, all records set in 1919 and before were surpassed. Aviation quickly included an unprecedented series of innovative ideas and technologies. The mile-markers set in just this short time period were nothing less than astonishing, especially considering that the horse had been the most effective and efficient U.S. Air Force Bebe Daniels and Lt. Col. Henry H. Arnold, Long Beach, Calif., 1932. Arnold was influential in the development of American air power, including the establishment of Hill Air Force Base. means of travel overland for centuries. In 1922, U.S. Army Lt. James H. Doolittle made the first transcontinental flight from Florida to California in a day. He traveled 2,163 miles in 21 hours and 20 minutes. As it turned out, his career of notable achievement was just beginning. Such was also the case with Russell Maughan, of Logan, Utah, who is memorialized in the Utah Aviation Hall of Fame. During World War I, Maughan served with distinction with the 139th Pursuit Squadron shooting down four enemy aircraft. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, the nation's second highest air combat award. In 1922 and 1923 Maughan won National Air Races. The speed he attained during those, competitions as well as tests at Dayton gave him the idea of trying to fly from New York to San Francisco in a day. After two failed attempts in 1923, in 1924 he became the first person to do so. On Maughan's first attempt at the unprecedented transcontinental trip, a clogged fuel line forced him down in a pasture near St. Joseph, Mo. Turning sharply to avoid hitting a cow, he damaged the landing gear, ending that try. On (, his second attempt, Maughan got as far as Rock Springs, Wyo., where an oil leak ended the flight. After that attempt the Air Service Newsletter said, "Each failure,",.'.' augurs for better success on the next attempt, for it is only by a thorough test of any equipment that defects are found and.,* _, constructors are enabled to take proper " '' steps to correct them." '\r On Maughan's record-setting flight, a hundred people saw him off from Mitch- !'[ ell Field, N.Y., at 2:58 in the morning, and 'l' 50,000 came to see him pass over and land at Crissy Field, San Francisco, at 9:40 p.m.-'" — one minute before the official time of dusk. },' Also in 1924, a race to see who would be the first to fly around the world was developing among aviators of several nations. The same year U.S. Army Air Service officers completed the first roundthe-world flight. The trip was also re- ' •, corded as the first trans-Pacific flight and ] ^ the first westbound Atlantic crossing. The:,, flight left Seattle in April and returned in ;. *. September 1924 logging 26,345 miles in ': 363 hours or approximately 175 days. r. Throughout the 1920s members of the ^. >: U.S. Army Air Service set many flying ; records. At one time they held over two- ":";; thirds of the world records for land-based^, • airplanes, certified by the Federation * >• Aeronautique Internationale. ''"; Nonetheless it would not be until a di- -, i sastrous February-June 1934 attempt to '• >[ fly the mail that the service would begin j to receive resources it required to be- t '-. come more than second-rate overall. One ] * of the resulting means for the service's .'.; world-class development and growth ;;; would be this base, officially established ,'; in 1940. ' r> |