The Captain’s Corner

Whether you fly as a pilot or as a passenger, the view from the airplane is not only beautiful; it is also fascinating. Throughout my flying career, such panoramas gripped my attention, and I loved every second of the show.

Ground patterns, colors, vistas, clouds, mountains, rivers, cities, fields, lakes, and oceans—all provided thrilling and unique visual displays. No flight was “routine.” Even though the sights changed constantly, I never got tired of the scenery.

One sight was the seemingly continuous sunset as I flew westbound from the East Coast. Likewise, the morning star, ushering in the dawn of the day (after I had flown most of the night across the North Atlantic), would capture my attention and imagination. Clouds presented tantalizing shapes as they grew to a height that far exceeded our cruising altitude. Flying over a flat cloud layer would sometimes allow me to see “the pilot’s glory”—a beautiful rainbow ring around the shadow of the airplane, reflecting on the cloud layer. Night flying provided the appearance of “jewels on black velvet,” with the pinpoint appearance of lights from cities and towns sparkling upward from within the dark landscape. Moonlight, along with starlight, had a distinct beauty.

I gratefully observed all of this from what pilot’s often call “the best seat in the house”: the pilot’s seat. The psalmist, in Psalm 19:1 (KJV), gives credit to God for the beauty of His creation: “The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.”

Psalm 104:24 (NKJV) speaks of the magnitude of the scope of this creation: “O Lord, how manifold are Your works! In wisdom You have made them all. The earth is full of Your possessions.”

Don’t wait until your next flight to observe this creation and to praise the Creator! Praise Him now! He is worthy!

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