RJ #6

      Dear Daniel,

    Today I have finished reading Born To Fly. This is an autobiography of Shane Osborn. He had always wanted to become a pilot and he did but something unexpected happened.
    This is about a person named Shane Osborn and he wanted to fly since he was three. He wanted to fly ever since his neighbor took him on a ride in his airplane. He was born in a farm land in South Dakota. His mother and father divorced, so his mom and sister moved to Norfolk, Nebraska. His mom got three jobs just to keep up with money needed. In middle school Shane Osborn went into the Civil Air Patrol. This is a program that teaches kids about planes and lets them fly one. Shane earns 16 hour of flight tme and his time in Civil Air Patrol ended at the beginning of high school.
     In high school, he worked extra hard. After that he went to University of Nebraska. He went into the NJROCT or Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps program. He graduated and then went to report to San Diego to have a 30 day cruise on the U.S.S Kitty Hawk. There he watch planes take off and land on the carrier. After he reported to Pensacola, Florida. There his real training begins. Only 50% of the class passes for this class of about physical and mental endurance. After a few months he passed. Later he trained to become a fighter pilot. He passed, but then when he did all the fighter pilot slots were full. He decided to change to an surveillance airplane the P-3C. He had to train for this airplane, too. He had to learn all the wiring and hydraulics on this over 100 feet long plane. Eventually he did. After many missions he was stationed in a island near Japan. He flew missions close to the Chinese border in the ocean while Chinese fighters harassed them.
      One day, a Chinese fighter got too close to the planes propeller and was cut into two. A propeller was lost and they were losing air speed. Shane used all his skills he learned and landed in a Chinese airbase were he was captured. They asked why they destroyed their airplane. All the crew members said they didn't destroy it, the plane got too close. After months of interrogation they were finally released when America interrogations to get them back worked. Back, Shane Osborn received the Medal of Honor.

                                                              Your Friend,
                                                                  Alexander Yan