An Angry Tropical Prairie Report #5 Ah, to be 21 with 1,000 hours, and bulletproof.

IT WAS WINTER IN North Dakota and I'd done my time and paid my dues flight instructing through enough brutal, sub-zero blizzards -- the ones so cold they turn airplane oil into a congealed blob. All it took was one travel brochure featuring palm trees, gin-clear waters and the eye-opening revelation...

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