New Mexico Magazine

Flight Path

. “I’m moved by sunrises and sunsets,” he says. “There’s nothing quite like the beautiful New Mexico light, and I just want to be right there in it.” Flying high in his modified two-seat ultralight trike, the 54-year-old Taos resident seeks connection with the landscape below. “When the whole Earth is spread out before you, you can’t help but feel part of something bigger than

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