Like many Pilots, I loved sunrise departures when flying my small, private airplane ...   

The departing airport is always quiet; The air, very still making for smooth fights; It is usually the coolest time making for good performance from the aircraft.  There's the early morning dew condensed on the cold surfaces of the plane waiting to become little rivulets when the prop starts turning; a certain smell in the air; an anticipation of the start of a trip?

Whatever it is, it is hard to shake, and its memory came flooding back from the recesses when I focused on this shot I took of an Air Guard F16 sitting on the ramp at Chino Airport:

Perhaps it is just the simple pleasure of being alive and starting anew?

Isn't it curious that most photographers also like sunrise? Hmmn, I wonder what I make of that?

Bye for now,

Adam