Great food, good drink, interesting conversations, casual attitudes were the order of the evening at the Powell's hanger home at Gillespie Field. Special guests of the SD99s were Simone Aaberg Kaern, an artist from Denmark and her friend Latifa, a helicopter pilot (the only female) in the Afghan National Army. 
Simone told us the story of her flight to Afghanistan in 2002 in order to fulfill the dream of another Afghan woman to learn to fly. Her PowerPoint presentation and animated descriptions of events and conditions along the way put all of us in awe of her determination and won our enthusiastic admiration. She opened her art exhibition, Seize the Sky, the previous night at San Diego State. The exhibit explores the metaphorical and literal freedom of the sky, unbounded by political borders and examine flight as a metaphor for individual freedom.
Members of the SD99s with Simone, front row in black.
Simone told us the story of her flight to Afghanistan in 2002 in order to fulfill the dream of another Afghan woman to learn to fly. Her PowerPoint presentation and animated descriptions of events and conditions along the way put all of us in awe of her determination and won our enthusiastic admiration. She opened her art exhibition, Seize the Sky, the previous night at San Diego State. The exhibit explores the metaphorical and literal freedom of the sky, unbounded by political borders and examine flight as a metaphor for individual freedom.
Members of the SD99s with Simone, front row in black.
