There Is A Moment When The Fighter Pilot, Poised On The Threshold Between The Finte And The Infinite, Is The Loneliest Man. This Pilot, Like Many Others, With The 8th Tactical Fighter Wing At Itazuke Air Base, Is Experienceing A Contemplative Mood Just Before Take-Off. The Ground Crew, The Other Planes, And The Landing Field Recede From His Thoughts And The Next Moment He Will Be Up In The Dimensionless Sky.