Cleared To Climb" is the story of a man who, as long as he could remember, harbored a desire to be a pilot. It is the story of a desire fulfilled as he becomes a military flight instructor, airline pilot, and manager of the aviation department of a large corporation, the Halliburton Company. At Halliburton, he would eventually work directly for the man who later would become Vice-President of the United States, Dick Cheney. This book chronicles the events of a forty-one year career as a pilot.