# @sameckholm on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CBGdmPOhiID
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/16874565-sameckholm-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/03c3b20e61.jpg
- **Posted:** 2020-06-06T16:50:56.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Sam Eckholm (@sameckholm) — https://gondola.cc/sameckholm

## Caption

My dad was my inspiration for joining the usairforce. He graduated from the Air Force Academy in ‘89, went to pilot training, and had a career as a tanker pilot before getting hired by American Airlines where he still flies today. Growing up, there was this one picture we had in our house of my dad in T-38 pilot training, in all his flight gear, that I was fascinated by as a kid. Even though I decided to take a different route in the Air Force, I knew I would try and find a way to recreate that picture. A few months back, I was lucky enough to get a ride in the backseat of a T-38 here at Langley AFB and the whole time I kept smiling just imagining my dad doing the same thing 30 years before. When we finished the flight, I pulled out his picture and got in the same position, in the same gear, to take the shot. I happened to quickly glance at the tail of the jet, #939. What are the chances I thought. The plane in his picture that I had always stared at as a kid was #938. Insane. Whether it was pure coincidence or meant to be, it was a full circle moment and something I’ll remember for the rest of my life.

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938, 939

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