"Attention, ladies and gentlemen, this is your Captain speaking. Fasten your seatbelts as we prepare your dreams for takeoff!  Hi, I'm Joe, Your Captain of Dreams to Reality.  Sit back, relax, and enjoy a fun, motivating flight.

So, what is the definition of a dream? It is an ideal we passionately aspire to—a vision for our future, not the nightmare we had last night.

What does it cost to dream?

It’s completely free, and there is no limit on how many you can have. That is how it all started for me.

At thirteen, my entire world changed while watching The Magician starring Bill Bixby. In the show, Bixby used his magical skills to solve difficult crimes. At the end of every episode, he would drive his Corvette straight into the back of his Boeing airplane—which doubled as his private home—and fly off to the next city to solve the next crime. Right then, I knew living in an airplane was my dream. I didn't know how or when, but I could feel the why.

Next, I asked my dad to teach me how to fly, and his response was, 'Okay, let’s build an airplane you can fly!' So, we worked on a project we named Skycycle. I’m excited to have these slides from me at age 14, just after getting out of the pool. My dad said, 'Let’s take some pictures to work out the measurements.' Although the Skycycle never got off the ground, building it was a lot of fun.

To fund my dream, I started working at the age of 15, working weekends at the flea market. Every dollar I made went directly toward paying for my aviation medical certificate and renting airplanes.

Looking back at the first page of my 1977 logbook reminds me just how eager I was to fly. While you only need 40 hours to earn a pilot's license, I kept flying and logged nearly 100 hours before I could finally take my checkride at age 18.

Got my Private Pilot's License at 18.

At age 26 , I earned my instrument rating. This milestone completely transformed my flying, granting me the capability to navigate seamlessly from point A to point B without any visual reference to the ground.

At 44, I resurrected the Skycycle and transformed it into a prone bicycle, ultimately logging thousands of miles on charity rides. While I eventually hand-built a set of wings for it, the craft never actually took flight—the engine simply too heavy to lift it off the ground.

On April Fool’s Day 2011, after 23 years of marriage, I closed one chapter and launched a new one: Project Freedom. To bring this vision to life, I bought two acres in the top-right corner of Sports Flyers, an aviation community. It is just like living on a golf course, except instead of driving golf carts down a fairway, we "putt-putt" through the air.

Next, I needed an airplane. What better place to buy one than at a mall? I eventually found it at Sawgrass Mills Mall in Florida, inside a children’s attraction called Wannado City. Sitting there was a cockpit from a 1979 airplane, completely renovated to look almost brand new. Most people saw an old airplane display. I saw the next step toward a dream. What followed was a challenge all by itself—it took nearly a full year of planning, coordination, and persistence just to get the airplane removed from the mall and transported home. But every dream has moments where people think you’re crazy… right before they begin to understand your vision.

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The process of moving "Spirit" out of the mall dragged on for so long that I bought another airplane from Arkansas to fill the gap. Ironically, that "temporary" plane became my permanent address—it’s the one I live in today.

To begin your dream, take a sheet of paper and write a detailed description of the life you want to create. Give your dream a name that inspires you and makes it feel real. Then sign and date it. The moment you set a date for your dream, it transforms from a wish into a goal.

Dreams are not built in a single day—they are built one decision, one lesson, and one step at a time. Now, every decision you make can move you closer to your dream—or farther away from it. The key is to keep moving forward. You cannot fail if you continue taking action. Every small step, every lesson learned, and every challenge overcome brings you one step closer to the life you imagined. So take action every day. Build something. Learn something. Improve something. Little by little, your dream becomes your reality.