 No other phase of modern progress can try to maintain such a brimming measure of romance and beauty coupled with utility as does aviation. Boilermakers have never been afraid to go first. To fly the fastest, to go the farthest, to fly the highest, our giant leaps have sent us into the sky, into the atmosphere, and out of this world. Boilermakers first took flight with James Turbin, class of 1908, who flew alongside the Wright Brothers and inspired the first college-owned airport at Purdue in 1934. Early Purdue aviators learned from Amelia Earhart, who planned her round-the-world trip right here in West Lafayette. We reached higher with Malcolm Ross, class of 1941, who touched the stratosphere in a polyethylene balloon. We went faster, 2000 miles an hour with U.S. Air Force test pilot Ivan Kinchlow, class of 1949. We touched the stars when NASA astronaut Lauren Shriver, class of 1968, soared to record 380 miles above Earth, and with one giant leap, we walked the moon with Neil Armstrong, class of 1955. But as aviators and as Boilermakers, we know the world continues to face tough challenges, so we keep going, fearlessly pursuing. Like Heather Penney, class of 1995 and 1997, who was willing to sacrifice her life on 9-11. And so we all got up and we walked to the squadron bar where our television was, and that's where we saw the images that everyone else saw. And the replay footage of the airliners hitting the towers. We knew we had to get airborne, and we knew we had to protect. Like Chesley Sully Sullenberger, class of 1973. I think like most people, I didn't expect that there would be a giant leap. But of course, you know, life before you occur, January 15, 2009, I think our giant leap was a group of strangers, passengers, crew, roasting the occasion, and made it their mission in life to see that everyone was there. It's about where we have been. I would have to say my earliest memory of one of my fondest was the first day of class, and the girls came back to the dorm and we were having conversations of what we did that day. And I had my first lab class in the sky because they took flight lessons. And everyone else was talking about their classroom experiences and their teachers, and I went flying over Purdue. It's about where we are. So we coasted slowly up to Apogee. We came to a stop, and I was unstrapped, looking out the cockpit windows from the cabin behind the cockpit and out the window was the blackest black I'd ever seen, and the brightest dirt you could ever imagine. It's also about where we are going, and through it all, we hold onto our pioneering spirit, inspiring the next generation of pilots, engineers, and scientists. Together, we will propel the world forward again, and again, and again, one giant leap at a time. Tower, this is First Officer Brittany Gallernot, class of 2021. I'm in Purdue Flight 1 and ready for takeoff.