High Flight

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Richard Hess born John Patrick Aliano began life in a typical middle-class household. His parents divorced when he was just a toddler and after his mom remarried she gave him her new husband's surname further distancing him from his paternal roots. Growing up on New York's mean streets with an abusive stepfather taught Richard grit at a very early age.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>This grit followed him into the United States Air Force which became his surrogate patriarch for the next twenty-eight years. During his service from the cockpit of high-performance jet aircraft Richard learned to leave his scars behind. Now after fifty years of marriage raising three kids fighting in nine war zones and traveling to countless countries he's gained a certain perspective on life.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Richard's years spent as a military pilot airline captain and businessman have given him an education in life love and faith-an education that begs to be shared.</span></p>