High Flight Foundation. The name "High Flight" was inspired by the famous aviator's poem by John Gillespie Magee, Jr., a copy of which was carried to the moon by Col. James B. Irwin on the Apollo 15 lunar mission.
Oh, I
have slipped the surly bonds of earth And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings; Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth Of sun-split clouds -- and done a hundred things
You
have not dreamed of -- wheeled and soared and swung High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there, I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung My eager craft through footless halls of air.
Up,
up the long, delirious, burning blue I've topped the windswept heights with easy grace Where never lark, or even eagle flew. And, while with silent, lifting mind I've trod The high untrespassed sanctity of space, Put out my hand and touched the face of God.
...John Gillespie Magee, Jr.
MISSION STATEMENT
High Flight serves as Global Goodwill Ambassadors facilitating aid and delivering a message of hope and peace to the nations.
VISION STATEMENT
High Flight Foundation delivers a message of hope, inspiring mankind to look beyond the horizon to discover one's gifts and abilities and journey on life's highest flight.
The Apogee and the High Flight Logo
The name, "High Flight," from the title of the well-known poem, arouses feelings associated with the nobler and higher aspirations of man. The word "High" implies an elevation of spirit and motive, and "Flight" combines activity and involvement in life.
The insignia symbolically represents the mission of "High Flight" by presenting two intersecting orbital paths around the earth. Each orbit has a highly elevated apogee (or high point) emphasizing the importance of elevated goals in man's outreach.
The vertical orbit represents the mutual search between God and man; the horizontal orbit represents man's outreach to other men; the cross represents the Christian principles embraced by the members of High Flight and is placed at the intersection of the two orbits, signifying the crucial nature of Christ in resolving man's two greatest enigmas....his relationship with God and his relationship with his brother.
