I am a long time Friend of Dennis Tito (1st turist in space) he is sponsoring the Perlan Project,
They want to soar to 90,000ft then 100,000 ft;
http//wwwperlanproject.org/
wwwperlanproject.org/
I bet a lot of you have great Life Stories or TIWTIWGTD stories we could learn from (or at least be entertained by). Or are only Monty and I going to share our "moments" for everyone else ;) (Come on guys & Gals open...
I'm very glad you liked it FlyHigh. If we can save each other from relearning things the hard way, then it was worth it. In the end it was a VERY memorable flight-- Beautiful, then scary as hell, then exhilarating ! In the...
xc sorry to hear you lost a friend he looks like a great guy.ive lost quite a few people close to me. the way i see it people whom take the time to make an impression and love one another and put behind our silly differences and practice a...
My friend, mentor, artist, humanitarian and pilot passed away Wednesday April 4th. The world will deeply miss him.
Bill was a major major influence on us, and in fact, he and his wife Nancy were our best couple at our wedding.
Little known are the 6,000 World War II glider pilots who were towed into combat zones, in a one-way flight to drop off soldiers and supplies. Bob Swenson, 90, of Bellevue, finally is getting an overdue Bronze Star medal for his heroism.
By Erik...
I receivced an email from another PSA pilot that had read my post on PSA's website. He identified the mentioned pilot (now deceased) that made the "did you check the ovens" comment. He also commented that everyone at PSA knew...
That's a technical question and I don't have the answer. All I know is that the LAX radar antenna location was at the West end of the airport between the sand dunes and Vista del Mar road. In order to keep major ground...
Gezz, that was scary!! Luck & good pilot skills saved the day in this incident. AND that is a good question XC Triker, how low does that radar go nowadays, Hostman?
I looked too. I guess you need to actually "crash" to be listed... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_airliners_in_the_United_States