Incredible News - May 2006

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"If You're Not Living on the Edge, You're Taking Up Too Much Space"

Bill House schedules second zero gravity flight The quote Bill House ends his emails with pretty much sums up his philosophy of life. The 77 year-old Florida native just scheduled his second zero-gravity flight with Incredible Adventures. The soon-to-be frequent floater said he didn't want to miss the historic first flight from NASA's Kennedy Space Center. You may remember reading about Bill when he made a tandem HALO jump with us in Memphis. Bill already has his 4th Incredible Adventure scheduled. He and his wife Elizabeth will join us on a great white shark adventure in San Francisco in September. (The adventure gene must run in Bill's family. He recently told us he took a slingshot and modified bungee ride in Orlando with his 80 year old sister.)

This Isn't Your Grandpa's Biplane

Fly the Pitts S2C biplane We almost hate to call the Pitts S2C a biplane. Too many people hear the word "biplane" and expect to see a bright yellow plane with an open cockpit and a pilot dressed in goggles and a scarf. Trust us. The Pitts is an entirely different bird. She's fast and she moves like you wouldn't believe. That's why she's the favorite of aerobatic pilots around the world and the star of our California Sky Thrills Adventure. Here's what Shirley wrote us about her recent flight with pilot Mike "Rocket" Blackstone:

Aerobatic flights in the Pitts S2C biplane "My experience was AMAZING! Mike was absolutely wonderful. He's an incredible teacher. I was thinking that if he had any hesitation talking, the plane would be in the ocean. Talking fast and with accuracy is a prerequisite for being a great aerobatics teacher, and he is that as well as a great pilot himself. I LOVED it and now feel very much a part of the "Incredible Adventures" family!

Thank you Sheri and Incredible Adventures for making such exciting experiences available to us mere mortals. I can't wait for my next!"

By the way, Shirley is 70, is taking flying lessons and likes people to know that life doesn't stop because the age numbers are creeping up.

If you'd like to schedule an incredible adventure, call us at 800-644-7382 or send us an email.

This Must Be the Year of the 70's...

You've just read about two incredible adventurers over 70. We can't help but mention a third and fourth. Earlier this month, 77 year-old Roland and 70 year-old Alan flew jet fighters. It wasn't the first time in a fighter jet for Alan. He flew a MiG-25 with Incredible Adventures a few years ago.

Shark Boat Undergoing Extreme Makeover

Great White Shark, Farallons It's not like she needed a makeover. The 59ft Tamalpais was already a beautiful boat. But, when this season's great white shark season in San Francisco's Farallon Islands starts in September, she'll be showing off a brand new coat of paint and two environmentally-friendly new engines. The Tamalpais was recently dry-docked, tuned up and Coast Guard inspected to make sure she's ready for another busy shark season. We're really excited about the new engines, since they're expected to cut the travel time to the Farallons significantly.

Sales of our San Francisco shark dives are already three times what they were at this time last year, so if you're looking forward to a great white shark adventure, you'd better book early. Every year is a sell-out and he who hesitates will miss the boat.

For more information, visit our cagediver.com website or email Sheri.

Sharks in Mexico

For a longer, live-aboard adventure, consider a five day journey to Isla Guadalupe, Mexico. Trips depart in September, October and November and the cost is $2650 per person.

Extreme Diving in the Bahamas

Scuba Dive International is teaming up with Capt Tim Taylor of the RV Tiburon to offer an adventure that combines rebreather training with great diving among the wild dolphins of the Bahamas. For more information about this adventure for divers, visit the new "More Adventures" section of our website.

Moscow Pilot Named Hero of the Russian Federation

Pavlov awarded Hero of the Russian Federation Join us in congratulating pilot Alexandre Pavlov. He's always been a hero to us and to the many Incredible Adventures customers who have flown MiGs with him, but now he's a hero to all of Russia as well. He was recently named a Hero of the Russian Federation, which is one of the highest honors a pilot can receive. You can read more about "Sasha" and our other incredible Russian Top Guns on our website.

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Record Speed

Hollywood top gun L39 flights

You always hear about fast movers in Hollywood, but our guy Dave Riggs (Hollywood Top gun) is faster than them all. How fast is he? He's so fast he just set two more speed records. Flying the L-39 C jet fighter from LA to Phoenix, Riggs claimed the speed record for Speed Over a Recognized Course, averaging 561.2 mph. The speed is recognized as a US records by the National Aeronautic Association. (Read the Press Release here.)

Dave set the records along with fellow pilot Jeff Acord. When he's not setting speed records with Dave, Jeff just happens to be a pilot for Barnstorming Adventures, the people who provide our great biplane, warbird and air combat adventures near San Diego.

If you'd like more info on any of our flying programs, give us a call or send us an email.

Your Machete Questions Answered

Myke Hawke of Specops on Discovery's Science of Survival

In last month's newsletter, we urged you to tune in to watch Myke Hawke of Specops on The Discovery Channel. It appears that a whole lot of you did. As a result, Hawke has received a ton of emails, asking him about the machete he used in the program on survival. Here's the info all you backyard jungle warriors have asked for:

Hawke said he actually used a cheap machete he picked up in Southeast Asia because machetes frequently break or get lost and he just happened to like the style and weight, but he said the one used on the show is actually too heavy for normal use. His recommendations are Cold Steel's Kukri for woodland, their double edge machete for general survival and their heavy metal for jungle or light metal when a lot of cutting is expected.

If you missed Hawke, you can purchase the "Science of Survival" DVD set on the Discovery Channel's website.

For one-on-one survival training with Myke Hawke or one of our other incredible Specops guys, call or email Sheri.

While Jane's Away...

IA president Jane Reifert will be out of the office a lot in the next few months. May 4-7 she'll be at the International Space Development Conference in Los Angeles giving a presentation on civilian space flight training and on May 17th, she'll be at NASA Ames in San Jose, talking about marketing space tourism. Then, in June, she'll be bound for London and a space conference sponsored by the Royal Aeronautical Society.

Make sure the rest of the IA team doesn't decide to take time off and go to the beach while she's away. Call them up and send them emails. Ask them questions about our newest adventures, or better yet, keep them busy scheduling your next adventure. Jane's counting on you to keep them working.

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