Thanks
to a Sarasota, Florida elementary school art teacher, three new seal
decoys have made their way to San Francisco, just in time for the start
of the 2010 dive season. She magically transformed fabric and foam into
floating shark bait.
Incredible Adventures holds a permit from the Gulf of the Farallones National
Marine Sanctuary authorizing us to use decoys shaped like local
marine mammals to attract great white sharks. Without such a permit,
it's illegal to do anything to attract white sharks within Sanctuary
waters.
The white sharks travel to the Farallones to feed on the area's large population
of Elephant seals. We travel to the Farallones in hopes of witnessing
one of these spectacular natural feeding events. (The technical term
for them is "predations".) The seal decoys are designed to
"trick" sharks into thinking they've found a defenseless seal
meal and help increase the odds of seeing sharks near our shark cage.
As a reminder, our great white shark
expeditions depart from San Francisco's famous Fisherman's Wharf on
select weekend dates from September 25 through November 14. No dive
experience is necessary and space is still available on several trips.
The cost to get in the cage is $875. Viewing entirely from the boat
is $375. For more info and a list of available dates, call or email
Sheri.
In
our June newsletter, we wrote about our Director
of West Coast Shark Operations, Greg
Barron, and his quest to turn an old Monaco RV into a Tall Ship
capable of sailing across the desert at this year's Burning Man Festival.
We weren't kidding when we told you that Greg "Diver McGyver"
Barron can build just about anything. With a lot of help from fellow
shark team members and friends, he constructed a rolling piece of art.
The after and before photos speak for themselves.
If
you'd like to meet the one and only Greg Barron and see what he can
do with a shark cage, book a San Francisco great white adventure.
If you happen to be a little larger than the average human, don't let
that stop you from calling to inquire about an incredible adventure.
We'll do our best to accommodate you. While some programs have strict
height and weight requirements, many adventures don't. We've had some
pretty tall and pretty wide customers over the years.
"This site is awesome!!! I found a new way to go bankrupt!!"
IA's car-crushing tank adventure was named "One
of the 6 Things You Won't Believe Are More Legal Than Marijuana"
on a popular humor website.
Christmas decorations are already appearing on store shelves. We sell
gift certificates. Hint, hint.
We can arrange a variety of fantasy military adventures, ranging from survival training missions to hostage rescue scenarios. Our HALO adventure, a military-style high altitude
skydive out of Memphis, is profiled in this month's issue of GO Magazine,
AirTran
Airline's inflight publication.
We're on Facebook,
like pretty much everyone else these days. You don't have to "Like"
us on Facebook, but it would be really nice if you did and told all
your friends to, too. Of course, if you really want to know what we're
up to, you can just call us. Or send us an instant message. Or Skype
us. Or email us. Unlike some companies, we think you should
be able to find a live person when you have a question. (You can find
our business hours on our website.)
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We're actually a little amazed by how many MiG
flights we've sold this year. In a tough economy, business
has been surprisingly good.
The
MiG-29 continues to impress everyone. Here's what Brian
had to say about his recent high-altitude flight:
"Thanks Greg! The flight was great! It was lots of fun
and an intense thrill. Everyone has been so nice and the trip
has been first class. Thanks for all your work preparing it all."
To see more photos of Brian and other recent MiG flyers, visit our website. If you'd like to fly a MiG, contact
Greg. Flights are available all year long, but remember that
it can take 60 days to obtain the necessary security clearance
from the air base.
We offer a variety of flying adventures in the US too. For a
list of available aircraft, visit this little-known page of our website.
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While attending SPACE 2010,
an aerospace conference held in Anaheim, California earlier this
month, IA's Jane Reifert had a chance to tour SpaceX. For those who aren't
familiar with SpaceX, the company was started by PayPal founder
Elon Musk and
is working to build a possible replacement for the US Space Shuttle.
Even a "non-space-geek" like Jane was impressed by the
facility and the progress the company seems to be making.
Visitors
to the facility can't miss the life-sized statue of "Iron
Man" in the center of the rocket factory. Scenes from "Iron
Man 2" were filmed at SpaceX and founder
Musk served as inspiration for Robert Downey, Jr's character,
Tony Stark.
If
you're interested in a space adventure, either now or in the future, give us
a call. Several great programs are available now and others
are on the horizon.
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There's
an area 20 or so miles off the coast of Grand Bahama Island divers
call "Tiger Beach". It's the undersea hangout of some
very big tiger sharks, lemon sharks and reef sharks.
Incredible Adventures is the only company that offers single day cage diving adventures with these incredible
sharks. No dive experience is necessary, thanks to a floating
cage and hookah air system on our boat.
Our next Bahamas dive date is Saturday, October 23 and space
is still available. The cost to cage dive is $875 and topside
adventures are $375. For more information, contact us at 800-644-7382.
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