"Once you have tried flying, you will walk with your eyes set in the sky, because you have already been there, and will long to go back." -- Leonardo da Vinci

"The two Hungarian Acrobatic Paraglider athletes Pál Takáts and Gábor Kézi train themselves to be the bests in the sport they live for. They travel around the world, win competition after competition, and finally reach their goal of a lifetime: to be professional athletes, who can make a living form the sport they love."

I've been trying to get my hands on this documentary all week. Unfortunately, I can't find a place to download Adrenaline & Turbulence and no local video stores carry paragliding films. (If you couldn't tell, I'm starting to get real excited to start my Level 2 Novice paragliding course next month in the high altitude thermals outside La Paz.)

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Yesterday's SpaceX Dragon Capsule
Launch (08/12/2010)

Also in aeronautic news, during their trail launch yesterday, the outer-space shuttle company SpaceX successfully sent a capsule circling Earth all morning before landing at the planned zone in the Pacific. As private sector space travel grows toward fruition, space vacations will become a more and more realistic possibility for the middle class and not just the super rich. The Japanese Rocket Society's Space Tourism Study Program estimates that in 10-20 years, the private space travel industry will have about one million visitors annually, at prices that will eventually drop down to $10,000 a flight. That's a huge improvement from Virgin Galactic's current offer of $200,000 for a five minute joyride. And companies including Virgin Galactic and Bigelow Aerospace are already planning space hotels. The future isn't as far away as some would think. Out-of-this-world space prices should reasonably drop during lifetime of this generation.