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1/3/04: Chris and I took Sage to the Loew's Resort on Coronado Island in San Diego for a weekend getaway. |
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1/20/04: Chris and I traveled to the NGPA Winter Warmup in Palm Springs on Jim Gabbert's 727. |
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1/21/04: Chris and I meet Andrew Tobias. |
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1/21/04: Mike Shiflett and I ride back in Jim's 727. |
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3/4/04: Chris and I join a few other pilots for brunch at Montgomery Field in San Diego. |
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5/1/04: View of Palm Springs from the mountain top. |
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Chris and I joined friends Mike and Dean for a weekend in Palm Springs. |
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5/1/04: Jim and Chris at the top of the mountain in Palm Springs. |
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5/1/04: Dean, Jim, Chris, and Mike at the summit in Palm Springs. |
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6/21/04: Mojave, CA. White Knight & SpaceShipOne taxi for takeoff. |
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Chris and I flew down to watch the launch of the first private manned space launch. |
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6/21/04: Climbing to launch altitude. |
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White Knight, followed by a Beech Starship, climbs to 48,000 feet where it will release SpaceShipOne before rocket ignition. |
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6/21/04: SpaceShipOne rocket plume. |
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SpaceShipOne ignited its rocket engine and climbed to 328,491 feet before re-entering the atmosphere and gliding back to earth. |
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6/21/04: SpaceShipOne lands safely. |
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How exciting it was to watch history being made! Hopefully this will pave the way to affordable space tourism in our lifetime. |
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7/20/04: My friend Nico came out to visit for a couple weeks. We flew down to Paso Robles to do some wine tasting and visit my family's winery. |
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It was bottling time when we visited. |
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7/22/04: After Paso Robles, we went to Oxnard to visit our friend Jerry. |
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Here's a shot of us at the Reagan Presidential Library. We visited more for historical rather than political reasons! :-) |
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9/17/04: Chris, me, and Chris T. in Toronto |
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9/22/04: My friend Chris and I at Tablas Creek winery in Paso Robles. |
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We went down for the day to help out with the harvest. |
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10/26/04: Our new house in the Rose Garden neighborhood in San Jose. |
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10/26/04: Back yard & pool of the new house. |
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10/29/04: Chris and I flew on Jim Gabbert's 727 to a weekend of fun in New Orleans |
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11/1/04: Group dinner at Nola - one of Emeril's restaurants. |
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