This video was filmed in SC, I wonder if they would let me try it 
And, of course, the pride of Kentucky: Turtleman!
Finally, this is just plain weird:
Archive for December, 2009
I just got a letter in the mail today offering a Cirrus SR22 Turbo GTS for the bargain price of $598,500. As of right now, I am making around the US median family income by myself (per Wikipedia), so I’m pretty well off, but unless I can find the loan officer who got those cleaning ladies into half-million dollar houses in California during the housing bubble, I’m SOL on this one.
It is a ridiculous price to pay for a toy, but I’ve met people over the last few months around the airport who could easily write a check today and fly off in one. These people have small private jets, who can fly off on a Sunday morning, meet some college buddies halfway across the county for a round of golf, and be back in their own beds Sunday night to get a full night of sleep before heading to the office on Monday morning. I’d like to think that before I’m 40, I’ll be able to do the same- it’s what I think about after the 15th hour of updating spreadsheets to keep me motivated.
Until that day, I’m just going to have to be happy with flying around in the 30+ aircraft I have access to in my flying club- which won’t allow me to jet around the country for a round of golf, but I am able to leave work around 5 on Friday, and catch the tail-end of happy hour three states away