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This was my quicksilver MX. 3,500 dollars and memories and sights
I will
never forget. Wow. Just to the left was my long driveway that doubled as my
runway. That shed was the hangar. When you own one of these machines, you really
live the life of a bird when you're up. This was on my friend's old farm in
Nebraska. Guess who's phone rang when the cows got out? You guessed it. One
night I was a few miles away at a stock car race and I got an idea to run home
and get the plane. I came in low behind some cedar trees, popped up and buzzed
the track, adjacent a large stadium of people. My friends said everyone started
applauding thinking I was part of the show or something. It was cool because
they were waiving at me. All 3,000 of them. Guess that's what it feels like to
be a rock star.
One day on my way home from work, there were big, beautiful, scattered clouds,
real low. They were calling my name. I wondered what it would be like to get hit
in the face by a cloud. What do clouds taste like? I hopped in the plane and
headed for the clouds. As I got closer, I got very scared. It got bigger and
bigger. As a crept up closer and closer to it, I almost turned away. But I held
out, and after I was in the cloud, (I entered the FAR side) I exited almost
right away. Man that was scary. I don't know why, but THAT was awesome!



Here are the proud new owners. I got spoiled having my
driveway as my runway, so when I moved to California, I found out I'd have to
drive 40 min. to an ultralight park. No way.
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