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On 2/22/2013 9:03 PM, Ramy wrote:
On Thursday, February 21, 2013 9:34:09 PM UTC-8, Frank Whiteley Greg Cole gave the Barnaby Lecture last year. Very interesting. SSA pledged funding for the GPS logging. Frank Whiteley Did they try to get Red Bull sponsorship? Didn't we all recently watch another high altitude record heavily sponsored by Red Bull? Just imagine the publication it will bring to soaring... I know Red Bull is considered a potential sponsor, but I don't know if any contacts have been made. -- Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to email me) |
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I recall a certain white haired glider pilot was the first to greet Felix Baumgartner when he landed. He's probably a good one to start the get Red Bull request......
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On Friday, February 22, 2013 9:36:07 PM UTC-8, Eric Greenwell wrote:
On 2/22/2013 9:03 PM, Ramy wrote: Did they try to get Red Bull sponsorship? Didn't we all recently watch another high altitude record heavily sponsored by Red Bull? Just imagine the publication it will bring to soaring... I know Red Bull is considered a potential sponsor, but I don't know if any contacts have been made. Now we know - contact has been achieved. Read about it in the latest newsletter, which should be online already, but isn't. Check here in a day or two: http://perlanproject.org/newsletters/ Here's a partial quote from the article: "That social gathering took place on January 26 th. Dennis Tito extended his gracious hospitality to host both teams. From Red Bull, actually Sage Cheshire Aerospace, the company that conceived and executed the jump on behalf of Red Bull, were Art Thompson – technical project director and visionary behind the project, Jon Wells – mechanical engineer, Mike Todd – life support engineer, Mike Jacobs – flight test engineer and Don Day – meteorologist. From the Perlan team were Ed Warnock, Doug Perrenod, John Miller, Dennis Tito, Morgan Sandercock, Greg Cole, Elizabeth Austin, Jim Payne, Darren Darnborough and myself. "Myself" refers to Stéphane Fymat, the newsletter editor. -- Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to email me) |
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On 2/26/2013 7:52 PM, Eric Greenwell wrote:
On Friday, February 22, 2013 9:36:07 PM UTC-8, Eric Greenwell wrote: On 2/22/2013 9:03 PM, Ramy wrote: Did they try to get Red Bull sponsorship? Didn't we all recently watch another high altitude record heavily sponsored by Red Bull? Just imagine the publication it will bring to soaring... I know Red Bull is considered a potential sponsor, but I don't know if any contacts have been made. Now we know - contact has been achieved. Read about it in the latest newsletter, which should be online already, but isn't. Check here in a day or two: http://perlanproject.org/newsletters/ OK! The Jan-Feb 2013 newsletter is on the Perlan Project website. -- Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to email me) |
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