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Last year, it was SpaceShip One, the first reusable space vehicle funded entirely by civilians (and that doesn’t mean taxpayer dollars, Uncle Sam!) Today, it’s the Global Flyer, setting a world record for non-stop, solo, around-the-world flight. (More News)

What an awesome time to be alive — a time when commercial and private interests are pioneering aviation once-more! It gives the “peace-nik” in me a good feeling, seeing a civilian Space Race developing not instruments of war but instruments of exploration and, yes, recreation! Hell, yes, I would fly in any of these vehicles, if I could just convince someone they absolutely needed an aerial photographer or two from Texas to do the job!