"Why gamble with your money when you gamble with your life???"
That, complete with extra question marks, is the marketing pitch of Skydive Las Vegas, which gives clients the chance to be thrown out of a Pacific Aerospace P-750 XSTOL turboprop.
Our intrepid Flightblogger Jon Ostrower took up the challenge. "The anticipation of the jump is harder than the jump itself," he said.
"The cold cabin, the rushing wind and lack of conversation provide the soundtrack for a swirling mind.
At some point, I just accepted the next events of my life were in the control of others."
And his post-jump reaction? "When can we go again?"
Elsewhere in blogs, Asian Skies recorded the "dismal fate shared by 23 former Royal Australian Air Force F-111s".
"The fuselages of the iconic aircraft were last week buried in an Australian landfill, outraging the sensibilities of the nation's aviation geeks," wrote Greg Waldron.
Mary Kirby signs off as Runway Girl with an uncensored blog post. She writes: "I am extraordinarily grateful for all the opportunities provided to me by Flightglobal - the ability to write for its esteemed magazine and online titles, to jump behind the shaky camera and in front of the (unforgiving) high-def camera, and to bounce around the aircraft static displays at some of the world's greatest air shows.
"More than anything, however, I am grateful for having been afforded the autonomy to write this blog uncensored."
Why not take advantage of a seasonal discount of 20% at the Flightglobal Image Store, which houses a whole host of modern and vintage images.
Check out the different categories to make it easier to find what you're looking for:
Iconic Front Covers / Women In Aviation / World War II - 1939-45 / Cutaways Pre 1914 / 1930s Civil / 1930s Military / Post WWII / Experimental Prototypes /Air Races and Modern Aircraft Flight Collection
And don't forget to enter the Flight International Front Cover Competition where your winning image could grace the final issue of the magazine in 2011. Closing date 5 December.
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