[net.space] Comet Ride

shawn@ACC.ARPA (02/15/86)

excerpt from the Los Angeles Times Fri. Feb. 14, 1986
Part I page 2:
"For sky-gazers who want a front row seat to see
Halley's comet, Air France is offering an April 13
flight aboard a chartered supersonic Concorde,..."
seats 98.... from Kennedy International...fly at
50,000 feet.......Champagne and hors d'oeuvers...
$1,499 each for the two hour flight.....dubbed
Halley's Comet Chase...will ride with "celestial
guides" Donn F. Eisele, an Apollo 2 astronaut, and
Jack Horkheimer, a television astronomer...
	story by Jennings Parrott

I can think of several comments but will spare
you all. If you do go, I want a picture.
		shawn@acc.arpa
disclaimer? na, I did it durring my lunch hour.



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