Sometimes, when it's totally unexpected, the chance of a lifetime arises.
September 8th and 9th, 2006, was it for me.
My friend, Bill "Bubba" Bussey, KJ4JJ, of Rick and Bubba fame,
invited me to accompany him to watch the launch of the Shuttle Atlantis, STS-115, from Kennedy Space Center.
Mike Haley, KF4NER, my brother-in-law, and I accompanied Bill, along with Rick and Bubba show producer Don Juan, aboard
a private Diamond Jet for the 90 minute flight to Melbourne, Florida.
It was an absolutely awesome, even emotional, experience I will never forget.
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