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Read about the early days of Incredible Adventures MiG
Flights in Russia!
Our
Man in a Mig - December 19, 1993
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 World’s
Best: Fantasy Camps - America Way Magazine, January
2012. Covert Ops named one of the
World's Best!
Swimming
with sharks: another San Francisco treat - Globe and
Mail, November 16, 2011 - Terrific account by Sarah Staples
of her Great White Shark Adventure
in the Farallon Islands. "I lose my grip on the cage
and spin off-kilter. Breathe, I tell myself, just breathe. The
spaces between these bars are bigger than I thought: Could a baby
white shark nose its way in?"
Hang
on! Top 10 extreme adventures - MSNBC/Reuters,
September 9, 2011. "If you like to push yourself and are
a bit of an adrenaline junkie, then online men's magazine AskMen's
top 10 list of extreme vacations may be just the thing for you."
10
Things Fantasy Camps Won't Tell You - SmartMoney,
July 7, 2011. Actually, we'll be more than happy to tell you,
just call and ask!
Boys
Will Be Boys - American Eagle Latitudes, June 2011
- Our Top Gun Flying Adventures are featured in the story. "Mancations
in Los Angeles provide testosterone-driven adventures that appeal
to all types. These male-bonding trips offer unique escapes for
men seeking weekend getaways or just a dudes' day out with their
best buds." (Great for girlfriend-getaways too!)
Vive
la adrenalina de ser bombero - En Orlando, Florida, hay
recorridos para vivir una experiencia ardiente - Informador.com.mx,
June 19, 2011. "Si de niño quisiste ser bombero, lo puedes
hacer realidad en la Academia de Bomberos de Orlando. Sólo necesitas
tener buena condición física y, por supuesto, no temerle a las
llamas."
Chard
Man to Fly to the Edge of Space - This is the West
Country (UK), June 1, 2011 & Chard
Man Speaks of Journey to Edge of Space on June 15, 2011.
Dave Coller, who now lives in Hong Kong, will mark his 50th birthday
on Tuesday, June 7, by heading up in a MiG29 with the Russian
military and getting a glimpse of the Earth that few people have
the opportunity to experience.
Un
tour a lo Top Gun - El Nuevo Dia, September 2,
2010. "Incredible Adventures, en California, ofrece los servicios
de volar un jet mientras grabas tu filme. Mira el vídeo.
Daring
Date Nights - Breezymama, July 15, 2010 - When
you've seen every movie that's out and you're looking for something
very different to do - how about a little adventure?
Ultimate
Expedition: Swim with Some of the Largest Mammals on Earth
- Flying Adventures May/June 2010. Daniel T. Stewart
swims with whales to review Whale Encounter
and finds out why "Passengers regularly report that being
in the water with these magnificant creatures is one of the highlights
of their lives."
The
most unusual tours that can be purchased online - Oborot.ru
( in Russian), April 1, 2010 - That's a very rough translation,
courtesy of Google Translate, but we're proud to say we ranked
first place for the "most amazing and unusual travel".
Top
Ten Sky-High Destinations - The National (Dhubai),
February 8, 2010 - "From the world's tallest building to
a continent's highest mountain to a flight
to the edge of space, sky-high destinations just keep on getting
higher. In the 21st century, one thing is certain: the only way
is up. Robert Carroll chooses 10 pinnacles where the view is a
destination in itself."
VIDEO:
FOX TV NEWS - THE
ASTRONAUT EXPERIENCE, aired on 09/09/09 - news reporter
experiences Zero Gravity!
Vintage
Fighter Jets Find Home at KSC - Florida Today,
November 16, 2009. "It's not a ride," Rick Svetkoff, Starfighters
president and chief pilot, said. "(Participants) are going through
a training evolution that will closely approximate the training
for a suborbital flight. You will get a flight in an F-104."
Amazing
F-104 Airshow Flight Journal, December 2009. Features
our F-104 Starfighters.
It's
all plane sailing: The Super Aviator sub in action - The
Daily Mail, November 7, 2009.
Living
the Dream - by Glenn R. Wallis - Editor in Chief, World
Traveller, October, 2009. It's all about Incredible Advenutres
and how you can "Upgrade your vacation to heart-racing fun."
Note: Go to Page 8 to see the article.
Bring
'Shark Week' closer to home - by Diane Davis, San Francso
Examiner, August 3, 2009. "If you would like to have
a close encounter of your own there are many local options. First
you have to decide how close you want to get. Do you want to be
as daring as those on 'Shark
Week' and swim in the same waters as sharks? If so, you may
want to spend a day with Incredible Adventures. Great
White season near the Farallon Islands begins September 26th.
This is your opportunity to climb into shark infested waters,
with the protection of a shark cage."
Incredible
Adventures Make the A-List in Playboy's Best Vacation for Guys
- Hostage Rescue Camp (Urban Ops)
and Spy Camp (Covert Ops) have been
selected by Playboy as top vacations for the adventurous guy!
Great
White - a journey to the shark-infested waters of the Farallon
Islands by Amy Sorlie, American Way Magazine, August
2009. A shark-obsessed journalist describes her
Shark Adventure.
Super
Aviator Test Flights - INA Quarterly, Spring 2009
- Institute of Nautical Archeology reviews the Lake Tahoe test
flights and agree the Super Aviator
sub is "Sleek, fast, maneuverable and sophisticated..."
Submarines
for Everyone! Wired, July 22, 2009. Article summarizes
the development of the "persub" (personal submersible)
including our Super Aviator.
Aggro-Tourism:
Stress-Busting Vacations Concierge.com, May 2009 -
Meet aggro-tourism, vacations that help you blow off some steam,
whether it's firing off an Uzi, crashing cars, or just smashing
plates against a wall. Jason Harper reviews Covert Ops programs
in Arizona for Jack Bauer wannabes - but we'll show you how the
pros really do it!
From
Cold War spies to battling web campaigners - Telegraph,
May 1, 2009 - Kent Ertegrul's new company, Phorm, creates
quite a bit of controversy in the UK. (Ertegrul started, and then
sold, Incredible Adventures.)
Vivir
las aventuras más extremas es posible - Reporter
Diego Zerpa Chang in OC Magazine, Venezuala, April 2009
National
Park Says No, But We're Jumping Anyway! - April 9, 2009. Reporter
Leyla Santiago of KTUU in Alaska spoke to the President of Incredible
Adventures about the difficulties of dealing with the National
Park Service Service regarding SkydiveDenali.
You can read the report or watch the video.
Adrenaline
Rush - Daily Candy, February 18, 2009. "When
sporty isn’t thrilling enough (and when the future feels ominous),
it’s time to upgrade to heart racing. These bold adventures should
get the adrenaline rushing (even if all you’re doing is reading
about them).
Grown
Up Fantasy Camps - AARP.com, January, 2009. Today's
seniors want some action and adventure.
Free
Fall Over Mount Everest - Aldergrove Star, October
17, 2009. Neil Jones was the first of three adventurers to jump
solo from an airplane at the "rare air" altitude of almost 9,000
metres (29,500 feet) over the world's tallest peak Oct. 5.
VIP
San Francisco - October 2008 - Forbes Traveler adds
Incredible Adventures Farallons
Shark Encounters to Best of San Francisco.
Company
Specializes in Incredible Adventures - Cortez Journal,
September 30, 2008
Skydiving
Everest - Colorado attorney Harold Watkins talks about
his upcoming jump in the Himalayas. Cortez Journal, September
20, 2008.
Vacationing
on the Edge - Globe and Mail, September 17, 2008
- By Sarah Staples. "Mainstream resort-style holidays are
losing some ground to other trips - and many in the industry see
edgier travel as an important slice of the pie." This article
features Skydive Everest,
Sub Adventures, Cape
Town Jets and more.
Super
Aviator, an incredible two-person private submarine to visit Grand
Bahama - Bahamas Weekly, July 21, 2008.
Eight
Places to Live Out Your Fantasy - Forbes.com, May
15, 2008 - "While Incredible Adventures warns in its promotional
materials "Flying MiGs may be addictive!" for some, breaking the
sound barrier may be a little too intense. Not to worry: The company
also offers shark diving, fighter-plane dog fighting and, coming
in October 2008, the first skydive over Mount Everest." By
Andrew Egan.
Adventure
Vacations - Great White Shark Diving - Debonair Magazine,
January 8, 2008 - by Lauren Dugdale. " To support shark tourism
and give your adrenaline an underwater orgasm at a lower price,
opt for the states-based Cage Diver San Francisco."
Incredible
Adventures - Royal, December 2007 (India). "Only
those amongst us who are ready to reach out eagerly and without
fear to newer and richer adventures are destined to live life
to its fullest." Royal covers several of our most incredible
adventures.
Cage
Diving with Incredible Adventures - KSEE-TV reporter Faith
Sidlow, producer Larry Johnson, and photographer Nathan Luna go
on an adventure of a lifetime: Cage Diving with Great White Sharks.
Aired October 18, 2007.
Private
Spaceship Era Stalled - The IA Space Survey results are
heavily quoted in this article by Bob Keefe in the Detroit News,
October 11, 2007
Want
to be like Tom Cruise in Top Gun? Try dog-fighting for a laugh
- A UK journalist describes his Fighter Combat experience. By
Jonathan Green - Daily Mail, October 12, 2007
Adventures
for Thrill-Seekers - It's all about Incredible Adventures.
"For those whose drug of choice is adrenaline, Sarasota
has a local dealer." ~ Herald Tribune, September 28,
2007
Vacations
for the Adventurous - SNN News 6 VIDEO featuring several
incredible adventures
5
Adventures for the Adrenaline Adict - "Not satisfied
with earth-bound adventures? Try flying a MiG-31 Foxhound"
- CNNMoney.com, August 2007
Best
Vacations for Thrill Seekers - Forbes, August 21,
2007
The
Ultimate Flying Experience: Flying the MiG-29 - America's
Flyways, September 2006.
The
World's Highest Destinations - Vroom at the Top - "For
the ultimate high - with the added adrenaline rush of supersonic
speed - take the controls of a piece of military hardware previously
reserved for the USSR's top guns" - Concierge.com, 2007
Enter
the Killing Zone - A diver pursues the elusive great white
shark on a visit to Tiburon - Westways Magazine (Automobile
Club of Southern California) March-April 2007
The
Ultimate Flying Experience: Flying the MiG-29 - by
Capt. William F. Span USN (Ret.), America's Flyways, September
2006.
Let's
go dive with sharks - really - Marin Independent Journal,
September 28, 2006
Machines:
Hollywood Top Gun - CK Magazine, Online (see page 78)
September 2006
NASCAR
Driver Carl Edwards and contestant winner dog fight over the Mojave
MOJAVE, CALIF. August 1, 2006
Branson
Attempts World Speed Record at Thunder City - Cape
Argus, June 24, 2006
Public
Space Travel: Building the Business Case - Space.com,
February 16, 2006
Space
Tourism: Keeping The Customer Satisfied - Space.com,
June 24, 2005. Leonard David interviewed Jane Reifert on civilian
space travel.
Confessions
of a Space Tourism Operator - Space.com, May 13,
2005. Leonard David discusses space tourism with Jane Reifert,
President of Incredible Adventures.
Let's
Play Soldier! - U.S. News & World Report, June
6, 2005, features MiGs Over Moscow, Air Combat USA, Urban Ops
and Covert Ops.
Air
Combat USA featured on The Apprentice (in
Video Highlights, Top Gun, Episode 14, April 28, 2005)
As
a MiG flies over Moscow, a Man's Dream Takes Flight from
The Princeton Packet (April 8, 2005) - Jim Rodney is about
to achieve his longtime goal of flying the legendary MiG-29.
Vacation
Like a Pro - Covert Ops fantasy camp in Newsweek March
20, 2005
Have
Spaceplane Will Travel - Leonard David of Space.com interviewed
Jane Reifert, President of Incredible Adventures, at the Space
Technology & Applications International Forum (STAIF), held February
13-17, 2005.
Rocket
Man - Matthew Power's account of the Zero Gravity Experience
in Men's Journal, February 2005
Journey
leaves her floating on air -
First-person account by Ida Farrell in The Arizona Republic,
January 9, 2005
Texas
Tanks on USA Today - Great slideshow of Texas Tanks (December
15, 2004)
Sherman
Police Department - Tank Training - News report from KXII-TV
in Sherman TX, with live video. Police department trains for team
building and counter-terrorism.
Tactical
Tanks (includes photo gallery) by Rui Zhou, MFO
Event:
Tank Ride with CDV, Part 1 by Sean, GamersInfo.net
Event:
Tank Ride with CDV, Part 2 by Sean, GamersInfo.net
Amazing
Travel Getaways - IA on the John Walsh Show (February
6, 2004)
Urban
Operations: Inside
the Direct Action Resource Center from The Arkansas
Times (June 27, 2003)
This
Firm Offers Travelers the Right Stuff from The Toronto
Star (January 18, 2003) - An interview with Paul Greenhalgh,
who flew a MiG-29.
Lizenz
zum Bond-Spielen - Von Kerstin Friemel. The Financial
Times Deutschland, November 29, 2002 (In German)
Adventure
Vacationers Trade Comfort for Thrills - Guns, fast cars
provide a rush at 'spy' camp. By Nena Baker. The Arizona Republic,
November 27, 2001
Lubins
Fly MiGs Over Moscow - Two Letters (September 2001) First-person
account written by David Lubin, with photos.
Fantasy
Flight from the Decatur Daily News (April 13, 2001)
- Couple experience new horizons on Russian trip.
Bond...
James Bond - Uncovering the Mercenary Inside By Gregg
Zoroya, USA TODAY October 14, 1999
Coldfinger:
A James Bond Wannabe Goes to Fantasy Camp Modern Maturity,
Jan/Feb '00.
Rudolphs
Enjoy Opportunity to Fly Former U.S. Foe's Aircraft- from
The Moscow-Pullman Daily News (January 9-10, 1999) - Couple
vacations at Zhukovsky Air Base. "We decided to go for the
ultimate." (And they're going back again!)
Under
Cover Tuxedo, Shoe Phone and BMW Sold Separately
LA Times, May 16, 1999
Travelers
on a Mission for Adventure
St. Petersburg Times, April 5, 1999
For
Busy Workers Time Off is Not Just for Family Affairs -
by Sue Shellenbarger The Wall Street Journal (November
11, 1998). High-pressure executives relieve stress through Adventure
Travel (with us, of course!)
Space:
The Final Frontier For Adventure Travelers- by Thomas
Goetz, The Wall Street Journal (July 31, 1998) A great
article, mostly about Incredible Adventures!
Vacationers
Walking on Air - Chad Schnuelle and Diana Turner in Moscow
Dreams
For Sale - By William Triplett. Portions of an article
which was originally published in Air and Space Magazine.
Mike Saemisch has added some great photos!
Dreams
For Sale - Smithsonian Air and Space Magazine. The
original article; longer version. No photos.
Inside
the Red Zone- Another great article by William Triplett
with more terrific photos by Mike Seamisch.
MiGs
Over Moscow! The Robb Report - a great article!
Read this to get an idea of what it would be like to fulfill your
dream and FLY THE LEGEND with Incredible Adventures. Written by
Geza Szurovy and published in the August 1997 issue.
Thunderbirds
- Sunday Life, Independent Online, Cape Town. An interview
with Michael Beachy Head as he climbs into the cockpit of the
Buccanneer.
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