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    Water Heaters Pilot wont stay lit...

    So, last night I get home and my girlfriends taking a cold shower.. I think to myself.. Good I got the night off.. haha.. little did I know that it was because my pilot light went out and wouldnt stay lit anymore.  My girlfriends Dad directed me to..


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    Friday Update: more...

    Plane made it out to Camp with Morty (our cook) and the parts for the main VOI satellite system. Debra is one good pilot! The women pilots of Smokey Bay Air, headed up by chief pilot Debra Mosley, have out performed all the other air services in Homer who...

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    The Growing Bolder Radio Show: January 17, 2009

    This week's guests include musician Jay Warner, style expert Dr. Daniel Monti, pilot CarolAnn Garratt and pharmacist Suzy Cohen.


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    Day 32: Fishy Filmstars

    Roz Savage is a British ocean rower, author, motivational speaker and environmental campaigner. After 11 years as a management consultant, she embarked on a new life of adventure by rowing 3,000 miles across the Atlantic. Her unlikely transformation...

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    An Aviation Legend's Landmark Anniversary

    25 years ago, Joseph P. Kittinger Jr. made aviation history when he became the first person to cross the Atlantic solo in a balloon. We visit with him to commemorate the event and reminisce with a true American pioneer.


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    Day 104: Down to Davy Jones' Locker

    Roz Savage is a British ocean rower, author, motivational speaker and environmental campaigner....

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    John Disterdick

    He just might be one of the most versatile masters athletes on the planet.


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    25 Years Later: An Aviation Legend Remembers

    In 1984, at the age of 56, fighter pilot, daredevil and American aviation hero Joe Kittinger completed the first solo trans-Atlantic balloon flight from Maine to Italy. 25 years later, he shares his story with Growing Bolder. Here's a sneak peek.


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    Joe Kittinger

    Decorated combat pilot Joe Kittinger has been pushing the envelope since he jumped out of a high-altitude balloon just past the edge of space. At age 80, he's still flying high and telling remarkable stories about his legendary life.


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    Here's to You, Jetman!

    He's known as The Jetman, The Rocketman, and now -- Fusion Man! 48-year-old Yves Rossy just became the first person to fly between France and England, with a jetpack strapped to his back.


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    Record-Breaking Flight Fulfills a Dream

    One woman from Texas, one from Florida. One small plane – one very big dream. And all came together when it counted, smashing the speed record for an around-the-world flight, and raising an amazing $145,000 for research on a deadly disease.


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    Kent Couch

    Kent Couch was living a normal life as the owner of a gas station until he decided he wanted to do more. He decided it was time to reach for the stars – and he almost got there.


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    CarolAnn Garratt

    What's it like to fly around the world in a single-engine plane. These two women are among the very few who know. Pilot CarolAnn Garratt explains how she used her record-breaking trip to raise awareness about the disease that took her mother's life.


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    I Was a POW with John McCain

    In 1972, decorated combat pilot and legendary aviator Joe Kittinger was shot down and imprisoned in the "Hanoi Hilton." The man in the next cell was John McCain. For the first time, Kittinger speaks out on camera about their experiences.


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    Susan Silver

    Comedy writer Susan Silver took her message to a whole other level recently when she got drunk on national TV. She's a GB Radio regular who soon may be speaking to "Cougars" everywhere.


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    Another Frampton Comes Alive

    It's been 36 years since the release of Frampton Comes Alive. And now there's word that there may be another. Not an album, but another Frampton in the entertainment biz! Peter's daughter, Mia Rose Frampton has a role in a new ABC Family...

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    Ray Stevens

    Ray Stevens is one of the most unique singers of the past four decades. He's been able to blend comedy with achingly beautiful songs, and now at 70, he says his creativity is just as strong as ever.


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    Joe Kittinger Flies Michael Jackson

    Col. Joe Kittinger is well-known for his legendary leaps forward in aviation. But there was a chapter left out of his amazing ballooning career. For several years, Kittinger was Michael Jackson's private pilot.


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    A Skydiving Adventure Story

    A SKYDIVING ADVENTURE STORY Skydiving has been one of my favorite hobbies, and has been...

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    Experience and Longevity

    How important are experience and longevity? Ask the 150 passengers who walked away from Flight 1549 after an apparent double bird strike took out both engines, forcing the pilot to ditch in the Hudson River. It was obvious in the immediate aftermath that...

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    Stewardess on a coaster - a New Years- memory

    In December 1973, a day after Christmas, my mother and I got a physical check-up, in order to get a real Seamans book. It was all done in a hurry, in Amsterdam, and from that moment on we were supposed to be stewardesses. It says so in that book, I still...

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    Robert Lutz

    He's called "The Car Czar." Robert Lutz developed some of the biggest, baddest muscle cars in the world. He spent decades keeping major car companies in the black. Now, at the age of 75, he's determined to turn them green.


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    Now, Where did I.....?

    We're told that as we age, to expect short term memory problems. Well ok, up to a point, but...

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    I'm Sorry, Okay?

    I’d like to say I’m sorry. I know that it’s been 57 years and that we’re both grown-up...

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    Can He Do It?

    64-year-old adventurer Michael Fournier, a retired French Army officer is ready for his big moment. Fournier has spent two decades and nearly $20 million in a quest to break American Joe Kittinger's 48-year-old record for highest parachute jump.


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    What Led Up to the Book…

    Follow your bliss! At age 61, I never thought I’d be living these famous words by Joseph Campbell. But when I realize that I’m doing the work I love from my home in the hills above a beautiful lake in New Hampshire, and that I’m sharing my life...

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    Soaring to New Heights

    The best glider pilots in North America over the age of 55 gather for the Senior Soaring National Championships. Former fighter pilots and commercial airline pilots call soaring the greatest test of all.


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    Day 68: Something's Gotta Give

    Roz Savage is a British ocean rower, author, motivational speaker and environmental campaigner....

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    GB's World's Oldest

    Here's something you won't find anywhere else -- GB's exclusive collection of interviews with remarkable men and women who are the world's oldest in their activity. If you want inspiration and proof that it's never too late, here it is.


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    The GB Top 50

    It's the unofficial playbook for life.


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    5 Questions With: Bob Creson

    It's never too late to make a difference in someone else's life. As president and chief executive officer of Wycliffe USA, it's Bob Creson's mission to help people all around the world learn more about religion, and get access to the Bible.


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    Helen Kuhn

    At the age of 94, Helen Kuhn is still flying high behind the controls of an airplane.



 

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