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My Aerobatics Ride in a Gamebird GB1 Airplane
Who would have thought that one of the coolest aerospace companies in the world is found in Northwest Arkansas? Allow me to introduce you to the Game Aerospace company, which makes really cool aerobatics airplanes. You know? The ones that do flips and that can pull 9G turns? Well, they make one called the Gamebird…
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The First Time I Rode a Roller Coaster
“When was the last time you did something for the first time?” This quote is widely used by sports events to motivate people out of stagnancy and routine, and into adventure and excitement. At age 17 I was the epitome of unchanging habits and beliefs. I didn’t realize it at the time, but it was…
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Swimming in the Freezing Icelandic Sea
For most of my young life I had a poor relationship with water. There are many reasons for this (queue the memory of my dad holding me underwater to “help me” like it more), but the main one is that I am typically a cold person. I like being warm better than I like being…
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The Coolest Thing That Ever Happened to Me
People sometimes ask me, “Raul, how did you end up living in Liechtenstein?” Well, here’s the story of how that happened. I wanted to work for BMW. BMW is a German company and I figured learning to speak German would give me a leg up. So, in college I majored in German, and I remember…
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My First REAL Adventure
How do you maximize 9 days of paid time off? Easy. You go on an adventure. There is a difference between traveling and going on an adventure. Traveling is like when you go see your parents who live in a different state, or when you travel to a wedding in a big city. You get…
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