Mike Pearson's Adventures on a Pale Blue Dot

During my search for the fella that rode on the back of a jetliner ( Rick Rojatt, the Human Fly .. see link to story and pics here.. http://adventuresinmikeslife.blogspot.ca/2012/10/the-man-who-did-impossible.html    ) I ended up swimming in aviation lore of the 1970's. One of the legends of the 70's that is still a mystery today is the tale of DB Cooper. This man hijacked a Northwest Orient Airlines 727 passenger jet, and after some drama....ended up jumping out of the jet's back door with 200,000 dollars of ransom money and a parachute strapped to his back. He was never seen again. It is unknown whether or not he actually survived the jump. For the full story on the hijacking and very interesting investigation...I would recommend a trip to Wikipedia and/or the book store or library. What I want to point out this time around is not the crime, but the bad crazy idea of jumping out of a jetliner. ( DB Cooper did it at night, into a rainstorm ) With Felix Baumgart...

Owner of the once famous West Vancouver restaurant, The Attic". One time owner of a James Bond movie Aston Martin car. Trumpet blower. Owner of white suits. I was only his establishment twice as a youngster. A treasured part of a journey to the city was to make sure that the Aston Martin in the window was spotted and noted on the way by. Here is a great little bio-pic on the man himself, Frank Baker. The last line in the short film is the best I've heard in ages. Frank Baker ( white suit/top hat ) in 1969     The link to the story about Frank's "Bond" car...and the other ones too http://www.driving.ca/news/story.html?id=d8eeed12-0698-43f1-a886-64f03c85ce2a Memories of "the Attic" in West Vancouver http://foodists.ca/2011/07/03/whats-a-smorgasbord-mommy-memories-of-frank-bakers-attic.html   http://life.nationalpost.com/2011/09/17/vancouver-diners-on-their-favourite-restaurant-memories/   http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/wes...

It's 9pm on Sept 30/2012. As I write this, the Denman Cinema is showing it's last film. The West End theater is closing it's doors permanently. The last film is Back to the Future, Part III. Part I and II played earlier in the day. A few other flicks played this afternoon. I went this today to get a few parting photos. I went to the Lebowski fest last night...for some unknown reason, I didn't bring a camera to that shindig. Today the owner was incredibly sad, close to tears when I thanked him for the times he gave all of us in the neighborhood. In the video, they are packing up...tossing out the excess and unwanted. I wish them well. There has to be some sort of silver lining for people like these who try so hard to do the right thing. The rumour is that this beautiful theater is being replaced with a DollarRama. Seriously.

Last weeks post that featured the CL-215 and 415 water bombers set to a rockin' sound track was the most popular. Hell, I watched it half a dozen times my self. These flicks are not as rock and roll...but are pretty good airplane porn none the less. The link to the original post... http://adventuresinmikeslife.blogspot.ca/2012/09/blog-post.html The Martin Mars Here's a nice clip with great fly-bys at the back half Conair FireCats FireCats taking off from Ft St John....great radial engine sounds Jet powered fire fighting And bigger yet...but currently in not in fire fighting service When things go bad.. Not a water bomber ( even thought it says so ) but Geez Louise ...what a nasty landing! And a scene from the 1989 movie "Always" featuring John Goodman, Holly Hunter and Richard Dreyfus ...featuring a ton of great flying footage

Link to awesome rock n roll water bombing is here 43 Grupo 2012 from Hidros on Vimeo . Link to other water bomber vids is here ( Martin M ars etc )   http://adventuresinmikeslife.blogspot.ca/2012/09/more-aerial-fire-fightingbig-props-and.html New video footage of the 1970's stuntman "the Hu man Fly" ri ding on top of a D C-8 jetliner   http://adventuresinmikeslife.blogspot.ca/2013/01/new-footage-of-human-fly-riding-dc-8.html

Is this possibly an old International?..any opinions? There were no decals,plates or insignia on it. It had International hub caps that looked suspiciously forced on.