Dear Dhivakar That was very interesting.... I am sure one day Ill tell some forum I have autographed books of Dhiwakar..That reminds me I have to aske my in laws to bring Visithira Chithan.. Anothor prized autographed book is from Bertrand Picard...the man who went around the world in a hot air balloon He was invited as a speaker in a surgical conference...all the surgeons being surgeons groaned... what is a psychiatrist and balloonist going to talk in a surgical meeting for 1 hour... Well he talked about his trip around the world...in the balloon but as a analogy to life Life is like a balloon you have to go with the wind....you can choose to ascend or descend but cannot change directions.... At the end of his talk the whole auditorium was giving his a standing avation...and I was first of the few to catch him before the crowd for a few words and a autographed book
The brietling orbiter 3 has also the unique honour of being the only non american(original) vessel in the hall of fame in the washington aerospace museum the other three being the Eagle of Armstrong and Aldrin The spirit of St Loius Wrights plane