Carel's Conversations - blog » Aviation http://blog.beyond438.com RE: enterprise software (SAP), international business and South Africa. Fri, 26 Mar 2010 17:07:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 First private rocket to orbit the earth! http://blog.beyond438.com/2008/09/29/first-private-rocket-to-orbit-the-earth/ http://blog.beyond438.com/2008/09/29/first-private-rocket-to-orbit-the-earth/#comments Tue, 30 Sep 2008 01:47:14 +0000 Carel http://blog.beyond438.com/?p=157 On September 28, 2008 SpaceX finally placed a privately developed rocket in an orbit around the earth. SpaceX is Elon Musk’s privately funded space exploration company.

 SpaceX Falcon 1 launch
]]> http://blog.beyond438.com/2008/09/29/first-private-rocket-to-orbit-the-earth/feed/ 0 AirVenture 2007 – Oshkosh, WI http://blog.beyond438.com/2007/07/30/airventure-2007-oshkosh-wi/ http://blog.beyond438.com/2007/07/30/airventure-2007-oshkosh-wi/#comments Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:14:41 +0000 Carel http://blog.beyond438.com/2007/07/30/airventure-2007-oshkosh-wi/ I didn’t post anything last week, because I attended the world’s largest aviation event in Oshkosh Wisconsin, EAA’s AirVenture annual event. It attracts 700,000 visitors during the week, 10,000 planes are on display and/or flying and camp Scholler is home to 40,000 people during the week. It’s an amazing event even if you are not into aviation.

The following video will give you a taste for the action:

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