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The rocket had worked perfectly, and all I had to do was survive the reentry forces. You do it all, in a flight like that, in a rather short period of time, just 16 minutes as a matter of fact.

Growing up, I was fascinated with Buck Rogers' airplanes. As I began to mature in World War II, it became jets and rocket planes. But it was always in the air.

In 'Sisters of War,' I got to do one of my own stunts. Running out of the building because the Japanese were firing, with all these little spark plugs are going off, looking like explosions and bullets flying down. That was really fun.

Growing up in the '60s and early '70s, with the space flight and the Apollo program, I always loved planes. I always loved rockets and I always loved space travel.

I got quite bored when I was hanging in the air. I want to do it without a parachute next.

I jumped between two seven-story buildings in Los Angeles, launching from one rooftop to the other with ramps.

I witnessed the building of the Space Shuttle Columbia, the first orbiter to be launched into space.

Later, I realized that the mission had to end in a let-down because the real barrier wasn't in the sky but in our knowledge and experience of supersonic flight.

I did a little bit of flying in high school, but I've just always been inspired and excited about airplanes.