Don’t worry.
I didn’t fail to send off a newsletter yesterday because I fell off some Alp, although there were some close calls.
This high up in the mountains, there just wasn’t enough Internet to transmit my heavyweight ideas around the world. Here in Trento in northern Italy, the broadband hasn’t been upgraded since the Roman Empire, but at least it works.
Last year, I thrilled you with my aerobatics flying a WWII Spitfire over the White Cliffs of Dover (click here if you missed it).
Then I one-upped myself.
In appreciation to the early buyers of Model S-1’s, Tesla invited me to submit a photo to be etched on the side of a satellite launch into space. Having purchased chassis no. 125, I certainly qualified. Those who referred 25 other buyers were allowed to send videos.
Of course, I had to send a picture of me piloting a 1929 Travelaire D4D biplane, which you can find below. The photo was inserted into the mosaic below. I sent the Spitfire video on an SD card and it’s in orbit as well.
The blast-off took place at Cape Canaveral, Florida on August 4, 2022.
You have to hand it to Tesla, they really know how to do PR, and their advertising budget is nearly zero. The Detroit Big 3 spends $50 billion a year on advertising and gets a lesser result.
To watch a video of me blasting off into space on a Space X Falcon 9, or at least my laser-etched image, please click here.
Oh, and buy (TSLA) on dips as well. It just has a heck of a run.
As for me, I’m off for a bottle of prosecco.
