3 quotes by Mike Melville (1940-), South African, American (Test Pilot)

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Mike Melville

I've got tooth marks on my heart.

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It was a mind-blowing experience, it really was-absolutely an awesome thing. . . . As I got to the top I released a bag of M&Ms in the cockpit. It was amazing . . . Looking out that window, seeing the white clouds in the LA Basin, it looked like snow on the ground.

Mike Melville

What you want to do, and what you can do, is limited only by what you can dream.

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About the Author

Mike Melville

Born: November 30, 1940
Nationality: South African, American
Profession: Test Pilot

Biography

Michael Winston Melvill is a world-record-breaking pilot and one of the test pilots for SpaceShipOne, the experimental spaceplane developed by Scaled Composites. Melvill piloted SpaceShipOne on its first flight past the edge of space, flight 15P on June 21, 2004, thus becoming the first commercial astronaut and the 435th person to go into space. He was also the pilot on SpaceShipOne's flight 16P, the first competitive flight in the Ansari X Prize competition.

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MIKE MELVILLE

(Michael Winston Melvill)