ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

• • Richard Branson and Per Lindstrand for their dreams
• • Virgin Atlantic Airways, Otsuka Pharmaceuticals, and all the sponsors for supporting their dreams
• • All the Thunder & Colt staff who worked so hard behind the scenes
• • The thousand and one supporters who helped with their time, skills, products and goodwill
• • The people of Miyakonojo for their warm hospitality
• • The bush pilots and Dogrib Indians of Canada for rescuing Richard, Per and the Balloon
• • Tom Reviglio and Western Nevada Supply Co. who enabled this story to be told
• • Jim Sandell and Sandell's Ltd. who printed Pacific Flyer