“Holding on to this thing and controlling it is a wonderful ride” Chris Crisman
What inspired you to take to the skies?
When I was 6 my family moved to a remote village in the north of Scotland. Almost daily we’d see jet aircraft flying fast and low. It looked incredibly exciting. Then the Apollo moon missions were shown by the BBC and that captured my imagination. I found out those astronauts were ex-military test pilots and so I came up with this scheme to join the Royal Air Force, become a test pilot and then maybe an astronaut. That…
