Aviation - and space travel, in particular - have always been especially captivating.

I once wanted to be a stuntman. I was constantly on the front pages when I was a base jumper. But if I were a stuntman, my name would only appear right at the end of the closing credits, even though I'd risked my life for others.

If the Wright brothers hadn't put their lives on the line, we would not be flying around the world these days. So we need pioneers.

I love a challenge, and trying to become the first person to break the speed of sound in freefall is a challenge like no other.

Don't live life as a spectator.

I had to work with a psychiatrist.

I always had the dream of flying, and the cheapest way is to become a skydiver.