Work to extend the Bluebell Railway by two miles to allow trains to go to East Grinstead began over three years ago.

BBC: Bluebell railway

She gave it a go, thanks to a cortisone shot, but dropped out two miles into the race.

WSJ: Racing With No Chance of Winning

In August, the safety board concluded its investigation into a February 13, 2008, incident in which two pilots aboard a Go airlines flight fell asleep and traveled 26 miles beyond the destination of Hilo, Hawaii, before waking and contacting air traffic controllers.

CNN: Crew of wayward airliner cooperative, sober, police say

My daughters and I managed to rouse ourselves one afternoon after skiing at Moonlight Basin to go to the spa and one night to take a Sno-Cat ride two miles into the back country in the dark for an excellent dinner (tenderloin and mashed potatoes followed by chocolate fondue) in a big, heated yurt, courtesy of Moonlight Dinners.

CNN: Taking the kids: On an old-fashioned Montana ski trip

Personally, I have my eye on an even smaller jet, the rumored single-engine, four-seat pocket-rocket from Cirrus Design. (If the one engine fails, pull a lever and a parachute will float you and the plane to a soft landing.) One of the two brothers who founded Cirrus told me the Cirrus jet would go 300 knots, or 345 miles per hour.

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