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1) Showing my (very) young son Halley's Comet through the eyepiece of my new C-8 in 1986 (I sincerely hope he will see it once more )
2)The 2001 Leonid meteor storm seen from the flight deck of a 767, while en-route SIN-SYD (I was one of the flight crew). Most of Australia (below 30,000 feet) was being rained on. The meteor shower was simply awesome....easily 3000 per hour.
3) 2003 Total Solar Eclipse Antarctic Qantas charter flight. Set some records that day..Australia's longest duration "domestic flight". I was one of the flight crew (co-pilot + astronomy buff ) for this charter flight. Kudos to Dr Glenn Schneider and his eclipse software. We flew under the shadow of the moon to the second. We absolutely nailed it. My best day at work ever.
4)2006 total solar eclipse from the Sahara desert. Who would have guessed? It rained in the Sahara the night before!!
But...the following morning... conditions were perfect ..crystal clear skies (rain= no dust!).
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