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First up, "Mad" Mike Hughes was no pilot.
The only person to call him a "pilot" was San Bernardino County sheriff’s department when they described the deceased occupant of the steam powered rocket...and I'd take issue with that description... as there was no "piloting" going on, he was a passenger on a ballistic projectile.
Anyone with even a modicum of flight training would have been painfully aware of the difficulties of sustained flight without wings.
The New York Times referred to him as " a daredevil, limousine stunt driver and self-taught astronaut".
The name Wile E. Coyote also comes to mind.
I suspect Mr Hughes will however be in the running for the 2020 Darwin Award, with distinction!
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