SCI Superstar: Michael Glen

Gravity is our worst enemy. Heavy legs, heavy chairs, heavy everything. Don’t you sometimes just want to float up, up and away?. This is why Michael Glen, rollingpilot here on SPINALpedia, went on to become the world’s only licensed paralyzed hot air balloon pilot after his injury.

From an upbringing that melded him into the solid man he is today to sharing his ballooning skills with others with disabilities, here is the fascinating back-story of the hot air balloon man, the man known as the “Rolling Pilot.” Read this entry