I once saw an advertisement for a company that provides private,
discrete, evening aerial tours over the bay area for couples to join
the "mile-high" club.  I thought this would be a perfect gift for some
friends I know in San Francisco (honestly....I live in Texas ;-) ),
but I can't find the company.  Web site or phone number would be
great.  Thanks!!!

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Request for Question Clarification by pinkfreud-ga on 06 Dec 2003 14:24 PST

There used to be a website for a service based in San Jose called
"Fantasies Aloft" that offered "Mile High Club" flights. Thunderbird
Aviation operated the service. Here is an archived page from the
now-defunct Fantasies Aloft site:

http://web.archive.org/web/20001202202200/www.fantasiesaloft.com/about.htm

"Mile High Club" is an entry in this list, using the same address and
phone as Thunderbird Aviation:

"Mile High Club  
 1250 Aviation Ave, San Jose, CA   (408) 275-8500"  

http://www.theadventurepages.com/?action=browse&categoryid=216

There's an active website called milehighclub.com which has a section
for "flight referrals", but no northern California locations are
listed there:

http://milehighclub.com/flights.html

An article about the concept, with more listings, but still nothing in
the Bay Area:

http://www.77002.com/rant/mile%20high%20club.htm

Yet another article with listings. This one mentions the San Jose firm:

http://the-vu.com/skys_the_Limit.htm

If any of this is useful, I'll be glad to write up an answer for you.
If not, perhaps another Researcher will be able to find precisely what
you need.

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Clarification of Question by ze-ga on 06 Dec 2003 15:29 PST

Your answer is probably about as good as possible, so its worth the
ten bucks.  If another researcher has more positive results, that'd be
worth another ten bucks too.  Thanks.

Thank you for accepting as an answer the material that I've found. I
have reposted the links below, with some additional material.

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There used to be a website for a service based in San Jose called
"Fantasies Aloft" that offered "Mile High Club" flights. Here is an
archived page from the now-defunct site:

Archived copy from Fantasies Aloft
http://web.archive.org/web/20001202202200/www.fantasiesaloft.com/about.htm

"Mile High Club" has an entry in this list which is the same address
and phone as Thunderbird Aviation:

"Mile High Club  
 1250 Aviation Ave, San Jose, CA   (408) 275-8500"  

The Adventure Pages
http://www.theadventurepages.com/?action=browse&categoryid=216

Another mention of Thunderbird:

"San Jose-based Thunderbird Aviation is offering what it calls
"Fantasies Aloft" flights designed specifically for couples who want
to roll in the hay while flying the friendly skies.

For around $500, you get an hour-long flight in a private jet that
features a feather bed and a CD player primed with romantic tunes."

Yahoo Groups: Punsters United Nearly Yearly 
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/puny/message/5768?source=1

There's an active site called milehighclub.com which has a section for
"flight referrals", but no northern California locations are listed
there:

Mile High Club
http://milehighclub.com/flights.html

An article about the concept, with more listings, but still nothing in
the Bay Area:

Rant Online Magazine
http://www.77002.com/rant/mile%20high%20club.htm

Yet another article with listings. This one mentions Fantasies Aloft,
and gives Thunderbird's email address:

The-Vu
http://the-vu.com/skys_the_Limit.htm

This article mentions a Los Angeles firm that offers flights on its
"love bird" aircraft:

Plane and Pilot Magazine
http://www.planeandpilotmag.com/content/pastissues/2001/apr/mile.html

The aptly named "Love Air" makes private "romantic adventure" flights
in southern British Columbia:

http://www.canoe.ca/CNEWSWeirdNews0207/19_milehigh-cp.html

And last, but not least, here's a southern California firm that offers
a discreet "special flight" in a hot air balloon, complete with "mile
high" pins for him and her:

Hot Air Adventures
http://www.hotairadventures.com/special.htm

Google search strategy:

Google Web Search: "private" + "flight" + "mile high club"
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=private+flight+%22mile+high+club

Google Web Search: "mile high club" + "charter"
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=%22mile+high+club%22+charter

Thanks for an interesting question! I'm not a member of the club, but
a person can dream. After all, several years ago there was a popular
slogan: Fly United. ;-)

If anything is unclear, or if a link doesn't work for you, please
request clarification; I'll gladly offer further assistance before you
rate my answer.

Best wishes,
pinkfreud

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Clarification of Answer by pinkfreud-ga on 06 Dec 2003 16:24 PST

My good friend and colleague juggler-ga passed this 8-year-old news
article along. I could find no evidence that "Mile High Airways" is
still in operation, but the article is interesting:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1995/02/13/MN27277.DTL