About Eagle Sarmont
Eagle Sarmont has spent a lifetime chasing horizons most people only dream about. From experimental aircraft cockpits to the frontiers of aerospace innovation, his journey is defined by courage, curiosity, and an unshakeable belief that the impossible is simply an invitation to become more.
1980: At 28, Eagle made headlines attempting to fly a motorized hang glider from New York to Paris. Taking off from Long Island, he flew around the Statue of Liberty and headed north—reaching Canada before bureaucratic challenges ended the flight. The Washington Post called it “the stuff of pioneer spirits.”
The Engineering Years: While working on the F-18 and F-22 fighter programs, Eagle invented revolutionary spaceflight concepts: the Reusable First-Stage Expendable Upper-Stage Launch Vehicle and the Non-Rotating Skyhook. His 1990 presentation earned NASA recognition as “the first believable path to $100 per pound launch costs.” Though management resistance cost him his aerospace career, his ideas would inspire today’s reusable rocket revolution.
2000s: After losing his wife to cancer, Eagle took to the skies again—this time flying coast-to-coast across America, then crossing the Atlantic to finally reach Paris. What began as a journey through grief became a story of transformation, spiritual awakening, and rediscovering joy.
New York to Paris is more than an aviation memoir. Eagle writes with unflinching honesty about conversations with his late wife from “the other side,” encounters with the Creator, and the choice between living in anger and fear versus love and joy. His journey from rage to forgiveness gives the book a depth rarely found in adventure writing.
“Becoming more than who I now am is a never-ending journey. It is part intellectual, part spiritual, part emotional, and part physical. At this point in my life, it is the only thing that I think is worth doing.”
Eagle is currently working on Return to the Moon: Our Future in Space, exploring affordable pathways to the Moon, Mars, and beyond—continuing his lifelong mission to make space accessible for humanity.
Available for speaking engagements, podcast interviews, book clubs, and aviation events.
“We are all immortal souls on a journey to forever. What else is there to do that really matters except to become more than who we are today?”