North Texas aviator Wally Funk to fly aboard Blue Origin with Jeff Bezos North Texas aviator Wally Funk to fly aboard Blue Origin with Jeff Bezos Amazon founder Jeff Bezos will make his rich man's dream come true on Tuesday of riding a rocket that his team built to the edge of space. SOUTHLAKE, Texas - Amazon founder Jeff Bezos will make his rich man's dream come true on Tuesday of riding a rocket that his team built to the edge of space. But that dream of space flight is something Wally Funk, who lives in North Texas, has been holding onto for more than 50 years.