Pietenpol-List: DVD on Ebay
Posted: Mon May 09, 2005 11:48 am
Original Posted By: Michael D Cuy
For your viewing pleasure, I've submitted a DVD on Ebay showing my first flightin an airplane I built back in 1992ish. The DVD shows my first flight in my AvidSportster I named, Felix The Kit. The video was shot totally from a cockpitperspective using a couple of microcams I used to have. I barely made the runwayand bounced a lousy landing, but I survived. Music accompanies the hair-raisingexperience as I take off and land and beat the odds. I flew that suckeron the hottest day in July many years ago here in Texas. It was windy and nasty.And, I flew it without an audience. I figured if I crashed and burned, I'dbe too darned embarrased to want to live through the ordeal having to sufferall those indignities. After I landed, I phoned my dad (WW2 aviator, retiredjet jocky and A&P mechanic) and I told Pop "I had just made my first flight."He said, "Son there is only one reason why God allows for propellers on an airplane...That's to keep the pilot cool because if that big fan quits in mid-air,you should see the pilot sweat. AND WHY DID YOU FLY WHEN NOBODY WAS WATCHING?"(OK, call me the Village Idiot...)Also, for anyone contemplating installing a VW based engine in an airplane, I'veadded to this DVD the Mosler 82X Installation video that I produced for my clientMosler Motors, formerly based in North Carolina, and no longer in business.The installation video highlights the numerous basic steps of installing theirengine in an Avid. It runs a tad over 33 minutes. For more info about theMosler engine, see my auction. This segment will help most anyone thinking aboutinstalling a VW engine in an airplane.My wild ride in my Avid runs about 8 minutes.Flying an airplane I built was one of the highlights of my life, but the DVD I'veposted on Ebay is grainy as heck, washed out and basically a poor representationof my professional work in television since 1973. But, it's a hoot and ithas inspired a mess of my friends to get off the sofa, outta the house and inthe garage to finish their own airplane projects. If I were you, don't bid toomuch on my DVD. I just need a little money to buy gas for my Pietenpol someday.I figure selling a couple of these DVDs will let me put some money in mypiggy bank so I can get a few gallons of go-juice for my trip to Brodhead nextyear. Ebay item number 4549090719Sterling BrooksKnot-2-Shabby Airport & Texas Longhorn Cattle Ranch & Sometimes Digital Video Studio,but mostly a house-husband & dog sitter/rescuer.________________________________________________________________________________Date: Mon, 09 May 2005 13:23:53 -0400
For your viewing pleasure, I've submitted a DVD on Ebay showing my first flightin an airplane I built back in 1992ish. The DVD shows my first flight in my AvidSportster I named, Felix The Kit. The video was shot totally from a cockpitperspective using a couple of microcams I used to have. I barely made the runwayand bounced a lousy landing, but I survived. Music accompanies the hair-raisingexperience as I take off and land and beat the odds. I flew that suckeron the hottest day in July many years ago here in Texas. It was windy and nasty.And, I flew it without an audience. I figured if I crashed and burned, I'dbe too darned embarrased to want to live through the ordeal having to sufferall those indignities. After I landed, I phoned my dad (WW2 aviator, retiredjet jocky and A&P mechanic) and I told Pop "I had just made my first flight."He said, "Son there is only one reason why God allows for propellers on an airplane...That's to keep the pilot cool because if that big fan quits in mid-air,you should see the pilot sweat. AND WHY DID YOU FLY WHEN NOBODY WAS WATCHING?"(OK, call me the Village Idiot...)Also, for anyone contemplating installing a VW based engine in an airplane, I'veadded to this DVD the Mosler 82X Installation video that I produced for my clientMosler Motors, formerly based in North Carolina, and no longer in business.The installation video highlights the numerous basic steps of installing theirengine in an Avid. It runs a tad over 33 minutes. For more info about theMosler engine, see my auction. This segment will help most anyone thinking aboutinstalling a VW engine in an airplane.My wild ride in my Avid runs about 8 minutes.Flying an airplane I built was one of the highlights of my life, but the DVD I'veposted on Ebay is grainy as heck, washed out and basically a poor representationof my professional work in television since 1973. But, it's a hoot and ithas inspired a mess of my friends to get off the sofa, outta the house and inthe garage to finish their own airplane projects. If I were you, don't bid toomuch on my DVD. I just need a little money to buy gas for my Pietenpol someday.I figure selling a couple of these DVDs will let me put some money in mypiggy bank so I can get a few gallons of go-juice for my trip to Brodhead nextyear. Ebay item number 4549090719Sterling BrooksKnot-2-Shabby Airport & Texas Longhorn Cattle Ranch & Sometimes Digital Video Studio,but mostly a house-husband & dog sitter/rescuer.________________________________________________________________________________Date: Mon, 09 May 2005 13:23:53 -0400