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Flying at Two Years Old
Flying enthralled me right from the beginning. My parents claimed my first big flying adventure came when I was only two. We were at a swimming pool in a small town in Kansas when I snuck away from them, climbed to the top of the high diving board, and stood there at the very end. My parents frantically yelled at me not to jump and came racing across the pool deck to try and stop me.
The First Sighting
It was an early Sunday morning and I was racing my British made red convertible MGC along the coast highway from Los Angeles to San Francisco - one of the most striking and famous drives in the world. The winding two-lane road that hugged the Pacific Ocean was for the most part deserted. With the top down and the wind blowing through my hair, I cranked up the stereo to the sounds of the Beach Boys -“I wish they all could be California Girls.” While Hitting speeds over 100 mph and taking the turns as only a true sports car can handle, I was in my element.
After tearing up the curvy two-lane road for over two hours, I saw something flying across the top of the windshield that captured my imagination. Smoking the tires and sliding sideways, I came to an abrupt stop in the middle of the road. I couldn’t take my eyes off this strange flying machine soaring gracefully over the giant dunes. It looked like a large mechanical bird. Something like Wiley E. Coyote might have envisioned building to catch the Roadrunner.
Quote from publisher:
March 17, 2004
Dear Wes,
It was great talking to you a few minutes ago. As I said, your story could become a classic human-adventure story. It needs editing and work, but really shows the time and effort and heart you put into it. The story is powerful...gripping... humorous
The attraction of a human-interest, adventure story involving two brothers doing wild, gutsy things most people could only dream of, with enough of a sense of humor to call themselves the Wrong Brothers, is a winner. People love heart-warming “brother” stories, be they blood brothers or brothers in arms, or band of brothers.
I believe we should get the manuscript straight into the hands of the film industry. The entertainment industry is desperate for good material to feed the entertainment “machine” that gobbles it up. You only have to look at the poor quality of stuff coming out to see how short of good material they are. They love to have “first look” at material, especially books not yet published, and have the power to write a check then and there to acquire pre-publication film rights. They pay top dollar, lock it up and know they’re sitting on a great story.
All The Best,
Carl
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Rosanne is a professional book editor. She is talking about our "World Record" over water ultralight flight in Hawaii.
Good morning!
Wow! What an amazing trip! I also want to let you know that I think Tim’s notes work really, really well. The readers will get it and appreciate it. The way you cut back and forth adds to the suspense, and the two points of view add to the depth of story.
Rosanne
Tim’s note; Our Crude Flying Machines
In these early days of ultralight aviation, the aircraft and its systems were very crude. Connected to the engine at one end, was a telephone handset type cord. On the other end of this cord was a little disk about the size of a quarter. Jack invented a little piece that went inside of your mouth. So, when you bit down, it would complete the ignition circuit, thus allowing the engine to run. If ever you let go of your bite, the engine would shut off. The whole idea of this gizmo was that in the event of an emergency situation and upon impact, your mouth would open, releasing the switch and killing the engine.
I’m sure that in the event of an actual emergency, my mouth would open way before impact to my saying “Oh Shit!” Anyway, the problem with it was that it didn’t always work properly. And the fact that it operated off the engines ignition system made it prone to shocking you in the mouth. Imagine sticking a live spark plug in your mouth and you begin to get the picture. Well, this happened enough times that we finally ripped it out and replaced it with an on/off toggle switch near our hand grip.
Quote from a best selling published author:
Dear Wes,
Thank you for the picture and the great chapter. You both write very well, exciting and funny.
Crawling around commando style . . . . :) What a visual. :)
You write so well, with exuberance and joy, adventure and fun.
Your book has every chance to be a bestseller.
I can tell you worked very hard. It shows. You have talent as a writer, and it is evident in your manuscript.
You were born to add "writer" to your list of achievements.
Carol (Best selling author)
