The Banner Tow Movie

[Skyhawkdriver02]

Such an awesome tail shot of the pick up!

[jasong19711]

nice ass at time index 00:06

[Elios0000]

hehe i seen that Cub with out the cowl in the air WAAAY back in the 90's :D

[stiltmeister]

I used to tow banners in Michigan a few years ago. Pay was good! $50/hr and $10 to build a banner. On football weekends I would log about 7 hrs. @ G's at pickup about 2 (a little less) but it looks more dramatic. @ Cowling and doors - cooling is the answer. Banner towing is slow flight hell for the airplane AND pilot. Flying at 60MPH with high power heats things up fast. Great video...

[leesrlewisj]

AWESOME!

[muhuskerfan32]

How much does that typically pay? Enough to start paying off the wonderful loans to even reach the rating to be able to do that and still be able to eat dinner?

[gardnerpilots]

Banner towing is a time builder and really teaches you how to fly an airplane (tailwheel). Its fun and hard work too. In 2002, I logged 600 hours from Memorial Day to Labor Day and just made $6,000. It's not about pay, it is about building flying experience and having a life adventure.

[muhuskerfan32]

Yeah I'm going to need hours, but I live in the midwest so its all crop dusting, not banner towing. I might end up doing that, if I can actually get a job

[pwnage0013]

@gardnerpilots----- tell that to the bill collectors

[STeaLT5]

@gardnerpilots what are some requirements for flying banner tow

[borikuavic]

Hey guys what a great job, i felt like i was in the airplane with you! I'm a private pilot, and always wanted to get into Banner-Towing, but didnt know how to go bout it..this was cool...thanx

[Wickedfatchance]

I have been towing banners since 1992. I have towed in Florida, New York, New Jersey and California. This is truly a great video of what a day in the life of a banner pilot is like. Congratulations; great work!

-Tom Finelli

[gardnerpilot]

It was fun flying in MD towing the banners. It was also fun filming our flying and then putting into a video many years later. I had 8 hours of video to edit down to less than 10 minutes for youtube.

[Wickedfatchance]

Great work, gardnerpilot! Are you guys hiring? Banner towing is very slow in New Jersey during the summer.

[gardnerpilots]

I haven't been there since 2003 so you will have to contact Ocean Aerial in Berlin, MD.

[70289134]

"The Banner Tow Movie" was the best video on banner towing in the YouTube collection. Congratulations!

I towed at the Jersey shore for 7 summers, starting about 40 years ago. The video brought back some good memories.

[steelersfan124]

Cool video. I've been working for Ocean Aerial since 2005, so this was shot before my time.

[BigBearVids]

that was actually a very kool video~ nice job.

but those are some OLD planes ~ huh?

[bob27556]

Appearances can be deceiving with airplanes that are work horses only. A banner operator will spend money on keeping the airplanes airworthy but cosmetic upkeep is not a priority.

but cosmetic upkeep is not a priority.

[cheesepuffs185]

Since when were doors and cowling cosmetic?

[ponic420h]

HAHA Niiice

[JustPlaneNuts]

That looks like fun for sure.

[bob27556]

Thanks for the great video. It brought back a lot of fun memories from my towing days.

[nickbass2010]

A lot of these banners are real familiar to me

[nickbass2010]

Ocean Aerial is a cool place to watch banners being towed Chuck.

[mjtracy]

How many g's are typically pulled on the catch manuever? Pretty cool!

[gardnerpilots]

I really dont know, we didnt have G meters in the plane. You needed to pull hard to climb to get the banner off the ground and then push over before you stall. It is a tricky game and takes lots of practice to get right.

[WayneConrad]

Lots of great clips put together nicery nicely.  Thanks!

[ragnarsimm]

That was awesom might do that for my next election LOL.One of those Pipers sounded like shit tough

[bob27556]

Sounds like the internal baffles have been removed from the muffler. Some Ag and banner operators do this as a safety feature. If the baffling fails it could block the exhaust gases...nothing out = nothing in...then the engine quits. Not good at low altitude. It also sounds awful in the cockpit and earplugs are essential.

[SpectrumRob]

Cool Chuck! Didn't know that's how it's done...Rob S