At the 4th National Walkalong Glider Conference at the St Louis Science Center SciFest 2010 event, St Louis Missouri, USA, Tyler MacCready discusses his family ties to aviation, his father's competitiveness and how he developed the commercial walkalong glider. The "free advertising" refers to the "flying free" episode of Scientific American Frontiers TV series:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6JKwzK37_8
The toy company which first marketed the Air Surfer walkalong glider was Wow Wee. Here is their promotional/how to fly video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POsb4FtHmW0
Windrider promotes Windrider here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXsj9HhbGbg
Windrider, offers gliders here:
http://www.windrider.com.hk/product.asp?id=132
For information on how to make your own walkalong gliders including the easiest to build and fly (tumblewing paper airplane). Please see:
http://sites.google.com/site/controllableslopesoaring/
This guy is a genuis for making something so simple its crazy
deleteaman 9 months ago
WOWI want one of those B-17s!
MGCairtraffic 1 year ago
I like what you said at the end about "touching the air" and how you are really connecting with flight. Nice video!
sciencetoymaker 1 year ago