On Nov 21, 1:41*pm, wrote:
Our club (http://skysoaring.com) owns a ex-military L-19/O-1 "Bird
Dog". *Nice and powerful two seat-er.

It has one other interesting attribute. *Due to it being an
observation plane, the rear stick can be removed and the rear seat
back repositioned so that the passenger can face backwards. *This is
great to view a glider takeoff.

Here is my first attempt at taking a video through the rear window,
all set to music. *I reduced the ~10 min tow to ~2 minutes.

http://derosaweb.net/aviation/videos

I need to see if I can rig up a tripod rather than hand hold the
camera. * No, I wasn't playing the guitar while filming.

Thanks, John DeRosa


Nice videos John - I especially liked the "Glider following Glider"
one. Nice boots! ;-)

Frank (TA)