Aerial Burial for friend Glen: Pretty self explanatory how it works, and I don't take credit for dreaming it up, though when I did dream it up, I didn't know at the time others had done similar. The RV sliding valves were the missing link, I was going to fabricate something like them, turns out you can buy them for 8 bucks or so. Using two of them, allowed me to drop it off at the deceased's place, with instructions to others to "here you go, let me know when you get him loaded up, and I'll pick it up," saving me the chore of doing it. It also gave his family and relations a final moment with his remains I suppose.
I was lucky to get Jonas Marcinko on board (literally) as he is obviously all over this video making thing, is expert at it. Otherwise the family would have been lucky to get a cell phone video if I had done it. The feedback from his friends and family has been 100% positive.
I sent the Titan Straps company (http://www.titanstrap.com, I'm a big fan of their products) a link to the video, and just received an email from it's owner that other pilots may find interesting:
"Thanks so much for sending over a link and potential for use. You did a great job of filming and editing that piece...I watched the whole thing. I love airplanes
Before I started TitanStraps in 2010, I was flying planes for Talkeetna Air Taxi in/around Denali. Occasionally, we'd get the request to send some ashes out the door. I never personally did this, but I saw the tube.
I had a Cessna 170 w/ Lycoming O-360, STOL, 180 gear legs, bigger tires etc....it was an awesome bird and allowed me to gain enough experience and hours to fly at TAT.
Sold the plane to build the tooling that makes the straps. Miss it.
Again, nice work on the video.....top notch and tells a story.
Big Thanks!"
Nice setup
