Skyaak Over America: Flying to California
Wednesday, May 13th, 2009
Fast (Red, White and Blue) Skyaak
My grandfather, may he rest in peace, was a lobster fisherman on the Grand Banks off Newfoundland. So was my great grandfather before him. So the instinct to cast a well-baited hook into the depths in hope of hauling in a good catch is hard-wired into my DNA.
No wonder I am so interested in social media like Twitter, Facebook and of course my faithful blog.
It’s a very similar head-space to bobbing on the surface of deep ocean waters with lobster pots just waiting to be hauled to the surface teeming with the catch of the day.
Now that I think about it, the analogy is a bit shaky. I’m not comparing my loyal customers and friends to crustaceans. Although some of you guys have a tough outer shell, laugh out loud!
Glancing up at the title of this post, I can see that I am getting way off topic so I guess I better reel it in, eh?
Just a few short weeks ago I met a very interesting person named Debbie Yates via Twitter…or was it Facebook? Doesn’t matter, the point is, we really connected, big time.
We have a lot of common interests, specifically we are both artists who are interested in green technology, multi-media and (big surprise) aeronautical design. By this time we have Tweeted back and forth many times, exchanged e-mails and chatted a bit on Skype. Turns out this gal is uber-connected. You might even call her a “Maven” based on the definition Malcolm Gladwell outlines in his fabulous best-seller “The Tipping Point”.
Every time I connect with her, Debbie reveals yet another amazing connection that she wants to share with me. She has explained to me that she has broad experience in aeronautical design…I won’t go into the details here -some of it is a bit sensitive- other than to say she talks the talk and walks the walk! Debbie went ahead and posted one of my videos “How to Cut out and Build your Skyaak DIY deuce” on her blog, as well as another video that shows the unit in flight.
I am so impressed with her credibility that I have gone ahead and shipped her a Skyaak Model 3 sample and the package is winging its way to San Francisco as we speak. This was a decision that I made about three days ago and the package went into the mail yesterday. The universe loves speed and decisiveness!
Over the past couple of years I’ve shared the Skyaak design with quite a few different people, with wildly swinging results ranging from admiration to derision. I must admit I have had some faltering moments when I bought into the negativity and then along comes someone like Debbie Yates who immediately recognized the aeronautical merits of this design. So much for the cynics!
You know the old adage “There’s always an infinite number of reasons why you cannot do something, but only ONE why you can. Because you believe it!” OK, maybe I made that up, but you get the point. Let me tell you, it never hurts to JV with other people who share your conviction and are eager to help you with your Passion Project because they recognize a kindred spirit with an ingenious idea.
In fact, this happy meeting of the minds can be the critical lynch-pin that ignites your idea to propel it past the “Tipping Point”.
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