I watched this last year here in the UK and wished I hadn't. It's a
perfect example on how not to do things and I guarantee it will make any
homebuilder cringe. It's also an embarrassment from the point of view
that, having seen it, the general public will think that we're all as
completely daft as Cringeley appears to be.
Dave Simpson
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> From: DeWitt (Dee) Whittington <deew@richmond.infi.net>
europa@avnet.co.uk; farleyg@erols.com; Gene Pfaff <pfaff@attmail.com>
> Subject: Plane Crazy, Bob Cringely on PBS TV, July 22, 8 PM
Eastern
> Date: 14 July 1998 00:20
>
> Have you heard that Public TV, will be airing a program called "Plane
> Crazy" on Wednesday, July 22 at 8:00 PM? I haven't seen the program, but
> is going to done by Bob Cringely, a fellow I read regularly on the
PBS.ORG
> (i cringely) a column about computers. I also recorded off public TV a 3
> hour program he did on the history of the PC/Macintosh (Triumph of the
> Nerds) which was excellent.
>
> This program is going to be THREE hours and is being described as
follows:
> Bob Cringely, computer industry gossip columnist, trades his silicon
chips
> for spruce, fiberglass and glue as he attempts to design, build and fly a
> plane in 30 days-and live.
>
> The August Kitplanes magazine has a full article on Bob Cringely and this
> 3-hour program.
>
> Dee
>
> PS, I emailed Bob regarding his program as this was his reply:
>
>
> Dear Dee,
>
> No, the series hasn't been shown in the U.S. before. It ran last summer
in
> England but that's all. I can promise you that it is unlike any aviation
> show you have ever seen. Whether that is good or bad will have to be
your
> call. But see it through straight to the end before you make up your
mind.
> Is that mysterious enough?
>
>
> All the best,
>
>
> Bob
>
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