How strong are your convictions?
Published: Thu, 02/20/14
out deep in the bowels of Amazon.com's video on demand service.
It was called "No Highway in the Sky" starring Jimmy
Stewart. In fact, that's really the only reason I watched it,
is that Jimmy is one of my favorite actors of all time. That dude
could read the phone book, and I would watch it!
Jimmy plays Mr. Honey, an eccentric aviation scientist who is
certain the tail on a model of airplane is going to fail after
1,440 flying hours. Exactly 1,440 hours, Mr. Honey explains, due
to a *sudden* fatigue stress crack of the tail fin.
In fact, when faced with a situation where a group of people is
going to fly on that model of airplane and will exceed 1440 hours
midair, Mr. Honey pulls the landing gear up - while the plane is
still on the ground! - and the plane drops to the ground on one
side, damaging it.
The strength of his conviction - the fact he was certain the plane
would crash and kill the passengers - made him damage that airplane
to save lives.
Except the airline and airplane manufacturer (who he worked for as
a scientist) didn't see it that way. They saw an eccentric -
and maybe insane! - man that ruined an airplane on a "mad
scientist's" whim.
Mr. Honey has to stand up for himself in a board meeting of the
manufacturer, where they let him twist in the wind all on his own.
But the goofy Mr. Honey still gets the girl!
Even though he is eccentric and has just resigned his position, his
love interest in the movie (a stewardess) loves him for his
convictions.
Anyway, when you think the movie is about to end, Mr. Honey's
convictions pay off.
First, a previous plane crash is found, and the tail had a fatigue
fracture and caused the crash (flight hours were close to 1440
hours).
Second, the airplane that Mr. Honey damaged has been repaired and
is taxiing for takeoff when its tail suddenly fails and falls off
(exceeded the 1440 hours).
Finally in Mr. Honey's lab, his experiment with repeatedly
stressing a tail results in that tail snapping off right in the lab
(exceeded the 1440 hours).
It wasn't "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington," but the
movie was still an entertaining and informative flick nonetheless.
Taught me a little bit about convictions, and sticking by your
position, no matter how lonely.
In the March issue of Frac Sand Fortunes, you can learn from two
entrepreneurs that have deep convictions.
The first is Jim Roemer, who saw a better way to ship frac sand.
He didn't let the red tape of creating a new shipping container
stop him. He tried and tried again, and now is selling his FABCar
for shipping frac sand.
Jim talks about his venture, and how to identify a need in this
industry and aggressively pursue it with conviction.
Stuart Burgess felt that all the closed off underground mines in
the American Southwest were historical gold mines (figuratively).
He created a group called Mojave Underground to explore these
mines, tell their rich stories, and bring awareness to some of our
nation's deep (literally and figuratively) history in mining.
And Stuart adventures in frac sand with his "day job"
Burgess Exploration. He is a frac sand explorer, and gives you the
lowdown on how to search for frac sand and sample it efficiently.
Both men of conviction are ready to tell you their story in the
March issue of Frac Sand Fortunes.
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