"The Movie That Launched a Thousand Ultralights!"

In 1994, Ultralight Flying! magazine, the official magazine of The United States Ultralight Association (U.S.U.A.) awarded Brian FitzGerald "Best Video Journalist of the Year" for producing this movie.

A Beginner's Guide to Ultralight Flying is 80 minutes long and was produced for those who had heard about the sport and were interested but didn't know how to get started a video primer to ultralight flying. Among other things, it covers the basic federal regulations for ultralights and provides information on the topics of flight training and the purchase of aircraft. One of the nation's largest and most successful ultralight clubs is visited and it's president is interviewed. Also, there are many interview sessions with ultralight flyers and owners of ultralight aircraft. These interviews provide the viewer with many unique, personal perspectives on the sport. They also allow viewers to 'meet' some of the type of people who fly ultralights. There are many scenes of ultralights in flight as well as several 'music video' type segments.