Story of the Silver Bullet Flying Combine from the 1980's

Machinery Pete Podcast

Story behind the famous Silver Bullet Flying Combine from the mid to late 1980's, seen at tons of fairs and shows all over the country + in the movie "Race Against the Harvest" starring Wayne Rogers from TV show M.A.S.H. Machinery Pete talks with Gail Brookins of West Fargo, ND, who along with husband Ernie Brookins built and operated the Silver Bullet Flying Combine. Gail shares amazing stories from the road of the Silver Bullet.

• [:40] - Machinery Pete sets up what might be his favorite interview
• [3:38] - Interview with Gail Brookins begins
• [4:20] - Building the Silver Bullet
• [8:40] - Testing and preparing the Flying Combine for shows
• [12:03] - Coors Light and the Silver Bullet
• [13:55] - The first jump
• [17:00] - How Gail and Ernie met and how they got into demolitions
• [24:04] - Reaction to the first jump
• [36:45] -The Silver Bullet on the silver screen
• [43:15] - “Track Attack”
• [49:58] - “Tranzilla”
• [56:08] - Inventions and patents
• [1:05:33] - Looking back on the traveling years
• [1:07:22] - Final words from Machinery Pete

Machinery Pete was founded in 1989 and has grown from its humble beginnings to a full-fledged marketplace for farming equipment. Greg Peterson, founder and host, has also released Machinery Pete content across platforms including YouTube with his long-running Machinery Pete TV show.

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