Harold Ramis Dan Aykroyd on the screenplay for "Ghostbusters", which became one of the biggest comedy hits of all time, in which he also starred as Dr. Egon Spengler, a role he reprised for the 1989 sequel, "Ghostbusters II" (which he also co-wrote with Aykroyd). His later film "Groundhog Day" has been called his "masterpiece". His films have been noted for attacking "the smugness of institutional life ... with an impish good [will] that is unmistakably American". They are also noted for "Ramis's signature tongue-in-cheek pep talks". Sloppiness and improv were also important aspects of his work. Ramis frequently depicted the qualities
Spengler HS3 Skikarus Spengler HS3 Skikarus The Spengler HS3 Skikarus is a Swiss one-man ski-glider (an early hang glider) designed and built by Hans Spengler in the 1960s. The Skikarus was a monoplane with a tail at the end of an open frame fuselage. The pilot hung from a harness at the front of the fuselage frame and wore a pair of skis for landing and take off. With a take off run downhill of between 10 and 20 metres (33 to 66 feet) it has flown distances between 200m and 1 km (655 to 32855 feet) with a maximum speed of 40