On Thu, 28 Dec 2006 21:06:07 -0700, "Bravo Two Zero"
wrote:

When I read quotes like "One Six Right captures the spirit, joy and beauty
of flight. One of the finest aviation films ever made" - I thought to myself
that I have to see this.

"One of the finest aviation films ever made" - I don't think so. Sure a
couple of the flying scenes were well filmed, in some cases it probably
showed the same aircraft too many times, there was not enought footage of
the Pitts.

I agree the Pitts is a beautiful aircraft and exciting in flight,
but there are other airplanes that equally excite other people.
Given the time constraints of the DVD, they couldn't please everyone
completely so it appears they tried for the best they could do under
the circumstances.


And.... they want you to pay more $$$ for the 16L DVD in order to see 'extra
footage' that probably should have been on the original 16L DVD.

They are not the first to do this and won't be the last.


I am all in favor of a good aviation movie but "The story of the survival of
an airport" - yeah one used by the rich and famous but what about Meigs and
the other airports under daily threat.

I have to disagree a little here. I fly out of VNY and am neither
rich nor famous. The same goes for all the pilots I have come in
contact with there. Sure there are some pretty expensive aircraft
hangared there, and a few "names" one might recognize, but we saw
almost all of them in the film. The vast majority of activity there
is your typical Wichita Spam Can.... FBO trainers, rental fleet,
club and privately owned. The next most active are the charter
operators and corporate types of the turbine crowd. Then there are
the helicopter operations. Mostly the piston crowd (Robinson R22
and R44 and a few Hughes 300's), and the turbine operations of the
Fire Department and a some of the TV stations. Last come the rich
and famous.

As long as I have been flying there, (including long before the DVD
came out) I always get a special thrill when lining up on 16R. I
feel the DVD is not so much a story but an expression of the film
makers effort to portray to the public in general, the joy of
flight. Worked for me.

Ron