gliders in movies

Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe wrote:
WW-II Pow's...

One of our glider students was vestigially "turned on to soaring" by a
boyhood viewing of a 1959 TV episode of "One Step Beyond" ("the
Reunion"), in which members of a small german glider club are haunted ca
WWII by a lost sailplane (one sees a "Cinema" do a winch launch).

wrote:
A Bridge Too Far, Saving Private Ryan
I know I know, he probably meant only sailplanes, but what the hell.

.... the longest day... how about even "the last time I saw Archie"
(1961), a comedy in which Jack Webb and Robert Mitchum volunteer for the
glider corps before realizing what the survival odds are.

Not a list but a French one : La grande vadrouille.

Phil


a écrit dans le message de news:
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Has anyone compiled a list of movies in which gliders appear? I tried
googling, and it turned up some of the obvious names, such as _The
Thomas Crown Affair_ and _The Boy Who Flew With Condors_, but nothing
like a comprehensive listing.

Johan Larson (whose interest in soaring was triggered by a brief scene
in the movie _Wind_)

Dawn Flight. Larry Lansburgh

Al


wrote in message
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Has anyone compiled a list of movies in which gliders appear? I tried
googling, and it turned up some of the obvious names, such as _The
Thomas Crown Affair_ and _The Boy Who Flew With Condors_, but nothing
like a comprehensive listing.

Johan Larson (whose interest in soaring was triggered by a brief scene
in the movie _Wind_)

UK Smokin Vid was a DVD made by some British Juniors...it
involves a mix of competition flying, ridges, wave,
interviews with some of the best Junior pilots we have
in Britain, and needless to say, beat-ups (hence, Smokin!)
It is about half an hour long, but unfortunately they
dont make it any more (sold out!) However, I am sure
if you put an advert on gp.net someone would have a
copy? Or maybe enough interest from the American sector
would ignite a few more copies...

I can honestly say it is the best DVD for gliding I
have ever seen, and shows gliding at its best in Britain.
Really get a feel for it, with in cockpit camera, wingtip
and glider to glider.

Well done to the Juniors who had the initiative to
make this, and do the work necessary to create the
success it is.

JR
At 18:18 17 March 2006, wrote:

Jono Richards wrote:
UK Smokin Vid 2004...thats the best one

JR

I'm not quite sure what you mean. Was there a movie
titled 'Smokin''
that was released direct-to-video in the UK in 2004?


At 17:00 17 March 2006, wrote:
Has anyone compiled a list of movies in which gliders
appear?

Johan Larson

I knew about the movies that having gliding/sailplanes in them that
have already been mentioned (even checked out the video a couple of
weeks ago!)
However, I KNOW that I watched an old B&W movie with Stuart Whitman,
about the glider corp before D-Day in WWII. I have been trying to find
it ever since, any ideas?
micki

MickiMinner wrote:
I knew about the movies that having gliding/sailplanes in them that
have already been mentioned (even checked out the video a couple of
weeks ago!)
However, I KNOW that I watched an old B&W movie with Stuart Whitman,
about the glider corp before D-Day in WWII. I have been trying to find
it ever since, any ideas?

Here's Stuart Whitman's IMDB page: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0926183/

None of the movies look exactly like what you are describing, but here
are some plausible candidates:

"The Last Escape" (1970) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065966/
"Darby's Rangers" (1958) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065966/
"Bombers B-52" (1957) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050204/

Johan Larson

Jono Richards wrote:
UK Smokin Vid was a DVD made by some British Juniors...it
involves a mix of competition flying, ridges, wave,
interviews with some of the best Junior pilots we have
in Britain, and needless to say, beat-ups (hence, Smokin!)
It is about half an hour long, but unfortunately they
dont make it any more (sold out!) However, I am sure
if you put an advert on gp.net someone would have a
copy? Or maybe enough interest from the American sector
would ignite a few more copies...

I can honestly say it is the best DVD for gliding I
have ever seen, and shows gliding at its best in Britain.

That does sound like a treat.

Anyone in my neck of the woods (the San Francisco are) have a copy?

Johan Larson

Right mate, I have found a 'taster' video of Smokin
on a University Club website... its not anywhere near
as good as the 2004 version, but its the 2003 one and
is pretty good.

Quality not brilliant but you get the idea.

I think main differences between this and 2004 one
is that there is much more 'action' in the latter,
where this one has quite a bit of just bimbleing around...

anyway, heres the link:

http://users.ox.ac.uk/~gliding/links.html

Enjoy!

JR

At 02:12 18 March 2006, wrote:

Jono Richards wrote:
UK Smokin Vid was a DVD made by some British Juniors...it
involves a mix of competition flying, ridges, wave,
interviews with some of the best Junior pilots we
have
in Britain, and needless to say, beat-ups (hence,
Smokin!)
It is about half an hour long, but unfortunately they
dont make it any more (sold out!) However, I am sure
if you put an advert on gp.net someone would have
a
copy? Or maybe enough interest from the American sector
would ignite a few more copies...

I can honestly say it is the best DVD for gliding
I
have ever seen, and shows gliding at its best in Britain.

That does sound like a treat.

Anyone in my neck of the woods (the San Francisco are)
have a copy?

Johan Larson

Hmm, I found the original UK smokin' vid (2003) much more interesting
than the admittedly more polished 2004 version.

No question about the quality difference, though - and they are both
fun to watch.

Again - not exactly on topic with the original post, but "A Fine Week
Of Soaring" is the best video I've found to show what glider racing is
all about - even my non-soaring pilot friends find it interesting.

KIrk
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