anyone know the name of an old sailplane short film

On Jan 14, 5:40*am, "Paul Remde" wrote:
Correct. *Dawn flight. *I love that film. *The plot is a little silly, but
the 1-26 aerobatics are great fun! *I have it in stock.

While it has its interesting points, I think it's a horrible thing to
display in any sort of publicity or recruiting drive!

Everything about it just screams old old OLD. Old film, faded colours,
dated music, aircraft that clearly belong in the 50's.

There are hundreds of much better videos on youtube. Bruno's ones are
great. There's a series of ten very different flights at Omarama by
junventus e.g.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzL196HsIG4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKjEzowSZGs

Sebastian Kawa has a lot of nice videos on his channel (http://
www.youtube.com/user/kawior10) in everything from PW-5 to Diana 2 e.g.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guLdgtNOOIo


There are many many other wonderful modern videos that can be used in
promotions!

Dawn Flight should be retired.

"Dawn Flight."
There were two versions of "Dawn Flight."
The original included the pilot sleeping in the cockpit, in the hangar
overnight.
It was nominated for an Academy Award.
The shorter version had most of the flying sequences edited tightly
together.
Retire the film? If so, then make one with the exact same shots with
"modern" sailplanes.
But it is not about the sailplanes, it is about the passion of the
pilot.
It's a wonderful film.
I think I'll go watch it now, then "The Sun Ship Game" (1969),
followed by "Reunion" from the Sci-Fi TV show "One Step Beyond",
wrapping up with Disney's "Goofy's Glider" (1940.)
I could tell you much more about "Dawn Flight" and these other "OLD"
films, but why be flamed?
Ahh, the popcorn is ready. It's movie night in Marfa, Texas USA.

The guy that produced Dawn Flight is now running Sunriver Soaring.
Brian Lansburgh. He is thinking of remaking it too.

Boggs

On Jan 13, 7:57*pm, GARY BOGGS wrote:
The guy that produced Dawn Flight is now running Sunriver Soaring.
Brian Lansburgh. He is thinking of remaking it too.

Boggs

Hi, Everyone. I posted but it didn't get to this thread I guess.
We've re-mastered Dawn Flight and are now offering it on The Big
Yellow Glider Webstore (www.sunriversoaring.com). It's the long
version. Also I hosted Denis Arndt, the star of the picture this
summer. We flew in my 2-32 and did a long interview about how we shot
the film. That's on the DVD we sell. Also featured is a film makers
commentary. We are the only ones who are offering this version of the
film. There's a lot of misinformation going around about the film. I
think this DVD will provide all the straight info. I'm always happy
to answer any questions. Thanks to all for remembering this film
which gave me my only chance at an Oscar!
Best regards,
Brian Lansburgh
www.sunriversoaring.com

On Jan 14, 2:38*pm, Burt Compton - Marfa wrote:
But it is not about the sailplanes, it is about the passion of the
pilot.
It's a wonderful film.

No one says it isn't. But it's, as you say, not about sailplanes. It's
of dramatic interest, historical interest.

I think I'll go watch it now, then "The Sun Ship Game" (1969),

This one too. I have the recently remastered version. It's of great
interest to us old dogs. But if a 40 year old movie is the best thing
you've got for recruitment then there's something very wrong.

Unless your target market is purely middle aged white male academics,
maybe.

I wasn't even born when "The Sun Ship Game" came out and I still
think it's the best film about soaring ever made (and I've watched a
hell of a lot of them!). It's like "The Endless Summer" with wings.
If you get a renowned, prize winning documentary filmmaker interested
in soaring, get people to invest a few million dollars (knowing
they'll never get back more than a few percent of it) you could
probably produce a film as good as it today. The music, fashion and
the gliders would be different but the essence would be pretty much
the same.

Hagbard Celine wrote:
I wasn't even born when "The Sun Ship Game" came out and I still
think it's the best film about soaring ever made ...


That's absolutely a great film and is in a class by itself. But,
personally, I've watched "A Fine Week of Soaring" way more times than
"The Sunship Game".

Tony "6N"

"Tony V" wrote in message
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Hagbard Celine wrote:
I wasn't even born when "The Sun Ship Game" came out and I still
think it's the best film about soaring ever made ...


That's absolutely a great film and is in a class by itself. But,
personally, I've watched "A Fine Week of Soaring" way more times than
"The Sunship Game".

Tony "6N"


OK, but they should have named it "A Fine Week of Soaring -- But No
Babes in Bikinis"


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