Movie, "Winged Migration" on STARZ this Sat

(sandpebble) wrote in message . com...
This site has a downloadable theatrical trailer for the movie:
http://www.ultimatedvd.org/nl/Traile...Trailer_Id=900
The high resolution Quicktime file is 17.4MB, and the clip is two minutes long.
Sandpebble

The movie is out for rental at "Hollywood Movies". I watched the movie
and the 'making of' part and can't decide which one is better. Awsome
footage!
There is one scene in the 'making of' part, where a couple of geese
fly off the wing tips of an ultra-light. The first goose off the left
wing tip is not flapping it's wings and seems to be flying with a
smaller a.o.a. while keeping up with the ultra-light. (No, it was not
one of the decoys!) I guess it is a good illustration of what is going
on aerodynamically just off the wing tip. One would hope that the wing
tip vortex on a modern glider is less severe.

U. Neumann

There is an excellent web site dedicated to the migration of Whopping Cranes
and Canadian Geese www.operationmigration.org .
They make an annual trek across the USA from Canada to Florida to teach
hatchlings the migration habit.

Happy Holidays
Larry


"Martin Hellman" wrote in message
om...
I just noticed that the highly praised movie "Winged Migration" will
be aired on STARZ this Saturday, Dec 13 at 8:45 as well as five other
times (once more Sat then twice each on Tues and Wed of the following
week). I've scheduled it to record and thought a number of others
might appreciate knowing of this.

Enjoy.

Martin


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There is an excellent web site dedicated to the migration of Whopping Cranes
and Canadian Geese

They must be really, reeeeally big cranes. I'd hate to be standing underneath
when they migrate overhead... :-)

And, BTW, any Minnesotan will tell you they're Canada geese. Can't call 'em
Canadian unless you've checked their visas...

That film was loosly based on the true story of Bill Lishman (sp) -
known as "Father Goose"

He DID successfully train a family of Canada Geese to
follow his microlight and successfully "taught" them to migrate in
the absence of the parents..

Heck of a story..

AMAZING close up flight shots of the birds..

If only we could fly as well.....

Dave


Then there's "Fly Away Home" which is semi ficticious and is about a
guy who, with his daughter and flying in two ultralights, leads a
small flock of Canada geese from Canada to a winter home near the
Virginia/Chesapeake area. In this movie, the father has a wire snap
during the "migration" and he spirals down to a crashish type landing
and breaks his arm.

The movie was based on the inital attempt to lead geese to their
winter grounds using an ultralight. It worked. Flying with the geese
was documented in the film "C'mon Geese", which pops up in Public TV
every so often.

Corky Scott