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I wish I had filmed it... hard to believe otherwise. I witnessed, with
several others, the final moments of a commercial ride at an east coast gliderport. The commercial pilot turned very short base to final and failed to level out completely before the right wingtip touch the ground. The glider rotated 180 degrees in the air, the landed (pretty smoothly) backwards. It tracked straight for several wingspans, then touched a wingtip and ground looped 180, once again facing its direction of travel. The passenger got out and exclaimed it was the coolest flight he'd ever taken. |
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Bruno,
There's some nice footage in there. Next step, some editing. Maybe a collage of different types of soaring... thermal, wave, ridge... terrain... mountain, valley, plateau, cliff face... and weather.... fair weather cu, front, thunderstorm. You could start with the best of what you have, and add over time. Add some music and narration, and you've got a nice advert for the sport. |
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Hi Bruno,
Very Nice! I like your website, keep up the good work! What camera are you using? Good and Safe Soaring, Gunnar |
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I am using a Cannon ZR90 with a Cokin 0.5x Wide-Angle Lens. I am
pretty happy with this setup but would love to have the quality that "A fine week of soaring" has. What a great film! If I had spent 5x + the amount on my gear I'd probably get close. One more week and tows start again out here in Salt Lake City....finally! |
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Great idea. I have about 7 hours of footage from last year's flights.
There is about all those types of flying in there, I just wish that video editing didn't take soooooo long! Bruno |
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If you want to see a great gliding video, order via
the website the 2004 smoking video. It was made in the Uk. Great to watch for glider pilots and also a great video to promote the sport. Justin Standard Cirrus WL 566 |
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I like very much watching at soaring videos. Expecially those which do “not” add music. Unfortunately, between the 47 movies I could download from Internet (not many because my modem isn’t that fast), only 2 have really natural sound. If I could suggest to a friend how to edit his new movies, I would say “Please, don’t add music. Let us enjoy the same real sound of air and wind that you loved when you were up there”. In my opinion, the natural sound of air around the glider is one of the most fascinating sounds in the universe. I didn’t try to download your videos yet. I shall try this nights. Thankyou for sharing your wonderful gliding experiences. Happy thermals! Roberto Ciuffoletti On 23 Feb 2005 09:38:57 -0800, "Bruno" wrote: I am amazed that more people don't film their flights and share them with others. Yes, it leaves you open to criticism - I know my yaw string isn't straight a lot of the time. If people had any idea what we experience up there, we'd have quite a few more friends soaring with us. The links to the videos are on my homepage (I hope you have a fast internet connection). http://phoebus.vassel.com Hope you all enjoy! Bruno |
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Hi Nyal,
I would personally add Enya to the list of music makes who fit in well with soaring flight. Others I note mention John Williams & Morricone and I cannot disagreee with this. My only preference is that if back ground music is used, enough of the main audio remains to understand what the pilot is going through. Am I the only one who gets a thrill when I hear the audio vario chirping away in the "up" mode, I wonder? Malcolm... "Nyal Williams" wrote in message ... At 14:00 30 March 2005, wrote: I like very much watching at soaring videos. Expecially those which do "not" add music. Unfortunately, between the 47 movies I could download from Internet (not many because my modem isn't that fast), only 2 have really natural sound. If I could suggest to a friend how to edit his new movies, I would say "Please, don't add music. Let us enjoy the same real sound of air and wind that you loved when you were up there". In my opinion, the natural sound of air around the glider is one of the most fascinating sounds in the universe. I didn't try to download your videos yet. I shall try this nights. Thankyou for sharing your wonderful gliding experiences. Happy thermals! Roberto Ciuffoletti I agree so strongly that I will hardly look at one anymore. I have 50years in the classical music field; I cannot endure the current popular music, that travels under the useless term 'Rock Music.' My own tastes dictate that the Debussy String Quartet would best fit soaring movies and that 'Rock' would best fit NASCAR races, but I know from experience that not many outside my field would agree with me. Leave it out unless you can compose music to fit precisely the actual movement, just like a film music composer. [These comments directed at no one in particular} |
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