gliders in movies

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At 06:54 20 March 2006, Roger Worden wrote:
I recorded the Brosnan version off the air and ran
through it at high speed
(DVR's are wonderful!) looking in vain for the glider
scene. Maybe the
channel cut it out... where in the movie does the scene
appear?

'Herve Hurlin' wrote in message
. ..
Thomas Crown Affair (both pilatus B4 with Steeve mac
Queen and duo Discus
with Pierce Brosnan)
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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_)






That'll be the outsize Duo Discus which apparently
has sufficient room in it for the person in the back
(Brosnan) to reach over the instrument panel and the
person in the front (Renee Russo) in flight in order
to show her how to move the stick. Not only that, but
it has the only leftwards opening DD canopy (allegedly
because the vain Mr Brosnan wants to be shot from the
right hand side).

It's about 3/5 way through IIRC.

Many years ago in the UK there was an advert for either
Cinzano or Martini (or some other upmarket drink) that
featured some gliders flying around an impressive looking
mountain top chateau.

Derek Copeland

At 06:54 20 March 2006, Roger Worden wrote:
In the U.S., the latest Ameriprise commercial has a
very brief clip of a
glider: a cockpit view and then an outside view. Maybe
two seconds total.

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roups.com...
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_)

On 20 Mar 2006 12:26:57 GMT, Derek Copeland
wrote:

Many years ago in the UK there was an advert for either
Cinzano or Martini (or some other upmarket drink) that
featured some gliders flying around an impressive looking
mountain top chateau.

....and there was a US commercial in the late 1960s featuring two
glider pilots taking turns doing loops and rolls while puffing on
cigarettes.

rj

At:

http://www.alpenstreckenflug.de/text...dingvideos.htm

There are many gliding videos, including a funny Dutch
insurance commercial, where two trial flighters believe
the other is the instructor, and proceed in taking
off...

Also, an ASH25 keeps up with a military jet

JR

At 12:30 20 March 2006, Derek Copeland wrote:
Many years ago in the UK there was an advert for either
Cinzano or Martini (or some other upmarket drink) that
featured some gliders flying around an impressive looking
mountain top chateau.

Derek Copeland


Been looking for this ad on the interweb for a while,
with no joy. It was for Martini (anytime, anyplace,
anywhere) and was filmed at Portmoak (in Scotland)
and featured a glider flying round a full black-tie,
silver-service dinner set up on top of Bishop Hill.

K

Seen the Ameriprise ad? Looks like an ASW instrument cowling
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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_)