New 7 part personal soaring movie in Utah

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.

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.

Hi Bruno,

Very Nice! I like your website, keep up the good work!
What camera are you using?

Good and Safe Soaring,

Gunnar

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!

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

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

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

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}

Nyal Williams wrote:
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}




Hey Nyal

Personal vote would go the way of Handel or Purcel or Telleman but there's space
for all of us.

My tastes are eclectic, but I have to say there appears to be relatively little
musical merit in much of the currently popular auditory drivel.

One bright spot - Enio Morricone and John Williams (probably others too-but
these two stand out) are introducing a new generation to some music that is not
composed by someone who died before your parents were born - that has musical
merit.

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}