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Old March 20th 06, 11:12 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default gliders in movies

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
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Thomas Crown Affair (both pilatus B4 with Steeve mac
Queen and duo Discus
with Pierce Brosnan)
a écrit dans le message de news:
...
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.