9 On The Town Video Promotes GA

[Larry Dighera]

TV station KCAL recently aired this video showing how three partners
in a Columbia 400 use their aircraft for fun and business. This high
quality promotional video is just what GA needs to get before the
public to swell the ranks of airmen:
http://www.flycolumbia.com/.docs/pg/10375

[Jay Honeck]

> http://www.flycolumbia.com/.docs/pg/10375

OUTSTANDING!

I've never seen anything like that before -- was that REALLY a TV promo? It
made me want to go out and fly!

Oh, wait...that's "normal" for me...

;-)

AOPA should scrap all their other promos, and pay to get *this* on the air,
nationwide.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[Marco Leon]

Didn't they do one of these a little while back but with a Cirrus?

Idea for AOPA: Give TV producers free flight lessons.

Marco Leon

"Larry Dighera" > wrote in message
...
> TV station KCAL recently aired this video showing how three partners
> in a Columbia 400 use their aircraft for fun and business. This high
> quality promotional video is just what GA needs to get before the
> public to swell the ranks of airmen:
> http://www.flycolumbia.com/.docs/pg/10375



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[Larry Dighera]

On Thu, 1 Dec 2005 11:01:33 -0500, "Marco Leon" <mmleon(at)yahoo.com>
wrote in >::

>Didn't they do one of these a little while back but with a Cirrus?

Yes, but that one was only 5 minutes:
http://www.pilotgetaways.com/index.html?view=video

[Paul Tomblin]

In a previous article, Larry Dighera > said:
>TV station KCAL recently aired this video showing how three partners
>in a Columbia 400 use their aircraft for fun and business. This high
>quality promotional video is just what GA needs to get before the
>public to swell the ranks of airmen:
>http://www.flycolumbia.com/.docs/pg/10375

So that's what that guy did after "Tactical To Practical" went off the
air: went from making thinly disguised infomercials on the History Channel
to making thinly disguised infomercials on KCAL.

Still, he's good at it. He's got some good enthusiasm, and good material
to work with.

--
Paul Tomblin > http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/
"In My Egotistical Opinion, most people's C programs should be
indented six feet downward and covered with dirt."
-- Blair P. Houghton

[Larry Dighera]

On Thu, 1 Dec 2005 17:42:48 +0000 (UTC),
(Paul Tomblin) wrote in >::

>>http://www.flycolumbia.com/.docs/pg/10375
>
>So that's what that guy did after "Tactical To Practical" went off the
>air: went from making thinly disguised infomercials on the History Channel
>to making thinly disguised infomercials on KCAL.

Hunter Ellis is an impressive fellow:


http://www.historychannel.com/global/listings/series_showcase.jsp?NetwCode=THC&EGrpType=Series&Id=8826020

Host Hunter Ellis is a former Navy Fighter Pilot and carrier
aviator with over 2000 hours in the F/A-18 Hornet, TA-4J Skyhawk,
T-2C Buckeye, and T-34C Turbo mentor. Completing two Middle East
deployments in support of Operations Southern Watch, Desert Strike
and Desert Fox, Hunter made 433 carrier landings, over 100 of them
at night. He's qualified as an F/A-18C Flight Demonstrations Pilot
and Landing Signals Officer, and upon serving 10 and one-half
years with the United States military, he is currently a pilot for
Federal Express. Many may recognize Hunter as a contestant from
the popular TV series Survivor where he was a tribe member in
"Survivor: Marquesas."

>Still, he's good at it.

This is the most professional and compelling GA piece I've seen.

>He's got some good enthusiasm, and good material to work with.

[City Dweller]

This sure is a great little video.

Tragically, the youngest of the three pilot owners of the Columbia featured
in the movie crashed shortly after the video was aired, along with two other
people ...

http://www.landings.com/_landings/pacflyer/nov5-2005/Nn-99-columbia-crash.html

Never overestimate the safety of your airplane.

-- CD

"Larry Dighera" > wrote in message
...
> TV station KCAL recently aired this video showing how three partners
> in a Columbia 400 use their aircraft for fun and business. This high
> quality promotional video is just what GA needs to get before the
> public to swell the ranks of airmen:
> http://www.flycolumbia.com/.docs/pg/10375

[Larry Dighera]

>"Larry Dighera" > wrote in message
...
>> TV station KCAL recently aired this video showing how three partners
>> in a Columbia 400 use their aircraft for fun and business. This high
>> quality promotional video is just what GA needs to get before the
>> public to swell the ranks of airmen:
>> http://www.flycolumbia.com/.docs/pg/10375
>

On Fri, 02 Dec 2005 01:22:46 GMT, "City Dweller" >
wrote in >::

>This sure is a great little video.
>
>Tragically, the youngest of the three pilot owners of the Columbia featured
>in the movie crashed shortly after the video was aired, along with two other
>people ...
>
>http://www.landings.com/_landings/pacflyer/nov5-2005/Nn-99-columbia-crash.html
>
>Never overestimate the safety of your airplane.
>
>-- CD
>

That is indeed tragic news. Thank you for the information.

columbia-crash

A flight instructor, the owner of Columbia Southwest Aircraft
Sales of Scottsdale, Ariz., his wife and a dog were killed last
month in the crash of a Columbia 400 in the Anzo[sic]-Borrego
State Park area of Southern California, authorities said.

The pilot was identified as Terry James Boom, 39, of Glendale,
"chief flight operator" for the company who had flown to
California for the Miramar Air Show.

It was first known crash of a Columbia certified aircraft, the
company said.

Also killed were James B. Lauchner, 49, the owner of Columbia
Southwest and his wife, Gina, 38, both of Scottsdale. She was also
associated with Columbia Southwest Aircraft Sales, the company
said.

It wasn't known if the plane, the latest version of the merger
between Lancair and Columbia, had been on display at the show,
although one source said it had.

The Columbia 400 is a dual turbocharged version of the Columbia
350 and uses a Teledyne Continental TSIO-550 engine - the same
powerplant under the cowl of the Columbia 300 and Columbia 350 -
but is said by the company to deliver turboprop speeds on piston
fuel flows: 230 knots at FL 180.

The plane departed Gillespie Field in El Cajon about 101 a.m. Oct.
17th following the airshow and the aircraft wreckage was located
by the Palm Springs division of the Civil Air Patrol two days
later, according to Maj. Brian Stover, mission information
officer.

The CAP said it had been searching for the plane since the day
before and finally spotted it on Bucksnort Mountain at the edge of
the state park.
...

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http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20051026X01740&key=1

NTSB Identification: LAX06FA014
14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Monday, October 17, 2005 in Warner Springs, CA
Aircraft: Lancair LC41-550FG, registration: N285JB
Injuries: 3 Fatal.

This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may
contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when
the final report has been completed.

On October 17, 2005, at 1032 Pacific daylight time, a Lancair
LC41-550FG, N285JB, collided with mountainous terrain 6 miles
north of Warner Springs, California. The airplane was operated by
JB Lauchner Aviation LLC under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91.
The two pilots (a private pilot and an airline transport pilot),
and a non pilot-rated passenger were fatally injured, and the
airplane was destroyed. Visual meteorological conditions
prevailed, and a flight plan had not been filed. The personal
cross-country flight originated at Gillespie Field, San Diego/El
Cajon, California, at 1011, with a destination of Scottsdale,
Arizona.

The aircraft became the subject a family issued ALNOT (Alert
Notice) missing aircraft notification on October 18, 2005. The
Civil Air Patrol located the wreckage on the afternoon of October
19, 2005. The initial radar data depicts a track that originated
at Gillespie Field, traveled in a northeast direction, and ends at
Combs Mountain, California, 6 miles north of Warner Springs.
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TERRY JAMES BOOM

Medical Class : First Medical Date: 08/2005
MUST WEAR CORRECTIVE LENSES.

CertIficates

DOI : 01/14/2005
CertIficate: AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT

Rating(s):

AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT
AIRPLANE SINGLE ENGINE LAND
AIRPLANE MULTIENGINE LAND

DOI : 11/28/2004
CertIficate: FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR

Rating(s):

FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR
AIRPLANE SINGLE AND MULTIENGINE
INSTRUMENT AIRPLANE
Limits
VALID ONLY WHEN ACCOMPANIED BY PILOT CERTIFICATE NO.
EXPIRES: 30 Nov 2006.

DOI : 05/31/2002
CertIficate: GROUND INSTRUCTOR

Rating(s):

GROUND INSTRUCTOR
ADVANCED
INSTRUMENT

[Matt Whiting]

Jay Honeck wrote:

>>http://www.flycolumbia.com/.docs/pg/10375
>
>
> OUTSTANDING!
>
> I've never seen anything like that before -- was that REALLY a TV promo? It
> made me want to go out and fly!
>
> Oh, wait...that's "normal" for me...

But we all know that you aren't normal! :-)

Matt