Escape from New York

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Pictures from the movie "Escape from New York", which includes a
night-time glider flight to Manhattan and a landing on the roof of the
World Trade Center, are now available on my site:

http://home.comcast.net/~johan.larson/soaring/onscreen.html#EFNY

Can anyone identify the glider? (Best seen here:
http://home.comcast.net/~johan.larson/soaring/efny/entering.jpg )

Johan Larson

[Stewart Kissel]

IAR Brasov IS28B Twin Lark...owned and flown by Bill
Bartell, google the thread from a couple of years ago
for more info.

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Stewart Kissel wrote:
> IAR Brasov IS28B Twin Lark...owned and flown by Bill
> Bartell, google the thread from a couple of years ago
> for more info.

Yes and the filming/flying was done all at night in California!

Bill Bartell

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wrote:
> Stewart Kissel wrote:
> > IAR Brasov IS28B Twin Lark...owned and flown by Bill
> > Bartell, google the thread from a couple of years ago
> > for more info.
>
> Yes and the filming/flying was done all at night in California!
>
> Bill Bartell

The plane was equipped for IFR flight?

Johan Larson

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wrote:
> wrote:
> > Stewart Kissel wrote:
> > > IAR Brasov IS28B Twin Lark...owned and flown by Bill
> > > Bartell, google the thread from a couple of years ago
> > > for more info.
> >
> > Yes and the filming/flying was done all at night in California!
> >
> > Bill Bartell
>
> The plane was equipped for IFR flight?
>
> Johan Larson

No IFR flying required, so no.

Bill Bartell