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Two more TV programs with gliders in them:

The video "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"...
http://home.comcast.net/~johan.larson/soaring/onscreen.html#EWRW

....and an episode of Nancy Drew from the seventies:
http://home.comcast.net/~johan.larson/soaring/onscreen.html#MDT

A 2-33 and a 2-32; not what I would choose for looks. Interestingly,
the 2-32 is still registered thirty years later.

Johan Larson

[Guy Byars]

I seem to recall a British program with a glider dropping cannon balls on a
boat full of bad guys. It had side by side seating, but I forget the type.
A Caproni perhaps.

Any of our friends across the pond remember this one?

Guy


> wrote in message
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>
> Two more TV programs with gliders in them:
>
> The video "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"...
> http://home.comcast.net/~johan.larson/soaring/onscreen.html#EWRW
>
> ...and an episode of Nancy Drew from the seventies:
> http://home.comcast.net/~johan.larson/soaring/onscreen.html#MDT
>
> A 2-33 and a 2-32; not what I would choose for looks. Interestingly,
> the 2-32 is still registered thirty years later.
>
> Johan Larson
>

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I remember a TV commercial for Dial soap back in the mid-to-late '70s
featuring a glider, maybe a 2-32...


Guy Byars wrote:
> I seem to recall a British program with a glider dropping cannon balls on a
> boat full of bad guys. It had side by side seating, but I forget the type.
> A Caproni perhaps.
>
> Any of our friends across the pond remember this one?
>
> Guy
>
>
> > wrote in message
> ps.com...
> >
> > Two more TV programs with gliders in them:
> >
> > The video "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"...
> > http://home.comcast.net/~johan.larson/soaring/onscreen.html#EWRW
> >
> > ...and an episode of Nancy Drew from the seventies:
> > http://home.comcast.net/~johan.larson/soaring/onscreen.html#MDT
> >
> > A 2-33 and a 2-32; not what I would choose for looks. Interestingly,
> > the 2-32 is still registered thirty years later.
> >
> > Johan Larson
> >

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Here are more:

The TV show "Cannon" with William Conrad. If I recall correctly, they
squeezed Cannon into a Caproni.

There was a Twilight Zone or Outer Limits where a glider disappears but
returns many years later being flown by a skeleton. I have tried to
find out more about this show but have not been successful. I'm sure I
didn't dream it.

Also, I was in Best Buy the other day and there was a display for the
Sony HD handicam that had glider footage showing the improved image of
HD. This is a great way to get exposure for the sport.

Steve

wrote:
> Two more TV programs with gliders in them:
>
> The video "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"...
> http://home.comcast.net/~johan.larson/soaring/onscreen.html#EWRW
>
> ...and an episode of Nancy Drew from the seventies:
> http://home.comcast.net/~johan.larson/soaring/onscreen.html#MDT
>
> A 2-33 and a 2-32; not what I would choose for looks. Interestingly,
> the 2-32 is still registered thirty years later.
>
> Johan Larson

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wrote:
> Here are more:
>
> The TV show "Cannon" with William Conrad. If I recall correctly, they
> squeezed Cannon into a Caproni.
>
> There was a Twilight Zone or Outer Limits where a glider disappears but
> returns many years later being flown by a skeleton. I have tried to
> find out more about this show but have not been successful. I'm sure I
> didn't dream it.

Thanks so much. I know some SF geeks so hardcore they'll get borged
before they get laid. ;-) I'll forward this to them, and see what they
say.

>
> Also, I was in Best Buy the other day and there was a display for the
> Sony HD handicam that had glider footage showing the improved image of
> HD. This is a great way to get exposure for the sport.

Clever.

Johan Larson

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wrote:
> Here are more:
>
> The TV show "Cannon" with William Conrad. If I recall correctly, they
> squeezed Cannon into a Caproni.
>
> There was a Twilight Zone or Outer Limits where a glider disappears but
> returns many years later being flown by a skeleton. I have tried to
> find out more about this show but have not been successful. I'm sure I
> didn't dream it.

Could it have been a show named "One Step Beyond" ? It has an episode
titled "Reunion" with this description on TV.com: "German glider
enthusiasts plan to meet the first weekend after WWII ends."

Johan Larson

[Welsh Druid]

It was a Slingsby Capstan. As you rightly say, a side by side two seater. I
believe some of the filming was done from the Cornish Gliding Club at
Perranporth, an airfield right by the sea cliffs.
http://members.aol.com/cornglide/page1.htm

"Guy Byars" > wrote in message
...
>I seem to recall a British program with a glider dropping cannon balls on a
>boat full of bad guys. It had side by side seating, but I forget the type.
>A Caproni perhaps.
>
> Any of our friends across the pond remember this one?
>
> Guy

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That's got to be it. No wonder I couldn't find anything on the net
about it -- I was looking at the wrong shows. One Step Beyond is
available on DVD so if anyone has seen it, they can confirm. Or I'll
have to buy the DVD myself -- it's a great episode!

Steve

wrote:
> wrote:
> > Here are more:
> >
> > The TV show "Cannon" with William Conrad. If I recall correctly, they
> > squeezed Cannon into a Caproni.
> >
> > There was a Twilight Zone or Outer Limits where a glider disappears but
> > returns many years later being flown by a skeleton. I have tried to
> > find out more about this show but have not been successful. I'm sure I
> > didn't dream it.
>
> Could it have been a show named "One Step Beyond" ? It has an episode
> titled "Reunion" with this description on TV.com: "German glider
> enthusiasts plan to meet the first weekend after WWII ends."
>
> Johan Larson

[[email protected]]

wrote:
> That's got to be it. No wonder I couldn't find anything on the net
> about it -- I was looking at the wrong shows. One Step Beyond is
> available on DVD so if anyone has seen it, they can confirm. Or I'll
> have to buy the DVD myself -- it's a great episode!
>
> Steve
>
> wrote:
> > wrote:
> > > Here are more:
> > >
> > > The TV show "Cannon" with William Conrad. If I recall correctly, they
> > > squeezed Cannon into a Caproni.
> > >
> > > There was a Twilight Zone or Outer Limits where a glider disappears but
> > > returns many years later being flown by a skeleton. I have tried to
> > > find out more about this show but have not been successful. I'm sure I
> > > didn't dream it.
> >
> > Could it have been a show named "One Step Beyond" ? It has an episode
> > titled "Reunion" with this description on TV.com: "German glider
> > enthusiasts plan to meet the first weekend after WWII ends."
> >
> > Johan Larson
Folks, it was a long time ago, 1962, I doubled for Lassie and flew a
2-32 at Agua Dulce, then later a 1-26 for Lassie over the San Andreas
fault. A commercial for a Ford in
1972 was done at Lake Elsinore. It had advertisements in National
Geographic.That stuff along with so many others already mentioned fuled
a really big growth in soaring.. I flew with Wm. Conrad in a 2-32.
Heavy wing loading and fast! With the very pretty ships that exist now,
maybe something anew could start.

[Burt Compton - Marfa]

"Reunion" from "One Step Beyond" TV show - a cool 30 min. episode
featuring a Frankfort Cinema glider. Probably filmed near Los Angeles.


A popular film during my "Soaring Movie Night" at our Marfa Soaring
Camps last year.

Don't forget "Goofy's Glider" (1940) - the first of the Disney
cartoons, where Goofy learns to fly, golf, play baseball, etc. Color.
10 min. Cartoon, but well researched - good narration.
"Count to 10 - Pull string" is the lesson on using a parachute. A
"must have" among us soaring media collectors. Available on DVD as a
segment from the "Goofy" Disney compilation.

Burt
Marfa Gliders, west Texas

>
> Could it have been a show named "One Step Beyond" ? It has an episode
> titled "Reunion" with this description on TV.com: "German glider
> enthusiasts plan to meet the first weekend after WWII ends."
>
> Johan Larson

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Burt Compton - Marfa wrote:
> "Reunion" from "One Step Beyond" TV show - a cool 30 min. episode
> featuring a Frankfort Cinema glider. Probably filmed near Los Angeles.

How did you get a copy? There are several DVD compilations of that
show, but I couldn't find one that included that episode.

Johan Larson

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wrote:
> Folks, it was a long time ago, 1962, I doubled for Lassie and flew a
> 2-32 at Agua Dulce, then later a 1-26 for Lassie over the San Andreas
> fault.

Were there two episodes of Lassie with gliders? I only know of one:
http://home.comcast.net/~johan.larson/soaring/onscreen.html#LFM

Johan Larson

[Burt Compton - Marfa]

I found "Reunion" pre-DVD era on a videotape compilation of "One Step
Beyond" episodes.


wrote:
> Burt Compton - Marfa wrote:
> > "Reunion" from "One Step Beyond" TV show - a cool 30 min. episode
> > featuring a Frankfort Cinema glider. Probably filmed near Los Angeles.
>
> How did you get a copy? There are several DVD compilations of that
> show, but I couldn't find one that included that episode.
>
> Johan Larson

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Sorry for thinking it was available on DVD - it showed up in a Google
listing for amazon.com but it turned out to be only a reference to the
show by someone making a comment. I found Reunion, OSB vol. 23, on VHS
here:
http://www.moviesunlimited.com/musite/product.asp?sku=108106++

Steve

wrote:
> Burt Compton - Marfa wrote:
> > "Reunion" from "One Step Beyond" TV show - a cool 30 min. episode
> > featuring a Frankfort Cinema glider. Probably filmed near Los Angeles.
>
> How did you get a copy? There are several DVD compilations of that
> show, but I couldn't find one that included that episode.
>
> Johan Larson