Australian contest movie

[Don[_4_]]

Does anyone remember a soaring documentary movie that came out in the 80s or
early 90s that featured a soaring contest in Australia and followed Ingo
Renner among others? It might have been called "Zulu Romeo" or something?
Anyway, it was very well done, using helicopters to film gliders in flight,
etc. I'd love to get a copy of it.

[Paul Remde]

Hi Don,

Is there any chance that you are thinking of "Running on Empty"? It follows
the Hitachi Masters of Soaring competition in Estrella, AZ, USA. It isn't
in Australia, but the terrain looks a bit like Australia and Ingo Renner is
the winner of the contest and has several interviews in the contest. It is
an excellent film by soaring pilot Chris Woods. You can see details and
order here:
http://www.cumulus-soaring.com/videos.htm#RunningOnEmpty

Best Regards,

Paul Remde
Cumulus Soaring, Inc.

"Don" > wrote in message
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> Does anyone remember a soaring documentary movie that came out in the 80s
> or early 90s that featured a soaring contest in Australia and followed
> Ingo Renner among others? It might have been called "Zulu Romeo" or
> something? Anyway, it was very well done, using helicopters to film
> gliders in flight, etc. I'd love to get a copy of it.
>

[sisu1a]

> Does anyone remember a soaring documentary movie that came out in the 80s or
> early 90s that featured a soaring contest in Australia and followed Ingo
> Renner among others? *It might have been called "Zulu Romeo" or something?
> Anyway, it was very well done, using helicopters to film gliders in flight,
> etc. *I'd love to get a copy of it.

Clearly you are talking about the 74' Walkerie film, which has lots of
Renner, Moffat (who won the open class at that contest for a second
world title), Beltz, some Gross etc. Overall a real gem, although
kinda grainy (looks fine on normal TV's, but is quite noticeable when
using a projector). I can make you a copy of my copy, which also has
some rather *interesting additional features (quite separate from the
Walkerie flick, just happens to be on the same disc...) with some New
Zealanders helicopter towing gliders, where the tow begins err-
normally (well, as normal as can be for a heli tow ;) with the glider
flying as a heavier-than-air craft, but above a certain height the
heli slows and tows the glider vertically like cargo (dangling and
rotating in the downwash) with the release being technically a
tailslide. It looks quite fun actually... Incidentally I just saw a
heli banner towing here in Oakland the other day, boy that little R-22
was sure working it's a$$ off!

PM me with your infos, maybe you have something to trade?? (I'll make
you a copy either way, but...)


Paul H

paul at eaglebrandproducts dot com

PS. this film is a MUST for Std Cirrus lovers, as most of the Std
class are flying brand new Std Cirri...

[swan]

Good memory. The full name is "Good Start Zulu Romeo". More
documentary in nature than Sunship Game.

Don wrote:
> Does anyone remember a soaring documentary movie that came out in the 80s or
> early 90s that featured a soaring contest in Australia and followed Ingo
> Renner among others? It might have been called "Zulu Romeo" or something?
> Anyway, it was very well done, using helicopters to film gliders in flight,
> etc. I'd love to get a copy of it.

[Geoff Vincent]

Hi Folks,

The movie is entitled "Zulu Romeo - Good Start". A CD of the original
can be obtained from Anne Wolfe ) for AUD
20.00. The CD is better than the original film.

Geoff Vincent
Melbourne
Australia

On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:16:56 -0400, "Don" >
wrote:

>Does anyone remember a soaring documentary movie that came out in the 80s or
>early 90s that featured a soaring contest in Australia and followed Ingo
>Renner among others? It might have been called "Zulu Romeo" or something?
>Anyway, it was very well done, using helicopters to film gliders in flight,
>etc. I'd love to get a copy of it.
>