Sun Ship Game on Youtube - Complete

http://torrents.thepiratebay.org/447...22.TPB.torrent

Currently converting the avi to DVD format; will post again if there
are any issues with the video.


Hi Bernie,

I'm getting audio only on some of the half dozen or so media players
that I have on my system. No joy on any video.

Thanks for doing this!

Tony

On Wed, 19 Aug 2009 09:22:11 -0400, TonyV
wrote:


http://torrents.thepiratebay.org/447...22.TPB.torrent

Currently converting the avi to DVD format; will post again if there
are any issues with the video.


Hi Bernie,

I'm getting audio only on some of the half dozen or so media players
that I have on my system. No joy on any video.

VLC will play it.


Bye
Andreas

I'm getting audio only on some of the half dozen or so media players
that I have on my system. No joy on any video.

VLC will play it.

Yes, it will. Thanks, Andreas!

Tony

The DVD I burnt from the converted .avi file plays perfectly, the
film is just great and the air to air scenes sensational.
I can even live with the few Bee Gees songs.....

The torrent is still active. I converted the file to DVD using the
program 'ConvertXtoDVD'.

They sure crashed a lot when out-landing.............. and landing at
the field!

A couple of thoughts:

1) Did I see Moffat cutting the tips off of his Open Cirrus and gluing
on tip extensions? Was this a certified glider? if so, was it ok to
make field mods like that back then?

2) Found it interesting what Gleb found important to think about
during a contest..............Kids or Competition, not judging, just
making an observation..............I have no kids myself, so thinking
about nothing but competition is cool in my book.

3) Is competition really as filled with broken gliders as we saw in
the video?

4) flying near thunderstorms..............tempting, everybody probably
does it a few times until they get the crap scared out of
them............if they haven't yet, then they will!

Brad

Brad,

I think one thing the film was contrasting was that George was very
focused with good spousal support, while Gleb had a lot of domestic
issues to deal with, while going through a divorce, that ran over into
his contest flying.

Mike

while Gleb had a lot of domestic issues to deal with, while going through a divorce, that ran over into
his contest flying.

Not to mention chain smoking at the high Marfa elevations.

On Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:57:36 -0700 (PDT), Brad
wrote:

A couple of thoughts:

1) Did I see Moffat cutting the tips off of his Open Cirrus and gluing
on tip extensions? Was this a certified glider? if so, was it ok to
make field mods like that back then?

Not only Moffat's ship was modified, Gleb's was, too.

Here's the story about George's Cirrus:
http://www.classicsailplane.org/Cirr...t/cirrus23.htm

3) Is competition really as filled with broken gliders as we saw in
the video?

Not today anymore - although I know of a recent one in Europe where
quite a few gliders were damaged. But I'm pretty sure that nowadays
pilots tend to convert 500 ft into a safe outlanding instead of using
Moffat's method of getting another 7 miles...


But:
Competitions taking place in mountains are very, very dangerous - the
fatality rate of Grand Prix's that took place in mountains is
devastating in my opinion (3 top pilots killed within the last 2
years). There have also been quite a couple of fatalities in the last
years in competions that took place in the Alps (Switzerland, Rieti).



Andreas

On Aug 19, 6:53*pm, Bernie wrote:
The DVD I burnt from the converted .avi file plays *perfectly, the
film is just great and the air to air scenes sensational.
I can even live with the few Bee Gees songs.....

The torrent is still active. *I converted the file to DVD using the
program 'ConvertXtoDVD'.

They sure crashed a lot when out-landing.............. *and landing at
the field!


I have not used torrents before. When I go to download the sunship
file, it downloads a 54.3 KB file only. I can't open this file as
windows doesn't recognize it (using window XP pro and Firefox). Is
there a program to use for downloading torrent files that I need to
get? Is the 54.3 KB file the file that will do the actual
downloading? If so how do I open that file?

Thanks!

WD

At 15:29 20 August 2009, Whiskey Delta wrote:
On Aug 19, 6:53=A0pm, Bernie wrote:
The DVD I burnt from the converted .avi file plays =A0perfectly, the
film is just great and the air to air scenes sensational.
I can even live with the few Bee Gees songs.....

The torrent is still active. =A0I converted the file to DVD using the
program 'ConvertXtoDVD'.

They sure crashed a lot when out-landing.............. =A0and landing
at
the field!


I have not used torrents before. When I go to download the sunship
file, it downloads a 54.3 KB file only. I can't open this file as
windows doesn't recognize it (using window XP pro and Firefox). Is
there a program to use for downloading torrent files that I need to
get? Is the 54.3 KB file the file that will do the actual
downloading? If so how do I open that file?

Thanks!

WD


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