I need a story for a television show.

Joe Lincon's walkout. He's already written the script. In the annals of
Soaring Magazine.

Good luck with your project --

BJ

John Shelton wrote:

Ladies and Gentlemen:

I have been contacted by a television production company creating a series
on adventure sports. They were very impressed with the crappy media I gave
them about soaring and would like to include an "expedition" if we can meet
their parameters.

It is Friday afternoon and I have until Monday to come up with something.

So, put on your thinking hats: Do you know of an expedition (they call it)
conducted with a sailplane that went wrong and resulted in a survival
situation? It will be re-enacted. I have the actors. I have the sailplanes.
I will get the camera ship.

I need the story.

This will not be someone losing their yaw string and having to hitchhike to
a dress shop. It will not be JJ landing at a whorehouse with no money on
him. We are talking SURVIVAL. They will probably want to shoot in the US but
I did not ask if the story had to be an American story.

I wish I was getting paid but I am not. On the other hand, the actors will.

So either come up with an adventure or go out this weekend, land out in a
frozen wasteland, survive by eating your parachute, hike out to
civilization, loose two fingers to frostbite and come home a wiser man or
woman. (Do women get wiser or is that just they are?)

Thank you. And be quick.

Seriously- what about the guy (retired airline pilot, i think) flying
his daughter's 1-26 in florida that went into the bottom of a cu-nim,
and then after a few fairly violent "technical difficulties" fell out
the bottom minus a wing, and survived...........and he wasn't wearing
a chute. the glider w/passenger at this point dropped into some
dense/tall trees, then brush, and the guy walked away. It was in
"soaring" in the mid '90's, and told in two parellel narratives, one
from the paniced tow pilot who saw one wing drop out of the cloud into
a lake on a golf course, and the other from the pilot "riding" the
rest of the 1-26 to the ground. One of the most amazing (good)
accident outcomes.

My memory is fuzzy but ... there was a story in a John Joss(?) book
called _Soar America_ (?) from the days of free distance tasks. Some
pilot in a comp near Chicago (?) got caught up in the leading edge of
a front or squall line and got swept along for some sort of record (?)
distance to a rainy landing in some unknown place, eventually
determined to be Indiana or Ohio (?). The distance he flew was the
result of survival decisions. Perhaps something like that could be
folded into a Wild West story.

John Joss had that excellent wild west soaring adventure book, _Sierra
Sierra_ , about a record distance flight from Seattle to Death Valley.
The moment I read it I thought it'd be a good movie. It sure had a
Top Gun feel to it. I saw this book for sale at Soar Minden in 2001.

I also recall some of the Joseph Lincoln writings, for example,
_Soaring for Diamonds_, having an exotic feel, like the record/badge
attempts around the Big Bend of Texas.

Good Luck,
John


"John Shelton" wrote in message hlink.net...
Ladies and Gentlemen:

I have been contacted by a television production company creating a series
on adventure sports. They were very impressed with the crappy media I gave
them about soaring and would like to include an "expedition" if we can meet
their parameters.

It is Friday afternoon and I have until Monday to come up with something.

So, put on your thinking hats: Do you know of an expedition (they call it)
conducted with a sailplane that went wrong and resulted in a survival
situation? It will be re-enacted. I have the actors. I have the sailplanes.
I will get the camera ship.

I need the story.

This will not be someone losing their yaw string and having to hitchhike to
a dress shop. It will not be JJ landing at a whorehouse with no money on
him. We are talking SURVIVAL. They will probably want to shoot in the US but
I did not ask if the story had to be an American story.

I wish I was getting paid but I am not. On the other hand, the actors will.

So either come up with an adventure or go out this weekend, land out in a
frozen wasteland, survive by eating your parachute, hike out to
civilization, loose two fingers to frostbite and come home a wiser man or
woman. (Do women get wiser or is that just they are?)

Thank you. And be quick.

"John Shelton" wrote in message
hlink.net...
Ladies and Gentlemen:

I have been contacted by a television production company creating a
series
on adventure sports. They were very impressed with the crappy media I
gave
them about soaring and would like to include an "expedition" if we can
meet
their parameters.

It is Friday afternoon and I have until Monday to come up with something.

So, put on your thinking hats: Do you know of an expedition (they call
it)
conducted with a sailplane that went wrong and resulted in a survival
situation? It will be re-enacted. I have the actors. I have the
sailplanes.
I will get the camera ship.

I need the story.

This will not be someone losing their yaw string and having to hitchhike
to
a dress shop. It will not be JJ landing at a whorehouse with no money on
him. We are talking SURVIVAL. They will probably want to shoot in the US
but
I did not ask if the story had to be an American story.

I wish I was getting paid but I am not. On the other hand, the actors
will.

So either come up with an adventure or go out this weekend, land out in a
frozen wasteland, survive by eating your parachute, hike out to
civilization, loose two fingers to frostbite and come home a wiser man or
woman. (Do women get wiser or is that just they are?)

Thank you. And be quick.

How about a 500 km triangle race somewhere in the great basin (Tonopah?)
between a 4WD vehicle and a sailplane?
Put the turnpoints somewhere fairly remote.
The camera on the 4WD lets the viewers see the ruggedness of the terrain up
close.
On a booming day, though, it's going to look too easy in the sailplane.

Tim Ward

wasn't there a story a few years back.. same idea.. the glider pilot
launched in the Ohio area in front of a fast moving storm and landed near
Cape Cod Mass.. he was going for distance... he got it.. and with no crew it
was time to rent a large Uhaul truck and fabricate a cradle to hold the
wings and fuselage to get it back home.

Not really a land out survival issue, but some technical issues to resolve

BT

"John W" wrote in message
om...
My memory is fuzzy but ... there was a story in a John Joss(?) book
called _Soar America_ (?) from the days of free distance tasks. Some
pilot in a comp near Chicago (?) got caught up in the leading edge of
a front or squall line and got swept along for some sort of record (?)
distance to a rainy landing in some unknown place, eventually
determined to be Indiana or Ohio (?). The distance he flew was the
result of survival decisions. Perhaps something like that could be
folded into a Wild West story.

John Joss had that excellent wild west soaring adventure book, _Sierra
Sierra_ , about a record distance flight from Seattle to Death Valley.
The moment I read it I thought it'd be a good movie. It sure had a
Top Gun feel to it. I saw this book for sale at Soar Minden in 2001.

I also recall some of the Joseph Lincoln writings, for example,
_Soaring for Diamonds_, having an exotic feel, like the record/badge
attempts around the Big Bend of Texas.

Good Luck,
John


"John Shelton" wrote in message
hlink.net...
Ladies and Gentlemen:

I have been contacted by a television production company creating a
series
on adventure sports. They were very impressed with the crappy media I
gave
them about soaring and would like to include an "expedition" if we can
meet
their parameters.

It is Friday afternoon and I have until Monday to come up with
something.

So, put on your thinking hats: Do you know of an expedition (they call
it)
conducted with a sailplane that went wrong and resulted in a survival
situation? It will be re-enacted. I have the actors. I have the
sailplanes.
I will get the camera ship.

I need the story.

This will not be someone losing their yaw string and having to hitchhike
to
a dress shop. It will not be JJ landing at a whorehouse with no money on
him. We are talking SURVIVAL. They will probably want to shoot in the US
but
I did not ask if the story had to be an American story.

I wish I was getting paid but I am not. On the other hand, the actors
will.

So either come up with an adventure or go out this weekend, land out in
a
frozen wasteland, survive by eating your parachute, hike out to
civilization, loose two fingers to frostbite and come home a wiser man
or
woman. (Do women get wiser or is that just they are?)

Thank you. And be quick.

wasn't there a story a few years back.. same idea.. the glider pilot
launched in the Ohio area in front of a fast moving storm and landed near
Cape Cod Mass.. he

There was a German student who, in the very early 70's spent a summer at
Pearblossom. He had use of a Libille and would fly out as far as he could go,
tie the glider down and hitchhike back to get the trailer, get the glider and
do it again. He had some interesting adventures in the wilds of Nevada. You
could do a weekly show on his adventures, most on the ground.

Bruce Patton

There was a German student who, in the very early 70's spent a summer at
Pearblossom. He had use of a Libille and would fly out as far as he could
go, tie the glider down and hitchhike back to get the trailer...

Sounds like Peter Reichelt (?), who also flew his Phoebus B in Santa Ana
wave out to Catalina Island and landed there. Similar loner
endurance/wanderer stories about the French pilot (later a fixture in the
Sierras) who went border to border with his Libelle by auto-launch from
wherever he landed. The guy who went coast-to-coast alone in his 1-23 in
the 1960s

Sounds like Peter Reichelt (?), who also flew his Phoebus B in Santa Ana
wave out to Catalina Island and landed there.

Did he aero tow back?

My memory is fuzzy but ... there was a story in a John Joss(?) book
Some pilot in a comp near Chicago (?) got caught up in...

Jack Lambie (RIP). SGU 1-19. "My storm flight over Chicago". During an
Intercollegiate contest with Purdue.

John Joss had that excellent wild west soaring adventure book, _Sierra
Sierra_ ... The moment I read it I thought it'd be a good movie.

Ditto. The fantasy record flight has been beaten in reality by Ohlman.

During the 1987 regionals at Minden a pilot (Jerry Hartshorn??) was flying
north above a broken towering cumulus cloud base near Air Sailing. He
finally reached the end of the cloud canyons with no way to go further
ahead. He turned around to retreat and clouds were blocking that direction,
too. He was completely encircled by clouds. He then circled "until my
wheel started rolling". He had landed on a mountain top near a small pond,
but being above cloud base for so long (and still above cloud base!) was not
sure exactly where he was (this was before GPS). The glider and pilot were
unhurt and the pilot was able to contact an airliner to share his
predicament. He spent the night in the glider, with it raining most of the
time. He used his parachute for insulation. Finally, by the end of the
following evening, he was lifted out by a helicopter, after they finally
figured out where he was. The next three days were spent unsuccessfully
trying to get the trailer to the ship in thunderstorm and flash flood
conditions. The glider was finally retrieved by helicopter, IIRC. True
story.
-Bob Korves

"John Shelton" wrote in message
link.net...
Ladies and Gentlemen:

I have been contacted by a television production company creating a series
on adventure sports. They were very impressed with the crappy media I gave
them about soaring and would like to include an "expedition" if we can
meet
their parameters.

It is Friday afternoon and I have until Monday to come up with something.

So, put on your thinking hats: Do you know of an expedition (they call it)
conducted with a sailplane that went wrong and resulted in a survival
situation? It will be re-enacted. I have the actors. I have the
sailplanes.
I will get the camera ship.

I need the story.

This will not be someone losing their yaw string and having to hitchhike
to
a dress shop. It will not be JJ landing at a whorehouse with no money on
him. We are talking SURVIVAL. They will probably want to shoot in the US
but
I did not ask if the story had to be an American story.

I wish I was getting paid but I am not. On the other hand, the actors
will.

So either come up with an adventure or go out this weekend, land out in a
frozen wasteland, survive by eating your parachute, hike out to
civilization, loose two fingers to frostbite and come home a wiser man or
woman. (Do women get wiser or is that just they are?)

Thank you. And be quick.