anyone know the name of an old sailplane short film

many years ago, there was a soaring short movie that the TV stations
would sometimes use a filler late at night.
the plot was simple but striking: a man goes up in in sailplane.
another plane appears near him and kind of taunts him. he takes the
challenge, and what follows is some amazng aero-batics. they chase
each other all over the sky. in one scene, they fly low to the ground
even flying between trees so close together they have to bank to get
thru them. then they zoom up high. the pilot looks over at the chase
place to try to see who this other great pilot is, and he see's
himself in the other cockpit.

anyone out there remember this film? i'd like to see it again - in
color if it was filmed in color. B&W tv in those days. anyone know
the name, or something that would identify it enough to show up in a
google search???
thanks!

On Jan 12, 11:47*pm, shymetal wrote:
many years ago, there was a soaring short movie that the TV stations
would sometimes use a filler late at night.
the plot was simple but striking: *a man goes up in in sailplane.
another plane appears near him and kind of taunts him. *he takes the
challenge, and what follows is some amazng aero-batics. *they chase
each other all over the sky. *in one scene, they fly low to the ground
even flying between trees so close together they have to bank to get
thru them. *then they zoom up high. *the pilot looks over at the chase
place to try to see who this other great pilot is, and he see's
himself in the other cockpit.

anyone out there remember this film? *i'd like to see it again - in
color if it was filmed in color. *B&W tv in those days. *anyone know
the name, or something that would identify it enough to show up in a
google search???
thanks!

"Dawn Flight"

It used to be on YouTube but now the only place I think you can find
it is at some of the specialty soaring shops.

Try Cumulus Soaring, I think they carry it. Others may as well.

http://www.cumulus-soaring.com/videos.htm

On Jan 13, 2:47*am, shymetal wrote:
..
the plot was simple but striking: *a man goes up in in sailplane.
another plane appears near him and kind of taunts him. *he takes the
challenge, and what follows is some amazng aero-batics. *they chase
each other all over the sky.*the pilot looks over at the chase
place to try to see who this other great pilot is, and he see's
himself in the other cockpit.

anyone out there remember this film? *anyone know
the name, or something that would identify it enough to show up in a
google search???
thanks!

I know that Burt Compton sometimes showed this video at the SSA booth
during Sun-N-Fun years ago. It was a really good short film that I
think won an award. I think Burt explained the film was about the
psychological aspects of soaring, fears, anxieties...

Hi,

Correct. Dawn flight. I love that film. The plot is a little silly, but
the 1-26 aerobatics are great fun! I have it in stock.

Best Regards,

Paul Remde
Cumulus Soaring, Inc.


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On Jan 12, 11:47 pm, shymetal wrote:
many years ago, there was a soaring short movie that the TV stations
would sometimes use a filler late at night.
the plot was simple but striking: a man goes up in in sailplane.
another plane appears near him and kind of taunts him. he takes the
challenge, and what follows is some amazng aero-batics. they chase
each other all over the sky. in one scene, they fly low to the ground
even flying between trees so close together they have to bank to get
thru them. then they zoom up high. the pilot looks over at the chase
place to try to see who this other great pilot is, and he see's
himself in the other cockpit.

anyone out there remember this film? i'd like to see it again - in
color if it was filmed in color. B&W tv in those days. anyone know
the name, or something that would identify it enough to show up in a
google search???
thanks!

"Dawn Flight"

It used to be on YouTube but now the only place I think you can find
it is at some of the specialty soaring shops.

Try Cumulus Soaring, I think they carry it. Others may as well.

http://www.cumulus-soaring.com/videos.htm

At 16:40 13 January 2011, Paul Remde wrote:
Hi,

Correct. Dawn flight. I love that film. The plot is a little silly,
but

the 1-26 aerobatics are great fun! I have it in stock.

And let's remember that the film was made a long time ago (obvious from
the pilot's haircut, for one thing). All that flying is real, no CGI
involved in the film. So when you see the two 1-26s zooming through the
trees and over the water, remember that there is a camera plane following
them as well. As I recall, it was a 2-32 with a camera mount in the front
cockpit. Soaring magazine had a writeup about how the film was made. If
your copies go back far enough, you could maybe find it.

The company that filmed it makes "motivational" and inspirational films
(or at least they used to). I don't think the story was supposed to be
about gliding - just general getting over your own fears and limitations.
That part of it irritated me, but still, it's great fun to watch.

Jim Beckman

On Jan 13, 2:11*pm, Jim Beckman wrote:
At 16:40 13 January 2011, Paul Remde wrote:

Hi,

Correct. *Dawn flight. *I love that film. *The plot is a little silly,
but

the 1-26 aerobatics are great fun! *I have it in stock.

And let's remember that the film was made a long time ago (obvious from
the pilot's haircut, for one thing). *All that flying is real, no CGI
involved in the film. *So when you see the two 1-26s zooming through the
trees and over the water, remember that there is a camera plane following
them as well. *As I recall, it was a 2-32 with a camera mount in the front
cockpit. *Soaring magazine had a writeup about how the film was made. *If
your copies go back far enough, you could maybe find it.

The company that filmed it makes "motivational" and inspirational films
(or at least they used to). *I don't think the story was supposed to be
about gliding - just general getting over your own fears and limitations.
That part of it irritated me, but still, it's great fun to watch.

Jim Beckman

Anyone remember the issue?
The Soaring archives are available abd easy to use.
I have the video and spent a lot of time flying in the area where it
was filmed so I'd love to read the article.

Dan
WO

On Jan 13, 3:48*pm, Dan wrote:
On Jan 13, 2:11*pm, Jim Beckman wrote:





At 16:40 13 January 2011, Paul Remde wrote:

Hi,

Correct. *Dawn flight. *I love that film. *The plot is a little silly,
but

the 1-26 aerobatics are great fun! *I have it in stock.

And let's remember that the film was made a long time ago (obvious from
the pilot's haircut, for one thing). *All that flying is real, no CGI
involved in the film. *So when you see the two 1-26s zooming through the
trees and over the water, remember that there is a camera plane following
them as well. *As I recall, it was a 2-32 with a camera mount in the front
cockpit. *Soaring magazine had a writeup about how the film was made. *If
your copies go back far enough, you could maybe find it.

The company that filmed it makes "motivational" and inspirational films
(or at least they used to). *I don't think the story was supposed to be
about gliding - just general getting over your own fears and limitations.
That part of it irritated me, but still, it's great fun to watch.

Jim Beckman

Anyone remember the issue?
The Soaring archives are available abd easy to use.
I have the video and spent a lot of time flying in the area where it
was filmed so I'd love to read the article.

Dan
WO

June 1976, pages 14 to 20

On Jan 14, 5:40*am, "Paul Remde" wrote:
Correct. *Dawn flight. *I love that film. *The plot is a little silly, but
the 1-26 aerobatics are great fun! *I have it in stock.

While it has its interesting points, I think it's a horrible thing to
display in any sort of publicity or recruiting drive!

Everything about it just screams old old OLD. Old film, faded colours,
dated music, aircraft that clearly belong in the 50's.

There are hundreds of much better videos on youtube. Bruno's ones are
great. There's a series of ten very different flights at Omarama by
junventus e.g.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzL196HsIG4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKjEzowSZGs

Sebastian Kawa has a lot of nice videos on his channel (http://
www.youtube.com/user/kawior10) in everything from PW-5 to Diana 2 e.g.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guLdgtNOOIo


There are many many other wonderful modern videos that can be used in
promotions!

Dawn Flight should be retired.

"Dawn Flight."
There were two versions of "Dawn Flight."
The original included the pilot sleeping in the cockpit, in the hangar
overnight.
It was nominated for an Academy Award.
The shorter version had most of the flying sequences edited tightly
together.
Retire the film? If so, then make one with the exact same shots with
"modern" sailplanes.
But it is not about the sailplanes, it is about the passion of the
pilot.
It's a wonderful film.
I think I'll go watch it now, then "The Sun Ship Game" (1969),
followed by "Reunion" from the Sci-Fi TV show "One Step Beyond",
wrapping up with Disney's "Goofy's Glider" (1940.)
I could tell you much more about "Dawn Flight" and these other "OLD"
films, but why be flamed?
Ahh, the popcorn is ready. It's movie night in Marfa, Texas USA.

The guy that produced Dawn Flight is now running Sunriver Soaring.
Brian Lansburgh. He is thinking of remaking it too.

Boggs