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obscure reference to soaring in a movie
The movie "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" includes no soaring and no gliders, but in one scene there is a _picture_ of a sailplane hanging on the wall. http://home.comcast.net/~johan.larso..._sailplane.jpg Can anyone identify the sailplane from the picture? It's white, so probably a glass ship. T-tail. Trapezoidal wings (straight but not parallel leading and trailing edges). Johan Larson |
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obscure reference to soaring in a movie
Earlier, Johan Larson wrote:
Can anyone identify the sailplane from the picture? It's white, so probably a glass ship. T-tail. Trapezoidal wings (straight but not parallel leading and trailing edges). Here's a crop of just the framed picture, where I've pushed the brightness and contrast to make it (a bit) clearer: http://www.hpaircraft.com/misc/sunshine_sailplane_2.jpg To me, this looks like it might be a Schweizer 1-35, based on how far the canopy transparency seems to extend. But, given the angle, we can't tell much about it, it could be almost anything. The position of the horizontal stabilizer, and the apparent foreshortening of the vertical stab, suggests that it was shot from somewhere near the plane of symmetry, somewhat ahead of directly above. My guess is it was taken while thermalling. Given the composition, I'd guess it says "Aldott" on the lower right corner. Now that I think on it, it looks a bit like one of the four-fold posters that Soaring Magazine was publishing in the centerfold back in the mid-1980s. Back when I was in high-school I had the Maupin Woodstock poster on my wall. Thanks, Bob K. http://www.hpaircraft.com/hp-24 |
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obscure reference to soaring in a movie
I recall such a pic from the mid-80s that was of a 1-35 and the pilot
was clearly recognizable as a woman. That's all I recall - recently discarded all my 80s era mags. Bob Kuykendall wrote: Earlier, Johan Larson wrote: Can anyone identify the sailplane from the picture? It's white, so probably a glass ship. T-tail. Trapezoidal wings (straight but not parallel leading and trailing edges). Here's a crop of just the framed picture, where I've pushed the brightness and contrast to make it (a bit) clearer: http://www.hpaircraft.com/misc/sunshine_sailplane_2.jpg To me, this looks like it might be a Schweizer 1-35, based on how far the canopy transparency seems to extend. But, given the angle, we can't tell much about it, it could be almost anything. The position of the horizontal stabilizer, and the apparent foreshortening of the vertical stab, suggests that it was shot from somewhere near the plane of symmetry, somewhat ahead of directly above. My guess is it was taken while thermalling. Given the composition, I'd guess it says "Aldott" on the lower right corner. Now that I think on it, it looks a bit like one of the four-fold posters that Soaring Magazine was publishing in the centerfold back in the mid-1980s. Back when I was in high-school I had the Maupin Woodstock poster on my wall. Thanks, Bob K. http://www.hpaircraft.com/hp-24 |
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obscure reference to soaring in a movie
On Feb 1, 2:53 pm, Bill Watson wrote:
I recall such a pic from the mid-80s that was of a 1-35 and the pilot was clearly recognizable as a woman. That's all I recall - recently discarded all my 80s era mags. Bob Kuykendall wrote: Earlier, Johan Larson wrote: Can anyone identify the sailplane from the picture? It's white, so probably a glass ship. T-tail. Trapezoidal wings (straight but not parallel leading and trailing edges). Here's a crop of just the framed picture, where I've pushed the brightness and contrast to make it (a bit) clearer: http://www.hpaircraft.com/misc/sunshine_sailplane_2.jpg To me, this looks like it might be a Schweizer 1-35, based on how far the canopy transparency seems to extend. But, given the angle, we can't tell much about it, it could be almost anything. The position of the horizontal stabilizer, and the apparent foreshortening of the vertical stab, suggests that it was shot from somewhere near the plane of symmetry, somewhat ahead of directly above. My guess is it was taken while thermalling. Given the composition, I'd guess it says "Aldott" on the lower right corner. Now that I think on it, it looks a bit like one of the four-fold posters that Soaring Magazine was publishing in the centerfold back in the mid-1980s. Back when I was in high-school I had the Maupin Woodstock poster on my wall. Thanks, Bob K. http://www.hpaircraft.com/hp-24- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - IIRC, the 1-35 was the US Team Sweepstakes prize being flown by the winner. I thought there was another image with two gliders in it from above. Frank Whiteley |
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