gliders in movies

Jono Richards wrote:
UK Smokin Vid was a DVD made by some British Juniors...it
involves a mix of competition flying, ridges, wave,
interviews with some of the best Junior pilots we have
in Britain, and needless to say, beat-ups (hence, Smokin!)
It is about half an hour long, but unfortunately they
dont make it any more (sold out!) However, I am sure
if you put an advert on gp.net someone would have a
copy? Or maybe enough interest from the American sector
would ignite a few more copies...

I can honestly say it is the best DVD for gliding I
have ever seen, and shows gliding at its best in Britain.

That does sound like a treat.

Anyone in my neck of the woods (the San Francisco are) have a copy?

Johan Larson

MickiMinner wrote:
I knew about the movies that having gliding/sailplanes in them that
have already been mentioned (even checked out the video a couple of
weeks ago!)
However, I KNOW that I watched an old B&W movie with Stuart Whitman,
about the glider corp before D-Day in WWII. I have been trying to find
it ever since, any ideas?

Here's Stuart Whitman's IMDB page: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0926183/

None of the movies look exactly like what you are describing, but here
are some plausible candidates:

"The Last Escape" (1970) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065966/
"Darby's Rangers" (1958) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065966/
"Bombers B-52" (1957) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050204/

Johan Larson

Right mate, I have found a 'taster' video of Smokin
on a University Club website... its not anywhere near
as good as the 2004 version, but its the 2003 one and
is pretty good.

Quality not brilliant but you get the idea.

I think main differences between this and 2004 one
is that there is much more 'action' in the latter,
where this one has quite a bit of just bimbleing around...

anyway, heres the link:

http://users.ox.ac.uk/~gliding/links.html

Enjoy!

JR

At 02:12 18 March 2006, wrote:

Jono Richards wrote:
UK Smokin Vid was a DVD made by some British Juniors...it
involves a mix of competition flying, ridges, wave,
interviews with some of the best Junior pilots we
have
in Britain, and needless to say, beat-ups (hence,
Smokin!)
It is about half an hour long, but unfortunately they
dont make it any more (sold out!) However, I am sure
if you put an advert on gp.net someone would have
a
copy? Or maybe enough interest from the American sector
would ignite a few more copies...

I can honestly say it is the best DVD for gliding
I
have ever seen, and shows gliding at its best in Britain.

That does sound like a treat.

Anyone in my neck of the woods (the San Francisco are)
have a copy?

Johan Larson

Thomas Crown Affair (both pilatus B4 with Steeve mac Queen and duo Discus
with Pierce Brosnan)
a écrit dans le message de news:
...
Has anyone compiled a list of movies in which gliders appear? I tried
googling, and it turned up some of the obvious names, such as _The
Thomas Crown Affair_ and _The Boy Who Flew With Condors_, but nothing
like a comprehensive listing.

Johan Larson (whose interest in soaring was triggered by a brief scene
in the movie _Wind_)

"Herve Hurlin" wrote in message
...
Thomas Crown Affair (both pilatus B4 with Steeve mac Queen and duo Discus
with Pierce Brosnan)

Steve flew a 1-23

schrieb:

Has anyone compiled a list of movies in which gliders appear? I tried
googling, and it turned up some of the obvious names, such as _The
Thomas Crown Affair_ and _The Boy Who Flew With Condors_, but nothing
like a comprehensive listing.

Johan Larson (whose interest in soaring was triggered by a brief scene
in the movie _Wind_)

The Sky Trap
A young glider pilot gets in trouble after disturbing some drug dealers
after an outlanding near the US/Mexican border.
I haven't seen the whole thing but there are only few moments in it
without a glider. Mostly Blanik.

Interestingly http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0348049/ says it's a British
production,
http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movie...ml?v_id=129031 says it's
US.

Regards
Marcel Duenner

Well, if we're going to include made-for-TV movies, we must not forget
Skyward, 1980, directed by Ron Howard. A parapalegic girl follows a
pair of Jantars to the local airport, takes flying lessons, even goes
for a ride with Derek Piggot in a 2-32.


MaD wrote:
The Sky Trap
A young glider pilot gets in trouble after disturbing some drug dealers
after an outlanding near the US/Mexican border.
I haven't seen the whole thing but there are only few moments in it
without a glider. Mostly Blanik.

Interestingly http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0348049/ says it's a British
production,
http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movie...ml?v_id=129031 says it's
US.

Regards
Marcel Duenner

wrote:
Has anyone compiled a list of movies in which gliders appear? I tried
googling, and it turned up some of the obvious names, such as _The
Thomas Crown Affair_ and _The Boy Who Flew With Condors_, but nothing
like a comprehensive listing.

Didn't Sabrina Jackintell make a brief appearance? It could have been
on television show rather than a movie. Saw a photo of Sabrina in
Soaring magazine and at first thought she was a professional model...

Regards,

-Doug

Hmm, I found the original UK smokin' vid (2003) much more interesting
than the admittedly more polished 2004 version.

No question about the quality difference, though - and they are both
fun to watch.

Again - not exactly on topic with the original post, but "A Fine Week
Of Soaring" is the best video I've found to show what glider racing is
all about - even my non-soaring pilot friends find it interesting.

KIrk
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Eagle's nest (I think, but I'm not sure)
WW-II Pow's in a castle in the mountians make a two place glider to escape
from an escape proof prison and fly to Switzerland.

"The Birdmen" (1971, TV). Doug McClure, Chuck Connors.