airtwardo 7 #1 July 18, 2005 Best video I've seen in a while...crank the volume...ENJOY! Cool! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 7 #3 July 18, 2005 QuoteSWEET! Derek *** That has to be some of the best Photography work going! Check out the trailer for the just released movie... Click "Trailer" (It's not the same as the above Video) For those who didn't recognize him, that's Clay Lacy flying the DC-3. Those who don't know who Clay is...time to move out of your cave. "One Six Right" is the main runway at Van Nuys airport. It holds some special meaning in our house because as a little 10 year old girl, my wife use to sit by the tower for hours on end and Dream... At 15 she got a job working the desk at a flight school there to pay for flying lessons. Something her folks thought was a REALLY dumb idea. She later worked at the school as a flight instructor, .....and now is a Captain for a Major Airline, with well over 20,000 hours...JET TIME! Through her, years ago I too flew there often... The time I remember most was when she called me at Perris, she had to leave the Great Lakes there in Van Nuys, and head to work...asked me to move it back to Orange County. I rode my motorcycle to Van Nuys and asked Corkey Fornoff to keep an eye on it. (If ya never heard of Corkey..see 'Cave' line above.) So...I'm packing my main next to the 'Lakes' on the grass by "Million Air", I hear "Planning a little relative work after the bail out?" It was Clay Lacy... I'm standing there in gym shorts, a ripped Harley Tee-Shirt, foot and a half of pony tail, and jump boots ...packing a parachute next to an open cockpit Aerobatic Bi-Wing Mr. Lacy says to me...Come on in and let me get you a cool drink....this is one story I HAVE TO HEAR! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Derekbox 0 #4 July 18, 2005 It wont be to much longer until a clip like that is released and its a preview for the newest MS Flight sim... amazing cinematography. Id like to see some out side outside video of the helicopter flying. Esp on the DC3 landing. Dbo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SwampThing 0 #5 July 18, 2005 Quote "One Six Right" is the main runway at Van Nuys airport. Quote I thought that looked familiar! The Pessimist says: "It can't possibly get any worse!" The Optimist says: "Sure it can!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
waltappel 1 #6 July 18, 2005 That is an absolutely beautiful piece of work! How the hell did they get such incredibly stable images?!!! Walt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tdog 0 #7 July 18, 2005 I was watching it while talking on the phone... Kind of "same old same old" until they showed the footage of the United plane on final... Then they cut away, and I said, "DARN, that would have been good." The rest you will have to see for yourself. Can't tell what the ending is gonna be. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Frenchy68 0 #8 July 18, 2005 QuoteThat is an absolutely beautiful piece of work! How the hell did they get such incredibly stable images?!!! Walt My guess: gyro-stabilized camera head. Kevin LaRosa, listed as Aerial Director, is known in the film industry as one of the top helicopter pilot, and flies stabilized heads on a daily basis. "For once you have tasted Absinthe you will walk the earth with your eyes turned towards the gutter, for there you have been and there you will long to return." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Acensky 0 #9 July 18, 2005 What an awsome movie. Makes me want to jump into a plane and go for a spin. HeatherGarbage bags do not make good parachutes. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ACMESkydiver 0 #10 July 19, 2005 Very cool clip, and a great story you included a couple posts below, too. I am not a pilot. but tomorrow brings me closer...~Jaye Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LearningTOfly 0 #11 July 19, 2005 Thanks for the link- That footage is incredible! Couple that with the soundtrack, and the Pitts- I got goosebumps, lol. Awesome stuff Blue skies Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
missg8tordivr 0 #12 July 19, 2005 Very nice....makes me wanna be a pilot *** F LORIDA! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 7 #13 July 19, 2005 Kevin LaRosa, listed as Aerial Director, is known in the film industry as one of the top helicopter pilot *** As I seem to recall...... Didn't Kevin do the aerial stuff for "War of the Worlds"? ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hooknswoop 19 #14 July 28, 2005 http://www.negative-shock.net/view-371 Derek Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hipwrddude 0 #15 July 30, 2005 Thanks for sharing that experience. For me, not being a pilot but more of a historian, what those aircraft represent, soaring the skies in their splendor, was awe inspiring. To anyone in aviation, the DC-10 was the most successful aircraft of its' generation, both technologically and commercially. Thanks. That was some cool shit! You're always the starter in your own life! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rookie120 0 #16 July 30, 2005 Wow I still have goose bumps from that P-51. I damn near get a tear everytime I see that thing anywhere. I think the only thing better that being able to see and hear that thing fly is talking to the old timers who flew them in the war. I highly suggest everybody go to Oshkosh or Sun/n-Fun and talk to some of these guys. The stories they tell are priceless. It's sad that a lot of them are passing on and leaving us. The DC-3 is a beaut. The camera work is unbelievable. I wish I could get some good views of me flying like that but I dont think it's gonna happen. I just reserved my copy for when it is released. Thank's sooooo much for sharing that.If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RevJim 0 #17 July 30, 2005 QuoteBest video I've seen in a while...crank the volume...ENJOY! Cool! Wow. Really, that's all I can say through the goosebumps. Wow.It's your life, live it! Karma RB#684 "Corcho", ASK#60, Muff#3520, NCB#398, NHDZ#4, C-33989, DG#1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #18 July 30, 2005 QuoteENJOY - You bet I did. There's something deeply satisfying and almost primeval about watching really graceful flying like that. It touches something way down inside. It's kind of like when I'm flying alone on my paraglider (which is special in it's own right) but then, if a big bird accepts me and shares the sky with me, even for a moment..... a truely magical, emotional feeling. Thanks . (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
packing_jarrett 0 #19 July 31, 2005 Dude thats flippin sweet, thats what it is. I mean with the P-51 and what was that other thing? a B-26? and the DC-3 and the shots. OMG what a rush it would be to be the camera dude to be taking those kind of shotsNa' Cho' Cheese Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
