goldwing 0 #1 September 14, 2012 Anyone have the film/video of Mirror Image at Pope Valley from 1978/79 on DVD? Background music was Steve Miller's "Swingtown".You haven't lived until you've almost died" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
darkwing 5 #2 September 14, 2012 I wish I did. That was some great film. I watched it many times. I'm pretty sure when I saw it it was either BJ's copy or Rande Deluca's. I don't think there were many copies. Possibly only one. -- Jeff My Skydiving History Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cosmobuddy 0 #3 September 15, 2012 We had a 16MM copy but it disappeared 20+ years ago. It sure would be great if it was resurrected.www.SkydiveLostPrairie.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steve1 5 #4 September 17, 2012 You might call Hod Sanders at Sky Dive Montana, in Missoula. I think B.J. has an address in Whitefish. Maybe they can steer you in the right direction. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
682beretta 1 #5 September 19, 2012 I believe the title was "Rainbow Magic" It ran about 45 minutes. I have a copy I got from Rande (Becky Livingstone) back in '79 or '80. Barney Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StreetScooby 5 #6 October 25, 2012 I would love to see that! I had just started jumping in 1986, moved to the SF Bay Area. Trekked to Lodi on the weekends. My very first weekend, I walked up to the hangar to see Mirror Image, Coors, and Army dirt diving 8-ways. A couple of months after that, went out to the DZ on a Wednesday afternoon. Bungie said I could follow Mirror Image out of Dause's Beech ("BTW, I don't want to see you" ). Tom Sanders was videoing. That dive absolutely blew me away! I didn't think it was possible to do the things they were doing, with such control. I've been a RW-junkie ever since. We are all engines of karma Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
frontfloater 0 #7 August 8, 2013 There were actually two movies. It's over 30 years since I saw it, but as far as I recall "Mirror Image" featured the team's training jumps for the 1977 world meet, and was about 40 minutes long. The opening scene showed a jumper with his arms crossed being thrown bodily out of a DC3 door, as if being "cast to the winds" - at least, that's how I interpreted it as a novice jumper. There was a load of great music, including Bowie's "Starman" and some Steve Miller tracks. "Rainbow Magic" was much shorter, and showed the training jumps for the 79 world meet. You can watch the whole of this movie on YouTube, here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8b_9z741JIo It's a different world, from the days when you could win the world meet with a 6 or 7 point average and 2 yards of separation between points. Those guys had great control, not because of but in spite of (as we now know) huge winged jumpsuits. Call me old-school, but I still think that freefall footage looks more "real" with lots of suit material flapping in the breeze. So - anyone got a copy of "Mirror Image" to upload? Please, BJ .... BOB Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
goldwing 0 #8 August 24, 2013 Rainbow Magic is the one, just wish I could download it.You haven't lived until you've almost died" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
docjohn 0 #9 October 18, 2013 Just found it on You Tube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8b_9z741JIo Enjoy! Doc http://www.manifestmaster.com/video Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
