Not Too Late to Buy A DVD for Xmas!
Soon the world's ultimate high-speed pilot is going to make an epic flight across North America, and in an open cockpit. No I am not talking about Mike Melvill and Spaceship 2, but Santa Claus and his supersonic reindeer sled. There is still time to get a DVD in his satchel for delivery to your friends and loved ones. Simply click here.
Already got a DVD? Then you might consider ordering a copy of A History of Murphy's Law, a non-fiction book I wrote a number of years ago. It recounts the true story of how Murphy's Law was discovered at Edwards Air Force Base back in the 40s. This book, which recently was translated into Finnish, was a big hit at our NASA event (see below). To order click here!
Putting 2009 into Perspective — and Two Big Screenings in Early 2010!
2009 has been a wonderful year for The Legend of Pancho Barnes. Well, six months of it anyway! We premiered the film at the NewFest Film Festival in Manhattan in June, and since that time we've done a dozen events including the Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival, and screenings at NASA, the Arlington Air Show, the Planes of Fame Air Museum, the Celebration of Women in Aviation, the Flying M Ranch and of course, our special Los Angeles premiere screening at the Aero Theater. Those of you who made it to that event definitely had a night to remember.
2010 looks like it will also be about as exciting as Pancho in her flying boots! We'll kick off the year with a screening to benefit the KOCE-TV Foundation on January 6th in Mission Viejo, Ca (click here for details and to buy tickets). We'll follow that with a Pasadena screening on February 25th to benefit KOCE-TV and two wonderful local history organizations, Heritage Square and the Pasadena Museum of History (click here for details and to buy tickets). There are several other screenings in California and beyond that we'll announce as the details fall into place.
All of this should (knock on wood) lead up to a television broadcast sometime in mid-2010. We do not yet have the details, but our show has been submitted into the public television review process and we hope to have an air date announcement shortly.
WONDERFUL SCREENING AT NASA ...
Director Amanda Pope and cinematographer Clay Westervelt and I spent the better part of a day at NASA's Dryden facility, where we showed the film and got the grand tour of this famed flight test and research laboratory. (See our Facebook page for the photos).
One of the highlights included a trip out to the edge of the Rodgers Dry Lake, where twin 747s are stored. These special aircraft have been rigged to carry the Space Shuttle from Edwards, where it lands on occasion, back to Florida. "We always tell the pilots before they take off," said our tour guide Cam Martin with a wry wink, "'No pressure but you have the future of the entire agency riding with you.'" With only a handful of shuttle flights left on the schedule (as the shuttle is to be retired) these airplanes' fate is undetermined.
To read more, visit our Production Journal on-line by clicking here and scrolling down.
... AND A TERRIFIC EVENT AT NILES
The Niles Essanay Silent Movie Museum and Theater was the site of another awesome event (see Facebook for the photos), and joining us for all the fun was Shawna Kelly. Shawna is the granddaughter of B.H. "Daredevil" Delay, who was one of the pioneer aerial stuntmen. Delay is credited with being the first stuntman to, get this, transition from the saddle of a horse to the front seat of a biplane in flight. He later did an update going from an automobile seat to an airplane cockpit. Anyway, Shawna is a pilot herself and the author of Aviators in Early Hollywood, a neat picture book from Arcadia Press that is chock full of photos of stunt pilots and their exploits, and yes Pancho is in there. You might want to consider it for your holiday shopping list, as it's a whole heck of a lot of fun and the photos are simply gorgeous. (Incidentally, Arcadia is the publisher of Michael Patris' book about the Mt. Lowe Railway -- another stocking stuffer for you).
To read more, visit our Production Journal on-line by clicking here and scrolling down.
SEASONS GREETINGS
On behalf of Amanda Pope and myself and my family, seasons greetings to everyone and see you in 2010!
Soon the world's ultimate high-speed pilot is going to make an epic flight across North America, and in an open cockpit. No I am not talking about Mike Melvill and Spaceship 2, but Santa Claus and his supersonic reindeer sled. There is still time to get a DVD in his satchel for delivery to your friends and loved ones. Simply click here.
Already got a DVD? Then you might consider ordering a copy of A History of Murphy's Law, a non-fiction book I wrote a number of years ago. It recounts the true story of how Murphy's Law was discovered at Edwards Air Force Base back in the 40s. This book, which recently was translated into Finnish, was a big hit at our NASA event (see below). To order click here!
Putting 2009 into Perspective — and Two Big Screenings in Early 2010!
2009 has been a wonderful year for The Legend of Pancho Barnes. Well, six months of it anyway! We premiered the film at the NewFest Film Festival in Manhattan in June, and since that time we've done a dozen events including the Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival, and screenings at NASA, the Arlington Air Show, the Planes of Fame Air Museum, the Celebration of Women in Aviation, the Flying M Ranch and of course, our special Los Angeles premiere screening at the Aero Theater. Those of you who made it to that event definitely had a night to remember.
2010 looks like it will also be about as exciting as Pancho in her flying boots! We'll kick off the year with a screening to benefit the KOCE-TV Foundation on January 6th in Mission Viejo, Ca (click here for details and to buy tickets). We'll follow that with a Pasadena screening on February 25th to benefit KOCE-TV and two wonderful local history organizations, Heritage Square and the Pasadena Museum of History (click here for details and to buy tickets). There are several other screenings in California and beyond that we'll announce as the details fall into place.
All of this should (knock on wood) lead up to a television broadcast sometime in mid-2010. We do not yet have the details, but our show has been submitted into the public television review process and we hope to have an air date announcement shortly.
WONDERFUL SCREENING AT NASA ...
Director Amanda Pope and cinematographer Clay Westervelt and I spent the better part of a day at NASA's Dryden facility, where we showed the film and got the grand tour of this famed flight test and research laboratory. (See our Facebook page for the photos).
One of the highlights included a trip out to the edge of the Rodgers Dry Lake, where twin 747s are stored. These special aircraft have been rigged to carry the Space Shuttle from Edwards, where it lands on occasion, back to Florida. "We always tell the pilots before they take off," said our tour guide Cam Martin with a wry wink, "'No pressure but you have the future of the entire agency riding with you.'" With only a handful of shuttle flights left on the schedule (as the shuttle is to be retired) these airplanes' fate is undetermined.
To read more, visit our Production Journal on-line by clicking here and scrolling down.
... AND A TERRIFIC EVENT AT NILES
The Niles Essanay Silent Movie Museum and Theater was the site of another awesome event (see Facebook for the photos), and joining us for all the fun was Shawna Kelly. Shawna is the granddaughter of B.H. "Daredevil" Delay, who was one of the pioneer aerial stuntmen. Delay is credited with being the first stuntman to, get this, transition from the saddle of a horse to the front seat of a biplane in flight. He later did an update going from an automobile seat to an airplane cockpit. Anyway, Shawna is a pilot herself and the author of Aviators in Early Hollywood, a neat picture book from Arcadia Press that is chock full of photos of stunt pilots and their exploits, and yes Pancho is in there. You might want to consider it for your holiday shopping list, as it's a whole heck of a lot of fun and the photos are simply gorgeous. (Incidentally, Arcadia is the publisher of Michael Patris' book about the Mt. Lowe Railway -- another stocking stuffer for you).
To read more, visit our Production Journal on-line by clicking here and scrolling down.
SEASONS GREETINGS
On behalf of Amanda Pope and myself and my family, seasons greetings to everyone and see you in 2010!
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