Airspeed Update: Shooting Movies in the Sky - Webinar April 11

Friend on Facebook Follow on Twitter Forward to a Friend Airspeed Classic Episode Check out "Making Good on a Deal," the story of Steve's first aerobatic competition. Plan to Attend on Wednesday, April 11: Free EAA Webinar about Aviation Filmmaking! Airspeed is teaming up with Wilco Films and the EAA to present a free webinar on Wednesday, April 11 at 7:00 pm CDT (0000Z) entitled Making Movies In and Around Aircraft: Both Aloft and On the Ground. Tiny, affordable, and fun HD video cameras have been widely available and affordable for about two years now.  You've seen the really great results on YouTube and Vimeo, on TV, and even in feature films. You've also seen really awful results.  Sometimes on your own computer screen after you thought that you had captured footage worthy of the next great aviation epic.  How do the pros make great videos?  Are they really smarter than I am?  Surely they're using much more sophisticated equipment than I am!  And they must be smarter than I am! The fact of the matter is that the pros are now using some of the same equipment that you are.  And they're probably not a lot smarter than you are.  It's just that they've had a lot more opportunity to go through the trial and error and figure out what works.  In this free webinar, we'll give you lots of tips, tricks, and techniques to improve your flying video the very next time you go up.  Our experience comes from camming up all kinds of aircraft and looking at the results after more than 100 flights, many with up to six cameras per airplane (we reflect fondly on a mission involving a bright yellow Stearman a couple of weeks ago . . .) and some involving up to seven cameras among a formation of four jets (and, believe us, we reflect fondly on anything involving four jets).  This hard-won experience allows us to answer burning questions like these: Why does the prop look like it's flying apart or turning into a boomerang (assuming, of course, that it's not actually flying apart or turning into a boomerang)? How do I stop the camera from FOD-ing off of its suction-cup mount and hitting me in the head? All I get is footage of my nose!  How do I get wider-angle shots? Why is Gaffer Tape more important to the cohesiveness of the universe than the Higgs boson or dark matter? How do I get the best shots on the ground without a whole lot of expensive cranes and booms? How do I get good cockpit audio? What factors should I think about when mounting cameras in the cockpit for aerobatic flights? There's nowhere to mount the stupid camera!  Is there a mount type or location that I'm not thinking about? Your co-presenters are scheduled to be Steve Tupper and Will Hawkins.  You know Steve as the host of Airspeed, the Internet's best all-features aviation podcast, now in its seventh season with more than 200 episodes in the feed.  You might also know him as the director of the upcoming documentary feature film, Acro Camp.  Will is half of the creative team at Wilco Films and the director of the upcoming documentary feature film, A Pilot's Story, and as the director of photography for Acro Camp. As of today, the EAA has signed up 256 of the 1,000 available slots for this free webinar.  We want this to be the first EAA webinar that maxes out the 1,000-connection limit on the EAA's system.  Think we can do it?  Only you can answer that question!  Reserve your slot now It's convenient, it's free, and - best of all - it's a smoke-oil tank of pure awesome!  Join us on Wednesday, April 11 at 7:00 pm CDT (0000Z)!  follow on Twitter | friend on Facebook | forward to a friend  Copyright © 2012 Airspeed, LLC, All rights reserved. You're receiving this e-mail because you signed up or otherwise expressed interest in receiving updates from Airspeed. Our mailing address is: Airspeed, LLC 620 Wilshire Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302 Add us to your address book

Wilco Films at AOPA Aviation Summit

The producers of "A Pilot's Story", Rico Sharqawi & Will Hawkins are pleased to announce their participation in the first-ever AOPA Aviation Summit "GA at the Movies" Luncheon.

AOPA President and CEO Craig L. Fuller will kick off this exciting event by presenting the Joseph B. "Doc" Hartranft Award and the Laurence P. Sharples Perpetual Award to recognize each winner's contributions to general aviation.

During the three-course lunch, attendees will get a behind-the-scenes look at two aviation movies, "A Pilot's Story" and "Amelia." Will & Rico will talk with Mr. Fuller about why they're making the film, what's surprised them about pilots, and the highs and lows of the production process. Then, key contributors from "Amelia" will share their insider perspective on how the freedom and adventure of the legendary aviator's life were captured on the silver screen.

GA at the Movies Luncheon
Friday, November 6
12:00 to 1:30 P.M.
Marriott Grand Ballroom

Purchase tickets online at
http://www.aopa.org/summit/register.html


See you at Summit!

To watch trailers of "A Pilot's Story", please visit:
www.apilotsstory.com

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A MEETING OF MINDS from Red Bull Air Race News
Germany’s Matthias Dolderer has been comparing notes with fellow native Red Bull motorsport athlete, Sebastian Vettel, when the pair introduced each other to their respective disciplines last month. Perhaps two of Germany’ fastest athletes will have given each other some invaluable tips for success as they prepare for the 2009 motorsport season…

Red Bull Air Race Abu Dhabi - Emirates Business 24/7
All eyes will be trained to skies next weekend as a squadron of 15 dare-devil pilots will defy G-forces and zip their way into history at the Abu Dhabi leg of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship. Not sure what the event's all about or whom to ...

Red Bull Air Race World Championship returns to Abu Dhabi - WAM - Emirates News Agency, United Arab Emirates
Austrian high-flyer Hannes Arch will have the backing of the city of Abu Dhabi when he launches the defence of his world title at the opening round of the 2009 Red Bull Air Race World Championship in the UAE capital on ...

RED BULL AIR RACE UPDATES by Smoke-On

• The Record: And they’re off… Red Bull Pilots ready to race MX
• Nigel Lamb Blog Update: Short Finals
• Red Bull Air Race Official Site: A Meeting Of Minds
• Abu Dhabi Update: Glen Dell Engine Problems
• Extreme365.com: Teamwork Paying Off for Aussie Ace Hall
• Yoshi Muroyas Website Now Has More Content
• Flight into fantasy

Day In The Sky from www.dayinthesky.org (Wilco Films)
Saturday April 18, 2009 will be a very special day atthe Watsonville,CA Airport as Shared Adventures of Santa Cruz CA organizesfree airplane rides to challenged children and their guestsfrom all over Northern California. Kids from 8 thru 17 years ofage with special challenges or disabilities were welcome.

Flying for a cheap thrill - KTVO, mo
The main attraction will be the Golden Knights US Army Parachute Team. The Kirksville Air Festival is scheduled for September 11-12. Tickets are already on sale at www.kvairfest.com for $10 a car load. With the start of air show season, our Fact Finder ...

Raymond Ives, WWII veteran, dead at 88 - Newsday, NY
In 1943 Ray Ives was assigned to fly a B-17 bomber across the Atlantic to England. After flying 5 missions, on Oct. 14, 1943, he was shot down en route to Schweinfurt, Germany. Ives survived a bailout of 20000 feet into the French countryside, ...

Navy parades its wares in harbour rendezvous - Great Lakes Advocate, Australia
The morning's events will include a 21-gun salute from HMAS Sydney and, weather permitting, a flypast by a navy Sea King helicopter carrying a large Australian white ensign. That will be followed by a flypast of navy Sea King and Sea Hawk helicopters ...

Classic Fighters 2009 #1: Introduction from Rodney's Aviation Ramblings
Wow! Another airshow! This time, it was the Classic Fighters Airshow held at Omaka aerodrome this weekend. As expected it was an excellent airshow and well worth the visit... the only problem is that I took a lot of photos, and now I have to sort them out and try to decide which ones to post. To give you an idea, I took 601 photos. I have culled that down to 442 pictures by eliminating the out of focus [well, most of them!], boring and just plan rubbish :-) shots. Probably a lot more culling to occur. ...

Classic Fighters 2009 #2: RAAF Caribou from Rodney's Aviation Ramblings
For me, one of the signature aircraft for the airshow [although not my favourite as we will see in another post] was the Royal Australian Air Force [RAAF] de Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou, operated by the RAAF's No. 38 Squadron.
This is the first time I have seen a Caribou, and probably just as well I did as the RAAF is due to retire these aircraft later this year. In fact, this particular aircraft [A4-195] had a 45 years of operations logo painted on the front-left of the fuselage. ...

Aerobatic Racing...A NEW Motorsport! from FenceCheck Forums
If a picture is worth a thousand words ten a video must be worth 1,000,000 words...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWj-vLEXX7U

Modern Prototypes Help Old Fighter Fly Again from Military Photos by Lt-Col A. Tack
Connecticut Corsair, Chester, CT, is restoring an F4U Corsair fighter aircraft, a complex World War II fighter plane. The company is restoring the “main beam,” or spar, using SolidWorks 3D CAD design software. ...

Young Eagles program offers free flights to north state kids - Record-Searchlight, CA
By Jim Schultz (Contact) These young eagles are children ranging in age from 8 to 17 who will get the chance to fly free with experienced pilots during Young Eagles Day next Saturday at Benton Airpark off Placer Street in Redding. ...

Around the world in home-built airplane from www.sun-sentinel.com
WEST LANTANA - Imagine riding from Palm Beach County to Orlando in an MG Midget or a Mazda Miata — eating, using a laptop and, maybe, wanting to use the bathroom all at once.
That's what it will be like for a German couple who left Lantana airport Monday on a three-year world journey in a small, homemade aircraft.
"Every small space is used," said Detlef Heun, who along with his fiancee, Liliana Tagliamonte, headed for the Bahamas in the RV-7 airplane they bought in 2005 and built from a kit over three years.

The LA Times tips over the OXCART from Dick's Rocket Dungeon
The LA Times has a really interesting article about Area 51. With the declassification of the top secret OXCART project, five ex-Area 51 employees can now spill their guts about their experiences there, including speculation about where many UFO stories have originated from. Cool stuff. ... From Wikipedia, I see OXCART was the code name for the Lockheed A-12, a precursor to the SR-71 Blackbird (pictured).

Spectacular air show this year - Yuma Sun
I want to thank MCAS for a spectacular day of precision flying by our military personnel at the annual air show. The flying done by the vintage and stunt pilots, doing loop the loops and "hammer heads" was breath-stopping.

Monterey Peninsula Radio Control Fliers Club take wing with remote ...
The Salinas Californian, CA
Caresani flies to-scale World War II "war birds," or combat aircraft. "For me, the fun is building something and getting it to fly and do maneuvers," he said. After so many years at the site, the club is now seeking a new location nearby. ...

Top Trumps - by NickM.
I have thought for a while that I just hadda do an aviation “top list”. So I’ve decided to do something slightly different. It’s the Oscars.
Best Fighter, Best Bomber, Best Transport ...

The Amazing folding F-16 by Kaasjager
Sexiest airplanes of all time... from FlightAware
AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONAL AIRSHOW　その5, 4, 3, 2, 1
Hannes Arch's race plane in the hangar, Abu Dhabi branded on Twitpic
Had a blast flying the 58T on my first solo job in it! from The Adventures of Chopper Chick!
Lightning strikes behind two F/A-18C Hornet strike fighters from www.air-attack.com

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Indy aircraft machine shop closes, idles last 50 staff from IndyStar.com
Only weeks after executives of an aircraft machine shop at Indianapolis International Airport assured mechanics plenty of work was on hand, the shop has closed, ending another turbulent chapter in the city's aviation industry.

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A Pilot's Story: Lightspeed Aviation Zulu Headset Auction

A Pilot's Story Announcement Lightspeed Zulu We are pleased to announce a new eBay auction of a Lightspeed Aviation Zulu Headset. We have been authorized by Lightspeed Aviation, one of the film's sponsors, to auction this headset. Your purchase of this headset from this auction, will directly contribute to the making of the film. To visit the auction and learn more about this amazing headset, click the link below: Lightspeed Zulu Headset A Pilot's Story www.apilotsstory.com info@wilcofilms.com

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Station set to blow away world record at air show - Desert Warrior, Arizona
Pyrotechnics ignite across the ground as members of the Commemorative Air Force fly past during the Wings Over Houston Air Show in October 2007. The Commemorative Air Force's bomb squad aims to break the world record for the longest wall of fire March ...

Greater Binghamton Air Show from www.gobroomecounty.com
The Broome County Department of Aviation and the Greater Binghamton Airport are excited to annonce that US Navy Blue Angels Flight Demonstration Team will highlight the 2009 Greater Binghamton Airshow.

Air Force Week coming to Hill June 1-7 - StandardNet, Utah
The biennial air show has been a popular Utah tradition since 1956, but was canceled in 2008 when the Air Force's premiere demonstration team, the Thunderbirds, couldn't be booked. Seemingly making up for lost time, Hill will host not only an air show ...

airshow keeps up appearances - The Australian, Australia
Mr Honnery said about 600 exhibitor companies were still expected at the airshow, with displays from 13 countries and more than 400 aircraft registered for display. The event was expected to attract delegations from 27 countries. ...

Avalon Airshow on 13 - 15 March. by Ozatwar (Peter Dunn)

Time running out for Vulcan bomber appeal - Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom
Courtesy of The Blades Aerobatic Team, the winner will fly wing-to-wing with the historic aircraft. The highest bid over the reserve of £40000 wins. In a second money-raising bid, volunteers were being urged to spread the word on Facebook, ...

What Happened to Steve Jones? - Bleacher Report
However, it turns out according to the Red Bull Air Race, that the senior Boeing 747 captain at British Airways was unable to secure himself for one of the 15 spots that was offered this year and thus is unable to race in 2009. However, his career with ...

Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum Celebrates Women in Aviation on ... - Helicopter Association International, VA
In honor of Women in Aviation day, the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum has invited Col. Virginia Thompson and aviation artist Sharon Rajnus to speak about their experiences in the aviation industry on Saturday, March 7. Col. ...

The Hill Aerospace Museum of Tomorrow from The Unwanted Blog by admin
About two months ago I visited the museum and found a diorama on display showing a proposed expansion, which would bring most of the currently outdoor aircraft indoors. Some of the aircraft shown in model form are merely "hoped for" dispalys, but most of them are on-hand or in negotiations. The one problem I have with this is just how tightly packed the displays would be…. decent photography would be virtually impossible.
Still, it'd be good to get them in out of the weather. The largest of the three hangars shown here is the proposed new building; the other two are the current museum, with the current displays.

Museum to get airship attraction - Scotsman
The flight museum will display a 90-year-old bottle of brandy that the ship's doctor took with him on the round trip, and an aero engine once owned by flight pioneer Wilbur Wright.

1978 plane crash recalled in new exhibit - The Denver Post
The rescue is, and remains, a landmark in the national history of the Civil Air Patrol, founded in 1941.

Reno Air Races 1970 Darryl Greenamyer And Conquest 1 - from Airpigz Blog by Martt Clupper
Because my dad was both an airline pilot and an airplane nut, I had a bazillion awesome opportunities when I was a kid to see some amazing things in the world of aviation. Like the 1970 Reno Air Races where a record 60,000 people attended!
If you didn't know better, it would be easy to think the airplane in the picture is just another everyday F-8 Bearcat racer with a really big prop. Well, it's a whole lot more than that! This is the fastest piston engine airplane in the world in 1970! Darryl Greenamyer flew the big white Conquest 1 to a record setting speed of 483.041mph on August 16, 1969. ...

Gloria Maxine Reiss Brightwell Almack - Coshocton Tribune, OH
During World War II, she was a B-25 and P-38 Bullet Proof Gasoline Airplane Tank builder and Inspector at Firestone. In Holmes County, past Brownie Scout Troop Leader, past president of Daughters of America, past president of Ladies Christian ...

Pilot's family to receive dog tags 50 years later - WFLX Fox 29, FL
(AP) - The California family of a Blue Angels pilot killed when his plane crashed near the Gulf of Mexico 50 years ago will soon receive some of his personal items. An Alabama woman found Cmdr. Robert Nicholls Glasgow's dog tag and a small metal emblem ...

Flight Lieutenant Gil Graham - Telegraph
Flight Lieutenant Gil Graham, who has died aged 91, was one of the RAF's most successful air gunners in the Mediterranean theatre, where his marksmanship accounted for a number of enemy aircraft, including a mammoth Messerschmitt Me 323 transport.

Movie from the cockpit of Wright Brothers aircraft (apparently) from Unusual Attitude by Kieran Daly
Wouldn't it be cool to see what it was like flying one of the Wright Brothers' aircraft - you know, if they had mounted a movie camera on it to see the pilot's eye view? Would never have happened of course.
Except it seems, to my astonishment, that it did. In Italy, in 1909. And here's the movie. Or so it seems. This is real, right???

Concorde from Neptunus Lex by lex
Occasional reader Jim send along this video of a Concorde crew performing a descent, approach and landing.
Clipped British Accents, crew coordination and fast metal. Pretty cool, for those who like that sort of thing.

Monitoring one BIG baby from AOPA Pilot Blog: Reporting Points by Tom Haines
A blimp is like a child that never grows up. From the day its 200,000 cubic foot envelope is inflated, a Goodyear blimp is monitored 24/7–never left alone. I visited the Goodyear Spirit of Innovation today at its gigantic hangar on the airport at Pompano Beach Airport in Florida. The 200-foot blimp looks almost like a toy inside the enormous span. I'm told they can actually fit two of the blimps inside, although it must surely be tight. You can easily read the big Goodyear on the side of the hangar from space! Check out the satellite view from Google; switch to satellite view, search on "Pompano Beach Airpark, FL" and zoom: http://maps.google.com/maps?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8 [more]

LoPresti First Saturday to benefit Boy Scouts, feature film "A Pilot's Story" - from www.generalaviationnews.com
LoPresti Aviation will hold its March First Saturday event in the LoPresti hangar on the north ramp of the Vero Beach airport on March 7, starting at 9 am. LoPresti First Saturday is about connecting aviation to modern America, said David LoPresti. The event will feature Wilco Films' "A Pilot's Story."
"When I saw the trailer for A Pilot's Story I immediately thought that these guys would be great as First Saturday speakers. The tone of this film matches our First Saturday events, connecting aviation and airports to our local community. The imagery of the film was great and after meeting Will Hawkins and Rico Sharqawi on I just knew that these guys could tell a great story," LoPresti said.

World War II ace out of jail after 8 years from Air Force Times - News
BARTOW, Fla. — An 87-year-old World War II hero who has been behind bars for more than eight years for terrorizing one of his ex-wives in central Florida was sent home by a judge Tuesday, despite a prosecutor's claims that he's still a dangerous man.

Western Washington 2008 Flight Instructor of the Year Announced from Vertical Online
The FAA Seattle Flight Standards office, which represents all of Western Washington, presented Classic Helicopter Corporation's Kelly Anderson with the 2008 Flight Instructor of the Year award. Mr. Anderson received this honor on February 21 at the 26th Annual Northwest Aviation Conference and Trade Show in Puyallup, Washington. ...

Milestones of Flight: 3/5 from Cut and Paste Aviation by KenInfinite

World's Biggest Space Party Comes to Hampton Roads - American Chronicle, CA
Partygoers will join 198 cities, in 51 countries, for Yuri's Night, a celebration of space exploration, April 4, 2009, from 7 pm to midnight at the Virginia Air & Space Center in downtown Hampton. Yuri's Night Hampton Roads' high-tech theme will focus ...

Rocket Racing League Needs State Money to Build NM Aerospace ... by Doug Messier
In October 2006, Rocket Racing League announced intentions to build an aerospace park on 171.35 acres just south of Las Cruces International Airport. But the deadline to formally acquire the land passed on Sunday. ...

Rewarding Sky-High Innovation « Words by Woods by Jim
Peter Diamandis recounts the history of the prize, and his efforts to privatize space, including his ventures Zero Gravity Corp., the International Space University, and Space Adventures. Also, he discusses his new Rocket Racing League. ...

Inverted Again! from Airspeed by Stephen Force (Steve Tupper)

WW II ship sinking survivor to relate harrowing tale in Fort Myers - The News-Press, FL
Harlan Twible, survivor of the sinking of the USS Indianapolis, will share his story of courage and leadership in Fort Myers on Sunday. Twible's appearance at Royal Palm Yacht Club is part of the Uncommon Friends Foundation Legacy Speakers Series. ...

Soviet dog flights to space from High Power Rocketry by R2K
Gawkk Video - best Thunderbird Scott Air Force Base Airshow 2008 by Gawkk_Newest (Gawkk.com)
167th Airlift Wing delivers test spacecraft for NASA mission from National Guard - Top News
It's a beautiful day to fly in St. Augustine! from Patty Wagstaff

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