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Saw the preview on National Geographic Channel, looks interesting. Has an interview with Steve Hinton.

http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/c ... 82000.html

Crash Science: Air Shows
Thursday, March 8, 2007, at 08P
Nose dives, flaming explosions and hair raising bail outs. For the world's most daring air show pilots, every phenomenal feat has the potential end in a devastating disaster. For aviation designers, a safe landing is the ultimate challenge and drives innovation to astounding new heights. You'll see some of the riskiest flying on earth and some of the mosst colossal air show crashes, as pilots defy the forces of nature, risk the odds of survival and pushing each other, and their planes to a breaking point.

RATS...We don't get NGC.

Mudge the disappointed

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Looks like an interesting show. Not sensationalist at all.

August

Agreed, what a bunch of hype.

Just finished watching it.
Not as bad as expected, but still more on the hype end.
I really liked the animation of the LeRhone Rotary engine used to describe the Super Corsair's "Radial" engine and how it works! Must have been pre-existing animation that some non-aviation director or editor figured no one would notice if they used it!

I didn't like the way they stretched the standard format video to fit the 16x9 wide screen broadcast. Every airplane looked stretched and elongated, and the people interviewed looked fatter than the actually are.

Jerry

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"Always remember that, when you enter the ocean or the forest, you are no longer at the top of the food chain."

Scotty can take that however he wants!

They got many facts wrong in the narratation too.

I should have composed that sentence better!
How about..."it made the the people interviewed look fat."
By the way, I'm no anorexic model type myself. I need every bit of help I can get from a lens!!!
Jerry

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"Always remember that, when you enter the ocean or the forest, you are no longer at the top of the food chain."

The term is a big clue along with 'plunge' and 'loop the loop' as to recommending you avoid at all costs - sensationalist journalist let loose.

Wow, I never knew that. Landing: 'the ultimate challenge'. Landing's aren't easy, but even the most fat headed fighter jock might suggest that's a teeny bit on the braggadocio side. But then it's clearly harder than 'research, the ultimate challenge for tabloid journalism'.

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"Switch on the underwater landing lights"
Emilio Largo, Thunderball.

www.VintageAeroWriter.com

(rolling eyes)

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Taken at face value all in all it was a pretty good special. It was worth watching for the interviews alone, Steve Hinton, Kevin Eldrige, John Sandberg and Lyle Shelton (and another gentleman from warbird aero press).

Kevin Eldrige gave a good first hand account of his bail out using the POF corsair, Lyle Shelton also describing his incident and landing at Reno in Rare Bear. The footage was good too.

Yeah some of the narration was off a bit but not much, and some of the 'science' to avoid the accidents in the future was not too applicable. They refer to ejection seats in relation to Kevin's bail out, or the BRS when talking about Ralph Twombley's midair, not really related here. Although I did think the new fire supression system they mentioned in the Rare Bear fire sequence was interesting. Puts out the fire by chemically changing the molecular structure in the fire, its being installed on the Eclipse VLJ.

The show was made for the general public, it was in no way sensationalist. The show description above was probably written by someone in marketing for TV guide.

I started this thread as a heads-up, but won't do it again. I just copied and pasted what was on the website. It was better than 'American Idol"

Please do post these types of things. Unfortunately I wasn't able to catch it and will still miss the replay on Saturday morning.

So designers do the landings now do they? Don't tell the pilots!

I don't expect anything on TV to be accurate with respect to aircraft, so this program shouldn't be slighted any more than say the 6 O'clock news.

Please keep posting them.
Some of us don't always get a heads up when something interesting about aviation is on the tube. It had a few problems, but it was an interesting show, especially, as mentioned above, the first person descriptions. When people you have worked with are interviewed, it's always nice to see them.
Keep 'em posting!
Jerry

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"Always remember that, when you enter the ocean or the forest, you are no longer at the top of the food chain."