British Gliding Documentary (1990's ?)
 

Does anybody have a copy of/remember the title of the UK Gliding Competition Documentary shown on UK TV in the (1990's ?? )
ISTR that Andy Davis and Tony Cox were among those glider pilots seen chatting/interviewed on screen.
I have some of the TV docu's shown around that time but the gliding prog seems to have 'got away'/escaped :)

rgds LR

Lifting The Blues.

Check your pm's.

Cheers

Ian K

Remember it well - still got the VHS

That is the one :)
Thanks for the replies guys :)
I have replied to your PM K539

rgds LR

Standard Class Nationals at Nympsfield, 1988.

Thanks Duo - ah yes it is all coming back to me now (if only) :)

cheers/rgds LR

I had meant to post some gliding documentaries a couple of months ago but forgot.
Hopefully some of these may be of some interest :)

Wings For Pauline (1949) Part 1

Wings For Pauline cont + Part 2


Gliding (1953)
Including some clips of Fl/Lt Derek Piggot :)



Glider History (1952)

1957 National Gliding Champs,Lasham


Astra Gazette No1
Inc Lasham Champs and also some lovely ladies :)
Inc a young Andy Gough

Glider Documentary ''Soaring''

Many thanks Longer Ron, that's a bit of watching for later on (is he your younger brother?).

Thanks Treadi - I have not seen all of them myself yet,but I have had a piece of paper with all the titles on the PC Desk since Christmas - I just kept forgetting to actually post them up.
No younger brother LOL :)

Just another short video (1938)
Some lovely footage inc taking gliders uphill via cable car :)

In maybe the early 1970s I recall seeing The Sunship Game, which might have been shot at Marfa at a US Gliding Championships. YouTube comes up with something quite different. Anyone else remember that one, or have a link?

Ah, 'Wings for Pauline'. Camphill airfield looks pretty much the same today. And I believe that Peter is still trying to solo!

YouTube, Equinox Free Flight. Quality is rubbish for first min or two, then sit back and enjoy.

Marfa Texas, the 1969 US Open Class Nationals. The 'documentary' story was of the rivalry between George Moffat and Gleb Derujinski in their stretched Open Cirrus'. The real competition George had was Wally Scott in his ASW 12. There is a DVD copy available, albeit not cheap and being transferred from film the quality is average by current standards. It's also on YouTube split into 10 minute segments because of the time limit, but with chunks of the sound track removed for copyright reasons (and if you are not a BeeGees fan, maybe a good thing too.) Some staged footage but a lot real - the landing short in the desert in a cloud of dust, and the spin in from 50 ft are real.

Thanks muchly for that K539,I vaguely remember it showing !
We will watch it later,my Mrs is now gliding - about 70 lchs in and looking like she will be a very good pilot,I have recently re soloed after a 20+ year layoff and have had a giggle with my instructor when he delights in telling me that ''that landing was almost as good as yer mrs''