Summary

BIPLANE

Source Historic Films
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File STS-62221 @ 02:28:47
Reel Summary TALENT FEE APPLIES, DOCUMENTARY ON THE MAKING OF THE RUTAN VOYAGER, VOYAGER IN FLIGHT, CREW WORKING ON VOYAGER, LOTS OF T/H; QUOTE on screen: 'Man...the tool making animal' Ben Franklin, Stills of cavemen early homosapiens, CU Hammering; Talking Head about Voyager purposes and history, DX Very run down small town diner, Talking head about Voyager's accomplishments; DX Voyager fliesw/ spotter plane, Voyager pilots var, Crowd watches Rutan Voyager fly, Men looking over drawings or blueprints; DX Crowd watches Voyager land, various fighter jets take off and fly, Jet hovers and lands, Shuttle lands, Voyager coasts; INT Middle aged man sits at desk looking through papers Uses magnifying glass, STILL photos of Voayager var; Talking head Voyager's feat, Voyager flies over desert, Dick Rutan sits inside Voyager, Talking head- Voyager Technology; B/W Stills- Air Force buddies, Boys w/ model airplane, Dick Rutan by plane, Voyager flies above clouds, Talking head about Rutan; DX Poor shot- woman riding horse through valley, White woman (40's) rides horse, Same woman in late 1970's, Woman works on plane; Talking head about Woman who was Voyager's co-pilot, Woman goes through tests for endurance, Talking head, Voyager takes off; Senior man from 1980's looks through binoculars up to sky, Voyager flies, Dated crowd cheers, CU Voyager rolls past crowd; DX HUGE crowd gathered around Voyager, CU people shake hands, var shots of Rutan Voyager crew working, Talkinghead co-pilot; DX Crowd gathered at Experimental Aircraft convention (FUN STUFF), various odd looking planes, STILL Wright Brothers, Jets fly; DX Primitive plane flies above field var, Odd looking planes var, Talking head about aerodynamics, More odd planes, POV Flying;DX Poor quality shot of desolate land and hills (we have better than this), Sign 'Welcome to Mojave', Mojave Airport, Helicopters; DX Primitive black plane lands, Small town street w/ hills in bg, Man climbs out of odd plane, VAR B/W Stills, CU Range equation;Talking head about equation, More odd planes on ground and land, B/W Still people work on planes, Car tows Voyager, Voyager flies; Talking head-Voyager's engine, Voyager flies over desert, Talking head var, Voyager in hangar, Talking head, Voyager in hangar; Cutting through graphite, Piecing Voyager together, Sanding, VAR Talking heads, Voyager on runway var, Man shows material samples;VAR- building Voyager's body, Gluing materials, using hairdryer to speed process, Demonstration is rather lengthy; DX HS Voyager on Runway, Talking head about Static electricity danger, DX Voyager coasts on runway and back to the Talking head; DIAGRAM of Wing Cross Section (I have no idea), More talking head, STILLS of Voyager crew working, Man w/ small voyager model; Diagrams and Blueprints for Voyager, Back to the man w/ little Voyager model Explaining different parts, DX Voyager takes off; DX Rutan Voyager flies against blue sky followed by spotter plane, Voyager flies over desert, POV looking out Voyager window; CU Little Voyager model Guy talks about wings, Another talking head about materials used...stay tuned for Part 2;
Description BIPLANE
Genre AVIATION
Color color
Year 1986-1987
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