For those in the Sydney Channel 9 broadcast zone, keep an eye out over the next coming weeks.
The team from "Postcards" (5:30pm Saturdays on 9 in Sydney) came to Camden Airport on Friday 10th May to film a segment on gliding with Southern Cross Gliding Club. Postcards is a Sydney-centric version of "Getaway" - most segments focus on things to do that are an easy day trip from Sydney. See http://ninemsn.com.au/postcards/ for more details. Reporter Francene Scali took 3 flights in an IS-28 with AEI Don Palmer. All up, the TV crew probably took over 4 hours of footage from 6 different angles (lipstick camera on the front dashboard, lipstick camera on the wingtip, handycam held by the reporter in the front seat, air-to-air from a Maule "chase plane" (BIG THANKS to Curtis Aviation at Camden !), ground shots from a chase car for the takeoff, and static ground camera for the take-off and landings. Francene certainly had a ball, and I think the rest of the crew were kind of jealous to be stuck on the ground watching her have fun, especially when Don did a loop on the 3rd flight ! It'll all be whittled down to probably 5 minutes for the actual segment, but it will all be worth it if we attract just a few people to the sport. More positive publicity for the sport ! And all it took was a few minutes to fill in the story suggestion form on the Channel 9 web site. Maybe this is one avenue that other clubs can pursue with their local city / regional broadcasters Cheers Jason Armistead Membership Secretary & Webmaster Southern Cross Gliding Club Inc Visit www.southerncrossgliding.org ! -- * You are subscribed to the aus-soaring mailing list. * To Unsubscribe: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] * with "unsubscribe aus-soaring" in the body of the message * or with "help" in the body of the message for more information.
