Plays fine using Windows Media Player on my Vista PC -----Original Message----- From: aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net [mailto:aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net] On Behalf Of Graham Watts Sent: Saturday, 13 June 2009 3:38 PM To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Vintage Sailplane Video
Thanks for that link.. Problem is I cant get anything to play it (QuickTime or VLC on Vista).. Sent the file to my Bro and it plays ok on his Mac. Anyone else with the same problem ? DMcD wrote: > Thanks for Zulu Romeo! > > I have uploaded a Quicktime movie on vintage gliding. It is a series > of old Movietone and Pathe clips, some with a watermark, showing > sailplanes in the '30s at places like Dunstable, Brooklands, > Wasserkuppe, Italy, France and even at what appears to be Stanwell > Park. Launches are by bungy, winch and aerotow. > > In the Stanwell sequence, the voice over (or "observation" is it is > called in the clip) claims the glider top lands on a horse. Well it > nearly does. When the glider does a 360ยบ turn close to the hill, the > sink rate makes a standard Rogallo look impressive. Certainly top > landing a sailplane at Stanwell would take a bit of nerve. > > It takes my breath away to see some of the beautiful gull wing planes > of the era almost scraping a wing tip on a ridge. And I wonder what > would happen now if someone tried to fly one of Patch's group's > sailplanes in the same way! > > > http://www.4shared.com/file/111471806/df3eb297/Vintage_Gliding_Video.html > > I would appreciate any feedback on the Stanwell sequence from people > with more knowledge than me. > > The clips were supplied by Angelo Crapanzano from Italy. > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring > > > _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.364 / Virus Database: 270.12.66/2172 - Release Date: 06/12/09 17:56:00 _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
