I saw this doco and thought it was remarkably well balanced for TV. RR did get the finger pointed at them fairly hard, but considering that Qantas and their insurers are asking for something like $200,000,000 from Rolls, it's not surprising Rolls declined to appear on the show. I think it did the ABC credit that they didn't go on an unedified witch hunt after RR without the full facts.
I'm sorry to do the unforgivable and change the topic somewhat, but it's still gliding and TV. Did anyone see the Johnny Durand hang gliding section on the 7.30 report immediately before Four Corners? There was some brilliant and dynamic POV footage of some low altitude flying and landings, one where Johnny appeared to make his final approach very low over a cloverleaf flyover and carpark, missing the boundary fence by about 20' before doing a perfect flare and landing. There was also some spectacular footage of him looping for joy in front of the morning glory… both air to air and POV. The segment lasted about 5 minutes and was a terrific advertisement for HG. One advantage that Johnny has got over the rest of us is that he's both a top class pilot and a great one for dragging out the camera and shooting some interesting picture at a critical moment in a comp. Probably it does not do his result a lot of good, but the pictures are often fantastic. I have to say that 99% of our gliding footage is fairly pedestrian compared with what they showed and is perhaps one reason why we don't get sponsorship from people like Red Bull. I noted in the last Forbes HG comp that there was $10,000 in prize money up for grabs. D _______________________________________________ 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