[Bob Kuczewski]

Coming soon:

v90_001.jpg (43.69 KiB) Viewed 4262 times

See: http://tlc.howstuffworks.com/tv/little-people-big-world

[SamKellner]

Conditions look good for tomorrow

Hi Bob,

Thanks for the Torrey News Letter. Great work .

Did Dave say what the tandems were like . What flying site is it.

Did John do the aerial photo?

[Bob Kuczewski]

It was filmed in Santa Barbara, and I don't want to give away too much information because I don't want to spoil whatever promotional efforts are made by the show itself.

John and Dave were both hired for the project, and it wasn't initially clear which pilots would fly which passengers. But John was a real gentleman about it and gave the center stage to Dave. And Dave did an outstanding job of using his humor to put everyone at ease. So while Dave was entertaining everyone, John was working to help with the technical aspects of the filming (fliming angles, camera mounts etc). It was a great team effort between the two and I think the result will show.

I don't watch much television, and I've never seen that show. But if anyone knows when it's going to air, please post to the forum. Thanks.

[Bob Kuczewski]

A friend recently got me a DVD from the actual show, and here are some snapshots:

v_27m_11s.jpg (27.03 KiB) Viewed 4151 times

v_27m_49s.jpg (20.65 KiB) Viewed 4151 times

v_27m_52s.jpg (17.43 KiB) Viewed 4151 times

v_27m_53s.jpg (25.15 KiB) Viewed 4151 times

v_28m_06s.jpg (17.41 KiB) Viewed 4151 times

v_28m_08s.jpg (25.61 KiB) Viewed 4151 times

v_28m_12s.jpg (24.62 KiB) Viewed 4151 times

v_28m_20s.jpg (24.66 KiB) Viewed 4151 times

v_28m_24s.jpg (22.08 KiB) Viewed 4151 times

v_28m_29s.jpg (26.43 KiB) Viewed 4151 times

v_28m_30s.jpg (27.22 KiB) Viewed 4151 times

v_28m_33s.jpg (26.91 KiB) Viewed 4151 times

v_28m_42s.jpg (18.44 KiB) Viewed 4151 times

v_28m_47s.jpg (26.31 KiB) Viewed 4151 times

v_28m_51s.jpg (24.75 KiB) Viewed 4151 times

v_28m_55s.jpg (25.99 KiB) Viewed 4151 times

v_29m_03s.jpg (26.38 KiB) Viewed 4151 times

v_29m_04s.jpg (16.12 KiB) Viewed 4151 times

v_29m_07s.jpg (26.43 KiB) Viewed 4151 times

v_29m_09s.jpg (20.15 KiB) Viewed 4151 times

v_29m_10s.jpg (24 KiB) Viewed 4151 times

v_29m_16s.jpg (16.41 KiB) Viewed 4151 times

v_29m_21s.jpg (18.62 KiB) Viewed 4151 times

v_32m_45s.jpg (16.78 KiB) Viewed 4151 times

v_32m_47s.jpg (26.73 KiB) Viewed 4151 times

v_32m_54s.jpg (26.78 KiB) Viewed 4151 times

v_32m_57s.jpg (24.11 KiB) Viewed 4151 times

v_33m_01s.jpg (26.86 KiB) Viewed 4151 times

v_33m_02s.jpg (30.54 KiB) Viewed 4151 times

v_33m_06s.jpg (23.07 KiB) Viewed 4151 times

v_33m_08s.jpg (24.87 KiB) Viewed 4151 times

v_33m_09s.jpg (22.33 KiB) Viewed 4151 times

v_33m_09bs.jpg (22.27 KiB) Viewed 4151 times

v_33m_10s.jpg (23.24 KiB) Viewed 4151 times

v_33m_13s.jpg (25.21 KiB) Viewed 4151 times

v_33m_16s.jpg (25.14 KiB) Viewed 4151 times

v_33m_18s.jpg (22.23 KiB) Viewed 4151 times

v_33m_21s.jpg (24.76 KiB) Viewed 4151 times

v_33m_23s.jpg (24.61 KiB) Viewed 4151 times

v_33m_24s.jpg (24.98 KiB) Viewed 4151 times

v_33m_28s.jpg (10.9 KiB) Viewed 4151 times

v_33m_29s.jpg (26.69 KiB) Viewed 4151 times

v_33m_35s.jpg (22.48 KiB) Viewed 4151 times

v_33m_37s.jpg (23.08 KiB) Viewed 4151 times

v_33m_39s.jpg (22.02 KiB) Viewed 4151 times

v_33m_40s.jpg (20.07 KiB) Viewed 4151 times

v_33m_41s.jpg (21.1 KiB) Viewed 4151 times

v_33m_42s.jpg (20.33 KiB) Viewed 4151 times

v_33m_52s.jpg (25.56 KiB) Viewed 4151 times

v_34m_02s.jpg (23.88 KiB) Viewed 4151 times

v_34m_10s.jpg (23.23 KiB) Viewed 4151 times

v_34m_14s.jpg (21.34 KiB) Viewed 4151 times

v_34m_20s.jpg (22.6 KiB) Viewed 4151 times

v_34m_21s.jpg (21.82 KiB) Viewed 4151 times

This episode featured David Beardslee (erroneously titled "David Royer") as the pilot. John Heiney helped with camera mounting and also appeared in some of the shots.

Good Job Fellow Hawks!!!!

[Bob Kuczewski]

Footnote:

This episode was filmed in 2012 in Santa Barbara. I am sure that both Dave and John would have preferred filming it at Torrey Pines in San Diego, and it would have been a much better flight. But the oppressive management at the Torrey Pines Gliderport made that virtually impossible, so Santa Barbara got the gig. This was a popular national television show and USHPA's mishandling of the Torrey situation botched it for San Diego.