Vintage Thunderbird film from 1979
Vintage Thunderbird film from 1979
Well, well, well.
Look what I found in the back of a closet ! I had an old 3/4" tape of this "documentary" done by Don and Helen Flagg in 1979.
Shot on 16mm film...it has some great footage. Some that a group of you Thunderbird fans have probably never seen !
Peter Hansen (a Marine pilot during WWII) and famous actor in the 70's on ABC's General Hospital....got to ride with the team. And I do mean ride WITH the team...during a training sorte.
Amazing stuff ! Great comm chatter. It's 23 minutes long. I cut out the few commercials that were in it...except the Penzoil ad in the beginning. Very funny.
BonJobie - you'll appreciate this because of your time in the Talon. I get chills knowing that I sat in that Thunderbird #1 when I see this. Very cool.
I've turned the film into a .wmv file. It's about 183 meg. in size.
Enjoy...and remember a time gone by in Thunderbird history.
http://www.takeoneprod.com/tb/film/Thunderbirds.wmv
Look what I found in the back of a closet ! I had an old 3/4" tape of this "documentary" done by Don and Helen Flagg in 1979.
Shot on 16mm film...it has some great footage. Some that a group of you Thunderbird fans have probably never seen !
Peter Hansen (a Marine pilot during WWII) and famous actor in the 70's on ABC's General Hospital....got to ride with the team. And I do mean ride WITH the team...during a training sorte.
Amazing stuff ! Great comm chatter. It's 23 minutes long. I cut out the few commercials that were in it...except the Penzoil ad in the beginning. Very funny.
BonJobie - you'll appreciate this because of your time in the Talon. I get chills knowing that I sat in that Thunderbird #1 when I see this. Very cool.
I've turned the film into a .wmv file. It's about 183 meg. in size.
Enjoy...and remember a time gone by in Thunderbird history.
http://www.takeoneprod.com/tb/film/Thunderbirds.wmv
Thanks guys...glad to share it !
Yeah...fun to watch some old manuevers. Pretty cool that someone actually got to fly with the team...and not just a fam flight....
Plus the historic stuff is cool...like Sabertooth said...the footage from Luke is really neat and not often seen.
Glad you all are enjoying it !
Yeah...fun to watch some old manuevers. Pretty cool that someone actually got to fly with the team...and not just a fam flight....
Plus the historic stuff is cool...like Sabertooth said...the footage from Luke is really neat and not often seen.
Glad you all are enjoying it !
Sa-weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!!! The Talon rides again!! Man, talk about flashbacks! I haven't seen anyone go through "strapping in" with that detail since......well, we'll leave it at that!! And the egress training for the -38 hasn't changed from the late 70's. Great stuff. Thanks for sharing. For those Thunderdorks like us, a sad note to that whole movie was the up close and personal stuff with Boss D.L. Smith. He was killed in a mishap leaving Cleveland after what is clearly acknowledged by Thunderbird experts as the "best show ever flown". Never met him, but as you can clearly see he was a great Boss and a great guy. This kind of stuff is a great tribute to his memory. Thanks again, Takeone.
Boss Bon
Boss Bon
Bon...
Knew you would love that....glad it brought back memories..as it did for me.
I did meet D.L. and got to know him very well. The photos I posted some time ago...in this forum..are from one of the shows in Reading, PA.
He was...no question...and amazing man, and completely "unassuming".
Being able to sit in that bird...and talk with him...the crew chiefs and the entire team was amazing.
I have some 8mm film footage from those days...maybe I'll post that too...
naaa...you guys would want to see old stuff like that ...right ? !
Anyhow...glad you all enjoyed that show...it does have some humorous points for sure !
Knew you would love that....glad it brought back memories..as it did for me.
I did meet D.L. and got to know him very well. The photos I posted some time ago...in this forum..are from one of the shows in Reading, PA.
He was...no question...and amazing man, and completely "unassuming".
Being able to sit in that bird...and talk with him...the crew chiefs and the entire team was amazing.
I have some 8mm film footage from those days...maybe I'll post that too...
naaa...you guys would want to see old stuff like that ...right ? !
Anyhow...glad you all enjoyed that show...it does have some humorous points for sure !
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