Ultralights in Movies?

[Shawn Rinehart]

This should probably be a FAQ.

What are all of the good ultralight movies?
(even if the movie itself is not "good")

Thanks,

-Shawn

[Bob Vorick]

Go rent "Fly Away Home". I don't have an ultralight, but this movie sure
helped me anticipate the experience. It's a (somewhat enhanced) retelling of
a true story about a Canadian father/daughter team that uses an ultralight
(trike) to teach orphaned geese to migrate.

It made me want to go right out an buy one and fly one right then and there.
However, financial and family obligations took precedence.

--
Bob Vorick

Shawn Rinehart wrote in message <35F01D...@osu.edu>...

[rleo...@wizrealm.com]

In article <35F01D...@osu.edu>,

Rine...@osu.edu wrote:
> This should probably be a FAQ.
>
> What are all of the good ultralight movies?
> (even if the movie itself is not "good")
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Shawn
>

The Gods Must Be Crazy II is a camp classic. Usual caviats - don't
try that yourself, stunts flown by professional (crazy) pilots.

Ray

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[rleo...@wizrealm.com]

In article <35F01D...@osu.edu>,
Rine...@osu.edu wrote:
> This should probably be a FAQ.
>
> What are all of the good ultralight movies?
> (even if the movie itself is not "good")
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Shawn
>

Forgot to mention re: The Gods Must be Crazy II - the plane is
a Lazair.

[Spyk111111]

How about "Howard the Duck"? I think that's the name. There was an MX or MXL in
this one. Can't remember which. Think it was an MXL.

[Lou Hinshaw]

"Bob Vorick" <g10...@email.mot.com> wrote:

>Go rent "Fly Away Home". I don't have an ultralight, but this movie sure
>helped me anticipate the experience. It's a (somewhat enhanced) retelling of
>a true story about a Canadian father/daughter team that uses an ultralight
>(trike) to teach orphaned geese to migrate.
>
>It made me want to go right out an buy one and fly one right then and there.
>However, financial and family obligations took precedence.

Fin. & Fam. obs probably saved your butt.

GET INSTRUCTION FIRST!

"The learned Fool writes his nonsense in better language,
but 'tis still nonsense."
B.Franklin 'Poor Richard Improved' (1754)

Lou H.
Prolific inventor,
Lousy Salesman,
Incompetent businessman.
(Typical of the Breed)
Looking for both around
Tulsa OK, USA

[wesley jeffries]

"MOON OVER PARADOR" showed a UL taking the hero out of harms way at
sundown. why not after dark flying? Any comments?
Lou Hinshaw wrote in message <35f07263....@news.pipeline.com>...

[GuyGratton]

There was a recent film "dragonheart", with the Dragon's voice by Sean Connery.
The dragon's motion was flown by a CFM Shadow and then the computer generated
dragon replaced the Shadow.

Probably best - I couldn't see a Shadow with the voice of Sean Connery, it's
probably more a Meryl Streep.

2
G

[Ron Natalie]

Bob Vorick wrote:
>
> Go rent "Fly Away Home". I don't have an ultralight, but this movie sure
> helped me anticipate the experience. It's a (somewhat enhanced) retelling of
> a true story about a Canadian father/daughter team that uses an ultralight

> (trike) to teach orphaned geese to migrate.

It's not a true story. It's fiction based upon Bill Lishman's
use of an ultralight to teach orphaned geese how to fly, and then to
work with the migratory research. Lishman did do some of the flying
in the movie.

[Unknown]

There was one called "Slipstream".....bad movie, futuristic apocalypse
stuff...with the only mode of transportation being ultralight
aircraft. Lots of flying footage.

[Willie C.]

Hiya...
Do you by chance know what specific ultralight they used? Thanks in
advance.

In article <6sphvg$48q$1...@trotsky.cig.mot.com>, "Bob Vorick"

<g10...@email.mot.com> wrote:
>Go rent "Fly Away Home". I don't have an ultralight, but this movie sure
>helped me anticipate the experience. It's a (somewhat enhanced) retelling of
>a true story about a Canadian father/daughter team that uses an ultralight
>(trike) to teach orphaned geese to migrate.
>

>It made me want to go right out an buy one and fly one right then and there.

[Eric Villeneuve]

Shawn Rinehart wrote:
>
> This should probably be a FAQ.
>
> What are all of the good ultralight movies?
> (even if the movie itself is not "good")
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Shawn

While not a movie, I remember seeing a National Geographic
documentary, where the researcher were studying lions in the Namib desert
of Namibia. They used ultralights to get around, and there is a beautiful
sequence in it, filmed from the pilots point of view, of flying through
an oasis. Unfortunately, it has been a few years, and I don't remember
the title.

Eric Villeneuve
College Prep. Dept.
University College of the Cariboo
Kamloops, BC, Canada

[hawk...@gmail.com]

I can't remember the name of the movie.
But a teenage boy went to spend the summer with his grandfather and he he help his grandson learn to fly his ultralite it was one that had pontoons on it.. it was a good movie I would like to watch it again. Pretty sure it took place in the keys. Please if anyone know the name let me know