Found this, had to share.

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Credit: Published on 14 Apr 2012
Bill Bennett, ASC shot this video of a beautifully restored 1941 PT-17 Stearman biplane, flown by 18 year-old Sammy Mason; owned by his parents, Rowena and Pete Mason.

Stunning footage - thanks for posting.


Was this filmed in Australia? Which part? Reminds me of my old home country in Northern California.

No not here in Aust. I just love the feeling and the light and the music. If you open it in YouTube the following comments are:

"We shot the video with a prototype Arri Alexa M digital cinema camera, and a Fujinon Alura 18-80mm zoom lens, fitted to a Pictorvision Eclipse gyro-stabilized helicopter mount. The A-Star helicopter was flown by Peter McKernan. Abby Sunderland was the First Camera Assistant, and David Arms was the Pictorvision Tech. 


We shot the piece at Santa Paula Airport, over Lake Casitas, and along the shore of the Pacific Ocean northwest of Oxnard, CA.

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I want to send this to everyone who ever asked me why I fly.

Exquisite, but I thought religion was forbidden on BeechTalk.

I just woke up. A bit groggy from long days, time changes, etc.
I watched this video and now I feel great! Thank you for sharing it.
The weather looks great for my flight home tonight. I can't wait to go flying.

Hands raised all those who think Sammy is going to grow up to be an awesome young man bypassing the more typical shenanigans....

Weather - check
Fuel - Check
Pref-flight - Check
Flight-plan complete - check
Spectacles, wallet, watch - Check
Remember why we fly.....oh yeah! - CHECK!

That was inspirational! I wish everyone I ever met and loved, or even liked, could have at least an hour in a biplane.

Adoration of sky gods is the one exception.

Great film.

For nine days, I've been grounded with a really awful cold, and feeling miserable. That video captured exactly the feelings I have about flying, and helped me forget about my present misery, temporary though it may be.

The freedom and grace of a biplane are simply unparalleled. Thank you for reminding me of everything flying means to me.

Finally got some good weather here in Texas this weekend - and took mine out for a sunset flight over Fort Worth. It was really lovely. Came home in the twilight with the stacks spitting out the blue flames normally unreadable during the daytime. Took this pic at the fuel pumps - great way to end the day!

I have been cleaning out old boxes of stuff removed from my Mother's home last year. I came across my father's diary from 1942-1945. He was a USN flight surgeon and was one of the lucky ones who they taught to fly too. One entry from Saufley field in 1943. " We took a Boeing PT 17 out today for my second ride. Loops, rolls, Immelmans and snap rolls. It wasn't long before I was sick" I gather that he survived it because there were many subsequent entries about hops in TBM's SNJ's SB2C's a PBY and other such fun things. Others not so much fun about guys in his squadron crashing on the flight deck, the flights over Japan, Okinawa and the Philippines. I might buy that Stearman sooner than later since I cant fit into anything much smaller!.

Great video. CK you are a lucky guy!!

OH boy, this Bill Bennett has another one up. luuuuuvly

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Credit:
Uploaded on 3 Feb 2012
Working with Director Todd Allan, I was Cinematographer for this short film for Dolby Laboratories, to demonstrate their very high performance PRM4200 reference monitor. The Producer was Loren Nielson of Entertainment Technology Consultants. The aircraft is a North American Aviation AT-6, beautifully restored, with a highly polished exterior.

We shot the aerials from an Aérospatiale A-Star helicopter, fitted with a Wolfe Air Gyron gyro-stabilized camera mount, containing an Arri Alexa, with an Angenieux Optimo 24-290mm lens. The images were recorded in ArriRaw format to an on-board S-two recorder.

The aerial photography was done over the Santa Monica Mountains, the Pacific Ocean, and Catalina Island, all near Los Angeles, CA. The runway is at Catalina Airport, a private strip built on the top of a mountain, 1,600 feet above sea level. With a length of 3,000 ft, and sheer drop-offs on three sides, it can be quite a challenge for a pilot, particularly on a windy day.

The ground photography was done at Santa Paula Airport, a beautiful little airfield about 45 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles.

I just got spapped on the bag of the head - I think I had watched it a 1/2 dozen times repeatedly and people around me were getting tired of the inspirational music.

Can watch that all day.

I'm with Tom... this is why I fly.... beauty you can't see and experience on the ground. Wonderful!

gunny