It's strictly for kids, but Disney's new animation does take some inspiration from real flying, and shows aviation is more than just package flights to Malaga, says stunt pilot Alan Cassidy
This Disney animation is strictly for kids. It's a David and Goliath story, in which a humble cropduster named Dusty goes up against the world's fastest racing planes in a round-the-world race. There's no such competition in reality: the logistics would be impossible, and racing planes aren't designed to fly long distances. Plus there's no way a cropduster could compete against more advanced aircraft. But it's hardly worth quibbling. This film's about firing up children's imaginations, rather than reflecting reality. And anything showing that aviation is about more than taking a passenger plane to Malaga once a year is fine by me.
The film does draw on some real-life competitions. Early on, Dusty takes part in a training race...
This Disney animation is strictly for kids. It's a David and Goliath story, in which a humble cropduster named Dusty goes up against the world's fastest racing planes in a round-the-world race. There's no such competition in reality: the logistics would be impossible, and racing planes aren't designed to fly long distances. Plus there's no way a cropduster could compete against more advanced aircraft. But it's hardly worth quibbling. This film's about firing up children's imaginations, rather than reflecting reality. And anything showing that aviation is about more than taking a passenger plane to Malaga once a year is fine by me.
The film does draw on some real-life competitions. Early on, Dusty takes part in a training race...
- 8/26/2013
- by Laura Barnett
- The Guardian - Film News
One gloriously hot summer morning last month I joined a group of intrepid film journalists and kids’ TV presenters at White Waltham Airfield in Berkshire to meet the filmmakers behind Disney’s Planes and experience some truly epic aerobatic flying. White Waltham is one of the oldest airfields in the country, and you may have seen it doubling for a 1950s’ Heathrow Airport in the 2011 film My Week With Marilyn.
The day started with a short safety briefing, where four-time British National Aerobatic Champion Alan Cassidy demonstrated some of the aerobatic techniques used by Dusty and the other Planes characters in the film. Using a small wooden model plane he took us through the various racing turns, half Cubans and, most terrifying of all, the vertical reversal (pulling back on the stick until you’re flying straight up and then, at the top of climb, turning the aircraft to point...
The day started with a short safety briefing, where four-time British National Aerobatic Champion Alan Cassidy demonstrated some of the aerobatic techniques used by Dusty and the other Planes characters in the film. Using a small wooden model plane he took us through the various racing turns, half Cubans and, most terrifying of all, the vertical reversal (pulling back on the stick until you’re flying straight up and then, at the top of climb, turning the aircraft to point...
- 8/15/2013
- by Simon Williams
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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Philip Anselmo (Pantera, Down, Superjoint Ritual) and Warbeast will release a split entitled War of the Gargantuas on January 8 via Housecore Records. This marks Anselmo's first solo material, and he will follow it up with a full length.
Former Korn guitarist Brian "Head" Welch will reunite to perform two full shows with the band for the first time since 2004 at Germany's Rock am Ring 2013.
The Black Dahlia Murder drummer Shannon Lucas has left the band in order to focus on other projects. Watch his video statement here. Alan Cassidy (ex-Abigail Williams) is currently filling in.
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Stream Green Day's new album, Dos!, here. The second album in the...
News
Philip Anselmo (Pantera, Down, Superjoint Ritual) and Warbeast will release a split entitled War of the Gargantuas on January 8 via Housecore Records. This marks Anselmo's first solo material, and he will follow it up with a full length.
Former Korn guitarist Brian "Head" Welch will reunite to perform two full shows with the band for the first time since 2004 at Germany's Rock am Ring 2013.
The Black Dahlia Murder drummer Shannon Lucas has left the band in order to focus on other projects. Watch his video statement here. Alan Cassidy (ex-Abigail Williams) is currently filling in.
Music
Stream Green Day's new album, Dos!, here. The second album in the...
- 11/13/2012
- by Alex DiVincenzo
- DreadCentral.com
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