I think I will end up with 15 movies seen this year at the Napa Valley Film Festival. Not bad for a Festival Pass that cost a few hundred bucks! Today starts with The Bob Hoover Project: Flying the Feathered Edge Robert A. Bob Hoover, age 92, is considered by many to be our greatest living aviator. Nicknamed The Pilots Pilot by his peers, Bob is largely unknown outside aviation circles despite his staggering array of accomplishments. Following a storied career during WWII as a fighter pilot, Bob continued to serve for years as one of our best test pilots, and inspired generations of fighter pilots from the Korean and Vietnam eras. Director Kim Furst captures every nuance of Bob’s amazing life story by skillfully interweaving vintage still images, historic footage and testimonials from other flight legends past and present, bringing this legend’s life and story out into the limelight. thebobhooverproject FLYING THE FEATHERED EDGE is a very special documentary film about aviation, innovation, ruggedness, precision, testing, excellence... and getting it right. Machines alone could not have pushed the airplane forward. It took courage, and out of the box thinking. This film, about the authentic life of a dedicated American and our greatest living aviator, R.A. Bob Hoover, shows how by pushing the edge of the flight envelope, a handful of pilots enabled aviation to be safer for others -- indefinitely. WWII veteran and prisoner of war, Bob Hoover escaped Stalag Luft 1 and flew to safety by stealing an enemy aircraft. As an accomplished experimental test pilot, he participated in breaking the speed of sound and launching the world into the Jet Age. During his unrivaled international air show career, he performed for millions of spectators worldwide for over three decades. The purpose of the film is to celebrate the spirit of the American fighter pilot, show the courage and the innovation that was essential to the birth of the jet age, and to enable the audience to relive incredible stories from a man born of simple beginnings in Tennessee who lived his dream of becoming the pilot he always wanted to be. Filmmaker Kim Furst is an award winning director and editor of popular documentaries. Recent work includes Discovery Channels three part series Rocket Challenge, film editor of One Six Right, producer/director for AirshowBuzzs The Horsemen Cometh about a formation aerobatics P-51 team, and producer of 5 hours of behind the scenes documentaries for Mission Impossible 3, for which she won the Golden Satellite Award, that industrys highest award. Flying the Feathered Edge: The Bob Hoover Project links: YouTube! youtube/thepilotspilot Facebook! facebook/TheBobHooverP... Twitter! twitter/FlyngFethrdEdge Webs! thebobhooverproject
Posted on: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 16:35:26 +0000
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