[Aus-soaring] Queer Birds

[Peter Stephenson]

:-) On 16/10/2010 2:40 PM, John Parncutt wrote: I was saddened to hear of Jacks passing last week, although I never had the pleasure of meeting him personally, some of my fellow club members  knew him well.   About 15 years ago I organised the transfer to tape of a 16mm documentary produced in the late fifties. The National Film and Sound Archive in Canberra were kind enough to facilitate this. I then dubbed about 200 copies to VHS (sadly this was before DVD’s) which were distributed to fellow club members at a nominal cost.   I have recently digitised this footage from VHS to MPEG 2, and whilst the quality is hardly broadcast  it is watchable. The reason I mention all this is that Jack Iggulden briefly appears in the documentary flying a Skylark.   The Documentary is rather amusingly (for this day and age) called “Queer Birds” . It offers a fascinating snapshot into Gliding in Australia in the 1950’s. Now that You tube allows video lengths of up to 15 minutes, I have been able to upload it for all to see:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgE-vXjGWw0   Should you wish to have a copy for your club or yourself, you can download from you tube using third party providers such as Keepvid.com       I hope you enjoy   John Parncutt   VMFG Melbourne

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