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One
Six Right
Genre: Documentary
Rated: NR
Directed by: BRIAN J. TERWILLIGER
Starring: THE
VAN NUYS AIRPORT
Released by: Terwilliger
Productions
In
Short: Los Angeles area general aviation
pilots will particularly enjoy this high quality
reportage on the world’s busiest airport. |
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Attention
Pilots
The
Romance Starts Here
By
Joe Lumière
Producing
a documentary is always a struggle, especially when it’s
your first one and the funds are limited. With "One
Six Right," aviation enthusiast and pilot Brian Terwilliger
decided to shed some light on the Van Nuys Airport, which
has the highest numbers of departures and arrivals in
the world.
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Aspiring
Pilots |
Aircraft:
Big and Small |
The
little airfield that started in 1928 as the Los Angeles
Municipal Airport has become a major highway for business
and connectivity to the world. Terwilliger and crew bring
you major historical facts of the development in a concise
manner and high definition. The aerial scenes are breathtaking,
but facts and interviews of local pilots, business people
and air traffic controllers dominate the film. Terwilliger
gives you a good idea of what happens on a general aviation
airport and its importance in the community.
Note: An airport runway gets its name from the compass
orientation. The dominant runway in use at Van Nuys is
16R (160°, almost pointing South); lending its spelled
out name to the documentary.
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Circa
1939 |
Capt.
Clay Lacy and the Director |
Just
so you know, you will learn a lot about the Van Nuys Airport
and local history. However, the movie also presents the
important underlying message that many of the nation’s
general aviation facilities are being closed one at a
time due to business pressure exercised on local officials.
Case in point, of the sixty-six airports once open in
the Los Angeles basin, less than ten remain today.
One
Six Left
Go
behind the scenes of One Six Right with its companion
DVD, One Six Left. The disc documents the making
of the film, including individual scenes of Clay
Lacy’s personal DC-3 aircraft landing
on runway 16R, aerobatic clips, and awesome
views of a P-51. Aeronautics aficionados
will appreciate the extra footage of planes in
action, but perhaps most interesting is the in-depth
look at Brian Terwilliger’s struggle to get
proper endorsement and financing for his film,
and the opportunity to witness the intensity with
which he pursued this project. Viewers also get
a chance to see Terwilliger’s early experimentation
with film and flight, thanks to special scenes
of Brian constructing a model aircraft during his
high school days.
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