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Bob
Stevenson's epic "JUMP FOR CANCER"
Saturday
01 September 2018....NZ Father’s Day....
Bob
Stevenson assisted in a fund raising event for the Cancer Society Auckland
(Northland) who had partnered with Skydive Auckland to offer a 13,000ft Tandem
Skydive in exchange for raising a minimum $1000.
This
video is an enduring recall of Bobs epic "JUMP FOR CANCER"
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After considerable frustration, Gary Sommerville finally ‘cracked the code’ and has been able to upload 70 items from his invaluable collection of historic aviation videos to ‘YouTube’.
As it takes around 103 minutes to upload 100mb, his first video AKL-NAN-AKL Pt 1 of 2 (620mb), took 10 hours and 43 minutes to upload (For a ‘YouTube’ video clip that runs for less than 9 minutes.)
Add to that, the hours/days/weeks/months/years Gary has taken to convert his original Handy Cam video tapes from the pre-digital analogue format to the current digital age format, then factor in his time taken
· editing out rubbish shots (shoes/pavements/cockpit floors/crotches etc.),
· then acquiring a suitable programme to make movies
· learning its use this digital editing software programme
· enduring many foul ups and expletive laden language.
· to eventually provide easy internet access to these remarkable video clips via ‘YouTube’.
Unfortunately, since ‘YouTube’ has strict restrictions on size/time/resolution of video uploads, it has necessitated breaking some of Gary’s longer videos into more than one part.
Full screen viewing quality is also affected by these ‘YouTube’ restrictions as will be the level of definition delivered by each viewer’s computer monitor/screen.
To those of you who feature in these historic videos and may wish to have their own copy, in the future Gary hopes to be able make the full length videos available in higher resolution, on USB memory sticks which will be able to be plugged into most High Definition (HD) TV sets.
If you are tempted to criticise the sometimes lower standard of these old films, please keep in mind the inferior quality of 1980’s Handy-Cams (tapes/non-digital).
Also, the video tapes being Metal Particle were prone to emulsion shedding after multiple re-plays, thereby causing loss of colour in some instances and in rare cases, total loss of audio. The recording quality of the analogue video Handy-Cams from that era were not great in low light conditions either.
Also, the video tapes being Metal Particle were prone to emulsion shedding after multiple re-plays, thereby causing loss of colour in some instances and in rare cases, total loss of audio. The recording quality of the analogue video Handy-Cams from that era were not great in low light conditions either.
What Gary has to offer is a series of video film cameos that fortunately record some of the history of the era of Air New Zealand’s FLIGHT ENGINEERS......
Obviously this was before glass screen cockpits..... and features real stick and rudder stuff..... no joystick controls here.
Obviously this was before glass screen cockpits..... and features real stick and rudder stuff..... no joystick controls here.
Being filmed/videoed by an operating crew member (on supplemented crews) means that the continuity of these movies is restricted by en-route operational requirements, hence Gary makes no claim to achieving 'Oscar Award' quality with these productions.
There are heaps of videos, going to unique places such as Kai Tak in Hong Kong – Narita – Los Angeles – Tahiti and more.
Gary intends to post his videos on ‘YouTube’ in the ‘Unlisted’ category (As opposed to 'Public' or 'Private').
By using this ‘Unlisted’ ‘YouTube’ category, it will ensure that the general public do not have ready access to these videos, but those who visit this webpage will be able to easily view them.
Posting these 70 'YouTube' videos website links exclusively via our
will ensure that only those within our aviation community have easy access.
If anyone within our aviation community wishes to share the website links with family and friends, Gary has no problem with that.
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CLICK HERE TO VIEW >>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QHkbt5RZl0&feature=youtu.be
