Old Sylmar Pic

OSCAR · Post by **OSCAR** » Wed Dec 02, 2009 5:46 pm

Great pic , who's the pilot.

greblo · Post by **greblo** » Wed Dec 02, 2009 8:45 pm

The pilot is hang gliding, skydiving, film maker, Carl Boenish. He took this photo for an ad for the Skymaster II wrist altimeter. It was one of the better ads in Hang Gliding Magazine during the mid 1970's. Carl wrote, filmed and produced the classic skydiving/hang gliding film "Playground In The Sky". Carl is often credited as being the founder of the sport of Base Jumping. He was killed while pioneering a base jumping site in Norway. His wife Jean is still very active in skydiving and film making.

OSCAR · Post by **OSCAR** » Wed Dec 02, 2009 9:05 pm

Thanks Joe

jwjanda · Post by **jwjanda** » Wed Dec 02, 2009 9:12 pm

Hey Joe,
Do you know where one could find a copy of that film? A google search doesn't return any solid results and Netflix certainly doesn't show anything by that title.
Thanks, -Jay

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Old Sylmar Pic

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