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Aircraft In Action Archives DVD - NZ$25.00
Volume 01: RNZAF Red Checkers
 This DVD contains over 110 minutes of footage of the Royal New Zealand Air Force’s ‘Red Checkers’ CT-4 Airtrainer display team performing at the Classic Fighters Marlborough 2001 & 2003 airshows.
Features
• Over 32 minutes of high quality air-to-air footage of the team practicing prior to Classic Fighters 2003.
• Red Checkers display at Classic Fighters 2001 (extended version, never before released).
• Red Checkers display at Classic Fighters 2003
(from the airshow Official Video).
• Raw footage of Classic Fighters 2003 display, from
five camera positions, on each day of the airshow.
• Two slideshows containing over 150 photographs.
This DVD is designed to provide the participants, and other aviation enthusiasts, with access to this archival video footage, which otherwise might never see the light of day. In many cases the footage is of significant interest, but is not necessarily suitable for full documentary treatment.
Most of the footage has not been edited in any significant way, other than to remove particularly poor quality filming. In addition you may see the same action from different camera perspectives—this is a feature.
This footage should be viewed as ‘high quality home video’ in nature rather than as a full ‘theatrical release’—you will see jumps, fast pans and zooms, and other blemishes in some of the footage that would normally be removed from a commercial movie or full documentary release.
The soundtrack on this disk contains little or no narration. Generally, the only audio is the sound that was captured during filming, though in some cases additional background music has been added for your enjoyment.
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Cross & Cockade: International Journal 2006
The First World War Aviation Historical Society
Vol. 37 No. 1 2006 Pg 68
Classic Fighters Marlborough 2005
A must-have full evening's entertainment to accompany he book reviewed in the last issue, featuring much more than just fighters. From a successful replica of the pioneering Pither monoplane of 1910 to modern jets, this disc has too many gems to list, but unless you're the pilot , even in New Zealand you'll never see the view from the cockpit of a DH-2 in flight anywhere but on this DVD. The DH-2 is a radial replica, but looks great in the company of the world's only flying DH-5. The Fokker triplanes are out in force again, and one is seen flying over the sea with a Bristol Fighter and also a 'combat' scene with a Sopwith Camel.
The 'Blue Max' Pfalz D.III is now airworthy - just watch it go! Visitors to the show were deprived by weather and engine problems of a re-creation of the race between T.E. Lawrence on his Brough Superior and a Bristol F2B - but the rehearsal is on the DVD. As well as many flying sequences, there are 're-ennactment theatre' scenes from both World Wars, stills galleries historical and modern; and the breathtaking in-cockpit 'pilot-cam' view of Doug Booker's aerobatic display in the Giles 202 is truly 'something-else'. Use the menus to get hours of viewing out of this action-packed disk rather than choosing 'Play All'. .
BH.
Aero Australia
Issue 10: April/June 2006 Pg 101
Classic Fighters Marlborough 2005
One of the problems with air show videos and DVDs is the wide variety of quality buyers get for their money. Some are 'amateur hour' productions with poor shooting, sound and editing, while others are very well put together. This is one of the better examples, continuing the high standards set by previous efforts from the same producers.
The 2005 Classic Fighters show in New Zealand and its French theme, mix of WW1 aircraft replicas, more recent warbirds, historic aircraft, battle re-creations and so on was a great success and this captures the event well.
There's some history and background included, a generally good script and interesting shots from ground-to-air, air-to-air and 'from the cockpit'.
A nice touch is that the viewer has the option of 'deselecting' the narration so he or she can just listen to the sounds of the aircraft and the show's ambience.
I was puzzled by one of the battle reemactments that seems to have Manfred von Richtofen involved seven months after he was killed (not the DVD team's fault obviously!) and annoyed by the narrators constant mispronounciation of his name.
Otherwise, this is a good example of how an air show DVD can be done thanks to intelligent filming, scripting, editing and planning.
Classic Wings
Issue 54: Vol 13 No 1, 2006 Pg 47
Classic Fighters Marlborough 2005
This new release, dual soundtrack, DVD features almost three hours of great aviation and military action which took place at Classic Fighters 2005. It includes some excellent footage of most ofthe Omaka based aircraft, the highlight surely being the stunning footage of WW1 legends cruising over the blue water off the rugged Marlborough coast.
For those who attended the show, this film will bring back, often with a large 'Bang', the sights and sounds of the three day show. For those who didn't, the production will show what you missed and give you an incentive to come along to the next event. With great footage and informative narration (which can be switched off) about the aircraft, along with 'in your face' realistic battle sequences, this DVD is a must for all aviation enthusiasts.
In addition there are several special features, including 10 slideshows totalling almost 25 minutes of previously unpublished photographs from the show. One to keep us happy until Easter 2007!
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