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One Six Left

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Having viewed One Six Right on Discovery HD Theater, I decided to get both the HD-DVD version of this film along with this "companion DVD."

However, unlike the beautifully produced original, this one is quite a let-down. While the making of One Six Right is interesting in its own right, I'm not sure if it warranted its own companion DVD, at least not in its present form.

While the interviews with Brian Terwilliger and others about the difficulties of making the film were interesting (among them, Los Angeles World Airports which owns VNY did not originally cooperate with the project), I would have liked to have seen more interviews with the pilots seen in the original. Terwilliger himself said the interviews alone consisted of 80-100 hours of raw footage, and this DVD would have been a great opportunity to include interesting parts of these interviews that had to be cut out of the original for brevity's sake.

Three of this DVD's own extras, "The Joyride", "Into the Clouds", and "Movie Montage" are already featured on the HD-DVD version with the added bonus of being in high definition, unlike the companion which is standard definition only. In fact, the extras portion of the HD-DVD version of One Six Right has better and more content than this companion DVD does.

At best, this DVD should be included with the standard definition version of the original as a two-disc set, and whatever footage isn't already duplicated in the HD-DVD version be integrated into that.

This DVD is essentially a documentary of KVNY, w/many interesting personal vignettes of people who made careers from aviation (back when you could make a career of aviation). The story is well told, the production values are excellent. I have watched this video multiple times and it makes me want to hug my airplane and smile at our local airport manager.

Along w/the history of KVNY is the message that airports are a community and a valuable resource. No surprise there, but the non-flying public hasn't got the message. You might want to send a copy to people who complain about living near an airport. (You know, the people who buy a house and then decide the airport should be closed because they now live in the area). I doubt it will change any minds, but we just might get lucky.

Most awesome movies I have seen in a long time!!!!!! I have to have my daily fix just about every day watching, at least in part, these dvd's.

Thank you, Thank you!!

One Six Right is a wonderfully done video about the history Van Nuys Airport, and about the joy of flying. One Six Left is a wonderful sequel to One Six Right. Both videos capture the joy of flight in a way that few have done before.

While channel surfing I came across this program. I remembered my daughter, who lives in Woodland Hills California, told me she drives her car to the Van Nuys airport to park for a fraction of the price she would be charged at LAX. The program was already around a half hour in progress and caught my attention. I found another date where the program was broadcast and recorded it on the DVR. Rather than take up space on a temporary recording medium, it only made sense to own the DVD. I was not aware of the One Six Left video until visiting Amazon, the package deal made it an easy decision.

Beyond the spectacular photography, the music is also memorable. The DVD includes a music video performance of the main theme by the composer. I haven't purchased the music CD yet, but I just might.

This is a great movie. If you like flying this is a must if you love flying it is a drug!
The editing is great, music is wonderful and the cinematorgraphy is breathtaking!

It is the logical addition to 16R!

Simply put, the Finest General Aviation film out there. If you are into aviation, it will put tears in your eyes. Buy this video, then give it to non-flying friends (or politicians!) to show them what flying means to our nation. A moving experience.

Good expanded original footage of clips that were incorporated into the movie. A little disappointing in that it was not what was expected. Similar material is usually incorporated into the original movie DvD as "Special Extra Features" rather than having to pay for it twice. But I understand that Brian is a young filmmaker and the original had limited appeal so this was a reasonable way to recoup some of the production costs of the main feature (One Six Right). Really enjoyed the "behind the scenes" interviews with various people involved in the production. It added great breadth to the story. Keep up the good work Brian...

This video contains sublimes images about flying. It gives you a good idea of the world of aviation made by enthusiast guys. The landscapes are magic and captivating. Would be better in Blu-Ray Disk in full HD.

Very good footage, and I learned so much, not only history, but the current trends, and the impact they are having and will have even more in the future as General Aviation Airports close, never to be opened again.
I watched this companion video, BEFORE I watched the Movie "One Six Left". For me, watching this companion video 1st, gave me a totally different and deep perspective, for when I later watched the Movie, One Six Left.