Kickstarter Series Explores 100 Flying Films
Based in the Pacific Northwest town of Grants Pass, an action sports filmmaker announces a new kind of project: Fly Local 100: 100 short films about 100 people, groups and companies who love to fly.
Grants Pass, Oregon - May 21, 2015 - Based in the Pacific Northwest town of Grants Pass, an action sports filmmaker announces a new kind of project: Fly Local 100: 100 short films about 100 people, groups and companies who love to fly.
"The Fly Local 100 addresses the need to celebrate all of the facets of aviation. It's a chance to unify the whole spectrum of flight: To bring together stories ranging from radio control to Space Ship One, student pilots, Learjet captains, Boeing executives and the flight simulation community all in one place. We all experience the joy of flight in a unique way and we want to help introduce new people to all of the opportunities available in aviation" Aran Eversman explains on the project's Kickstarter page.
The Fly Local 100 was launched on Kickstarter and already has an impressive lineup on confirmed features: Southwest Airlines: Putting Heart Back in Flight 10 Year Student Pilot: 100 things I learned in my first 100 hours (and decade) of flight Experimentals and AirVenture 2015: We fly to EAA's AirVenture 2015 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin and check out the latest in aviation Eugene Bolin: US Air Force Lt. Colonel, retired, former Chief Technical Pilot of Boeing Aircraft Business 101: Dutch Bros coffee is buzzing on local airports Grayback Aviation: Onion Mountain and wildfire Fighting in the Pacific Northwest Flying on the Edge: Inside Red Bull Air Race "Learjet Captain" featuring Learjet Captain Patrick Lee and the Blacktop Comedy Crew Flight training features with guest instructors Rutan RC: Scale-sized Burt Rutan originals Austin Meyer's X Plane: Recreating Flight on a Digital Scale Rogue Valley Flyers: Scale-sized paradise in Southern Oregon AXOM Digital Cinema: Filmmaking in the Sky Man Vs. Longline: Chris Creamer and the Art of Heli-longlining Born to Fly: 9 Year Old Jory Teranova takes a flight Paradise Found: Catalina hopping in Southern California
The making of the film will also include the Director earning his own pilot ratings - achieving a lifetime goal and documenting every step of the experience. Fly Local will provide a steady stream of content in short "webisodes" before remastering a final, feature length documentary at the conclusion of the Fly Local 100.
For more information, visit the series' Kickstarter page here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1857925562/the-fly-local-100-100-stories-about-those-who-fly/
