HG at Smithsonian Air & Space, 4/22

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HG at Smithsonian Air & Space, 4/22

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http://www.nasm.si.edu/events/eventDeta ... entID=1683

GE Aviation Lecture
Big Blue Sky
Bill Liscomb
Thursday, April 22
8:00 pm
Lockheed Martin Imax Theater
National Mall Building
Request Free Tickets http://www.nasm.si.edu/events/lectures/ticketsform.cfm
Watch the live webcast. http://www.nasm.si.edu/events/lectures/webcast



7:00 p.m. Pre-Show
Big Blue Sky is a feature length documentary about hang gliding, the first Extreme Sport, and how it started.

8:00 p.m. Lecture
Watch and listen as Bill Liscomb, a pioneer of modern hang gliding, shares the story of this extreme sport’s birth along the coast of California in the 1970s. Liscomb flew his homemade designs at the early meets and will describe both the technology and the culture of hang gliding. Liscomb, an accomplished film producer and musician, uses vintage film and music to capture it all in his documentary Big Blue Sky, which will precede his lecture.
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Discussions on the movie at Oz Report:

Announcing the Release of "Big Blue Sky"
http://ozreport.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13470

Big Blue Sky" movie review
http://ozreport.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13776

My Review of Bill Liscomb's Movie - Big Blue Sky
http://ozreport.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13835

Big Blue Sky
http://ozreport.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10933

Big Blue Sky/da Vinci Film Fest/Corvallis, OR
http://ozreport.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=15162
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thanks :!: :)
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Just ordered my (free) tickets! Thanks for the link Cragin!

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