ML139315
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Subject 1: (Sound Effects). Subtitle: Airplane engine starting. Timecode In: 00:08:21. Timecode out: 00:08:30. Subject 2: (Sound Effects). Subtitle: 1940 Waco UPF-7 biplane. Timecode In: 00:09:20. Timecode out: 00:44:34. Habitat: Marine, Ocean. Equipment Notes: Stereo=1; Decoded MS stereo; Sennheiser MKH40 Cardioid Mid Mic and MKH30 Bidirectional Side Mic. NPR/NGS RADIO EXPEDITIONS Florida Keys-Doubilet Dat #1 M/S Stereo encoded, speaking to left, off-center. 0:48 ct -standing at airport about to go into bi-plane, look at reefs from the air and then going into the mangroves and back in. highway sound. ambi--wind, bg plane?, talking, wind howling 2:15--2:40. --> 5:00 time of day: 3:15 in afternoon, haze in the air, by "island airplane tours" 6:08 ct "dead center carteoid left of center right of center left" 6:30 stopdown. talking about starting engine, doing it twice doing it from two perspectives 8:20 plane engine starting, sounds like its passing overhead? bg talking about getting into plane. 9:20 biplane starting (g) bg talking. getting photos of getting into plane 12:30 sputtering engine, 13:06 engine fully started, talking in bg 16:28-16:35 pilot switch sequence, again at 17:00 ambi wind, overhead plane. 17:40 sputtering engine,--18:00 ends starts again 18:20 and stops, starts again at 18:30-20:33 momentary break back at 20:34-5, talking in bg and engine, 22:00 ct -biplane starting to move, doubilet doing all talking and slating for all indiv seq. 22:15 dd this is key west int airport ... 22:33 i'm sitting in the front cockpit of a wacko upf 7 a biplane built in 1940, the color of the wings is orange the fuselage is black sunny day, mid-April Key West Florida very end of us, ceiling almost unlimited few clouds toward the west. 23:26 right now i just put my goggles on ... 23:33 we're turning right now into the wind. wind is blowing down ...windsock pointing straight at us tarmac is a white cement, voice overridden by engine, can barely hear him. 24:15 we're flying! a little louder but still outdone by the engine 27:52 engine, dd talking can't hear him. we're looking over a bright white? engine is too loud to really make out anything describing scene. can't really make out anything being said, engine throughout cutting back engine 42:00 dd off-mic towards flying island tours. low rumble of engine in bg. 44:26 engine down. ambi bg talking, laughing, 46:37 tape ends.
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- Recorder
- SONY TCD-D3
- Microphone
- Accessories
Archival information
- Cataloged
- 10 May 2005 - Ben Brotman
- Digitized
- 10 May 2005 - Ben Brotman
- Edited
- 10 May 2005 - Ben Brotman