justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (1 year 7 months 2 weeks 3 days 5 hours ago) and read 21158 times:
Quoting Luftfahrer (Reply 1): As much as I'd like this to be a program featuring a US carrier, it sounds interesting anyway. Maybe you can share some clues what it could be?
Absolutely... Clues coming after the weekend...
While I am excited about the DVD being released I am more excited for the other announcement that will be made. It is basically a new price line that will be introduced for certain titles making them more accessible to more people...
Luftfahrer From Germany, joined Mar 2009, 957 posts, RR: 6 Reply 3, posted (1 year 7 months 2 weeks ago) and read 21014 times:
My guess is the Ecuadorian TAMÉ. They have a couple of short flights from UIO and possibly GYE as well.
Furthermore, I'm a tad disappointed it's not a North American carrier. But I realize it wasn't likely to be one either.
Just wondering, is there any chance you'll have a production featuring ATL in the future? Having flown into that airport so often, I have become really curious what operations look like from the cockpit – irregardless if it's he one of a passenger or cargo aircraft.
Et là tu montes encore plus haut et ça persiste, alors on vole
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 4, posted (1 year 7 months 1 week 6 days 16 hours ago) and read 20994 times:
Quoting Luftfahrer (Reply 4): Just wondering, is there any chance you'll have a production featuring ATL in the future? Having flown into that airport so often, I have become really curious what operations look like from the cockpit – irregardless if it's he one of a passenger or cargo aircraft.
We currently have 2 DVDs with flights into Atlanta...
1) ATLAS AIR Boeing 747
The flight is from Dallas Ft Worth to Atlanta
2) POLAR AIR Boeing 747
The flight is from New York JFK to Atlanta and from Atlanta to Prestwick
EMA747 From United Kingdom, joined Jun 2006, 1157 posts, RR: 2 Reply 7, posted (1 year 7 months 1 week 5 days 20 hours ago) and read 20909 times:
LAN Cargo would be amazing. Their 77Fs and 767Fs look great. I'm not sure if LAN Cargo would really be classed as a new airline as JP have already done LAN.
I am wondering about MTA Cargo with their DC-10Fs. I have no idea of their routes and if they have a 32 minute flight.
Andy S
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EMA747 From United Kingdom, joined Jun 2006, 1157 posts, RR: 2 Reply 8, posted (1 year 7 months 1 week 4 days 18 hours ago) and read 20853 times:
JP I just read the announcement about the new prices on your facebook page. Hope you don't mind me putting it up here.
"New $20 price in the Cockpit series!
Tomorrow's new DVD will be released at $20 and we will be lowering the price of more than 25 other DVDs to $20.
With this we're trying to make some of the less popular titles available to more viewers. Many of these titles are as or more interesting than most would think."
One question I have about this is will the discounted rates be reflected in UK shops or is it just for DVDs purchased directly from your website?
The new DVD sound interesting. Old plane + cargo so it must be interesting.
Andy S
Failing doesn’t make you a failure. Giving up and refusing to try again does!
Luftfahrer From Germany, joined Mar 2009, 957 posts, RR: 6 Reply 9, posted (1 year 7 months 1 week 4 days 8 hours ago) and read 20847 times:
A far cry from the LAN Cargo 77F that I hoped it would be. Not my kind of plane, but it looks interesting nonethless. I'm sure there are plenty of enthusiasts who appreciate this production.
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Danny From Poland, joined Apr 2002, 3432 posts, RR: 2 Reply 10, posted (1 year 7 months 1 week 4 days 8 hours ago) and read 20838 times:
Shame on you Justplanes - I am completely wrecked today after watching the SAS A333 DVD until 2 am. But it's so outstanding that t was well worth it; probably the most insightful movie since Jetmagic.
golli From Iceland, joined May 2007, 149 posts, RR: 0 Reply 11, posted (1 year 7 months 5 days 13 hours ago) and read 20610 times:
Quoting Luftfahrer (Reply 6): Hopefully LAN Cargo on the 77F. That would be awesome to say the least. I don't know if they've got a 32 minute flight, though.
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 13, posted (1 year 7 months 3 days 16 hours ago) and read 20510 times:
Quoting EMA747 (Reply 12): I like the look of the new CDG airport DVD. I have been on two photography trips to CDG and it is a great airport with lots of different carries.
When we looked at which European Airport to feature we looked at the LON, FRA, AMS... and then someone said CDG and I said... hm don't think its the best choice... well I was very wrong... During the week we filmed there was so much traffic we ran out of tapes.. no kidding! More than 125 Airlines and many of them bring in more than 1 type of Aircraft.
A ton of widebodies from all over the world... Some good A380 action... a TON of 777s and a good amount of A330/A340s... so going there was a very wise decision for sure!
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 15, posted (1 year 6 months 3 weeks 21 hours ago) and read 20167 times:
Quoting 757767lover (Reply 14): Hi JPV Your Paris looks great, any clues yet on the next release
Simon
This coming Friday we will have a re-release of a sold out program... and in a week or 2 we will have a new airline joining the series!
Midcon385 From United States of America, joined Dec 2006, 570 posts, RR: 0 Reply 16, posted (1 year 6 months 2 weeks 6 days 10 hours ago) and read 20086 times:
Thanks for the Wideroe re-release! I've been wanting to get that one! Another added to the upcoming purchase list.
borgcube From South Africa, joined Jun 2009, 10 posts, RR: 0 Reply 17, posted (1 year 6 months 2 weeks 5 days 7 hours ago) and read 20039 times:
Just had a bit of bad luck
Popped in my United 777 DVD into my DVD player and it would not play. Then put it in my computer and it said "cannot read disc"
Same on 2 other computers and another dvd player.
Used to watch it over and over, then put it away for a year or so.
By chance I luckily had 2 copies and opened the sealed one and it plays fine.
Really hope no others in the collection dont play anymore.
All my DVD's are stored in a proper manner and I can see no defects on the disc surface.
The United one is quite a few years old
EMA747 From United Kingdom, joined Jun 2006, 1157 posts, RR: 2 Reply 18, posted (1 year 6 months 2 weeks 5 days 5 hours ago) and read 20030 times:
The Widerøe is a great DVD with amazing small airfields and dramatic winter flying. I already own a copy and I recommend others to grab it now it's been rereleased.
Andy S
Failing doesn’t make you a failure. Giving up and refusing to try again does!
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 19, posted (1 year 6 months 2 weeks 4 days 23 hours ago) and read 20014 times:
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 20, posted (1 year 6 months 2 weeks 4 days 23 hours ago) and read 20012 times:
Quoting EMA747 (Reply 18): The Widerøe is a great DVD with amazing small airfields and dramatic winter flying. I already own a copy and I recommend others to grab it now it's been rereleased.
Andy S
Thanks Andy! and now the countdown begins to the next Airline joining the series!
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 23, posted (1 year 6 months 2 weeks 2 days 6 hours ago) and read 19872 times:
Quoting 757767lover (Reply 21): Are we ever going to see Royal come back.???????????????????
Our 20th Anniversary year which starts shortly will be seeing LOTSA things... do not worry
In the meantime the 197th new Cockpit DVD and 227 Airline to join the series is just 3 days away!
alberchico From United States of America, joined Sep 2004, 2505 posts, RR: 0 Reply 24, posted (1 year 6 months 1 week 4 days ago) and read 19621 times:
just out of curiosity, if the program was filmed in 2006 why was it released now ?
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justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 25, posted (1 year 6 months 1 week 3 days 14 hours ago) and read 19657 times:
About Blu Rays.
Before you rush into buying them make sure they are professionally produced and not something that was burned at home... BD-Rs are the kind you buy in a store just like DVD-Rs and you burn at home... We've never released anything on anything other than real DVDs, no DVD-Rs and we're not about to release BD-Rs that will lead to problems on some players...
When VHS started becoming DVD the market was ready and we quickly switched to DVD.. Right now the market is nowhere near being ready for Blu Ray and its looking more and more like Blu Ray, just like the HD DVD, will not become the format of the future... but time will tell...
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 28, posted (1 year 6 months 1 week 3 days 6 hours ago) and read 19653 times:
Well it is possible that Europe is different than North America... Here there isn't a single producer of any sort of documentary.. not just aviation... that releases their titles on Blu Rays...
I know of 1 that does trains but they're also on rewritable Blu Rays...
As far as I've seen in Europe (aviationwise) there is only 1 company in Germany that releases their titles on Blu Rays... others may be offering BD-Rs... which means they buy a Blu Ray at the store and write them at home on their computer... not exactly the way we want to go if we ever release Blu Rays... Just like with our DVDs we would want them professionally authored (so as to have them playing without problems on all players all over the world) and we would have them printed in a company that does just that.
This will happen if and when the market is ready for it and the cost is right... Right now we would have to release a Blu Ray 25-30% more expensive than a DVD and other than maybe 4 or 5 people I don't think anyone would want to pay more...
The good news though is that a few months ago we upgraded our equipment to HD so anything that's been filmed since then is in the format that makes it possible to release Blu Rays if that becomes possible in the future...
EMA747 From United Kingdom, joined Jun 2006, 1157 posts, RR: 2 Reply 29, posted (1 year 6 months 1 week 3 days 4 hours ago) and read 19644 times:
We have had the Blue Ray debate in the other thread and I still agree with what JP is saying. In Europe BR is quite popular but with big film titles rather than small time productions.
JP's DVDs are about £23 in the UK and that is a LOT more than even a current hollywood blockbuster film. I don't mind one bit paying the £23 as I know JP is a small company and I don't mind giving my support. Plus the DVDs are much more interesting that most films! However if JP's DVDs went up by 25-30% I don't think I would be able to afford them even if I wanted to.
I think the next logical step is 16:9 widescreen DVDs. I really hope JP you can produce some of these in the future. A lot of the other aviation DVD producers seem to say they are filmed in HD (and I'm sure they are) but they can't be rendered in HD as they are still on standard DVDs but their programs are similar length to JPs. As far as I am aware you can't get much more than about 5-10 minutes of full 16:9 1080 quality footage on a standard DVD disc.
From my point of view I think for JP to go Blue Ray would price most of the market out and lose them a lot of customers, but to widescreen might well gain them a few customers. At the end of the day though JP know what they are doing and know the markets better than any of us!
Andy S
Failing doesn’t make you a failure. Giving up and refusing to try again does!
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 30, posted (1 year 6 months 1 week 3 days 3 hours ago) and read 19639 times:
Thanks Andy, you are VERY accurate in everything you say in your post!
Widescreen is just a few weeks away by the way... We upgraded our equipment a few months ago and are filming HD.
The 1st release is HOT too! Its not an A380 but its a fantastic airline, a great aircraft and a very interesting route!
The Blu Rays are just not becoming reality because of the mastering, replication and licensing fees.
It would be doable if everyone had Blu Rays but with only 5-10% owning them now its not practical or we would have to sell then for $40 or more...
There is the rewritable Blu Ray.... but
DVD-Rs experienced big compatibility issues in the first few years and BD-Rs will likely go through the same...
Maybe today DVD-Rs are more stable thanks to many improvements... I'm told that BD-Rs will likely go through the same issues... and I mean if you're going to spend 30 bucks on a program, do you really want something that is made in someone's living room?
So as far as the real Blu Rays go I see only 1 company in the world releasing Aviation titles... and they can do so because they release 2 titles a year... If we did 2 titles a year we would offer Blu Ray now but our audience has grown accustomed to about 20 titles a year and we would like to stick to that...
Everything we've done over the past 20 years has been calculated and for a reason..
We've always looked out for our customers in every aspect... be it quality, price and variety of programming...
You know over the past 20 years I can give you a long list of companies and people who have come out with BIGGER and BETTER than Just Planes.... Where are they all today? I guess people don't want Bigger and Better than Just Planes... they just want Just Planes and I want to thank all those who continue to support us throughout the world. October 2010 was a record month for us and that is going to help us release more great programs for another 20 years.
757767lover From United Kingdom, joined Dec 2006, 340 posts, RR: 0 Reply 31, posted (1 year 6 months 1 week 2 days 6 hours ago) and read 19558 times:
Quoting EMA747 (Reply 31): We have had the Blue Ray debate in the other thread and I still agree with what JP is saying. In Europe BR is quite popular but with big film titles rather than small time productions.
JP's DVDs are about £23 in the UK and that is a LOT more than even a current hollywood blockbuster film. I don't mind one bit paying the £23 as I know JP is a small company and I don't mind giving my support. Plus the DVDs are much more interesting that most films! However if JP's DVDs went up by 25-30% I don't think I would be able to afford them even if I wanted to.
I have a long time customer of JPV , up to 5 years ago i was in work but my MS made me retire from work and so now i'm liveing off the state and so money is tight
I don't think I would be able to afford them even if I wanted to. [/quote]
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 32, posted (1 year 6 months 1 week 2 days 3 hours ago) and read 19556 times:
Quoting 757767lover (Reply 33): I don't think I would be able to afford them even if I wanted to.
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Exactly Simon, that is why we don't want to offer Blu Ray unless they will be sold at the same price our DVDs were and are being sold (and I don't mean the re-writeable ones)...
The industry (in this country at least) is keeping the pricing at a high enough level so as to only be available to motion picture and TV... which is weird because you would think Sony would want everyone owning a Blu Ray player and buying Blu Rays but today that is not the case at all...
Unlike DVDs which quickly took over for VHS in stores, Blu Rays are still limited to 1 aisle and the rest is all DVDs..
I also think that part of this may be caused by the fact that more and more is downloadable online and it may well be that that is where the future is... I'm personally not a fan of it but unfortunately I'm not the one deciding where the world of video is going... in time we shall see... and Just Planes will follow but for now I'd say enjoy the DVDs and wait for Friday's announcement which will further raise the quality...
757767lover From United Kingdom, joined Dec 2006, 340 posts, RR: 0 Reply 33, posted (1 year 6 months 1 day 4 hours ago) and read 19212 times:
Quoting justplanes (Reply 34): I'm personally not a fan of it but unfortunately I'm not the one deciding where the world of video is going... in time we shall see... and Just Planes will follow but for now I'd say enjoy the DVDs
777guy From United States of America, joined Sep 2000, 485 posts, RR: 0 Reply 35, posted (1 year 5 months 4 weeks 19 hours ago) and read 19086 times:
J P, in the last couple DVDs I have received, Buffalo and Skymaster, I have noticed that at the beginning of each flight segment you are no longer announcing on screen the destination, flight number,aircraft ID and flying time for the upcomoning segment. Is this going to be a regular occurance? I for one surely hope not.
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 36, posted (1 year 5 months 4 weeks 14 hours ago) and read 19083 times:
Quoting 777guy (Reply 37): J P, in the last couple DVDs I have received, Buffalo and Skymaster, I have noticed that at the beginning of each flight segment you are no longer announcing on screen the destination, flight number,aircraft ID and flying time for the upcomoning segment. Is this going to be a regular occurance? I for one surely hope not.
No its not 777guy...
As a matter of fact as we just completed our 1st HD/Widescreen program we designed a new flight graphic that looks really cool and will be used for those new programs and has all the details. I believe it includes the aircraft, registration, flt nbr and route.
777guy From United States of America, joined Sep 2000, 485 posts, RR: 0 Reply 38, posted (1 year 5 months 3 weeks 5 days 22 hours ago) and read 18961 times:
Quoting 757767lover (Reply 38): Great i know the info is on the cover of the DVD case but it is nice to see on screen as well.
The main reason I like the graphics is my lack of memory and usually watch at night so it is inconvenient to turn on light and see what is next. I also miss seeing various key points along the flight's route like airports and special scenery not being included on the graphics. That would be nice to see again.
Jim
EMA747 From United Kingdom, joined Jun 2006, 1157 posts, RR: 2 Reply 39, posted (1 year 5 months 3 weeks 5 days 19 hours ago) and read 18951 times:
Quoting 777guy (Reply 39): I also miss seeing various key points along the flight's route like airports and special scenery not being included on the graphics. That would be nice to see again.
I second that. It's not a big deal either way but it was quite nice when it was included. It helps with keeping up with where that flight has got to as you are watching it. More interesting on long-haul routes imo.
Andy S
Failing doesn’t make you a failure. Giving up and refusing to try again does!
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 41, posted (1 year 5 months 3 weeks 2 days 22 hours ago) and read 18759 times:
Quoting 757767lover (Reply 41): Along with Andy S i also enjoy the places of interest you pass along the way.
Simon
You are totally right about that, so do I...
More and more we try to get the pilots to talk about the places we overfly but if they don't and are over a place we actually recognize we will make sure to include a title. Our new editing suite makes these things a lot easier now...
With our 1st widescreen release we have a new graphic for each flight which I think you will like, we also have a new opening, when I saw it a week or so ago I cracked up and couldn't stop laughing...
Whats really funny is that the opening animation was created by our authoring guy (a non aviation person) and the sound he used for the plane is actually of the same plane on the DVD... that cracked me up even more
Anyway we've taken an extra week to really bring out the best quality in the authoring process and transfer of High Definition footage so that you all will be very happy. We're getting one final viewing on Friday and then its off to the presses...
Wishing those in the US a Happy Thanksgiving... and make sure to visit us for 3 really incredible sales!
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 43, posted (1 year 5 months 2 weeks 1 day 22 hours ago) and read 18422 times:
Quoting EMA747 (Reply 43): JP are there any new releases expected before Christmas? If so any clue yet?
Hello Andy,
We were supposed to have a re-release from VHS to DVD tomorrow but we have to delay it by a week because our warehouse is completely backlogged from the orders received for last weekends sale... and our new sale starts tomorrow so we'll be busy with that for another week...
So that DVD is now due Friday, Dec 10th.
We may have something after that but we have to see how things develop...
Don't want to release something if we can't ship in a timely manner, specially before Christmas...
Stay tuned to the website and facebook for updates... and clues off course
Have a lovely weekend!
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 45, posted (1 year 5 months 2 weeks 5 hours ago) and read 18329 times:
Quoting EMA747 (Reply 45): Thanks for the update JP. I am interesting in the VHS to DVD releases and there are a few I really hope make it to DVD.
We will bring back a number of VHS programs released from 1991 to 2002... a lot of those have a historic value that we want to maintain and so far the ones we've brought back are selling very well so the demand is def there...
EMA747 From United Kingdom, joined Jun 2006, 1157 posts, RR: 2 Reply 46, posted (1 year 5 months 1 week 6 days 19 hours ago) and read 18287 times:
JP - Just had a look at the sale DVDs are there are some great deals on some DVDs I have not seen. I have a few questions though about shipping to the UK.
1) It says on the website "New customers may be limited to 3 dvds" It also says minimum order $20 for the sale. This could be an issue as I already have my eye on at least 4 sale DVDs.
2) Any idea how much (if any) import duty to the UK would be? I've checked the UK import pages and the info there is complicated to say the very least!
3) Would I need to go through some sort of verification process as I have not made an order directly from your website before? I doubt if I'd get the DVDs before Christmas now though.
Andy S
Failing doesn’t make you a failure. Giving up and refusing to try again does!
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 47, posted (1 year 5 months 1 week 6 days 15 hours ago) and read 18271 times:
Quoting EMA747 (Reply 47): JP - Just had a look at the sale DVDs are there are some great deals on some DVDs I have not seen. I have a few questions though about shipping to the UK.
1) It says on the website "New customers may be limited to 3 dvds" It also says minimum order $20 for the sale. This could be an issue as I already have my eye on at least 4 sale DVDs.
2) Any idea how much (if any) import duty to the UK would be? I've checked the UK import pages and the info there is complicated to say the very least!
3) Would I need to go through some sort of verification process as I have not made an order directly from your website before? I doubt if I'd get the DVDs before Christmas now though.
1) Don't worry about that, you will be fine
2) I think most people don't pay duties... its only on occasion that they charge from what I hear from customers but I really don't have much information about that one... but judging from the number of orders we ship to the UK every day I'm sure it can't be bad...
3) No you're all set, just place the order on our website... If you order soon you have a good shot at getting them before Christmas but nothing is for sure off course...
EMA747 From United Kingdom, joined Jun 2006, 1157 posts, RR: 2 Reply 48, posted (1 year 5 months 1 week 6 days 7 hours ago) and read 18255 times:
Thanks for answering my questions. I'll put my order through asap then. I don't need them before Christmas so it's not a big deal if they take a little longer.
Andy S
Failing doesn’t make you a failure. Giving up and refusing to try again does!
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 51, posted (1 year 5 months 1 week 5 days 10 hours ago) and read 18193 times:
Hey Steve,
You are right, we have been filming in the old standard.. but only 1 of the companies you mention up there is filming in the new standard and releasing it in the new standard and thats Pilotseye.. so if you want the absolute best in quality than thats what you need to buy...
Filming in High Definition but releasing in Standard Definition really does not improve anything.
In fact a customer reported to me that he thought our old standard DVDs had a better quality than their new standard filming and that that was actually noticeable on their and our You Tube clips... I checked it out and kinda have to agree.
In any case 6 months ago we started filming in the new standard and will be releasing our 1st program soon... a nice improvement with that is that its widescreen now... but the new High Definition filming really does not improve the old Standard Definition... its just a sales pitch to try to sell some DVDs...
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 52, posted (1 year 5 months 1 week 5 days 10 hours ago) and read 18166 times:
Quoting EMA747 (Reply 50): Just placed my order. Hopefully I won't have to pay import tax, fingers crossed.
EMA747 From United Kingdom, joined Jun 2006, 1157 posts, RR: 2 Reply 53, posted (1 year 5 months 1 week 5 days 7 hours ago) and read 18144 times:
I think there is a bit of confusion over what HD is in reality. When something is filmed in HD it doesn't mean the end product is HD. HD's big drawback is that it takes up massive amounts of disc space on the finished DVD. The only format where you can get over about 30 minutes of HD footage on is Blue Ray. Standard 4.7 GB DVDs will only hold maybe 15 minutes of full 1080 HD footage. Most DVDs that are filmed in HD are downconverted to SD for use on a standard DVD. Things filmed in this way on modern cameras can look amazing in quality on SD DVDs. All I say is don't get too hung up on the whole HD tag.
Andy S
Failing doesn’t make you a failure. Giving up and refusing to try again does!
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 55, posted (1 year 5 months 1 week 5 days 3 hours ago) and read 18130 times:
Thank you Andy. That is 100% correct!
Filmed in HD, which we are now doing, means absolutely nothing if it is released on a DVD because DVDs are not HD unless as you point out they are limited to 15 minutes which they are not.
Its like saying I'm buying a Porsche that can go 200 miles an hour.. but I'm limited to 65 on the roads.
HD DVDs did exist for a short while but the format failed and is gone. Kinda too bad if you ask me because Blu Ray has not come down to the price where it can be sold at a good price in a niche market like ours...
Quoting EMA747 (Reply 55): All I say is don't get too hung up on the whole HD tag
Again thank you Andy...
I have never in any other area than aviation seen anyone say filmed in HD... Its a ridiculous statement meant to convince people to buy something... Sadly we will now have to say that too so people don't get lost in this... Best example. : Tyku. With all due respect he does highlight one of Andy's quotes but he forgets to include the other part which correctly states that HD would be limited to 15 minutes on a DVD... so anything longer than that is simply not HD..
alberchico From United States of America, joined Sep 2004, 2505 posts, RR: 0 Reply 56, posted (1 year 5 months 1 week 4 days 20 hours ago) and read 18060 times:
One thing I have noticed is that just planes DVDs look great when viewed on an old tube TV but more grainy on an HDTV.
I hope that newer hd cameras will fix that.
Just out of curiosity jp what hd cameras will you use ? Will they be common camcorders like the Canon Vixia series or something more high end ?
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777guy From United States of America, joined Sep 2000, 485 posts, RR: 0 Reply 57, posted (1 year 5 months 1 week 4 days 13 hours ago) and read 18031 times:
I guess I might as well add my comment here as I have a dog in this fight due to my extensive collection of this series. I am old school so I do not have all of the technical knowledge a lot of you do.
The bottom line as far as I am concerned is enjoying the best quality at the most reasonable price. I for one would not expect J P to risk the viability of his company by trying technology that he is personally not comfortable with.
Jim
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 58, posted (1 year 5 months 1 week 2 days 22 hours ago) and read 17907 times:
Thank you Jim!
and some great news today!!! if you've been on our facebook page or website
Midcon385 From United States of America, joined Dec 2006, 570 posts, RR: 0 Reply 60, posted (1 year 5 months 1 week 2 days 18 hours ago) and read 17880 times:
Quoting EMA747 (Reply 72): Everyone go and read the latest newsletter on the WAR homepage. I won't spoil the surprise.
Yes, by all means go and read the latest newsletter! Ain't it great news, Andy?
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 62, posted (1 year 5 months 6 days 6 hours ago) and read 17590 times:
Quoting 757767lover (Reply 76): Hi JPV You have given me a wounderful Christmas present in releasing BOTH Citybird films on 1 programe thanks
Simon
Thank you Simon, you're very welcome!
It is really neat to be able to dig into 20 years of programs and re-release old stuff, specially defunct airlines and/or types of aircraft that these airlines are no longer using... and judging from sales on the 1st weekend its something we will be continuing with more of those releases in 2011...
EMA747 From United Kingdom, joined Jun 2006, 1157 posts, RR: 2 Reply 63, posted (1 year 5 months 6 days 4 hours ago) and read 17571 times:
All this comparing one company with another is getting a bit ugly now. I think imo all that needs to be said has been said now so hopefully we can but this to rest now.
Andy S
Failing doesn’t make you a failure. Giving up and refusing to try again does!
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 64, posted (1 year 5 months 6 days 3 hours ago) and read 17564 times:
Quoting EMA747 (Reply 78): All this comparing one company with another is getting a bit ugly now. I think imo all that needs to be said has been said now so hopefully we can but this to rest now.
Andy S
I could not agree with you more Andy... they compare us right on the front page of their website... something I would never do... however if they are going to use the Just Planes thread to promote their DVDs I have to respond... and the truth hurts I guess...
They should just use their own thread for their DVDs and this won't happen...
Moving on and getting ready to celebrate our 20th Anniversary in style!
Happy Holidays!
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 66, posted (1 year 5 months 6 days 1 hour ago) and read 17543 times:
Quoting Luftfahrer (Reply 81): Is this the next program you are going to release, according to your website still in December 2010?
That is the plan however right now our warehouse is having a problem keeping up with the number of orders coming in and adding this release would just cause serious delays and this is not the right time of year to delay orders...
Will be in a better position to say something next weekend.
Thanks for the quick reply, I can very well comprehend that your warehouse is busy at this time of the year – I have contributed to that myself having ordered the AC B777-300ER program as my Christmas present. Anyway, I am happy to see you continue cooperating with Air Canada and am sure the next program is going to be a stunner.
Also, you seem to have paid attention to my advice :
Quoting Luftfahrer: I think an [...] [Air Canada] 77L program would be an excellent addition to the series
[Edited 2010-12-12 11:03:08]
Et là tu montes encore plus haut et ça persiste, alors on vole
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 68, posted (1 year 5 months 6 days ago) and read 17523 times:
Quoting Luftfahrer (Reply 83): Thanks for the quick reply, I can very well comprehend that your warehouse is busy at this time of the year – I have contributed to that myself having ordered the AC B777-300ER program as my Christmas present. Anyway, I am happy to see you continue cooperating with Air Canada and am sure the next program is going to be a stunner.
Also, you seem to have paid attention to my advice :
Thank you and indeed Air Canada is a fantastic airline to be working with and so are the pilots picked for our DVDs.
And yes, believe it or not, we do listen to our customers and their suggestions. While we obviously can't incorporate everything over the years we've added and done things that many have requested and will continue to do so.
Enjoy the AC B777-300ER and see if you can answer the Captain's trivia before he reveals the answer
EMA747 From United Kingdom, joined Jun 2006, 1157 posts, RR: 2 Reply 69, posted (1 year 5 months 6 days ago) and read 17514 times:
JP - The order I made last weekend for 4 of the discount DVDs has been dispatched according to an email I got today (much faster that I thought it would be). Any idea how long it will take for them to reach me in the UK after dispatch? I'm not really bothered how long they take, just interested to know.
Andy S
Failing doesn’t make you a failure. Giving up and refusing to try again does!
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 70, posted (1 year 5 months 6 days ago) and read 17514 times:
Quoting EMA747 (Reply 85): JP - The order I made last weekend for 4 of the discount DVDs has been dispatched according to an email I got today (much faster that I thought it would be). Any idea how long it will take for them to reach me in the UK after dispatch? I'm not really bothered how long they take, just interested to know.
'
Right.. normally that order would have been out Tuesday, Wednesday at the latest... it went on Friday... from there on it is in the hands of the post office so totally impossible to guess.. some in the UK get them in days some in weeks... and I would think that this time of the year they also have some extra mail.. so there is no science at all with this. Hope you enjoy them!
Thank you for keeping on producing these Air Canada programs. Ever since I saw the preview of the B777-300/ER I knew I was going to buy this one sooner or later, since the crew members on this flight seem to be real class acts and the route choice (Germany included ) is very wise. In the long run, I am going to possess all AC programs, last but not least because I learn a lot about flying from them. I appreciate that essentially all important crossings, that is the Andes, the Atlantic, the Pacific to Asia and Australia from the North American continent will be covered. Some day I will have to book a flight on Air Canada myself – perhaps from FRA to YYZ?
PS: Of course I will try to solve the trivia question.
Et là tu montes encore plus haut et ça persiste, alors on vole
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 72, posted (1 year 5 months 5 days 15 hours ago) and read 17467 times:
Indeed, Air Canada has been nothing but a class act with us since the 1st day we started filming with them on the Boeing 767. The good thing is they have a nice fleet and great route network so with a bit of chance there is some more work there for us... and off course Germany is often included in the series, our main Director is from Germany so anytime he can feature the series in his country he does... and that is also why we've already filmed something like 10 airlines in Germany along with more in Austria and Switzerland... and a number of them with a German version.
Enjoy the 777-300ER!
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 74, posted (1 year 5 months 5 days 3 hours ago) and read 17407 times:
Quoting 757767lover (Reply 89): Hi JPV Is there any chance in the near future of going back to Hong Kong:?
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 75, posted (1 year 5 months 5 days 1 hour ago) and read 17403 times:
Who is good in trivia... and remembers details from our cockpit series...
This week we're giving away $10 coupons every day so check our website and facebook and participate...
Going to be a fun week!
alberchico From United States of America, joined Sep 2004, 2505 posts, RR: 0 Reply 76, posted (1 year 5 months 1 day 23 hours ago) and read 17189 times:
so at this point will the new air canada program be available before Christmas ?
short summary of every jewish holiday: they tried to kill us ,we won , lets eat !
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 78, posted (1 year 4 months 3 weeks 6 days ago) and read 16839 times:
We're close to releasing the longest route in the series... if you know the current 5 longest routes, post them on our facebook to win today's coupon!
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 80, posted (1 year 4 months 3 weeks 2 days 23 hours ago) and read 16659 times:
Quoting EMA747 (Reply 95): AC 772LR is out. I will try and get this as soon as they are available in the UK. I am very interested to see the new widescreen format.
I'd also like to say a very Happy Christmas to all of you on here. I hope you have a happy and relaxing time over the festive period.
Andy S
Actually they arrived in the UK today as well.. We had shipped them ahead of time for a simultaneous release
Thanks very much Andy! Everyone here on airliners.net have a wonderful and safe holiday!
Luftfahrer From Germany, joined Mar 2009, 957 posts, RR: 6 Reply 81, posted (1 year 4 months 3 weeks 2 days 3 hours ago) and read 16606 times:
First of all, Merry Christmas everyone!
I got the AC B777-300/ER program for Christmas. Once more, as expected, I think it is an excellent addition to the series. The crew members are superb and focus very much on the technical aspects of the aircraft, which is exactly what I wanted. The newly-released -200/LR program is certainly on the top of my wish list now, much more so as the quality in the preview video is amazing.
Quoting justplanes (Reply 84): see if you can answer the Captain's trivia before he reveals the answer
I got three out of four right because they were no-brainers, the last one was a bit more tricky (as expected ).
By the way, justplanes, did you notice you actually appear on the remarks section of the dispatch documents? I took a snap shot and noticed it there... kind of an unintentional Easter egg?!
"Please expect Udo Schaefer in the jumpseat, film crew to film World Air Routes"
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justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 82, posted (1 year 4 months 3 weeks 1 day 21 hours ago) and read 16576 times:
Indeed Merry Christmas to all!
That is too funny, I did not see the comment on the flight plan!
That was a good catch by you!!
Glad you like the 777-200LR video on You Tube.
I want to give full credit to the Air Canada crews! Pilots make a program as is clear in this one.. You have 6 pilots, all eager to give information about what is going on and how that machine works.
The cabin crew was equally nice and fun as you can see on the trailer.
Hopefully our close collaboration with Air Canada will last for a while!
kaitak From Ireland, joined Aug 1999, 11358 posts, RR: 40 Reply 83, posted (1 year 4 months 3 weeks 1 hour ago) and read 16473 times:
Quoting justplanes (Reply 82): Hopefully our close collaboration with Air Canada will last for a while!
Hopefully it will stand you in good stead when the 787 comes along! I think it will also cut both ways, because obviously it's good to get a "blue chip" airline like AC, but also, it works for them too; the productions you have done for the 767, 77W and 77L are now part of AC's own history, so if people in 20 or 30 years' time want to know what it was like to fly AC's 767s, you've provided that. Also, when they are introducing a new type (particularly one they've been awaiting for more than a little time!), they will know that there is a company willing and able to do a good job in presenting their newest type; hopefully, they will come to you! And hopefully others will too.
Maybe Austral or AF might be willing to work with you on the 380!
I see the B787 is scheduled to enter service with Air Canada in 2013 (might be later). Now that almost the entire longhaul fleet except for the A330 is covered (regrettably, the airline no longer uses the A340), I wouldn't be surprised to see a shift towards the shorthaul fleet (E-Jets, A32S). Lots of interesting destinations on these as well.
Et là tu montes encore plus haut et ça persiste, alors on vole
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 86, posted (1 year 4 months 2 weeks 6 days 23 hours ago) and read 16443 times:
Quoting kaitak (Reply 83): Hopefully it will stand you in good stead when the 787 comes along! I think it will also cut both ways, because obviously it's good to get a "blue chip" airline like AC, but also, it works for them too; the productions you have done for the 767, 77W and 77L are now part of AC's own history, so if people in 20 or 30 years' time want to know what it was like to fly AC's 767s, you've provided that. Also, when they are introducing a new type (particularly one they've been awaiting for more than a little time!), they will know that there is a company willing and able to do a good job in presenting their newest type; hopefully, they will come to you! And hopefully others will too.
I agree... its good for both to document this for history...
We recently released the Citybird B767 & MD11 and obviously Citybird can't be compared to Air Canada yet its selling incredibly well because there is nothing out there to remember this Belgian airline. If we had started AC a lot earlier we would have the 747 to remember.
Keep in mind Air Canada also uses our DVDs for pilot training so its more than just document aircraft and flights for history...
Now on the 787... It would be lovely to see this airplane in service. I'm a bit concerned though and wonder how things are moving along but hopefully Boeing will figure everything out and the airline will start taking delivery soon.
I believe Air Canada has 37 B787s on order... From the numbers it looks like they're replacing the B767s at first and maybe A330 in the end.. but with that number on order I expect they will be placed into service on routes all around the world.
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 87, posted (1 year 4 months 2 weeks 6 days 23 hours ago) and read 16444 times:
Quoting Luftfahrer (Reply 84): I see the B787 is scheduled to enter service with Air Canada in 2013 (might be later). Now that almost the entire longhaul fleet except for the A330 is covered (regrettably, the airline no longer uses the A340), I wouldn't be surprised to see a shift towards the shorthaul fleet (E-Jets, A32S). Lots of interesting destinations on these as well.
You are right, it would have been nice to have an Air Canada A340 program...
We do have 2 programs filmed on ex-Air Canada A340s though
We filmed C-FTNP with BWIA as 9Y-TJN.
We filmed C-FYLC with LAN as CC-CQG.
phlstudent From United States of America, joined May 2006, 498 posts, RR: 8 Reply 88, posted (1 year 4 months 2 weeks 6 days 17 hours ago) and read 16422 times:
JP,
not sure if your willing to give this information up. But I order the AC 77W and 77L videos yesterday and curious if you reached the 100 order cap yet? Would love to get my order possibly by this weekend rather than next week.
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 89, posted (1 year 4 months 2 weeks 6 days 13 hours ago) and read 16414 times:
not sure if your willing to give this information up. But I order the AC 77W and 77L videos yesterday and curious if you reached the 100 order cap yet? Would love to get my order possibly by this weekend rather than next week.
Keep up the good work.
Depends on your order number... but the 100 orders came in the day the DVD was released..
Right now orders 22587 through 22686 will ship on Dec 29th.
Order 22687 through 22900 will ship next week.
Hope this helps.
Thank you!!
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 90, posted (1 year 4 months 2 weeks 5 days 14 hours ago) and read 16341 times:
Quoting justplanes (Reply 89): not sure if your willing to give this information up. But I order the AC 77W and 77L videos yesterday and curious if you reached the 100 order cap yet? Would love to get my order possibly by this weekend rather than next week.
Updating you... because of the number of orders received we opened the warehouse today as well... and looks like we'll be able to get 170 orders out tomorrow... so if all goes well 22587 through 22756 will ship on Wednesday 29th.
midcon385 From United States of America, joined Dec 2006, 570 posts, RR: 0 Reply 91, posted (1 year 4 months 2 weeks 5 days 9 hours ago) and read 16324 times:
phlstudent From United States of America, joined May 2006, 498 posts, RR: 8 Reply 92, posted (1 year 4 months 2 weeks 5 days 2 hours ago) and read 16290 times:
Quoting justplanes (Reply 90): so if all goes well 22587 through 22756 will ship on Wednesday 29th.
midcon385 From United States of America, joined Dec 2006, 570 posts, RR: 0 Reply 93, posted (1 year 4 months 2 weeks 4 days 20 hours ago) and read 16255 times:
Luftfahrer From Germany, joined Mar 2009, 957 posts, RR: 6 Reply 94, posted (1 year 4 months 2 weeks 4 days 2 hours ago) and read 16211 times:
JustPlanes, here's another goody that I randomly noticed: It appears you were filming on flight AC 872 to FRA on May 12th, 2009 (090512 displayed on the datalink/CPDLC interface).
Well, you were photographed departing from Toronto.
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 95, posted (1 year 4 months 2 weeks 3 days 22 hours ago) and read 16179 times:
Quoting midcon385 (Reply 91): Awesome! I'm 22729 and wasn't expecting it to ship this week (which is fine), but I'm sure going to be thrilled if it does end up making the cut!
Tim
So I'm happy to confirm that the 170 planned orders did make it out yesterday (22587 through 22756)... some in the US could be lucky enough to receive their order as early as tomorrow!
In addition, those that used Fedex for orders 22756 through 22900 were also lucky to get their orders shipped out.
Everything else will start moving again after the weekend.
Have a safe New Years Eve and a fabulous 2011!
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 96, posted (1 year 4 months 2 weeks 3 days 22 hours ago) and read 16178 times:
Quoting Luftfahrer (Reply 94): JustPlanes, here's another goody that I randomly noticed: It appears you were filming on flight AC 872 to FRA on May 12th, 2009 (090512 displayed on the datalink/CPDLC interface).
Well, you were photographed departing from Toronto.
thats very cool! and that was indeed the day we filmed this flight! Nice work!
For those who like trivia there is another question on our facebook which was just posted relating to Air Atlanta...
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 97, posted (1 year 4 months 2 weeks 3 days 4 hours ago) and read 16103 times:
In the Air Atlanta trivia.... several people are really close but the correct answer is still out there..
Anyone want to take a guess?
330Guy From Ireland, joined Nov 2010, 453 posts, RR: 2 Reply 98, posted (1 year 4 months 2 weeks 3 days 4 hours ago) and read 16098 times:
Quoting justplanes (Reply 96): Quoting Luftfahrer (Reply 94):
JustPlanes, here's another goody that I randomly noticed: It appears you were filming on flight AC 872 to FRA on May 12th, 2009 (090512 displayed on the datalink/CPDLC interface).
Well, you were photographed departing from Toronto.
thats very cool! and that was indeed the day we filmed this flight! Nice work!
For those who like trivia there is another question on our facebook which was just posted relating to Air Atlanta...
Just finished watching this DVD earlier today, I must say its absolutly fantastic.... The only thing I would say that dissapointed me was in the 3 flights (YYZ-JAA, JAA-YYZ, YYZ-FRA) was that there was no walkaround shown. This is my 1st WAR DVD and dont get me wrong the lack of a walk around will not deter me from purchasing again but I would like to have seen one. 10 out of 10.
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 99, posted (1 year 4 months 2 weeks 1 day 20 hours ago) and read 15999 times:
Quoting 330Guy (Reply 98): Just finished watching this DVD earlier today, I must say its absolutly fantastic.... The only thing I would say that dissapointed me was in the 3 flights (YYZ-JAA, JAA-YYZ, YYZ-FRA) was that there was no walkaround shown. This is my 1st WAR DVD and dont get me wrong the lack of a walk around will not deter me from purchasing again but I would like to have seen one. 10 out of 10.
Glad you enjoyed the Air Canada 777-300ER. Its really been an honor to work with Air Canada and their Flight Operations people! The 1st review for the new 777-200LR was just posted on our website.
You're right, we normally try to get a walkaround and end up having them on probably 75% of the programs but in this case YYZ or NRT did not allow for that. Some airports are easier than others for doing a walkaround.
If anyone has comments about the Air Canada programs please email them to info@justplanes.com
It helps that the airline sees those.
Thanks very much!
speedbird380 From United Kingdom, joined Dec 2010, 18 posts, RR: 0 Reply 100, posted (1 year 4 months 2 weeks 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 15995 times:
Always enjoy watching your excellent DVDs JustPlanes!
I hope that you consider making one on either Air India or Jet Airways sometime soon
Would be great to also see a A380 series from you as well.
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 101, posted (1 year 4 months 2 weeks 15 hours ago) and read 15891 times:
I hope that you consider making one on either Air India or Jet Airways sometime soon
We've talked to Air India... not sure if that will ever happen...
Haven't had a chance to talk to Jet but we've already featured 2 Indian airlines in the series..
Spicejet and Kingfisher...
EMA747 From United Kingdom, joined Jun 2006, 1157 posts, RR: 2 Reply 102, posted (1 year 4 months 2 weeks 3 hours ago) and read 15863 times:
JP will I be able to get a copy of the new widescreen AC DVD from my local shop in the UK (provided they ordered a few copies) if I visit this week? I seem to remember you saying that you had shipped the UK stock out earlier than normal.
A belated Happy New Year to all of you on this thread. May 2011 be a happy,healthy and successful year for you all.
Andy S
Failing doesn’t make you a failure. Giving up and refusing to try again does!
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 103, posted (1 year 4 months 1 week 6 days 20 hours ago) and read 15829 times:
Quoting EMA747 (Reply 102): JP will I be able to get a copy of the new widescreen AC DVD from my local shop in the UK (provided they ordered a few copies) if I visit this week? I seem to remember you saying that you had shipped the UK stock out earlier than normal.
A belated Happy New Year to all of you on this thread. May 2011 be a happy,healthy and successful year for you all.
Andy S
Thanks for the wishes Andy, same to you and everyone on here for a great 2011!
Our UK distributor released the new Air Canada DVD on the same day we did (Dec 24th) so by now I would say its safe to assume its reached the usual retail locations.
Cheers
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 104, posted (1 year 4 months 6 days 2 hours ago) and read 15472 times:
The first half dozen reviews for the new Air Canada 777-200LR are in. Thank you so much!
Take a minute to check them out, everyone seems to love the program... and if you've seen it, please send your comments as well. It helps us negotiate new programs.
Thanks again!!
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 106, posted (1 year 4 months 4 days 20 hours ago) and read 15356 times:
Quoting EMA747 (Reply 105): Any hints of what/when the next release will be?
This coming Friday will be a re-release of a sold out DVD...
The following 2 Fridays should see a new airline and a release of a old VHS title.
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 107, posted (1 year 4 months 3 days 16 hours ago) and read 15291 times:
Any fans of the Caravelle out there?
I guess its safe to say that there are none left in operations around the world?
EMA747 From United Kingdom, joined Jun 2006, 1157 posts, RR: 2 Reply 108, posted (1 year 4 months 3 days 4 hours ago) and read 15246 times:
I imagine most Caravelles were grounded before I was even born so it's nice that we can see these old planes through these DVDs. The pictures on the website with the black smoke coming out of the engines is enough to make me excited!
Andy S
Failing doesn’t make you a failure. Giving up and refusing to try again does!
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 109, posted (1 year 4 months 2 days 22 hours ago) and read 15218 times:
Quoting EMA747 (Reply 108): I imagine most Caravelles were grounded before I was even born so it's nice that we can see these old planes through these DVDs. The pictures on the website with the black smoke coming out of the engines is enough to make me excited!
I believe the Caravelles have been grouded for a while but not sure... yes the smoke coming out of just 1 of the 2 engines is pretty cool... and the rest of the program is too. Even though this program was 1st released 10 years ago today is the first time we added it on You Tube so you can see how exciting it really is... Check it out
krisyyz From Canada, joined Nov 2004, 1461 posts, RR: 0 Reply 110, posted (1 year 4 months 2 days 19 hours ago) and read 15211 times:
Even though I posted a comment for the AC B772LR program, I wanted to express my thanks for producing such an interesting and high-quality program. My favorite parts were the SAT phone communication between the captain in SYD and the dispatcher in YYZ about the new flight plan, I found that to be particularly interesting. I also really enjoyed the cabin presentation, I was very impressed with the galley and service presentation in the SAS A330 program so I was very happy that Just Planes is continuing to cover the cabin and galley service in your new programs. I will have to watch the B777LR program a few times before everything sinks in as there is so much great information and details in the program.
However, I must say that I greatly missed the external inspection of the mighty 777. I noticed that none of the AC (763,773 and 772) programs included any external shots or pre-flight inspection. Does AC have a policy against filming outside?
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 111, posted (1 year 4 months 2 days 4 hours ago) and read 15184 times:
Thanks very mich Kristof... The trio of Air Canada programs have been extremely well received, to say the least, and this new one on the 200LR is doing exceptionally well and comments from our viewers are more than positive...
About the walkarounds... They depend more on the airport than the airline. Toronto is not possible at this time and a place like Sydney wasn't either. Same problem at Narita. Smaller airports are easier to get clearance... but I'd say that 80% of our programs have walkarounds so we've been very lucky...
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 112, posted (1 year 3 months 4 weeks 23 hours ago) and read 15021 times:
Countown to the 228th Airline joining the series..
First clue posted on our facebook page...
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 114, posted (1 year 3 months 2 weeks 6 days 23 hours ago) and read 14660 times:
Hello Simon
Its looking like 1 to 2 re-releases this Friday...
After that we will have to see what shows up... We've been getting so much snow here that the delivery schedule shifts every week and we're always hanging in there to see what shows up when
757767lover From United Kingdom, joined Dec 2006, 340 posts, RR: 0 Reply 115, posted (1 year 3 months 2 weeks 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 14431 times:
Quoting justplanes (Reply 114): After that we will have to see what shows up... We've been getting so much snow here that the delivery schedule shifts every week and we're always hanging in there to see what shows up when
Hi Thanks for that unfortunately i already have 1 of those and the 777 does not get to me after the Air Canada programme; we (in the UK and parts of Northern Europe) have seen enough of the white stuff to last a life time
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 116, posted (1 year 3 months 2 weeks 5 hours ago) and read 14367 times:
Yes its an interesting winter here too... snowstorm yesterday and today... they just closed Logan Airport...
Anyway next release is set for Friday... its a DVD from an old VHS... also from a country with a lot of snow I'd say
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 118, posted (1 year 3 months 1 week 5 days 22 hours ago) and read 14265 times:
Quoting 757767lover (Reply 117): Could it be Canada and Royal by any chance or is it Crossair from Switzerland. We shall see
Simon
Its cold here but your answer is warm... if you tune into our facebook page you'll get the latest updates...
EMA747 From United Kingdom, joined Jun 2006, 1157 posts, RR: 2 Reply 119, posted (1 year 3 months 1 week 5 days 5 hours ago) and read 14238 times:
I've been waiting to see the Crossair program for a while so thanks for re-releasing it. I think it will be a good seller as it has a nice mix of aircraft types, some of them ones that are not featured on many other JP DVDs.
Andy S
Failing doesn’t make you a failure. Giving up and refusing to try again does!
alberchico From United States of America, joined Sep 2004, 2505 posts, RR: 0 Reply 120, posted (1 year 3 months 1 week 4 days 1 hour ago) and read 14121 times:
just found this interesting review of just planes programs,
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 122, posted (1 year 3 months 1 week 2 days ago) and read 13936 times:
Quoting EMA747 (Reply 119): I've been waiting to see the Crossair program for a while so thanks for re-releasing it. I think it will be a good seller as it has a nice mix of aircraft types, some of them ones that are not featured on many other JP DVDs.
Indeed Andy.
I am VERY surprised at how well the old stuff is selling so we're def going to dedicate more releases to those than originally planned.
Currently reviewing a lot of programs to see which ones we will be re-releasing on DVD... and there are also a few things that were never released so those will make for some nice surprises
EMA747 From United Kingdom, joined Jun 2006, 1157 posts, RR: 2 Reply 123, posted (1 year 3 months 1 week 1 day 22 hours ago) and read 13924 times:
Do you have a list of ALL the programs you have filmed including VHS? I ask only out of interest because sometime my local shop at EMA has some of your old VHS tapes and they are of airlines I had no idea you had filmed.
Is the Crossair DVD already in the UK or do we have to wait a little longer? I am in London tomorrow and might try and track down the AC 77L and Crossair if it's available.
Andy S
Failing doesn’t make you a failure. Giving up and refusing to try again does!
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 124, posted (1 year 3 months 1 week 1 day 4 hours ago) and read 13890 times:
Quoting EMA747 (Reply 123): Do you have a list of ALL the programs you have filmed including VHS? I ask only out of interest because sometime my local shop at EMA has some of your old VHS tapes and they are of airlines I had no idea you had filmed.
Is the Crossair DVD already in the UK or do we have to wait a little longer? I am in London tomorrow and might try and track down the AC 77L and Crossair if it's available.
Unfortunately I do not have a list of programs we released. Over the years as we switched systems the list went away... Have a list of DVDs... I do have a list of all the flights we filmed but its so long and has so much information that its like a telephone book
I too make some discoveries I did not remember... such as recently the Air Contractors 727-200 program which is actually really good and should maybe make its way back to DVD one day... those birds are becoming very rare.
The Crossair is actually leaving our warehouse for London tonight so it should be there on Thursday... The 77L has been shipping over just about every week so there should be some there...
alberchico From United States of America, joined Sep 2004, 2505 posts, RR: 0 Reply 125, posted (1 year 3 months 1 week 16 hours ago) and read 13851 times:
Quoting EMA747 (Reply 123): Do you have a list of ALL the programs you have filmed including VHS?
If you use this website you can look at previous incarnations of just plane's websitesite that can give you lots of info on old programs......
EMA747 From United Kingdom, joined Jun 2006, 1157 posts, RR: 2 Reply 126, posted (1 year 3 months 1 week 6 hours ago) and read 13814 times:
Quoting justplanes (Reply 124): The Crossair is actually leaving our warehouse for London tonight so it should be there on Thursday... The 77L has been shipping over just about every week so there should be some there...
I'll try and pick it up at the shop at EMA in that case.
I went to the Ian Allan shop near Waterloo station http://www.ianallanpublishing.com/our-shops/ yesterday and just a heads up to anyone on here who might visit in the future they have a VERY limited selection of aviation DVDs and NO JP DVDs at all. I was a bit disappointed because their sister shop at BXH has loads and I've picked up a few rarer JP titles from there. The London shop is very interesting might you, just be aware of the above.
Andy S
Failing doesn’t make you a failure. Giving up and refusing to try again does!
alberchico From United States of America, joined Sep 2004, 2505 posts, RR: 0 Reply 127, posted (1 year 3 months 6 days 2 hours ago) and read 13761 times:
Quoting justplanes (Reply 122): and there are also a few things that were never released so those will make for some nice surprises
just out of curiosity why weren't they ever released ?
I see that Iran Air finally is re-released,
how on earth did you guys get permission to film there in the first place ?
short summary of every jewish holiday: they tried to kill us ,we won , lets eat !
Midcon385 From United States of America, joined Dec 2006, 570 posts, RR: 0 Reply 128, posted (1 year 3 months 5 days 22 hours ago) and read 13746 times:
Quoting alberchico (Reply 127): how on earth did you guys get permission to film there in the first place ?
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 129, posted (1 year 3 months 5 days 20 hours ago) and read 13733 times:
Quoting EMA747 (Reply 123): Do you have a list of ALL the programs you have filmed including VHS?
I just discovered we do have a list of all UPC numbers we've filed so technically we could compile a list from that...
We're not that far from our 500th program!
I think I should get a day off for each of those programs!!
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 130, posted (1 year 3 months 5 days 20 hours ago) and read 13733 times:
Quoting alberchico (Reply 127): just out of curiosity why weren't they ever released ?
It could be a variety of reasons... but the most likely reason which was the case with ONE TWO GO as an example is we go film something and feel there is more needed to make a program.
As you know by now I'm not one to release a program with just a couple of flights just for the heck of releasing a DVD.. I want to make it worth your investment and give you guys as much as possible... so we'll say that we will go back and shoot some more... but with some airlines that hasn't happened.
Now that we've introduced $20 DVDs I don't feel as bad...
I would not have wanted to charge $30 for the 2hr One Two Go program but for $20 I think it was worth releasing it because it does include some neat footage, 2 flights on the 747-100, some destinations not previously covered in the series, etc... There are some more programs with in the same sort of situation so as soon as the studio here is free for me to spend time on those I will..
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 131, posted (1 year 3 months 5 days 7 hours ago) and read 13705 times:
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 133, posted (1 year 3 months 4 days 5 hours ago) and read 13619 times:
Quoting PHBUF (Reply 132): it's probably worth mentioning that at least the following three DVDs are about to sell out!
PLUNA only 31 left in stock
SUN-AIR only 81 left in stock
Blue1 only 51 left in stock
as JP would say..get them fast before they're gone!
You are very observant
I have to tell you that we also have a stock that is used for shops and that is not included in the number you see in our online shop... so there could possibly be more available than are listed in our store... and on the other hand if the store numbers run out we may dip into whats in the online store so I wouldn't trust these numbers 100%...
We will however always do our best to give some notice when a title is about to sell out so those who really want it still have a chance to get it... but as with the Freedom Air yesterday, sometimes the number is small and they go really quickly...
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 135, posted (1 year 3 months 1 day 7 hours ago) and read 13465 times:
Quoting EMA747 (Reply 134): JP I have just emailed you a review on the Eznis DVD for your website.
Everyone should get this DVD, it's amazing!
Andy S
Review was just added to our website Andy.
Thanks so much for taking the time to send it in...
I agree with you that Eznis Airways and Mongolia are a fantastic addition to the series. Most will never get to go fly there and this shows them what this country looks like.
Anyone else have a few minutes, please send in reviews for the programs you've seen..
Thank you!!
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 137, posted (1 year 3 months 1 hour ago) and read 13352 times:
Quoting 757767lover (Reply 136): I would love to see the AOM A-340 along with the MD-83 perhaps.
Simon
Hello Simon,
I am currently going through a bunch of the programs we've filmed since the early 90s.
So far the ones we have released are doing amazingly well so I am def planning many more...
Crossair is the latest one and I'm working on the next 3-4 as we speak... all the while working on some not previously released programs and the new ones filmed in High Def... so there is enough to keep me busy 36 hours a day
I will put the AOM A340 and MD83 programs in line for viewing to see if we can release one or both of these. I have to say that the program has been requested many times from people in France. AOM was a great airline... with a bit of luck the program will be back.
Cheers
757767lover From United Kingdom, joined Dec 2006, 340 posts, RR: 0 Reply 139, posted (1 year 2 months 4 weeks 1 day 4 hours ago) and read 13299 times:
Quoting justplanes (Reply 137): am currently going through a bunch of the programs we've filmed since the early 90s.
So far the ones we have released are doing amazingly well
Hi JPV
I'm so glad to here it. Like me even though we revel in your artrustry; we still like to remonmiss at prgrames gone buy
alberchico From United States of America, joined Sep 2004, 2505 posts, RR: 0 Reply 140, posted (1 year 2 months 4 weeks 19 hours ago) and read 13265 times:
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 141, posted (1 year 2 months 4 weeks 17 hours ago) and read 13262 times:
Quoting EMA747 (Reply 138): JP if you have anything that is Russian and/or similarly exotic in the back catalogue I hope you release it.
There is a possibility for a program like that.. I will be going through the footage in a couple of weeks to see what the story is and if we have a program...
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 142, posted (1 year 2 months 3 weeks 6 days 23 hours ago) and read 13182 times:
Quoting 757767lover (Reply 139): Hi JPV
I'm so glad to here it. Like me even though we revel in your artrustry; we still like to remonmiss at prgrames gone buy
SIMON
I couldnt agree with you more Simon!
Being able to see all the stuff we filmed during the past 20 years is very sweet! Like the Heavylift.. thats one cool airplane and nicely captured in this program too... I wonder if any are still in service... I doubt it and if they are its either 1 or 2 at the most...
We have more than enough things to bring back for at least a year if not longer and while we are filming a lot of new things, the past will play a big role in our future
Have a great weekend!
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 143, posted (1 year 2 months 3 weeks 6 days 14 hours ago) and read 13164 times:
Quoting alberchico (Reply 140): any idea when the new programs will be released ?
EMA747 From United Kingdom, joined Jun 2006, 1157 posts, RR: 2 Reply 144, posted (1 year 2 months 3 weeks 6 days 5 hours ago) and read 13156 times:
Quoting justplanes (Reply 141): There is a possibility for a program like that.. I will be going through the footage in a couple of weeks to see what the story is and if we have a program...
Cool. The Silkway IL76 is one of your most interesting DVD in my opinion. It's just a totally different experience on the Russian planes, even the engine sounds are different!
Quoting justplanes (Reply 142): Like the Heavylift.. thats one cool airplane and nicely captured in this program too... I wonder if any are still in service... I doubt it and if they are its either 1 or 2 at the most..
Heavylift is also very interesting. You have quite a few smaller props on DVD but it was interesting to see the massive Shorts Belfast. I highly recommend this DVD.
Andy S
Failing doesn’t make you a failure. Giving up and refusing to try again does!
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 145, posted (1 year 2 months 3 weeks 5 days 20 hours ago) and read 13130 times:
Quoting EMA747 (Reply 144): Cool. The Silkway IL76 is one of your most interesting DVD in my opinion. It's just a totally different experience on the Russian planes, even the engine sounds are different!
Quoting EMA747 (Reply 144): Heavylift is also very interesting. You have quite a few smaller props on DVD but it was interesting to see the massive Shorts Belfast. I highly recommend this DVD.
Andy S
Thanks very much Andy.. I agree... while its amazing to be able to feature airlines like Air Canada, United and Iberia what makes our series is adventures like Silkway and HeavyLift. You embark on something and you sometimes don't know exactly where you end up... this is real aviation!
krisyyz From Canada, joined Nov 2004, 1461 posts, RR: 0 Reply 147, posted (1 year 2 months 3 weeks 17 hours ago) and read 12885 times:
Hi Just Planes,
I know that you must be inundated with ideas for new programs. But I just want to say that I would love to see another Air Canada B772LR video on AC's YYZ-HKG polar flight. I remember that the Capt. on the YYZ-NRT (AC B773) flight briefly spoke about the special planning involved around polar flights and it seemed to be very interesting and extraordinary. Your Canadian North DVD did an awesome job of covering the true vs. magnetic compass ops so I bet seeing the equivalent of re-slaving the compasses on a brand new B777 would be very unique. Perhaps combining that with a short AC E195 hop to some Canadian or US city would be a hot seller.
I know that filming at airports can get very tricky and some major airports simply don't allow it. But do you think it would be possible to film the pre-flight preparations such as re-fueling, catering and the cabin crews work prior to passengers boarding? I don't know how others here feel about it, but I personally would love to see how refueling is done and how the ground crews turnaround a large jet.
757767lover From United Kingdom, joined Dec 2006, 340 posts, RR: 0 Reply 148, posted (1 year 2 months 3 weeks 6 hours ago) and read 12834 times:
Hi JPV I have been in touch with Ron and ordered the new release. I know under the present climate it is not possible ; but which airline/aircraft/route would you like to film here in the UK.
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 149, posted (1 year 2 months 3 weeks ago) and read 12815 times:
Quoting 757767lover (Reply 148): Hi JPV I have been in touch with Ron and ordered the new release. I know under the present climate it is not possible ; but which airline/aircraft/route would you like to film here in the UK.
Simon
Hello Simon,
Would be happy filming many airlines in the UK... but I guess its better not to even think about it... but I will give you a very early hint... and that is that our next High Def release will feature one fantastic flight into the UK! and not just any airport off course so we take what we can get...
I know that you must be inundated with ideas for new programs. But I just want to say that I would love to see another Air Canada B772LR video on AC's YYZ-HKG polar flight. I remember that the Capt. on the YYZ-NRT (AC B773) flight briefly spoke about the special planning involved around polar flights and it seemed to be very interesting and extraordinary. Your Canadian North DVD did an awesome job of covering the true vs. magnetic compass ops so I bet seeing the equivalent of re-slaving the compasses on a brand new B777 would be very unique. Perhaps combining that with a short AC E195 hop to some Canadian or US city would be a hot seller.
I know that filming at airports can get very tricky and some major airports simply don't allow it. But do you think it would be possible to film the pre-flight preparations such as re-fueling, catering and the cabin crews work prior to passengers boarding? I don't know how others here feel about it, but I personally would love to see how refueling is done and how the ground crews turnaround a large jet.
Thanks,
KrisYYZ
Excellent suggestion KrisYYZ!!
As a matter of fact we have been in talks with Air Canada about that particular Polar flight for a couple of months... Together we've been studying the possibility, the weather, the amount of light during the hours we would pass over the pole etc... While this is still a far shot from being done, if its ever done... I'm sure that if possible Air Canada will go for this so time will tell...
About the Airport preflight preparations... Some of our DVDs have shown re-fueling operations, it really all depends on which airport we are filming at... In general those things are very hard because on the one hand the cameraman is with the pilots filming the pre-flight and on the other hand he has many things to install in the cockpit and little time to do so... When we started the series in the 90s we would send a crew of 3 guys to do a shoot... one would be the main cameraman, the other would be an additional camera and the 3rd would take care of sound and other issues... Today we're limited to 1 and on a rare occasion we've been allowed 2 but its really only 1... and that 1 guy has to do the work of 2-3 people which makes anything on ground difficult to film...
I will however make a note that if this appears to be possible somewhere we will try to get that turnaround operation...
Thanks again for the great suggestion!
krisyyz From Canada, joined Nov 2004, 1461 posts, RR: 0 Reply 151, posted (1 year 2 months 2 weeks 6 days 22 hours ago) and read 12796 times:
Quoting justplanes (Reply 150): Excellent suggestion KrisYYZ!!
As a matter of fact we have been in talks with Air Canada about that particular Polar flight for a couple of months... Together we've been studying the possibility, the weather, the amount of light during the hours we would pass over the pole etc... While this is still a far shot from being done, if its ever done... I'm sure that if possible Air Canada will go for this so time will tell...
About the Airport preflight preparations... Some of our DVDs have shown re-fueling operations, it really all depends on which airport we are filming at... In general those things are very hard because on the one hand the cameraman is with the pilots filming the pre-flight and on the other hand he has many things to install in the cockpit and little time to do so... When we started the series in the 90s we would send a crew of 3 guys to do a shoot... one would be the main cameraman, the other would be an additional camera and the 3rd would take care of sound and other issues... Today we're limited to 1 and on a rare occasion we've been allowed 2 but its really only 1... and that 1 guy has to do the work of 2-3 people which makes anything on ground difficult to film...
I will however make a note that if this appears to be possible somewhere we will try to get that turnaround operation...
Thanks again for the great suggestion!
777guy From United States of America, joined Sep 2000, 485 posts, RR: 0 Reply 152, posted (1 year 2 months 2 weeks 6 days 19 hours ago) and read 12810 times:
J P, just curious about the new Astra program. Will this be a program that is a continuous run, I.E. not separated by chapters and having no graphics?
757767lover From United Kingdom, joined Dec 2006, 340 posts, RR: 0 Reply 153, posted (1 year 2 months 2 weeks 6 days 6 hours ago) and read 12778 times:
Quoting justplanes (Reply 150): and that 1 guy has to do the work of 2-3 people which makes anything on ground difficult to film
Does that mean he get's paid the wages of 3 people (HA HA )
Quoting justplanes (Reply 149): and that is that our next High Def release will feature one fantastic flight into the UK
That sounds great as long as the Government as not imposed restrictions like the BWIA A-340 flight which for me ruined a very nice film.
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 154, posted (1 year 2 months 2 weeks 6 days 1 hour ago) and read 12752 times:
Quoting 757767lover (Reply 153): Does that mean he get's paid the wages of 3 people (HA HA )
If one of them sees this and asks for a raise I will send him to you Simon
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 155, posted (1 year 2 months 2 weeks 6 days 1 hour ago) and read 12752 times:
Quoting 777guy (Reply 152): J P, just curious about the new Astra program. Will this be a program that is a continuous run, I.E. not separated by chapters and having no graphics?
Hello 777guy...
Had to check it out because there is so much going on here that I don't remember... but yes I confirm there are a dozen chapters on the ASTRA program and the graphics with flight info (Reg, Flt Nbr, Flt Time, Route) are on there except for the 1st flight. I couldnt find that one... Must be the guy who's doing the editing who screwed up...
230th airline arrives in March by the way!
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 156, posted (1 year 2 months 2 weeks 13 hours ago) and read 12541 times:
Its back!
Oxygen masks for approach into La Paz, Bolivia... 13,325 feet!
alberchico From United States of America, joined Sep 2004, 2505 posts, RR: 0 Reply 158, posted (1 year 2 months 2 weeks 4 hours ago) and read 12509 times:
You know JP the picture quality on the old CAC program seems better than some of your more recent programs. Was this filmed with older analog cameras ?
short summary of every jewish holiday: they tried to kill us ,we won , lets eat !
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 159, posted (1 year 2 months 2 weeks 3 hours ago) and read 12501 times:
Quoting alberchico (Reply 158): You know JP the picture quality on the old CAC program seems better than some of your more recent programs. Was this filmed with older analog cameras ?
This is something others will have to comment on... When I look at the Challenge 757 and compare it to the clips from today... the ones from today don't just look better... they look 100x better... but lets see what others think...
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 160, posted (1 year 2 months 2 weeks 3 hours ago) and read 12501 times:
Forgot to answer this...
the CAC 757 and just about all Cockpits that were release in the Flight in the Cockpit series were filmed with Betacam SP cameras... Those 30-40lbs cameras... Back then they were considered good stuff but what we get in the cockpit today with the digital cameras is so far superior... and only weighs 5 or 10bs which makes them a lot steadier too...
CONTACTDEPARTUR From United States of America, joined Dec 2010, 9 posts, RR: 0 Reply 161, posted (1 year 2 months 1 week 6 days 23 hours ago) and read 12490 times:
Quoting justplanes (Reply 159): This is something others will have to comment on... When I look at the Challenge 757 and compare it to the clips from today... the ones from today don't just look better... they look 100x better... but lets see what others think...
I agree 100% with Justplanes! The picture quality by far is way better than the older releases. The current SD is much clearer and now with the introduction of HD there is no comparison. By the way I can't wait for the next HD release
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 162, posted (1 year 2 months 1 week 1 day 21 hours ago) and read 12326 times:
Guessing game for our next High Def has begun....
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justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 164, posted (1 year 2 months 3 days 4 hours ago) and read 12099 times:
Quoting 777guy (Reply 163): J P, what is the release date for the next HD program?
Coordinating that with something we want to do for Japan... so either this Friday or next... and then the Japan thing will be the other Friday...
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 166, posted (1 year 1 month 4 weeks 1 hour ago) and read 11882 times:
Quoting 757767lover (Reply 165): Thanks for the Agean it looks great. Sorry you have lost your guy at your uk office
Thanks for the compliment, yes indeed Aegean is a wonderful all rounded program!
Ron used to work/ was my contact for some time at your distributors here in the UK. i sent an e-mail to him and got an automated reply back saying he had left the company. That was all.
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 168, posted (1 year 1 month 3 weeks 5 days 7 hours ago) and read 11793 times:
Quoting 757767lover (Reply 167): Ron used to work/ was my contact for some time at your distributors here in the UK. i sent an e-mail to him and got an automated reply back saying he had left the company. That was all.
Oh gotcha...
Ron left Flightglobal. A number of years ago Flightglobal took over Buchair UK and Ron was scheduled to stay for a few years, that's over now... however Ron is still running Just Planes UK and taking care of the distribution and sale of our DVDs in the UK... You can reach ron at ron@justplanes.com
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 170, posted (1 year 1 month 3 weeks 2 days 4 hours ago) and read 11643 times:
Embraer195 From UK - England, joined Mar 2011, 9 posts, RR: 0 Reply 172, posted (1 year 1 month 3 weeks 1 day 6 hours ago) and read 11579 times:
The Aegean Airlines program looks exceptional, I will be purchasing! Good to see there's a tour of Flight Ops/Dispatch and maintenance too. Very pleasantly surprised to see an arrival into LHR!
Just wondering.. does anyone else find that when they navigate around the JPV website, a new browser tab/window is opened with every page change? Not sure if it's supposed to be this way but in all my years of web browsing I've never seen any other website do this, and for very good reason - it's quite irritating and unnecessary!
krisyyz From Canada, joined Nov 2004, 1461 posts, RR: 0 Reply 173, posted (1 year 1 month 2 weeks 2 days 6 hours ago) and read 11406 times:
I was keeping my fingers crossed for a new Amsterdam or Frankfurt airport DVD so I was very happy when I checked your website for the new release this morning. I can't wait to get my hands on the FRA and Aegean DVDs.
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 175, posted (1 year 3 weeks 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 10776 times:
Quoting 757767lover (Reply 174): How nice it is to see another Iberia programme it looks great but when can we see the 2 remaiuning Royal films
Hi Simon,
I can't answer exactly when... but I can say that its likely that all 4 Royal programs will make their way back at some point considering we've gotten more than 100 requests this year alone... so probably just a matter of time...
kaitak From Ireland, joined Aug 1999, 11358 posts, RR: 40 Reply 176, posted (1 year 2 weeks 4 days 11 hours ago) and read 10647 times:
I see that the JP site no longer gives a schedule of upcoming programs; any idea when the next new program will be (particularly one featuring new aircraft types)?
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 177, posted (1 year 2 weeks 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 10670 times:
Quoting kaitak (Reply 176): I see that the JP site no longer gives a schedule of upcoming programs; any idea when the next new program will be (particularly one featuring new aircraft types)?
Indeed.. when we had a release once or twice a month it was easier to predict what would be coming out.. now that we have something every week its harder to know what will come in from the plant and when so we prefer to just wait it out and make sure whats planned is actually in and ready to go before its announced... but we follow a trend for our 20th anniversary that includes something new, something re-released, something from Video every month etc...
EMA747 From United Kingdom, joined Jun 2006, 1157 posts, RR: 2 Reply 178, posted (1 year 6 days 20 hours ago) and read 10386 times:
I've not checked in with all you folks here for a while so just thought I'd say hi again.
JP - Some very nice DVDs being produces by yourselves at the moment. I can't wait to see the new IB widescreen one, especially the flight to Moscow!
I have been enjoying the TUI Fly 737 DVD this week. If anyone hasn't seen it I urge you to get a copy if only for the approach sequences to Venice alone. Man that was exciting! JP expect a review from me when I have watched the second half.
Andy S
Failing doesn’t make you a failure. Giving up and refusing to try again does!
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 179, posted (1 year 5 days 1 hour ago) and read 10316 times:
Yes indeed Andy... we lucked out with the TUIfly shoot by getting a missed approach, a very low vis landing and a lot more... U can never plan for these things but when they happen its a big bonus!
Our 4th widescreen will be here in 12 hours! and make sure to tune in next weekend as we celebrate our 20th birthday!
Thanks for the review Andy, looking forward to it!
Blue_Angel From France, joined Jun 1999, 81 posts, RR: 0 Reply 180, posted (1 year 1 day 23 hours ago) and read 10208 times:
Great Corsairfly release !
I've personnally worked with the 2 pilots featured in this DVD, they're very funny and professionnal, I'm sure the video will showcase that
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 181, posted (1 year 1 day ago) and read 10172 times:
Quoting Blue_Angel (Reply 180): Great Corsairfly release !
I've personnally worked with the 2 pilots featured in this DVD, they're very funny and professionnal, I'm sure the video will showcase that
777guy From United States of America, joined Sep 2000, 485 posts, RR: 0 Reply 182, posted (1 year 22 hours ago) and read 10164 times:
Michel, I am curious why so many of the programs now are multi language. Is this a mandate of the various airlines or a selling point for WAR? I do not have a problem if they are translated in both languages but to be honest I wonder what is being said that I cannot understand. Personally I feel they should only be in the universal language of aviation which is English.
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 183, posted (1 year 19 hours ago) and read 10163 times:
Quoting 777guy (Reply 182): Michel, I am curious why so many of the programs now are multi language. Is this a mandate of the various airlines or a selling point for WAR? I do not have a problem if they are translated in both languages but to be honest I wonder what is being said that I cannot understand. Personally I feel they should only be in the universal language of aviation which is English.
I actually agree with you and it would be a lot less work for us here if it was all in English...
I don't think there are any new programs that have other languages coming up but one never knows, maybe there will be a few more...
The German language programs were made for our importer in Germany who distributes them to shops all around the country. It more than doubled the sales of our programs in Germany, an important market for us.
The Spanish language programs were an agreement with Iberia... it meant us getting this airline...
The French language program was a thank you to Corsair for 10 years of wonderful cooperation..
Not sure if you noticed but on Corsairfly... the program is more than 3 hours long... so normally priced $30
however because the English version is only 2h15mins we're only charging you the 2hr price of $25.. so you're not paying anything extra or losing out anything as the entire english version is on there...
EMA747 From United Kingdom, joined Jun 2006, 1157 posts, RR: 2 Reply 184, posted (12 months 3 days 8 hours ago) and read 10063 times:
Quoting Blue_Angel (Reply 180): Great Corsairfly release !
I've personnally worked with the 2 pilots featured in this DVD, they're very funny and professionnal, I'm sure the video will showcase that
That's exactly the type of pilots I love to watch. From the youtube clip they seem very nice and good from the DVD.
JP On the issue of different languages - When there is a part not in English is it usually a cockpit presentation or some other announcement usually during the cruise? By that I mean is it not a part with scenery or an interesting phase of the flight? I understand a tiny bit of German and French so I would not really understand anything but would I see new things if I watch both the English and other languages on a given DVD? I fully understand why you do dual language and personally have no problem with it whatsoever.
On another topic, have you ever though about doing a blog to keep fans up to date and to promote your DVDs? I know you have the Facebook page but I'm really not a fan of the FB site myself. It would be really interesting to have some kind of "reports from filming" type pieces, maybe including some photos like the ones you have been putting up for the guessing game on FB. Just a thought anyway.
I've not finished the TUI DVD yet but I promise a review is on it's way as soon as I do!
Andy S
Failing doesn’t make you a failure. Giving up and refusing to try again does!
777guy From United States of America, joined Sep 2000, 485 posts, RR: 0 Reply 185, posted (12 months 2 days 19 hours ago) and read 10027 times:
I do not really object if it is a one on one translation but I tend to resent something such as company presentation or other key items I usually enjoy being only in the foreign language.
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 186, posted (12 months 2 days 4 hours ago) and read 9994 times:
To answer your question... no you're not missing anything in the English version.. The entire flight and all the key parts of it are shown with English as the language such as the Corsairfly 747-400 that was just released... If you look at the French version you will see that nothing happens during that time... Its just idle time when the crew is sitting talking about the flight, the route, the aircraft in French.
And on that note... this is our 20th Anniversary weekend celebration with $20 coupons on our facebook page as a way to thank you for 20 years of support! Enjoy them!
Luftfahrer From Germany, joined Mar 2009, 957 posts, RR: 6 Reply 187, posted (11 months 2 weeks 3 days 6 hours ago) and read 9661 times:
JustPlanes, you have done it again! I was considering ordering the AC 77L program last week, now I am happy I decided to wait. The preview of the AC E-Jet program looks fantastic, a must-have for me.
Et là tu montes encore plus haut et ça persiste, alors on vole
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 189, posted (11 months 2 weeks 2 days 6 hours ago) and read 9610 times:
Quoting Luftfahrer (Reply 187): JustPlanes, you have done it again! I was considering ordering the AC 77L program last week, now I am happy I decided to wait. The preview of the AC E-Jet program looks fantastic, a must-have for me.
Thanks you very much! Indeed as you will see with this and the next few Widescreen/High Def programs that we've already completed, we've taken things to the next level including the use of up to 4-5 cameras in the cockpit when allowed by the airline amongst other improvements. Off course Air Canada is a fantastic airline to work with and their pilots really do a fantastic job presenting everything that can be said and done in the cockpit...
No doubt about that! It's just that I have become a big fan of the E-Jets ever since I flew on one myself. Also, I recreate the flights in flight simulator, and shorter flights are more feasible than ultra long haul segments. Eventually I am planning to get all programs from the AC series, though.
KeKeKumba From Canada, joined Jul 2010, 39 posts, RR: 0 Reply 191, posted (11 months 2 weeks 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 9565 times:
Was gonna order the AC 772 program, but opted for this new E190 one instead. I'll certainly get the 772 sometime in the future, but this should do me just fine for now. Can't wait for it to get here.
777guy From United States of America, joined Sep 2000, 485 posts, RR: 0 Reply 192, posted (11 months 2 weeks 1 day 15 hours ago) and read 9556 times:
J P, I have noticed that programs of late are all 2-4 flight segments. Is this the format we are likely to see from now on? I personally enjoy the multi flight programs because of more take offs and landings. Also are in the cabin flights going away?
EMA747 From United Kingdom, joined Jun 2006, 1157 posts, RR: 2 Reply 193, posted (11 months 2 weeks 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 9534 times:
Quoting 777guy (Reply 192): J P, I have noticed that programs of late are all 2-4 flight segments. Is this the format we are likely to see from now on? I personally enjoy the multi flight programs because of more take offs and landings. Also are in the cabin flights going away?
I noticed that too. Personally I like a mix of DVDs with only a few flights in more detail and others with shorter flights but more of them. That way if I don't have much time to watch a DVD I can flight on one with more shorter flights.
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justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 194, posted (11 months 2 weeks 22 hours ago) and read 9524 times:
Quoting 777guy (Reply 192): J P, I have noticed that programs of late are all 2-4 flight segments. Is this the format we are likely to see from now on? I personally enjoy the multi flight programs because of more take offs and landings. Also are in the cabin flights going away?
There is no change in format planned however with Air Canada's fantastic pilots its hard to do more than 4 flights. They do so much that a 4 segment DVD like the new Embraer 190 turns out over 4 hours long and thats after some serious cutting... so if we did 6 flights we wouldn't know where to put the rest.. so expect a mix of some DVDs with less flights but lots of pilot interaction instead and others with more flights... and as far as cabin, they're not going away, I know there is 1 in HD nbr 8 I believe but as you can imagine those are not easy to coordinate because of full flights, because desired window seating isn't available and/or because some airlines simply don't want anyone filming in the cabin... but when possible and if we're done with all we wanted in the cockpit we will certainly try to include a cabin flight.
KeKeKumba From Canada, joined Jul 2010, 39 posts, RR: 0 Reply 195, posted (11 months 1 week 1 hour ago) and read 9255 times:
Received my first online order today (only other JP purchases have been from aviation stores). I'm impressed it only took two full business days to get here, then again I live fairly close to where you're located. Can't wait to watch it (the AC EMB)!
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 196, posted (11 months 6 days 22 hours ago) and read 9247 times:
Quoting KeKeKumba (Reply 195): Received my first online order today (only other JP purchases have been from aviation stores). I'm impressed it only took two full business days to get here, then again I live fairly close to where you're located. Can't wait to watch it (the AC EMB)!
Very glad you got the order this quickly... its really out of our hands most of the time and in those of the post office (unless its UPS or Fedex)... Hope you enjoy the DVD... make sure to send some comments if you have a moment, Air Canada reads them and its important to them to see what people think of their and our work. Thanks!!
Luftfahrer From Germany, joined Mar 2009, 957 posts, RR: 6 Reply 197, posted (11 months 2 days 3 hours ago) and read 9064 times:
I received my copy of the AC Embraer 190 program on Friday, hardly 6 days after I had placed my order for it. Fast shipment - satisfied customer.
I think you could not have chosen a better Captain for a production of this kind. I was amazed by Jeff Lewis' enthusiasm and professionalism in bringing the Embraer closer to the audience. Also, I found that he has a great sense of humour, and I chuckled at quite a few of his comments along the flights. Of course, the two F/Os acted highly professional as well.
As for the destination choice, it could not have been better as well in my opinion. I was excited when I saw that GGT would be one of them, as I had flown in there in the flight simulator about two years ago. It was interesting to see how arrivals and departures are handled there in real world, though - like the pilot of a presumably small aircraft coming on the radio and asking the AC pilots what direction their aircraft was coming in from. The flight into Havana -an aviation museum, according to the Captain- was worth seeing as well.
Well done justplanes. I really like this production and will be watching it a few more times -- as my aim was also to learn more about flying the E-Jets, which I definitely have. After following all these AC programs, booking a flight on the carrier seems inevitable now. I just hope I get to sample a few types shown in the videos.
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justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 198, posted (11 months 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 8998 times:
Quoting Luftfahrer (Reply 197): I received my copy of the AC Embraer 190 program on Friday, hardly 6 days after I had placed my order for it. Fast shipment - satisfied customer.
I think you could not have chosen a better Captain for a production of this kind. I was amazed by Jeff Lewis' enthusiasm and professionalism in bringing the Embraer closer to the audience. Also, I found that he has a great sense of humour, and I chuckled at quite a few of his comments along the flights. Of course, the two F/Os acted highly professional as well.
As for the destination choice, it could not have been better as well in my opinion. I was excited when I saw that GGT would be one of them, as I had flown in there in the flight simulator about two years ago. It was interesting to see how arrivals and departures are handled there in real world, though - like the pilot of a presumably small aircraft coming on the radio and asking the AC pilots what direction their aircraft was coming in from. The flight into Havana -an aviation museum, according to the Captain- was worth seeing as well.
Well done justplanes. I really like this production and will be watching it a few more times -- as my aim was also to learn more about flying the E-Jets, which I definitely have. After following all these AC programs, booking a flight on the carrier seems inevitable now. I just hope I get to sample a few types shown in the videos.
Thank you so much for your kind words and very glad you liked the program. Things have indeed changed around a bit this year with the additional cameras in the cockpit but most importantly with the fantastic cooperation we're getting from Air Canada not only in picking the routes I want to cover in the series but by helping me pick the right pilots for each program.
I chose the Caribbean for the EMB-190 because I wanted us to have a flight with plenty of time to cover the aircraft and Captain Lewis certainly did that very well to say the least. I specifically picked Exuma because its an uncontrolled airport and it would offer an interesting approach and it did...
On Friday we will be releasing the next HD filmed program and you are going to find an equally great Captain this time covering Africa so stay tuned because there's a lot more where that came from
PS. And I hope you won't mind me including those comments on our website. Air Canada will be delighted with them. Thanks again and please continue sending in comments and reviews, they are critical to us bringing you more fantastic programs!
330Guy From Ireland, joined Nov 2010, 453 posts, RR: 2 Reply 199, posted (11 months 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 8985 times:
Hi,
I have a quick question, Has there ever been or is their plans to do a DVD with Aer Lingus, I.e. any plans on approaching them to do a shoot or has it been asked and rejedted before?
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 200, posted (11 months 2 hours ago) and read 8942 times:
Quoting 330Guy (Reply 199): I have a quick question, Has there ever been or is their plans to do a DVD with Aer Lingus, I.e. any plans on approaching them to do a shoot or has it been asked and rejedted before?
Aer Lingus has not been receptive to the idea of a DVD...
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 202, posted (10 months 4 weeks 1 day 7 hours ago) and read 8964 times:
Quoting 330Guy (Reply 201): oh well.... shame really, What about FR?? they never refuse the chance of a bit of publicity have they been approached?
Yes and they wanted money... but they did promise us free bathroom access for our crew
Anyway, kidding aside.. over the past 20 years we've approached pretty much every airline, those that are interested and interesting and those where we know we can get the kind of filming we want to get end up in the series... the airlines you don't see such as Emirates, Singapore, Virgin, British etc... will likely never be in the series but its really their loss...
The best example of what can be accomplished when an airline wants to cooperate is our Air Canada series. Its getting them some wonderful attention, great publicity and a lot more!
330Guy From Ireland, joined Nov 2010, 453 posts, RR: 2 Reply 203, posted (10 months 3 weeks 3 days 11 hours ago) and read 8803 times:
Quoting justplanes (Reply 202): Emirates, Singapore, Virgin, British etc... will likely never be in the series but its really their loss...
Exactly, its a fantastic product and if they dont want to be a part of it then thats something they have to deal with as there is 100's of airlines that want to do it and love doing it, making it all the more better for us viewers
Quoting justplanes (Reply 202): The best example of what can be accomplished when an airline wants to cooperate is our Air Canada series. Its getting them some wonderful attention, great publicity and a lot more!
I have the AC 77-300ER DVD and I'll be honest and say it makes me want to fly with AC... Your right in saying if an airline wants to work with it they will reap some rewards in the long term and get some very good (and free) publicity
krisyyz From Canada, joined Nov 2004, 1461 posts, RR: 0 Reply 204, posted (10 months 3 weeks 17 hours ago) and read 8704 times:
Hi JustPlanes,
Have you guys ever thought about doing a "best of" DVD? Like best, or most interesting approaches, best take offs and landings in bad weather or even a best cabin presentations program (SAS A330 comes to mind for that one). JP has so many amazing programs under its belt that I would bet it would be quite easy to find some "best of" moments.
Also your webpage looks very professional and is easy to navigate, but every-time you click on a new link, it opens up a new tab. So if you spend a lot of time on your webpage, looking for your next purchase, one could have 20+ tabs open by the end. No biggy, just thought I'd mention it.
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 205, posted (10 months 2 weeks 6 days 7 hours ago) and read 8640 times:
Hello Kris,
Before the start of our 20th Anniversary year we considered something very similar to what you're suggesting, which by the way is an excellent idea! We looked at it for both our Cockpit and Airport series.
Because it involves thousands of hours of footage and because we have so much already going on with new releases and re-releases etc... there just is not enough time to do it. It would have been a nice and different kind of release for our anniversary.... so for now the idea is in the freezer but that doesn't mean that one day we might not attempt something like that.
We probably would need a person dedicated to that project working for a few months... and I don't know if that's viable financially...
You are right about opening pages up on our website... Its basically how its designed, I guess that was a choice when we launched it... If that's an issue I'll gladly look into this...
Thanks again Kris. Happy Canada Day!
krisyyz From Canada, joined Nov 2004, 1461 posts, RR: 0 Reply 206, posted (10 months 2 weeks 5 days 21 hours ago) and read 8590 times:
Quoting justplanes (Reply 205): so for now the idea is in the freezer but that doesn't mean that one day we might not attempt something like that.
We probably would need a person dedicated to that project working for a few months... and I don't know if that's viable financially...
That's great to hear. I can see how labour intensive it may be and I personally would rather see new releases than a montage of older clips. Thank you very much for your reply!
Quoting justplanes (Reply 205): If that's an issue I'll gladly look into this...
No, not all. I just thought I'd mention it.
Quoting krisyyz (Reply 204): Thanks again Kris. Happy Canada Day!
Thank you! Happy early July 4th to you and your fantastic team!
EMA747 From United Kingdom, joined Jun 2006, 1157 posts, RR: 2 Reply 207, posted (10 months 2 weeks 1 day 23 hours ago) and read 8434 times:
Quoting justplanes (Reply 205): We probably would need a person dedicated to that project working for a few months... and I don't know if that's viable financially...
I'll do it! What editing program do you use if you don't mind me asking? I'm currently evaluating both FCP 7 and Premiere Pro CS5.5 for future purchase and wanted some first hand feedback. They are so expensive I need to be sure I get the right one for me.
Brussels A330 looks very interesting. The last SN Brussels DVD was very enjoyable so I'm sure this one is too.
Andy S
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justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 208, posted (10 months 2 weeks 21 hours ago) and read 8384 times:
Quoting EMA747 (Reply 207): I'll do it! What editing program do you use if you don't mind me asking? I'm currently evaluating both FCP 7 and Premiere Pro CS5.5 for future purchase and wanted some first hand feedback. They are so expensive I need to be sure I get the right one for me.
Personally I use FCP 9, Tom who takes over after me uses a load of stuff, don't even know half of it
They're not cheap, thats for sure... I believe I paid $1000 for FCP 9...
Quoting EMA747 (Reply 207): Brussels A330 looks very interesting. The last SN Brussels DVD was very enjoyable so I'm sure this one is too.
Indeed... you can't really compare the 2 though... our new Brussels program was filmed Hi Def, widescreen and using 5 cameras in the cockpit so the views on takeoff and landing are awesome... and you're getting the Airbus Fleet Manager who does a fantastic job presenting the aircraft, the flight etc...
krisyyz From Canada, joined Nov 2004, 1461 posts, RR: 0 Reply 210, posted (10 months 2 days 23 hours ago) and read 7979 times:
Hi Justplanes,
One question about the AC 319/321 DVD, which looks fantastic by the way! I watched the preview on youtube, during the A321 flight, the Captain pointed out Cape Canaveral and said that the last shuttle mission was launched just last week, how is that possible? Did you guys record, produce and release the AC DVD within a few days? The last space shuttle was launched on July 8th and your video came out on July 15th. I'm just curious.
I noticed this little detail too in the preview. I am sure JustPlanes will be able to fill you in but I suspected that it was a case of the crew knew that the Space Shuttles were launched from there and that the last mission was scheduled doonish. So the Captain just said that the last mission had been flown. I have seen that in TV programmes here in the UK where a programme is recorded before an event but goes out after it and the presenter or whoever just say it has already happened to keep up with the times.
krisyyz From Canada, joined Nov 2004, 1461 posts, RR: 0 Reply 212, posted (10 months 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 7889 times:
Quoting egph (Reply 211):
I noticed this little detail too in the preview. I am sure JustPlanes will be able to fill you in but I suspected that it was a case of the crew knew that the Space Shuttles were launched from there and that the last mission was scheduled doonish. So the Captain just said that the last mission had been flown. I have seen that in TV programmes here in the UK where a programme is recorded before an event but goes out after it and the presenter or whoever just say it has already happened to keep up with the times.
That's a good point. I never thought about that possibility.
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 213, posted (9 months 4 weeks 1 day 22 hours ago) and read 7817 times:
Hey guys,
That was a good observation/question!
I believe that what the Captain meant is that it was just after the final flight of Discovery... It looks like we passed the area just over a week after that flight lifted off...
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 214, posted (9 months 1 week 6 days 3 hours ago) and read 7282 times:
777guy From United States of America, joined Sep 2000, 485 posts, RR: 0 Reply 216, posted (8 months 2 days 17 hours ago) and read 6191 times:
J P, you said on face book that the cost of producing the new Eastern DC7 was 60% higher than normal costs. Just curious about that. Why is this more costly than other DVDs? Also you mentioned about a DC3 in the Caribean. I have been on board Just planes site for a long time now and do not remember seeing that one offered.
Jim
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 217, posted (8 months 1 day 6 hours ago) and read 6117 times:
Quoting 777guy (Reply 216): J P, you said on face book that the cost of producing the new Eastern DC7 was 60% higher than normal costs. Just curious about that. Why is this more costly than other DVDs? Also you mentioned about a DC3 in the Caribean. I have been on board Just planes site for a long time now and do not remember seeing that one offered.
Jim
Part of the reason of the Eastern being so expensive is that we paid to film... we normally don't do that.... we also paid so that the plane would make a special takeoff and landing in St Maarten for us to capture it from the beach... so it was a big gamble on our part because we didn't know how well it would sell... Things like the Buffalo DC-4 and Everts DC-6 are selling really well but not enough to justify spending what we did on Eastern... In any case judging from the sales of the first 2 days Eastern is an absolute hit so we def made the right call...
DC-3 in the Caribbean was a VHS we released maybe 18 years ago. It was filmed on Four Star and was a fantastic documentary on the aircraft and operation... a 3 man film crew had spent a week capturing great images around the islands... Sales were very disappointing and we lost a ton of money on it...
alberchico From United States of America, joined Sep 2004, 2505 posts, RR: 0 Reply 218, posted (7 months 3 weeks 5 days 14 hours ago) and read 5942 times:
Quoting justplanes (Reply 217): Part of the reason of the Eastern being so expensive is that we paid to film... we normally don't do that....
That's odd,you would think they would allowed you to film them for free in order to garner as much publicity as possible....
Quoting justplanes (Reply 217): DC-3 in the Caribbean was a VHS we released maybe 18 years ago. It was filmed on Four Star and was a fantastic documentary on the aircraft and operation... a 3 man film crew had spent a week capturing great images around the islands... Sales were very disappointing and we lost a ton of money on it...
The one thing I love about the series are the more exotic operations featured like russian aircraft , vintage freighters or bush plane operations. Its a shame more people aren't into that. I still say this is one of the most unique programs that jp has done...
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krisyyz From Canada, joined Nov 2004, 1461 posts, RR: 0 Reply 219, posted (7 months 3 weeks 3 days 7 hours ago) and read 5807 times:
The MALEV program looks great! I have the original VHS program but I will grab the new DVD because of the new footage. Based on the preview, it look like JP enhanced the 767 footage too. I'm very excited about this, I've been hoping to see the MA program re-release in DVD format for years!
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 220, posted (7 months 3 weeks 3 days 3 hours ago) and read 5800 times:
Quoting alberchico (Reply 218): The one thing I love about the series are the more exotic operations featured like russian aircraft , vintage freighters or bush plane operations. Its a shame more people aren't into that. I still say this is one of the most unique programs that jp has done...
I totally agree with you and thats why we do those knowing that most of these will be a loss but it makes the series more complete and interesting...
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 222, posted (7 months 1 week 6 days 21 hours ago) and read 5449 times:
Quoting kaitak (Reply 221): Any clues as to when the next DVD is coming out ... and will it include a new aircraft type?
This Friday we have no release... instead we'll have a Columbus Day sale..
Next Friday we should have 2 DVDs coming out, a release that was previously on video and a re-release of a sold out DVD..
and the plan for the Friday thereafter is for the release of a new program.
No new type planned at this time...
flightsimboy From Canada, joined Sep 2005, 567 posts, RR: 4 Reply 223, posted (7 months 1 week 1 day 1 hour ago) and read 5245 times:
Regarding the AC772LR I know it's widescreen and I'm assuming it's HD and not Blu-ray. I raced through a few of the comments above, but it's not clear to me.
I've enjoyed hours of watching the many Just Planes DVDs I know, but unfortunately with the widescreen TVs viewing is just not the same. Are all future Just Planes DVDs going to be in Widescreen format (or possibly even blu-ray).
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 224, posted (7 months 1 week 3 hours ago) and read 5210 times:
Quoting flightsimboy (Reply 223):
Regarding the AC772LR I know it's widescreen and I'm assuming it's HD and not Blu-ray. I raced through a few of the comments above, but it's not clear to me.
I've enjoyed hours of watching the many Just Planes DVDs I know, but unfortunately with the widescreen TVs viewing is just not the same. Are all future Just Planes DVDs going to be in Widescreen format (or possibly even blu-ray).
Yes I confirm, all the newly filmed DVDs will be widescreen... anything that was filmed prior 2010 when we switched to HD and that is still going to be released in the future will be full screen. We have a number of programs that were never released and that are being considered for release, those would indeed be full screen... we also have a number of videos that we're considering re-releasing on DVD and that would be the same...
alberchico From United States of America, joined Sep 2004, 2505 posts, RR: 0 Reply 226, posted (5 months 1 week 2 days 16 hours ago) and read 3933 times:
777guy From United States of America, joined Sep 2000, 485 posts, RR: 0 Reply 227, posted (5 months 1 week 2 days 13 hours ago) and read 3943 times:
J P, I am new to this Blu Ray thing. Will they show well with conventional flat screen and regular DVD player or will I need H D TV and B R machine?
Jim
Ychocky From Canada, joined Jul 2009, 141 posts, RR: 0 Reply 228, posted (5 months 1 week 2 days 3 hours ago) and read 3909 times:
Quoting 777guy (Reply 227): J P, I am new to this Blu Ray thing. Will they show well with conventional flat screen and regular DVD player or will I need H D TV and B R machine?
Jim
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 229, posted (5 months 1 week 1 day 23 hours ago) and read 3891 times:
Quoting 777guy (Reply 227):
J P, I am new to this Blu Ray thing. Will they show well with conventional flat screen and regular DVD player or will I need H D TV and B R machine?
Jim
We're selling this new program in both BLU RAY and DVD so you can just buy the DVD, no worries...
kaitak From Ireland, joined Aug 1999, 11358 posts, RR: 40 Reply 232, posted (4 months 1 week 3 days ago) and read 3247 times:
I got the latest AC 77L video (YYZ-HKG) in standard format; I always get mine at the aviation shop at Manchester Airport, on the way to/from home (Dublin). I have to say I enjoyed it immensely.
A four hour aviation video can be quite "dry" (i.e wall to wall technical info), but the AC crew and particularly Capt. Allen made it a pleasure to watch. I am really glad that JP has such a good relationship with AC and as Capt. Allen hinted, hopefully we'll be seeing the 787 featuring in the future. I guess my only wish would be that you could go back in a time warp and feature some old AC types - DC8s, L1011s, 747 Classics, Vanguards etc!
I often feel that one of the great advantages of this videos is often overlooked - the historical value; in years to come when a Canadian youngster asked his retired AC pilot grandfather, "what was it like to fly A330s/787s etc", they'll have these videos/DVDs.
One question I have is about the crews' careers: the Quebecois FO mentioned that he had served as a Embraer jet captain for two years, before going back to being an FO (and a relief FO, at that) on the 777; this seems somewhat unusual. Also, it seems unusual that they have relief FOs only on the 777, if I understood correctly. This suggests that he just flies as a relief FO, not alternating (as most carriers do); anyone know why AC does it this way?
justplanes From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 233, posted (4 months 1 week 17 hours ago) and read 3174 times:
Glad you enjoyed the new Air Canada DVD kaitak!
If you have a minute to email us those comments for our website that would be great!
info@justplanes.com
You are right about the historic value of these DVDs.
Already we have aircraft that are pretty much no longer in service... and airlines that don't exist anymore...
As far as your question.
Sometimes pilots will go for the right seat on a larger aircraft over the left seat in a smaller one.
In the case of this F/O, he does 1 roundtrip YYZ to HKG and logs more than 30 hours...
He might have to do 10-20 flights on the Embraer to get to 30 hours and may prefer the other..
Perhaps someone else has more inside into all this...
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