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Irish Related Topics => Irish Aviation History => Topic started by: Frank on January 20, 2011, 12:26:02 pm
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Iona Airways & Irish Aero Club - Hugh Cahill a bhunaigh an chéad aerlíne tráchtála in Éirinn sna 1930idí. Sa chlár seo cuireann Pearse, mac le Hugh, síos ar na chéad laethanta sin. Bhunaigh Pearse a chomhlacht eitlíochta féin ar chúl aerfort Bhaile Átha Cliath i 1956. Seirbhís cothabhála a bhítí a chur ar fáil ar dtús ach is Scoil Eitilte atá anois ann - The Irish Aero Club. Tá na céadta píolóta curtha faoi oiliúint sa scoil seo ó lár na 60idí. Scheduled for broadcast on TG4 at 5.15pm this Sunday, 23 January 2011.
Live worldwide at http://beo.tg4.ie/ or http://live.tg4.ie/ and viewable for 35 days at the same link.
Pearse Cahill celebrates his 94th birthday a few days later on 26th Jan and Chris Bruton is enjoying his 98th year. To complete the trio of the grand fathers of Irish aviation, Darby Kennedy continues to enjoy the sunshine in south Spain. He will be 97 in June. No doubt there was something in the aviation fumes back in the 1930's.. !!!!
Info from Michael Traynor
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Interesting enough and entertaining interview with Pearse. The photos and film inserts were pretty random, though, and often bore little, if any, relationship to the events being described!
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Well the interview with Pearse Cahill was entertaining and interesting, but the production values were blow standard it had the appearance of a first year student media collage production from the 1970s! Photo editing, well the less said the better. The Production team should have made contact with an Aviation historian to ask the questions, there are enough of them in Ireland god only knows! Only if it was to get the photos and footage stock in the right running order. As has been said photos had next to known relationship to the events being described after the first 5 minutes! Bit of a missed opportunity. A programme such as this would have made a very good Radio documentary with the right production values. The programme relied to heavily on footage of after dinner type speeches never a good move on this type of Documentary. Funny, Irish production’s about Irish aviation never quite comes up to the mark the acceptation of late was the S-61 programme based out of Waterford. It’s all down to lack of cash I would say or is it just a lack of imagination. Always thought a fly on the wall documentary about the day to day workings of the Air Corps along the lines of the Waterford S-61 show would be of interest, after broadcast DVD seals would recover part of the production costs, maybe one day.
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Always thought a fly on the wall documentary about the day to day workings of the Air Corps along the lines of the Waterford S-61 show would be of interest, after broadcast DVD seals would recover part of the production costs, maybe one day.
Watch this space!! :airforce_wink:
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Hmmmmmmmm........not a word so, your secret is safe with us! :airforce_wink:
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BTW: Don't shoot the messenger!! :tombstone:
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