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Phil Murat
Jedi Master Film Handler
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From: Villeneuve St Georges, France
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posted December 18, 2016 04:26 AM
Goodmorning,
S8 (or 16mm as I assume both were available) "Optical prints" were the usual standard for Airline "Inflight Entertainment" from 70 to 80's era when flying longhaul aircrafts.
S8 (16mm) Optical prints means also dedicated projectors.......
I never found detailed informations, even there, concerning projectors specialy engineered for aircrafts (Did Fairchild Compagny produce some of them?).
I assume due to specific using and environnement (Light weight, Dusts, vibrations, limited room available, fast operating, heavy duty) the design was top grade and from high quality.
Moreover I assume prints were installed in an almost sealed cartridge (to avoid dust ingress and for an easier using)
May be, it is also possible some specialised (Aircraft) museums have some of them or may be any brockers specialised in Aircrafts accessories.
Can anybody provide information relating this specific subject (pictures) ??
Phil
[ December 18, 2016, 08:02 AM: Message edited by: Phil Murat ]
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Phil Murat
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posted December 18, 2016 11:35 AM
Hi Janice,
Nice to ear from you !!
This is a particular subject. Considering numbers of Boeing 747-100 & -200(First generation from 69 to 78 may be) then 767, DC10, Tristars, B707, etc builted , as there was may be something like 4 projectors by aircraft (estimation, depending on Classes Arrangement), I can't believe some of them are not somewhere, I assume there is a "nest" somwhere in USA , do you think so ?
Phil
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Phil Murat
Jedi Master Film Handler
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From: Villeneuve St Georges, France
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posted December 19, 2016 01:51 AM
Hi Bryan, Andrew, Maurice, Doug,
Thanks for these very informative stuff (and the picture from Doug). Impak machines were (as I can imagine) seriously engineers, (500W xenon , Angenieux Lens fitted !!).
So , the question is, where are the remaining samples of these incredible projectors (Bell & Howell, Fairchild, General Audio-Visual (GAVI), Inflight Motion Pictures and Trans Com).
I am pretty sure an Aircraft Broker on the "second hand" market has some of them somewhere.
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Osi Osgood
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From: Mountian Home, ID.
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posted December 19, 2016 11:36 AM
They actually ranged all the way back to 1968, (though 1967 titles were issued to the airlines), and they ran all the way up to 1988, (and in some foreign countries, into the early 90's, as someone once had a japanese subtitled, "Hunt For Red October").
The fascinating thing for me is that, you nevr quite know what will show up on super 8 optical features. I have personally ran into many features that were low budget features that, until only recently, never even issued on VHS or DVD, but were long available as a super 8 optical feature, one such feature, for instance, being the Dirk Benedict, (Starbuck of Battlestar Galactica), and Linda Blair (Exorcist) feature "Ruckus".
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