Flying Techniques Feature
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kHiTe catches up with Carl, James, Andy, Brian and Helen to ask them how they found the flying techniques video. Well actually we emailed them and Andy didn't get back to us.

kHiTe: What's your favorite moment of Flying Techniques Video?

Carl: Flying pairs with James at Middle Wallop, and watching it when it was finished. The kites sound like Tie Fighters.

Brian: The Easter egg / out takes. That part was completed in January and I've watched it many, many times. When things were getting too much for me with the video I would put this on and every time I would come away with a big smile on my face and remember why it was all worth it. Easter egg ... Oops ... I've not let the cat out of the bag have I ... I'm sure people will have fun finding it for themselves ...

Helen: Definitely the out-takes! Makes me giggle every time. My favorite part of the main video is the fantastic sequence where James executes multiple pull-downs of the Rev - blinding!!

James: Flying ballet routines with Carl at Middle Wallop with no calls, no music, no audience and no worries, just blue sky, smooth wind, oh, and some bloke saying "just once more please guys". Watching Carl forget what last came out of his mouth ... hee hee!

Andy: ...

kHiTe: What was the hardest moment of filming for you?

Carl: Trying to remember what I was saying when I was saying it!

Brian: August Middle Wallop because of the heat. Sweat was pouring off my face and into the camera and yet I still had to keep filming Andy setting up his lines because it was a good take.

Helen: Having to act as 'producer' and keep my eyes and ears open for problems that might affect the filming, e.g. background music and distractions, or shadows in the wrong place. Holding 'Rover' (the big fluffy microphone) at Brighton for 40 minutes was a bit of a killer!

James: Trying to get 'pull downs' to work with the Revolution - I didn't have the kite set up to do it in the conditions and I was getting really pissed off with it not working ... fortunately, Brian turned it round and cut together loads of the failed attempts without actually showing how crap and off target most of them actually were ... isn't editing just wonderful?!

Andy: ...

kHiTe: What did you learn from making the Video?

Carl: That Andy likes cake! (lots of it - especially if it tastes funny!)

Brian: Bridle adjustments - I'd never tampered with bridles before watching Flying Techniques. Tip stands, getting into fades, flic flac, clock maneuver (rev), how the flic flac on the rev is done, how to choose a piece of music for a routine and how to fit maneuvers to it. I also learnt that a video project which on first sight looks like only taking 6 months could actually take 14 months ...

Helen: Lots of useful tips that I can use when flying my Rev, and useful two line stuff like tip stands, landings and tricks, which will get me back into flying two-line this year, definitely!

James: How, in really hot weather, having hair stops the sweat from rolling into your eyes ... (ask Brian) and How Andy likes single cream (wind) to go with his cake.

Andy: ...