There are lots of positive things going on in the company. No group knew much about what the others were doing. My job was to build the communications bridge and a big group that's hard to reach is pilots. I knew if we pulled off this shot, every pilot would want to see it and in the process see the video and get the message. Limited by fuel in the Lear and a flight schedule for the airliners, we finish, the big American jets returning to O'Hare, the Lear to Battle Creek, Mich., for fuel and a late breakfast.
Spirits are high.
Everyone is elated. Andrea Rader, project manager for American, who sat beside Doug in the Lear, is beaming from ear to ear. A total of 4,000 feet of film will run through the Arriflex motion picture camera, and eight rolls of 35mm still film will be shot on my Nikon F4 to capture the stunning images of the spectacle before us. Calif. This is my second favorite part as now I get some stick time in the Lear. Fred Ashman is a 3,800-hour pilot who has been a pilot for 28 years.