Award-winning film essay exploring the model airplane phenomenon from the clumsy plastic glider of a child to the sophisticated radio-controlled sea plane of a middle-aged devotee. Details the building of a fragile, acetone indoor flying model lighter than a feather.
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Robin Lehman Director · Michel Fano Composer Jacqueline Lecompte Editor
United States release October 22, 1973 · Produced in United Kingdom
Production
RA Films
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United Kingdom
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English
Release dates
Ireland · June 14, 1973
Premiere · Cork Film International
United States · October 22, 1973
Premiere · San Francisco Int'l Film Festival (Best Documentary)
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