Change Your Image
don-81411
IMDb member since July 2016
Reviews
The Sun Ship Game (1971)
An eerily accurate and entertaining synthesis of soaring competition
12 July 2016
Racing gliders is far more exciting and adrenalyn packed that the title implies. Soaring for hours over unlandable terrain in expensive motorless flying sculptures is a sport that is known primarily to a small tribe of exceptional pilots. Glider pilots have a reputation in the aviation world and this movie shows why. This is half movie, half documentary, and captures the culture of sailplane racing as well as the decade in which it was filmed. This is a captivating film that follows the top contenders as they modify their gliders and deal with insecurities and logistics as they position themselves for the Nationals. I would recommend this film to anyone, but especially to those who have flown in a sailplane before or would like to.
See more▼See less▲