180 Is Max

197216 minFilm: Documentary

Direction: William Pettigrew

Production: Robert Verrall

The twenty-third world championship match for builders of free-flight model aircraft, held at Göteborg, Sweden, in July 1971, in which a Canadian team competed. The film follows the successful flights and the failures, as competitors attempt to get their fragile handmade craft airborne by whatever means.

Subject categories


  • Sports and Leisure > AviationCompetitionsScale Models
  • Foreign Countries > International PerspectivesScandinavia

Credits


director
William Pettigrew
producer
Robert Verrall
photography
David De Volpi
sound
Michel Hazel
editing
William Pettigrew
David De Volpi
sound editing
Sidney Pearson
re-recording
Michel Descombes
music
Art Phillips
Buddy Fasano

Awards


  • Diploma and PlaqueInternational Review of Cinema and Television Films on Flying