On the Wing traces the art of flying in all its various forms in this exploration of the relationship between natural and mechanical flight. The film features spectacular high-speed sequences of insects in flight; Andean condors; Mexican free-tailed bats; re-creations of the Wright brothers’ 1902 Glider and 1903 Flyer; and QN-The Time Traveler, the lifelike replica of the prehistoric pterodactyl Quetzalcoatlus Northropi.
Length: 33:00
Film Details
- Year Released: 1986
- Date Released: June 1986
- Alternate Titles:
- Status: Inactive
- 3D: No
- Run Time: 31-50
- Formats: 15/70
- Distributor:
IMAX Corporation
- Produced By: Francis Thompson Inc.
- Executive Producer:
- Producer: Francis Thompson
- Director: Bayley Silleck, Francis Thomson
- Associate Producer:
- Writer:
- Cinematography: Burleigh Wartes, Leonidas Zourdoumis
- Sound Editor:
- Visual Effects:
- Music/Score: Richard Einhorn
- Editor:
- Narrator: F. Murray Abraham
- Other Credits:
- Sponsors:
Genre
- Animals
- Aviation
- Documentary
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