Ryan Keough wrote:
Get the 1989 show tape by Electronic Field Productions (EFP) narrated by Joel Loy... it was a fantastic documentary in itself, far better than most airshow videos in my opinion. I believe that Discovery Wings even played it a few times as part of their features. Some of the footage will put tears in your eyes... seriously.
If there was ever one single piece of video that got me hooked on Warbirds, this was it. And yes it can and does bring tears to my eyes. I remember my dad taped it off Discovery one night when I must have been 3. This single VHS tape was the sole item to keep me distracted for hours (imagine me in front of the TV with a whole mess of 1/144ths lined up in different rows, making every engine noise!)
On this amazing Tape of my childhood were such gems as:
The Pratt and Whitney Show w. the Cat Formation!!
W.O.E. 89
W.O.E. 91
EAA Oshkosh 97
RENO 98
Reno Documentary 98 (I think) narrated by Bobby Corbin
Getting back to the best of the bunch, the Wings of Eagles 89 video is still one of the best. The soundtrack, narration, and shots were all spectacular and really made me a die hard fan of the whole scene. Thats kinda what I base any show of off.
I mean who could forget Bill's P-40 puttin' some holes in that Zero!?
Or Fuddy Duddy at the end of the documentary at dusk pulling up over the crowd!?
Or even the heart felt stories of the few veterans that were interviewed for the video? I remember a short segment that featured a sparky old gentleman under a B-17 shouting:
"Hey some kids, thats what I like to see!" And then to the camera
"First of all you can see I can an affection towards this airplane. I've got six grandchildren who are all brainwashed on Twelve O'clock High square G B-17s! There the ones who are gonna keep it going, Im, Im not gonna be around forever, and I think that this is an important part of our history, and I'd hate to see it dying."I look at it this way. My grandfather got me interested in aviation and WWII, that VHS tape and more importantly Wings over Eagles 89 is probably the reason why Im on this board today. Of course there were alot of other things along the way but thats what sparked it all. I'd like to get a set of all the videos that were made on the Wings of Eagles shows, if anyone has a spare collection?
More importantly, I'd like to find out what the soundtrack was for the 89 documentary? I've heard it a couple times on other documentaries or shows but very rarely. Anyone have a clue?
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Not like its a big secret, but man! Does that take the cake or what?! Maybe we can see something like this in Michigan this Summer? 
