Help us preserve, scan and post more rare and endangered films on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCddem5RlB3bQe99wyY49g0g/join Website: https://PeriscopeFilm.com "Four Winds to Adventure" episode "Circus in the Sky", 1200', Eastman color, sof. Circa 1969, aerial stunts and barnstorming.\ This episode of "Four Winds to Adventure" is hosted by Dr. Frank Baxter, and profiles Clyde Parsons and the Gold Coast Air Show. Parsons' 1929 Great Lakes, home-built Night Twister, and dead-stick aerobatics are featured alongside Bud Fountain's Stearman, wing-walker Tommy Sorenson, aerial performer Terry Holm, Australian stuntman Pat Wadik, and the comic Aloysius Jones. The film also emphasizes the discipline, experience, equipment checks, regulations, and constant practice required to perform dangerous aerial stunts safely. 0:00 - The film opens with aerial imagery before host Dr. Frank Baxter introduces the history of the "flying circus," the modern air show, and its continuing emphasis on pilot skill and daring. 1:06 - Baxter introduces Clyde Parsons of Modesto, California, a rancher, contractor, grandfather, and stunt flyer who participates in the Gold Coast Air Show. Parsons explains that the organization has ten acts and generally performs along the West Coast. 2:35 - During the week, Parsons works as a residential contractor in and around Modesto, California. His passion for aviation is evident in his private airstrip and hangar on his property. 3:22 - Parsons' 1929 Great Lakes biplane is a renowned aerobatic aircraft flown by famous pilots including Tex Rankin, Rod Joelyn, Elmer "El" Pryor, Frank Price, Charlie Hilliard, and Parsons himself. 4:00 - Recalling the grassroots era of aviation. 6:07 - Parsons and his wife Betty take pride in the Night Twister, a tiny aerobatic biplane Parsons built himself from a steel frame covered in solid fiberglass. It is described as the world's smallest and fastest aerobatic biplane. 6:30 - Neighbor and crop-duster Bud Fountain invites Parsons to fly. 8:19 - Bud Fountain forms an air-show group with Parsons and other experienced pilots. 8:51 - Performers carefully inspect their aircraft before the show. 9:35 - Tommy Sorenson, who normally works for the phone company in Modesto, opens the show by standing on the wing of Bud Fountain's Stearman in flight. He pulls a rip cord and uses a parachute to descend safely to the ground. 10:29 - Clyde Parsons takes the Night Twister into a spectacular aerobatic routine, demonstrating the abilities that helped win the 1964 National Biplane Championship at Reno. 11:25 - The show's comic character, Aloysius Jones. 12:02 - Pilot Terry Holm, a doctor's wife, mother of three, and registered nurse, participates in one of the show's most dangerous acts. She rides outside the aircraft through rolls, turns, and speeds approaching 160 mph. 13:49 - Aloysius Jones returns in "Skinny," a Piper Cub stripped of its fabric covering except on the flying surfaces. 14:53 - Jones attempts to stop the show by blocking the runway with a fire engine, much to the amusement of the children watching. 15:16 - Bud Fountain performs an elaborate aerobatic routine in his red-striped Stearman. 16:04 - Fountain's Stearman is discussed. 17:35 - Australian performer Pat Wadik rides on a steel-reinforced ladder mounted to a speeding automobile as it races down the runway at roughly 60–70 mph. . 18:09 - Wadik is lifted into the air while clinging to the ladder and performs additional stunts. 19:27 - Parsons performs the show's signature combination of powered and power-off aerobatics. He prepares for a "dead stick" landing, bringing the aircraft back to the runway without engine power. 20:33 - The camera rides with Parsons during the flight. 21:04 - With the engine dead and only the sound of wind remaining, Parsons glides toward the runway. 21:56 - The air show concludes. 22:30 - Baxter asks Parsons about close calls. 23:08 -The Night Twister has a 15-foot wingspan and is the world's smallest aerobatic biplane. . 23:47 - Baxter inviting viewers to return for the next adventure. Motion picture films don't last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. For almost two decades, we've worked to collect, scan and preserve the world as it was captured on 35mm, 16mm and 8mm movies -- including home movies, industrial films, and other non-fiction. If you have endangered films you'd like to have scanned, or wish to donate celluloid to Periscope Film so that we can share them with the world, we'd love to hear from you. Contact us via the weblink below. 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