[QuadList] Quads on a....

[Bill Carpenter]

Well, I can remember when Hugh Heffner (Playboy Magazine) had a color 660 
installed on the "Big Bunny" , which was his 727, for entertainment on flights 
bettwen Chicago, and LA.

We also had pictures at Ampex, of a VR-2000, mounted on a special speed boat, 
and was used to shoot special water related video at Tommy Barlett's water ski 
facility in Florida.
The machine was mounted in the center of a wide hull, probably a catamaran, with 
a lot of power,and with a "T shaped" pipe structure above, which held PC-70's on 
each wing, and I believe the boat could also pull skier's while taping. I know 
at this time many records were set around the number of skiers, and they had a 
elephant on water skis. Jackie Gleason did a lot of shooting in Florida at this 
time also.

And the VR-3000's went everywhere, and some of the footage from Compact Video, 
particularly shooting from one Lear  Jet, a second one flying over "The Grand 
Canyon" was the best early airbourne video that I have seen.

Bill Carpenter




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From: Ted Langdell <ted at quadvideotapegroup.com>
To: Quad List <QuadList at quadvideotapegroup.com>
Sent: Thu, July 8, 2010 5:43:49 PM
Subject: [QuadList] Quads on a....


Quads seem to have been a lot of places.  We've heard about several airborne 
machines.

They were obviously in remote trucks and busses, one of which I understand sank 
in Florida when the barge it was on had problems.

Any Quads find their way onto trains or ships (other than when being shipped?)  

I recall comment earlier this year during a VR-660 thread about Quads being used 
on aircraft carriers as part of the air traffic monitoring.  Were any used for 
news and entertainment Recording and Playback?

Ted

Ted Langdell
Secretary 



      
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