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Southeast Aero Video Shoot

Southeast Aero is a distributor of the high-performance aerobatic planes, which are manufactured in Germany and shipped to St. Augustine. The local company has assembled about 300 of these planes for pilots all over the country. The Northeast Florida Regional Airport hired the Eclipse video team to make a short film about what they do.

(above) Southeast Aero does a lot of repairs, like this plane which is being fixed.

(above) Jim Stafford, Angela Jones and Dan Bagan getting ready for the video shoot.

(above) Dan Bagan and Angela Jones

(above) Dan with his Jib Crane.

(above) This Waco biplane may look old, but it is brand new, with state-of-the art instrumentation and communication, an interesting blend of new and old technology.

(above) The lovely Angela Jones, getting ready for her close-up by the Cirrus.

(above) Producer Richard Wall and Angela Jones by an “Extra”

(above) Chief Conspirator Jim Stafford with just some of the gear.

(above) Dan filming an “Extra” speeding down the runway.

(above) Angela, Dan and Richard

(above) An “Extra”

(above) Of course, we had to do this on the coldest day of the year. Poor Angela is freezing!

(above) Angela about to climb the ladder to the roof.

(above) Jim Stafford makes sure the Kramer Upchurch, President of Southeast Aero, has his mic on.

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We would like to Congratulate, Eclipse Recording Artist and Friend, Rick Levy. (below with Dan Bagan at Eclipse) ”After 40 years, an amazing live recording of Philadelphia’s hottest band of the late ’60s, WAX was discovered and recently released on CD by Lightyear Entertainment (distributed by EMI) titled “Melted” (says Rockmymonkey.com).

This album “Wax Melted” (below) has made it to David Fricke’s top picks in “Rolling Stone”

David says of the album, “This one is personal. Wax were from my hometown, Philadelphia, and they were everywhere between 1969 and 1971 – in the clubs, opening shows for John Mayall, the Byrds and Chicago – while I was away at college. They never made an album, so I would only know them by reputation and the members’ later success: Singer-keyboardist Rob Hyman co-founded the Hooters; drummer Rick Chertoff produced them; and singer David Kagan was the full bright voice, with Hyman, in the fine Philly group Baby Grand, which I did see. Melted is a set of songs Wax taped live in the studio, near the end of their tether, and it is vintage early Seventies ambition: progressive songwriting with snappy instrumental digressions, just enough pop gloss and that inevitable Philly-R&B tang. Now I know what I missed – and I wish I’d been there.”

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Sessions in the studio…

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(below) Gary Lee Windgard was in recording a 3 song demo CD and video

Eclipse Recording Company.

(below) Cris Kastle working on her exciting 3-CD project

(below) Jim Stafford, Bob Patterson, Kim Yertel, Paul Linser and Chuck Nusbaum met this week about upcoming Gamble Roger Folk Festival events. Don’t miss the Benefit Concert on February 5th at 7 PM at Flagler College Auditorium.

(below) Our friend Stephen Lynch was in town for a quick visit. Pictured here with Inga.

(below) We are proud to be working with the Florida Veterans Programs & Projects, Inc. on a film about fomer Vietnam P.O.W.’s now residing in our state. He’s a picture from our pre-production meeting.