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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20131209:00:45:00

A father/son project elevates a homemade aircraft higher than they ever imagined. i said to myself, if i see blackness, i m going to freak out. of course that meant space. when we saw the blackness of space and the curvature of the earth and that blue glow that the earth gives off, we were just stunned. it was the most incredible thing ever. cinematographer luke geissbuhler loves doing cool projects with his son max, especially when they involve cameras. we came upon this project online. and the potential of the outcome was so huge that we couldn t pass it up. the boys plan on launching a camera into space with the aid of a helium-filled weather balloon. it took about eight months to research it and build different crafts and do tests. i mean we attached a ....

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130921:21:45:00

A father/son project elevates a homemade aircraft higher than they ever imagined. i said to myself, if i see blackness, i m going to freak out. of course that meant space. when we saw the blackness of space and the curvature of the earth and that blue glow that the earth gives off, we were just stunned. it was the most incredible thing ever. cinematographer luke geissbuhler loves doing cool and crafty projects with his 7-year-old son max. especially when they involve cameras. we came upon this project online and the potential of the outcome was so huge that we couldn t pass it up. the boys plan on launching a camera into space with the aid of a helium-filled weather balloon. ....

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130921:21:34:00

And obviously, it didn t pan out the way i wanted it to. i was hoping to miss it, but i didn t miss the trailer. april 30, 2011. high above colorado s fremont county airport, skydiving you instructor tommy ferguson is preparing for his third and final jump of the day. i had already put out two loads of students. the day was going great. this was my third jump that day. i tell the other two jumpers that i will film them coming out. ferguson gets out on the strut of the plane to capture the other skydivers as they jump the nearly 4,000 feet to earth. i just let go of the aircraft and watch it fly away, which is what you do. after free falling for several seconds, ferguson pulls his parachute and plots a plan for landing. i was facing into the wind the whole time. i m thinking, i m not going to make it back. i look down. maybe i should just land there. ferguson decides to land ....

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130921:21:13:00

Started shooting after that. i was more concerned about making sure i got the scene on tape. sergeant john holland is the only fireman on duty in white lake township when the call comes in. when i first arrived there, i see the aircraft, the nose down. i can still see the pilot in the plane. with that type of impact, an aircraft has basically fallen out of the sky hitting the water, my biggest concerns are spinal injuries. the situation seems under control, but sergeant holland knows there are hidden dangers. a two-ton plane leaking 75 gallons of jet fuel can be a recipe for disaster. when you get any type of incident like this, you start getting everybody wants to come and look. you ve got fuel in the water. you have a combustion engine coming in. the fuel could be ignited. despite the danger, holland goes in after the pilot. i actually received first-degree burns around my ....

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130921:21:46:00

took about eight months to research it and build different crafts and do tests. i mean we attached a parachute to like a little thingy to it from the kitchen window down to the backyard and we found place to deploy. we did a little altitude test because we wanted to put it up in the air and then bring it down. the first model of it had wings and a tail fin. we were looking at things like how shaky it would be, how much it would be influenced by wind, things like that. it actually told us a lot. it s essential the aircraft rise and fall with as little resistance as possible. this will keep it stable enough to capture a steady shot. the foam outside was done with spray insulation that you d use for your windows in your home, and that made kind of a hard case and kind of made it this hamburger shape that was very aerodynamic. we spray-painted it so we ....

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