Gift Of Wings – A Cross Canada Odyssey (1987)

Gift Of Wings
A Cross Canada Odyssey

Recorded – November 27, 1986
Playback – November 29, 1986

The story of Carl Hiebert and his record setting ultralight flight across Canada

Narrated by Lloyd Robertson

The Accident

The Preparations
Kerby Rowe – Ontario Executive Director Canadian Paraplegic Assoc.
Dr. Charles Tator – Neurosurgeon Toronto Western Hospital

Lift Off
– Bert Sanders – Chase Pilot
– Dave Reimer – Carl’s Boyhood Friend
– Clarence Abbott – Mayor Port Rowan

The Recovery

Touchdown
– Jim Thibodeau
– Anne Thibodeau

Produced & Written by Daiene G. Vernile

Directed by John Matlock

Narrated by Lloyd Robertson

Executive Producer – Don Willcox

Principal Photography – Brian Dunseith – Mike O’Drowsky – Chris Matlock – Peter McCallum
Production Supervisor – Pat Fitzgerald
Promotions – Reg Sellner – Sandy Clarke – Gary Holmund
Graphics – Wolf Kagel – Howard Fraracci – Anne King – Ric Waurechen
Engineering – Brian Clemens – John Grant – Dave Melse

Audio Post-Production – Hutt-Biggs Productions, Kitchener, Ont.
Music Composition – J. Richard Hutt

Corporate Considerations
Sony Canada
Precision Camera
Motion Picture Video Video Corporation
Electrohome Ltd.

Special Thanks To These CTV Affiliate Stations
ATV CFCF CHOH CFTO CICI CHFD CKY CKTV CFQC CFCN CFRN BCTV

CKCO-TV
Kitchener
1986

November 29, 1986 – Kitchener Waterloo Record