One Six Right (2005) on Netflix
G20051h 13mDocumentary
Pilots who fly from Van Nuys Airport describe what the field means to them. They trace its history from a 1920s founding to a golden age of general aviation.
- Netflix3.8/5
- IMDb7.9/10485 votes
- Rotten TomatoesNot available
Plot summary
Van Nuys Airport, the world's busiest general aviation airport, is seen through the pilots who fly from it. They describe how they became interested in aviation and what flying gives them, and they call the field home, naming its most-used runway, 16R, spoken as one six right. It began in 1920 as Los Angeles Metropolitan Airport, laid out with two runways for favorable weather, and its formal opening honored the first flight by the Wright brothers, twenty-five years on. Amelia Earhart set a speed record there. The government acquired the field in 1941 and lengthened its runways in concrete. Local opposition now petitions to ban certain aircraft or close such fields.
Cast
- Lily Gagnieras Kid at Airport Viewing Area
- Lucas Gragnieras Kid at Airport Viewing Area
- Desiree Hortonas Herself - Chopper Pilot
- Clay Lacyas Himself
- Kevin LaRosa Jr.as Student Pilot
- Cody Masdenas Kid Reading Plaque
- Paul Moyeras Himself
- Bob Philpottas Himself - Pilot
- Danny Shalevas Son at Fence
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about One Six Right (2005)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- On March 30, 2003, Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley illegally bulldozed the runway of Meigs Field in order to build a park named after his wife, despite civil negotiations to build the park while preserving the airport.
- Producer/director Brian J. Terwilliger kept full control of the film's distribution rather than selling rights to a distributor, and the DVD sold more than 10,000 units independently in its first two weeks, putting him on the cover of The Hollywood Reporter.
- In the spring of 2005, AOPA sent a complimentary copy of One Six Right to every member of Congress who was a private pilot, and sent over 1,400 more DVDs to all their airport support network volunteers in hopes of inspiring local community discussions on general aviation.
- The tour ended on December 2, 2006 with a finale screening at the 64,000 sq ft Syncro Aviation hangar at Van Nuys Airport, where Sony created a custom SXRD 4K high definition 5.1 digital surround sound movie theater seating 1,300 in the east half of the hangar.
- The documentary was the first independently financed and produced film shot entirely in high definition and released on DVD in both SD and HD formats, and it was also the first documentary and first aviation film distributed that way.
