On the Wing traces the art of flying in all its various forms in this exploration of the relationship between natural and mechanical flight. The film features spectacular high-speed sequences of insects in flight; Andean condors; Mexican free-tailed bats; re-creations of the Wright brothers’ 1902 Glider and 1903 Flyer; and QN-The Time Traveler, the lifelike replica of the prehistoric pterodactyl Quetzalcoatlus Northropi.

Length: 33:00

Film Details

  • Year Released: 1986
  • Date Released:
    June 1986
  • Alternate Titles:
  • Status: Inactive
  • 3D: No
  • Run Time: 31-50
  • Formats: 15/70
  • Distributor:

    IMAX Corporation

  • Produced By:
    Francis Thompson Inc.
  • Executive Producer:
  • Producer: Francis Thompson
  • Director:  Bayley Silleck, Francis Thomson
  • Associate Producer: 
  • Writer: 
  • Cinematography: Burleigh Wartes, Leonidas Zourdoumis
  • Sound Editor: 
  • Visual Effects:
  • Music/Score:  Richard Einhorn
  • Editor:
  • Narrator: F. Murray Abraham
  • Other Credits:
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Genre

  • Animals
  • Aviation
  • Documentary

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