Touching the Ancient One

June 26, 2007

Sadly, circumstances have led to the cancellation of the C-47 Survivor’s Reunion scheduled for Elkader, Iowa this summer. We are hopful that the event can be rescheduled next summer. For more details you can click here to download a PDF file of the latest C-47 Survivor’s Sentinel.

Rupert

You can now order Portrait of a Legend: Talkeetna's Cliff Hudson directly from Stagg Films. Click on the cover image here or on the one in the sidebar.

June 4, 2007

On June 1, Stagg Films held a premier of the Cliff Hudson DVD, Portrait of a Legend: Talkeetna's Cliff Hudson. The showing was in Talkeetna, Alaska. Ollie Hudson sent me a message saying that it was well-attended and well-received. Ollie also sent two photographs that I have placed in the Miscellaneous folder in the Gallery Pictures link in the sidebar. One is below:

Ollie went on to say, “When the part of the presentation of the medal that was given to Cliff [was shown] everyone clapped.  They had laughs & all enjoyed & bought DVDs & T-Shirts.” That's Ollie in the front row with an empty seat on either side.

If I had three wishes about the event, the first would be that Cliff could have been there; the second would be that Millie and I could have been there; the third I’m still working on.

Rupert

June 2, 2007

There’s a DVD being released soon that visitors to this site will definitely want to see. Stagg Films is releasing Portrait of a Legend: Talkeetna's Cliff Hudson. I’ve seen an advance copy of the biography and it’s a great tribute to this extraordinary Alaskan bush pilot, not only for his flying skills, but for the esteem in which he is held for his qualities as a man and for being a good neighbor to thousands. Readers of my book, Touching the Ancient One, will know that Cliff Hudson was the pilot who found the wreckage of our downed C-47 back in 1954, putting himself in harm’s way to do so.

Anyone who “Goggles” Cliff’s name will see right away that much has been written about him, but Tom Stagg’s movie documentary fills a void long overdue. I’ll be saying more about the movie after its release. For now, you can see the Stagg Films website which has a trailer of the DVD.

More on this later.

Rupert