Some of the finest farmland in Britain was once under water, or so wet that it was useless for most kinds of farming. Over the centuries, ways have been found to turn those bogs, fens and salt-marshes into good productive land. This DVD programme uses archive film taken in Lincolnshire, working demonstrations and preserved machinery, to show some of the ways that this was done.
Prisoners are seen at work building earth walls to reclaim land from the sea; a technique – and a labour force! – that has been used since the 1700s, or even earlier.
Vintage machinery, Ruston-Bucyrus and Priestman dragline excavators and their hydraulic successors, dig and clear dykes and drains. A pair of steam ploughing engines can also be seen hauling a drag across drains to clear them of mud and silt. Steam was also an important power source for the pumping engines that drew the water up off the land and into embanked waterways that led it away to the sea. Steam, diesel and electric pumps are all featured in film going back to pumping station building and modification in the 1940s and 50s.
Man-power would always have been a key feature of land drainage work, and this production includes demonstrations and explanations of tools such as sloughs, ritters, foot irons and tile hooks when under-draining fields.
Drainage is revealed to be a fascinating process, without which the world would have been a hungrier place.
A new Air Charter company has launched in Lincolnshire and Primetime Media have put together their website for them – including photography, Flash SWF development and HTML authoring.
European Air Services provide Aircraft Charter to business and private clientele operating twin engine aircraft out of Lincolnshire and across Europe. If you would like to know more about their services please visit their site.
This last two weeks has been a very busy time for Primetime’s Joanna White. Her love of aviation led her to assist the British Aerobatic Association at the World Aerobatic Championships, Silverstone, in support of Team GB.
Along with documenting the Teams progress throughout the competition she assisted the Official FAI Judging Team, providing video support throughout the two weeks of flying.
Video link for BAeA film to be posted in due course!
For more WAC2009 information visit their website. And for a daily blog from the event visit Mike Heuer’s page.
Team GB have been selected and are training hard for the World Aerobatic Championships (WAC), to be held at Silverstone Race Course at the end of August 2009. The team (pictured left) consist of warm up pilot Richard Pickin, and team pilots Tom Cassells, Mark Jefferies, Kester Scrope, Nick Onn and Gerald Cooper.
The British Aerobatic Association (BAeA) are busy organising the event and Primetime Media’s Joanna White has been following the progress of Contest Director Steve Green and Chairman of the BAeA Alan Cassidy.
Team GB are training from Sywell Airfield in Northamptonshire and Turweston Airfield. The close proximity to Silverstone Race Circuit is allowing them to train in the overhead of the Competition box – giving them a great advantage before the competition in August.
View our latest video blog for Team GB.
For more information about WAC2009 please view their website.
Primetime Media Ltd. have been commissioned by Thruster Air Services to produce a website for their product, and manufacturing facilities at Wickenby Airfield.
We’ve just completed the finished design which is live now and can viewed at www.thruster.co.uk. Along with the website PM also compiled a promotional video which they’ve taken to Popham Microlight trade show, and is also incorporated on the website using Flash video.
Primetime are delighted to be working with the new Thruster Aircraft Team and wish them luck for the future.
If your company requires similar services then please contact us.
Primetime Media’s Joanna White has been documenting the selection process and early training of the British Team for the World Aerobatic Championships (WAC) 2009.
This year is special as WAC is to be held in Great Britain – the first time in over twenty years. Silverstone Race Circuit is confirmed as the location for this prestigious event which will take place in August.
With the increased interest in WAC, there are more pilots than usual hoping to make it into Team GB and have the chance to compete over home soil. Responsibility for selection has fallen to French trainer Eric Vazeille, World Champion in 2000, and team manager David Cowden.
To find out more about the selection/training view the latest video blog of the team.
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Team GB have been selected and are training hard for the World Aerobatic Championships (WAC), to be held at Silverstone Race Course at the end of August 2009. The team (pictured left) consist of warm up pilot Richard Pickin, and team pilots Tom Cassells, Mark Jefferies, Kester Scrope, Nick Onn and Gerald Cooper.
Primetime Media’s Joanna White has been documenting the selection process and early training of the British Team for the World Aerobatic Championships (WAC) 2009.
