WordNet
adv. in the direction opposite to the direction the wind is blowing; "they flew upwind" [syn: upwind, against the wind] [ant: downwind]
Wikipedia
Into the Wind is a documentary directed by Steven Hatton. The documentary features the contributions of RAF Bomber Command aircrew from the Second World War. The film features veterans from across the Commonwealth including veterans from Australia, Canada, Guyana, New Zealand, Poland, Trinidad and United Kingdom. The film focuses on the personal experiences of veterans.
The production team interviewed over 50 veterans during the interview process. Veterans include Les Munro, the last surviving Dams Raid ( Operation Chastise) pilot; Cy Grant Guyanese actor, activist and singer; and the aviator Ken Wallis. Wallis, an aviator with over 70 years flying experience takes to the air for several sequences during the film flying one of his many autogyro designs.
The film, shot in High Definition is due for release in 2012. The film features many veterans who have never before spoken of their experiences on film.
Into the Wind may refer to:
- Into the Wind (2010 film), a 2010 documentary about Terry Fox
- Into the Wind (2012 film), a British documentary directed by Steven Hatton about the RAF Bomber Command
Into the Wind is a 2010 documentary film which chronicles the story of Terry Fox. At the age of 18, Fox was diagnosed with osteosarcoma. The cancer had taken over his right leg, which was then amputated six inches above the knee. However, three years later, Fox set out to raise funds for cancer research and raise awareness by running 30 miles a day from the Atlantic Ocean in Newfoundland to the Pacific Ocean in British Columbia, totaling over 4000 miles. The film was directed by the NBA star Steve Nash who grew up in Canada and followed Fox’s run across the country as a kid in 1980, and narrated by Taylor Kitsch. Two thirds across Canada, Fox was once again diagnosed with cancer, which had spread to his lungs. Fox died at the age of 22, inspiring the Terry Fox Foundation.
The film aired on TSN2, in Canada on September 19, 2010, and on ESPN, in the United States on September 28, 2010, as part of the 30 for 30 series.
Usage examples of "into the wind".
The schooner was run into the wind, and while the hands were clearing away the stern boat, Queequeg, stripped to the waist, darted from the side with a long living arc of a leap.
In an instant I faced back, just in time to prevent the vessel from flying up into the wind, and very probably capsizing her.
Sighing, the buc-can faced into the wind again and followed Dalavar down to the town.
The fire flickered wildly in front of her, weaving itself into the wind.
He appeared slightly daunted at the sight of the tremendous storm raging over Drevlin, but after a moment's hesitation in the entrance, he drew his hood up over his head and advanced grimly into the wind and rain.
He threw back his head and laughed into the wind that blew in his face.
Think of the change, and you will no more wonder that there should be something awful about the very look of a mountain: from the darkness - for where the light has nothing to shine upon, much the same as darkness - from the heat, from the endless tumult of boiling unrest - up, with a sudden heavenward shoot, into the wind, and the cold, and the starshine, and a cloak of snow that lies like ermine above the blue-green mail of the glaciers.
All the flashy spikes of the stars seemed to have got somehow into the wind.
It rang loudly, the sound melted away into the wind, then it rang again.
His cheek earned him a few extra jabs with the Sensor, and he was still wincing as they stepped out into the wind and sleet.
The ramp was sucked in behind the last boarder, the engines engaged, and the little vessel turned to rise into the wind.
Cleante shrieked into the wind, and though the Commander knew it would slow her down, she consented.