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Wings of Hope (German: Julianes Sturz in den Dschungel, literally "Juliane's Fall into the Jungle") is a 1998 [1] made-for-TV documentary directed by Werner Herzog.The film explores the story of Juliane Koepcke, a German Peruvian woman who was the sole survivor of Peruvian flight LANSA Flight 508 following its mid-air disintegration after a lightning strike in 1971.
Wings of Hope was founded by four businessmen from St. Louis, Missouri: William Edwards, Joseph Fabick (Fabick Tractor Company), Paul Rodgers (V.P., Ozark Air Lines), and George Haddaway. The four had heard of a young woman, Sister Michael Therese Ryan, who was the pilot of a small, fabric-covered Piper PA-18 Super Cub in the Turkana region of ...
Wings of Hope may refer to: Wings of Hope (charity) , US humanitarian aviation organization established in 1963; uses aircraft to aid people around the world Wings of Hope (film) , 1998 documentary film directed by Werner Herzog, about a woman who survived the crash of LANSA flight 508
Juliane Margaret Beate Koepcke (born 10 October 1954), also known by her married name Juliane Diller, is a German-Peruvian mammalogist who specialises in bats.The daughter of German zoologists Maria and Hans-Wilhelm Koepcke, she became famous at the age of 17 as the sole survivor of the 1971 LANSA Flight 508 plane crash; after falling 3,000 m (10,000 ft) while strapped to her seat and ...
Werner Herzog (born 1942) [1] is a German filmmaker whose films often feature ambitious or deranged protagonists with impossible dreams. [2] [3] Herzog's works span myriad genres and mediums, but he is particularly well known for his documentary films, which he typically narrates.
Tui T. Sutherland was born on July 31, 1978, in Caracas.Her mother, who was from New Zealand, named her after the tūī, a bird native to that country. [4] [5] Sutherland lived in Asuncion, Miami, and Santo Domingo for short periods before moving to New Jersey in high school.
After Wings disbanded in early 1981, Juber moved to the United States. In New York City, he met his future wife, Hope, and soon moved to her native California. [5] He subsequently resumed work as a studio musician and played guitar for numerous television shows, including Happy Days, Family Ties, Home Improvement and 7th Heaven.
Wings of Fire is a series of epic dragon fantasy novels written by author Tui T. Sutherland and published by Scholastic Inc. [1] The series has been translated into over ten languages, [ 2 ] has sold over 14 million copies, and has been on the New York Times bestseller list for over 200 weeks.