Glider flying ’Windmills Of Your Mind’ film ’The Thomas Crown Affair’ 1968

THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR – GLIDER SEQUENCE DETAILS, click SHOW MORE The real stunt pilot is Roy McMaster, actors are Steve McQueen and German actress Astrid Heeren. Noel Harrison sings ’Windmills Of Your Mind’. The glider sequence in the original Director Norman Jewison Thomas Crown Affair (Steve McQueen and Fay Dunaway) was filmed at the Northeastern Gliderport in Salem, NH (west of Rockingham Park race track) on July 6-7, 1967. The location is now a golf course (42⁰’N, 071⁰’W) and the runway turned into a golf driving range. Between shots the runway became a motorcycle course for Steve to let off steam. The aerial sequences were from a helicopter and the close ups of Steve were done on the ground. The flying sequence Noel Harrison background music,” Windmills of Your Mind”, was the only part of the movie to receive an Oscar. Eight flights were needed for the “in-the-air” sequences. The loops were needed for the script and the music. There were, coincidently