Return | Newsletter Back Issues | Previous | Next THANK YOU The SOCIETY OF OPERATING CAMERAMEN granted a Technical Achievement Award to Chapman Studio Equipment for the Titan family of Camera Cranes. The award was gratefully received by Leonard Chapman at an awards dinner on October 16th, 1993. NEW FACES Chapman welcomes David Drebin, Tanya Underwood, Paige E. Pruitt, Amy L. Masterson, Debbie Spray, Eric LeVeque, Joe Dvorsky, Gary Smith, Dave Pennington and Trent Brya to our staff. AIR SERVICE Chapman / Leonard Studio Equipment now provides air transportation service throughout the Western U.S.  This 24 hour service will enhance your production with timesaving response for additional equipment or personnel to distant locations. By Frank Requena Hey look in the sky...it's a bird...it's a plane...no, it's Super PeeWee! BLAST FROM THE PAST Can you guess the year of this Chapman crane?   It was Cecil B. DeMilles' choice for the movie epic, "The Greatest Show on Earth".  If your answer was 1948, you were correct.  Pictured above is one of Chapman's first cranes.  The Large Stage Crane No. 2 (as it was called then) had a 40' arm and was completely electric powered.  Today's cranes; Titan, Super Nova and Apollo are the evolutionary results of this crane from the past!

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