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LOOKING UP: Austin Butler in"Masters of the Air."
P H OT O : A P P L E T V +
By Kristin Marguerite Doidge
T
he critically-acclaimed AppleTV+
series "Masters of the Air" fea-
tures compelling performances
from each of its star cast members as they
took on the horror of air combat in World
TAKING FLIGHT
SOUND VET MICHAEL MINKLER TAKES TO THE
SKIES FOR 'MASTERS OF THE AIR'
War II. But for veteran supervising sound
editor and re-recording mixer Michael
Minkler, CAS, it quickly became clear that
the team needed to accurately capture the
sounds of another star of the show: the
"Flying Fortress" Boeing B-17 airplanes
that dropped more bombs over Nazi Ger-
many than any other aircraft during the
war under the command of the United
States' Eighth Air Force.
