Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Solar Eclipse flight

Solar Eclipse flight into the badlands of New Mexico, West of Albuquerque. Flyers on this trip included Frank Dempsey, passenger Arron of DEII air traffic control, Dan Galleher, Chuck Tabbert and his passenger Tina, Erik Savener and passenger Ed and Mich Caldwell. Flyby's include a massive crowd lined up along Paseo De Vulcan to photograph the once in a lifetime viewing of a direct solar eclipse line up through Albuquerque and some low passes over the $215M Lone Ranger movie set. For more information and learning more about this sport, go to newmexicotrikes.com

Thursday, April 26, 2012

Ultralight helicopter

This looks like it would be fun to fly.

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 I'll have to see if I can get my hands on one.

 Edit: sorry they took down the link to the original video. I have posted another . Lets see how long that lasts.

Monday, April 2, 2012

Excited Anticipation

The title, Excited Anticipation, describes this photo very well. I have seen that look many times on my passenger's faces before we taxied out to the runway.


Although this was taken in 1911 the human response is still the same today. What the photo does not show, but modern video does, is the exhilaration right after liftoff. Damien's videos capture it so well.



Slab City from EmuVideo on Vimeo.
Spring flying is right around the corner. I need to get my bird ready to go.