Some video from our Monday night stay in West Wendover, NV. I’m still regretting that I didn’t try to walk through the casino with the camera.
Overnight in West Wendover
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Category Archives: Multimedia
Video: Shadow Takeoff
A late afternoon takeoff from the helipad on the west end of Wickenburg Airport’s ramp. On board with me are three wranglers from the local guest ranch — each on their very first helicopter ride. But the shadow steals the show.
I don’t know why, but the audio didn’t come through on Viddler. I may try to upload it again. For now, you’ll have to be satisfied with the video only.
Update: After fiddling around with the original video and compressing it prior to re-upload, I got the sound to work right. Here’s the good version of the video, with sound.
Video: Encounter with a Garden Implement
Cartoons aren’t always too far-fetched. Check out the lump on my head from an encounter with a gardening tool.
Alpine Air Video
The things I saw but couldn’t capture on video.
This morning, I got an e-mail message from the folks at Alpine Air. Regular readers may recall that I visited them last week in Alaska for a job interview. And although I was onboard one of their helicopters for three incredible flights, I didn’t have a camera handy on any of them.
Fortunately, another passenger not only had a camera, but a video camera. This Mac user put together an incredible little movie of his flight — done with iMovie, perhaps? — and put it on his iWeb Web site.
See it for yourself at http://web.mac.com/stansfieldb/
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The most amazing thing about this video is that I turned down an opportunity to fly in such a beautiful place. (I know, but it was a career thing.)
Look closely when the flight departs the Alpine Air ramp at Girdwood and you’ll see the airplane I photographed on the ground there.
Many thanks to the maker of this video, Brian Stansfield, and the folks at Alpine Air for forwarding the link to me.
Video: Landing at PHX Terminal 3 Helipad
Join me for the last 2 minutes of a flight to Sky Harbor.
Well, I finally worked out the kinks in my POV.1 camera. This time, I mounted it to the outside of the helicopter on my door pointing forward, slightly right, and slightly down.
I took this video while coming in for a landing on the Terminal 3 helipad at Phoenix Sky Harbor airport (PHX). The helipad is on top of the parking structure beside the tower, between the north and south runways. It was a quiet morning; not much traffic at all.
Here’s a photo I snapped after I shut down and my passengers had gone away. (Yes, I used that darn fisheye lens again.)
