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Helicopter Flight: Nick Over the Rocks, Part 7

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The final installment of my series of geology videos with Nick Zentner on YouTube.

COME FLY WITH ME as I finish up my hour+ flight with Central Washington University geology professor and star of “Nick on the Rocks” (and “Nick at Home”) Nick Zentner on a helicopter tour of the Columbia River Valley downriver from Wenatchee, WA. This is the seventh part of our second flight together and we start just downriver from Wanapum Dam and head upriver, making our way back to Wenatchee. Along the way, we make a detour up Rock Island Creek and over Badger Mountain before landing at the airport. The nosecam footage is stunning and Nick points out many geological features along the way. This is the last (and longest) part of a multi-part series.

Note: In parts of this video, you’ll hear Nick and I talking about unreliable video cameras. That’s because of the camera failure I had on my first flight with Nick, which you can see for yourself in Part 2.

Places mentioned in this video:

  • Wanapum Dam and Lake
  • Sunrise Highway
  • Frenchman’s Coulee
  • Gorge Amphitheater
  • Mouth of Lower Moses Coulee
  • Rock Island Dam
  • Rock Island Creek
  • Badger Mountain
  • Pangborn Bar

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Helicopter Flight: Nick Over the Rocks, Part 6

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Another video from the FlyingMAir YouTube channel.

COME FLY WITH ME as I take Central Washington University geology professor and star of “Nick on the Rocks” (and “Nick at Home”) Nick Zentner on a helicopter tour of the Columbia River Valley downriver from Wenatchee, WA. This is the sixth part of our second flight together and we start just upriver from Vantage, WA and head south along the river over Wanapum Dam, along the north face of Saddle Mountain, over the Walluke slope, and then through the Gap in the mountain just north of Mattawa. The nosecam footage is stunning and Nick points out many geological features along the way. This is part 6 of a multi-part series.

Note: In Parts, 3, 4, 5, and 6 and beyond of this video, you’ll hear Nick and I talking about unreliable video cameras. That’s because of the camera failure I had on my first flight with Nick, which you can see for yourself in Part 2.

Places mentioned in this video:

  • Vantage
  • Saddle Mountain
  • Walluke Slope

If you like this video please GIVE IT A THUMBS UP and SHARE IT WITH A FRIEND. I’m trying hard to build my channel and I need views and subscribers to get my videos suggested on YouTube’s pages.

Helicopter Flight: Nick Over the Rocks, Part 5

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A video from the FlyingMAir YouTube channel.

COME FLY WITH ME as I take Central Washington University geology professor and star of “Nick on the Rocks” Nick Zentner on a helicopter tour of the Columbia River Valley downriver from Wenatchee, WA. This is the third part of our second flight together and we start not far from the mouth of Potholes Coulee and Quincy Lakes and head south almost as far as Vantage. Near the end, we search for — and eventually find — a standing petrified wood log. The nosecam footage is amazing and Nick points out many geological features along the way. This is part 5 of a multi-part series.

Note: In Parts, 3, 4, 5 and beyond of this video, you’ll hear Nick and I talking about unreliable video cameras. That’s because of the camera failure I had on my first flight with Nick, which you can see for yourself in Part 2.

Places mentioned in this video:

About Me and the Helicopter

  • I have been flying since 1998. My nearly 4,000 hours of flight time (as of 2019) is in Robinson R44, Robinson R22, and Bell 206L (Long Ranger) helicopters.
  • My helicopter is a 2005 Robinson R44 Raven II — the same one that appears in the photo at the beginning of the video. You can learn more about them here: https://robinsonheli.com/r44-specifications/ I own this helicopter. It is the third helicopter I’ve owned since 2000.
  • My helicopter has ADS-B Out and is picked up by radar facilities. You can see my track for recent flights on Flightradar24: https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/n7534D This is a great site for tracking any almost any flight, including the airlines.

About Nick Zentner

About the Video

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