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461. South Thompson River Low Water Level. Aerial View from Prichard to Kamloops Lake, Dec 23, 2023

I flew 48 km (30 mi) east to Pritchard to start the aerial “survey” view of our main water supply, South Thompson River. The water level is really critically low since the summer. It has at least 4 months to go before “flood season” will develop. It is Christmas and we still did not get any snow in the lower Kamloops (airport area). Check the spectacular sand bars at the river delta.

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460. Waiting for Sunset on Cloudy Day. Kamloops Dec 20, 2023

I wanted to capture usually very colorful sky at the sunset. Also, I wanted to do it during the shortest day. Here I was just one day too early because the weather forecast for the next day was no good for my flying.

I could see low level clouds all around except very large hole of blue sky over the Brock and North Shore. As soon as I cleared the low level clouds I could see high layer of clouds and only a sliver of sun going down. I stayed up to my legal limit for flying, 30 min past sunset. It was really very dark, much darker than the video is showing. GoPro cameras struggled with video stabilization in that dark afternoon and I had to cut that footage out. It was still very relaxing flight with video to prove it.

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459. Exploring North Ridge Area with Beautiful Clouds Formations, Kamloops Dec 16, 2023

Awesome scenery all around with still no snow by the airport location, while the terrain all around is snow covered. One of the best flights with 120 km of pure fun.

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458. Above Clouds Flight to Sun Peaks and Harper Mountain, Kamloops Dec 7, 2023

An excellent winter, almost no snow, flight to the second largest ski hill in Canada, Sun Peaks. I like those conditions with scattered fluffy clouds around me. The visibility was excellent and just -5 C (23 F). The next waypoint was another, but smaller ski hill on Harper Mountain. All that area, everywhere you look is very diverse and definitely not boring to look at it and to fly in it. The last leg of my 100 km trip and the most beautiful region in our area is the South Thompson River valley. Come in for this video ride and check it out.

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457. Very Turbulent Flight to Mt Martin & over South Thompson River, Kamloops Nov 19, 2023

This was not a relaxing flight, but very challenging and full workout exercise. I was flying about 100 km (62 mi) in a heavy turbulence with shifting winds in 180 deg direction changes. I wanted to fly to Mt Martin, which is the highest visible mountain from Kamloops on east horizon. I had to give it up because the turbulence there was too much for my taste. The country side is beautiful. I also noticed a lot of smoke far east in Shuswap Lake valley. It is the nature unfinished business of 2023 devastating wildfire there.

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456. Beautiful, 130 km Scenic Flight through Campbell Creek Valley and North Ridge Loop, Kamloops Nov 8, 2023

This is my best video so far. The weather and the flying conditions were perfect and the selection of the flight area was perfect too. Kamloops area is very spectacular at any time, but it is much more eye pleasing under good conditions. This was the day.

Brock, N Shore, downtown, Aberdeen, Knutsford, Shumway Lake, Walker Lake, Campbell Creek, Barnhartvale, Dallas, Harper Ranch, N Ridge, Sun Rivers, Tranquille River, Tranquille Farm…

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455. Checking 2023 Ross Moore Lake Wildfire Area Status, Kamloops Oct 29, 2023

My afternoon flight, surprisingly turbulence free to 2023 summer devastating wildfire with centered by Ross More Lake. This 115 km2 (44 mi2) fire had caused a lot of misery to us in this region. I decided to check if it is really over. I found one smoldering area and 2 still “lightly” burning spots, which I reported to Canadian Flight Services. I hope someone is paying attention, because one fire is just 3 km E of Lac Le Jeune and the other just 8 kn NE from the same lake. I want to have the next summer smoke free, please! 

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454. Noon, Fall Colors Flying to Tobiano, Deadman Valley, Walhachin and Other Areas, Kamloops Oct 22, 2023

It was 170 km (106 mi) of pure fun. Normally I fly early morning to avoid the usual air turbulence. The morning rising sun makes the visual conditions very difficult. The east side of the mountains is almost black and the west side is overexposed. The cameras cannot handle those extreme contrasts in Auto modes.

This time I took a chance and flew in the high overhead noon sun. It was perfect in the Deadman River valley which is oriented south to north. My original plan was to see again the Deadman Falls at my midpoint. Unfortunately the relaxing conditions abruptly ended in turbulence 18 km (11 mi) before the Deadman Falls. I did not want to take any chances going further north, which is very emergency hostile terrain.

This video shows very well the Tobiano and Savona, which I never had opportunity to capture those places that way. It was perfect time to capture that last days of the beautiful fall colors.

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453. Flying Around Kamloops Lake And More. Kamloops Oct 12, 2023

It was one of my best and very relaxing, 130 km long flight. Weather was perfect, a bit on chilly side, but without those typical and sudden bursts of nastiness. The nature around Kamloops Lake is spectacular with very enjoyable hiking areas there. I turned back over the Deadman Valley to the lake south side, crossing Savona and beautiful Tobiano Golf and residential area. I eventually noticed very low clouds in the Knutsford area which was fun to fly over. I captured the essence of the Kamloops City located in extremely beautiful surroundings. Finally my trip was finished by flying over our sandbars, amazing and always changing into very original 3D formation under and above the water.

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452. Flying to Check Adams Lake Wildfire Situation. Kamloops Oct 1, 2023

I am following my failed attempt in previous day to check the Shuswap area affected by Adams Lake 456 km2 wildfire. This time I made it there. I was still restricted by required elevation of 2134 m (7000 ft) ASL to clear the fire zone restriction.  You could see the extent and natural selectivity; one area is burned and the other is spared.  I could saw smoldering areas E of Squilax Mt (N 50.846390 W 119.54024). I hope someone is still paying attention to it. As far I know all firefighting aircraft left Kamloops, so ground crew must keep it in check. I flew 192 km (119 mi) in perfect day but sad situation for fire affected people.

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451. Flying to Shuswap Area. Kamloops Sep 31, 2023

This was the day to fly. Almost sunny and no wind. I decided to check the still active, but almost over the Adam’s Lake major wildfire aftermath. I realized on my way east that it might be impossible. NOTAM restriction specified min elevation 2134 m (7000 ft) ASL (Above Sea Level) in the fire area of radius of 20 Nm (35 km) from the fire center. I made it to just 1524 m (5000 ft) and I was already in clouds. I could not legally continue to clear the restricted zone. I turned around to try the next time. Actually the next time became the next day with the follow up video.

The flying day was very interesting with spotty terrain from broken clouds shadows and changing fall terrain colors. Of course I also checked the ever changing sandbars in the Thompson River delta by Kamloops Lake. It was very good day.

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450. Flying over Ross Moore Lake Wildfire Area, Sep 8, 2023

The flying conditions were very good and even smoke form wildfires was not too bad. I decided to check the status of Ross Moore Lake wildfire with its edge just 15 km south of Kamloops city. The 113 km2 (44 mi2) fire was still classified as out of control, but I did not see any evidence of it.  It looked from the air as the fire well in control. I saw just 3 small areas with still smoldering patches. I called the location of the first patch (SW of the fire area center) and I was told that helicopter is flying there every day to check the progress. There should not be any reason to get it again out of control. The fire was very close to a major recreation and residential area  of Lac Le Jeune NW of the fire start. I have good aerial view of Kamloops from early morning lit by fresh sun. I finished my enjoyable flight be several low passes over the river sandbars, just south of airport. The edges formations were spectacular.  Those sandbars are very dynamic, continually changing by flowing and water level dropping river.

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449. Kamloops Area Covered with Wildfire Smoke, Sep 2, 2023

It was not an ideal day to go flying because we had some serious, out of control fires near by. Also wind direction helped to blow the smoke from the other places too.  I have to turn around in mid flight, because to visibility was getting critical. I still have very good video from South Thompson River valley and from Knutsford area too. I wanted to see the effect of those fires, but it was impossible from the allowed altitude to see anything. I flew over downtown to check the rivers water situation and the headed north to Lac Du Bois (lake), which I visited a day earlier. It is beautiful area and I wanted to see it from the above too. After flying over Mara Hill and NW Ridge I crossed the river for low level passes of the ever changing river sandbars. This is always is a highlight of my flying day.

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448. Low Water Level of Thompson Rivers. Kamloops Aug 19, 2023

I flew above both North and South Thompson Rivers to check how low the water level is. North Thompson is receiving extra water from the rains upstream, which is good news. It is very well seen in Kamloops downtown in the river confluence. The outflow from N Thompson River is in totally different, grayish silt color. I labeled it in the video as “New water”. It is not “fresh water” because it is really badly looking. Water level up MW spilled into dry land and islands flushing all that accumulated stuff back into the river which we are just receiving here in Kamloops. We are in level 5 drought category with serious water usage restrictions.

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447. Kamloops in the Middle of Wildfires. July 23, 2023

It was my interesting, early morning flight.. Flew south by the monster, out of control, wildfire by Ross Moore Lake. There is high elevation view of the ever expanding fire, affecting many evacuated residents. I was surprised to see the fire up to the up wind edge regardless of very strong wind in the previous day. I expected to see large burned out area on the up wind, western side, but not. I guess, it is the unpredictable nature.  One half of Kamloops was in serious smoke cover while the other half, west side was reasonably clear. I also noticed another, to me just starting fire further north. It looked like some large camp fire. I reported its location to Kamloops Flight Services. Later that day I noticed this as already registered Frisken Creek fire. The video shows the interesting view of Kamloops city partially shrouded in thick smoke screen…. Overall, it was good 127 km long flight.

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446. Scenic Flight to Chase, Mt Martin, Monte, Campbell and Scuitto Lakes. July 18, 2023

Beautiful and very scenic flight through the Chase-Falkland Rd valley. The nature colors are changing very quickly in these unusually hot and dry conditions. There are still some regions which are very healthily green. I was surprised with unusually, 23 min long wait for  my position to land. I felt like in an Oshkosh.

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445. Scenic Flight to Little Shuswap Lake. High Level Views of the River Valley. July 12, 2023

I was originally flying to Salmon Arm airport, but heavy smoke from surrounding forest fires made me to turn back earlier. Regardless, I have very good video of the South Thompson River valley from the higher elevation then usually. This brought larger areas into my cameras views. It also shows our vital river quickly losing the water level due to hot and dry weather. It might be interesting year in Kamloops. Also visited fire fighting air base to check the water bombers and take some pictures.

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444. Scenic Loop to Highland Valley Copper Mine, Spences Bridge Area, Ashcroft, Savona… July 4, 2023

It was a perfect and scenic flight through very interesting country sites in various styles. Very nice aerial view of super big, Highland Valley Copper Mine, open pit operation. I continued then into Nicola River Valley to check the hwy 8 which was practically destroyed by serious 2022 river flood. There is a 800 ft long and straight piece to highway which was cut out from the rest of the highway by the river. This could be potentially used as a landing strip. The location looks a bit intimidating, but it could be perfect for the mountain type of pilots. I turned north upstream of Thompson River to Ashcroft. I skipped the nearby Cache Creek airport, because the turbulence started already knocking on my back and I wanted to be back ASAP. The Nicola and Thompson River valleys are spectacular, but again intimidating for low level style of flying. I crossed Walhachin, Savona, Tobiano and finally Kamloops. I was really moving on my last leg over the Kamloops Lake with whitecaps, with 30 km/h (19 mph) tail wind. The tail wind almost instantly changed to headwind just by the Kamloops airport. It really woke me up from my peaceful flight. It was rough few seconds.

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443. Flying to Bonaparte Lake & Bonaparte Provincial Park via McLure. June 30, 2023

It was 177 km (110 mi) long flight of pure fun. I tried several times to fly to Bonaparte Lake area, but the bad turbulence always changed my plans.

I was really surprised with number of lakes and lash green and beautiful areas. I also saw ravaged areas from 2021 forest fire, but the nature is slowly recovering from that disaster. I captured the Kamloops downtown in the early morning sun and quickly loosing water level in our rivers. We could already see river sandbars which are normally still under several feet of water.

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442. Flying to Deadman Falls over Tobiano, Savona, Deadman River and Straight Line Back. June 26, 2023

I visited the Deadman Falls in 2021 by motorcycle. I also flew very nearby previously, but at that time I didn’t know about the waterfalls there. I decided to check it out. It was very good, 153 km long and very enjoyable flight. The scenery and the nature are spectacular. I followed the Deadman River deep valley there and I flew straight line over totally unknown terrain on the way back. Check it out; you will like it.

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441. Flight through Nicola Valley to Merritt, Logan Lake and Tunkwa Lake, Kamloops June 17, 2023

This was the day to fly. Absolutely the best conditions to do video. The fluffy clouds created beautiful spotty patterns on the ground. Everything around was in full green and healthy looking shape. I flew to small city Merritt airport through one of the most scenic region Nicola Valley. It is filled with many lakes in deep valleys, meadows and rolling hills all in multi shades of spring green color. After short pit stop I continued above highway 97C to small village Logan Lake, which almost burned down in serious forest fire in 2022. I flew over Tunkwa Provincial Park and Duffy Lake back to Kamloops. It was 180 km (112 mi) of pure pleasure filled with natural beauty. I was back on the ground at 8:15 am.

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440. Local Flight to Test Gimbal Head GoPro Camera, Kamloops June 6, 2023

I replaced my Insta360 X2 camera with GoPro Hero 7B mounted in 3 axes stabilizer Removu S1. The 360 deg camera is very good, but editing and lining the wanted views is very tedious and time consuming. I was looking for better results, but I was disappointed. I was hoping that motorized Gimbal head with 3 gyroscopes would be proper solution. It is not as shown in the video. I will be going back to Insta360 X2 as front view camera. You could still enjoy aerial views of Kamloops when all is green. It looks so good.

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439. Extreme Turbulence, Scenic Flight from Vernon to Kamloops. Part 2 of 2, May 31, 2023

The return leg from Vernon to Kamloops was very interesting to say it mildly. I was mega challenge of extreme conditions in my experience so far: Terrible turbulence and landing into strong gusty wind, which was not forecasted.

I chose more scenic road through the Falkland Valley. This area is known for strong and sudden bursts of wind. There is even sign on highway warning drivers from strong winds. It gave me full work out and tested my skills, and will to live. It was 20 minutes of swearing and wishing not to be there. It topped up the landing into totally unpredicted gusty wind of 28-44 km/h (17-27 mph) wind. The original forecast was 6-8 km/h (4-5 mph).

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438. Direct and Peaceful Flight to Vernon, Part 1 of 2. May 31, 2023

I was considering this flight to neighboring airport in Vernon for several years now. It was definitely out of my comfort zone, not because of distance or terrain, but the unpredictable flying conditions. The terrain between Kamloops and Vernon is combination of mountains, large lakes, many complexly laid valleys and large open spaces. This creates ripe conditions for multidirectional and gusty winds and of course turbulence too. The terrain is spectacular, which was the main attraction for me.

I was up in the air at 6:15 am to avoid heat changes from cold(er) morning to hot noon, which brings turbulence. I chose straight line flight over the mountains to Vernon and more scenic route through the Falkland Valley on the way back. The sun position was also the factor to get better light condition for my video cameras. Well, the return leg was very interesting to say it mildly. I was mega challenge of extreme conditions in my experience so far: Terrible turbulence and landing into strong gusty wind, which was not forecasted.

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437. Flight to Barriere, Whitecroft, Barnhartvale, 180 km of Beauty. May 16, 2023

This was another beautiful flight through less traveled areas. I followed the North Thompson River up to McLure ferry and then over the mountains to Barriere. The next leg led me to Whitecroft, small village near Sun Peaks. I followed the narrow valley filled with all kind of green colors.  The nature is fully transformed now from the dark winter colors to bright greens. The third leg of my 180 km long flight was to Buse Lake area in Barnhartvale area. The Buse Lake is completing its summer transformation into purple/red color.

I tried many times for several years to fly close to the Rock Needle of Buse Hill, but the weather conditions had always different plans. It looked promising this time, but my main, full view camera battery died. I flew close, but still encounter unpleasant turbulence there. I completed my journey above the south side of the South Thompson River and recording views of Barnhartvale, Juniper Ridge and Kamloops Sahali area.  Other areas to see are Brocklehurst, Batchelor Heights, Westsyde, Ida Lane hill, North Thompson River valley residential areas.

 

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436. Flight to Sun Peaks, Chase and High Water Level of South Thompson River. May 19, 2023

Beautiful flight to quickly changing Sun Peaks from winter ski paradise to green mountain playground. I continued to small village Chase, which is start of South Thompson River. I flew over the river which is spilling over in some areas; annual cycle from very low at over high water levels.

It is interesting to compare the river valley character between those two extremes. See my video # 432 from Apr 14, 2023 for comparison.

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435. Return Flight from Cache Creek to Kamloops, May 11 2023

This is the second part (video #434) of my trip to Cache Creek to see the flooding situation there. The flight is threading through very interesting geographical nature with beauty in every direction.

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434. Flight to Cache Creek to Check the River Flooding Situation. Kamloops, May 11 2023

It was an interesting flight in the Thompson and Bonaparte river valleys to see the flooding river conditions. Small town of Cache Creek was already affected by damaging flood and expecting additional flood by Bonaparte River. I flew over Ashcroft and Cache Creek from south to north. I landed at local and to me intimidating and challenging airport with unpredictable weather and thermal conditions. I had to land to change battery of my video camera. Whole area changed already from dry brown and brownish color to increasingly green colors from nature fast spring awakening.

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433. Following Tranquille Canyon to Fire Devastated Red & Sparks Lakes Areas, Deadman Valley, Walhachin, Tobiano… Apr 27, 2028

I was considering this flight for several years now, but the terrain looks and is very intimidating. The gold containing Tranquille Creek is running in very deep, steep and narrow canyon. Definitively any mechanical or even environmental failure would be total disaster in that hostile environment. I started early in the morning to limit my exposure to expected turbulence, but it was still not relaxing flight. The strong headwind created mechanical turbulence behind and around the hills. This combined with warm and cold sides of the canyon created very good turbulence. Well, I made it through! It is very nice in the Red Lake area, which follows the Sparks Lake. The Sparks Lake became “famous” in June 2021 when someone set forest on fire. It was hell on earth: 52 buildings, over 90,000 ha of forest gone, and millions spent on aerial and ground fire fighting. It was terrible summer even for us living 40 km away from it.

The sky was very clear and visibility perfect so you could see the Costal Mountain Ridge still covered in snow. Covered also Deadman Valley, Walhachin area, Savona, Pat Lake, Tobiano, Cherry Creek, South Thompson River sand bars, Tranquille Farm.

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432. Complete South Thompson River, Low Water Level Aerial Survey, Kamloops, Apr 14, 2023

Here is my aerial survey of all South Thompson River from Chase to Kamloops delta. I wanted to capture the 2023 lowest water level in that river.

It was very nice and interesting flight. I received warning form the Kamloops Flight Services about ash from Russian (Kamchatka) volcano 4,800 km away. Eventually I had an experience with that strange phenomena. I saw two big snow falling areas in my path which could be dangerous with very strong winds. That cold air is usually sucked into my sun heated warmer air where I was. I experienced it already once and I don’t care for any repetition. I noticed when editing my videos that the snow area was actually very local ash fall. I noticed it on my camera and my windshield was very dusty. The sky was very diverse and interesting. Unpleasant flight against early morning rising sun with poor visibility turned out to be fun flight from Chase to Kamloops. https://youtu.be/Y4S70MYuQKM

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431. Kamloops from the Air in Heavy Turbulence, Apr 11, 2023

I wanted to document extremely low water level in whole South Thompson River. I did the second half of it in my video 429 from March 20, 2023.

I did not make it too far this time, because of very strong and unpleasant turbulence.  I was getting air sick and I did not want to push my luck. I had to give up. I hope I could make it soon. I brought very interesting video from around the Kamloops city.

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430. Flight to Lac Le Jeune and Detail Survey of Kamloops Sandbars, Kamloops Mar 29, 2023

I flew over scenic road to Lac Le Jeune Provincial Park, campground and residential area. While Kamloops valley is practically snow free and in spring like weather, the area south is still in full winter mode. I turned SE to Knutsford area, over Paterson Creek canyon to Kamloops downtown. I then followed South Thompson River to its delta to Kamloops Lake. I made over 50 km above those spectacular sand bars. The river water level is in its seasonal lowest point so the sand beaches and the sandbars areas are enormous. They will disappear under water in June to August with not unusual flood in lower city elevations. I documented special twist to crop circles. By the SW of river delta. If you have chance to watch this video on TV then you will not regret it. You will not see it again as it is, because they are always changing and slowly disappearing with the spring runoff.

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429. Checking Low Water Level of North and South Thompson Rivers, Kamloops Mar 20, 2023

Kamloops probably reached to lowest river level this season. It is really low. Spring and spring temperatures are here which started snow melting from the mountain and high elevation regions. I wanted to capture this event which is only possible to se from the air and preferably from low elevation. I flew east 43 km (27 mi), past the Monte Creek above of the South Thompson River. I also used a clip insert from June 24, 2012 when rivers water level was just peaking out for comparison. After that, I turner NW towards McLure by North Thompson River. I changed my direction due to turbulence. I flew instead over Pinantan and Paul Lakes and over the Lyons Lake to the “end of civilization” of North Thompson River. I followed the rivers to airport which was 72 km (45 mi) away.

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428. Flying to Buse Lake in no Fun Turbulence. Mar 16, 2023

I have been trying 11 years to do close up of Buse Hill rock face needle, but the flying conditions had been too dangerous to do it. The turbulence was too much for my fun even far away from the hill. I toured above several Kamloops subdivisions, like Valleyview, Dallas, NE river shore cliffs, Sun Rivers, Batchelor Hills, North Ridge… I am also showing detail views of spectacular nature creation, sand bars of South Thompson River delta. It is my favorite area to fly, because it is always different. This is the only way to see it and also to see what is under water too.

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427. Flying to Harper Ranch, Campbell Creek Rd to Knutsford, Ajax, Afton, Cherry Creek, Kamloops, Mar 9, 2023

I ventured a bit behind the hills in area which might not be very well known. All this is presented with easy listening music. You could see: Brock, North Shore, Sun Rivers, North Ridge with Mt Peter & Paul, Harper Ranch Dallas, Barnhartvale, Campbell Creek, Shumway Lake valley, Knutsford, Ajax mine, Jacko Lake, Afton mine, Cherry Creek area, South Thompson River sand bars.

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426. Flying to Harper Ski Hill in very Good Turbulence. Kamloops Mar 3, 2023

Beautiful, but turbulent flight to Kamloops area 2nd largest ski hill. 

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425. Flying over the City. Short, Intro Video. Kamloops Feb 11, 2023

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424. Flying over East of City, Valleyview, Dallas, Barnhartvale and then Sun Rivers, North Shore and Brock. Kamloops Feb 11, 2023

This is the second part of my detailed city fly over.

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423. Flying in Survey Pattern over South Side of City, Kamloops Feb 15, 2023

It decided to do detail fly over the south side of Kamloops city in a survey type of track pattern. This covers the largest and the hilliest part of Kamloops. It shows our diverse and very complex terrain which must really challenge for the city planners and maintainers. The video is result of 93 km over that city section.

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422. Flying to Beautiful Area of Walhachin. Kamloops, Feb 9, 2023

It was beautiful winter day to have some good fun in the air. Sunny sky and temperature above freezing added to that special mood. The Walhachin area has very interestingly carved winding river banks, looking like being made by a machine. The flight to that place goes through many natural wonders looking spectacular from the ground and the air. Places to see from 113 km long flight: North Shore, Domtar, river junction, Aberdeen, Dufferin, Afton mine, Cherry Creek area, Tobiano, hoodoos, Balancing Rock, Savona, Thompson River rec areas, Walhachin, South Thompson River delta sand bars…

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421. Flying with the Clouds. Kamloops, Jan 15, 2023

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Another interesting flying conditions: Heavy, multi-layer clouds, blue sky, bright sunshine, dark ground areas. I covered North Ridge, Batchelor area, North Thompson River, Westsyde, Mt Mara, Tranquille Creek valley, Lac du Bois Area. The Tranquille-Criss Creek, normally deep and steep valley was under clouds. This created very interesting visual effect. See also nice Sundog (Halo) effect in the clouds

I had interesting moment before my landing when looking for entry hole in the clouds. I had to ask the control tower to check it for me, which they did. It was difficult to see anything except very bright white fluffs reflecting the sun directly into my face. Another moment happened while I was taking pictures above Batchelor subdivision where I was hit with sudden and strong updraft, which almost ripped the control bar from my hand. It was fun and interesting flight.

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 420. Flying with the Clouds. Kamloops, Jan 15, 2023

This video has no background music.

Another interesting flying conditions: Heavy, multi-layer clouds, blue sky, bright sunshine, dark ground areas. I covered North Ridge, Batchelor area, North Thompson River, Westsyde, Mt Mara, Tranquille Creek valley, Lac du Bois Area. The Tranquille-Criss Creek, normally deep and steep valley was under clouds. This created very interesting visual effect. See also nice Sundog (Halo) effect in the clouds

I had interesting moment before my landing when looking for entry hole in the clouds. I had to ask the control tower to check it for me, which they did. It was difficult to see anything except very bright white fluffs reflecting the sun directly into my face. Another moment happened while I was taking pictures above Batchelor subdivision where I was hit with sudden and strong updraft, which almost ripped the control bar from my hand. It was fun and interesting flight.

 

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