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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
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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
448. Low Water Level of Thompson
Rivers. Kamloops Aug 19, 2023
I flew
above both North and
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
446. Scenic Flight to Chase, Mt
Martin, Monte, Campbell and Scuitto Lakes. July 18, 2023
Beautiful
and very scenic flight through the
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
439. Scenic Flight from Vernon to Kamloops in
Extreme Turbulence. Part 2 of 2, May 31, 2023
The return
leg from
I chose
more scenic road through the
438. Direct and Peaceful Flight to Vernon, Part
1 of 2. May 31, 2023
I was
considering this flight to neighboring airport in
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
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
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
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
It is
interesting to compare the river valley character between those two extremes.
See my video # 432 from Apr 14, 2023
for comparison.
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.
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
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
The sky was
very clear and visibility perfect so you could see the Costal Mountain Ridge
still covered in snow.
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
It was very
nice and interesting flight. I received warning form the Kamloops Flight
Services about ash from Russian (
431. Kamloops from the Air in Heavy Turbulence,
Apr 11, 2023
I wanted to
document extremely low water level in whole
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
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
429. Checking Low Water Level of North and South
Thompson Rivers, Kamloops Mar 20,
2023
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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
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,
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426. Flying to Harper Ski Hill in
very Good Turbulence. Kamloops Mar 3, 2023
Beautiful,
but turbulent flight to
425. Flying over the City. Short,
Intro Video. Kamloops Feb 11, 2023
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.
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
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…
421. Flying with the Clouds.
Kamloops, Jan 15, 2023
This video
has background music
Another
interesting flying conditions: Heavy, multi-layer clouds, blue sky, bright
sunshine, dark ground areas. I covered North Ridge, Batchelor area,
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.
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,
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.
Picturest.
419. Kamloops Winter Sunset:
Shorter Version of #418 Video. Dec 28, 2022
This is a
shorter version of the video #418, with mainly views from the front camera. It is
made for people liking to look around while enjoying the beautiful
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418. Kamloops Winter Sunset:
Uncut Front Camera View. Dec 28, 2022
This is a
long version of the video #417, with mainly views from the front camera. It is
made for people liking to look around while enjoying the beautiful
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417. Kamloops Winter Sunset, Part
2 of 2. Dec 28, 2022
Spectacular
atmospheric conditions were captured in this late afternoon video. High clouds
above, low clouds just below, orange glow from setting down sun, rainbow, blue
sky, spectacular clouds colors and shapes…. Majority of my flight was very
peaceful and relaxing, but also with sharp awakening by a local turbulence.
Good aerial view of Batchelor Hill area, Brock, glowing in the sun Mt Peter,
Harper Ranch area, Dallas, North and NW Ridge area, Tranquille Farm / Padova
area.
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416. Kamloops Winter Sunset, Part
1 of 2. Dec 28, 2022
Finally,
some decent weather for very nice late afternoon flight. This is short video
from above Brock and
415. Cold Birds Views from Kamloops Areas. Dec
13, 2022
I was waiting
whole month for this moment due to unreasonable weather. It was worth of wait.
The air was smooth like silk which took off the usual nasty weather related
surprises. I am showing very detail views of
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414. Spectacular Flight over
Snowy Downtown, Sun Rivers, Harper Ranch and North Ridge. Kamloops Nov 12, 2022
Finally,
another nice flight after long pause due to bad weather. Everything looks even
more spectacular with the contrasting snow covered and bare surfaces. Check it
out.
413. Local, 170 km Long Flight
till 30 min after the Sunset. Kamloops Oct 15, 2022
Enjoyable
evening flight to see
Interesting
views of
412. Rough Flying to See Ravaged Area by 2021
Wildfire of Monte Lake. Kamloops Oct 12, 2022
This was my
3rd attempt to see the effect of the 2021 devastating wildfire in
The area
looks like a different world. I felt like being in the volcano crater. Poor
residents: they had to live through this nature hell. I think I have very
interesting video from 5 cameras documenting my 130 km flight.
411.
Fantastic River Sandbars from the Air,
Sep 27, 2022
The end of
my 133 km (83 mi) journey, flight over the South Thompson River sandbars. They
are forming very interesting, complex, ever-changing and very beautiful
under/above water creations. Two minutes video.
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410. Flight
to Red Lake to Check Results of the Devastating 2021 Sparks Forest Fire, Sep 27,
2022
Flight started flying west, above the Kamloops North Ridge,
following the steep and rugged north shoreline of
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409. Nice Flight in Serious
Turbulence, Kamloops Sep 7, 2022
It looked
like an ideal condition for flying, but the reality changed very quickly into a
nasty turbulence. Decent condition changed within 10 km into scary situation.
Cool morning, no wind, cloudy without thermals so why this sudden change? I had
to change my original plan because I did not want to push my luck. It was still
very nice and eventually peaceful flight. Test
408. My Stupid Mistake and Surprised Trike
Reaction, Kamloops Aug 28, 2022
This is
short video taken from my previous video #407. I am showing in details my
serious mistake and consequence when I forgot to buckle up the seat belt.
My seat
belt is not the best kind. It has the flip up latch to open it. This poor
design allowed me to unbuckle in flight (3x) when lifting the neck camera. I
solved this unpleasant problem with the funny pack covering the buckle. The
camera strap does not accidentally unbuckle me now, but complicate situation to
buckle up in flight.
The air was
very good and steady. I set (tuned) the electric wing trim to level, hands free
flight first. The complication started when trying to place both belt ends
under the funny pack with camera on the top of it. Then, suddenly and instantly
the control bar went to max forward up to the front brace. I did not change the
RPM. It had to be vertical puff of air. This proved my point that it is
important to relax your hands on control bar, but still control or dampen the
bar/wing from reaching the extreme movement due to the asymmetrical vertical
air movements.
407. Turbulence Changed my Plan to Fly to
another Nature Beauty, Kamloops Aug 28, 2022
Originally
I had different plan, but totally unexpected and ever increasing turbulence
made me turn around and look for some more peaceful place to fly. I found it
and it was very beautiful country site with many lakes, hills and deep valleys.
I had also one stupid moment shoving how close I was to some serious problem. I
will show more details in my follow up short video to show my stupidity from
different camera angles. You will get the pictures in this video.
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406. Flight to Salmon Arm Airport
Coffee and Return Flight Back at Hot Noon, Aug 17, 2022
I was
considering this flight for long time, but the hot noon weather effect scared
me from doing it. Salmon Arm flying club, about one hour away, has Wednesday
morning coffee fly-ins, which starts at 10 am. Normally, I am back from my
flights by 9 am to prevent the nastiness of the hot weather turbulence. This
time it was different. I took off at 9 am (22 C / 72 F) and returned at noon at
29 C (84 F). The first leg was a straight line over some mountain area very
hostile to emergency landing. I encounter turbulence close to the peak. The
turbulence is not the problem, but the apprehension about what will come next.
Is this the first warning, would it get worse, what to do next. I could go
higher, but eventually I had to go low too… Salmon Arm is very member active
airport located is beautiful area by enormous
I followed
the highway and the river valley through the civilization on my way back. The
sun was in my back, so it was better for the cameras. This video is extract
from my 10 hours, 5 camera videos, 214 km (133 mi) long flight through one of
the best nature in this region. There was practically no heat turbulence except
above the concrete runways, like always.
405. Beautiful Flying to Douglas Lake over Many
Other Lakes, Aug 12, 2022
190 km (118
mi) long trip through the most picturesque hills, valleys and lake areas to a
special recreational area of Douglas Lake Ranch. The ranch is owned by an
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404. Mountain Flying to Greenstone Mt, Ajax
Mine, Kamloops Downtown and Watching Creek Wild Fire, Aug 6, 2022
It was very
relaxing and a bit colder flight (11 C (52 F) to very nice area of Greenstone
mountain. It used to be the forestry
fire watch tower, before they switched to satellites and electronics. The shack
is still there and maintained be volunteers even though it was several times
vandalized. It is one of the highest peaks in that region which offers perfect
360 deg view. I flew to
403. Hot Summer
Morning Flight to Isobel and Many Other Lakes, Jul 28, 2022
I took off
at 7:30 in 24 C (75 F) sweating temperature to cool off in higher up, but no
luck. Regardless, I flew over another spectacular and diverse terrain with many
lakes, hills, deep valleys, meadows and forest. I am shoving this beautiful
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402. Another
Fantastic Flight to Knuff Lake and Sun Peaks, Second Largest Ski Resort in
Canada, Jul 20, 2022
Morning
flight to beautiful recreational area of Knuff and Sullivan lakes and then to
401. Flight to Ashcroft and Landing in Cache
Creek, Jul 14, 2022
Perfect
flight in spectacular river valley and good combination of sun and cloud for
good video. I did this route several times and it is always challenging with
very variable weather conditions. There are several valleys meeting in one
point which is very often rough to fly through. After every landing in Cache
Creek I made decision not to land there anymore, but, like this time, I did it
again. This is short video from 165 km flight made into very nice music. Check
our luckiness to live in such complex natural beauty. I had very rare
opportunity to video two opposing trains in the same place, but separated by
river. It looks like model trains running in the loop.
400. Flight over Mountain to Chase and S
Thompson River Track Back, Jul 2, 2022
It was one
of my best ever flight; perfectly relaxing and without any unpleasant weather
surprises. I flew in straight line over the
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399. Hot Evening Flight over Flooding Rivers,
Jun 25, 2022
It was the
first very hot day and in this case evening, 30C (86 F) at 8 pm. I flew to
check the status of our two major rivers flooding. It was a bit let down,
because the water level was lower then previous night. This is good news that
the predicted, half century flooding will not happen. We cannot do victory lap,
because the nature could always surprise us with own quirks.
It was very
good flight and the resulting video, fully annotated is showing it. I really
like to read your comments, which is the only reward for my hours of hopefully
not wasted life.
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398. Flying over Flooding S Thompson River from
Chase for Kamloops Lake. Jun 20, 2022
I flew 150
km in early morning to see the state of the
The
flooding of N and S Thompson rivers is an annual event. Each spring those
rivers change from shallow rivers with many islands, beautiful beaches and
interestingly sculptured sand bars into raging rivers (almost like small lakes)
flooding many low laying fields and areas. Time to time they create disaster
floods as marked on the attached photo of the historic floods. So far, the
rivers are at annual flood, but forecast is for disastrous flood in the level
of 1972. It was very relaxing flight above all green and yellow terrain except
usual and sudden turbulence to wake me up from my daydreams.
397. Flying over
Kamloops Flooding Rivers in Turbulence. Landing Experiment. Jun 11, 2022
An
unusually colder spring delayed snow melting in the mountains. Finally we had
several very warm days and mainly nights which is now accelerating the snow
melting. The rivers cannot keep up and so we are expecting some serious floods.
I flew to check it out. The North and South Thompson rivers are already
spilling out in the low laying areas. It was almost relaxing flight until I hit
serious turbulence in the 7:30 morning sun heat. This cut into my original
plan.
I did also
my pre landing experiment to lower the effect of dark and hot runway in the
middle of green and cold grass. It really took an age from usual unpleasant
turbulent landings. My experiment worked.
396. Flight to Buse
Lake Area in Sudden and Crazy Turbulences. May 29, 2022
Early
morning flight into a special natural rock formation in very weird weather. I
started with no wind, which was changing up to 53 km/h. The flying was from
very relaxing to instant heavy turbulence. Landing was interesting too with
head wind speed from 52 km/h to no wing within 1000’ elevation
difference. I was hoping to fly close to the Buse Hill rock face, but the
weather conditions there were too risky.
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395. Beautiful Flight to Paska and Other Lakes.
Playing in the Clouds. May 24, 2022
Super
flight to Paska Lake Recreation Resort, low level fluffy clouds to
394. Beautiful Flight
to Roche Lake Area. May 21, 2022
This was one
of my best flights over many lakes, meadows, hills and valleys. The sky was
sprinkled with scattered clouds creating interesting patterns of shadows down
below. The flight was mix of relaxation to full attention from turbulence. It
was also my best landing with zero kinetic energy into my wheels. I was
impressed.
393. Turbulent Flight to Deadman River Valley,
May 17, 2022
The flight
was almost relaxing until I entered the
392. Flying between
Battle Bluffs and Harper Ranch in Heavy Turbulence, May 10, 2022
My original
plan was much more ambitious, but I had to change it due to increasingly more
unpleasant turbulence. Terrain is more beautiful with greens covering the
majority of its surface. My flight is over the most beautiful natural area of
391. Flying to Tobiano, Savona Mt, Tunkwa Lake,
Logan Lake, Lac Le Jeune, Ajax, Petersen Creek, Apr 23, 2022
Flying 145
km round trip through some spectacular and also sad scenery. The SW portion of
my flight was over the remnants of the devastating 2021 forest fire(s). It
looks interesting, but also very sad. The small town (pop 2500)
I captured
also different and complete view of Tobiano and nearby hoodoo areas. East side
of Mt Savona looks very interesting.
I flew over
several still frozen lakes around Lac Le Jeune. I had an opportunity to spot
the three large flocks of cranes, but much lower then I was flying. I made a
few attempts to get closer, but they were faster in their maneuvers. They were
very well aware of my presents above them.
I made
closer aerial video of the Petersen Creek canyon and
390. Flying to Louis
Creek, Whitecroft and Heffley Lake, Apr 15, 2022
It was very
nice flight through the backcountry in deep valleys. In 2021 fire season
the Whitecroft was in unwanted center of attention when it was part of very bad
forest fire. The fire result could be seen in video. It was very close to the
Whitecroft village and just barely separated from the very popular Sun Peaks
Ski Resort, the 2nd largest ski resort in
Nice view
of still frozen
The landing
was as expected, hairy. There was no reported wind at the airport, the air was
about 5C, but the dark runway was heated to perhaps to 15C. This created very
unpleasant turbulence near the runway surface. I also felt twice sudden push
from the back, which was the first one for me. I was bounced in every
direction, which is not very pleasant experience few feet from the ground.
389. Round Flight to
Merritt BC through Beautiful Nicole Valley, Mar 29, 2022
I few to
small city airport in Merritt. Merritt was seriously damaged during the autumn
2021 flooding. Some houses and properties were destroyed. I could not see much
of that effect from the air. Merritt is located in beautiful mountain
surroundings and connected with famous
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388. Exploring Kamloops Area Natural Beauty, Mar
24, 2022
I am
presenting fantastic beauty of the Kamloops NE Ridge area. I flew above 3 herds
of wild horses grazing in very picturesque setting. It was windy, but not gusty
day to have very good flying experience. Join me to see what only a few people
could experience.
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387. Flying back from Cache Creek Challenging
Airport, Part 2 of 2. Mar 16, 2022
This is second leg of my flight as describes in video #386. I
was not looking forward to take off due to high wind in about 45 deg to my
left. It was bumpy, but not too bad. Trip scenery is always spectacular,
because it is very diverse. It is very complex terrain all around us. I wish it
was a bit green to make it more colorful, but it is still too early for that.
The flight was very easy and smooth except, of course, just above
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386. Flying to Cache Creek Challenging Airport,
Part 1 of 2. Mar 16, 2022
The weather was just great with blue sky to fly 45 min west to
small, single runway, mountain type airport. I was following Thompson River
valley, over Tobiano,
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385. Exploring North Thompson River with
Insta360 One X2 Camera. Mar 6, 2022
I had very nice flight while testing additional features of
my new camera, Insta360 One X2. In this video, I used explanatory comments of
tested features.
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384. Super Day over Super Nature – The Way the
Birds See It. Mar 3, 2022
It was unbelievable sunny day with very complex sky and
complex ground. Dark and still some snow covered surface created indescribable
nature complexness which would be a big challenge for any artist to paint. I
tested my Insta360 One X2 camera in another location, but I am still not happy
with the result. The next time I will mount it on the wing. This video plays
into classical music, creating relaxing mood. The last few years of camera technology
progress surprises me every time I view my videos. Let me know if you like it.
383. Testing my New Camera Insta360 One X2, Part
2 of 2. Feb 18, 2022
Side mounted camera vibrated too much in previous video. This
time I mounted it up front on the trike nose. Resulted video, which looks like
globe must be edited into viewable clips to be integrated and synchronize with
other GoPro cameras. A big advantage is that I could keep horizon level in
turns. This has to be done manually in post editing process. Also the GoPro
camera video could be speeded up max 3x without too much of extra distractions.
Faster it plays more jerking it become. I tested the Insta360 in speed 8x
faster, which translates into perceived flying speed of 960 km/h (597 mph). I
was very impressed with the results. This and part 1 videos just test the features. I will be
very careful not to be sucked into gimmicks. The bottom line is that camera is
very impressive.
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382. Testing my New Camera Insta360 One X2, Part
1 of 2. Feb 18, 2022
Just bought
the Insta360 One X2 camera and testing it in two positions. In this test it is
on my side long mount. The bracket is long but it is vibrates too much.
I am
learning totally new field of editing. This camera is actually two cameras
together taking 360 global views. I have to edit individual views, play speed,
horizon angle correction in turns…, just more time to kill. I also wanted to
know if it will integrate with my GoPro cameras. So far it works. This and part
2 videos just test the features. I will be very careful not to be sucked into
gimmicks. The bottom line is that camera is very impressive.
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381. Interrupted Flight due to Heavy Turbulence
and Strong Wind. Feb 10, 2022
It was
beautiful sunny day with no wind and +2C (36F). I was planning to fly to
different airport,
I knew that
I would have hard time to fly in that headwind back. It was decision time:
Should I or shouldn’t I? Suddenly terrible turbulence started which bounced me
very good. It decided for me. I turned back and was inching towards
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380. My Best Flight to Harper and Sun Peaks Ski
Hills. Feb 6, 2022
This was my age depressing, 75th birthday flight. I needed to
take some edges of those “It’s over life feelings”. Fortunately, the weather was
perfect to relax in the air. I flew first to Harper Mountain Ski area, showing
our smaller ski hill. The next on my list was the 2nd largest ski
area in
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379. Day to Explore Natural Beauty of Kamloops,
SW and NW Areas. Jan 24, 2022
This was one of the best days for winter flying with smooth air and very
little weather surprises.
I flew over many frozen lakes and mountain ridges, eventually view
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378. Beautiful Winter Flying in N Thompson
Valley, Jan 18, 2022
Nice flying day to get some fresh air and have fun with it.
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377. Kamloops First Flight in 2022. Relaxing, Awesome and Turbulent, Jan 15,
2022
After long period of very cold weather, the Mother Nature smartened up
with quickly disappearing snow and above freezing temperatures. Patches of the
disappearing snow created very interesting ground patterns with awesome
results. It was very good flight at totally relaxing mode, but also with some
shaking up turbulence. New camera mount and view angle.
376. Kamloops
Winter Beauty, Dec 19, 2021
It was cold, but sunny so it looked very inviting to go flying. We
received some snow, but wind formed many high drifts. I spent more then hour to
shovel my access to runway.
I started at -7C (19F), but ended up at -10C (14F). I found that all my
4 GoPro cameras were off when landed, while batteries showed 100%. This was
serious letdown. Eventually I learned that Hero 7 cameras are good only down to
0C (32F). Previously I had few unintended cameras off at minus 5C, but I
thought it is the usual GoPro quirk. They definitely did not like -10C (14F).
BTW, it is nor written in the manual. I Goggled it. Regardless, I have only half on my flight
which sill shows
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375. Low Level Flight over Kamloops Downtown,
Tobiano and Spectacular North Ridge, Dec 6, 2021
It was perfect flying day at -6C (21F) and some fresh snow. I was lucky
again not to worry about wind nastiness and turbulences, so I could enjoy
closer (then normally) proximity of
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374. Low Level
Flight over Kamloops Downtown, Mt Peter & Paul and Frederick Road, Dec 3,
2021
The weather was perfect for low level flying without worrying about
turbulence and wind flow over different hills. I follower Petersen Creek bike
path, then to Mt Peter and Paul to show how big it is on the top. The next
points were low level flights over Mt Mara, Battle Bluffs and surrounding hills
and valleys. Finally I follow the
373. Low Level
Exploration of Phenomenal Walhachin Area, Nov 26, 2021
The river banks of Walhachin (small village west of
I made
mistake in my video labeling: What I noted there as
Juniper Beach RV Park is in fact the Rock and River Rustic Retreat located in
Thompson Rivers Estates.
Pictures
372. The Best Time to Fly; First Snow Made
Everything Even More Beautiful, Nov 19, 2021
I love this time of the year: Fresh snow, blue sky and no wind and
turbulence. The snow really enhances the
371. Flight
over the most Beautiful Areas in Kamloops, Nov 13, 2021
It was beautiful flight with some serious turbulence too. I covered
areas in Dufferin,
Pictures
370. Guided Tour through Kamloops Area Beauty,
Oct 31, 2021
I think that this is one of my best videos. Slow and low over North
Ridge popular hiking areas, Lac Du Bois Grasslands Westsyde,
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Enjoy relaxing and even upbeat music. Watch
it on large screen for better experience.
369. Relaxing
Flight over Beautiful Countryside of Knutsford Area, Low Level Downtown and
More, Oct 30, 2021
Chilly, sunny and no wind morning flight over some of the most beautiful
areas of
368. Challenging
and Turbulent Adventure Flight around many Kamloops Lakes and Provincial Parks,
Oct 19, 2021
It was fun, but a bit challenging flight. I had to wait till 1 pm for
sky to open and it really did. Still a bit hazy, but happy, sunny day.
I flew through 4 provincial parks and around 14 (annotated) lakes. I
experienced totally relaxing flight in no wind, 55 km/h (34 mph) headwind to 85
km/h (53 mph) tail wind and all this within 15 min. A significant portion of the flight was in
turbulence, but it was not as scary to me as it used to be before.
Half of my flight was above burned out forest section which was
significantly destroyed during 2021 summer Tremont Creek fire. There is a lot
of evidence how the fire progressed to small town
367. Flying to
Tobiano and Spectacular River Sandbars.
Oct 14, 2021
This was my second flight of the day. The first flight was very
turbulent and so I was hoping for something more relaxing. It started in very
good weather and smooth air up to a point. Eventually it became very turbulent,
just west of Tobiano. In this video, I spent more time in low level flight
above the
366. Flying
into Very Sudden and Nasty Turbulence.
Oct 14, 2021
I found (eventually), that I had cracked and leaking fuel tank. I almost
run out of fuel during my
365. Short and
Sweet Aerial Video from between Kamloops and Walhachin. Oct 6, 2021
Short video of
364. Flying above Beautiful Landscape to Johnson
Lake. Oct 1, 2021
We came back from holiday into very beautiful fall weather, big contrast
to smoke ravaged air from the summer forest fires. I flew to
The flight was very relaxing over low cloud/fog in the river valley,
forming spectacular views. The steep hills were filled by fall colors, while
horizon
363. One of the Best Days to Fly through 200 km
of Kamloops Area Beauty. Sep 2, 2021
We had 1.5 month of terrible forest fires all around BC, poor or no
visibility and serious restrictions where and how to fly. Everything suddenly
changed. Crisp clear, but cold morning provided perfect weather to do some
local exploration. My original plan was to fly to
362. Flying over Tremont Creek Fire Ravaged Area
(Mt Savona, Tunkwa Lake, Logan Lake…).
Aug 24, 2021
Interesting birds views of Tremont Creek fire, the east side of burned
out areas. The fire started in July 12, 2021, 27 km west of where I was flying,
burning solid for 2 weeks. I did not use in this video my usual short cuts, but
I kept continual views from my full view front camera.
It is interesting to note that not everything is burned out. The fire is
actually very choosy and the result is patch work of black/brown and green
areas.
I started east of Mt Savona then follow close to
361. Kamloops in the Middle of Wild Fires from
11, 340 ft. Aug 18, 2021
It looked like nice weather for change, but it did not last very long. I
was planning to fly to Merritt, but right after take off I saw it would be
impossible. The smoke on south site of the city was so thick that the upper
360. Kamloops, Walhachin, Barnhartvale in Clear Sky
while Surrounded by Wild Fires. Aug 9,
2021
Exceptionally nice weather with good visibility, rarity in these days
when
359. Kamloops Area
is Burning – Extremely Smoky Sky. Aug 6,
2021
I could not wait to get back into the sky. We are here in
The visibility was very poor with two lines above horizon: smoke line at
around 7000’ and very close above it the cloud line. I could not go higher then
8,500’ to have clear view, because the clouds were low. There was certain
beauty in this ugliness and very spooky feeling. The visibility was very bad on
the way back.
358. My Record
Adventure Flight to 3669 m / 12,004 ft. July 17, 2021
I took off into smoky (forest fires) skies in west direction to check on
developing and existing, out of control fires. Previous day, I visited some
those effected places by motorcycle and now it was the time for the distant
bird view. I had to climb to over 3048 m / 10,000 ft to just clear the smoke
layer to see distant fires. I hit the smoke wall above
357. Flight in
very Smoky Air. July 14, 2021
We have 320 wild fires burning in BC. The air was loaded with thick
smoke, which looked worse with the increasing elevation. It was decent when I
left home, but it was changing quickly. I ended up with fire ash covering my
front camera lent.
I wanted to check the latest fires (from distance, of course), but the
west side was like wall of smoke. The east side started to get very turbulent,
when I reached the valley level when the latest fire was burning. I turned
around and cut this flight short. The video still turned out interesting, with
rising sun just slightly poking through like orange ball and layers of smoke of
different colors and shades.
Pictures
356. Kamloops Area on Forest Fires. July 6, 2021
We have in British Columbia (BC), which is the most western province
(state) in
I had to go up to almost 10,000’ to clear the smoke.
355. Early
Morning Hot and very Turbulent Flight. June 26, 2021
I took off at 6:30am at 26C, no ground wind and perfectly sunny day. It quickly changed
into 30 km/h headwind and very unpleasant turbulence, which was coming in
serious bursts. I was looking for different elevations, but it was actually
getting warmer with height and more unpredictable higher up. Eventually I did
not want to push my luck and turned back I could feel the hot blast from the
concrete runway during landing. The air temperature was already at 28C
354. Last Day of Spring, Hot Evening Flight.
June 20, 2021
I took off soaked in my own sweat at 7:45 pm and 28 C (82 F) and almost
cold at 2290 m (7,500’) at 17 C (63 F). It felt at about 1000’ above ground
while coming down like opening oven and walking through it. It was good flight
above our nature beauty which is all aground us here in
353. Flying to Roche Lake Area, June 17, 2021
Explored new region to me, which is set of lakes around
352. Checking Flood Situation of our Rivers and Terrible
Turbulence, June 6, 2021
I started at 6:30 am to avoid thermal turbulence, but it did not help.
Within 5 km the situation changed almost instantly from peaceful to dangerous.
I had to cut short my original plan to check the both
351. Challenging
Flight to Dunn Peak Mountain Area, May 22, 2021
This was my 2nd flight (https://youtu.be/3pdqw_gorPY)
to the highest mountain peak in this region. The flying conditions here are by
default unpredictable and they change within minutes or few kilometers. I took
off at 6:40 am to beat the sun generated turbulence. The flight started right
off the deck with turbulence getting progressively worse. I was contemplating
to call it off and suddenly everything stopped into very peaceful flight. I
flew up to
The mountain area is spectacular and huge. I spent more time there then
in 2019, to record and absorb all that beauty. How lucky I am to do this! I
wish I could take a busload of people with me to share my experience there. I
was glad when I was back in the river valley, back to civilization. The
mountains are spectacular, but potentially dangerous. The return flight was
peaceful down to Barriere village, then another challenging spot to overcome
through the canyon valley and then turbulence really started. I was flying lice
garbage bag in the wind. There was no return for me; I had to carry though it.
Everything stopped again in about 15 minutes. Landing was another issue when
landing on hot dark runway. I was bounced there very well.
350. Morning, 128 km Fight in Kamloops Area
Beauty, May 16, 2021
I discovered new (to me) lakes, meadows, hills and plains in this spectacular
region, lucky to be living in.
349. Early Morning Fight Joined by another
Homebuilt, May 11, 2021
This was different and very unique experience for me. I was joined by another
local pilot in his beautifully built Zodiac homebuilt aircraft. We took of at
6:30 am to avoid turbulence from the powerful
348. Beautiful Flight to Sun Peaks and South
Thompson Rive, May 5, 2021
This early morning flight was very relaxing and enjoyable. I took off
early and 6:30 to beat the powerful sun heat and of course turbulence as shown
in my previous video. This made the trick. My first leg was east, straight into
very low rising sun. I felt like Lindbergh in his Spirit of St. Louis.
I
could see nothing with that sun shining directly into my face through the
windshield and my helmet visor. I had to look sideways to see where I am going.
Everything changed when I turn north towards the
I landed and taxied to my hangar at 8 am and suddenly, like if someone
turn switch on, the wind started to blow but only in the east part of the
airport. The wind sock in the west side was still limped. It was very good flight
347. Flight in Terrible Turbulence but Beautiful
Weather, May 2, 2021
My plan ended up totally differently from the original one. I started in
calm, sunny and warm weather, but it changed quickly into very nasty and few
times terrifying turbulences. I was looking into different elevations but no
luck. I made it just 20 km north from the airport, just 1/3 of my planning
distance to
346. Beautiful, Exciting, Intimidating and
Turbulent Flight to Vidette, Apr 20, 2021
I followed
345. Beautiful Sunset Flight in Summer like
Weather, Apr 17, 2021
I was thinking about this flight long time. I wanted to know how those
navigation lights would look like in darkness. It was exceptionally warm evening
from 24C to 19C and surprisingly no surprises from touchy
344. Beautiful Flight from Salmon Arm Airport to
Kamloops, Apr 15, 2021
This is return leg of my 223 km cross-country flight, this time from
Salmon Arm back to
343. Beautiful Flight to Salmon Arm Airport, Apr
15, 2021
Very scenic flight following shore of famous and in summer popular
342. 145 km Flight over Knutsford and Tobiano
Areas, Apr 13, 2021
Very scenic flight over complex terrain and spectacular views. It was
good day.
341. Flying to Chase, Apr 6, 2021
Very good flight east through South Thompson Rive valley, one of the
most scenic area in
340. Very
Unpleasant Flight in Pure Turbulence, March 31, 2021
After several days of serious winds, this day was totally calm with blue
sky and +8C. I was really looking forward to my cross country flight, but it
was quickly clear that it will not happen. I was bouncing like yoyo as soon as
I took off. I was in one continual turbulence which eventually made me
nauseated. Four days before I flew on commercial flight (as passenger) in heavy
turbulence, which was my second worse turbulence on commercial flight. I become
air sick which I felt for 3 days. My flight only multiplied that sick in
stomach feeling. At least I have very good video from just 30 min flight.
339. Very Nice Flight to Nicola Valley and
Glimpse Lake, Mar 16, 2021
I took advantage of perfect weather to fly through spectacular BC
countryside.
338. Flying in Campbell Creek Valley to Barnhartvale, Mar 9, 2021
I attempted to fly this valley several times already, but the non
cooperating weather always changed my plans. I was lucky this time. It is very
nice area which I explored on motorcycle from ground up. It was time to do it
from the air. The valley is usually very windy with crazy turbulence, because
the air is compressed into narrow and winding trough. One of my 4 cameras did
not record anything, so I lost one view, but I still have nice video into
classical music.
337. Flying to Knutsford and North Ridge. Heavy
Turbulence, Mar 2, 2021
It was decent day for https://youtu.be/xOV1d5IvHewflying
with no wind at the
336. Flying form Cache Creek in Exciting Flight,
Feb 21, 2021
I was getting anxious to go back after 40 minutes flight from
I met another ultralight pilot there, Daniel Berwin who landed after me.
He decided to follow me a bit and take some aerial pictures. It was nice
change, because it is just 2nd opportunity in my life to fly with
somebody. Another excitement happened in about 10 minutes in my flight when I
spotted another plane (Cessna) well down under me flying to Cache Creek. He
really sucked the air from my track resulting good bump. I started in -2C in
335. Flying to Tobiano, Walhachin and Cache
Creek. Good Turbulence, Feb 21, 2021
This was the first leg of my 1.5 hour flight to Cache Creek. I flew via
golf and residential area high above
334. Beautiful Winter Flight in Beautiful
Wintery Kamloops, Feb 16, 2021
Finally, after several windy days of real winter in
333. Flying in
Fresh Snow to Kamloops Juniper Ridge and Area, Feb 6, 2021
It was gorgeous day after overnight fresh show, blue sky and above
freezing temperature. I took off downwind (~13 km/h) west, turned to east in
totally calm air and in about 200 m higher I got into serious tail wind of up
to 45 km/h from west. The wind was flowing simultaneously from opposite
direction within short elevation difference. I flew over Juniper Ridge
subdivision, which looks very flat from the air, but it is actually very hilly
and assuming also challenging to drive those steep streets in winter. I
explored Rose Hill and Knutsford area too. It was very good flight.
332. Experience
with “GoPro Hero 9 Black” as a Prime Camera for Unrestricted Frontal View, Feb
2, 2021
I sold my GoPro Hero 7 and
replaced the front full view camera with the latest GoPro Hero 9 Black. The
reason is Hero 9 horizon lock to prevent horizon tilt when turning. Tilting
horizon is annoying in my videos, so I always switch in those moments to side
camera views. Well, the horizon lock did not work very well and actually it was
very bad. I could use only few clips from this miracle Hero 9 camera. I return
the Hero 9 back to store. Now, I need to buy another Hero 7 Black. I am showing
examples of badness and my interpretation of how this horizon lock would not
work in my case. I was hoping for steady “Super stabilized” views, so I could
run video 4x faster without any distractions. I am sorry to report that the
result was totally unacceptable. This is excellent camera for other
application, but not for what I wanted it for. For that purpose Hero 7 Black is
far superior. If you are considering to buying it for flying then you should
watch this video.
331. Following
North Ridge to Harper Ski Hill in Heavy Turbulence, Feb 2, 2021
I sold my GoPro
Hero 7 and replaced the front full view camera with the latest GoPro Hero 9
Black. The reason is H9 horizon lock to prevent horizon tilt when turning. This
was annoying in my videos, so I always switched at those moments to side camera
views. Well, it did not work very well and actually it was very bad. I could
use only few clips from this miracle camera. I return the Hero 9 back to store.
Now, I wish to buy back my Hero 7 Black camera. I am looking. I will post me
experience and example, why this camera is no good for aviation at least for
full camera view without any part of airplane in the view. It was expensive
experiment for me. I sold my like new camera cheap and most likely I will pay
more and most likely for abused and bruised camera.
It was beautiful
and calm (!) day, but not for long. Within of about 5 minutes it started
kicking up and down. It was getting progressively worse on the way back. I was
looking for some smoother air level, but there was nothing available for me.
When I crossed the
330. Flying over North and South
Thompson Rivers, Jan 29, 2021
I have very
good video from cold flight. We had some traces of new snow, which makes the surrounding
scenery more contrasting and more interesting.
329. Kamloops
Aerial Photos: Peterson Creek, Downtown, North Shore, Brock - Slideshow, Jan
20, 2021
Pictures
taken from the top (south) of Peterson Creek in small increments through
downtown then west up to airport. Pictures are from video # 327
328. Beautiful
Nicola Valley Aerial Photos - Slideshow, Jan 20, 2021
Pictures
taken only in
327. Low
Flight through the most Beautiful Valley in Kamloops Region, Jan 20, 2021
It was an
excellent, but a bit chilly flying day. I tried several times before to fly low
in the
326. Cloud
Challenge to Keep within Clear Sky, Jan 15, 2021
The airport
area was without clouds when I took off. As soon as I was above their level I
could see that it would be wise to stay within that hole only. The clouds eventually
cleared on the west side and open up also south. I flew over
325. Following South Ridge to
Buse Hill and North Ridge to Sandbars. Turbulent Air, Jan 15, 2021
Finally
after 16 days of warm, but very windy weather, the Mother Nature finally brought
crispy, blue sky and no wind day. Masses of people enjoyed this sudden change
together with several local flyers. I was planning to go for low and close
aerial exploration of Buse Hill which looks very cool on its north side. I soon
discovered that I would be lucky if I even make it there. The air was very
bumpy with many very sudden kicks and pushes, which took a bit of optimism from
my joy. I made it there, but I did not dare to go any close to it. The flight
on the way back was not any better. I saw 9 wild horses on at the foot of North
Ridge. I finished my flight with a victory lap over the river delta sand bars.
They are amazing creation of nature, which could be seen only from the above,
high just enough to see the underwater formations. When I landed I found out
that my full view, front mounted camera refused to record. Those cameras are
not very reliable. It was very good day anyway.
324. CBC Radio Interview with Me,
Jan 7, 2021
This is
radio interview with me about my flying in
323. The Last Flight of Decade, Low Level over
Downtown and North Shore, Dec 31, 2020
Very good
video from the low level flight over the
322. Flying to Savona-Deadman Rd Area via North
Ridge and Tobiano, Dec 27, 2020
Another
decent day to fly, with temperature just hovering around freezing, but sunny
west of the airport. This is what I selected to fly; following the sun. The
mountain views of the N-W Ridge are spectacular. The snow and bare area create
pencil like drawings with so much details filling every pixel. It was
beautiful. I flew above many eagles on
321. Flying to Harper Mt Ski Area
by South Thompson River, Dec 27, 2020
It was
beautiful, sunny day to fly over just 2 day old snow covered terrain. This
valley is the most picturesque area in the
Finally, we
had good flying weather with temperature a touch above zero. I was following
TransCanada hwy #1 to Tobiano. This very winding road is carved through very
nice hills and valleys while passing through the upper
Pictures
319. What to Wear in Cold
Weather, Nov 28, 2020
Several
people posted on Facebook
question about what to wear in winter while flying open aircraft. This short
video shows what I wear and what works. I used to fly down to -25C (-13F), so I
feel to be qualified to show what works.
318. Low level flight over
Knutsford area and North Thompson River, Nov 28, 2020
I wanted to
fly over 7 peaks south of the Campbell Creek. Unfortunately, very low cloud
ceiling forced me to turn around and look for some better conditions. I flew
north up to McLure, very low to get better view of my surroundings. Weather was
excellent and flight very enjoyable.
The video looks very good and I hope that at least people living in those areas
would like it. Just after take of I felt me knees getting cold and realized
that I forgot to put on my snowmobile (winter) pants. I flew 1.5 hours and I
was a bit stiff, but not too bad. This trike is reasonably “warm”. I flew 1.5
hours at average ground speed of 121 km/h. That’s very good!
317. Flying to Sun Peaks to Check the Ski Season
Opening Day, Nov 21, 2020
316.
Flying above Kamloops Rivers, Nov 19,
2020
It was
another beautiful day to go exploring the
Pictures
315. Flying in Quickly Changing
Clouds Ceiling, Nov 10, 2020
We received
real winter like snow, but sun started to peek through the clouds. I have to clear
snow to get to the runway first, while blue sky was quickly shrinking. Traces
of sun were replaced with white clouds pushing downwards and squeezing me out
like a tooth paste. I was forced to turn around to just legal limit to avoid
those clouds. I still have good video from around the downtown.
Pictures
314. Very Few People have Seen
Kamloops Beauty from This Angle, Nov 6, 2020
I changed
editing concept in this video and I think I will stick with it. I am using 4
GoPro cameras, which run continually. Previously I cut views in 5 sec clips,
while cuts were synchronized with the music beat. My intent was to show all
views, front, both sides and pilots view. Now, I run the front camera with full
170 deg horizontal view at 2x speed with minimum cuts. I use the other cameras
views only in turns, because the front view does not look good because of the
panning effect and horizon tilt.
The weather
was exceptional with perfect
It would be
nice if you leave me your comment, and tell me what you think about my video
editing change.
Note: I have LG TV with 3D feature (3D
glasses). I tried to turn TV on 3D and the view was amazing. I was very, very
impressed. How is it done, to convert it instantly into fake 3D, without 3D
cameras?
313. Glory, Optical Effect, During my Flight,
Oct 31, 2020
Wikipedia: A glory is an optical phenomenon, resembling an iconic saint's halo around
the shadow of the observer's head, caused by sunlight or (more rarely)
moonlight interacting with the tiny water droplets that compose mist or clouds.
The glory consists of one or more concentric, successively dimmer rings, each
of which is red on the outside and bluish towards the centre. Due to its
appearance, the phenomenon is sometimes mistaken for a circular rainbow, but
the latter has a much larger diameter and is caused by different physical
processes.
Glories arise due to wave
interference of light internally refracted within small droplets.
312. Beautiful
Flight along North and South Ridges, Oct 20, 2020.
After unexpected cold snap down to -11C, it was another
beautiful day for flying. It is still pleasant to fly at +6C temperature and
especially in my “warm” Apollo trike. The Apollo cockpit is very well
designed to protect me from the element. It is big difference when compared
with my previous AirBorne “cold” trike.
I
followed North Ridge west, crossed
311. Flying
with Spectacular Kamloops Clouds, Oct 20, 2020.
Late morning with -3C temperature and many different layers
of clouds were too inviting to ignore. It was one of the most spectacular
flights for me. I am so lucky to have almost 360 deg no obscured view from my
trike so see that vast area beauty. I have never seen this type of clouds at
the second cloud layer. You cannot see that from the ground, I felt like to
jump into them and have some serious fun there. It was very good flight.
310. Flying
to Tobiano and Mt Savona in the Best Scenery Ever, Oct 14, 2020.
It was one of my best flights ever. If you want to watch this
video then do yourself favor and watch it on a large monitor or at least on a
tablet. The phone screen is too small to really appreciate our natural beauty
in
All my cameras worked perfectly and the sun and clouds were
in right places to capture the nature at its best. I was a bit sidetracked to
check potential forest fire on western horizon. I made low passes over the edge
of Mt Savona Provincial Park with spectacular rocky cliffs and top covered with
the first autumn snow. You can see very, very long train snaking along the edge
of
Pictures
309. Flying above Clouds to Ajax Mine and
Tobiano, Oct 11, 2020.
Chilly morning at 3C, but sunny day brought smile to my face.
I could fly and enjoy to Covid free time above
Pictures
308. My
First flight after 2 Month Wait for New Prop Blade, Oct 6, 2020.
This was my first flight after the August unfortunate mistake
(see Video # 306), which ruined 2
months of my flying days. I also changed this time the prop pitch from 9 to10
degrees. I set it correctly on the ground (when I bought this trike) to prevent
potential engine over revving, but I found that in flight it would run about
500 extra RMP. My cruise speed now increased about 5 kn (10 km/h) at 5000 RPM,
but I have to push the throttle harder. I think my fuel consumption will go up.
I will see the next time during at least one hour flight.
It was short, just local flight, because the sky was still
very smoky from the West coast
307. Dean with his New Rev X Trike, Aug 15,
2020.
I
came to see in real life the famous
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306. This is how I Ruined my Flying Days, Aug 2,
2020.
It was ideal weather for flying, but I wished I stayed at
home. Just a few seconds after take off I felt like a wing cable broke off.
Engine started to vibrate. Landed immediately and taxied back to my hangar
where I saw what happened. One bar mitts was on the ground. I removed my winter
bar mitts, because it was already 25C and put them on my rear seat bag. The
mitts are very florescent bright, so they are difficult to miss, but I did. I
forgot them behind my back.I checked for damage and there was just about ¼” of
prop blade edge protection tape slightly damage. Checked the prop pitch values
and the affected pitch was 1 deg off. I figured I got off very easy this time.
I set up the pitch, started the engine and the vibration was the same. Now
what? Hopefully it is not the engine. Eventually I found that the blade was
cracked just on the edge of the blade hub. I was very lucky to be above the
runway when this happened.
305. Pritchard
to Kamloops Full Screen Aerial View, July 28, 2020.
This is just section from flight as per video # 303. It is unedited, full
screen view from just front camera. The best is to watch it on large screen or
TV to appreciate the natural beauty of that region in
304. Sun
Peaks Full Screen Aerial View, July 28, 2020.
This is just section from flight as per video # 303. It is unedited, full
screen view of
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303. Flying
to Sun Peaks and Chase Village, July 28, 2020.
My first really warm flying, because it was already 19C at 7
am. It was even 19 C at 2334 m (7625’). The sky was very hazy which looked even
worse while flying against the raising sun. I made several passes over the
302. Flying Savona,
Tunkwa Lake, Face Lake, Chuwhels Mt, Knutsford, July 20, 2020.
This was my 3rd attempt to do the above loop.
Finally sky was clear and conditions just right. It was very pleasant and
relaxing trip. I am just showing snippets from this 136 km long flight, over
very spectacular countryside. The terrain is very divers and complex. It is
always pleasure to look around from the eagle perspective.
301. Flying to
Barriere BC and Back over North Thompson River, July 17, 2020.
155 km long trip to small town Barriere about 60 km north of
300. Flying to
Harper Ranch via Cold Creek with some Clouds to Enjoy, July 13, 2020.
I was anxious to try my new drag chute camera. I tried it the
previous day, but the view angle was disappointing. I made new camera bracket
which did its work. I was also anxious, because potential negative effect on
flying characteristic. The camera is attached to “badminton style” basket and
pulled on string attached to one side of the wing. This causes unsymmetrical
directional force, resulting, as one pilot described, difficult to control in
straight direction. I did not find any problems.
My plan was to fly to
Pictures
299.
Flying to
Kamloops Downtown, Knutsford and Dew Point Areas. Heavy Turbulence, July 12,
2020.
Typical
Pictures
298.
Checking
Flooded South Thompson River in Kamloops, July 5, 2020.
I flew about 1500’ feel above ground to see the effect to the
river flood. I started about 6 km east of
297.
Flying to
Tobiano, Savona and Tunkwa Lake with Nice Clouds, July 5, 2020.
Beautiful day to be in the open air. It was still on colder
side at 11 to 12C around 8 am, but sky was blue and eventually I met some
fluffy clouds to enjoy. I had to change my original plan due to heavy and very
intimidating cloud in front of me. It was very peaceful flight.
296.
Flying to
Savona in Turbulent and Hazy Air, July 3, 2020.
My original plan was to fly triangular cross-country, but the
poor flying conditions changed my plan. I completed just one side of the
triangle and decided to fly back. It started as beautiful and sunny morning,
but the sky changed to overcast and very hazy before I got ready. I expected no
turbulence, because thermal changes were very small. I was wrong. My trip
turned few times and instantly from peaceful to nasty rides. I cut it short,
because I did not want to push my luck.
I have still very good video with very good background music
which will lift your feet in its rhythm.
Pictures
295. Flying across Nicola Valley to Douglas
Lake, June 18, 2020.
170 km (106 mi) flight over beautiful area of rolling hills,
deep valleys, many lakes and exceptionally green terrain. It is interesting how
green it was. We are living in very dry climate, where everything is normally
brown, except spring and early summer. It is amazing how the nature is rushing
though its life to push itself to display all its beauty in very short period.
My goal was to check the
294. South Thompson River Flooding Part 2 of 2,
June 3, 2020.
This is unedited and complete aerial view from front camera
only. It starts at 17 km east of
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293. North Thompson River Flooding Part 1 of 2,
June 3, 2020.
This is unedited and complete aerial view from front camera
only. It starts at 28 km north of
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292. Survey of North and South Thompson River
Flooding, June 3, 2020.
Both
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291. Fun with Clouds in Nicola Valley, May 27,
2020.
Beautiful flight, https://youtu.be/LoLslqEodxg
south of
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290. Flying along North Ridge and Flooded Tranquille Farm, May
24, 2020.
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289. Flying to Knutsford, Ajax and Flooded Tranquille Farm, May
19, 2020.
288. My Trike in the Air, May 19, 2020.
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287. Flight from Kamloops to Brigade Lake, May 14, 2020.
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286. Flight from Merritt to Kamloops, May 8, 2020.
285. Flight from Kamloops to Merritt BC, May 8, 2020.
284. Flight from Kamloops to Cache Creek, May 1, 2020.
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283. Flight from Buse Hill to Kamloops, Uncut Version. Apr 19,
2020.
282. Flight to Buse Hill, Apr 19, 2020.
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281. How to Set up SPOT to be Ready in Emergency with only the
Last Track.
280. Kamloops from 10,000’ above Airport, Apr 9, 2020
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279. Short Flight with Fuel Problem, Apr 6, 2020
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278. Unnoticed Flock of Geese in my Landing Area, March 20, 2020