Departure and arrivals

[Top cat]

People have asked to see the takeoffs and landings from my aerial views of the canals.

 

Here is a short compilation of the more interesting departures and arrivals.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2IjaLJ1gzI

 

 

Departing Norton Junction

 

Arriving Norton Junction, Braunston and Stoke Bruerne.

 

The approach to Stoke Bruerne airport is a bit like getting into Maderia, there is nowhere good to go if you overshoot and going round again isn't an option.

 

Regards

 

TC

[steven wilkinson]

Thanks for sharing those! I do like your videos!

[bigcol]

FANTASTIC!!

[frangar]

That was Ace!!

 

Cheers for sharing!

 

Cheers

 

Gareth

[mrsmelly]

People have asked to see the takeoffs and landings from my aerial views of the canals.

 

Here is a short compilation of the more interesting departures and arrivals.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2IjaLJ1gzI

 

 

Departing Norton Junction

 

Arriving Norton Junction, Braunston and Stoke Bruerne.

 

The approach to Stoke Bruerne airport is a bit like getting into Maderia, there is nowhere good to go if you overshoot and going round again isn't an option.

 

Regards

 

TC

 

Ha

 

Funny you should mention Madeira !!!!! The first time me and the old girl flew into Madeira ( unawares ) and before the latest runway extension we had no idea until 5 mins before landing pilot tells us that to be allowed to land there they have to have undertaken a special bit of training ...........Those planes dont half have bloody good brteaks

 

Tim

[Top cat]

Thanks for the kind words guys, I had a lot of fun making the videos and there are more to come.

 

I'm really lucky to be able to combine two hobbies spend all day on the tiller and the evening flying, go back to the boat for a curry - life jst doesn't get better than that

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Cheers TC

[jelunga]

Brilliant again. Can you see the video real time though or does it. Or does it not help on at all on an ILS approach?

[smudge837]

Very good post. Many thanks made me smile, please keep flying, I look forward to being buzzed.

 

cheers

 

smudge

[Top cat]

Jelunga

 

No I can't see what the camera is recording till afterwards when I down load it onto my PC. You can get systems that transmit video and instrumentation back to the pilot who wears virtual reality goggles. People are using them to fly several miles away out of direct visual range. I won't be doing that as I think its irresponsible, modern electronics are good but not perfect.

I have on occasions tried to video a subject that I can't see directly from the ground because there are trees in the way. So I ask my wife to stand at the target with a walky talkie and tell me when the aircraft is pointing at her. Of course I keep the model well in sight at all times. The video BCF Barbecue was one of those which explains why I missed the target so much of the time.

I find I get about 3 -5 minutes of interesting footage from a 15 minute flight and I edit that down to 3-4 so people don't get bored.

 

Regards

 

TC