Latest Stuff…
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Flight 13: Another Night Flight
After yesterday’s high wind nighttime disaster, I needed a comeback. My quadcopter redemption arc. The sequel to my origin story. An aerial revenge fantasy. I needed, to fly again without drama. And that’s what we did, friends. A nice peaceful flight over the neighborhood park. At night.
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Flight Log 12: Gone With the Wind
Flight 12 was perilously close to being the last flight for this drone. If I had lost it after only 12 flights, I would give up on drones altogether as it’s just too expensive, risky, and unforgiving. Anyways, I wanted to record the 4th of July fireworks (at a safe distance) but there were 13…
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Flight Log 11: The Green Pond
Being generous here calling it a pond (it’s dookie water). I like the color though.
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Flight Log 10: Explosion
A grass fire in the next town over worked its way into a warehouse full of fireworks. The explosion was felt and heard in my hometown. My battery was dead but I still wanted to capture this moment. Also this is my tenth flight with this drone and here’s reaching double-digits without crashing. I crashed…
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Flight Log 9: Tower Bridge
Going against all the best advice in the world, I flew the drone over water. Scary.
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Flight Log 8: First Morning Flight
All my documented flights so far have been in the evening. Today was able to get out of bed early enough, but did miss the sunrise.
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Flight Log 7: Just Parallel Lines. Mostly.
Another flight above farm fields. Starting to think I live near an agriculture community. If you need footage of farms, I’m your man. Love the shot of parallel lines with some S-curves in there. Wonder what happened?
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Flight Log 6: Contrails
And just like that, I realized you can pivot the camera gimbal upward. Thank you Mr. Airplane Pilot. I see you. We are both men of the sky.
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Flight Log 5: A Bridge Too Far
Lifted off from a bridge, when hundreds of menacing birds flew out from underneath it to attack my drone. I feared for its life. Never again. Beware the bridges. Especially this one, for it is a bridge too far.
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Flight Log 4: Country Roads
Overcast day in late June near sunset. Flew around some corn, almond, and hay fields.
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