Landing at Harriman and West

The landing portion of a cross country trip from Norwood, Massachusetts to North Adams, Massachusetts Harriman and West Field. The video begins about 10 miles out as we cross over a ridge in the Berkshire Mountains. The destination airport is straight ahead in the valley. Then there is a time compression jump to about 5 [...]

Cessna 172 Landing at Marshfield, MA

This video shows the beautiful location around Marshfield Municipal Airport in Marshfield, Massachusetts. I was doing some pattern practice there and enjoying the early morning scenery. Besides the beautiful view, you’ll notice a few flying things here. I think my pattern was a little bit wide all the way around, [...]

Dramatic ATC Audio While in the Pattern at Norwood

Here is a simple video of my pattern practice at Norwood Airport on September 1, 2009.  The video is edited after the flight using the recordings from two small fixed camera sources and an audio source.  The interesting thing about this particular video happens about half way through when a distress call from about 10 [...]

A Great Innovator (Francis Rogallo) and an Excellent Writer (Dave Higdon)

This is a well-written piece about aviation pioneer Francis Rogallo. I had never heard of him before and I’m a pilot, so no doubt you haven’t heard of him either.  But if you spend some time with this story you’ll learn both about what goes into innovation and what elegant writing is all about.  Thanks [...]

My Encounter with an F15

This is the complete video of my flight from Norwood, MA (OWD) to Westfield or Barnes (BAF) in Connecticut. In this summary of the fight which goes from take-off at OWD to landing at BAF, you’ll hear audio from flight following and some interesting tower communications at Barnes. When trying to enter the Class [...]

Flying from Katama to Cranland

This is the complete video of my trip in a Bird Dog from Katama 1B2 to Cranland 28M. The trip was a fun last minute flight from Katama 1B2 to attend the EAA Chapter 279 pancake breakfast at Cranland. From April through October, on the third Sunday of every month, this EAA chapter holds what [...]

My Private Pilot License – The Check Ride Summary

July 8 and July 11, 2009
Cessna 172SP – N13151
On Wednesday, July 8, 2009 I was schedule to do the flying portion of my check-ride, which had been delayed by weather several times.  It wasn’t looking too promising as storms were predicted for that afternoon but at around 1pm I got a call directly from the [...]

My Private Pilot License – The Checkride Oral Brief

This is a summary of the oral portion of my checkride for my private pilot’s license.  I made notes soon after this day, June 30, 2009 so that I could remember as much as possible, and hopefully everything is here and I have remembered it correctly.  For those working toward a checkride, my main bit [...]

In-Plane Camera Mount Concepts

Since a few people have asked, here are some of the camera mounts I’ve been using to record in-flight videos for my YouTube site.  The two I’ve settled on are a Cleat suction window mount (which can be found online at http://www.filmtools.com/cleatsuccamm.html) and an angled Noga Arm with a mini cardellini clamp (http://www.filmtools.com/mini-cardellini-noga-arm.html) both available [...]

Landing at Norwood, MA in August 2009

This is a video of my return to Norwood, Massachusetts Airport KOWD after a flight to Barnes in western Massachusetts.  This was a two camera shoot,  set-up in the cockpit and edited using Photoshop.  The video is in HD, so you might want to watch it at the YouTube site.  The landing is a little [...]