The mountains and bluffs of western New Mexico can be spectacular. Many folks fly over this terrain at 12,000′ and during the middle of the day and completely miss the grandeur. The colors jump in the right light – particularly red. At sunrise and sunset, the light strikes the bluffs and lights them up like… [Read More]
Spectacular RV-4 Views!
My RV-4 friend and I had a wonderful flight recently that resulted in the video below. There are some spectacular RV-4 views in the footage. I sure wish video could capture the beauty, ruggedness, and glory of the terrain over which we flew. However; it cannot so I attempt to etch these memories in my… [Read More]
Grapevine Arizona Backcountry Camping Trip
A friend and I decided that we needed a dose of camping after our long and cold winter. I know… it really wasn’t long nor cold. For us desert dwellers, it seemed like it was. The best weekend opportunity seemed to be offered by the Arizona Pilots Association and the Grapevine backcountry airstrip located at… [Read More]
Aircraft Video Camera
I received a great question: “Please tell me how the camera is mounted. I want to mount one on my RV-4 for a trip over Monument Valley.” I got to looking around and realized that I have never shown how I mount my camera. I was shocked! Most of my video capture has been done… [Read More]
Negrito Landing Video
I’ve written about the Negrito backcountry airstrip (0NM7) before and have also camped there. It is a great place. The following video is of a recent landing there. Three of us flew our airplanes to the Me-Own backcountry strip for some mountain biking and two of us decided to zip over to Negrito to eat our… [Read More]
Me-Own Backcountry Flight/Ride
This past weekend I had the opportunity to combine flying and cycling – it was great fun! The plan was to land at the Me-Own backcountry airstrip (1NM0) and then ride our bikes to the nearby Black Canyon campground and creek. We simply wanted to do a bit of exploring. The obvious problem with this… [Read More]
RV Formation
The following is a segment from a longer formation flight that I took recently with my friend and his RV-4. The footage was taken south of Grants, NE and west of Los Lunas, NM. It was a very pretty foggy/cloudy day which is pretty rare around here.
Mountainbiking Video
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It seems the more things I try, the more I appreciate. A lot of things look easy – or at least our mind tricks us into thinking they should be easy. However; that is usually not the way it works. Putting together a “good” home video fits perfectly in this category for me. I figured… [Read More]
Rio Salado River
Ready for some low level sight-seeing?!?! The following is a video of the Rio Salado river in New Mexico. I know, it isn’t much of a river. However; you have to remember that this is the desert. Most of the time, there is no visible water. We’ve had a lot of afternoon thunderstorms lately so… [Read More]
New Mexico Sights
The following is video of a recent flight. Most of it was taken southwest of Albuquerque and south of Grants, NM. Key points include Petoch Butte (2:15) and Enchanted Mesa (3:38). New Mexico offers some spectacular views and these are but a few of them. Of course, in my opinion, our country (the United States)… [Read More]