Flights of Fancy by William Daugherty
The first flight is depicted in the video. This was my daily dose of FPV practice. It’s a 1-minute wild ride. The second flight produced the still images below of tonight’s spectacular sunset. These two flights were about 1/2 hour apart and shot with very different aircraft.
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A few stills and an FPV video to drink in the beauty of this very special place.
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Thanks to a timely heads-up, I was able to capture this activity in progress. Very cool!
NOTE: these operations over unprotected people are only possible with an FAA waiver and related mitigations. Please know, understand, and follow all FAA regulations when flying your drone!
Since 2011 we’ve been sharing this end-of-summer event with our friends and neighbors here in town. It’s a wonderful event, capped off with fireworks. Unfortunately the aircraft I needed for filming the fireworks wound up in a tree (yep, all my fault), so no footage of that. Still, this was about people and I tried to get most of them.
FYI, the DJ shown here is my son Paul Daugherty. He’s quite the mix master!
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NOTE: these operations over unprotected people are only possible with an FAA waiver and related mitigations. Please know, understand, and follow all FAA regulations when flying your drone!
Glory rings are created by looking down on water vapor with a strong light source behind the camera. The drone is too small to create a true “Brocken Spectre”, but still an impressive sight.
The FPV flight was just a fly-around at the boat moorings, but still a fun way to spend three minutes. The sky and the water were lovely.
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I often think about the nature of beauty and art. Some might say a sand pit can’t be beautiful. Well, I dare you to look at these images and think that! The stills are pretty, but the FPV video is a wild ride! VERTIGO WARNING!!!
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America is not a political party, and certainly not a person. America is an idea, and it is beautiful. WE are beautiful! ALL of us!!!
Thanks to all the folks who spotted this for me, and to the person(s) responsible for its creation: well done!!
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What an incredible turnout! I’m very grateful to everyone that worked so hard to make this year’s parade (and all the associated events) so very special. Here are quite a few aerial photos and one 15-minute video that show our greatest resource: our townspeople! Also, thanks to everyone that stopped by for a few kind words. It’s always a joy to hear in-person what my work means to people. It is truly humbling.
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NOTE: all these flights were accomplished under my FAA operational waiver, which allows me to fly above people and moving vehicles with specific aircraft configured to mitigate risk of personal injury.
