Blanchard Flying - October 31

There I thought flying was over for the year, getting ready for the pow season and looking longingly at first dustings of snow on the local mountains.

But no, we keep getting nice flights! Last Saturday at Blanchard was another one of these unexpected nice days (Whidbey not too far away was blown out and raining).

All of us had a couple of sled rides at first. But my last flight was awesome. Wind had picked up and provided good lift. Strong enough that I started playing with big ears, speedbar and small wingovers. Lots of fun on my big swing-set in the sky.

Finally also got the top-view camera set up and it worked like a charm. Editing the HD video was another story – very tedious. Producers of the little HD cameras seem to use their own codecs and while the quality can be amazing, using older software to edit is a pain.



Here is another video of an eagle getting up and close to a hangglider (in a friendly way). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaxFMlkqsEs