... loops around the moon
A few days ago I took the Walrus for an evening fly at the local field, something of a regular occurrence lately and an opportunity to enjoy a calm and scenic flight as the evening set in.
It was lovely and calm, the sort of flying best suited to a Walrus whose slow and gentle characteristics match the serenity of deepening nightfall, yet with agility and manoeuvrability to graciously accommodate exuberance as well.
Of course the first priority on a beautiful evening like this, with the full moon rising orange above the eastern horizon, is putting the Walrus through a few loops around the moon
Flying aerobatics doesn't make for the best sunset footage however, with some creative editing and a lovely violin piece, I've managed to put together a video of the beautiful sunset and moon rising...
Showing posts with label moon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label moon. Show all posts
Wednesday, 18 December 2013
Friday, 15 November 2013
Where You're At
...and how you fly
Friday morning at the paddocks relaxing and enjoyable with the calm weather, beautiful clouds and varied wildlife contributing to an engaging and relaxing morning's flying. By contrast, despite the immaculate morning, the flying at the local field was less than ideal with the challenge of dual-level fields surrounded by trees adding stress and detracting from what might have been a lovely morning's flying. Location, location, location...
Unfortunately in the suburbs the potential for open paddocks is virtually non existent, certainly not nearby. One needs, therefore, to find the best spots available and then learn how to fly there. The local field in question, the nearest potential flying spot to home, was the location of my first crashes of both the Phoenix 2000 and then the Floater Jet. Not exactly brilliant credentials, however neither incident was locatio-related, just inexperienced driver.
While I managed to fly both the Walrus and Floater without incident (although the latter did come agonisingly close to ending up in a tree, twice) it wasn't an entirely relaxing experience.
Fast forward to that evening, with the sun just setting and the full moon freshly over the horizon, throwing the Walrus up from the top field gave things a completely different perspective, with space to move aplenty giving the loops around the moon a sense of freedom...
Friday morning at the paddocks relaxing and enjoyable with the calm weather, beautiful clouds and varied wildlife contributing to an engaging and relaxing morning's flying. By contrast, despite the immaculate morning, the flying at the local field was less than ideal with the challenge of dual-level fields surrounded by trees adding stress and detracting from what might have been a lovely morning's flying. Location, location, location...
Unfortunately in the suburbs the potential for open paddocks is virtually non existent, certainly not nearby. One needs, therefore, to find the best spots available and then learn how to fly there. The local field in question, the nearest potential flying spot to home, was the location of my first crashes of both the Phoenix 2000 and then the Floater Jet. Not exactly brilliant credentials, however neither incident was locatio-related, just inexperienced driver.
While I managed to fly both the Walrus and Floater without incident (although the latter did come agonisingly close to ending up in a tree, twice) it wasn't an entirely relaxing experience.
Fast forward to that evening, with the sun just setting and the full moon freshly over the horizon, throwing the Walrus up from the top field gave things a completely different perspective, with space to move aplenty giving the loops around the moon a sense of freedom...
Wednesday, 24 July 2013
Lovely Flight
...pity about the landing
Had a lovely flight this morning, just cruising the Phoenix 2000 around. It was a very cold morning with a few high clouds around making for a great sunrise again.
The moon was up as well, so couldn't resist of taking a photo of the Phoenix doing a lunar fly-past. I would love to take some video, but taking photos is hazardous enough, as you can see from the angle the Phoenix is going at.
Unfortunately a close shave with the moon wasn't the only incident...
As usual when cold it's my fingers start going numb, so after a while I was wanting to bring the Phoenix in. For some reason I couldn't get it low enough - two attempts were aborted for fear of the plane floating into the bank around the field.
The downwind leg for a third attempt ended with the left wing clipping a small tree on the boundary. I've just missed the tree that many times that finally colliding with it is no real surprise. However it was going pretty slow and the tumble caused no issues.
So we live to fly another day...
Had a lovely flight this morning, just cruising the Phoenix 2000 around. It was a very cold morning with a few high clouds around making for a great sunrise again.
The moon was up as well, so couldn't resist of taking a photo of the Phoenix doing a lunar fly-past. I would love to take some video, but taking photos is hazardous enough, as you can see from the angle the Phoenix is going at.
Unfortunately a close shave with the moon wasn't the only incident...
As usual when cold it's my fingers start going numb, so after a while I was wanting to bring the Phoenix in. For some reason I couldn't get it low enough - two attempts were aborted for fear of the plane floating into the bank around the field.
The downwind leg for a third attempt ended with the left wing clipping a small tree on the boundary. I've just missed the tree that many times that finally colliding with it is no real surprise. However it was going pretty slow and the tumble caused no issues.
So we live to fly another day...
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