Video of Flight To Santa Maria

[HopePilot]

Posted a little video of our trip to Santa Maria on the 24th.  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSwEWQZCVc0

Please select 1080p when you watch.

Thanks!

FYI:  The other video is for school, so no need to watch it.

[Barry]

Very well done!! Liked it a lot!!

[scottfromiowa]

Good stuff!  Beautiful plane, wife, countryside, snacks and landings...The perfect day? ...YES!!!

[Jeff_S]

Nice video and well-written script.  Looked like that first landing was a greaser! Although a technical and scientific question: can you actually fly THROUGH a rainbow? I believe the rainbow sort of goes away as you get closer and the refractive patterns of the light change, doesn't it?

Of course, other people can see you fly through a rainbow...that would be an awesome pic to have!

[MooneyMitch]

Quote: Jeff_S

Nice video and well-written script.  Looked like that first landing was a greaser! Although a technical and scientific question: can you actually fly THROUGH a rainbow? I believe the rainbow sort of goes away as you get closer and the refractive patterns of the light change, doesn't it?

Of course, other people can see you fly through a rainbow...that would be an awesome pic to have!

[HopePilot]

Yup, the rainbow just vanishes, but I never thought about that until then (we have video of it, but I haven't posted it as it uses licensed music).  We were flying between Maui and Molokai in a rented 172, however, it wouldn't be very poetic to say, "You know children, rainbows are just illusions and you won't ever really find that pot of gold.  Just give up now and become a cocktail waitress, in a dive bar in Reno."  

[DaV8or]

Nice video! Good job. Looks like you put ND on your windows for exposure control, no? Awsome plug for those new speed brakes too!

[HopePilot]

Well, the windows have tint on them, but the color in the video was actually corrected in post using Final Cut Express HD.  You can see a better example of the technique on the flying in Maui video I just posted (sorry, it's a Cessna).

Yeah...the speed brakes look so cool you want to just fly with them extended, but the wife would get upset.  She wants to go fast!