Congrats Darin, awesome video! Yeehaw!

Very cool. The quality of the video you guys are making is amazing.

I love watching it, and at the same time feel bad that we, meaning us old AK guys, didn't have the technology to do the same when we were working. I remember flying along over scenery and light to die for, just aching that I wasn't able to share what I was seeing.

Keep it up!

And, it's kinda cool that Ranch Pilot and Coyote Ugly have the most watched videos on the Flying site. Though if you read the comments, most of the store clerk wanna-be pilots are appalled that someone would fly close to the ground or land a Super Cub on a mountain top.

Gump

Well yeah, with today's video equipment, and living where he does, RP is cheating. Let's all keep in mind he went out that day to get some flying in, the video just kinda happened, a perk of the flight as it were.

I'm somewhere in between, I have the equipment, I think, but don't really know how to use it, AND deal with a soundtrack, much less edit it properly. Guys like RP that can not only make the flights PLUS deal with the video tech end, I admire. Me, I'm still looking for my SLR camera lens cap that I lost about 2 months ago, I know it's in the plane somewhere.

I have the equipment, I think, but don't really know how to use it,

I wish you'd hurry up and learn because I guarantee you could come up with some great video too. Way to go Darin!!!!!
P.S. Maybe you and Darin could meet half way and he could show you CG.

Way to go Darin!

BTV wrote:http://www.flyingmag.com/pilots-places/pilots-adventures-more/flying-video-contest-we-announce-winner

Congratulations, Darin!!! WTG!!

Congradulations Darin. It really is some amazing country.

Well done sir!

Awesome! Well done!

Darin, don't forget about all us little people now that you're a rich and famous movie producer!

Thanks guys! My videography is a lot like my piloting--they both involve a lot of prayers that everything will turn out ok in the end in spite of myself. Adding this new Garmin to the mix might help increase the chances I'll be able to capture more of this beautiful country I'm lucky enough to fly.

I can't really accept any congrats for this without a hat tip to Pops, Swingle, Emflys, Zane, MountainMatt and all the rest of you who inspired me to strap a camera to my plane and start sharing my adventures. Cheers to BTV as well for letting me goof around with some fun air to air shots in Montana.

And Gump, what I wouldn't give to watch videos of you guys back in the day (assuming you ever had enough viz to see anything anyway)! For those of us who weren't lucky enough to be there, I guess we'll just have to settle for tales around the campfire, which ain't an entirely bad thing.

mate you deserve it, your videos never fail to be an inspiration to just go out side and do what we all love to do, fly and smile! really pleased for you mate and now you have a new camera, where going to be looking forward to even more bigger and better videos!

Congrats!! I love watching your videos!

Way to Go!

Don't Stop.

Well done!

GumpAir wrote:And, it's kinda cool that Ranch Pilot and Coyote Ugly have the most watched videos on the Flying site. Though if you read the comments, most of the store clerk wanna-be pilots are appalled that someone would fly close to the ground or land a Super Cub on a mountain top.

Gump's post got me thinking about something. I have to give some respect to Flying for being willing to endure the armchair Safety Sams that our kind of flying inevitably brings out of the woodwork. They had lots of good videos to choose from and could have gone with an easier and more conventional choice (Cirrus, G1000 Cessna, etc.), but they were willing to go out on a limb a little by picking a video with no pavement and my dirty old plane to feature what flying is really about to a lot of us out here.

There are some folks who, understandably, still refuse to have anything to do with Flying magazine because of Goyer's "jackass effect" article a few years ago (if you haven't read it, he basically compared backcountry pilots who post videos to the Jackass guys, saying we're irresponsible and we're going to get others hurt). I was as offended by that article as anybody, and I understand why some might still feel that way. However, Flying took it down quickly in response to major blowback, and Goyer issued a written mea culpa of sorts. Since then, they have featured a couple of my vids and Pops' mountaintop landing is their most shared video of all time. These developments, and the fact that Flying was willing to pick this video as an example of what flying means to a lot of pilots, seems to indicate that the people have spoken and our kind of flying is winning out. Just look at Pops, Bobby Breeden, and Steve Henry putting on a show at OSH this year. Personally, I think these are some really encouraging developments!

It's the future of GA - this whole bush flying thing. All else is meaningless spam-can-igans.

For the cost of 1 of those Aviat refurbished 152s AOPA could have bought 3 great working J3s and done 3-times the good deed of turning out more tailwheel pilots. The world would be a better place.

RanchPilot wrote:

GumpAir wrote:And, it's kinda cool that Ranch Pilot and Coyote Ugly have the most watched videos on the Flying site. Though if you read the comments, most of the store clerk wanna-be pilots are appalled that someone would fly close to the ground or land a Super Cub on a mountain top.

Gump's post got me thinking about something. I have to give some respect to Flying for being willing to endure the armchair Safety Sams that our kind of flying inevitably brings out of the woodwork. They had lots of good videos to choose from and could have gone with an easier and more conventional choice (Cirrus, G1000 Cessna, etc.), but they were willing to go out on a limb a little by picking a video with no pavement and my dirty old plane to feature what flying is really about to a lot of us out here.

There are some folks who, understandably, still refuse to have anything to do with Flying magazine because of Goyer's "jackass effect" article a few years ago (if you haven't read it, he basically compared backcountry pilots who post videos to the Jackass guys, saying we're irresponsible and we're going to get others hurt). I was as offended by that article as anybody, and I understand why some might still feel that way. However, Flying took it down quickly in response to major blowback, and Goyer issued a written mea culpa of sorts. Since then, they have featured a couple of my vids and Pops' mountaintop landing is their most shared video of all time. These developments, and the fact that Flying was willing to pick this video as an example of what flying means to a lot of pilots, seems to indicate that the people have spoken and our kind of flying is winning out. Just look at Pops, Bobby Breeden, and Steve Henry putting on a show at OSH this year. Personally, I think these are some really encouraging developments!

I think they, Flying Magazine, are just "slumming", like the young professionals with a new Harley and temporary tattoos (no kidding) I see at the Inkom watering hole on the weekends. BUT, I think it's great they are doing it! The Oshkosh thing really put the spotlight on our kind of flying, I got a kick out of how wildly popular it was to the masses. Less then 12 pavement landings for me this year so far, in about 200 hours (don't have the log book in front of me) I tend to forget most think this unusual, hanging out here doesn't help.