I have posted on YouTube a video of my approach and landing at the Marble Colorado backcountry airstrip on Sunday, May 30, 2010. There is some glare from flying into the sun but you can still get the view. The video starts as I cross McClure Pass. The video is real speed and my airplane is probably slower than yours!



Enjoy!

John

skypony wrote:There is some glare from flying into the sun but you can still get the view. The video is real speed and my airplane is probably slower than yours!

Enjoy!
John

The glare wasn't too bad, looks like you weren't getting bounced around much either. Your plane might be slower than mine, but I bet mine turns fuel into noise faster than yours.

Thanks

Very nice, thanks for taking the time to post it. Which engine do you have in that plane?

Tadpole wrote:Which engine do you have in that plane?

It's a Jabiru 2200.

John

porterjet wrote:Your plane might be slower than mine, but I bet mine turns fuel into noise faster than yours.

That's why I fly this one. I can afford to fly it! It burned 3.1 gal per hour on that trip.
John

Beautiful scenery on that nice long approach, good stuff!

What camera? You might be able to pick up a generic polarizing filter that will reduce the glare on the windshield significantly.

skypony wrote:

porterjet wrote:Your plane might be slower than mine, but I bet mine turns fuel into noise faster than yours.

That's why I fly this one. I can afford to fly it! It burned 3.1 gal per hour on that trip.
John

That's what I thought, our APU burns more than that. Sure glad I don't pay for the fuel.

1SeventyZ wrote:
What camera? You might be able to pick up a generic polarizing filter that will reduce the glare on the windshield significantly.

It's a Contour HD1080P:
http://www.vholdr.com/contourhd/helmetcam
I record in 720P mode because the field of view is wider.

The lens is not threaded but maybe there is an after market adapter. I never thought of that but I should have. Sometimes it takes someone else to point out the obvious! Thanks!

John

I've added Marble to shortfield.com and linked to some videos from skypony and shortfielder.

Marble Airstrip - shortfield.com

This is the new version of shortfield.com and i'm still working out some kinks. You won't be able to upload content (descriptions, videos, phtos, pireps, etc.) for another few days or so, but it's slowly coming together. One of the new features is the ability to link to existing videos on youtube or vimeo. So instead of uploading videos you've already posted elsewhere, you can just paste the embed code when you want to add a video to shortfield.com. There is also a new community environment that allows you to better communicate with each other, share photos/videos, etc. Anyway, there are several other things in the works, so check it out and let me know what you think.