I'm still pretty undecided on how best to edit flying videos, so I figured I'd give it too attempts and let the enthusiasts around these parts decide.

Here is my first attempt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjj3NxvrMRA


and here is a second try with natural sound, and natural speed
http://youtu.be/t-34dx3VEE4


So, which would you rather watch? I'm a bit partial to the sped up as there is something aesthetically pleasing about the smooth turns and plane shadow on the snow.

I like the second one more because I couldn't take the music on the first one. I tend to only use music if the natural audio is poor quality. I have a few cameras that don't handle loud environments well and the audio sounds terrible, so I bump it down to -24db and just put some light music over the top. Otherwise, the natural soundtrack of engines and propellers and airspeed is all the music I could ask for.

I think if you have the editing tools available, a combination of natural speed during "interesting" footage and double, triple, quadruple et al speed during similar, boring footage works best. Sometimes if you have a 15 minute clip, it might seem boring at 100% speed, but run it up to 2000% speed and all of a sudden it becomes interesting. But everything in moderation...

Sharp image quality there.

Nice placement for a maglight holder

Zane wrote:I like the second one more because I couldn't take the music on the first one.

Same here.

I'm partial to the second one as well. Speedups can be good for gettin' somewhere if it's not too long, otherwise a transition works better.

I can go both ways for music but like it better when the sounds of the engine and com voices are mixed in.

Despite everything inside me telling me no, I had to check out your website. To my delight, it's pretty cool (you have better taste in outdoor activities than you do in music. )

The footage is good, the music I would go with a different choice. Keep up the great work Matt.

I enjoyed the highspeed view but agree with Zane on the sounds. On the other hand I went to your Youtube Chanel and watched "War and Miller" all 3 parts and really liked it. That is some fun times

The music doesn't really fit but video wise I'd say the first one.Try something like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WPCLda_erI with the sound on the video in the back ground like zane suggested.Trance makes a great backdrop music,it can be sped up as needed if the vid has a varied speed and there are a lot of tunes with great transitions to fit videos action levels.If you're a hip hop fan I'm sure you can find a few electronic tracks used in some music to tie it in to your liking while not being overtly aggressive to someones ears that isn't a fan of that genre of music.

Thanks for all the advice everyone, I'll see if I can step up the videos when the weather improves a bit.