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Fri May 28, 2010 9:52 pm

Norcal Floatplanes

I'm going to give them a mention purely on the basis of their promo video being so good.

Really, cockpit footage doesn't get much better.

Watch the HD version in fullscreen.

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Sat May 29, 2010 6:44 am

Re: Norcal Floatplanes

Did my Seaplane stuff there awhile back,have not met the new owners but I hear they are awesome.Lots of super fun areas to fly around there.The pond where they keep the plane is right out of a storybook,,,,just amazing. :D
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Sat May 29, 2010 9:37 am

Re: Norcal Floatplanes

Hey, that's like a 10min flight from me. Didn't even know they were there. Great video.
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Sat May 29, 2010 5:33 pm

Re: Norcal Floatplanes

What aircraft do they have? I remember them having a C150/150 for SES & an Apache for MES, but it seems like I remember one of those getting wecked.
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Sun May 30, 2010 12:00 pm

Re: Norcal Floatplanes

nice find Zane!
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Sun May 30, 2010 4:17 pm

Re: Norcal Floatplanes

Great ride in the cockpit! No one should have to choose between planes with wheels, skiis and floats. We should all have one of each.
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Tue Jun 01, 2010 8:07 am

Re: Norcal Floatplanes

hotrod150 wrote:What aircraft do they have? I remember them having a C150/150 for SES & an Apache for MES, but it seems like I remember one of those getting wecked.


They still have the Apache, and they now have a PA-18 to replace the 150.
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Tue Jun 01, 2010 11:40 am

Re: Norcal Floatplanes

Incidentally, that was shot on a Canon 7D DSLR with a fisheye lens (not sure which one). Ray from Norcal said they video in the plan was simply "handheld" (not mount), and the stuff from shore was done on a tripod and the pan was on a track.

I have heard different reports of image stabilization on these new DSLR's shooting full 1080 or 720, but this and some other video using the Canon 5D are just amazing.
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