A late afternoon takeoff from the helipad on the west end of Wickenburg Airport’s ramp. On board with me are three wranglers from the local guest ranch — each on their very first helicopter ride. But the shadow steals the show.
I don’t know why, but the audio didn’t come through on Viddler. I may try to upload it again. For now, you’ll have to be satisfied with the video only.
Update: After fiddling around with the original video and compressing it prior to re-upload, I got the sound to work right. Here’s the good version of the video, with sound.
6 responses so far ↓
1 GrannyJ // Mar 23, 2008 at 10:16 pm
Oh, that is absolutely cool. I’d love to hear the audio.
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2 David Parkes // Mar 24, 2008 at 3:34 am
Surreal!
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3 Shawn // Mar 24, 2008 at 5:20 am
Brilliant shadows - great focus. Looks like your rotor is barely rotating. Thanks for the weekend link to Alaska.
4 Maria Langer // Mar 24, 2008 at 6:36 am
It’s killing me that I can’t get the audio to work. The wranglers on board were pretty funny when I took off. Will keep working on it and will comment here when I’ve substituted the fixed version here.
5 Maria Langer // Mar 24, 2008 at 8:12 am
Got the sound to work. If you’ve seen it without the sound, check in and watch it again. I think the wranglers on board are funny.
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