Warbirds Open Day Video

[Marcus]

Hi all

Here is the first of my video clips of the Warbirds flying day last Sunday. As I mentioned in one of my previous postings I had a bit of the all to common “finger” problem and took most of the video with the camera’s backlighting enabled. The sun was shining so brightly Sunday I could not see the cams screen all that well and did not realise what I had done… duhhhh! To compensate for the over exposed part of the video I have had to “black&white” some of it while the last part I left as is… all white and shiny! Grrrrr…..

While sitting on the grass before the Dak flew one of its flights my wife asked me how do they get the aircraft into its very small “parking area”… “Do they push her back?” she wondered… Guess so was my reply…. That was until we saw the pilot (not sure who flew her Sunday?) wheel the wonderful big bird around and nimbly "park" her ready for her next flight. Needless to say I was very impressed!! Astonishing to see the small turning circle of a Dak!! You will see it in the last few seconds of the clip.

As I get time I will post some one or two other clips of the day. I use a little Sony Handy-Cam so could not get decent ground to air footage due to the distance from the flight/display line and the hangars obstructing my view. (Can I also get an orange vest next time…. Pleaaaasseeee!!!) ;D

I have added some music to the clip. Not sure if it works for this clip... I was trying something... Let me know if the music is irritating and I will repost without the music!



Regards

Marcus (the un-hairy one….)

[Kereru]

Marcus that is brilliant!! B&W enhances it, well done. I could still hear the sound of the engines above the music so that is okay for me. I remember watching the aerial top dressing Dc 3 do that turn with in there own dimensions and it brought back old memories. I think it was Geoff flying on Sunday not sure who was First Officer and the Cabin crew. Thanks for sharing.

Colin

[betsy46]

That is a great video Marcus! Thanks for your effort - all these records taken by photographers and videographers are so important for all Warbird owners and pilots and crew. They end up being a historical record.

Yes - the captain was Geoff Cooper, with F/O Tim Dennis. Other crew on the day -Adrian Gilbert, with the usual stalwarts Chris and Lesley Brown, Jenny Cole , John Lloyd and Jessica.

The wingspan on a DC-3 is huge,but she is able to 'turn on a dime'.

[corsair67]

Yeah, nice work there, unhairy one.

I didn't mind the music either - It's the kind of music I can see myself playing on the cd when I'm driving around the USA in my '68 Mustang convertible with the two gorgeous airline stewardesses that I've picked up along the way....... ;D

[baz62]

Great clip! I liked the music so feel free to leave it in (as long as those Radials aren't drowned out I'm happy!! ;D) And its amazing what you can do with a tail dragger if you apply the brake on only one wheel and give her some power!
Baz

[stu]

Great video Marcus.

I know what you mean about the problem of trying to get a decent shot from the display line and I'm glad to see you had the good sense to use a tripod (or have nerves of steel).

Hand held with a small camera and lots of zoom combined with my inherited shaky hand result in the new patented "Shaky Cam^TM" system

I'm still not sure on the use - or choice - of music, I may repost with just the fx... it works ok in your video though.

Also a note for future reference, YouTube clips the last couple of frames of a video.

Cheers,
Stu.

p.s. compliments on the Harvard video as well