Saturday, October 27, 2007
My first YouTube Videos - B-17 flights
The Liberty Belle, a B-17 bomber like the one on which my dad was a radio operator in World War II, is visiting the Hayward Airport this weekend. I shot some video of the plane and have posted it on YouTube. (These are the first videos I've ever posted.)
Here's the takeoff, shot from the SkyWest Golf Course parking lot. I bent over backward until I couldn't keep the plane in the frame anymore:
I sat at the SkyWest parking lot for a few minutes, waiting for the plane to take off. While there, I chatted with an 85-year-old gentleman who was had been an aircraft mechanic in WWII and had worked on B-17s. He, too, was there to see the plane.
Here's the landing, shot from the corner of Hesperian Boulevard and West Winton Avenue. This time, I spun around and flipped the camera:
The noise you hear at the end of the landing video is a jet that's waiting to take off on the Hayward runway. It's unfortunate that the noise is there, because it obscures the tremendous rumble of the B-17, created by four 1200-horsepower engines. You get a feel for it on the takeoff video.
These videos were shot with a Canon PowerShot A95 -- a still camera with a video mode. I'm surprised by and pleased with the quality.
Regarding YouTube: Although I've only told my brother and sister about these videos, they've already each been viewed a dozen times in the few hours since they've been posted.
Here's the takeoff, shot from the SkyWest Golf Course parking lot. I bent over backward until I couldn't keep the plane in the frame anymore:
I sat at the SkyWest parking lot for a few minutes, waiting for the plane to take off. While there, I chatted with an 85-year-old gentleman who was had been an aircraft mechanic in WWII and had worked on B-17s. He, too, was there to see the plane.
Here's the landing, shot from the corner of Hesperian Boulevard and West Winton Avenue. This time, I spun around and flipped the camera:
The noise you hear at the end of the landing video is a jet that's waiting to take off on the Hayward runway. It's unfortunate that the noise is there, because it obscures the tremendous rumble of the B-17, created by four 1200-horsepower engines. You get a feel for it on the takeoff video.
These videos were shot with a Canon PowerShot A95 -- a still camera with a video mode. I'm surprised by and pleased with the quality.
Regarding YouTube: Although I've only told my brother and sister about these videos, they've already each been viewed a dozen times in the few hours since they've been posted.
