Sometimes you see odd objects flying around the aircraft. During a recent filming, the onboard cameras lens cap escaped from it's storage area. It appeared in 3 frames of the video while Barry rolled the jet. I froze a frame and had some fun with it. Barry grabbed the cap a few frames after this one.
Fly with Capt. Russ "Spicoli" Piggott, Viper West, during an "all out" airshow demo at the 2008 California Capital Airshow. The cockpit camera angle is as if you are riding in the back seat. Viper West is the U.S. Air Force F-16 West Coast Aerial Demonstration Team. The F-16 "Fighting Falcon" is commonly called the Viper by its pilots.
The Viper West Team, one of two F-16 demo teams in Air Combat Command, is attached to the 388th Fighter Wing, and is home based at Hill Air Force Base, Utah.
The cockpit camera was mounted on the HUD(Heads up Dislay) of the U.S. Air Force F-15 Eagle and provides a super panorama looking back at the pilot. Watch Major Donovan light the afterburners and put the F-15 through it's paces. You can see the G loads on the him and watch the flight control surfaces respond to his input. The most interesting feature of the camera angle is being able to see the engine intake ramps move to keep optimum airflow to the engines. This airshow demo was shot at the Abbotsford International Air and Trade Show.
I shot photos at the Northstar-at-Tahoe Downhill Mountain Bike Race on Sunday, 29 July, 2007. Normally I shoot video but the old still photography bug bit me. I grabbed the Canon S3 1S camera and started hiking up the mountain. So, here's a slide show to music.
Crank It Up!!!!!! Some of my favorite burnout sequences from the "Last Drag" at the Baylands track in the San Francisco Bay area. My video camera smelled of burnt rubber and nitro-methane for weeks. I was nearly killed in 1971 when a blower explosion sent car parts flying straight at me. From then on, I shot from the start line instead of further down the track.