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Wednesday, August 14, 2013

"The Best Office View"—Part 3!

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Welcome aboard
"The Best Office View—GoPro Version!"

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Having a little fun while sitting in the KOAK penalty box...

 As you all know, I got a new toy for Christmas (well, Tax Return season, anyway):  a GoPro!
But First . . .

A special shout-out to blog friend Karim, who's zany vid clip in my surprise birthday video back in June inspired the following Photoshop pic . . .
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Hey, kids, be sure to eat up your bowl of Cap'n Aux cereal,
so you too can grow up to be big, strong Cap'ns!

Now, as for that GoPro thingy . . .
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"How's this gizmo work, anyway?"
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"Ah! Now I've got it!  I think..."

My very first day shooting happened to be the day of the Phoenix 2013 Scottish Highland games.  So, being part Scotish, I strapped on me kilt and headed down for some fun!
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A lovely day for tanning . . . .
Just remember: if I was wearing undies it'd be called a SKIRT!

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Visiting my distant cousins at the Clan Kincaid tent! 

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 The Scottish punk rock bagpipe band Celtica.  How cool is that?!

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My first GoPro Gif, made of the "caber toss."
I may be semi Scot but I wouldn't touch that sport with a 10-meter caber!

(Note: all of the GIF's are super lo-res, to keep the size down...)
Speaking of Gifs, if you didn't see it, here's one from my 1st GoPro vid,
"The Flight Gathers and now my Watch Begins":

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And if you happened to miss it, here's the vid!



Direct Link: http://youtu.be/jlvLD7s79p4

OK, how about some lovely views from the office?

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Descending into KSLC
I love the slight fish eye lens look of the GoPro. It catches a lot!
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Climbing outta KLAX—Long Beach and the SoCal Coast
...and it exaggerates the earth's curvature for a nice "Low orbit" effect...
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Cruisin' over the Rockies
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climbing outta MPVR (Puerta Vallarta) 
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Descending into KTPA (umm I think!)
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climbin' outta—um, just climbin'! 

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Skimmin' the cloud tops
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 How's about a little Grand Canyon Tour!

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OK, enough funnin' around.
Time for some serious GoPro—the Best Of!

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PHX Sky Harbor from the ground.

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And finally...
My vote for GoPro pic of the Year!

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This is the GoPro version of my "DFW molten sunset" pic from "Office View Part 1." This, after 9.6 hours flying, including a 200 nm diversion around a mega-t'storm and an ILS missed approach in a rain squall.  It was worth the effort!

 Made a little meme with this great quote:

And another similar meme:

Had some fun with my FO's pic.
I flipped it around so he got "promoted to Captain," and wrote this fairy tale for him...
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...and let's touch down with one more Gif.  Can you guess where this is?*
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I've got a couple more great GoPro vids in the works, but theyr'e gonna take some time, 
so stand by . . .
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For now, it's time to go home.
And I'm taking my new toy with me!
*Don't quote me, but I think it's either KJFK or KCLT!

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LINED UP & WAITING
Flying Wednesday, August 21 @ 11:00 PHX
There I Wuz!
"The Case of the Missing NOTAM"

A young Cap'n Aux almost buys the farm! . . . & the plane
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16 comments:

  1. AnonymousAugust 14, 2013 at 7:04 PM

    I honesty don't know where you get the time to do all of these things. I love your blog.

    -CJ4Pilot

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    1. capnauxAugust 14, 2013 at 11:44 PM

      Haha thanks, Anon, sometimes I wonder myself! Keep reading, lots of fun stuff coming up!

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  2. Karlene PetittAugust 14, 2013 at 7:32 PM

    Super congrats on your review!!! Looking forward to my issue... coming soon!

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    1. capnauxAugust 14, 2013 at 11:46 PM

      CONGRATS TO YOU TOO!

      Folks if you haven't yet, pick up the SEPTEMBER issue of Airways, which is out already (it's the cover pic you see up at the top of this post)—Karlene's novel "Flight For Control" is reviewed in it!

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  3. APCAugust 16, 2013 at 7:52 AM

    Congratulations on the review Eric. You deserve it! I loved the book and recommend it all the time.

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  4. RyanAugust 16, 2013 at 11:28 AM

    Nice Pics Cap!

    Happy trails. One day I will run into you somewhere (figuratively, and not literally). That causes too many ASAP reports to be filed.

    Ryan

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