7 Days on the Range - A Minnesota Flying Film
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 มิ.ย. 2024
- Join us for our longest short film yet, as we embark on a 7-day family summer vacation to the Mesabi Iron Range of northeast Minnesota for some weather, wind, and fun flying in some unique bush planes.
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At one point I mention in this video that "Scott’s is a charming spot with more float traffic than I’ve ever seen anywhere else." Only after uploading did I realize the folly of my statement. Maybe I should have qualified "...in Minnesota." If you've ever visited Lake Hood in Anchorage, or been near Kenmore Air on Lake Washington in Seattle, you know there's places with more float traffic.
I think this is the last time I use the DJI Osmo in the cockpit. The footage is nice and stable but it's just weird to fix the horizon while the cockpit moves around. It feels post-stabilized even though it is not.
MUSIC:
Sayulita - Apparat
Porc #2 - Moderat
Not A Number - Apparat
Circus Bender (Instrumental) - The Polish Ambassador
The Innocent - Adam Hurst
Morning Hollow -Sparklehorse
World at Large - Modest Mouse
Whispers at Midnight - KnKn
In the 1800s my great grandparents immigrated from Ireland and England and settled in Buhl Minnesota. My great grandfather had a college degree in mining and became the mining superintendent at the Buhl mine. His name was Robert Murphy. My grandfather (Samuel Thompson a Norwegian immigrant also worked at the Buhl Mine and so did many of my uncles. I was born and raised in California and have live here for sixty-seven years but have been to MN many times and have always loved the state and its people.
One of the best aviation short films I've ever seen.
Wonderful videography and story telling. Simply wonderful.
I was raised in Poland and there's no sound that I love more than the sound of Wilga engine! It's a nice plane for flying low and slow, but where it excels and really shines is in towing gliders, especially when you need to tow 2-3 of them at the same time or a lot of them in quick succession-as in gliding competitions. Wilga was designed for that purpose-to be a glider towing workhorse.
I loved the video- amazing landscapes, great aerial views and technical aspects of it are great too. It just feels very professional.
By the way-a "fun fact" for you guys- "Wilga" is pronounced "Vilga" in Polish and it's our name for a bird that is called Eurasian golden oriole in English.
Really enjoyed the video! Great work with the filming and editing.
would love to see some of this kind of flying on your channel stevo
I follow most of the popular Backcountry vloggers and channels but this is next level, thank you for making my day! Kepp the passion and keep pushing the standards and limits for others to follow.
Thanks Darren.
Thank you Zane for the film. Living in the Pacific Northwest now it was SO nice to see Somthing from back home. And of Eveleth on top of it...where I learned to fly! Scud running rivers, private strips and people I accually know and recognize . Even the ore mine I used to work at! As beautiful as it is in this area of the country, watching this made me wish I was back home. What an awesome short film. Thank you.
What an excellent video! Love your story telling style. Thank you for that trip 🙏🏻
Amazing video, incredibly well done! It's so inspiring.. makes me want even more to be part of that wonderful community! Thanks for making this and congrats on being a dad!
Wow. So beautifully done. Thank you for this.
That easily gotta be one of the best TH-cam video I have ever seen!
Just wow!!
I had a fond recollection watching this..thank you.
JUST WOW....! You're amazing. Planning, lenses, angles....the works..! Congrats.
Epic trip, tanks for sharing.
Just amazing... Thanks for sharing!!!
Great video as always Zane. Simply excellent.
Another awesome video Zane. You make the best videos that promote the passion of airplanes and flying. Looking forward for more to come. Thanks.
Great video Zane. Loved the parting credits to make way for the birds.
Very well done! We're looking forward to your upcoming productions!
Beautiful. Thank you so much for this. Your film very poetically captures the essence of aviation and what underlies many pilots' passion.
Thanks for taking the time to piece together a great story, even with the shortened amount of flying days you had. Great shots. Loved it!
Blissful and beautiful! What an enviable life!
What an excellent video! Loved watching it, and will definitely come back for more!
What a wonderful movie. Thank you for posting this. Very relaxing to watch.
Beautiful.
Thank you
Great Video! Thank you for this wonderful film
Thanks for the amazing production Z! Was a joy to watch!
Nice to see my old stomping grounds. Scotts and Sky Harbor, were fuel customers of mine in the 90s. Had a place on Horseshoe Lake for about 30 years.
Well done, sir. Enjoyed the video. Thanks for sharing your experiences.
Lovely! Thanks. First time I have longed to be back in the state I grew up in. Did not think I would ever miss Minnesota, but you made me miss it!
I love watching your films. They're done so nicely! I wish landing on lakes and in riverbeds would be allowed in my country. great stuff
Absolutely incredible video Zane.
Very well made! I look forward to our next short movie! Keep up the great work.
You are the winner! Beautiful video. I feel like I just went flying for 21 minutes!
Really, really awesome film!! We've explored around the area some with our friends @ Cirrus in Duluth, but mostly at 'Cirrus altitude'. Now you've provided extra motivation to go do it in the bush plane!
Great job all the way around. Enjoyed very much. Thanks!
Thanks! Considering moving to MN so perhaps more of this in the future.
Great video, thanks for sharing 👍👍👍
Amazing video! I’m originally from MN, and I can’t wait to move back. You did a great job of capturing some of the beauty of the north woods.
That was incredible! I loved it! You did a fantastic job man.
Awesome film again!
Amazing video! You really have talent making videos which show the best things about flying and aviation in general.
A beautiful video. Most enjoyable. Regards from New Zealand.
Lovely film. Lovey to be able to fly like that. 😁
Your production value is top notch !!
Awesome work , man! Seaplane flying, that's where it's at!
Marvelous film of the other aviation.
Beautiful video.
Fantastic video! Great quality!
Great Clint Eastwood voice. That big motor sure is growly. I am partial to Wilgas for looks, but that Cub is a natural for water. Minnesota is impossibly wet to a Utahn.
Well done---much enjoyed
Your videos are so inspiring. These videos just intense my thirst and passion for being a pilot one day!
Great talent! Very well done. You pulled me into your story. Your filming, editing and cinematography remind me of "Fly Away Home".
Congratulations!
love this video. I so love amphibian flying and this is a very well done video. Thank you for sharing it.
This is a incredible video!!
Absolutely excellent, your films have alway been top notch and this time you have taken it to the next level. A true inspiration for wannabe film makers like myself.
...and congratulations to the fatherhood!
Regards,
Fred
Great work.
Great film! Being from Grand Rapids, I really appreciate this.
beautiful country
Good as it Gets! Editing and flying. Congratulations
Perfect video! Nice job....
Beautiful photography
Hey Guys, great video. That grass you have there is so green!
Thanks for putting this together, really enjoyed it a lot! Makes me want to go to flight school.
Thank you for putting together such a nice short film. A lot goes into the making of something this calibre and I admire your work and the others who helped you. You should be proud of your work!
The video put a warm smile on my face as I was glued to all 65 inches of my TV screen. Very nice music which was mixed in at a good level to not distract from the content.
I will be sure to check out some of your work when I have more time. For now, I am going back to work on my 1/5 scale Super Cub R/C plane. It has flown well of it's scale tundra tires, but now it is time to finish the install of the float kit.
I love RC flying almost as much as flying full scale planes, but cannot get my medical due to problems with spine pain. So watching content like this keeps my mind on flying and always hoping some day I will get cleared to fly again.
Best regards,
Vince Caruso
Palm Harbor, FL
Beautiful
Excellent!
Thank you for this awesome movie! I like this wilga on that color I spotted for sale not long time ago & I think it's the best low flight cockpit view in the wilga I never seen on youtube ,)
Another fantastic, inspiring video. Your production quality and passion for general aviation are really sublime. Greetings from a private pilot in training from Germany!
And congratulations on becoming a father!
This was a great video! We were just up at Crane lake this past July, & stoped in to see Scotties.
Nice vid. Good to see you got out on the water a little.
excellent - Thank You!
Great job on this video! From a pilot and video guy, you did great. Loved it
I LOVE THIS, WHO'S KNOW I CAN DO ONE DAY, A LIFE LIKE THIS, FANTASTIC...
incredible
Very Nice!
Bravo!!!!!!!!
Bravo!
Great video!
Excellent - really enjoyed that - thanks very much, very relaxing. You have great video/photo's skills, I liked the little split in the credits at the end to allow the ducks to paddle through haha, very clever, nice touch. I have subscribed so will be checking out your other stuff. Cheers from NZ.
very nice!
That was one fine Husky!
Great video grew up in Gilbert Minnesota
Great video. It would appear the possibilities are endless with a float plane in Minnesota.
I am not a pilot , but I really enjoy watching your video's
Just found you from Flightchops, and subscribed after 30 seconds haha. Great production skills
Very nice Z. Won't be long that family trip can be done in your Bearhawk. I still think about David Jaronson often.
Greetings from Norway. Love Cubs on floats! :)
Great video man. Make more.
quality production
Amazing film!
Wanna come there one day and fly! Greetings from Slovenia!
nice job !!!
Greetings from Poland. :)
Awsome video! I'm 2 months away from soloing (7 - 8hrs). I was originally born in Duluth, but have never been up to Virginia or Eveleth, or even Orr. I live by St. Cloud, mn now.
i want to learn to fly so bad after watching this...flying r.c. planes is fun for only so long lol...thanks from chisago city.
Thank-you
Very nice video, especially considering one of the stars of the show(N399HY) was my plane until I sold it to Gary. I had flown the Husky on wheels into both Jaranson's and Anderson's on the Fall Color Tour. Good times! Still regret selling that Husky.
Dan Barber hey, small world!
wow! That was a beautiful film you put together. (: I love flying, I can't afford a plane so I fly my paramotor, lol it gets me my fix. I am subbed. Can't wait to watch more of your creative wonderful films. cheers from the Rockies in Canada. Oh, and you have a great voice for narrating, you should do professional narrating. (: blue skies
Another excellent film! Your production and film quality get better with each film. You should try to make one in northern Ontario and fly into some of the fishing lodges there.
Another awesome video, I really enjoyed it. One doesn't normally associate Minnesota with backcountry flying so it was neat to see that perspective. Your videos are so well polished. I wish mine came close in production values. I actually enjoyed the cockpit footage done with the Osmo. It's hard to put my finger on why, but I think it looks better than cockpit footage done on a conventional camera.