Helicopter Flight to the Gorge Amphitheater
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 ส.ค. 2019
- COME FLY WITH ME as I take my helicopter from Wenatchee Pangborn Memorial Airport to Cave B Inn and Resort to pick up some passengers for tours. Along the way, I give you a special VIP "backstage tour" of the Gorge Amphitheater on the last morning of the Watershed event there.
Throughout this video, I mention making a video of the return flight and I did -- or I THOUGHT I did. One of my cameras crapped out on me a few minutes into that return flight so I only have footage from one camera -- sadly, the one facing me. The trouble with recording video while flying a helicopter is that I really can't pay ANY attention to the cameras. They say pilots need to handle workload in this order: Aviate, Navigate, Communicate. Monitoring video cameras is not on that list so unless the camera stops working literally before my eyes -- as it did in my recent Ellensburg to a Friend's House video ( • Helicopter Flight: Ell... ) -- I'm probably not going to be able to see or fix it. Lately, this has been happening entirely too much, making about 20% of my flights unusable for sharing on TH-cam. Ouch. I'm trying to figure out what's going wrong so I can fix it on the ground and get you more content without me spending a lot more of my money on flight time.
About Me and the Helicopter
- I have been flying for about 20 years. My nearly 4,000 hours of flight time is in Robinson R44, Robinson R22, and Bell 206L (Long Ranger) helicopters.
- The helicopter is a 2005 Robinson R44 Raven II -- the same one that appears in the photo at the beginning of the video. You can learn more about them here: robinsonheli.com/r44-specific... I own this helicopter. It is the third helicopter I've owned since 2000.
- My helicopter has ADS-B Out and is picked up by radar facilities. You can see my track for recent flights on Flightradar24: www.flightradar24.com/data/ai... This is a great site for tracking any almost any flight, including the airlines.
About the Video
- The video was recorded with a pair of GoPro cameras (amzn.to/2Zh7nWr), one of which is connected to the helicopter's intercom system. Both cameras record audio, but I dialed down the helicopter sound to about 25% of normal volume so it wouldn't be annoying. Some viewers say they want to hear it so there it is.
- The video was edited on a Macintosh using Screenflow software. Learn more about it here: www.telestream.net/screenflow...
- The intro music is by Bob Levitus, famed "Dr. Mac." You can find him here: www.boblevitus.com/
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I love your flights on the Columbia River. I told you before I was born and raised in Hood River. Brings back a lot of memories.
you're really starting to find your natural voice narrating naturally all of these things around you the you've probably taken for granted for years. hard to do. love it.
What an awesome trip - I loved flying over the campgrounds and stage with you. Awesome perspective.
Another great video. What an amazing blessing to be able to do this all the time. Really enjoy the content and commentary!
Summer of 2017 I would do one run a week to Seattle and we would load apples in Yakima to Nogales AZ these apples would be going to Mexico D.F. Beautiful up there! Thanks for the posts, God Bless.
Beautiful video thanks for taking us along! .. but not just drug overdoses ~ i'm sure there are lots of us golden oldies who may run into any range of issues so i'm thankful (and maybe a smidge more likely to attend) they have a Med Evac helicopter on location...there's a Dylan and Willie and Billy Strings concert this summer there will be lots of gray hair at that event they may need an extra chopper
Nice ride from Wenatchee. So that’s where the Gorge in George is. I’ve been thru Vantage to Spokane a couple hundred times, and south from Vantage thru Mattawa. I new The Gorge was off to the left there when on I90, but never new what it looked like, so thanks for the tour. I don’t like crowds either. Nice upload. Watch out for those A10’s.
What a pleasant flight, Maria!
Really cool Maria. I've never been backstage at the Gorge before lol. We're getting that smoke down here in the Tri-Cities as well, ugh! Keep the awesome videos coming.
This episode has been extra enjoyable for me because of the route that you flew. In 2004 I moved to Wenatchee after having spent one year in Vantage WA. During that year I did alot of exploring of the area's north and south of Vantage. Frenchman Coulee was my favorite of discoveries and was as far to the north that I had been. Here in Wenatchee, I have never been south beyond your town of Malaga. As yourself, I too am an explorer who has been all over the world. Today you assisted my Wanderlust to know the area between Malaga and the Gorge Amphitheater. Today ends a 14-year long need to know what that stretch of the Columbia River looks like. Thank you very much. I will be re-running this video a few times today.
Pls stop assisting his wanderlust, it is a serious probelem
So many great geological places to flyby in that area. The valley and gorges between hwy. 28 and Palisades and there's also Dry Falls. Oh man!!
Another great video thanks Maria.
Thanks for making the video for me. Another enjoyable flight. I'm looking forward to the geological tour.
Another Great video Maria. Thanks for sharing.
I really love helecopter tours and It is lijke the real thing now. thank You.
Such interesting geography! I'm not a fan of crowds or kybo's, ha. Great flight - thanks for taking us along. Safe flying Maria!
Love the videos you're producing. Thank you.
Yet another very interesting flight packed with information and facts. A joy to watch ☺️☺️☺️
Thank you!!! Thank you for the beautiful flight!!! I love your videos!!!!🙂
Love these flights!! Always looking forward to your next video!!
love this. good work. beautiful area
I always look forward to your videos btw. I like seeing new places and exploring.
Hi Maria, Greetings from Ireland! - very enjoyable and a nice day to fly. I'm looking forward to watching a geological flight some day.
Beautiful flight. Looking forward to the geological tour!
How about two geologists? - Nick Zenter at Central Washington, who does the "Nick on the Rocks" series for PBS stations, and Bruce Bjornstad, who specializes in the ice age floods. Each of them has his own TH-cam channel.
Cor , awesome , thank you soooo much
Can’t wait for the video on how the collective works IRL. 😀
I shot the ground portion for the collective and cyclic today.
Thank you!! Enjoyed it 😊
Amazing!!!
Love the video! I just found you and will be watching all the videos you have! I am from East Wenatchee, and currently a USMC Ch-53E pilot. Glad to see another helicopter pilot in the area!
Haha. Two landings for the price of one. Thanks for the upload!
I was wondering how many folks would stay for the second one.
@@FlyingMAir I got curious when you didnt cut the video lol. I absolutely love flying helicopters in virtual reality. the feeling of lifting vertical is amazing! When I'm I'm not doing that, I'm watching your videos. :)
Look forward to your videos. Very enjoyable.
Excellent idea of having a geologist with you! I’d LOVE to see that. You’ve got some fascinating geology in that part of the country.
Great stuff
Good morning, Ms M. Looks like a great day to fly.
If I can ever get back out that way, I am definitely taking a tour! Great looking country!
Amazing as always! :)
Great. Much appreciated.
I've watched a professor Zentner's video show for a long time about the geology of washington state. It's very interesting stuff and he talks alot about the many many ice age floods as the ice sheets starting melting at the end of each iceage. Interesting stuff.
Nice flight 👍😎
Great flight M. Checked your route on radar 24, fascinating. Thank you.
Love your videos Maria, you make it look so easy. Cheers from Rainbow Flat in Australia.
I love watching your flight videos! Thank you so much for sharing. I'm thinking of taking lessons here in the UK because you make it look so easy. Hopefully you can sort the issue with the cameras soon.
The Sandbar across from the gorge I have always known as party beach. How original huh?
On the opposite side is a natural cave that I can get my Sea-Doo all the way in. It gets kind of loud in there.
I wonder if that Chinook was involved with Stevens pass, they have been pouring concrete and last week they set new lift towers.
Most folks I know call it boobie beach. Apparently, there's some toplessness. It has a real name, though. I think it begins with an S and might be a Native American name.
Thank you.
thank 4 the video
Thanks for the tour of the gorge, I wondered what it looked like as many of my friends have been there. I don’t like big crowds either so I doubt I’ll ever go there. Thanks.
Nice video. Really enjoyable.
Love your channel, ran in to it a few months ago, slowly catching up to the new content.
But what a lovely looking area, I could spent hours with you in that helicopter just to admire nature doing its thing! So glad I found your channel!
The festival area you flown over and landed at in this video, used to be a set for one of the Ajunabeats music festivals. They also have a TH-cam channel at which you could check out their previous visits (in case you'd like to know).
From what I've read/seen is that the place is quite famous for its view and the panoramic view over the river and valley, I've never been there myself as I'm from Holland.
Our little country is mostly flat, haha, so seeing this is quite interesting.
Awesome
There are a lot of gorges in the Columbia River. It's gorgeous.
I like the audio intro, is that new? Good stereo sound is immersive, nice work. Great video, love that you call it a nice "little" Chinook :D Hope to see that tour.
2:33 "Sorry about the repeats" I think I've watched Jerry W make the same flight in his twin Cessna in California from San Francisco to Auburn over 100 times.
Haha ... I know I have !
“Why do you have a rag over the iPad ?” 😂
I look forward to your flight with a geologist as I'm wondering if the bar you showed us is a result of the "Great Missoula Flood ".
13:36 i can see my camp site hahah it was Watershed weekend!!!
Amazing how it is so arid with so much water there
High desert.
17:00 I wonder if he turned the sprinklers on so your engine heat does not burn the grass? Either way, thanks for the tour, very cool flight !
I think other helicopters were operating there all weekend.
Fantastic video - really enjoyed it, very interesting! I hate festivals or crowds of people lol
Great video Maria, sorry I missed the live show, but i'm in Church on Sunday Mornings...
Thanks for the great videos,have my t-shirts and sticker.Scenery is really beautiful,Love the commentary without the music so many have.
Thanks for your support!
greetings from Argentina
Dave Matthews band always plays end of aug. ( labor Dave weekend ). and if you go for 1 day its so easy to get in and out. you are missing out
too bad we didn’t get to take the tour with passengers. I guess you’d have to ask them if it’s ok to record
Hello Maria,
I don’t like crowds either. Maybe it’s a pilot thing. Enjoyed the ride.
Nice day to look around from up top. Wonder if they make a coating to keep out the heat from coming through your glass. Like the windows in a house?
please never stop producing your great videos!
I'll do my best to keep them coming!
@@FlyingMAirGreat! Thank you for your answer. Best wishes from Germany, Tobi
I was unsure where Wenachee was, so I checked on Google Maps. Now I know it is in the state of Washington along the Colombia river. All the landmarks I saw in the video, I could find on the map.
thanks, i actually enjoy watching all your vids...now if you can get one in a hiller FH100 with no S.A.S. ;-)
I’ll get a Hiller flight this winter. Maybe December.
GOOD MORNING LOGAN TOWER
Add a vote for the geology videos!!! (I'm a dork)
amazing video! are you doing any tours this September long weekend? I'll be at the Gorge for 3 days....:)
Can you specify layers of tint on your glass at factory build?
Another interesting video, for me anyway. Is it possible to let go of the steering, or must you always be actively steering?
When your travelling forward at speed, does feel like your pitched forward?
The cyclic is extremely sensitive. If you let go of it -- at least on the helicopters I've flown -- it will want to crash. So yes, it's a good idea to hold on. :-)
And yes, at high speeds -- especially with a lot of weight up front (like two people) -- the helicopter does seem as if it's angled forward. But not enough to be a distraction. At least not at this point for me.
What is the highest elevation you have flown?
How fast does that little baby cruise ?
100-110 knots.
how well vented is the cabin...i think you mentioned air-con at one time...sorry its a engineering thing...thinking venting the IPAD right where is sits.
What kind of Bose A20 microphone do you have?
Nothing you say or go is boring. Yes we' see many structures and geographical features a number of times but they appear like old friends and we know the area better for it.. Your narration is simple, honest and enjoyable without the usual north American "Yahoo Woohoo" type of delivery and clear.. The event you flew up to was fascinating to see the immense amount of trailers, vehicles and houses on that plateau, but you're quite right and justified to say about the mess the place is in afterwards, when all gone home, same problem everywhere in the world..
Thanks very much. It's funny, but the TH-cam slogan for creators is "keep it real." How many creators do? I do my best and I appreciate getting positive feedback about my hype-free delivery.
You've got to get Nick Zentner from CWU to be your expert passenger for the geology tour. Nobody knows WA geology better, and he's such a personable guy.
I have some footage with Nick. Coming soon.
Nice little flight. I was wondering if you come to arizona where do you put your copter? Or do you fly it down here and how long does that take ?
I no longer fly it to Arizona in the winter. The flight used to take 9 to 12 hours, depending on route and wind.
What’s the by-car commute time from your house to your airport? It seems that helicopter is a real commute advantage for your area’s terrain.
It's 30-40 minutes to drive from my house to the local airport.
Do you ever fly over at night during beyond wonderland?
What's the rag for Maria?
So your in Washington state do you fly towards Spokane?
What’s the blue rag for?...😆
primer comentario :) Saludos desde Argentina. nice videos
Great video, as always! :-)
Just a little trivia. It wouldn't surprise me if you know this already, Maria, but surprisingly few are aware of that theatres like Gorge Amphitheater is actually not an amphitheater, it's a Greek theater. Most people think of an amphitheater as a half circle with the stage in the middle. This is a very common misconception. An amphitheatre is two theatres put together so it's shaped as an oval round theatre were the stage is the whole area in the middle and the audience is sitting or standing around the stage. Colosseum in Rome is a classic amphitheater and "amphitheatron" - "amfi" and "theathron" literally means "theatre on both sides". www.historyonthenet.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Colosseum_Rome.jpg
This is an old Greek theater in the city Taormina on Sicily, Italia: media4.allnumis.com/74/taormina-the-greek-theatre_74_28807429543eeb66aL.jpg
Imagine this theater without the stage and add another Greek theater, turn it around 180 degrees and join them where the stage was. Then you will have a shape that exactly like an amphitheater.
Sorry for the off-topic, but this is what you learn when you have lived more than 15 years together with a partner with a master in classical history. ;-)
I love learning new things. Thanks!
@@FlyingMAir You're welcome, and I'm glad that you liked it. :-)
How many miles is it to where you were going ( for us ground folk )
Maybe 30-40 miles? It would take at least 60 minutes to drive there from the airport.
Does hot humid weather effect helicopter performance?
Yes. Heat more than humidity.
Just out of curiosity. Do you have a license to instruct student on flying. Im definitely interested in getting my license.
Nope. I never became an instructor.
So is it bad to take off with tail wind in a blender? Fixed wing, yes, but because of ground roll.
Isn’t the amphitheater in George, WA.?
George or Quincy.
Essential equipment for long cross country flights: Insulated lunch box with food, ice and an empty one gallon Ziplock bag. When the iPad starts to get too hot, well, you can figure out what to do if you have the cooler box. We use a soft-sided, small one. We also use a backup iPad with ForeFlight so one is in the cooler while the other one is in-use.
That's an excellent idea. What I really need to do is get a WHITE rag in there; it'll reflect more of the sun's heat. The cockpit doesn't get super hot in this helicopter because of the air conditioning, but anything that's dark colored in the sun will get cooked.
This is weird. Right the very second when you mentioned Flightradar24 I got an email from them about my feeder being out.
Yep. That is weird.
Flightradar24 for Maria N7534D
No TFR's over the amphitheater? NOTAM?
Nope. I check every time.
@@FlyingMAir Little surprised. I figure they would want to keep rotor aircraft away. Maybe people are just more respectful in the northwest.
Looks very unpopulated. Where do the crowds come from to see concerts?
Mostly Seattle.
fly under the bridge! haha
Why is there a rag over your eye pad