Hope to photographer last two lighthouses not in my collection. This will complete my 2021 Maine lighthouse project. I hope to get additional pics of West Quoddy light as well. If you’d like to go and don’t mind sitting in the back and being occasionally wind blow when I open the window to take pictures, let me know.
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Matinicus Overflight
We flew out to photograph Matinicus Rock Light and Matinicus Island on August 25, 2021. Here’s a quick video of both Islands.
Finished photographing most of the lighthouses near Mount Desert Island
Thanks to may trusty Copilots, Eric and Jakob, who fly the plane when I am taking pictures, we now have images of most of Maine’s lighthouses in the vicinity of Mount Desert and Vinalhaven Islands. That’s not to say the editing/processing and posting of those pictures are done, just that the raw images have been captured. Along the way, we have GoPro cameras taking some videos of the flight. These also need to be processed. Much work remains, but I enjoy doing it.
Here are some previews of the lighthouses around Vinalhaven.
Northern Penobscot Bay
We flew up over Penobscot Bay, Maine to the Penobscot River and the Penobscot Narrows Bridge on May 15. I’ll put together a short video of the flight, but in the meantime, here is a clip of us flying over Ilseboro. Several more lighthouses on the Bay were photographed using a high rez camera and long lens.
Up to Eastport and back again
On Monday, Jakob and I flew 93R Downeast all the way to Eastport, Maine. The weather was great, the photography so-so, the video was okay until the GoPro failed and the worst part was that the nose gear would not extend. We flew back to Brunswick and manually extended the gear. It took many more than 20 pumps to get the nose gear down. Grr!!!
So, I created a short video with the footage on hand. We’ll be making another trip, once KEPM reopens after their runways are repaired in late summer, early fall. Until then, enjoy this video:
I’ll work on a Downeast section for the lighthouse pages and then return to work on the Penbscot Bay and Mount Desert Island sections.
Fly In Saturday April 10 at KIWI
Why Fly to the Brunswick Executive Airport
This video project is now complete. Hope you enjoy.
Working on a Video
Why Fly to KBXM
I’m working on a fun project on why a pilot might choose to visit the Brunswick Executive Airport. Let me know what you think of it.
Finished Shooting the Lighthouses along the Midcoast
Now onto Penobscot Bay
Chilly and a tiny bit bumpy, but on February 26, we finished photographing the remaining lighthouses along the Midcoast and started to shoot the Penobscot Bay lights. More good news, the FAA has restored my 2nd class medical, but I find shooting while a qualified pilot flies is much better for both flying and picture taking. So, once again, thanks Jakob for going along with me.
Looking at some of these lighthouses in the Winter, you really begin to understand why lighthouse keepers had to be tough, both physically and mentally. Often cold and remote, they were really on their own for much of the winter. Now that all the lighthouses have been automated, the keepers’ job is gone, but their legacy remains. And while the lighthouses themselves are still standing for now, when will they tumble into the sea? As you’ve seen from shots of some of the the Casco Bay lighthouses their foundations are already underwater. Perhaps these 19th Century sentinels are giving us one last warning!
Yup, Winter
