Emmeline’s boyfriend Oscar, created this video from our flight on July 18. Sorry, so far no shots of Oscar. Oh wait, here’s a non aviation picture taken by Anne Ferrard.
Oscar’s Video
Category: Coast
Views of coast in Midcoast Maine
Sheepscot River in Fog
Plus an explosive ending, recommended by Nicholas, no more boring videos.
Five Islands and an Updated Video
Our favorite lobster pound in the Midcoast Maine area is Five Islands. After flying by it a couple of days ago I decided to make a short video of it from the air. I then added an earlier video of my grandson jumping off their wharf into the cold Atlantic. Brr, but fun!
I also updated my video of the same flight this time from Waldoboro to Friendship and my sister’s cabin. This one clearly identifies her cabin.
Waldoboro to Martin Point (Friendship) Video
Now that I have my medical back, I’m back to shooting video. I have lots t process, but since family and friends are visiting this summer, I thought I’d put this together for them.
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.
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.
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!
Local (to me) Lighthouses
On February 11, 2021, we started to reshoot and photograph for the first time, some of the lighthouses located close to the Brunswick area. Included are Doubling Point and the range, Squirrel Point, Perkins Island, Pond Island, Seguin, Hendricks Head, The Cuckolds and Burnt Island Lights. I’m using a new camera with a much higher resolution, which is very helpful, but I have a bit of a learning curve to overcome. Thank you Jakob for the piloting assist.
