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The view: Flying up the Tyndall Glacier at the head of Icy Bay
The pilot: Curtin Penner
The airplane: Bearhawk Patrol
The mission: Bucket list Alaska trip
The memory: Too many to describe – it’s surreal.
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Curtis started his aviation journey at the age of 18, but had to suspend it with only 17.8 hours in his logbook when he started his farming career. Twenty seven years later, realizing that time was more valuable than money, he resumed his training, achieving a life-long goal when he got his license in a 90-day period. Since then, following a philosophy of “do it now,” he has flown as much as possible, whenever and wherever he can.Aircraft owned have included a Cessna 150H and a PA-180, and he currently flies an RV-10 and Bearhawk Patrol. In addition to time logged in these, “whenever we travel, we rent an aircraft to see the country, including flights in in Australia, New Zealand, and Costa Rica.” Trips in owned aircraft have been coast to coast in Canada and included southern destinations like the Bahamas, Florida, Texas, and Arizona.
Latest posts by Curtis Penner (see all)
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Rookie question: Was that great photo taken from a following aircraft?
No. It’s a screen grab from a video done with a GoPro Max 360 You can see the video here: https://youtu.be/3C_ii1ZR5j4?si=ErOoVIyBjpgS-h0C
Beautiful picture of the glacier!
But I just gotta ask: Doesn’t anyone with a fancy camera look at the picture before posting? All I see is a gigantic tail wheel over powering the airplane. Just because the camera comes with fancy software doesn’t mean you have to use it without making sure the picture looks right.
I think that Dan’s comment is a bit harsh. As a representation of the situation, I think the format and content works. Not every image needs to represent the “Real World as we see it”, and I think – a personal view, of course – is that Curtis has caught the atmosphere very well…a small aeroplane in a big landscape which emphasises that it’s vulnerable. We might think, for example, “What happens if the engine fails now?” or, from a non-aviators perspective ” What a beautiful view”. Each to his/her own.
To each his own…
I can appreciate the image but some info on how it was created would be good. A 360 camera on a boom, perhaps? Whatever you used, I’d be grateful for the info on how it was mounted, camera type and all that low-level tech stuff that might enable all of us to do something similar.
It’s a screen grab from a video of the trip created with a GoPro Max 360