A New Narrated 38-Mile Hang Gliding Flight - 2/17/2010

[hanggliderrider]

Very nice video! Good naration! You are an excellent piolet. Looking forward to seeing more! Have a great holliday season and watch out for Santa!

[NMERider]

@hanggliderrider Thanks. Have you seen all 130-someting of my videos? I know pilots who have watched them all at least once. Happy Holidays! Jonathan

[snackman5000]

What is the name of the great song playing in the backround???

[ThermalSlut]

@snackman5000 Whoops! wrong song the first post. The songs are

#1 - Breathe in the Air by Pink Floyd

#2 - Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun by Pink Floyd

#3 - Beck's Bolero by Jeff Beck

#4 - Over Under Sideways Down by The Yardbirds

[hanoitwin]

Nice video! and you landed on #3 fairway i play there often and would have been great seein you come in live!

[NMERider]

@hanoitwin I replaced my divot and paid the green fee. ;-) I've also landed at LaCanada/Flintridge and Marshall Canyon clubs as well.

[damnhippystfu]

Jonathan, thanks so much for this video. I was a runner in La Crescsenta for 26 years and ran Mt. Lukens most Wednesdays and Mt. Wilson and/or Switzer Falls many times. Brought back great memories.

[NMERider]

@damnhippystfu That's really cool. I used to mountain bike in the San Gabriels and when I soar XC I always keep an eye out for hikers and bikers and now trail runners.

[dronespace]

Amazing footage

[NMERider]

@dronespace Thanks!



[n8tureboy]

This is so exciting! Man that looks like so much fun to me. I envy your courage and skills. Your narration is very well done too.

What an experience that would be. Have you ever had any close calls?

[NMERider]

@n8tureboy Thank you very much! I've had more than my share of close calls. Some of these are posted on my HGVidFun account and some are here. I have > 100 videos and several great flights waiting to be edited. Now take some lessons and find out what it's like for you. You have an idea what it's like for me. Everyone's expereince of soaring is personal and unique.

[rydoskek]

Excellent video!

A question, do hanggliders on that altitude usually have an emergency parachute ready? In case something went wrong.

[NMERider]

@rydoskek Thanks. Yes, we always fly w/ a reserve parachute. Good question.

[raheemb]

I can't wait to start my lessons. I'm excited just watching the video

[diccoo32]

great video. what did you do with the video split?

[HGVidFun]

@diccoo32 2 GoPro HD cameras mounted sideways. One day I'll do this w/ 3 cameras.

[Superhandydave]

Excellent! The dual camera split screen view is interesting.

[HGVidFun]

@Superhandydave Thanks!

[aerozg]

Hello, nice footage and information you provide gives great insight in hanglider pilot thinking. Keep em coming!

[Win98Error]

hang gliding looks fun,never try it. but it can be dangerous. great video quality!

[NMERider]

@Win98Error Thanks.  Yes, it's risky but there is more than enough knowledge and instruction available to keep the risks to a minimum.

[airmanbooker]

Please tell me that you are a USHPA instructor... you're a very good narrator and you capture good footage.  :)

[NMERider]

Thanks! I'm not an instructor. I just like to do presentations and talk. Hopefully my narration and video skills will keep improving.

[DoneWrongType]

I very much enjoyed this. thank you for sharing.

[NMERider]

You are welcome!

[MileyDOMOKUNpugs]

you look llike a worm. Are you is some kind of sack?

[NMERider]

Yes. That's a pod harness that I'm fully zipped inside of.

[deltaoiartzun]

Very nice shot, What recording modes did you use on the gopro? how did you point that acuratelly without seing the image? any zoom/crop work when editing?

A new subscriber here XD.

[NMERider]

Thanks! Mode r4 - 1280x960 px. Be sure to download the full res version on Vimeo at 1470x960 px. There's no zoom/crop on the edit. I lined up everything by eyeball. Almost got it dead center too. I have a special bracket I fabricated but I still have to align everything.

[joefaust777]

Generous good, Jon. Thinking about onboard tiny wind generator to charge those batteries during good lift. We call them AWECS or airborne wind energy conversion systems. Actually you with your HG form an AWECS. But an AWECS can have sub AWECS onboard. You are seeding a superhighway in our local ranges. Thanks. JoeF

[NMERider]

@joefaust777 Thanks Joe. Love the superhighway analogy! I think solar panels w/ USB level voltage output would suffice to prolong camera recording time. Nice idea!

[Steve90266]

Nice video, Jon. Thanks for posting. I'm getting a lot out of these.

Steve M.

[NMERider]

Thanks Steve! That's good to know.

[rseveren]

Now that's what I'm talken about!

Its been 35 yrs since I flew that area. My SunBird has been retired, but watching this sure makes me want to replace it. Very clever and well done.

[NMERider]

Thanks! Currently there's a shortage of willing XC pilots in the LA Basin. I'm part of the hard core group who try to promote it. How's the XC flying around San Antonio?

[redk1te]

Great movie. Enjoyed it.

What software do you use to edit the two movies next to each other?

Greetings, Henk

[NMERider]

Thanks!  I use Adobe Premiere Elements 3.0 for the edits. First I transcode the mp4 h.264 file into MPEG2 using SuperAVConverter. It's extremely time consuming. I'm sure there's better software out there.

[luismm10]

great flight man....!!!

[NMERider]

Thank you!

[deslightfly]

Inspiring video. thanks.

[NMERider]

My pleasure!

[MaartenSpoek]

Put your hand upright between your eyes and move your head to the split screen line. Let your eyes relax and stare to the horizon, still keeping focus, so your right eye only sees the right half and the left left.

Now you're in 3D, it really works! You'll get nausea and a headache, but it's worth it.

[NMERider]

I stick my face real close to the monitor and it feels like I'm inside the scenes. It is possible to make 3D video using the Victorian era stereoscope method you describe.

[ER9DOC]

Awesome. Well done. Your flying skills are terriffic and your excellent video skills are a treat to watch. Thanks for the time and effort you put into documentarys. Safe flying and keep it, and everything else, up.

[NMERider]

Thank you. I really appreciate your words of support.

[my2cents0]

Wow; that could have been on (pbs) as a special! nice job on the video&flying.(\O

[NMERider]

Thanks! That's the kind of thing I want to hear. Why not forward it to you local PBS station and ask them to host the full HD version? I can always do a different edit and narration.