@urs0r The eagles are pretty badass, the masters of their environment, so as long as they see us, they don't have a problem. They can easily out fly and outmaneuver us. The worst for them is if they don't see us coming and we surprise them. They look down, for prey, not up like prey worried about an aerial attack. So swooping down on them, it's easy to sneak up on them, and that might startle them for half a second, but then they're back to being the super cool, collected masters again. :-)
That's the great part of flying the Northwest sites - eagles at so many of them. Love the loop transition to eagle appearance! The best experience I ever had was the last flight I shared with a friend of mine before he died. We were working a thermal and two eagles joined us; I had two eagles flying 10 feet from my wing tip for much of it. After that I went out and purchased a video camera; it never fails that when I don't fly with the camera I have the eagle experiences. Thanks for posting bro!
Very Nice Aaron, I have had the privilege to fly with young very young BE at Henson gap in TN and think about those flights often. They were always very comfortable flying with us. Most do not understand how close you were to them with the wide camera lens.
beautiful. bet the bird is scared shitless though :)
urs0r 1 month ago
@urs0r The eagles are pretty badass, the masters of their environment, so as long as they see us, they don't have a problem. They can easily out fly and outmaneuver us. The worst for them is if they don't see us coming and we surprise them. They look down, for prey, not up like prey worried about an aerial attack. So swooping down on them, it's easy to sneak up on them, and that might startle them for half a second, but then they're back to being the super cool, collected masters again. :-)
tontar 3 days ago
I had seen flight is beautiful but this is especially wonderful
Vilasboaspedro 2 months ago
amazing
pimppappi702 1 year ago
All you've got to do is train the eagles to throw a loop and you can follow them round! Nice video and nice song.
NevilleStyke 1 year ago
i know the song but ho is singing??
shckar 1 year ago
@shckar Jeff Buckley.
tontar 1 year ago
Beautiful.
alasdeaz 1 year ago
bet that eagle was thinkin WTF?
CraigRidley1 1 year ago
Great movie.
Beautiful site too. Where is it?
Greetings, Henk
redk1te 1 year ago
@redk1te Western Washington, a place called Dog Mountain.
tontar 1 year ago
Great flight, great experience! Thanks for sharing the vid!
pdutube 1 year ago
That's the great part of flying the Northwest sites - eagles at so many of them. Love the loop transition to eagle appearance! The best experience I ever had was the last flight I shared with a friend of mine before he died. We were working a thermal and two eagles joined us; I had two eagles flying 10 feet from my wing tip for much of it. After that I went out and purchased a video camera; it never fails that when I don't fly with the camera I have the eagle experiences. Thanks for posting bro!
LightningGlider 1 year ago
nice one
serioussstuff 1 year ago
Very Nice Aaron, I have had the privilege to fly with young very young BE at Henson gap in TN and think about those flights often. They were always very comfortable flying with us. Most do not understand how close you were to them with the wide camera lens.
esierra2320 1 year ago
Very touching. Thanks for sharing this. I hope soaring in your beautiful area sometime in the future!
eliade66 1 year ago