Cirrus SR20 Landing EWB 1-16-10.mov

This was my first flight of the new year, from Norwood, MA down to New Bedford (KEWB) and back. It was Saturday, January 16, 2010 and the occasion was a fly-in meet-up of the Northeast Pilots Group (NEPG) for lunch at the Airport Grill restaurant at the New Bedford airport. This video is the approach and landing at New Bedford that day in the SR20, N168SR. I hadn't flown in a month because of weather and the holidays and so a few things were rusty, but for the most part it was a normal flight. I had a data problem with the connection between the GPS and the moving map in the MFD, which corrected itself mid-flight. Other than that, it was a nice day for flying in January and a great meet-up event. The video is a little longer than some of my others because it begins just before my initial call to New Bedford. By this time, the controller had begun to realize that he had a number of in-bound aircraft and you can tell his calls are very tight, wanting to keep the frequency clear. Several other members of the NEPG will hear themselves on the frequency as I make my approach. This video is another making use of three HD cameras and ATC audio communication. It marks the first use of a new Panasonic camera with a wide-angle lens attachment. This camera is the primary nose camera and was mounted again off a suction mount on the rear passenger window. I will be playing with this placement in the future as I got a little too much vibration especially on the runway. The off-wing shot is the Sony camera I have previously used for over the nose. Lastly, the shot of me is the lowest quality HD camera, the Flip Mino. I mentioned that I was a little rusty and my landing showed it. Basically I flared high and dropped in, which shook the primary camera. For that reason, I cut to the wing camera at touchdown because it was smoother. When the video returns to the nose camera, you can still see some vibration in the shot, which has a lot to do with mounting and placement. In any case, the video gives a pretty good picture of the approach and landing at KEWB from the southeast, landing to the north. As an experiment, this version of the video is only 720p. The streaming at 720 is smooth and looks great, but it feels like I should have a 1080 version as well.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

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• Cirrus
• SR20
• Norwood
• Massachusetts
• New
• Bedford
• GA
• Landing
• Pattern
• HD
• video
• flying
• aviation

[ANLQ84]

this video has been added to "My Favourite". I always love to listen to radio contact.

[rdfelty]

@ANLQ84 Thanks for watching and for writing. I agree the ATC audio is very cool.

[mocatx]

Fair point! Fast machine to learn in (assuming Cirrus) Well done you!

Very good quality videos and sound, I love real pilot videos with no silly music.

You have a chance to learn something

Happy and safe flying

[rdfelty]

@mocatx Thanks for watching and for the nice comments.

[mocatx]

Great vid. Nice hold off

How do you find the side stick? Id say it takes a bit of getting use to

[rdfelty]

@mocatx I actually started on a side stick and then transitioned back to a yoke. So for me it was fairly easy. I would have a harder time switching to a plane that would have me use my right hand on a center stick.

[alexklashnikov]

No, You never did answer my question about mounting the Flip!

Sorry about the Delay. Been busy with school

[rdfelty]

@eynorvor Thanks for watching. Happy flying!

[eynorvor]

@rdfelty Thanks for the info, I plan on visiting KBED soon. Very nice camera work and flying, great videos.

[rdfelty]

@alexklashnikov Did I ever answer your question about mounting the flip camera?