Williams Sunset Image Offer

Williams Soaring Sunset. View looking west on April 21, 2009 after a fantastic day of spring soaring. License for personal use only. © 2009 Kempton Izuno

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This picture was taken April 21, 2009 at Williams Soaring Center after an 800km out & return to Crater Lake, Oregon. This image is suitable for printing up to 18" x 24". I've printed this at a FedEx Office store, laminated and mounted on foam board for $40 or so. 4000 x 3000 jpeg. 2MB.

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Williams Soaring Sunset

2061 km In The Sierra Wave

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This 32 minute, full HD format video documents Gordon Boettger's 13+ hour flight for a new national record and the longest flight outside of the Andes. The video puts you alongside Gordon as he narrates the flight planning, weather evaluation, equipment preparation, and most important, the tactical in-flight decisions based on reading wave clouds at altitudes at times exceeding 24,000 feet. What to do, why and where to go when aiming for 2000km are covered in high definition. HD=1280x720, iPhone=480x270, running time=32:18.

Co-produced by Sierra Mountain Gallery and HD Soaring. To support producing more in-flight analysis documentaries, this video is a one-time paid download. Pay using your Amazon account, or if you don't have one, easily setup one at the sign-in page. Delivery by Bitmenu.

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Libelle Gathering: Pilots and Their Panels

I had the great fortune to attend the first ever US Libelle Gathering at Air Sailing this past July. Great flying and great people, thanks to Neita Montague and the Air Sailing team. While there, I decided to interview the pilots and have them talk for a moment about their ships (some of historic note) and most importantly, their instrument panels as that's where the differences are between ships. If you have Quicktime (QT) installed (or have a mac), click the picture above, otherwise click here Flash version to view. For best viewing, you need a DSL, cable, or faster connection. 99MB, 8:38.

NOTE: This entire video was shot and recorded with a handheld Canon SD960, a point and shoot camera with 720 HD video and a good audio record capacity.

Tall Clouds & Big Mountains

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This video is of a 1,000km triangle distance attempt in Northern California on an unstable day reviewing the weather forecast, task, in-flight decisions with fast growing clouds, climbing Mt. Shasta and thunderstorms. HD= 960x540, iPhone= 480x272, running time= 10:58.

To support producing more in-flight analysis documentaries, this video is a one-time paid download. Pay using your Amazon account, or if you don't have one, easily setup one at the sign-in page. Delivery by Bitmenu.

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Broadcast & group presentation license available by email to: kizuno1 (at) gmail.com

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Sutter Buttes wave, January 11, 2009

Flying with Forest Baskett in his Stemme S-10VT, we launched out of Petaluma, CA with the hope for some wave. After weak wave at St. Helena, and nothing at Goat, we head over to the Sutter Buttes where Ramy Yanetz (ASW-27) and Frank Peale (Discus) are working the wave. Winds were weak, sometimes reading 14mph, but strengthening towards end of day. We departed shortly after the video, but Frank stayed on to top out at 13,500 ft. If you have Quicktime (QT) installed (or have a mac), click the picture above. If you have a PC without QT, click here Flash version to view. For best viewing, you need a DSL, cable, or faster connection. 53MB, 1:08.