New camera!

I tried a new camera at the beginning of the fly-in and liked the quality and the ability to have a remote to turn it on and off. It also has a rechargeable battery that will give me four hours of recording if I should need it. The camera also seems to have less of that annoying wave that some have. My other camera, (Tachyon HD) was as nice, but it required Lithiun Ion batteries that cost about 4 bucks a pop and did not have a threaded camera mount, making it harder to stabilize the camera. Plus it did not have a remote, requiring me to mount it on my gear leg to be able to turn it on and off.

The camera is a Drift Stealth HD. I ordered it last week as soon as I was able to view the video. It was delivered last night. I took it for a flight this morning and found that my nose cone mount had some slop in it, so I made a new one that I was able to secure much better. The following link is the results of the short test run that I made this morning.

http://vimeo.com/45364866       the password is owyheeflyer.

It became necessary to make my video's private and have a password after I went to the Tachyon site and found that they were using one of my video's to advertise their camera. That in itself would not have been so bad if the one that they used did not show me trying to scare Antelope out of the neighbors hayfield. Now what I was doing is legal, but the BLM does not always hire people that are reasonable in their ability to think. That password will allow you to see any and all of my video's.

I give up! Its easier to make a new one.

Google seems to be making some changes, and apparently I have been too busy with the Fly-in to wrap my mind around what they want me to do to get it all changed around. The old one was a pain anyway, due to the fact that I have a satellite internet provider that uses Gmail as their email provider. I had to sign out of Google and sign in to Wild blue to be able to sign in to Blog spot. Not being a patient type, I found that to be a bit more than I could stand.

This blog will be the same format or at least as close as I can get. Primarily it will be about hawking and any thing that I think will be remotely interesting, from fishing to flying the Firestar.

The Fly- in!

I haven't posted much of anything about out recent fly in, simply because I have been too busy. We had a total of 19 that stayed here and a total of 23 that came for the first weekend but did not stay. The one that came the longest distance was John Gilpin from Australia who is touring the US in an ultralight. Next was Henry Voris from Hawaii. There were friends from Alabama,Texas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Arizona, Portland Ore, Washington and Idaho.

The weather was as usual a bit on the crappy side, but compared to the rest of the US, was quite balmy and nice. Just a bit too exciting to fly some times. On those days we went for a road trip. John Bickham had flown commercial from La. and picked up a car when he arrived at Boise, so that gave us room for 5 people. We also took our car, and either Bruce drove his truck or John took his, and that allowed all of us to go on the tours.

Leslie Gulch was the highlight of the road trips.

The rock formations in this area are truly awe inspiring.

  We also visited the Pillars of Rome for an afternoon. They are impressive as well, and every one had a great time checking out the local flora and fauna.

Karen and I set up the back porch as a cooking area, just to get some more room in the house, and it worked quite well. With two grills, a smoker, a deep fryer and a barby there just wasn't anything that couldn't be prepared. However even with 19 people the left overs were daunting. Although there were over achievers such as Henry every one chipped in to keep the dishes clean and the area picked up. We stocked up on paper plates, and most of the dirty plates were handled by lighting a fire in the burn barrel each morning.

Every one except John Gilpin, who is awaiting parts has departed for home, leaving Karen and I trying to adjust back to our normal lazy existence.