What an absolutely fabulous way to blow some dollars! When the money is gone, it's gone, but nobody can take away memories like this. I'd been to the Grand Canyon a few years back and found it difficult to take in simply by standing on the rim. I figured that flying over it (and in it) would give it some scale. I was right! You just can't see most of it from the rim. Flying over the edge of the rim was a fabulous - if buttock clenching - experience, if you get my drift...
As you will see, the weather was not the best, but it was all the more dramatic for that. Note the lightning in the opening and closing shots. The boys looked a bit shocked as they boarded, but until an hour before the flight they didn't know that we were going to do this.
Tom used the GoPro Hero 4 although we weren't allowed to take the stabilising gimbal, so apologies for the shaky bits. I used the Panasonic SD900, and the stabiliser on that had a hard time from the vibration of the helicopter.
With grateful thanks to Papillon Helicopters for their slick and professional operation.
Filmed by Dave and Tom Waldren
Music composed and performed by Dave Waldren
5 окт 2024
