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Dec 23, 2010, 10:01 am
My wife twisted my arm to get night current again. She wanted to try looking at Xmas lights from the air. So it was time to go out night flying in our airplane, our Cessna 182.
A couple years ago I had fun getting more night time for my commercial certificate. It happened during the Christmas t... Comment - Like
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Sep 8, 2010, 7:16 pm
Hello everybody!
I am still hear and still love your e-mails. I just been having problems thinking up a good new topic. My favorite thing to do is to emphasize a great topic that might have a lot of interest.
So let me think and ramble here a bit. I have been flying. I typically fly around 100 hours... Comment - Like
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Apr 29, 2010, 7:04 pm
It is that rare time of year for us in Colorado to get good small plane IFR practice. It seems crazy that somebody would want to go into the clouds for fun, but that is what I do this time of year. It has been cloudy this past week and I have gone flying twice.... for fun in the clouds (or soup as m... Comment - Like
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Apr 10, 2010, 2:50 pm
Here is a picture of Grand Canyon National Park in the winter. This picture won a Judge's Favorite award in the Professional Aerial Photography Association (PAPA) 2010 Annual Conference.
Every flight over the Grand Canyon is beautiful. This one was especially nice since it had recently snowed. The ... Comment - Like
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Apr 10, 2010, 11:00 am
Here is one of our favorite panorama pictures of Long's Peak in the winter. This picture won Best in Show and Best Scenic photograph in the Professional Aerial Photography Association (PAPA) 2010 Annual Conference. It also won a Judges Favorite award.
It was impressive to be in the plane to see thi... Comment - Like
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Apr 9, 2010, 10:01 am
There is now a new certification program started by Professional Aerial Photography Association (PAPA), and Colorado Aerial Photography is proud to be a Certified Aerial Photographer. This new program ensures that photographers have the knowledge of all the FAA rules regarding aerial photography, ha... Comment - Like
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Apr 9, 2010, 10:00 am
This year at the 2010 Professional Aerial Photography Association (PAPA) Annual Conference, Colorado Aerial Photography won in the photograph categories for Best in Show and Best Scenic picture. Debbie also won two Judges' favorite picture awards.
Here are links to the two award winning pictures:
L... Comment - Like
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Apr 7, 2010, 9:31 pm
I just got back from our yearly spring break trek to California from Colorado. It has been a fun destination for us in the past in 2006 to San Diego, 2007 to Carlsbad, 2009 to Disneyland. And it was fun again this year both for the flying route and the visiting in San Diego.
Below is my track on thi... Comment - Like
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Apr 4, 2010, 10:15 am
I just got back from our yearly spring break trek to California from Colorado. It has been a fun destination for us in 2006 to San Diego, 2007 to Carlsbad, 2009 to Disneyland. So hopefully I will have some blogs coming up including a trip report. Here is my track on this year's California trek.
One ... Comment - Like
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Sep 13, 2009, 6:45 pm
Airplanes have manual leaning adjustments of the mixture for the engine. Every pilot knows about this engine management theory and might briefly discuss it during the private pilot training. But I was talking with my pilot friend the other day, and we both recalled that our introduction to this in o... Comment - Like
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Sep 5, 2009, 9:20 pm
Getting a tailwheel endorsement is a lot of fun. I just finished getting mine in a Citabria. See my earlier post about the Citabria for some pictures of the plane. I always like to keep learning, and I had heard that learning tailwheel will also help your non-tailwheel flying skills. It is also fun ... Comment - Like
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Aug 26, 2009, 9:37 pm
Lately, I have been having fun trying out tailwheel airplane lessons in a Citabria 7GCBC. I got my first exerience at tailwheel and aerobatics in a Decathalon and Pitts in the spring, and I wrote about that tailwheel aerobatic fun in this post. I always like learning something new each year if possi... Comment - Like
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May 25, 2008, 9:01 pm
In addition to aerial photography, Colorado aerial photography can provide packages which include ground and interior photos. One stop shopping.
If you would like to look at more example, follow this link: Air-Ground-Interior Examples.
Till next time,
Debbie Cruikshank: debbie@coloradoaerial.com
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May 25, 2008, 8:59 pm
Denver Downtown Construction
Much is going on downtown with lots of construction! On almost every street there is construction. Here are a few pictures of areas under construction.
Often when taking picture of one site, you capture two sites at the same time. In this picture, there is a building wit... Comment - Like
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May 25, 2008, 10:42 am
Welcome to the Colorado Aerial Photography blog. This will be a newsletter and information spot for our customers. Our main Colorado Aerial Photography website is our main spot for general information about our company and our services.
What this blog will be about:
Colorado construction pictures Co... Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
Sometimes people ask, "Why Aerial Photos since so much is on Google?" Google and other aerial mapping tools are great, but aerial photography from us offers a lot that those services cannot provide.
For construction, recent and monthly photos can be extremely important. This is not possible with G... Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
On Thursday, May 22, a large tornado touched down in Windsor, Colorado. This was a surprise to a lot of people since we do not get many tornados this close to the mountains. And if they do happen, they are usually not very strong.
On Saturday, we went up to look at the damage and we even more surpri... Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
I just ran into a fun new tv show on flying called Ice Pilots. I first saw Ice Pilots mentioned on an AOPA blog. They also mention another show called R5Sons which is about the Rainy Pass Alaskan lodge that is only accessible by plane.
The Ice Pilots is a show about a cargo plane company in the Nort... Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
Paromoramic photographs can be a good way to capture images that are difficult to express in a standard 35mm frame.
35mm size
Here is an image we captured of the Winter Park ski area using the standard 35mm size. It is an impressive area, and you can see many of the surrounding mountains. But when y... Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
This year, my extra maintenance cost for my Cessna 182 was a fix to the Elevator Trim Actuator. If you have a problem here, this article will hopefully be interesting directly. If not, hopefully it will be interesting in how I describe my thought process on working through the problem and repair.
Th... Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
Sometimes it is fun to look back and see what places and states you have flown your airplane to. I have used two different methods to look back in time.
This is also the time of year that I start thinking about long flying trips for the rest of the year. These maps can help me think of new places to... Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
Mnemonics are general lists of items that are good to remember and memorize from airplane checklists and FARs. Over time, I am liking these flying mnemonics more and more. There is so much to remember when flying IFR or VFR in all the different phases of flight. These items make this easier. The key... Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
I just practiced an emergency engine failure on my last biennial flight review for single engine airplanes. I did it in a way I really liked, and I would recommend it to other pilots to practice.
The Engine Failure Practice Setup
We were south of the airport and supposedly flying on our way back to ... Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
The front air vents in my Cessna 182 have been quite annoying, and I think they are for many people. I had heard of these Ventube replacement air vents, and thought it was worth a try since they are pretty inexpensive. So far, they have far surpassed my expectations. So I thought I would write a qu... Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
Every once in a while from the ground or up in the air, I see a crop duster at work. It is pretty amazing to watch. Then lately, I have been hearing how crop dusting or agriculture aerial application industry is doing pretty well and has advanced technically as well. It sounds like for the right per... Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
Aerial photographs can be taken from either airplanes or helicopters. Helicopter aerials will incur an extra charge due to the extra expense, but sometimes it can be well worth the extra charge.
Close-up Details
Where the difference is especially noticed is in close-up detail photographs. With the h... Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
We take pictures for all types of needs. This past weekend, we were asked to take pictures of the Democratic National Convention. This was a special one to be asked to do. It only happens every 4 years, and it has not been in Denver since 1908. In order to not cause any problems for security, these ... Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
Recently, some people have been asking for pictures of the Denver skyline with the mountains in the background. With all the mountains in the background of Denver, this is not too hard. With our aerial missions in the Denver area, we also take the opportunity at the same time to capture stock photo... Comment - Like
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