http://www.aneclecticmind.com Web site and blog for Maria Langer, freelance writer, commercial helicopter pilot, and serious amateur photographer. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:41:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.aneclecticmind.com/2011/12/17/santa-and-pilot/ http://www.aneclecticmind.com/2011/12/17/santa-and-pilot/#comments Sun, 18 Dec 2011 01:00:00 +0000 Maria Langer http://www.aneclecticmind.com/?p=7486 A photo from today's flight. I flew Santa to the Deer Valley Airport (KDVT) Restaurant again today. Before we took off, I rigged up a GoPro on the inside of the cockpit bubble pointing at us and set it to take one shot every 10 seconds. Here's one of the nicer shots, snapped about a minute before we landed on the ramp in front of the restaurant. 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