Post-Mission Projects

"cjcampbell" wrote

Similar projects involve documenting ancient Native American sites,
both from the air and the ground.

The way I see it, this would be kind of a full-time nomadic thing, for
which I would probably need a Winnebago as well as an airplane.
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Get you a DC-3, or something equally huge, and convert it into a camper.
Then you have your Winnebago!

It could also be used to fly airlift flights into ( ______ ) -fill in the
blank- , where some of your missionary buddies need some stuff flown into.
You might even be lucky and have the church to pay for part (or all) of it.
Add onto that, it would be a blast to learn to fly, and to fly it into
places yet undiscovered, by you.
--
Jim in NC

Peter Duniho wrote:
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The way I see it, this would be kind of a full-time nomadic thing, for
which I would probably need a Winnebago as well as an airplane.

You would be in good, if small in number, company.

IMHO, this guy has exactly the right idea:
http://www.adrielheisey.com/

I only have his book "Under the Sun", but that one includes some
story-telling about the photography itself, how he trailers his custom
ultralight around and the challenges involved in operating off-airport
(mostly having nothing to do with the aviation itself, which is fairly
straightforward ).

His photos are beautiful, and reading his book makes me want to just drop
everything and take a few years to do the same thing he's doing.

You can actually get a lot more details about his work Googling his name.
His web site is short on details, being mainly a sales portal.

Pete

I saw his work showing in a museum in Albuquerque a couple of summers
ago. Awesome. I believe I read somewhere that he caused a small
security dustup near the Palo Verde nuke plant west of Phoenix shortly
post-911.

Rob

I'd be happy to direct you to some points of interest on the Honeymoon
Trail when you get back. If you're interested I could email you my name
and contact info.


cjcampbell wrote:


An interesting idea at that. Might be better flying weather, too. :-)
There is another couple missionary here, stationed in Baguio, Elder
Brian Smith and his wife. Elder Smith has already done some very
interesting photography in that area and no doubt would be interested
in furthering that.

Peter Duniho wrote:
"cjcampbell" wrote in message
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[...]
The way I see it, this would be kind of a full-time nomadic thing, for
which I would probably need a Winnebago as well as an airplane.

You would be in good, if small in number, company.

IMHO, this guy has exactly the right idea:
http://www.adrielheisey.com/

I think you are right. He has exactly the right idea.

Jay Beckman wrote:

cj,

If only I could afford to work for that long "on spec" I'd sign up like a
shot!

Jay Beckman
PP-ASEL
Chandler, AZ
http://www.pbase.com/flyingphotog/aerials
(Not quite NG or AZ Hwys quality but dare to dream...)

You are probably better than you think you are.

For myself, I would take some serious photo workshops before embarking
on such an endeavor. It would not do to put in all that time and effort
and then end up with an inferior result.