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  1. Gringorio

    2 Pro Hand Catch at Sea in Calm Conditions

    Avoiding aft deck obstacles to land after an endangered Vaquita survey:
  2. Gringorio

    Sunset Aerial

    Capturing the sunset over Sweetings Cay in the Bahamas after delivering and building a solar charging system to the community devastated by hurricane Dorian:
  3. Gringorio

    Flying over water, far from home

    In this video I'm chasing a German research vessel as it steams away from us, over 7km out from the home point. They were also conducting ocean plastics research. Location: North Pacific Gyre, otherwise known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
  4. Gringorio

    Favorite Photo

    This is one of my favorite photos. Taken with my Mavic pro 2. Any guesses where? https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img922/6836/OiRsRe.jpg
  5. Gringorio

    More flying from ships

    Granted, not a speedy FPV flight, but flying the Mavic Pro 2 from the M/V Sharpie through an arch. All sensors turned off. Hand launch, hand catch with help from crew. This was on a Sea Shepherd Conservation Society campaign.
  6. Gringorio

    Landing on a Moving Ship

    Having a crew member hand-catch is best. This is how it's done at 8 knots in a fair sea (Mavic Pro 2):
  7. Gringorio

    Ocean cleanup, a few shots...

    Here are a few clips of some of my drone flights in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch last summer. We used drones to help locate marine debris while in the gyre, over 100 flights. The ship was the S/V Kwai and the organization is Ocean Voyages Institute, Ocean Voyages Institute. We removed over 40...