Air 2 First Flight up Upper Buck Creek Falls - Highlands, NC

[tlswift58]

Here's my first run of the day - warming up and getting used to very flying low amongst the obstacles you will clearly see - so some jeky / awkward movements from an old guy with shaky hands. Tough fighting those small tree limbs and an overabundance of rhododendron - something NC has way too much of, esp around nice waterfalls.

There is a nice sluice area, about 10-15 feet in length near end of video I tried to capture. Light was pretty primo. Later in afternoon and very overcast.

 

[BigAl07]

Nice work Terry.

Up near the end I thought, "Wow someone left their shoes on the rock" then I realized they were YOU lol.

 

[tlswift58]

Nice work Terry.

Up near the end I thought, "Wow someone left their shoes on the rock" then I realized they were YOU lol.

Precarious spot for an old guy for sure. I tried to scramble down the side of the falls and got a bit further down, but no go. A wide deep creek too far to jump and not gonna wade it.

There were 3 of us. 2 droning and 1 photographing as he'd crashed his drone a few days previous at another waterfall we did. I was flying low and my buddy was up high capturing the whole falls. Then we met up almost in same location and at almost same height. A bit scary at that moment - but I was hovering and he was coming in to land.

 

[Dale D]

Precarious spot for an old guy for sure. I tried to scramble down the side of the falls and got a bit further down, but no go. A wide deep creek too far to jump and not gonna wade it.

There were 3 of us. 2 droning and 1 photographing as he'd crashed his drone a few days previous at another waterfall we did. I was flying low and my buddy was up high capturing the whole falls. Then we met up almost in same location and at almost same height. A bit scary at that moment - but I was hovering and he was coming in to land.

Better to be droning than drowning! Stay safe there! (from one old guy to another).

 

[Bxr532001]

Here's my first run of the day - warming up and getting used to very flying low amongst the obstacles you will clearly see - so some jeky / awkward movements from an old guy with shaky hands. Tough fighting those small tree limbs and an overabundance of rhododendron - something NC has way too much of, esp around nice waterfalls.

There is a nice sluice area, about 10-15 feet in length near end of video I tried to capture. Light was pretty primo. Later in afternoon and very overcast.

Amazing waterfall. Well done!

 

[tlswift58]

Amazing waterfall. Well done!

Thanks. My usual first runs are sometimes shaky / jittery / etc as I'm not warmed up and I usually do not fly this low esp on 1st run. After the hiking / scrambling I had done - I was pretty tired and a bit more shaky; but tried to go really slow and keep the movements as little as the obstacles allowed.

 

[Barbara]

All' well as ends well....good flying.