Post Christmas FPV Drone Flight with my Little Sister in La Palma CA

1 year ago
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I wanted to take my little sister up to for a FPV flight before she flew back to England. I had hoped to take her to El Dorado park and have a more picturesque view of the lake and the trees, but the only window I had to make it happen was yesterday. I have been sharing two sets of DJI FPV Goggles V2's with the newer Avata FPV drone and my original DJI FPV aircraft and not able to have them bind both to the new bird until yesterday afternoon. Once I got it, I packed up my gear and headed over to my folks house.

We got to fly over our old elementary school, Steve Luther and our neighborhood. We flew over the railroad track which was a source of adventure when I was a kid. Where we used to go in the spring to catch little frogs. I got distracted with getting everyone in position, assuring my dear old Pops that the "red flashing" button on the backup DJI Osmo Action camera did indeed mean that the camera was still recording our ground footage and explaining how to press the doggy leash brake on Maggie's leash, that I forgot to hit record on the Avata drone when I took off.

I realized my error not too long into our flight. After that, you will see my first effort at picture in picture split screen of both our flight and the ground camera footage with occasional cameo appearances of little Maggie who was snapped in to Papi's belt loop so he had free hands. She is a seasoned veteran of my flight crew. I had fun on my two flights with Sylvia yesterday. The old neighborhood looks much smaller than it did in 1974 when we moved in to this house. My mind floods with memories of the many years. It was my sister who bought me my first drone for Christmas back in 2015 and a few crashes before I got the hang of it several years later. I didn't give up. Eventually, I got the hang of it. William Flying39

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