Boeing Employees Christmas Party 2023 | La Palma California

My Pops mentioned to me that the retired Rockwell and Boeing Aerospace employees were planning their annual Christmas/Holiday party just down the street from us at the La Palma Community Center today. We signed up online and Pops bought us two tickets.

I've had space flight in my blood since I was born. I love to spend time with these amazing men and women who built the spacecraft that took us to the moon with the Apollo missions and then designed the Space Shuttle Orbiters that delivered many satellite, space telescope and a space station that still orbits our planet.

He asked me if I was going to bring one of my drones as I might get to fly a little bit. I knew that my DJI's would give me trouble with those tall high voltage power lines in the nearby green belt, so I brought my Autel Nano drone instead and a couple of batteries. I took off from the same courtyard where celebrated a few birthdays when I was a little kid, in my home town of La Palma. I love the stories they tell me about the good old days. There are some who are no longer with us. I cherish the folks who are still around. They have the Right Stuff indeed.

The first part of the movie is my panning the crowd with the DJI Osmo Action camera. After that, I took a quick look of what was behind the building and where I was going to soon fly over. No fancy flying today but it was a fun day.

~William Flying39