A short post today as I am true to form running late.  I’m still experimenting with the images from the Phantom from my Monday experience.  I didn’t take any still images but lifted the two images used for this post from the video.  Therefore the quality of the images is pretty soft and was very noisy.  After I removed the noise the images were  really soft.  Like I said I’m still testing and evaluating and trying new things.

I gave a program on the Phantom today and about my losing contact with it out over the Mississippi.  I think the Rotarians enjoyed the presentation and I had fun telling the story and showing the 10 minute video.

I would have liked to give them a demonstration of what the Phantom looks like in flight but the temperature was a balmy 4 above with 15  – 25 mph winds so I opted to just do a PowerPoint presentation with some images and the video.

As you look at the image above if you focus on the middle of the image you will see me standing between the two benches flying the Phantom.  I cannot actually see the Phantom because of the bright sky and my dark glasses but I could still see the POV application on my iPhone.

So if you think about how small I look to the Phantom (and trust me I’m not small) you can understand why I couldn’t see the Phantom once I got close to the bridge.  I won’t make that mistake again.

That’s it for today.  I hope you have a great Thursday.  Thanks for stopping by the blog.  Be careful.