As the sun rose this morning, I thought to myself, today is going to be a beautiful day. It would be a great day for flying.
It turns out, I was right.
I needed to shoot some aerial video for a story I’m working on about a big construction project on I-85 between Union City and Hogansville. So, I hitched a ride on 11Alive’s SkyCam (N11TV, pronounced “one, one, tango, victor”).
While we were up in the air, I managed to take a couple of pictures with my Blackberry.
Riding shotgun, looking south towards Buckhead and Midtown. On the left, you can see the campus of Oglethorpe University. On the right side of the image, inside the helicopter, you can see the "talent light". We put a blue gel in front if it to make the artificial light match the color of the sunlight.
Inside 11Alive's Skycam I can watch two monitors. On the left, I can watch the over-the-air feed of WXIA-TV. On the right, I can view the helicopters on-board cameras. There are four cameras in all. The main camera is mounted under the nose. There is a camera that looks over the pilot's shoulder out the front. There is a camera pointed at the reporter. And, there is a camera mounted on the helicopter's tail boom, looking forward.
This is the view looking over the pilot's shoulder.
The Concourse at Landmark Center in Sandy Springs. These two buildings are commonly referred to as the "King and Queen".
On approach to the DeKalb-Peachtree Airport from the Northwest. This is the view looking towards the Southeast. That's Runway 16 ahead.
Pulling up to the hangar. That's Fox 5's (WAGA-TV) helicopter already on the ground.
11Alive SkyCam, Helicopter N11TV on the ground at the DeKalb-Peachtree Airport.
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