Videos

Feb 01, 2025

505. Short & Bumpy Flight around Our City, Kamloops, Jan 29, 2025

The flight conditions were a bit intimidating and kept me fully alert while flying over the Kamloops complex and challenging, yet incredibly beautiful countryside! This flight clearly showcases the distinctively two different climate zones that are just a few minutes apart from each other. It is an intriguing video documenting my journey.

Jan 17, 2025

504. Bumpy Ride: A Short and Turbulent Flight Over Kamloops, January 15, 2025

This video focuses on flying conditions rather than sightseeing and scenery. The flight was extremely turbulent, which really surprised me.

Jan 10, 2025

503 Beautiful but Not Relaxing Flights to Mt. Savona: Kamloops, January 8, 2024

My first flight of 2025 was a beautiful cross-country journey to Mt. Savona. I encountered expected heavy turbulence from a 40 km/h (25 mph) headwind over the mountain top. The surrounding terrain was spectacular, complex, and beautiful in every direction. I peeked into the Afton gold and copper open mine, flew over the Cherry Creek area, Tobiano golf and residential area, the always fascinating s

Jan 03, 2025

502. Flight to Check Birken Forest Buddhist Monastery. The Last Flight of 2024, Dec 31, 2024

I found this place on Google Earth by accident. It looked like a good place to check out because I didn’t know we had a monastery in this region. It was a very enjoyable flight, closing my successful 2024 flying season.

Dec 29, 2024

501. Flight to SE, Scuitto and Campbell Lakes, NE to Harper Mt Ski Hill and other, Dec 23, 2024

A very scenic but turbulent flight over SE frozen lakes, Harper Mt Ski Hill, and eventually the Thompson River sandbars. The sandbars are now displaying their ever-changing underwater sculptures in their full beauty.

Dec 25, 2024

500. Slide Show: Rugged and Interesting Shoreline of Kamloops Lake, Dec 15, 2024

This flight around Kamloops Lake shows an aerial view of a very rugged, complex, beautiful and ever-changing shoreline. The views also include downstream of Deadman River, Savona, Tobiano, Kamloops City, Mounts Peter and Paul, North Ridge and other features.

Dec 21, 2024

499. Rugged and Interesting Shoreline of Kamloops Lake, Dec 15, 2024

Dec 07, 2024

498. Exploring Sun Peaks Ski Resort 3 Days after Season Opening. Better Resolution

Relaxing flight under and above clouds to Sun Peaks ski resort just 3 days after winter season opening. The country site is spectacular all around and continually changing its character with the flight progress.

Dec 06, 2024

498. Exploring Sun Peaks Ski Resort 3 Days after Season Opening.

Dec 03, 2024

497. Wintery Flight North of Kamloops, Nov 29, 2024

This video captures various wintry conditions influenced by elevation and location around Kamloops. It provides detailed views of the Dune Golf Course and residential area, Bachelor Heights Area, Cooney Bay, and the historic Tranquille former sanatorium, famously recognized as “one of the 10 most haunted places in Canada.”

Nov 20, 2024

495. Relaxing 90 km Flight to Explore Kamloops Beauty, Nov 15, 2024

This video captures the natural beauty of the Kamloops area. The weather turned perfect after a gray and drizzly morning, leaving us with lovely white and fluffy clouds.

Nov 14, 2024

495. Short, Beautiful but Turbulent Flight, Nov 12, 2024

I couldn't resist taking advantage of the beautiful, sunny, and relatively warm day to go flying. I wanted to explore the Lac du Bois Grasslands area just north of the airport. However, the flight turned out to be quite challenging due to persistent and often unpleasant turbulence. Not wanting to push my luck, I decided to cut it short. While the flight itself wasn't too bad, the apprehension abou