Not goodbye, but until next time.

This weekend is rather sad or bittersweet, because not only do I leave for college, but our very good friends and neighbors Cassie, Mark, and Clair Harrison unfortunately moved away today. I'll be back with more video, picture and blog updates in the future...and we plan on seeing the Harrison's again as well. It's all for the better. So, this isn't goodbye from updates, but rather.."Until next time!"

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Few and Far Between

With college coming up the posts on here will become few and far between....as if they weren't already pretty sparse. Anyway, just a bit of an update on the Airventure stuff. The Airventure 2009 video is still doing very well. It currently has 141,803 views...I guess that's pretty good. Because of the video's success the other videos on the channel have been doing very well.

Youtube Channel Link

Also, I have just finished my EAA Airventure 2009 Pictorial Review. The entire review as well as comments can be found here.

Thanks all for looking. I'll try to keep up with this as much as possible...but I can't make promises until I know what to expect.

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Video...only a tad more popular than I thought...

***UPDATE***At the time of writing this I have just received a youtube honor...something that's fairly close to impossible unless it was shown on TV, someone gets hurt, or it's a music video. This week, thanks to everyone viewing the new Airventure video, it ranked #83 of the top 100 viewed videos for youtube. That mean, out of every video viewed on youtube, the new Airventure video is #83. Thanks again for everyone who watched!

It's been five days since I've uploaded the Airventure 2009 review video, and the view count...ratings...and comments are off the charts. It has exceeded expectations twenty fold! At the time of writing it has 21,633 views. THAT IS INSANE! I was not expecting anything more than maybe 1,200 views...maybe. To quote my father, "It just keeps feeding itself."

The video's fame has also brought the attention of some veteran videographers, XCOR (creators of the "Rocket Racing League"), and AVweb, which plan on hosting the video on their website Thursday.

Thanks again to all those who have taken the five minutes out of their lives to watch the video!

Also, I've been writing a photo essay for each day of the Airventure trip. You can check that out here.

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EAA Airventure Video and Picture Review

Well, tis year's music video is finally completed! I guess I could talk all about the video but I'll just post some of the comments others have left me:

"Slick, you make tears come to the eyes with this video! Great editing, music, everything is awesome!

-Jim"

"Slick,

You're getting REALLY good at your videography !

Well shot and edited !

Great subject too ...

Thanks and I'm happy you had such a wonderful time ...


Gregg"

"Slick,

WOW! Fantastic video and exactly what I need and will need to get thru the POD (Post Oshkosh Depression)...great memories of what is always the best week of the YEAR! "

Now, without further ado, here is the 2009 EAA Airventure music video.

Also, I have started a pictoral review of the entire 10 day trip which can be found on the model site at this link....LINK

Let me know what you think!

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10 Days gone, 356 to go!

To say that this year's Airventure trip was a success is a massive understatement! I don't like picking favorites, but it was one of the best! Throughout our ten day adventure plans changed, surprises were to be had, new friends were made and old ones were reacquainted. Over ten days I took nearly 1400 pictures and shot just short of 6 hours of HD video...nearly 11 gigs worth per tape!

After only a nine hour flight we were tied down at Oshkosh by 1330 on Friday July 24, 2009! Because of some weather we had to skip Brodhead this year...maybe next time. Later that day, through the typical airplane talk, we met our camping neighbor Richard Epton. We also caught up with Larry and Jim, whom we met at Airventure 2008. All week we had an excellent time causing trouble with the "Burn Line Nazis", eating at the Vintage Grill, and enjoying an outstanding week at one of the best places in the world! And with only 51 weeks left until next year (can you believe it's that close?) we're already planning our trip!

I'm going to try to have the pictures and vids up as soon as possible. 6 hours of HD video is a bit difficult to work with so bear with me. For now, here are some teaser pictures!



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