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(Video) Amazing Las Vegas Photo Flight: Phenom 300
Amazing shots during a behind the scenes video on a photo flight of an Embraer Phenom 300 over the Las Vegas Strip during NBAA 2013 (www.youtube.com) More...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
I was on board the Beechcraft A36 as a safety pilot. The formation pilot on the Phenom 300 was a former USAF Thunderbird, and he coordinated extensively with Las Vegas Approach and the McCarran control tower. We had specific restrictions altitudes and the oval patterns we flew west of the strip. In general, we remained north of the centerlines of runways 25 to avoid conflicts with departing airline traffic, and we operated west of the route that the sight-seeing helicopters use along the strip. We were in constant contact with McCarran tower. At one point, during a lull in airline departures, we got permission to fly a track farther south so that we could get McCarran in the background. A photo shoot like this requires experienced pilots, thorough briefings, and coordination with the appropriate ATC facilities. That it went smoothly and produced excellent results, is evidence of that preparation and, of course, the skill of the photographer, Jessica Ambats.
I was watching the flying on my way back from the NBAA show that night and marveling at the precision. The video does a great job of capturing the preparation that goes into a safe and successful photo flight. Thanks for sharing!
I was driving into Las Vegas that night and saw the photo shoot for about 20 minutes. Took me a while to figure out what was going on!
Fantastic work.
Great job by photo platform pilot Melissa too! Also, the music was kick ass and worked perfectly for the shoot.
That's a couple of nice planes and P6SM