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North Nahanni Summer Wilderness Adventure

Thu, 2011-10-27 09:52 |  franco

Getting to go to a remote place hidden in the sub-arctic wilds of the Nahanni mountains is a once-in-a-life-time event. Getting to do it again, well, that's a whole other story.

In late July of 2011, I had the extremely rare opportunity to go back into the Nahanni!!!! This time I was able to bring my partner/love of my life along. And this time it was summer so the challenges to get there were daunting to say the least.

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The Cowboy Way

Wed, 2011-10-26 16:08 |  franco

In October 2011, We made a trip to eastern Alberta to the Farm I used to spend my summers at, We filmed and joined in on a cattle drive and shot some film and photos of the area and the homes.

Pine Point in the Fall

Fri, 2011-09-23 12:26 |  franco

On September 22, 2011 we took RD-8 one of our flying robots to Pine Point, A ghost town in the Northwest Territories of Canada where I was raised. My intention was to take a few pictures from altitude, to try and make a then and now of the town, unfortunately, with winds gusting up to 40kms it was nearly impossible to fly, but fly we did, and we crashed a few times too, I then took the photos, and overlayed what I know to be streets, points of interest and peoples homes. You can see both the image and the guide version of the image with my comments on them. Hope you enjoy!

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Project FireEye 2011

Sat, 2011-07-09 11:19 |  root

In 2011, ARDi went back to work with the Fire Scientists who congregate annually at the Canadian Boreal Community Fire Smart Site, Once again as in 2010, the weather and Murphy's law prevented us from burning our experimental plots, and again as in 2010, we all decided to make lemonade out of our lemons. Wildland Fire ZF-12 (about 140km North of Fort Providence) Provided us with a lemonade stand, and ARDi flew his first Intensity Class 4 Wildland Fire Mission. These images say it all. But a video might say it better, this is a 7 minute summary of the 30 minute mission. Project FireEye 2011 - ARDi Flies Wildfire

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North Nahanni Winter Wilderness Adventure

Sat, 2011-07-09 10:35 |  root

In March 2011, I had the great fortune to see the Nahanni , scratch it off the bucket list, I learned a great deal about piloting ARDi and documented our adventures. The whole crew was enamored with ARDi and very quickly ARDi became one of the Boys. This album is a series of images from the various webisodes from "North Nahanni Winter Wilderness Adventure"

Adventures Around Home

Sat, 2011-07-09 08:26 |  root

ARDi (Aerial Research Drone 1) and the other models have been collecting images during missions and test flights since its humble beginnings. Over time, a great deal of model equipment and configurations are changed for specific missions, Usually, these changes require an indoor test flight, and then a solid outdoor test flight. Our home is surrounded by buildings, trees and wires, and testing models in these challenging environments ensures that they can perform in less dangerous situations.

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