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Flight 10.10.10

October 26, 2010 by heidi 8 Comments

| Flight 10-10-10 |

I shot this footage Oct. 10, 2010 back home in Western New York as part of the One Day On Earth project. My father is the pilot. On this particular flight, he took us from Gowanda, N.Y., where he keeps his two-seater Cessna at a gravel pit that doubles as an air strip, to Dansville, N.Y., where we walked across the street to McDonald’s for vanilla milkshakes. On our walk back to the airport, I spotted a group of kids awestruck by the planes taking off and landing. They’re the heart of this video. I imagine when my dad was a little boy, he looked a lot like the kids I filmed climbing the fence along the runway.

The One Day On Earth project is a collaborative documentary shot by people all over the world. It was open to all people. Anyone with a cell phone camera capable of shooting video could submit footage. The overriding tenant was that ALL footage had to be captured on 10.10.10, hence the name ONE Day On Earth.

I happened to be home Oct. 10 to photograph Kim and Jon’s wedding. So when my dad asked if I wanted to go up in the plane that Sunday, I said sure, on one condition: be cool with me sticking a camera in your face.

The resulting six-minute video has been edited in a way that might make you dizzy. For some reason it made sense to speed everything up.

The first song is Blue Turning Gray by Clap Your Hands Say Yeah.

The second song is Walking, Running, Viking by The Benevento/Russo Duo.

The third song (one of my personal faves) is Io by Helen Stellar.

Filed Under: Cessnas, Dad, favorite things, homesickness, humanity, ice cream, kiddos, North Collins, observations, One Day On Earth, Western NY

Comments

  1. Sara says

    October 26, 2010 at 2:46 pm

    Love this. Looks like a great day spent with your dad. Has he seen this? I’m sure he’d love it even more.

  2. Cheri says

    October 26, 2010 at 4:34 pm

    Thanks for sharing this great day. After you told me that you were going to do this with your dad, I was hoping that you’d post it! There is nothing I like more than flying in Cessna…nothing can compare with it.

  3. RO says

    October 26, 2010 at 9:00 pm

    why are you so incredibly talented?
    love you

  4. erik says

    October 27, 2010 at 1:54 am

    This is absolutely amazing, Heidi. It is a fantastic video — I love the way you edited it and the styles used to tell the story like it was a combination of old flashbacks and the present day with your dad. You certainly have a gift. Thank you for sharing this.

    My first time into the sky was with your dad in his plane … many many years ago. I can clearly remember the quick panic the first time he banked to the right and the ground appeared outside my door. I’ll never forget that feeling.

  5. Gracia says

    October 27, 2010 at 2:26 am

    I loved the video! And your dad is so cool! My dad doesn’t fly, he sails… but I know now that I need to take my camera and go sailing with him someday soon!

  6. TAbitha (From Single to Married) says

    November 8, 2010 at 7:00 am

    I think it’s so cool that your dad is a pilot – my husband wants to be one (he’s taken lessons, a lot of them actually) but he just doesn’t have time or money right now. He keeps telling me that one day he is going to make me go up in a plane with him. ha!!

  7. Tam says

    November 14, 2010 at 1:57 pm

    This video warmed my heart!
    My dad used to be a pilot, too! Wish I had a video like this to remember.

  8. Elise Davidson says

    December 24, 2010 at 4:46 am

    why are you so incredibly talented? love you

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