Thanks! That's on Smith Mountain Lake just south of Roanoke, VA (KROA).

No kidding! Super annoying... We've seen that twice now. The owl came back about two weeks after the first one. Hopeful they come back after this most recent one too. I'm going to be putting acrylic sheets on the roof and exterior sides this weekend (assuming the house is empty) to try to prevent squirrels from being able to climb on it.

Ahh, to slippery for Squirrels to climb on. Hope it works out for you. :) @@jonbeardphoto

Hello! Going to try to answer all your questions in this one spot. We mostly fly in the Roanoke, VA area. Yes, you can do your flight training and take a checkride in your own aircraft. There are a number of different ways that training could go depending on if you're already a pilot and just adding on seaplane compared to getting your initial certificate (and it can also vary depending on the level of certificate you're going for - Light Sport, Private, Commercial). I'd recommend getting in touch with the folks at SuperPetrelUSA.com (they're the US headquarters). They'll be able to answer questions specific to your situation and give you some training options that may be closer to you. I hope that helps!

When enabled (which it is by default) it does, yes. After flying the SP for a while, I found I didn't like the idea of getting used to ignoring/disregarding those warnings or the distraction of acknowledging the warning to make the noise stop. What you'll see in more recent videos is I disable the terrain warning system prior to descending for water work and turn it back on as part of the post water work check.

Hello! I had initially planned on using the swimming beach area, but changed my mind when I got there (and I can't remember why now). Ended up using an open area near the beach that looked like other boats had pulled up there previously.

Thank you, I have only beached at the island which is a great spot. But i would like to find a place on the shore as well. I will look near the swimming area.

Sorry about that. OBS keeps crashing (or like a partial crash, because it's still keeping the stream connected but isn't actually updating). I try to check it a couple times a day and restart if necessary. Hopefully I'll have some time to fully troubleshoot and get it stable soon. Definitely before nesting season!

Hello Jon, thanks for the explanation. 👍 I did find your site streaming under a new URL at 7:35 pm. 🙂@@jonbeardphoto

Thanks! It's the GoPro Max.

Yep! For those using the phone app you just move your phone around to change your view. It works with VR goggles, too.

I don't know about Moomaw specifically, but in general, this is the time of year when bodies of water like this are lowered on purpose to allow for shoreline/dam maintenance and to make room for winter/spring precipitation. Edit: I did a little looking and found this from the VDWR website: "Lake Moomaw is the second largest impoundment in western Virginia. It covers 2,530 surface acres and has a maximum depth of 152 feet. The impoundment is “drawn down” between 10-15 feet annually, beginning slowly in June and reaching its lowest level usually by September."

Thanks! I started flying in the 90s. Learned up here in the mountains of VA and in FL. Worked as a charter pilot for a long time, mostly eastern half of the US. Personal pilot for a number of aircraft owners. Always found time to work as a flight instructor along the way, as it's what I like most.

Thanks for the concern! I'm much higher above the water and banking way less than the GoPro makes it look. Risk management/mitigation and safety of flight are always top priorities, especially when getting close to the surface. :)

It would be a fair fight for sure.

They start around 200K depending on the engine and avionics options you choose. superpetrelusa.com/

Sure! I'd recommend talking to the people at Super Petrel USA. They'd be able to point you toward the closest option for you.

The original image size depends on your camera (you should have some control over this depending on the image size settings you choose in the camera menu) so I'll point you to your camera manual for that. In Lightroom, you should be able to see the original image size when you hover your mouse over an image on the grid view or the filmstrip view. After a moment, a little box will pop up with a bunch of info like filename, settings, etc. One of those bits of info will be two numbers, like "6016 x 4016". The first number is the width of the image in pixels and the second number is the height. Hope that helps!