Spartan Bomber Flies Thru A Solar Halo Before Eclipse

On the day of the Great American Eclipse, I went to Wawayanda in hopes of flying a few models through the sky during the peak of the crescent action. The morning was fantastic, with mild air and mostly clear skies...but 30 minutes before the full eclipse, the clouds moved in, giving us very little in the way of a clear view. Still, I flew and recorded what happened. The bonus was an earlier flight, where the Spartan Bomber circled the sun, inside a solar halo...a first for any of my ships!!
Thx to Fred Stagg for being a wingman. It was one of there best and most memorable days ever.
Filmed by Tom Hallman & Fred Stagg with a Canon PowerShot SX20, and a few iPhones. Music via the marvelous artists at ArtList.io, who breathe life into my films.
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[@HD-su9sq]

Your videos are as beautiful as your aircraft. What a special day to fly!

[@NateG3678]

Your building is superb, your finishing is outstanding and it seems as though angels pull your aircraft up into the heavens for beautiful flights.

[@JefferyHall-ct2tr]

Looks like a LOT of fun was had! Can't get enough footage of those cool 'wocks, the Spartan Bomber and that awesome glider! Thanks for sharing your day with us!

[@harrykeel8557]

Magical!

[@arthurcharles936]

Awesome Tom !! Thanks for sharing!!

[@marcolyott]

Great video! That solar flare shot is astonishing.

[@free_flight_field]

It's always fun to watch your beautiful model airplane fly. Thank you.

[@juliobosco4241]

Dear Friend .

[@ZUSMANELEN]

Magnificent!!!🤗😉😊

[@scottfw7169]

That indeed was a great flying day! Thanks for sharing it with us all out here in internet land. 😍

[@turnermorgan1176]

Very impressive outro photo!

[@mjkluck]

Man you have some good fliers.

[@ratride1]

Another outstanding video. The weather seemed perfect for an early spring day. A while back I got a ride and flew in 2-22. A vintage tube and fabric but fun flying sailplane.

[@ricardoohoka7065]

Great Job. Fantastic flights. My admiration and respect from Argentina

[@mgpmbass3616]

Very cool! It's like it knew where to fly.

[@mitchilito99]

Eclipse flying! Fantastic.

[@vancegilbert1958]

It put me big happy for see hiding sun flying day. All good planes make skyfriend, yes!! You bring amaze at for me Tomis.

[@williamrobinson7435]

I can certainly pick up on the idea of personifying these planes, and the more one sees them fly, the easier it is so to do. They're a bit like songs, you know composers often say that you write a tune, which is yours, but as soon as you release it into the world, it takes on a life of its own, or maybe I'm just disappearing up my own blast tube..

[@NemoVir]

I’m really jealous that you have the skills and the field to fly such beautiful planes.

[@jonron4729]

👍👍👍