What do you do when Spring won't come to Ohio? You jump in the 210 for a weekend getaway to the closest island you can find with good weather!

This is my first fun flight of 2018, a trip we squeezed into 2 days, which felt like a week!

I tried a new angle on my videos, this one being a bit more produced. Unfortunately, my GoPro cameras were mounted right next to each other and were rattling against each other the whole trip, which caused much of the footage to be very shaky. I was able to improve this in post production via Adobe Premiere's Warp Stablizer, so I managed to salvage the footage somewhat, even though it caused much of the footage to be more blurry than it should. I overcame this by making it more cinematic.

I've ordered two new Joby mounts that should reduce the vibrations, as well as a new GoPro Hero 4 Black that will enable me to shoot in 4k, and still be able to downscale and maintain good 1080p quality.

Anyway, back to the flight. Beautiful VFR weekend across the eastern half of the US. Not much to get excited about from a pilot's perspective. I routed us to Roanoke and then down the coast, instead of just direct to Ocracoke. This turned out to be the right decision for the passengers, as well as the video!

W95 was a great airport. If you haven't been here, you should go. The island is what Key West should be, without the hobo stuff. It's laid back, super quiet, everyone knows each other, and everyone is very helpful.

We rented a golf cart for Saturday, and then a Jeep Wrangler to go offroading on Sunday. This worked out perfect. We stayed at the Net House, which was a beautiful house on the harbor.

I tried to start the video off with the excitement that we had to start the trip, followed by the wonderful time and conversation that my wife and I got to have with my awesome cousin and his wife, and finally finished up in a very peaceful and relaxing place. Hopefully the video portrays that faithfully.

Yes, my (pregnant) wife is on oxygen, the Sporty's SkyOx 15 cu ft. tank + 2 person regulator worked amazing! I actually used it on the way back at 10k and felt amazing after the flight. I'll probably start using it regularly. BTW, if I had to do this over with, I'd have just bought the SkyOx regulator and then bought a AirGas 20 cu ft. tank. Nobody will refill my ABO tank except for a few FBOs. They want $100+ for refilling my 15 cu. ft. tank, lol. The AirGas tank is $109, and refill is $19. Any welder's gas company will fill it too. Fortunately I've found an FBO at Portland, ME that we are planning on refilling for $45 on one of our upcoming trips.

The 210 ran wonderfully. I can't wait to share the rest of the upcoming trips this year.

I've also ordered a mount for the tail taildown, and a GoPro will be mounted there for all future flights. Any recommendations on external cameras is welcome, this is a bit scary for me at the moment!

Anyway, sit back, grab some popcorn, and enjoy the ride down!