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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