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02/08/2023

Anybody who has seen the news over the weekend knows that a Chinese operated balloon flew in the Canadian and United States National Air Space. Before leaving US controlled airspace, The US Air Force shot the balloon and its payload down.

From an aviation standpoint, I find this very interested. The FAA imposed a Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) zone over the Carolinas' coasts. Hearing about this, I launched a couple of apps on my phone that I use when flying my sUAS. Here's what I noticed.

06/29/2022

Check out this story from an amazing concert this weekend! Recognize the great drone shot? 😉
Thank you to Tangerine Trees and The Esquire Hotel for including 400ft View in this event!

Beatles tribute band has Gastonia rooftop concert halted by police, a reenactment of the famous Jan. 30, 1969, concert by the Fab Four.

05/17/2022

Congratulations to the graduates of UNC Charlotte's Class of 2022.

Go Niners!

03/08/2022

Hey, GO Race Productions. I thought you might enjoy this.

03/06/2022

The Raise The Roof event hosted by Special Needs Community Initiative took place at Rankin Lake Park, a beautiful location sponsored by the Gaston County Parks & Rec. To all the runners/walkers and sponsors who participated in yesterday's event, it was great to meet you. If you missed this one, keep your eye out as I have no doubt that this organization will reach out to GO AHEAD Event Management to organize another awesome event next year.

As a Gold Sponsor to the event, I'd like to shout out to all the other sponsors and a special call out to the Platinum sponsor, Esquire Hotel for being a part of the community that will help individuals with developmental disabilities achieve independence through programs being offered now and the community that will provide a safe place to live.

Great work is getting done but it can't happen without great people who support events like this.

Have a wonderful remainder of your weekend.

03/05/2022

400ft. VIEW is a proud sponsor of the Special Needs Community Initiative’s “Raise The Roof” 5K Saturday morning at Rankin Lake Park in Gastonia, NC. Please recognize my fellow sponsors like the Esquire Hotel by being a patron.

The event, managed by GO AHEAD Event Management, funds a great cause and will occur on a beautiful Spring morning. The run starts at 8:00 so don’t delay.
https://raisetheroof.raceroster.com/

Aerial photos will be posted after the run.

02/19/2022

UNC Charlotte's campus had a warm glow shortly after Civil Twilight last night. I've not made any color or light corrections to this photo. This is what my EVO II Pro saw when I hit the shutter button.

Beautiful.