Filming Los Angeles Above 10,000 Feet
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- Опубліковано 5 лют 2025
- I fly an airplane above 10,000 feet to film Los Angeles from a new perspective rarely seen before. Because of the airspace restrictions of LAX, it's difficult to fly over many parts of the city, especially at altitudes above a couple thousand feet. So I put some cameras on a small airplane and went above the LAX airspace restriction of 10,000 feet.
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Music (in order):
Michael McQuaid - Bones
Romeo - Fragility
DaniHaDani - Change
Borrtex - Rising of the Sun
Rex Banner - Human
Yehezkel Raz - Deep Blue Sea
C.K. Martin - Gate of Wonder
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Awesome videos and storytelling! Growing up, weekends were when my Dad and I cleaned, fixed, or flew our little Cessna 172 in rural Wisconsin. Dad would always ask me where I wanted to go as we lifted off, and he let me take the controls for most flights. One day I asked if he ever flew up to 10,000ft. I don’t know if he was humoring me, but he said no. So that day we climbed and climbed until the whole world opened up. The forests, lakes, and rivers of my childhood took on a different perspective that I will never forget. I remember watching the temperature gauge on the vent drop and drop, and hearing the engine sound different. Now that he is gone; this is one of my fondest memories of my Dad. The sound of your prop as you flared for landing brings me right back. I must have some dust in my eyes.
Great story and I’m glad I could help bring that memory back!
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LA is so ugly.
What does that have to do with anything bro@@Shurehlm
@@Shurehlm No you have never been i live here and it is very beautiful
Beautiful. One thing is telling that 18 million people live in the city but another very different thing is showing the huge amount of houses. It brings 18 million into perspective. All those people, good people, bad people, people going through bad times, some enjoying good times. The contrast between the complexity of anyone's life and the ordered grid of the city. This is a really good video, good job.
Excellent summation. You can't help but think about all the millions of stories happening down there
And it cannot be truncated to a single post online. I like to imagine that most pilots are pretty humble people because we see the physical scale of everyone's problems compared to the world around them. And I firmly believe that kicking clouds and tasting the sun at altitude is a sort of spiritual cleansing agent that can only be acquired from other very specific places.
Imagine if all those people farted at the same time
It also shows mankind being kinda cancer for the planet.
Its 18 million in the region. LA City is 4 million, LA County is 10 million, so he's probably counting parts of surrounding counties.
"Distance adds enchantment to the view"... I agree whole heartedly.
He could have put up 10 hours of unedited video and I would have watched it all.
The houses / buildings are so well arranged in a uniform pattern. Kinda looks like the inside of a complex microchip.
Why did this video make me cry?! I don't even live in LA...
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Dude, this is excellent; well presented. As a native Angeleno and huge Google Earth fan - I recognized what I was seeing, with a refreshing perspective. L.A. is BIG. Thanks for the ride.
Real life Google Earth!! Glad you liked it.
I wish I knew what I was seeing. The areas he mentioned, the San an Gabriel mountains and the Port of Los Angeles, I knew. But the rest ,I didn't have a clue. Maybe for the untrained eye, an arrow or circle would have been nice. Also, some of the shots didn't last long enough.
@@JustMeB729I think I recognized the Rose Bowl and Malibu among things.
In the 90s, I had a coffee table book "Above Los Angeles". Similar in view. Loved that book.
@@JustMeB729I tried to orient myself as the video went but after a few minutes I gave up, just enjoyed seeing the vastness of it all. Most impressive was seeing all the container ships in Terminal Island area. This could easily be several videos, covering different parts. Lived in the foothills in the 70’s, Long Beach in 80’s, last 20 years north of Malibu. It’s a big friggin place.
For someone who's a part 107 drone pilot, I appreciate you taking me to the heights I can't with my drones. Excellent footage, brother! You have a new sub!!
Glad you liked it, fellow drone pilot :)
I've probably watched 20,000 UA-cam videos over the years. This one is in the top 50. Nicely done.
That's a pretty great compliment! Glad you enjoyed it. I've got new stuff coming so stay tuned :)
Watching this after the fire gives me a realworld view of the area. My niece lives out there. Thank you for this video. Prayers and support for all the people living through this current still ongoing devaststion. 🙏
That was truly wonderful. The cinematography, narration and production are top notch! So cool that you grabbed these rare views of LA.
Glad you enjoyed it!
What a great video. Everything looks so peaceful from these altitudes. Thanks for sharing these unique views.
Always amazes me when you see the crap on YT getting millions of views yet this sublime art gets so little.
This was amazing in every way.
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The crap gets mostly padded numbers so don't worry too much about it. Mr Beast instantly gets a 100 million views for a new video? Yeah right. That's just the social media companies doing some social engineering.
Its only been a week chill chile
Each to their own
@@schmuckpuppet4842 no, there is just a very large amount of kids on UA-cam. MrBeast's videos are directed towards younger people all around the world. I do not think kids would watch a video of someone flying over a city
So true❤
Dude! This was a brilliant idea! This was fantastic and a definite memory throwback for me. Enjoyed the flight, video and your narration. Let's do it again sometime.
Very kind of you. Glad you liked it!
@@Wolficorntv I've flown out of Whiteman so many times as a passenger (never managed to get my license) as a kid back in the 80's it's really fun for me to live vicariously through your camera lense. :^) so thank you!
This was such a beautiful video! Seeing the LA metro area from that perspective is incredible. I do this often using Google Earth and MS Flight Sim and it's so amazing seeing it in real video. I've also flown around the area before IRL but not at that altitude and did not have that straight down view with a camera. I've always loved the geography of the whole LA metro area. Especially all the rolling foothills and the mountains. Seeing everything from this altitude, it makes everything down there look so calm. To think that this great number of people are down there, all next to each other trying to do life and exist, it's incredible.
And btw I saw two of my old neighbourhoods in this video 😄😄.
I only have my sport and haven't been up in a while because of a lot of depression nonsense that I've lost the drive for a lot of things but this video is so inspiring.
This is the best video that I've ever seen of the area. Fantastic on your part for doing it. Safe skies!!
..thanks again..from a former resident.. of so many beautiful SoCal locations..spread way up and down the entire beautiful rugged coastline..first.. living near the hills of Hollywood ..and then ..moving way down to the beaches in SD ..and finally..way up to these still pristine..and small.. SLO towns and beaches ..many thanks for sharing all of this..with all of us..
I love the SLO area. Would love to live in that area. Great airport too!
Went to school in San Luis in the 80's. Was such a nice area then, hope it still is! I learned to fly there!
Such a beautiful video, Bryan. Loved seeing all my familiar landmarks and hearing the statistics I was oblivious of. Really beautiful.
Thank you Marilyn!
I have seen many aerial images of LA and surrounding areas. However, I think you may have captured my favorite. Your cross view of the Santa Monica Range is the best I have seen that clearly shows the separation between the San Fernando Valley and the coastal cities. Not only does it reveal the barrier those mountains create, but you an also see the elevation discrepancy between the two areas that are so close together yet separated in so many ways. I paused and studied that image for quite a while. Well done, and Thank You.
Thank you for your feedback! I like your observation about the Santa Monica mountains. It's so unusual to have a mountain range cutting thru the middle of a city.
What an amazing view of my former city. I've lived in Torrance, Hollywood, and Camarillo.
That's a fantastic view. I've never seen such a scenic view of LA on the internet. Thank you for sharing and keep posting.
Glad you like it!
@@Wolficorntv Yeah I like so much and I am going through all your videos. You make my day beautiful today.
I used to flay with my dad in his PzL-104 Wilga back in the 70s. One day we had to flight certify it for altitude so we took off from Chino and flew to around 14,000 feet. I was stunned - I had never seen clean, clear LA air - you could literally see all the smoke belching from the Fontana steel mills and the inversion layer topping out a few thousand feet below us.
That trip ended up being one of my most memorable ever - the Wilga has auto lean for climbing but not auto rich for descending so at around 8,000 feet the engine cut off. Seeing as the starter used compressed air we only had a few shots at restarting, thankfully my dad got it going on the first try.
Later on when we were descending into San Diego for some well earned food at the Red Baron restaurant the tower had problems eyeballing us, it was only when we were about 4 miles out that we realised that we were on final for NAS Miramar !
My best friend flew with me that time - first flight for him also his last !
You must be extreme old now, you still fly ?
@@lucasremextreme old? Ill be 48 is that extreme or im guessing over 60 is extreme? 😅
whenever i’m flying into LAX i love this view of Los Angeles it’s so beautiful. Looking down at the freeway seeing all those cars and millions of houses and buildings. It’s so mesmerizing and I always think to myself down there’s millions of people living out their lives.
Absolutely stunning, honestly. I love how you narrate those videos 😊. Keep posting and you will be a legend.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Lovely video - thoroughly enjoyed that - makes me want to come and visit LA again soon!
C'mon out...but don't expect the visibility to be as good as this video :)
Holy wow!!! Amazing! I was in love with LA before but now I have a whole new appreciation for it. What a stunning city. Truly cosmopolitan. The best landscape contrasts. ❤ A city of Earth. 🌎
More power to the people of LA considering the situation there. Stay strong.
From India 🇮🇳
Great video! When I first moved to California (North San Diego County) fifty years ago, after seeing it, I thought then that the entire Los Angeles--Orange County--Riverside County--San Bernardino County megalopolis was akin to a giant cancer on what was once a beautiful landscape. My impression hasn't changed except for one thing---the air quality is genuinely much, much better today than it was in years past.
Yup, the air is much better thanks to strict CA emission laws (CARB). Although it took over 2 decades for the results to be obvious.
Great views of the OC!
Man.... This gave me chills watching this footage, and incredible narration and production quality!! We need more of this type of content on UA-cam, and in the rest of the world. Subscribed!
glad you liked it!
A simply superb presentation, sir. Your aerial videography is excellent, the narration kindly and professionally delivered and your taste in music 100% on point with the subject matter. Thank you.
Thanks for the kind words!
This was really enjoyable. Quite a different perspective, than usual, as you said. The amount of concrete and asphalt is staggering.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Beautiful unique shots, this is indeed an original perspective. Seeing a jetlines from above while it is on approach to LAX is a new experience. I want to give kudos for the well-chosen music and especially the narration: it is very informative. Well done!
Thx. Stick around. I have some interesting stuff in the works.
I moved from CA a year ago, with 100+ hours out of KVNY. This video really made me miss SoCal. Just stunning footage.
Sounds like you are in FL. Kinda flat out that way 😉 Glad you enjoyed the video.
I added to the list of best years of my life living in LA. An experience I realized most would never have, and I explored so many areas that even natives hadn’t frequented. Living in DTLA, to further inland, and ended out on a beach front next to palos. I miss every nightly bike ride up the coast from Redondo to Santa Monica. I often think of returning to live instead of visiting, but if not, it was years well spent and certainly learned from. Thanks for capturing a view of a place I did many hours of development in.
Really enjoyed this new perspective! Kudos
I was born and raised in Los Angeles and surrounding towns circa 50-65. Glad to have moved north but it still tugs at my heartstrings. My mom’s family moved to L.A. around 1900 settling in Boyle Heights when she was an infant. She grew up knowing the best places to eat😊. I’ll still stop at Philippe’s if I’m in town🎉
wow this was incredible. LA is so freakin HUGE
la is small what r u talking about such a small city
😂😂😂 nice joke but LA is very large after Tokyo LA is largest in world in term of Area wise@@lonewolf_0073
these views are simply amazing. I'm 40 and grew up in Los Angeles or So Cal my whole life. It's crazy too see all these areas where I've lived my entire life from this perspective.
only been to LA once 20 years ago for a week long visit and there was no place else where I felt a sense of it being forsaken for lack of a better word. I walked through Downtown Manhattan and Queens during the 2003 east coast blackout and yet I have never experienced a feeling like that except being out in isolated deserts of Arizona and New Mexico where the stretches between civilization can be dozens or even hundreds of miles. It is weird because there were loads of people everywhere you went yet despite this it was unarguably the most isolated sense I have ever felt. Maybe it is exactly because of being near to so many people that it felt that way.
I think all large city's are like that, I live in London.
Very nice. Thanks for posting. LA is a sprawling mass of humanity. I flew back from Hawaii to Phoenix one night and we flew right over LAX and over the middle of the city on a crystal clear night. Seeing the lights really gives you a perspective of how massive that area is.
Glad you liked it!
We get so excited when you post a new video. We have enjoyed your channel and content for quite a while and have followed your lead and copied many of the same mission ourselves in our 182. This one is no different, I immediately knew we would fly this too! Your presentation and camera work are incredible and inspire us all to want to experience these adventures ourselves. Thank you for sharing another mini-masterpiece with us all. Best.
Such kind words and so cool that these videos have inspired you to make similar trips. My experience from this one...SoCal was very accommodating. It's actually not very busy at 11.5 but you should def have a specific route planned and keep them in the loop. You can get in the way of big jets departing the area.
I will say, I was closely monitoring LA basin visibility for about 2 months, waiting for the right window to shoot this. While it's often sunny on the ground, it looks like crap at altitude above the haze. The basin was reporting 25+ the day I flew. As you probably know, most of the super clear days are accompanied by strong winds and turbulence from the northeast.
Excellent suggestion. Will do! Thank you!@@Wolficorntv
Aerial views, topographical views or whatever you want to call it are a gift the way I see it. So thank you very much and now I have more to view here
Absolutely priceless perspective, will be many years before will look the same, if ever.
Magnificent! I was flying 🕊️ like a bird!! Thanks for sharing! I grew up in Los Angeles, Torrance and Hawthorne. I've never seen it from this elevation. Beautiful takeoff and landing!
I randomly came across this video and it was fantastic!!
Glad you found me!
Changing our perspective of the world can alter not just how we view the Earth, but also ourselves
Cool video! Loved the slow, peaceful flow of it.
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A really well-made film. Thanks very much for all the care taken in editing, etc. The sheer size and complexity of LA was vividly shown, some of it with a beauty of its own, some of it truly frightening in the way it seemed to take over everything
Welcome back! Great video.
It’s been awhile hasn’t it 😉
Loved the overview - fantastic way to reminisce the thirty great years I spent there 1989-2019, living at see-level - no place like it!
Lots of places like it. And a lot of places better than it.
Man I just love aerial shots. Bravo
gorgeous and fascinating!!!!! I used to drive bakersfield to hemet via barstow, and the drive on 267 north from joshua tree, both would be beautiful to me for future episodes
Nicely done, Wolficom!
Thank you kindly!
This is truly amazing. Shared this with my brother who’s going to film school in LA, and I’ve been planning to come down from the PNW to take him flying around some landmarks. As a pilot this truly helped my build a mental image of the area, and it’s greatly appreciated.
PNW is such a nice are to fly too. If you need any local flight ideas, check out a video I made about the top 6 airports in SoCal
@@Wolficorntv thanks, will do.
Nice views of SoCal.
Wow amazing I’m interested in aviation and always wanted to see LA! This vid combines both
Glad you liked the combo!
Great job, well done with editing & narration!
Glad you liked it!
Almost meditative! Nice work
Carlos! How are you man? Yeah I kinda wanted a mini ASMR vibe.
@@Wolficorntv doing good.looks like you’re having fun. Keep them coming
It is an amazing way to see a big city I wish I could be flying up there just to experiencethe view and the freedom up there in the sky hope to see you soon again
Bryan, you picked a lovely day to film this unique and enjoyable video. Good narration with geographic and historical substance. Very nicely done! Wayne (DA40 KSBA)
That was no accident. I had been tracking the weather like a hawk for a long time, waiting for the right day. I actually had to scrub two previous attempts after departing when I saw the visibility from the air was less than optimal. Glad you liked it.
Good to see you back - some of us have missed you!
I know my videos output is pretty sporadic...thx for sticking with me!
Awesome..!
Thank you sir.
Wow, well done, this video is amazing. Cheers from Sydney Australia. 🖐️☺️🇦🇺🇺🇲
This is sick. LA is a city full of things to do! Yet in this video from Malibu to the top of Tujunga and the Rose Bowl, Long Beach it shows how close everything is! 90% of the media and people know famously have at least a connection to LA. Everything that ever was happened here! This video gives me an anxiety yet almost a calm and serene feeling it really highlights how cool LA as a city is.
Great video. I've been to LA and it is sprawling .
Very nice video! Enjoyed the content and the commentary. I'm just a few hangar rows away from you - next time I see you I will stop by and say hello. I once took a friend who happened to be a commercial helo pilot for a ride over L.A. in my 182. He kept saying, 'Wow, we're so high up!'. I said, "we're only at 4,000 feet?!" He said he rarely ever climbed higher than 1,500 AGL. He couldn't think of a reason to do so. LOL Guess it's all in your perspective.
Have we met before? Please swing by and say hi if you see me!
I really enjoyed watching this!! Great content and a new subscriber!
Nice to see someone flying out of KWHP. I've lapsed since a mechanical trim failure incident a couple years ago, but I've really been itching to be up there again.
HOW RIDICULOUS THAT 20 FEET FROM ALL THOSE HOUSES IS UNLIMITED WATER YET ALL WERE BURNED TO THE GROUND!!!
It’s not ridiculous, it’s ironic.
Absolutely puts everything in perspective - you are the best!!!!
Glad it helped!
Fantastic video
Thanks! 😃
Being a current active gang member in South Central Los Angeles I can’t helped to feel so useless and little holding down a neighborhood that looks so small from above and witnessing so many homies and love one lose their life for it 😔🙏🏽
Imagining a real LA gangsta sitting on his couch watching this beautiful, calm video makes me laugh. Please stay safe out there man, don’t become a statistic. ♥️
@@xcxangel9948 I was hi af when I made this comment 😮💨😆
@@BoOmBANG_ I’m laughing so hard 😂 love you brother
Bullsh*t
@@xcxangel9948 nothing but love, take care out there, Jesus loves you
The density is incredible and the lack of any green space a little sad. Super cool view from 10,000 feet!
Amazing views of LA. As a foreigner, I had no idea of its immense size and variety. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Glad I ran across this video!!! Very very well done. I lived in Seal Beach and Laguna Niguel for several years and really appreciated every bit of the film. Keep them coming!!!!
amazing to see LA from above good job
Why am I just discovering your channel now? WOW, some extremely beautiful and cinematic documentary story telling and editing, absolutely awesome!!
Glad you found me!
Crazy that I've gone my entire life and never seen aerial footage of L.A from this height. Never knew of the height restrictions but it makes sense. This is amazing!
There isn't much of it surprisingly
Beautiful! I have a whole new appreciation of LA and the surrounding area.
“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.”
I love that quote. Thx!
Your best storytelling through visuals yet; and, as a new pilot, inspiring.
Thank you Kevin and congrats on the PPL!
A picturesque cityscape unfolds beneath, where rolling hills meet the coastline adorned with sandy beaches. Amidst the urban tapestry, an airport serves as a gateway, seamlessly blending nature and infrastructure from a bird's-eye view.
Amazing video. Wonderfully put together! I hope to visit LA one day.
I was in LA last week this is so cool thanks😊
Awesome! I did aerial survey in LA County for 3 months and got to have these views every day. It was amazing. Thanks for bringing back some memories.
Thanks!
thank you!!!
Unique perspective of a massive urban area. Great job! 👏
Need a book now pointing out places of interest so us people on the ground know what we are looking at. DO MORE. This is great, can't wait to see more.
That was absolutely beautiful. The scenery, the music and the commentary made me enchanted and locked to the screen. Thank you for making this video!
Glad you enjoyed it!
this video will hit 50million no doubt. its too impactful
Ha…keep watching it 49 million times and it’ll get there!! Glad you liked it!!
Mesmerizing! I was surprised by how quickly it was over … the beautiful views and narration took me to a place outside of time.
GREAT Production Wolfie!
Thx Juan! Always a pleasure to have your support.
It amazes me everything can look so distant but so beautiful. The stadiums below looked almost like craters on the moon or openings to volcanic mountains. The vastness of LA is mind boggling, it looks so packed in. I really liked the 15 mountain lion part. The coastlines looked so inviting.
I did part of my training in this model of aircraft Grumman American Tiger. loved how the canopy opens.
Grummans are great little planes
I used to fly out of Whiteman Airport 48 years ago. As soon as the video started, and I saw the cracks on the taxi way and the yellow hangars I recognized it. Great video, I liked it very much. I would love to see more footage of LA and environs. Thanks.
It probably hasn't changed much :)
Thank you very much!! thanks for sharing this little movie :), wonderful and professional. Hope you always have a good life! i hope i will live there one day!
Great choice of music .. the ending got me teary.
Some majestic views from up there. Nice video with some interesting statistics thrown in. Thank you for making the video.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I love the stuff on this channel , getting to see land at high altitude is beautiful
Thank you. I agree!
Absolutely FASNTASTIC. Beautiful editing, amazing choice of music, clean audio with inspirational & informative voice over... this is a masterpiece in ever sense of the term. Thank you, thank you so much for sharing this- just incredible.
Thank you so much. I genuinely appreciate comments like yours. It reminds me why I like to make these kinds of videos.
I was flying from san diego to LA once in the morning to connect to an international flight, the pilot told us "isnt it wonderful to bypass all that traffic" it sure did feel great to soar above all the morning gridlock.
What a beautiful put together piece. I used to own a Grumman Traveler. I learned to fly at Whiteman and I did that flight once. We wrapped our day early and I went to the airport and went above LA at 10.500 feet. It was beautiful...
awesome. A friend has a gorgeous Traveller two hangars down from me.