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Victorville, California - A Tour of One of Several Airplane Storage Sites During Covid-19 Times...

Victorville California is currently one of the largest airplane parking lots in the world due to the Covid-19 pandemic. In this video, in coordination with air traffic control (ATC), I fly a dramatic low approach in my Grumman Tiger over the closed runway that is currently  home for over 400 unused jets. After that, we fly over the peak bloom of the Antelope Valley poppy fields to see an explosion of color in the Mojave Desert.

Background:
Global airline travel has been dramatically affected as a result of the corona virus and as a result, the airlines have been temporarily storing their fleet at select locations to wait out the current crisis. Southern California Logistics Airport (KVCV) in Victorville, California is one of the primary storage depots for Delta, Southwest and FedEx. It is also one of the largest airplane boneyards in the USA.

Wolficorn

This Facility Created A 1950s Town To Care For Alzheimer’s Patients

Fascinating idea! We read about this a while back. Now a video has been published which has received almost 2M views in just over a month...

A facility in California mimics early memories for “reminiscence therapy”

VICE News

Elon Musk's tunnel would allow cars to drive at 241km/hr

Go for it Elon!...

Tesla’s Elon Musk unveiled his prototype for a traffic-saving tunnel in Hawthorne, Calif. The inventor took reporters on a test run of the subterranean route Tuesday night, which Musk sees as a way to cure traffic woes.

CBC News

Inside the Tunnel That Elon Musk Hopes Will Solve 'Soul-Destroying" Traffic

Elon Musk unveiled the first mile-long tunnel in Hawthorne, Calif., on Tuesday. The tech entrepreneur says the system, simply called “loop,” is a first step toward developing a high-speed network underground to eliminate traffic congestion.

Wall Street Journal

Watch: Great White Shark Feasts on Dead Whale | National Geographic

Whoa! Talk about an all you can eat buffet...

See a great white shark binge eat a dead humpback whale.
Filmed off the coast of southern California, the shark feasted on the whale for more than 18 hours. Famous for their prowess as predators, little is known about their more docile scavenging behaviors. They have been observed regurgitating already eaten food to make room for more calorically rich meat. While sharks have frequently been observed hunting, scavenging is less often seen.

National Geographic

The Child Who’s Made Of ‘Glass’: BORN DIFFERENT

What an adorable little thing she is. Donations for Zoe can be made here...

Fragile Zoe Lush has a rare condition which means her bones are so delicate they ‘break in the wind’. Zoe broke several bones whilst she was still in the womb, shattered her collarbone during birth and broke another 100 bones before her first birthday. Now Zoe, who is six-years-old, has broken almost every bone in her body and was almost internally decapitated after bones in her neck began to wear away. Zoe lives with her mum Chelsea Lush, dad, Curtis Lush, and three year old brother Felix, in Huntington Beach, California.

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Rare Video: Whales Engage in Three-Way Mating Ritual | National Geographic

You won't ever guess what a whale's private part is known as...

Three gray whales were spotted during an elaborate courtship ritual off the coast of Newport Beach, California.

National Geographic 

WORLD'S WORST TRAFFIC JAM? California's Thanksgiving getaway 'gridlock'

Wow. That's one helluva traffic jam...

If these motorists thought setting off early would help them beat the Thanksgiving getaway rush, it appears a few others had the same idea. 

ABC7 Eyewitness News captured incredible footage of what might just be the world’s worst car jam in southern California, bringing traffic to a crawl. 

The news channel’s helicopter captured the “complete gridlock” on the 405 motorway, one of the busiest and most congested routes in the United States. - thetelegraph

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405 Freeway traffic in West LA
A complete gridlock on the 405 Freeway in West Los Angeles was captured by AIR7 HD. - You can keep up with real-time traffic conditions here: http://abc7.com/traffic - These are the best/worst times to travel for Thanksgiving, according to Waze: http://abc7.la/2g0LXY6
Posted by ABC7 on Tuesday, November 22, 2016

Accidental Firefighting Foam Release In Santa Clara Fills Neighborhood Streets (+ FOAM GUY SPEAKS)

Did you hear the one about the runaway foam.. and the foam guy? Crews, wearing protective gear eventually cleaned it all up but not before some guy rode his bike through it all...

A test of fire-suppression foam by a company near San Jose Mineta International Airport went awry, filling nearby streets with the white substance. Susie Steimle reports. (11-18-16)

From abc7news:

"I don't advise you to go play in it like bubbles in the bathtub," Matlow said.
A cyclist couldn't resist.
"In the middle, it's probably like 10 feet tall," said cyclist Blake Harrington.
As a concentrate, the Aqueous film forming agent is a carcinogen and irritant. It's technically safe in foam form, but San Francisco Baykeeper is worried about wildlife.

CBS SF Bay Area

FOAM GUY SPEAKS: Bicyclist Blake Rides Through FOAM BLOB in Santa Clara

A man went on a joyride through the massive foam blob in Santa Clara, CA on Friday, Nov. 18, 2016.

FOX 10 Phoenix

Hot Wheels Road Trip

Ride along on the Hot Wheels car as it travels through 8 different track sections all connected by teleporting tunnels. From the backyard to the big hill to the pool and back, this track’s got it all.

Each section worked on its own from tunnel to tunnel. The cart is powered entirely by gravity at all times.

In total there are 11 cuts in the video, 7 between locations and 4 for slow motion footage. The jump section and the loop section were filmed twice, once in 30 fps and again in 120 fps, and the final video cuts from the normal speed footage to the slow motion footage for the duration of both the jump and the loop.

The cart worked reasonably well underwater and only fell off the pool track a few times. The main problem with the pool track was keeping the track connected and in place. A rock was attached to the end of the track in order to weigh it down.

In total about 200 feet of track was used, nearly all of which is present in the 4th section. Filmed with a GoPro Hero4 Session mounted on a modified 2014 Pharadox car. Filmed in California and Colorado.

5MadMovieMakers

California drought: How officials are innovating in water conservation

Very fascinating to learn how California officials are trying to conserve water using black plastic 'shade' balls. These balls are used to cut down on water evaporation from the Los Angeles reservoirs just by floating atop of the water. Each ball cost .36cents - total cost said to be around $34M!!...

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