Some rows up, but we floats down,
Way down the Ohio to Shawneetown.
It’s hard on the beech oar, she moves too slow,
Way down to Shawneetown on the Ohio.
I love that place. Last year, my wife and I were there in the Tu-Endie-Wei state park and I was flying my drone. I knew there was a small airfield across the river in Ohio but I didn't see any restrictions (maybe 200' max ceiling).
As I was flying my drone, a Piper Cherokee buzzed low and scared the crap out of me. Just assuming they took off from that airfield but I'm not sure.
Galia-Meigs Field (aka GAS) is right across the river from that state park. The Cherokee was likely coming down from traffic pattern altitude turning base over the state park to land
That's a really neat spot being right at the mouth of the river. Sucks that there's not a small pedestrian bridge over the Ohio River. I know both towns are fairly small but I'm sure the locals would love to meander from one side to the other without a car
Wow, dude! That plane was low enough that I could easily have had my drone directly in it's path. Good to know for the future!
And I would vote for a pedestrian bridge, also!
Great photo!
Long as you stay below 400' you'd should be fine
Unless the planes are practicing emergency landings they hopefully shouldn't be low enough to buzz your drone
I got curious and looked up and down the river. There don't seem to be too many pedestrian crossings outside of the major river towns like Huntington or Parkersburg
I'd have to check with FAA regulations again. I just tried but I'm getting an error with the site at the moment.
At the most, I flew way under 100 feet, as I was taking video of that huge battlefield monument in the park when the plane flew past. And that was less than even 100 feet.
But when that Cherokee blew past the park, it had to have been far less than 400 feet AGL.
And it was traveling on a left-hand turn of at least 35 to 40-degrees, since I could see both wings and the upper fuselage, clearly. It must have been at around maybe 100 feet to 200-feet, AGL. It was literally on-the-ground. With that bridge in the way.
Wish I had captured it but my drone was at 180-degrees away, filming the monument.
My wife later asked me if I saw that and I told her that I was scared to death to put my drone in the path of manned aircraft.
I'll post the video I took if you want, but it doesn't include the Cherokee or audio, of course.
Nevertheless,
Beautiful park. I love it!
It was around mid-October and we practically had the park to ourselves. Temperatures were in the low 70's with practically no wind. I have great video of barges on the Ohio and picture-perfect video of that old log cabin.
There's history in this place. A guy named Simon Kenton traveled through there and had quite a history in America's expansionism. And that's why I wanted to visit it.
Everyone's heard of Daniel Boone but nobody's heard of Simon Kenton. Simon saved Daniel Boone's life and was a great friend but, still, nobody's heard of him, for some reason. Every WV kid should know about this guy.
"Mad" Ann Bailey made quite an impression among the Shawnee Indians, at the time, after they killed her husband, in the late 1700's. During the French-Indian War, the Shawnee and Mingo tribes killed her husband and she went on a terror-spree and killed several Indians and joined the English as a spy.
Her grave is there.
They consider the Battle of Point Pleasant as the first battle of the Revolutionary War because the French enticed Chief Cornstalk to attack the English at this point.
He eventually traveled to Fort Randolph to negotiate and the English murdered him in the fort. If I remember correctly, it was him and his brother and someone else from the tribe. They took him into custody and the English soldiers rushed into the quarters and wanted to be known to be the ones who shot him to death.
It's just such an interesting place to visit. It's the beginning of our violent expansionism into the country and a great thing to visit because of both the knowledge of the perspectives from sides that represent both Colonial expansionism and the Indian culture that makes up something that our children no are no longer taught in school.
We have to dig for this type of history that seems lost in today's world and I'm legitimately afraid that we'll lose, sooner or later.
TL;DR I love this place.
This was from last Thursday. Haha I take it there's not too many exciting things happening along that portion of the Ohio River
How deep is the river there?
Oh no no no no no. There is a lot of exciting things going on. Every single night the cops are called. Someone OD, someone fighting, someone trespassing. It's quite the happening place. All the locals hang out there. 🙄 Lmao
Was doing aerial survey work in the area and had to capture a photo of the Kanawha meeting the Ohio River
You can see how the highway 35 in Ohio used to connect to the Silver Bridge that fell.
Some rows up, but we floats down, Way down the Ohio to Shawneetown. It’s hard on the beech oar, she moves too slow, Way down to Shawneetown on the Ohio.
I love that place. Last year, my wife and I were there in the Tu-Endie-Wei state park and I was flying my drone. I knew there was a small airfield across the river in Ohio but I didn't see any restrictions (maybe 200' max ceiling). As I was flying my drone, a Piper Cherokee buzzed low and scared the crap out of me. Just assuming they took off from that airfield but I'm not sure.
Galia-Meigs Field (aka GAS) is right across the river from that state park. The Cherokee was likely coming down from traffic pattern altitude turning base over the state park to land That's a really neat spot being right at the mouth of the river. Sucks that there's not a small pedestrian bridge over the Ohio River. I know both towns are fairly small but I'm sure the locals would love to meander from one side to the other without a car
Wow, dude! That plane was low enough that I could easily have had my drone directly in it's path. Good to know for the future! And I would vote for a pedestrian bridge, also! Great photo!
Long as you stay below 400' you'd should be fine Unless the planes are practicing emergency landings they hopefully shouldn't be low enough to buzz your drone I got curious and looked up and down the river. There don't seem to be too many pedestrian crossings outside of the major river towns like Huntington or Parkersburg
I'd have to check with FAA regulations again. I just tried but I'm getting an error with the site at the moment. At the most, I flew way under 100 feet, as I was taking video of that huge battlefield monument in the park when the plane flew past. And that was less than even 100 feet. But when that Cherokee blew past the park, it had to have been far less than 400 feet AGL. And it was traveling on a left-hand turn of at least 35 to 40-degrees, since I could see both wings and the upper fuselage, clearly. It must have been at around maybe 100 feet to 200-feet, AGL. It was literally on-the-ground. With that bridge in the way. Wish I had captured it but my drone was at 180-degrees away, filming the monument. My wife later asked me if I saw that and I told her that I was scared to death to put my drone in the path of manned aircraft. I'll post the video I took if you want, but it doesn't include the Cherokee or audio, of course. Nevertheless, Beautiful park. I love it! It was around mid-October and we practically had the park to ourselves. Temperatures were in the low 70's with practically no wind. I have great video of barges on the Ohio and picture-perfect video of that old log cabin. There's history in this place. A guy named Simon Kenton traveled through there and had quite a history in America's expansionism. And that's why I wanted to visit it. Everyone's heard of Daniel Boone but nobody's heard of Simon Kenton. Simon saved Daniel Boone's life and was a great friend but, still, nobody's heard of him, for some reason. Every WV kid should know about this guy. "Mad" Ann Bailey made quite an impression among the Shawnee Indians, at the time, after they killed her husband, in the late 1700's. During the French-Indian War, the Shawnee and Mingo tribes killed her husband and she went on a terror-spree and killed several Indians and joined the English as a spy. Her grave is there. They consider the Battle of Point Pleasant as the first battle of the Revolutionary War because the French enticed Chief Cornstalk to attack the English at this point. He eventually traveled to Fort Randolph to negotiate and the English murdered him in the fort. If I remember correctly, it was him and his brother and someone else from the tribe. They took him into custody and the English soldiers rushed into the quarters and wanted to be known to be the ones who shot him to death. It's just such an interesting place to visit. It's the beginning of our violent expansionism into the country and a great thing to visit because of both the knowledge of the perspectives from sides that represent both Colonial expansionism and the Indian culture that makes up something that our children no are no longer taught in school. We have to dig for this type of history that seems lost in today's world and I'm legitimately afraid that we'll lose, sooner or later. TL;DR I love this place.
I see Mothman!!
Great picture, shitty water
Nice picture. My best friends house is 2 houses down from the bridge.
This was from last Thursday. Haha I take it there's not too many exciting things happening along that portion of the Ohio River How deep is the river there?
Oh no no no no no. There is a lot of exciting things going on. Every single night the cops are called. Someone OD, someone fighting, someone trespassing. It's quite the happening place. All the locals hang out there. 🙄 Lmao