Obama in Long Beach

Not Afraid · 03-18-2009, 09:26 PM

Here's the (very amateur) video I took of the Presidental Activity in Long Beach.

(Please tell me which upload works best for viewing)

Vimeo
Flickr

DreadPirateRoberts · 03-18-2009, 09:38 PM

they both worked fine for me.

Not Afraid · 03-18-2009, 09:43 PM

A few people gathered on Spring and Lakewood.

But, this is where I was headed:

Air Force One is there somewhere.

The helicopters heading North to LA after the OC visit. (Down to 3 from 5)

A few more (bad) photos are here.

lashbear · 03-18-2009, 11:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

Here's the (very amateur) video I took of the Presidental Activity in Long Beach.

(Please tell me which upload works best for viewing)

Vimeo
Flickr

well, for me:
The Vimeo one worked without a hitch,
the Flickr one kept stopping every 15 seconds to cache.

Ghoulish Delight · 03-19-2009, 07:19 AM

Flickr loaded 5x faster for me.

Moonliner · 03-19-2009, 07:47 AM

Using my spiffy new Internet Explorer v8 they both load in about 7-8 seconds.

Cadaverous Pallor · 03-19-2009, 08:19 AM

Cool video, great view! I'm glad one of us got that close.

Snowflake · 03-19-2009, 08:26 AM

How great to hear the crowd and their enthusiam, just the plane landing. Of course, how cool you were really pretty darned close (I love LB airport). Although the helicopters have now infected my brain with the Ride of the Valkures from Die Valkure!

Not Afraid · 03-19-2009, 08:22 PM

So, thus evening I'm driving about LB/Lakewood going from house to house as if I was Santa on Christmas, when I end up by the airport. There was some sort of hubbub going on and I figured that people were gathering to see AF1 take off. I continue on my merry way, turning up Cherry from Spring when I happen to see AF1 posing for pictures on the tarmac. So, knowing the backroads of LB like I do, I took a turn onto Wardlow where it deadends at Boeing and the Airport and, Waa Laa!, AF1 was RIGHT in front of me. I pulled out my camera, opened my sunroof and did some random shooting-while driving-with-many-of-cops-around just as the bease started moving faster and faster. It took off in the "wrong" direction (going South/East). Then I went on about my merry way again.

A few minutes later I was at a client house when LOOK! UP THERE! IN THE SKY! IT'S AF1 CIRCLING BACK.

It was cool.

Moonliner · 03-20-2009, 03:35 AM

It's funny, even living here I have never seen air force one. Marine One flies over all the time, but I really do need to catch sight of Air Force One one of these days...

03-18-2009, 09:26 PM	#1
Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	Obama in Long Beach Here's the (very amateur) video I took of the Presidental Activity in Long Beach. (Please tell me which upload works best for viewing) Vimeo Flickr
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Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	A few people gathered on Spring and Lakewood. But, this is where I was headed: Air Force One is there somewhere. The helicopters heading North to LA after the OC visit. (Down to 3 from 5) A few more (bad) photos are here.
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Cadaverous Pallor ohhhh baby Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Parental Bliss Posts: 12,364	Cool video, great view! I'm glad one of us got that close. __________________ The second star to the right shines in the night for you
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Snowflake lost in the fog Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 7,831	How great to hear the crowd and their enthusiam, just the plane landing. Of course, how cool you were really pretty darned close (I love LB airport). Although the helicopters have now infected my brain with the Ride of the Valkures from Die Valkure!
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03-19-2009, 08:22 PM	#9
Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	So, thus evening I'm driving about LB/Lakewood going from house to house as if I was Santa on Christmas, when I end up by the airport. There was some sort of hubbub going on and I figured that people were gathering to see AF1 take off. I continue on my merry way, turning up Cherry from Spring when I happen to see AF1 posing for pictures on the tarmac. So, knowing the backroads of LB like I do, I took a turn onto Wardlow where it deadends at Boeing and the Airport and, Waa Laa!, AF1 was RIGHT in front of me. I pulled out my camera, opened my sunroof and did some random shooting-while driving-with-many-of-cops-around just as the bease started moving faster and faster. It took off in the "wrong" direction (going South/East). Then I went on about my merry way again. A few minutes later I was at a client house when LOOK! UP THERE! IN THE SKY! IT'S AF1 CIRCLING BACK. It was cool.
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03-20-2009, 03:35 AM	#10
Moonliner 8/30/14 - Disneyland -10k or Bust. Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 9,022	It's funny, even living here I have never seen air force one. Marine One flies over all the time, but I really do need to catch sight of Air Force One one of these days... __________________ - Taking it one step at a time.
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