[VID] Las Vegas Photo Flight: Wayne Gorsek's Phenom 300

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Behind the scenes on a photo flight of Wayne Gorsek's Embraer Phenom 300 over the Las Vegas Strip.



Text posted on a dsicussion board:

"I was on board the Beechcraft A36 as a safety pilot. The formation pilot on
the Phenom 300 was a former USAF Thunderbird, and he coordinated extensively
with Las Vegas Approach and the McCarran control tower. We had specific
restrictions altitudes and the oval patterns we flew west of the strip. In
general, we remained north of the centerlines of runways 25 to avoid
conflicts with departing airline traffic, and we operated west of the route
that the sight-seeing helicopters use along the strip. We were in constant
contact with McCarran tower. At one point, during a lull in airline
departures, we got permission to fly a track farther south so that we could
get McCarran in the background. A photo shoot like this requires experienced
pilots, thorough briefings, and coordination with the appropriate ATC
facilities. That it went smoothly and produced excellent results, is
evidence of that preparation and, of course, the skill of the photographer,
Jessica Ambats."