Council Bluffs Downtown, River's Edge & Big Lake Park

[WorldStreet]

We found a couple warm November days to explore Council Bluffs' downtown area, the River's Edge Development, Lake Manawa, and Big Lake Park. It was a bonus to find seagulls around this city.

[thenewguy]

not a bad little video, thank you

[WorldStreet]

not a bad little video, thank you

Thanks for checking it out. We enjoyed making it.

[Brad]

Nice video. Do you need special permission to fly your drone that close to the airport?

[WorldStreet]

Nice video. Do you need special permission to fly your drone that close to the airport?

Yes, both north and south of the airport, including downtown Omaha, I was required to obtain permission and also had an elevation limit. However, from around 13th street, going west, there were no restrictions, except for flying close to the jail. I have a larger drone that is registered, but since mini drones have improved so much this year, I no longer need to fly the larger drone.

[Brad]

Ok. Just wondered. Back in the day there was just a generic 5 miles radius from the airport. However I have been seeing a lot more photos and videos inside that 5 miles. I use a helicopters so we play by different rules.

[WorldStreet]

Ok. Just wondered. Back in the day there was just a generic 5 miles radius from the airport. However I have been seeing a lot more photos and videos inside that 5 miles. I use a helicopters so we play by different rules.

You bring out the serious equipment....

[Brad]

Ok. Just wondered. Back in the day there was just a generic 5 miles radius from the airport. However I have been seeing a lot more photos and videos inside that 5 miles. I use a helicopters so we play by different rules.

You bring out the serious equipment....

LOL, couple things. Few thing:

1. I love the adventure of photography. Hiking, exploring, searching, etc, and flying around in a helicopter is an adventure to me.
2. I see thing from up there I would have never noticed from the ground.
3. When I am taking photos for work, I can cover 40+ job sites in 3 hours ranging from Bellevue to Blair (north and south) and the Missouri River to North Bend, Nebraska (east and west). I end up with 1500-2000 high res images on my full frame camera. It’s a really efficient use of my time.