Hummingbird Ground School Jonathan Delbruck 2018-05-07 | After a nutritious snack, the baby hummers take turns flexing their wings! Then, snuggle back in; it will be another 10-15 minutes before mom comes back again.
B P flyover 2, 8/6/2023 Jonathan Delbruck 2023-08-07 | Baden Powell summit, the full snow cover from last June is gone, and the hikers are numerous. 104F on the ground at Xtal, a pleasant 75F at 10,000.
Soaring 5:19:23 Crystal Jonathan Delbruck 2023-05-21 | Six+ minutes climbing the snow-covered slopes of Mt. Baden-Powell and soaring over the summit in a Sparrowhawk sailplane. Notable especially for the copious amounts of snow remaining in mid-May. Enjoy the ride and don't get dizzy!
soaring 4 16 23 Crystal Gliders Jonathan Delbruck 2023-04-18 | Another short clip from a spectacular soaring flight over the snow-covered San Gabriel Mountains, panning to the Mojave Desert towards Edwards AFB near the end.
Deep Snow on B-P Jonathan Delbruck 2023-04-17 | April 16 soaring flight over Mt. Baden-Powell. Lots of snow!
Sparrowhawk over Baden-Powell Jonathan Delbruck 2023-01-25 | Low pass over the peak and ridgeline of Mt. Baden-Powell in a Sparrowhawk sailplane.
DiveBomb Jonathan Delbruck 2021-06-18 | Every day Tora sits in the garden with me, and this bird relentlessly daredevil-divebombs him. Tora is unharmed and evidently unperturbed. I think it's some kind of playing.
Lake Hodges Dam Inspection Jan. 14, 2021 Jonathan Delbruck 2021-01-16 | A close-up view of the structure, spillway and top of the dam next to Del Dios Highway. It is kept well below the maximum due to concerns about structural aging. Not sure if the abutments beneath the spillway are original or added later due to erosion during major overflows. I have seen the lake so full it was spilling out beyond the concrete spillway over bare rocks.
Sawtooth Mountain summer retreat Jonathan Delbruck 2020-07-27 | Sunrise over the steaming Salmon, our cabin by the river and floating past the beaver dam on Valley Creek. Thanks to Makx for the way cool aerial drone videos.
B P climb 24 july Jonathan Delbruck 2020-07-25 | Hugging the side of Mt. Baden-Powell as we switchback many times, finally surmounting the summit for some play in the thermal convergence over the Chimney. 24. July. 2020 in a Sparrowhawk sailplane, flying from Crystal airport aka Southern California Soaring Academy.with apologies for the canopy glare and damaged retinal images
Crowded Nest Jonathan Delbruck 2018-05-07 | The hummingbird chicks are growing fast and already starting to fluff their fledgling feathers as they peer over the abyss around the nest they will soon outgrow and leave forever.
Hummingbird feeder Jonathan Delbruck 2018-05-06 | This just happening outside my studio window. Two hummingbird chicks, starting to get pretty crowded in their little nest. Mom comes to feed them: "Eat these grubs, little ones, or I'll shove them down your throat!" ... sigh. Tough love.
Los Jocosos Hotel California Jonathan Delbruck 2017-10-15 | Spanish language rendition of Hotel California, by a family of wandering minstrels, father, daughter and grampa, at Senor Amigos in Puerto Penasco.
The Great Eclipse of 2017 Jonathan Delbruck 2017-08-30 | A 4 minute video covering from just before until after the passage of totality in Stanley, Idaho. 18 of us watching from the deck of the cabin on the Salmon River. It shows how earth and sky go dark as night for two minutes, with a sunset afterglow on the distant horizon. Apologies for the shaky scene transitions, I was kinda distracted!
Tstorm over Crystal Jonathan Delbruck 2017-07-09 | Returning to Xtal after a 2 hour romp in the dynamic conditions up to FL 15, I penetrated this cell wher I was at times rising 800'/min in "falling" rain. It may have been falling upwards!
24 june Jonathan Delbruck 2017-06-25 | Dancing with the clouds at 15K. I spent 2 1/2 hours exploring the dynamic thermal/wave currents over the San Gabriel mountains, much of it between 15-16,000' MSL. West as far as Mt. Wilson, east to Lake Arrowhead. Could have done a straight-glide all the way to San Diego!
Mt. Baldy Double Pass Jonathan Delbruck 2016-10-04 | Soaring over Old Baldy (Mt. San Antonio) in the San Gabriel Wilderness, waving at some hikers on the summit last Friday, in the Sparrowhawk. It was another day with "too much lift"!
20150811 191434 Jonathan Delbruck 2015-08-12 | Houdini and Tora are best friends. But when Tora whispers in his ear, Houdi is shocked...
Dont Let Me Down Cover by Martin Jonathan Delbruck 2014-10-12 | Martin, local street performer, sings DON'T LET ME DOWN for us at Mary's. He speaks no English, has only a vague idea what the words mean but nonetheless delivers a strong rendition of this classic. He also did numerous songs which are his original Spanish versions of familiar songs: Have You Ever Seen the Rain, Jailhouse Rock, and others. A true artist and another of Puerto Penasco's cultural treasures.
Fire Dance Jonathan Delbruck 2013-10-24 | On the eve of the Fire Festival in Kyoto, we were walking along the Kamogawa River and came upon these street performers set up on the riverbank. What a great setting for this performance!
Sailchasing 26.aug.2012 Jonathan Delbruck 2012-08-27 | Some close-up fly-bys with two other sailplanes over Second Ridge. Pete Rohrig flying KV. who is in the other glider?
humanHanabi.MOV Jonathan Delbruck 2012-03-12 | Lara doing her fire choreography by our campfire in Coachwhip Canyon, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.
April Fools Flight Jonathan Delbruck 2011-04-08 | 6 1/2 minutes of my 2 hours flight on April 1, 2011. Tow, soaring on ridge, wave and convergence lift, buzzing Mtn. High ski area, and clearing loop prior to landing back at Crystal. Deep snow cover on the San Gabriel Mountains makes for awesome scenery in this low-level flight video.
Wave 30 Jan 2011.mov Jonathan Delbruck 2011-02-04 | 8 1/2 minutes of a 2 hour flight in the wave, winter rain and snowstorm blowing out of the LA basin over the San Gabriels, fluffy clouds over the sunny Mojave Desert. A few graceful loops to burn off excess altitude, approach and landing at Crystal (home of Southern California Soaring Academy). This day marks 13 years since the passing of my mom on Jan 30, 1998.
CALTECH On Baden-Powell Jonathan Delbruck 2010-09-25 | A group of Caltech students spelled it out on the top of Mt. Baden-Powell on 24. September, 2010, the same day I flew over the mountain in my full spectrum Sparrowhawk sailplane. For more info on soaring, or to schedule a glider ride or flight lesson, please go to SoaringAcademy.org.
The Breaking Wave Jonathan Delbruck 2010-08-22 | Climbing towards cloudbase over the desert, the clouds above become the terrain by which you reference your flight. They mark the tops of the thermals, where the cooling air spills out in cascading evaporating and reforming mists, delightful to watch as you ride to the crest of the breaking waves along an active shear line. Note the distant cloud at the beginning of the clip, and how rapidly we ascend to near its base in just two turns.
You Can Ride Jonathan Delbruck 2010-07-06 | 5. July. 2010 Six and a half minutes of a 4 hour flight in my Sparrowhawk sailplane, riding on thermals up to powerful convergence waves over Mt. San Antonio. Diving for that sweet spot on the upwind side of the sun-warmed massif, then spiraling skyward above surprised hikers.
Shibuya Eki from Starbucks Jonathan Delbruck 2010-07-02 | A flood of people washes across the main intersection in front of Shibuya Station in Tokyo, Japan, viewed from the 2nd floor Starbucks. The illumination switches color as the billboards overlooking the intersection change images. The statue of the legendary dog Hachiko is under the cluster of trees at the center of the screen.
Sky Angels Jonathan Delbruck 2010-06-23 | filmed primarily through the rear view mirror of the tow plane lofting five sailplanes over the mountains near Crystal, as they take to the air, dance with the rotor winds and gracefully peel off into the wave.
Airborne Roller Coaster Jonathan Delbruck 2010-06-12 | Powder puffs of popping cu's shade the thermaling gliders as they ascend over the Mojave Desert. A party of hikers descends along the exposed ridge just below the peak of Mt. Baden-Powell.
Crystal Sparrowhawk Jonathan Delbruck 2010-06-06 | Sharing a thermal, ridge soaring and tree skimming. 7 minutes of a 200 minute flight out of Crystal, California. Includes a very quick trip along much of the Mt. Lewis Ridge portion of the Pacific Crest Trail.
Shadow Chaser Jonathan Delbruck 2009-08-12 | This movie is for people who may think gliders are a tame relative of airplanes, that are launched and just glide back to earth. Sure, we need a tow to get started, but then so do those guys who ride the 100 foot waves in Hawaii. We surf thousand foot atmospheric waves, that wash up the sides of the peaks and ridges of the mountains in the San Gabriel wilderness, north of Los Angeles.
Card flip slow motion Jonathan Delbruck 2008-06-16 | Slow motion video of my brother Tobi making the top card jump off the deck into his other hand. If you can do this, you are pretty good.
Rotor Cloud Jonathan Delbruck 2008-01-25 | View from a glider climbing in wave towards a mountain ridge, where wind-generated rotor can be seen in the swirling clouds spilling over the crestline.
XRay One XRay at Crystal Jonathan Delbruck 2008-01-17 | Video clips selected from the first year of soaring in my Sparrowhawk sailplane. The mountains are in the San Gabriel wilderness, at the southern edge of the Mojave desert.
