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The small rural town of Tobaccoville is seen as I fly over. It is a great example of small town,Main Street, rural America in the eastern United States with flat land, forests, and fields that are being farmed. The village was established in 1887 and is located in Forsyth County.

This is a low fast pass over a Raleigh North Carolina residential neighborhood development. As I pass low over the suburban homes you can feel them racing past.

New highways can be seen as I fly over a part of Winston-Salem, NC that you don’t normally see. Everyone else captures the high rise buildings but this is a more accurate look at the town. Old buildings, new construction, and the nearby suburbs fill the screen.

I fly over a very serene scene of a lake with a bridge, the sun glints off the lake and the clouds can be seen in the reflection off the lake. Very calming and a great peaceful shot. Randleman Lake in Greensboro, NC.

A truck stop at an highway exit on interstate I-85 in Whitsett, NC. Trucks parked in parking lot, fuel pumps and service complex are seen. Highway traffic passes by. Lots of movement.

A tight bank over Gibsonville, NC shows us all the parts of a rural town including homes, industry, schools, and recreation. It is a good view of small town America and how a small town can have must of the types of services and residential districts that can help support Main Street America.

City bird eye view of residential district and financial buildings in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

The aircraft lifts off the runway and begins to climb. The skid marks diminish as the plane gains altitude. The bright green grass along the runway comes into view.

The small rural village of Bucksnot is seen as I fly over the Pinnacle, North Carolina area. It is a small rural village surrounded by trees.

This dam and lake creates a natural reservoir for water for local residents. It is 150 acres and water is drawn in through the intake tower near the dam. Homes and docks for recreational use can be seen surrounding the lake. Constructed in the 1960s with a 40-foot tall earthen dam and concrete spillway on the Eno River in Hillsborough, NC.

Rollingview Marina is the only marina operating on Falls Lake in Durham North Carolina. The marina provides services, supplies, food services, and canoe and kayak rentals. The flight over the marina shows the boat storage and marine service facilities as well.

A beautiful low flight over a mosaic of natural features of different orientations, sizes, colors, and roads. Visually interesting and unique. Snow Camp, North Carolina

A low pass over the area outside Chapel Hill, North Carolina and University Lake. Lovely trees, cloud reflections in the water, a bridge, and power lines crossing the lake are seen.

Walter M. Williams High School in Burlington, NC is seen below us as we fly over.The school building complex is in front and we also see a baseball field, a football field with bleachers, and single family homes surrounding the school.

Boats can be seen operating and speeding along on Falls Lake enjoying a nice day out.

As I pass low over Interstate 540 in RaleighNorth Carolina you can see cars and trucks speeding on the highway. There are three vehicles on the side of the road and a beautiful reflection of the sky in a pond.

The Duke University East Campus in Durham NC can be seen in relationship to the neighborhoods nearby. The campus follows the Georgian architecture style, making it distinct from West Campus. Currently, East Campus is the exclusive residential home to first-year students. It borders Trinity Historic District to the east and Walltown Neighborhood to the north.

Flight over the Durham School of the Arts. The campus is expansive, covering three city blocks and includes eight separate buildings. The historic baseball park was home to the Durham Bulls from 1926 through 1994, and is currently home to the North Carolina Central Eagles and the Durham School of the Arts Bulldogs.

Two country clubs compete for business on different sides of I-85 highway in Durham, NC. I fly over the Croasdaile Country Club and Hillandale Golf Course that have beautiful greens and golf courses to enjoy the sport and leisure. One club has additional features that include a pool and tennis courts.

The Smith River near Martinsville, Virginia is a unique brown trout and rainbow trout fishery with freshwater and great fishing opportunities year-round. In this banking clip we see how the Smith River winds it way past homes, forest, trees, highway and a sewage treatment plant.

In a banking right turn we see a number of warehouses and distribution transportation centers located in Martinsville,Virginia. Trucks load freight at logistic buildings and the cargo will soon depart on the nearby highway.

A great clip with a large number of useful items from Martinsville, VA. High tension power lines lead to power distribution hub, rural church, forest, interstate exit, highway traffic, distribution warehouse, over a neighborhood, and RV parking at the Martinsville Speedway. All in a banking turn with great colors and motion. This is like six clips in one.

I fly over a forest landscape and electric high tension power distribution cable lines on towers that transmit as voltage over wires on pylons. Nice slow banking shot with beautiful color and motion energy.

This is an extended flight over rural America and the farm and agricultural activities and houses, schools, and small town life in Ridgeway, Virginia. This is a small community. Brilliant colors, textures, roads, and buildings. A school is seen and some ponds. Extended clip.

This outdoor gun club and shooting range allows members to shoot weapons for sport or competition. Members load ammunition in firearms and can fire their weapons on the pistol range, utility range, rimfire range, rifle range, trap range, or skeet field.

As I fly over a heavily forested area we see a small fire with a lot of smoke. The fire appears to be the result of clearing trees and burning the debris. A bridge crossing the Dan River is seen. The location in Danbury, North Carolina. Excellent video to go with construction issues or development.

I fly over a car junkyard in Eden, North Carolina. A lot of auto salvage can be seen in this medium shot of the automobile, disposal and recycling scrapyard that deals with industrial, waste and scrap metal.

As I fly over a heavily forested area we see a small fire with a lot of smoke. The fire appears to be the result of clearing trees and burning the debris. A bridge crossing the Dan River is seen. The location in Danbury, North Carolina. Excellent video to go with construction issues or development.

This dam and lake creates a natural reservoir for water for local residents. It is 150 acres and water is drawn in through the intake tower near the dam. Homes and docks for recreational use can be seen surrounding the lake. Constructed in the 1960s with a 40-foot tall earthen dam and concrete spillway on the Eno River in Hillsborough, NC.

Sekolah Magnet Lowrance/Paisley IB di Winston-Salem, NC.

The Dan River in North Carolina is seen snaking through the forest below as I fly over. The Dan River flows 214 miles in North Carolina and Virginia. It rises in Patrick County, Virginia, and crosses the state border into Stokes County, North Carolina. It then flows into Rockingham County. From there it back into Virginia through only Pittsylvania County before reentering North Carolina near the border between Caswell County and Rockingham County. It flows into northern Caswell County and then back into southern Virginia (briefly Pittsylvania County, then into Halifax County) and finally into Kerr Reservoir on the Roanoke River.

A steep banking right turn over the Arnold Palmer Golf Complex at Wake Forest University. We see the golf facility. Wake Forest boasts one of the elite on-campus golf practice facilities in the country in the Arnold Palmer Golf Complex. Steep turn.

Salem College was established in 1772 when the Moravian community of Salem, North Carolina, founded a school for girls and appointed Sister Elisabeth Oesterlein as its first teacher. It is the oldest educational institution for girls and women in America.

The Mayo River is known for whitewater rafting and outdoor fun. This spot on the river near Stoneville, NC and the Mayo River State Park is a popular section.

Pilot Mountain, North Carolina is a well known landmark. a metamorphic quartzite monadnock rising to a peak 2,421 feet above sea level, is one of the most distinctive natural features in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is a remnant of the ancient chain of Sauratown Mountains. The Saura Native Americans, the region's earliest known inhabitants, called the mountain "Jomeokee", meaning "great guide”

North Carolina rural tobacco farm fields can be see as yellow leaf farmland. The agriculture tobacco plant crop is ready to harvest.

The Dan River in North Carolina is seen snaking through the forest below as I fly over. The Dan River flows 214 miles in North Carolina and Virginia. It rises in Patrick County, Virginia, and crosses the state border into Stokes County, North Carolina. It then flows into Rockingham County. From there it back into Virginia through only Pittsylvania County before reentering North Carolina near the border between Caswell County and Rockingham County. It flows into northern Caswell County and then back into southern Virginia (briefly Pittsylvania County, then into Halifax County) and finally into Kerr Reservoir on the Roanoke River.

As we fly over Burlington, NC we pass over solar panels generating electricity that are located next to a sports complex and cemetery.

Low flight over a highway with cars and trucks traveling across a lake with shades of green and yellow vegetation below and a forest on the other side. Nice angles and motion.

We turn slowly over the metropolitan airport and see the airport terminals, tarmac, commercial jets, and runways, taxiways, and airfield below with parking garage.

Outside of Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, NC we see an apartment complex and a large mobile home, manufactured home, development with small single-family homes nearby.

An industrial metal recycling and scrapyard that has train tracks beside it with a railroad siding that goes deep inside the recycling yard.

Skid marks on industrial runway concrete are seen passing rapidly underneath the airplane and the speed slows down as the airplane departs giving the emotion of departure. Could be used for dramatic tension.

A close view of a runway as the airplane pulls onto the runway for departure. The rapid black and white alternating background and industrial concrete give it a dramatic and futuristic background video opportunity. Would be a good tension-filled transition.

This flight passes over I-540 and I-40 near Durham, NC and shows a completed development, muddy pond, and recently cleared area readied for new construction and development. The highway is busy with traffic, trucks, cars, and vehicles.

I fly over a very serene scene of a lake with a bridge, the sun glints off the lake and the clouds can be seen in the reflection off the lake. Very calming and a great peaceful shot. Randleman Lake in Greensboro, NC.

A still pond or lake surrounded by apartments and homes. Sun reflects off surface and clouds can be seen in reflection. A nice establishing shot for anything to do with this part of North Carolina. Sun glints off still lake surface as I pass overhead.

We fly over an unusual combination of fields that is plowed but two different colors. Makes for quite a contrast. Surrounded by trees and forest.

We fly over baseball fields for recreation and Pine Hill cemetery with monuments and headstones visible. Burlington, NC. Beside the baseball fields is an apartment complex.The red brick building at the end is a YMCA.

Overflight of a wastewater treatment plant in Graham, NC. The sewage treatment plant is bordered by the Big Alamance Creek and the Haw River is seen at the end of the clip.

I fly over a shopping mall in High Point, NC on a Wednesday afternoon during the coronavirus COVID pandemic. Few vehicles can be seen in the parking lot showing how much of a retail impact the pandemic has had on shopping and shoppers.

Takeoff from airport with flight over runway, taxiway, and airport. Commercial jets are on the tarmac while others are at the gate. In the background is a VOR navigation device and a closed runway.

I fly over a very serene scene of a lake with a bridge, the sun glints off the lake and the clouds can be seen in the reflection off the lake. Very calming and a great peaceful shot. Randleman Lake in Greensboro, NC. We end with a banking right turn.

The aircraft lifts off the runway and begins to climb. The skid marks diminish as the plane gains altitude. The bright green grass along the runway comes into view.

I fly over Interstate I-18 in Greensboro, NC and you can see two cellphone towers alongside the highway, truck and car traffic, and a large car auction lot and truck rental facility.

The Haw River in Graham, NC is seen as we fly over. On both sides of the river we see development encroaching on the river. A bridge crosses the river. A power distribution site is seen. We bank left over the neighborhood.

This is a feature packed flyover showing a factory, food distribution warehouse, interstate I-85,a neighborhood, self storage facility, and shopping area. Graham, North Carolina.

We fly across the the inlet for Lake Mackintosh in Whitsett, NC and see power distribution lines and pylons, clear cut wooded area with erosion, open fields and several warehouse and distribution centers with many truck trailers parked around the facilities.

Flying over Burlington, North Carolina you can see a formerly wooded area that has started to regrow in densely packed small pine trees. The surrounding area that was not logged can be clearly seen. You can also see the areas that had not been cut down.

A flight over rural Snow Camp, North Carolina that shows high-voltage power transmission line towers passing through rural farm area with trees and fields. The ground below the power lines is clear and brown. This provides a contrast between the farm fields and heavily wooded area.

A flight over rural Snow Camp, North Carolina with a poultry operation and poultry sheds show us a unique pond that is half covered by a lime green growth. The contrast of the open fields and dark green trees provides colors and shapes make this visually interesting.

A flight over rural Snow Camp, North Carolina with two small farming operations. One has a farm pond mostly covered by some green algae overgrowth. The contrast of the open fields and dark green trees provides colors and shapes make this visually interesting. Interesting road alignment and a red barn.

Passing over Burlington, NC we fly over the Alamance County Agriculture Fair location that is covered in truck trailers. Surrounded by single family homes and mobile homes.

A mobile home development in Greensboro, NC is surrounded by green trees. A second smaller mobile home park is off to one side. Small single family homes can be seen as well.

We pass over a rural high school in Graham, North Carolina with multiple buildings, baseball field, football field, track, tennis courts, and a smaller baseball field. A middle school is next-door. School busses are in the parking lot.

I fly over an exit 124 on interstate I-85 in Greensboro, NC and we see individual food restaurants on one side of the highway. Large parking lots that are mostly empty during the coronavirus pandemic. A bridge crosses the highway and on the other side are apartments and a gas station.

Flying over Burlington, North Carolina you can see a formerly wooded area that has started to regrow in densely packed small pine trees. The surrounding area that was not logged can be clearly seen. You can also see the areas that had not been cut down.

Low flyover of Haw River in Graham, NC. Clearing and farm activity on one side of the muddy river with trees on the other bank.

This low flight captures a beautiful rural pond surrounded by green fields and trees. As the airplane passes over the reflection of clouds moving on the calm flat surface provides a great visual focus.

Flight over Research Triangle Park in Durham, NC shows the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Environmental Protection Agency, and US EPA National Computer Center beside Discovery Lake next to Triangle Expressway toll road.

The view from the airplane shows a low pass through smoke from a fire on the ground. Open fields, roads and some houses are seen in this colorful footage.

A distinctively lime green field is bordered by trees and a lake.We fly over the lake into a forest. Visually stimulating shapes, colors, and nature.

Flight shows Dean E. Smith Center, Carolina Basketball Museum, Koury Auditorium, UNC Kenan Flagler Business School, and more of UNC Chapel Hill campus in Chapel Hill, NC and shows how nestled the campus is in the heavily forested community.

The overflight shows the tree rich suburbs surrounding the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and downtown Chapel Hill and its famous Franklin Street area.

Low flight shows the result of recent clear cutting of timber and forest resulting in barren brown land with logging roads.

A low overflight of the famous Dean Smith Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with the Carolina Basketball Museum and the Flagler Business School. The Dean Smith Center is where Michael Jordan played college basketball.

The wetlands behind the oceanfront development show the contrast between development and the natural environment on this popular Atlantic Ocean island community on Topsail Island, NC.

Canals cut through the wetland behind Topsail Island, NC on the Atlantic Ocean.

The USS North Carolina is on permanent display in Wilmington, NC. It is the lead ship of the North Carolina class of fast battleships, the first vessel of the type built for the United States Navy.

Wetlands in the background can be seen as many boats speed along on the Topsail Island waterway in North Carolina.