My Yucaipa: The Big Falls, Forest Falls, California, Spring 2023

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My name is Gerald Peplow. I am a FAA Part 107 certified UAV pilot. This video is from my series, "My Yucaipa". I currently fly a registered DJI Mini 2 and Mini 3. This mission I flew my Mini 3, "Cong Ming Niao." Rebecca Peplow is my Visual Observer. The music is from my son Stephen Peplow.

This Video is My Yucaipa: The Big Falls, Forest Falls, California. Yucaipa means Green Valley or Boggy Valley depending on the translator. I grew up in Yucaipa and, after Retiring as a Master Sergeant in the USAF, came home to live in this perfect Green Valley. I am creating videos to share Yucaipa with the world. Our amazing city leadership keeps a balanced budget, invests in the community, and set the example for other cities to follow. I was flying in Class G Airspace. I practiced all flight safety rules. If you fly in this area you are very near wilderness areas. Make sure you have an APP like Aloft to keep yourself out of trouble. Be aware of where you are flying! It is illegal to launch a UAV and fly from inside a Wilderness Area.

In this video I fly at the Big Falls in Forest Falls in Spring of 2023 with my Family. What a wonderful day. The weather was great and the creek was flowing from the Winter snow melt. On this trip my grandson from Virginia had his first look at real mountains! First we hiked the trail to the falls and checked the light. After we assessed when the light would be falling on the falls we went back upstream. We imaged the valley and the mountains. After this we moved to the Falls and imaged the base and the top.