dennis skills are on display at an air show in utah in june of 2008, and one person eager to see it, and videotape it, is tina tyler, an american gyrocopter pilot. i packed up my gyro and headed out to utah with my camera in hand. for dennis, there s a setback at the beginning of the event. the helicopter, a schweitzer, is unfamiliar and it s heavier than he s used to. i normally fly with ten gallons on board, which weighs 80 pounds, 72, in fact, and i had 30 on board, three times the weight. as dennis takes off, he s aware of another element that will have a major impact on his performance. the air park had two things going for it. it was high and it was hot, 96 degrees that day. both those factors spelled danger for a pilot. in utah, it s about 5,000 feet elevation and it was a warm day that day. this creates a condition
down a towering cliff but loses control and falls 100 feet to the bottom. i thought for sure that my life was coming to an end. hey, you okay? in the summer of 2009, eric shrever and david cardona are hiking through utah s zion national park. they re both experienced canyoneers, skilled at getting through canyons by any means possible. that includes climbing, rappeling or even swimming. i ve always loved the outdoors. i ve been an avid hiker. but this canyoneering sport, it takes hiking to a whole new level, and i started dabbling in that about three years ago. i ve been doing canyoneering for about a year with eric. this time, david is also going to be a cameraman. we thought it would be great to have it on camera and we could show other people what we do.
one of the cups up there behind me is for the first place. dennis skills are on display at an air show in utah in june of 2008, and one person eager to see it, and videotape it, is tina tyler, an american gyrocopter pilot. i packed up my gyro and headed out to utah with my camera in hand. for dennis, there s a setback at the beginning of the event. the helicopter, a schweitzer, is unfamiliar and it s heavier than he s used to. i normally fly with ten gallons on board, which weighs 80 pounds, 72, in fact, and i had 30 on board, three times the weight. as dennis takes off, he s aware of another element that will have a major impact on his performance. the air park had two things going for it. it was high and it was hot, 96 degrees that day. both those factors spelled danger for a pilot. in utah, it s about 5,000 feet elevation and it was a warm day that day.
get out of this quickly. dennis kenyon, a former british royal air force pilot, is a legendary flyer who has logged thousands of hours aloft. i m up to 14,000 flying hours. i ve flown 124 different types of airplanes which includes 34 helicopters. his aeronautic skills are on display in numerous feature films. i ve done, i don t know, probably a couple dozen feature films. i did spy who loved me, blackhawk down. and he serves as a flight safety expert. my job is to go around to shows and make certain they are safe, and watch the other pilots. what he s most famous for is helicopter aerobatic flying. since 1986, dennis has been a leading competitor, winning the world championship in 1992. one of the cups behind me is for the first place. dennis skills are on display at an air show in utah in june of 2008, and one person eager to
see it, and videotape it, is tina tyler, an american gyrocopter pilot. i packed up my gyro and headed to utah with my camera in hand. for dennis, there s a setback at the beginning of the event. the helicopter is unfamiliar and it s heavier than he s used to. i normally fly with ten gallons on board, which weighs 80 pounds, 72, in fact, and i had 30 on board, three times the weight. as dennis takes off, he s aware of another element that will have a major impact on his performance. the air park had two things going for it. it was high and it was hot, 96 degrees that day. both those factors spelled danger for a pilot. in utah, it s about 5,000 feet elevation and it was a warm