Channel Title: Prairie Aerial Channel Description: Prairie Aerial was an early entry into filming by drone. We created a viral video, "1500' TV Tower", that opened many doors for us including being selected for the second annual New York City Drone Film Festival. But our real job is in the communications tower world so we have always had unprecedented access to these structures and the people who work on them. Some of our work can be seen in the new documentary "Vertical Freedom" which will be released in 2022. <video> A Towerhand's World Description: www.vikorinc.com www.prairieaerial.com Certain everyday phrases have a slightly different meaning when you spend your time in the vertical world. </video> <video> Sioux Falls Saturday Morning Description: http://www.prairieaerial.com http://www.facebook.com/prairieaerial A beautiful June morning in Sioux Falls, SD. Thanks to the balloon pilots who trusted us to fly our pack of angry bees around in their peaceful morning flight. The images are stunning and make us proud of our beautiful city and its crowning jewel, Falls Park, which has been and is being restored from the grip of industrial blight. </video> <video> Website Banner Description: This video is about Website Banner </video> <video> Above the Sky Description: This video is a portion of a video we made for the 20th Anniversary of the National Association of Tower Erectors. You can see the complete video here: https://youtu.be/zsK3h8vPPS4. The tower in the clouds was shot during the deconstruction of the KWTV tower in Oklahoma City in December 2015 by Tower King II. ALL DRONE FOOTAGE IN THIS VIDEO WAS SHOT BEFORE 1/7/2015. </video> <video> Badlands FM Description: www.vikorinc.com www.prairieaerial.com Prairie Aerial on site with Sioux Falls Tower and Communications building the new KBAD FM station in Sioux Falls. Those funky looking black things are FM radio broadcast antenna bays. The tower is just a little over 300' tall. </video> <video> 1500' TV Tower Description: Check out our Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/prairieaerial To use this video in a commercial player, advertising or in broadcasts, please email Viral Spiral: contact@viralspiralgroup.com Somebody has to change out that lightbulb at the top of those tall TV towers! This is tower climber Kevin Schmidt making the climb to the very top of the now inactive KDLT TV analog broadcast antenna near Salem, SD. It was a beautiful fall day for a climb and the views are stunning! I would suggest watching at 1080 HD in full screen to get a small taste of the experience. </video> <video> An Exclusive Club Description: www.vikorinc.com www.prairieaerial.com There is a small group of people who climb to the top of the tallest spires on the planet. They usually do it for the most mundane of reasons - to change a lightbulb - but there are also repairs and inspections to be done. In honor of these workers, and on the anniversary of our famous "1500' TV Tower" video, please enjoy this look into the antenna climber's world. </video> <video> Up In The Cold Sky Again Description: www.vikorinc.com www.prairieaerial.com This is the traditional slide show part of Slideshow 2015. We have had a slideshow at the end of the year almost every year since the late 90's. It used to be an actual slide show with a carousel and a cassette tape of music. Throughout the years it has evolved. But is always about what Sioux Falls Tower's journey has been over the course of a year, as seen through the cameras of the guys in field. </video> <video> Radio Tower Demolition Description: What happens when you knock down a perfectly good FM Radio Station Tower. It was done to make way for a future wind turbine </video> <video> Greenland Description: www.vikorinc.com www.prairieaerial.com Sioux Falls Tower was hired to inspect and repair some towers at Summit Station and Raven Camp on the ice sheet of Greenland. This is the story of the two lucky towerhands that got to make the journey. That is if you call sleeping in a tent at -30 F for a few days lucky. </video> <video> Destroying a Perfectly Good Tower Description: </video> <video> Wobbly Footer Description: This is a video showing the amount of movement a large TV broadcast tower is subjected to in a stiff wind. </video> <video> High Paid Antenna Climber Description: </video> <video> Monday Morning Training Description: Jan 6, 2025 </video> <video> International Tower Superstar Description: www.vikorinc.com www.prairieaerial.com When we went out to shoot the video of Kevin climbing the stick at KDLT Salem, we had no idea that he would become the 1st internationally recognized towerhand. </video>

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Prairie Aerial was an early entry into filming by drone. We created a viral video, "1500' TV Tower", that opened many doors for us including being selected for the second annual New York City Drone Film Festival. But our real job is in the communications tower world so we have always had unprecedented access to these structures and the people who work on them. Some of our work can be seen in the new documentary "Vertical Freedom" which will be released in 2022.

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