Featured local citizens could range from Lyman Gilmore to local boy Chuck Yeager to astro-luminary Don Machholz of Colfax.
All roads lead to home - a Metafilter post featured these stunning aerial photos (for a Calendar) taken from radio-controlled model airplanes; among them was this view of the Bridgeport covered bridge, which turns out to have been taken by Grass Valley
Here's our interview with him.
Here are his photos, including these from
Nevada City: 
Penn Valley: 
We especially like this Nevada City photo - with Park St. in the foreground, running into Boulder.
Also via Metafilter, some nonlocal aerial photography:
- 1906 San Francisco kite aerial photo
- Recent kite aerial photography
- eaglecam
Not aerial, but beautiful - landscape photography by Max Lyons, especially his Scotland photos.
Added Jan. 20: The Daring Visionaires of Fringe Aviation
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