Barry Lavallée

@barrylavallee.bsky.social

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Coffee - active transportation advocate - livable cities - public transit - bikes as transport - commercial drone pilot - licenced pilot of crewed aircraft - Transport Canada RPAS Flight Reviewer https://barrylavallee.com/drone-licence-flight-review.html

Screen capture of a picture of a tornado touching down in Milton Ontario on 20 July 2026.
Very low resolution drone remote control telemetry recording inflight. As the drone moves forward the gimbal drops down to frame the major intersections of two roads.
Air quality aerial view from 115 metres high near the intersections of Guelph Street and Mountainview Road in Georgetown, Halton Hills, Ontario. It is taken midday and panning along Highway 7 from east to west. The air quality is still very bad.
Air quality aerial view from 115 metres high near the intersections of Guelph Street and Mountainview Road in Georgetown, Halton Hills, Ontario. It is taken at 9:15 and panning along Highway 7 from east to west. The sky is very bad, filled with smoke. If this was a scratch and sniff video you'd be able to smell the smoke too.
Aerial view of poor air quality of Georgetown, Halton Hills, Ontario, caused by wildfire smoke. The camera is 120 metres above ground, panning from west to east along Highway 7.
Low level aerial view along the lake shore over Humber Bay, moving from west to east, with downtown Toronto skyline seen in the distance. It is autumn with a variety of colours on display in the trees.
Elevated view of construction workers performing building envelope maintenance, suspended from a gondola. The point of view is from above Humber Bay in the west end of Toronto, with the downtown skyline visible in the distance. The lake is turquoise and the sky is blue with wispy clouds.
Aerial view of air quality at 9:15 from 100 metres above ground near the intersections of Guelph Street and Mountainview Road, in Georgetown, Ontario.
Aerial view of poor air quality of Georgetown, Halton Hills, Ontario, caused by wildfire smoke. The camera is 120 metres above ground, panning from west to east along Highway 7.
A drone hovers high above Humber Bay Park on Toronto's western waterfront, looking east along the curve of Lake Ontario toward the distant downtown skyline. In the foreground, clustered along the shoreline, stands a dense collection of residential towers — the Humber Bay Shores condo community. Two very tall, dark-toned high-rises anchor the upper left of the frame, their many rows of windows catching the afternoon light. Below and around them, a mix of pale cream and white towers with rounded, curved balconies step down toward the water, their rooftops a patchwork of gray membrane roofing, mechanical units, and a few distinctive turquoise-green cupola domes that cap some of the buildings like lighthouse tops. To the left, the Gardiner Expressway cuts a wide gray swath through the scene, its multiple lanes carrying a scattering of cars and trucks, running parallel to the shoreline before curving off into the hazy western horizon where more distant buildings and green space fade into the sky. Between the condos and the lake, Humber Bay Park unfolds in lush green — mature trees just beginning to turn autumn shades of orange and red, winding paved paths, and rocky breakwaters reaching into the water to form sheltered coves. A marina inlet is tucked among the towers near the center of the image. The lake itself dominates the right half of the photo, a vast expanse of blue-green water transitioning from turquoise shallows near shore to deeper navy further out, stretching to a soft horizon line where water meets pale sky. Far in the distance, hugging the curve of the bay, the Toronto skyline rises in miniature: a dense cluster of skyscrapers with the CN Tower standing distinctly above them all, slightly hazy with atmospheric distance, marking the heart of the city many kilometers away. The overall mood is bright and clear, a crisp sunny day with scattered clouds, capturing the contrast between dense urban high-rise living and the open natural expanse of the lake.
A large fallen tree in the yard of a bungalow, brought down by a burst of high wind.
A large fallen tree in the yard of a bungalow, brought down by a burst of high wind.
Close up aerial view of a Canadian flag flying in the wind with the town centre of Georgetown, Halton Hills, Ontario as a backdrop.
Low level drone aerial view, flying over my friends and I, as we stand on a bridge over a river.
A kid riding a 1970s model Schwinn Stingray as he launched from a jumping ramp to try to make it over and past his nine friends stretched out on the road, perpendicular to his path of travel.
Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy holding the Ace of Spades
A screencap of an individual's spiel ro run for a municipal council seat in ... Brampton?
Two dogs, one black and one beige, lying in the sun on a bed.
Dude wearing a custom teeshirt that his wife bought him after he crashed his bike into the ditch on a rural road. It's a cartoonish design of a bike hitting a boulder in a ditch and the rider going over the handlebar into the bushes, with only legs visible from knees to feet.
Image of a guy standing in front of a "BikeIt to the Market" promotional banner, with his bike, before proceeding to the main farmer's market area in downtown Georgetown, Ontario.
Video of cars exiting Highway 410 northbound Bovaird Drive off-ramp in Brampton Ontario. They are proceeding via dual turning lanes, both east and west.
An aerial video of various construction sites of building renovations shot at low heights and close proximity to workers. All workers were deemed to be part of the crew and production ahead of time to allow for flying over them in a couple instances.
A 90 degree vertical aerial view of cars transitioning a major intersection. It's a time lapse that covered about 15 minutes of real time movement.
Oblique aerial view of car scrap yard from about 30 metres above it
It's a graphic, too complicated to explain. If unable to read it please ask someone to review it and explain it to you.
Screenshot of NAV Canada issued NOTAMs about specialty air combat training taking place at various locations around Ontario.
A bird of prey taking an interest in a drone as it moves through its territory. The drone had to be placed into a sudden maximum rate of vertical climb to evade it, as it got too close to the drone, to prevent it from hurting itself.
Toronto VTA aviation chart with section of Billy Bishop Airport airspace as primary focus.
Beginning of Highway 413 construction in Brampton Ontario. Low level aerial view is from above Bovaird Drive (Highway 7) between Heritage Road and Mississauga Road.
A drone aerial view of a new public housing highrise under construction in Brampton Ontario, along Knightsbridge Road, taken from 50 metres above ground, in a half circle maneuver with the building remaining fixed in the frame.
Drone aerial view 50 metres above Knightsbridge Road in Brampton Ontario, flying among the highrise buildings.
Drone panoramic aerial view of the Bramalea City Centre neighbourhood, in Brampton Ontario, taken from 60 metres above ground.
Screencap of a NAV Canada NOTAM outlining airspace restrictions over various areas of fhe city of Toronto during World Cup games.
Screehshot of a Strava ride in which a cyclist was victim of a hit and run driver, with a description of his extensive injuries.
Screenshot of NAV Canada issued NOTAMs of airspace areas around Toronto that are closed to drone flights during World Cup games.
Work on Highway 413 has begun where it intersects Bovaird Drive (Regional Road 107 / Highway 7) as seen in these aerial views. Camera is above Bovaird looking westward.
Drone aerial view from 80 metres high of a mural titled "Equilibrium" by Spanish street artist Okuda San Miguel at the intersection of Carlton and Jarvis streets, painted on the Parkside Student Residence Building in Toronto Ontario. Various angles of the Toronto skylines are seen as a backdrop.
Short video clip of my bike on a GO Transit train coach and then my friends getting on with their bikes to join me as we head to Toronto a day of riding.
Aerial video moving above College Street westbound approaching Jarvis Street, in Toronto. The camera is 80 metres above the centre of the street, with gimbal angle straight down at 90 degrees.
Aerial view, 90 degrees straight down, of a Toronto TTC westbound streetcar on College Street approaching the intersection of Jarvis. The image was taken from 80 metres above ground, with Allan Gardens Park on the top right, and Grace United Church on the right.
NAV Canada issued NOTAM for fireworks on Toronto waterfront.
Notice To Air Missions issued by NAV Canada about fireworks display near Billy Bishop airport.
Screenshot of Strava leaderboard for a segment.
Screenshot notification of loss of Strava KOM segment
A picture of actor Jerry Lewis in the role of Sad Sack in military uniform, with a sad expression.
Screenshot of google search results for a drone flight review service in Mississauga Ontario, that promotes Barry Lavallee.
Screenshot of a product review generated by AI that mixes French and English into same description paragraph.
An image of an astronaut riding a bike in space. There's a far away red and orange cluster of planets reflected in the visor of his helmet.
Black and green Fuji mountain bike decked out with a rear cargo rack and 14 litre panniers.
Black and green Fuji mountain bike all cleaned up, got the mud and clay off.
Various angles of view of clay buildup on my Fuji mountain bike frame during a gravel ride on soft spring ground.
A two kilogram bag of Azzurro Dark espresso whole bean coffee from the Canadian CIMO roaster.
Two cyclists riding on Queen Street past the Queen Street Commons Cafe in Kitchener ontario in the winter of 2024.
Video of a Kuwaiti approaching an American F-15 pilot that suddenly found herself standing in the desert, trying to figure out what happened.
Green and black coloured Fuji Nevada One brand of mountain bike resting against a ledge in the driveway after a short exercise ride.
Picture of a green 2022 FUJI Bighorn mountain bike
A screen capture of a search engine query output related to the cost of photogrammetry services in Toronto.
Former Prince Andrew being finger-printed after arrest. The caption reads "Prints, Andrew ... chuckles custody sergeant".
Former Prince Andrew being finger-printed after arrest. The caption reads "Prints, Andrew ... chuckles custody sergeant".