I received an email from Emflys on Friday asking if I was available to lead Swingle around on Monday. I had to ask twice if I heard him right! I didn't' even know he was in the area. We did some coordination and Monday I led Swingle, Emflys, Weave(S-7) Paco, and Bill (182) around our growing West Circuit. We added a few more stops as well. I won't let all the cats out of the bag because I know there will be some awesome videos coming at some point but let's just say with this particular group and skillset it was an interesting day. Bill you have my utmost respect as a pilot. He stuck that 182 into places that completely blew my mind yesterday. In one instance he was in and out shorter than I was! It's amazing what the right airplane and pilot can make a big Cessna do!! Greg and Becky it was great to finally meet you guys!! Weave, Paco, and Emmet when are we going again?















Easy Weave





I sure hope somebody got some shots to do this one justice.



Swingle playing on the halfpipe







Kinda shows the slope

Awesome! Wish I could have gone with you guys!

Damn you guys....not even a text or a message to come play...

Looks like fun. Alaska bound on Saturday...
AKT

Sorry Kevin this whole thing fell together in about a day. I did think of you but for some reason I was thinking you were already up North. You'd love this circuit. Both Emmet and Rob have both commented on how much better the performance is on this circuit. I think the highest point yesterday was about 1800msl.

We created quite the buzz at the Nut Tree. They don't see a flight of 5 big tire airplanes departing off the grass in 100ft very often.

Sorry Kev - it was last minute. Great shot Joey of me and Weav waterskiing. Lots of little bodies of water for that.

This is going to be a BEAUTIFUL circuit in Spring. Green grass. We should do a trip working North ending at Gravelly, then head to the East side of the valley (west Sierras), and hit all the spots Kevin found between Oroville and say Auburn.

Great to hang out with Swingle. He's in South Lake right now, about to blast to Austin NV on way to WY. His wife is a great sport and seems to love to bash the countryside in that bird.

Some more pics. Got a little video, unimpressive, but it will get edited...eventually.

The Swingle "We've Arrived" face


Some transplanted wildlife


Genuine Ohio cow poop and mud.


Weav just before the "oh shit" moment of almost mowing the lawn with his prop


Our friend Bill landed his tri-gear 182 on about a 35deg slope. We all said "oh shit...he's gonna land" at the same time.


Swingle put on a little show of halfpiping between two slopes. Pretty steep - hard to see in the pics.



Nice view


The spooky oak tree:

Wow, my phone must have been off too!

Looks like a good time!

This ones for Zane

Awesome photos ... can't wait to see the video too! Hit me up next time you leave the Nut Tree, I'd love to come out and shoot some media.

Don

emflys wrote:This ones for Zane

Ranspocalypse Now!

Excellent pictures. We better get your autographs now, because soon you will be famous.
...did Greg ever stop grinning?

Only when his camera ran out of batteries John.

Man that looks like trouble! So, it wasn't just my imagination, Weave's prop was a bit close?

So....Greg's taking a break from building the new bird? He'll never get it done that way

You will all have to wait for Swingle to stop moving and get a good internet connection to see some of his video. Till then, you are stuck with this one. I kept the theme of Joey's title, albeit I didn't get a whole lot of OBP actually flying. John, you are not represented...obviously...but would be a welcome addition.

Yes, I did catch Swingle filming and talking to a pile of cow dung, comparing it to his native Ohio brand.

That's Weav in his S7 at 2:26 doing the hammerhead, then a roll just after it. A light S7 does nice acro.

ZANE: I apologize for the un-approved font style usage on the title slide. If you can believe it, I don't have even the basic Helvetica, let alone Helvetica Neue. I'll change it when I get it.

Joey - I have NO video of you. We'll have to fix that on our next outing. We need to take a videographer with us next time that we can force to just sit on the ground and take video.

http://vimeo.com/35998637

Good video. What is the story of that pond NE of Lodi that looks like it could be a seaplane base? Wish I had it.

thanks emflys. that's some quality airplane porn.

pete

Nice work on the video Emmet!

Nice video! Looks like that was a close call almost mowing the lawn.

emflys wrote:This ones for Zane

I've had a couple tell me this is Avweb material. Hope it works out.

Well Becky wondered why I bothered editing, cuz Emmet had better footage. My take is more of a case study on The Weav.

My vids are music videos. Your's are films! Hilarious. You did great job of capturing Weav in all his glory. And he wasn't even drinking. I think. That look on Joey's face is priceless. Still can't believe Bill landed his 182 on that hillside.

You coming back out this spring? Everything will be really pretty and green. Even the cowshit.

Nice work as usual Swingle.