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diamond 11-01-2012 04:26 PM

Thanks Darren for taking the time to make yet another awesome video. You have the knack man. And yes a beautiful daughter who obviously loves her daddy. Can't wait to see your next video.

docsuresh 11-01-2012 06:36 PM

What a great video!
 
Darren..great trip and great video. Please consider extending trip further south to San Diego next time. Great bunch of RV-ers here, lots of things to see and your daughter reminds me of mine (who are both now in grad school). Would love to host you and copilot any time.

Suresh

nharwood 11-01-2012 06:43 PM

Awesome video Darren, thanks for sharing!

RVguy 11-01-2012 07:01 PM

Hey Darren, saw your other videos on youtube before and this is another great one. Keep up the good work.:)

rv9av8tr 11-01-2012 07:31 PM

What a wonderful experience to share with your daughter! Thanks for sharing!

Darren S 11-01-2012 09:37 PM

Thanks as always for the kind words guys and I hope I provided a little motivation for those still building:).

With 5 kids, I have a few co-pilots to choose from, not to mention the nephews/nieces who want to become "famous":) It's all fun.

Next year the cross country plans are for a Boeing (Seattle), Vans (Oregon) tour in May, Century of Flight across Cross Canada group Flight (from BC to Newfoundland) in July and the Reno Air Races in September. Now all I have to do is work a few extra hours to pay off the Mrs.:)

Darren

Bob Axsom 11-02-2012 02:00 AM

I think there is room for both of you on the front page
 
I enjoyed it as well.

Bob Axsom

rwwende 11-02-2012 08:38 AM

Great video, thanks for sharing.

RV3b Pilot 11-02-2012 11:17 AM

Great Video
 
Great Video...:):):)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Darren S (Post 712904)
Hi all,

I do hope Vlad and all those who were affected by Super Storm Sandy are recovering and doing well. Living in Western Canada, all we get to see is the HLN news coverage and pictures. Best wishes to all.

This is a trip I did with my daughter in October. We had a beautiful VFR window on the way down to San Francisco and returning home. The trip took exactly 6 hours flying time going and the same coming.

On the way down we cleared customs in Spokane and topped off the tanks. Then a straight run to Klamath Falls for lunch and fuel. After that we made another straight run to San Francisco. On the advice of several VAF'ers, I landed at Hayward across the bay from San Fran. The BART train took us to our hotel. You'll see the fun we had:)

Returning home we took a slightly different route. Because of active MOA's etc... we left Hayward and made a 3 hour run to a place called Grant County Regional Airport in John Day, Oregon. A beautifully renovated FBO with a courtesy car too. From there we made our final leg of 2.9 hours to Springbank, Alberta to clear Canadian Customs.

My co-pilot slept most of the way, which I prefer. She isn't really a fan of the "70's on 7" on the XM radio:)

Hope you enjoy the video.

https://vimeo.com/52517963

Darren


jchang10 11-02-2012 11:26 AM

Great video! It was nice to see all those familiar sights.

FYI, that was a hectic weekend to be in SF. I heard estimates of up to 1M visitors that weekend in a densely populated city with 750,000 residents. There were various big events that somehow all coincided on the same day.

Jae


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