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Old 11-01-2012, 04:26 PM
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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.
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Old 11-01-2012, 06:36 PM
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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.

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Old 11-01-2012, 06:43 PM
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Awesome video Darren, thanks for sharing!
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Old 11-01-2012, 07:01 PM
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Hey Darren, saw your other videos on youtube before and this is another great one. Keep up the good work.
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Old 11-01-2012, 07:31 PM
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What a wonderful experience to share with your daughter! Thanks for sharing!
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Old 11-01-2012, 09:37 PM
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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.

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Old 11-02-2012, 02:00 AM
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I enjoyed it as well.

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Old 11-02-2012, 08:38 AM
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Great video, thanks for sharing.
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Old 11-02-2012, 11:17 AM
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Great Video...

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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
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Old 11-02-2012, 11:26 AM
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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.

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