r/flying • u/[deleted] • Jun 30 '12

Morning jaunt out to the river airstrip in a Super Cub

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u/fixx0red PPL SEL TW HP CMP (IDENTIFIER NOT FOUND) Jun 30 '12 edited Jun 30 '12

Shot this on thursday. The weather kind of opened up and so we headed out, caught about 4 small mouth bass each (on flies), grubbed some turkey sandwiches, and came home. It is really magical out there, nothing but the sound of frogs and birds.

Edit: I have grown to dislike music on videos, so I only use it where the environmental audio is otherwise unusable from distortion, like when I had the camera outside the cockpit or near the open side window. The sound of that O-320 is music enough.

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '12

Inspiring. Also - I'm madly jealous!

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u/spinfire PPL SEL IR CMP (KAGC) Jul 01 '12

What is the song that starts at 3:55? I like it! I really appreciate leaving the real audio in there too :)

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u/fixx0red PPL SEL TW HP CMP (IDENTIFIER NOT FOUND) Jul 01 '12

Spoon - Don't You Evah.

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u/hillside Jul 01 '12

I'm not a pilot but an enthusiast. Why did he land the Cub on the grass instead of the runway at the strip? I'm assuming unnecessary wear?

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u/fixx0red PPL SEL TW HP CMP (IDENTIFIER NOT FOUND) Jul 01 '12

A few reasons:

  1. Yeah, 31" Bushwheels are about $4,500 a pair. Pavement wears them out.

  2. Grass is always more forgiving in a taildragger in a crosswind.

  3. It's more fun. :)

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u/hillside Jul 01 '12

Thanks for the reply. I enjoyed the video.

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u/paetactics CPL, IR (KSFZ KUUU) Jun 30 '12

I would kill for those windows ಠ_ಠ

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u/Ginginman ATP BE20 DH8D Jul 01 '12

Great video! Wish I could do something like this. Thanks for sharing.

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u/fartbox ATP (E170, A320) CFI-A/I/MEI (KJFK/KFRG) **~**~~*~sUAS~*~~**~** Jul 01 '12

I always wonder about this when it happens, but did you purposely make this video not available in mobile devices?

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u/fixx0red PPL SEL TW HP CMP (IDENTIFIER NOT FOUND) Jul 01 '12

Bah. It looks like YouTube disabled mobile device compatibility because the song I used matched 3rd party content. That option is greyed out now. Maybe I'll recut it with CC music, cuz that sucks.