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In The Cockpit With Brandon Webb From Seattle To San Diego

In The Cockpit With Brandon Webb From Seattle To San Diego

Monday morning I get a call. Brandon: “Are you in for a plane adventure?” Me: “Like most of life’s adventures, I’m in”

I then began to pack my bags for a quick flight up to Seattle. I made it there in time to meet up with Brandon Tuesday morning at 6am to pickup his new plane. I got the “green light” feeling when we were strapping in and double-checking everything on the runway right before our full day trip. Brandon said to me, “I got the plane checked out a week ago, so we’re good.”

We made several fuel, coffee and taco stops along the way.  This was my first time in a small plane that wasn’t his Yak, so it was especially nice to sit next to someone and actually be able to hold a conversation rather than looking at the back of a helmet. It was also much less freighting since we wouldn’t be pulling + G’s… which I’ll talk about in another post.

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Monday morning I get a call. Brandon: “Are you in for a plane adventure?” Me: “Like most of life’s adventures, I’m in”

I then began to pack my bags for a quick flight up to Seattle. I made it there in time to meet up with Brandon Tuesday morning at 6am to pickup his new plane. I got the “green light” feeling when we were strapping in and double-checking everything on the runway right before our full day trip. Brandon said to me, “I got the plane checked out a week ago, so we’re good.”

We made several fuel, coffee and taco stops along the way.  This was my first time in a small plane that wasn’t his Yak, so it was especially nice to sit next to someone and actually be able to hold a conversation rather than looking at the back of a helmet. It was also much less freighting since we wouldn’t be pulling + G’s… which I’ll talk about in another post.

Here is a little photo gallery of our trip down. I’m no pilot – but I’ve now flown over 800 miles!

In The Cockpit With Brandon Webb From Seattle To San Diego

This is Mt Shasta. This was especially important to me on the trip because I spend a few weeks here every spring. Right about where the snow line and clouds sit is 7,500 feet. That’s where the trail-head starts to climb the mountain. The top sits at 14,180. We’re flying at 7,500 feet in these photos. I’ve stood on the top, and I plan to every year until I can’t snowboard down it anymore.

Magic backpacks..

These clouds were a solid hour highlight of our trip. The sensation of flying in between, around and through all of these clouds is honestly beyond words. Brandon and I both agreed that its very similar to that “dropping in” feeling one can get from surfing a wave, dropping a line on a snowboard or skis, or any other similar gravity-based, adrenaline-pumping sport. The amount of people that actually ever get to experience this? I haven’t a clue, but I’m very grateful that I’m one of them.

Here’s an iPhone video of us flying through the clouds:

Hope you enjoy, let me know if you’d like to see more of this type of content and I’ll take a bit of time to post stuff up.

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is SOFREP's video and photo guru. He's an adventure junkie and world traveler with an eye for a great pic. You can see his original work on the Force12 Network, and you can find out more about him on his website at CahillFilms.com

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