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Jeff O'Brien
Добавлен 2 июл 2014
Northwest Arkansas, Paramotor Enthusiast.
A Monday Evening Fly Adventure
What a way to spend a beautiful evening after a hot, Monday of work!! A group of us gathered on the farm and adventured south to new locations. We welcomed two new pilots, Aaron & Greg, to ComeFlyWithUs!
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Buffalo Mountain Flying/Training Weekend June 12-13 2020
Просмотров 2944 года назад
An incredible weekend on Buffalo Mountain outside Talihina, OK with beginner and experienced flyers. We enjoyed watching new students take their first flights, intermediate pilots obtain farther distances and experienced pilots set new records! It was a weekend of "firsts" and filled with moments to remember. Both free flyers and motor pilots took turns enjoying the views along the Kiamichi Mou...
Spring XC 2019 - Flight 187
Просмотров 1705 лет назад
This was my longest cross country flight during the spring of 2019. I had reach my two year flying anniversary and had wore out the usual places to fly nearby. So Jason and I decided to spread our wings and fly a circle cross country flight following the Baron Fork River then south to Stilwell, OK and east to Evansville, AR. We enjoyed low flying next to a train, circling a fire station and foo...
Colombia Paragliding - My Free Flight Adventure!
Просмотров 12 тыс.5 лет назад
This was one of the biggest adventures I've ever taken. With high points and then a devastating low point (when a member of our group suffered a serious accident), I decided to document the journey in this video. Free Flying over Piedechinche, Santa Elena, & Roldanillo Colombia with 13 other members of the Region 6 USHPA group. Music: soundcloud.com/ikson soundcloud.com/dizaro soundcloud.com/vl...
Happy Birthday Fly Party
Просмотров 2675 лет назад
What a great birthday gift! The sun came out during the cold January month and my friend Jason let me borrow his wing & motor for a quick birthday party in the air. Music: soundcloud.com/ikson soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads
2018 Year In Review
Просмотров 3325 лет назад
Year #2 is in the books! 2018 ended with 98 additional flights and the experience of a new kind of flying.... free flight. The first half of the year was spent flying new places and to new heights. The second half of the year became a race to learn thermaling skills and to prep for a big adventure to come in January 2019. #comeflywithme Music: soundcloud.com/liqwyd-sunshine soundcloud.com/aka-d...
A New Flight Record - For Me!
Просмотров 926 лет назад
Flight 126 offered a rare midday adventure with overcast skies. I seized the opportunity to travel 51.8 miles through 6 zip codes, exploring new areas from the air. Had to make this video to look back on and remember.
First Wing Bump
Просмотров 1466 лет назад
A July evening flight with friends Chris & Clayton where I got my first midair wing touch. Flying is amazing, but it's even better when you have friends to share the adventure! Music: soundcloud.com/vgl9 soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads soundcloud.com/jebasemusic
Inspiring A New Flyer
Просмотров 2146 лет назад
It's the hot days of summer! Got a little air time with my buddy Chris who experienced his first low flying with a little footdrag action on his Scout. I then got a chance to inspire my friend Jeff to begin pursuing the paragliding dream. A little flight to his house to demonstrate the paramotor and back home again. Only to find a couple of 1,200 pound poop machines invading my LZ! Music: sound...
Human Chase Cam
Просмотров 1106 лет назад
Sometimes it's fun just chasing your fellow flying buddies! Hold your head still and try to capture the view from a GoPro. Music: soundcloud.com/nicolai-heidlas soundcloud.com/triple-i-kumkeys
Celebrating Flight 100
Просмотров 1236 лет назад
25, 50, 75 & 100! It's been a goal to check that last number off the list. After 1 year 18 days and 3,331 minutes of flying, it finally happened. Fortunately, there were plenty of cameras to capture the moment and Jason Campbell to celebrate with me. What's next? I'm not quite sure, but it definitely involves going up! Check out Jason Campbell's channel: ruclips.net/channel/UClaPgSI943OxDpjCNq7...
Cloud Chasing Success
Просмотров 866 лет назад
After my failed attempt to catch clouds, I decided to try again. Success! This was an incredible 90 minute flight. #93/94 and headed to #100! Music: soundcloud.com/ikson
Failed Cloud Chase
Просмотров 606 лет назад
To be above the clouds is an amazing feeling. But getting there can prove to be a challenge. In this video, I discover that some adventures aren't worth chasing. There's always another day. Music: soundcloud.com/pyc-groovin-along soundcloud.com/ikson-bliss
PPG Spring 2018 & Anniversary Flight
Просмотров 906 лет назад
Spring 2018 has given us a weather roller coaster ride. We experienced 6 consecutive weekends of rain. But through all that, I've been able to take advantage of a few amazing days to fly. This is my Spring 2018 highlight video and celebration of completing my first flying year! Music: Journey www.soundcloud.com/ikson Sky soundcloud.com/markvard By The Croft soundcloud.com/joakimkarud
A Little XC Flying
Просмотров 1586 лет назад
Why drive somewhere when you can fly and make it an adventure? Spring is almost here and we've been itching to get back into the air. The morning was a little colder than we had hoped, but we made the best of a 40 minute cross country flight. The initial launch for home became interesting when I discovered my left riser had twisted and pinched my brake line. After a quick landing and correction...
I wanna try !
Very nice. Love the narration. I've been skydiving, including professionally, since 1991. Decided to Paraglide this year. Going to Colombia next January. Very happy to know your friend is OK. So others, including myself, can learn, what happened? How could it have been prevented, or minimize the chance of it happening to me, or someone else.
Thanks! I just got back from my third trip! So, with regards to what initiated the incident, I don’t fully recall the details. I know his lines got twisted and he found himself in a spiral descent. The bigger issue was that during the trip he had left his water “camel pack” inside his harness during a transport. The water bladder busted and leaked into his gear, also causing his reserve parachute to get wet. On one afternoon, he decided to pull the gear out, dry his reserve and repack. He was hot, a bit tired and distracted by many people walking by and talking with him. Consequently, he forgot to fully attach his reserve! So during this incident, when he threw the reserve, it simply left the pod and fell to earth. That was the very moment he realized he had not attached it. He spent several days in ICU and many many months recovering. He is very fortunate to have survived.
Great vid, thanks for sharing your insights and adventures! I’m on my way to Pie de Chinche in a week for the first time 😊
I can’t wait to go to Columbia!! I’ve heard that the humid air makes the thermals much easier than I’m used to, but I’m used to the western Sierra’s which are pretty rowdy. Great video.
Super video, well done
Congratulations on all your beautiful flights. The videos are great. What did you use for the lights on motor. Thank you for all your help. I'm flying 15 years now. Still learning.
Legend has it he's still yelling "run" up on that hill. 🤣🤣 Looks amazing fellas‼️ Great video.
I am happy your friend is fine... Colombia Tropical weather is tough for flying....
avesome! thanks for sharing!
Who is the instructor?
Britton Shaw (Fort Smith, AR)
Nice video and narration
Great video, thoroughly enjoyed sharing you trip. Thank you
A very nice video. great narration. nice to see Colombia.
Beyond EPIC.. Thank you for taking me on your journey... well done!!
Looks fun, I gotta get it going!
What?!? A video from Jeff?!?
Nice trip.
Would really appreciate to learn what was learned from your friends incident
German Tobon #1- Always. Always double check your reserve and make sure it is actually connected and fastened properly to your harness. #2- Don’t make adjustments to reserve when you are hot, tired and rushed. #3- Know your God and stay prayed up!
@@jeffobrien1836 All except #3. Praying will not save someone's ass from making a mistake. Thanks for sharing the first two.
Video very well done, can feel your passion for paragliding, the excitement and fears...
Definitely need to do more videos :-)
Very Cool Video!!! You did Good!!! Love The Cows!!! ;0)
Great, Nice video.
Welcome back!
Awesome. Glad to see more, although you make my videos of the same flight look so sad.
Well there he is! Good stuff as always brother!
Very nice video. Shows a good balance of the various aspects of your trip.
Went with Eagle Paragliding out of California 2019. Glad to finally find out what happened on the accident. They tried to shut down the country the day after we left for paragliding. John-Dallas, TX
Great Video and a Nice Journey!
What an AWESOME video!!! I can't like this enough. I was wondering where you had been.. Saw you on the local news a few times and figured you were just busy. You continue to inspire me to strive for the goal of getting into the air. Soon my brother... soon!
Donut Commando Lots of training days coming up. Anytime you wanna ride down to Fort Smith area.
very good video ;)
Really enjoyable travelog/paralog. Epic flight back to the hotel, and glad your friend is ok. A recommendation - always land with lots of airspeed, so that you can do a powerful flare. See 6:47, where you are using far too much brake for far too long; if the windspeed had changed abruptly, you can quickly induce a stall. Compare this with the pilot at 33:36, who demonstrates a good technique.
Ironically, the pilot you mentioned at 33:36 is the same guy on the radio that you hear telling me to keep holding those deep brakes at 6:47. What happened was I had a good approach but there were strong thermals that were going off. It suddenly bumped me up and I was in real danger of over shooting that runway which was a tight space with power lines and the hotel. So, he instructed me to hold those brakes. I started to let up, but he told me to go back into the brakes. I probably could have done a little pumping to have landed better. But in the end, I was listening to my instructor and doing exactly what he told me to do being that it was my first landing in that area. The 360 camera skews the view a bit. I still had farther to go before a stall was a concern. That Buzz Z6 requires some wraps to stall it.
@@jeffobrien1836 It's a common misconception of newer pilots that it takes a lot to stall A-wings. Certainly, they have longer brake travel but, in the right circumstances (ie, the wrong circumstances), they will stall just like any other wings. Strong thermic conditions are precisely when you need to be especially careful of this, as the airspeed can change very quickly. Indeed, if your instructor was on the radio, watching your trailing edge so he could tell you when to go hands-up if it started stalling, then that's fine. I trust he debriefed you afterwards to let you know the risks of doing this on your own. I suspected that you were approaching hazards, which is what caused you to do it, and was going to mention the pumping/flapping method, but I didn't want to complicate matters. This method is certainly effective, and useful for getting out of tricky situations like this, but it's quite an advanced skill, and risky for newer pilots who don't have adequate appreciation of the stall point. The first step to mastering it, though, is lots of stall-point practice, close to the ground on a forgiving slope. See flybubble's excellent tutorial: ruclips.net/video/2lKCKAXre04/видео.html Anyway, I didn't intend to detract from all the positives in this video. You really were flying very well.
8 years ago, 2011, we have been alone at Rolda, 2013 some more pilots but still quiet, 2016 , unbelievable crowds of glider freaks :-) Anyway, cauca valley is a flying pardise, and yeahhh, Jeff, nice flight down to south :-)
amazing video! did you edit it Jeff?
Yes, I did. Thank you!
Wooo hooo, I made the video! Superman pose at 1:35. 🤣🤣🤣
Jim Fuhrman HAHa. Yes! I never noticed that until now.
What an awesome trip! Really enjoyed the video..........and thanks for sharing!
What happened to you?
Perfectly done!!! I thoroughly enjoyed it.
There he is! I've been waiting for this. Thanks for sharing Jeff. All in all, a big time.
HBD..........................J
I do have to say, the 360 cam audio is not near as good.
Hey now. :) Keep in mind it's also on a stick about 5 feet away from my face right?
Glad you finally got to fly my gear.
Happy Happy young man! Hope you have a blast down yonder!
Kool video................enjoyed it!
Great video! Have a blast in 🇨🇴 Colombia! Hope you send lots of video!
Nice video, Jeff. Congratulations on exploring free flying. Looks like a blast. Hope our paths cross one day at a PPG fly-in.
Awesome video
Great video. January 2019 is gonna be amazing. Hopefully I can still get you to strap on a motor after Colombia.
Launching above the puffies is definitely on the To-Do list. Freeflight also. Good stuff & can't wait to see your future adventures. Git U some!
The clouds are where its at! You just have to try it out! Nothing like it.
I need to see some new videos!