To all the people making comments on the Glock. It is not the Glock itself that is so bizarre, but that this makes it all the more so obviously staged. He takes lots of care to obscure it rather than embrace its presence. You either have to believe that we has wearing a parachute, with a concealed weapon and had a fire extinguisher taped to his leg and this is just the normal way he rolls for flying a plane or that he returned to the plane to stage the walk out and thought to himself, what should I bring on my (mis)adventure? I know, my Glock. The idea that this was somehow on the list of stuff to carry around all day as he fought it out with the shrubbery is what is so weird. It's heavy, awkward for trying to crawl through brush and totally unnecessary in that area, aside from the fact that it undermines the storyline. There are no bad guys out there to protect yourself from, there are no bears in that area and very, very few mountain lions. A daytime attack on a human by a mountain lion in this area is unheard of and there are plenty of people out and about in that area. I think it shows much more about how comically under thought out this was despite actually having a lot of planning go into it. The fire extinguisher falls in the same camp. If a fire got going for more than 10 seconds in that super dry brush where the plane crashed, that would have been an inferno and that fire extinguisher would have been useless. I know that area very well from having grown up near there, camped in the area and hiked a number of nearby trails. I think shark repellant would have been just as useful as the Glock and fire extinguisher to carry around all day.
I mean, considering i carry a gun everywhere I go I didn't find it weird at first but the more you think about it. It makes sense that he definitely it was all stage and he probably multiple trips. Because considering that if he's scared of a bear or any wild animal there. The last gun you'd take is that model. It looked to be a compact, probably a G43 or maybe even a G48. Those are 9mm and suited more to concealing. Can it take out a mountain lion with it? Yes, but how small the gun is makes it unwieldy and can you take out a bear with it? Even a black bear which is relatively small and very timid when it comes to people. It's probably not going to take it down quickly if it is attacking you. Now, I don't find it weird that anyone would chose to carry a gun anytime. But the gun chosen here definitely tells more about it that anything else.
@@thetacticalpuertorican I'm in the same boat, I carry a gun every single day, regardless of where I'm going. Even if I'm staging a plane crash, I'm taking my gat
Wait I’m confused like what is this all about some guy Just jumping out of a plane like did he go missing or something was there someone else in the plane I’m just not getting the whole like crash why did he do all that can someone tell me please
The guy crashed that plane on purpose, lets be clear. That being said I know people who sleep with their CCW. I'm serious when I say they go absolutely no where without it. Toilet, store, mall, hospital, hell in my college their was a police academy with a gun range, and the head officer let some guys he knew come in their to shoot after class so they had their CCW at school!!! The idea that the gun alone is suspicious is a bit of a jump if you ask me. If I owned a plane I would carry a CCW in it. " A daytime attack on a human by a mountain lion in this area is unheard of. . ." No one who carries, carries for the common occurrence. The carry, and train for those one in a million moments. This is America son.
I know that if I am ever in an engine out and need to jump from the plane to never forget my selfie stick due to Trevor's fine example of safety skills.
Im not sure how that works but like they cant just tell people his permit is revoked? or is the turning it in thing a type of shaming which i agree with btw hahaha.
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@@nonethelessfirst8519 If you just "tell people" (apart from the question of "how do you make sure *EVERYONE* who needs to know *DOES*"), every one of those "people" needs to keep a list of everyone who has/had their license revoked. Too much work, too error-prone, to easy to exploit ("Hey, go to *this* airport, they hardly ever bother with checking the revocation lists")… "You hand in your license *now* or you pay per day until you do" works much better. Also, how *do* you reach *everyone* who needs to know? Remember that many of these rules, and certainly the general principle ("Any license that gets revoked has to be turned in *physically*") , are older than modern communications. Older than the phone (and I mean landline phones) even I'm sure. But mostly my first point.
@@JohnLeePettimoreIII "the general principle ("Any license that gets revoked has to be turned in *physically*")" The bit you missed or didn't understand (if the latter is the case, then you of course still won't)
I've seen breakdowns of thus by a few pilots. Basically everything he did, avaition wise, was absolutely wrong(unless you're intentionally crashing a plane for views.). A few things that are called out by virtually every pilot are... 1. He made no effort to solve the "problem", although he had enough altitude to glide for a substantial amount of time. 2. He bailed from a small plane that he could have landed on numerous spots in his direct vicinity, not to mention the additional suitable areas withing his glide distance. 3. Not only did he skip gliding, he intentionally bled off almost all of his airspeed to eliminate wind milling so the prop would be completely stopped in the footage. Everything I've read/heard/seen said a wind milling prop is the natural state of things in a situation like this, and getting it to stop actually takes a substantial amount of effort.
He needed to get the plane to stall speed so he could open and get out the door. Everything here is ridiculous and narcissistic. Hoping he never gets his pilot certificate back, and some criminal fines would be good on top.
The fire extinguisher is easy enough to explain. He knew he was going to crash the plane that day. He had a fire extinguisher strapped to his leg because he planned to retrieve his Go Pros after the crash and was anticipating a post crash fire. He hid it under his pant leg hoping no one would notice. His jacket is also hiding water bottles. They can be seen bulging through in various frames before he left the plane and immediately after he landed. It is also apparent that at least one of those bottles ruptured after he landed as he has water on his jacket immediately after the landing.
My favorite part is when he meets up with the "ranchers" and they are wearing skate shoes. I spent my summers in rural California at my grandad's ranch, skate shoes are foreigne. So freaking hilarious.
Yeah....skate shoes are either slayers from the city, or people from the city who enjoy the brand. No way a rancher would be wearing DC shoes. Thats fucking ridiculous
The dude did it for attention and it worked. He's got people reviewing his footage, people reviewing the footage of people reviewing the footage. People reacting to the footage...we played into his hand. He may not have thought through the potential consequences but he got what he was initially after.
@@yasaipicles6295 It's not entertaining, but if he gets away with what he did it might mess up or ruin flying for everyone else. To explain, he's trying to get away with crashing the plane recklessly (it could have hit a school or hospital from the point he left it), AND trying to say it wasn't done intentionally. Like shooting a gun where you shouldn't and saying "it was an accident!", even if it was an accident, you shouldn't have been using it that way in the first place. One more crash like this could be a national tragedy, so hopefully he faces criminal punishment for his actions. If all he faces as a consequence is losing his pilot's license, it won't be long before people start calling to ban hobbyist aviation for being too dangerous. So the analysis and reactions are mostly going to be people who want to keep flying their planes for fun, and are concerned for the future of their hobby.
As an Australian who is used to heat and thirst. How come he appears to have a water mark around his mouth exactly like you get when drinking from a water bottle with dust and dirt on your face, when he sits down and says how thirsty he is????? Did taking a drink remind him of how thirsty he should be??? Water bottle in the mysterious orange bag????
Same thing happened to me the other day when I had an engine failure. before I could come up with any other reasonable options I unbuckled my belt grabbed my coffee a camera and out the door I went. I did my best to film the out come but the free fall time from the seat of my pickup to the pavement was shorter than I anticipated and the camera broke my fall so all footage was lost. Thank god the girl in the drive through window at McDonalds saw the entire thing and was quick to act. Luckily I had not taken the truck out of park or things could have been so much worse.
Thank god you didn’t spill the coffee. It could have eaten through the asphalt and gone tear-assing it’s way towards China. Ala ‘China Syndrome’ a term which was later co-opted by nuclear power plants to describe a runaway reactor event burning entirely through the Earth. This is clearly meant to be ironic, as even Thorium High Temperature Reactors won’t operate much above about 900°C/1,652°F which is well below even the lowest estimates of McDonald’s Coffee. The discrepancy is due to the wildly different environments & operating envelopes. Nuclear Engineers are looking to provide clean, safe, power to a population, which as few complications or risks down the line. Whereas McDonalds Coffee was created for the sole purpose of melting the genitals of humans to a consistency of “Ken Doll.” Cheers!
Maybe you have missed your calling and should be making accident reconstruction videos for the NTSB. By far the best and most comprehensive explanation. 👍
10:55. In the cockpit you see the fuel selector valve just zip tied to the door frame. At this point you see a hole in the right wing. That is where that fuel selector valve should be. Why did he remove it? I think he took off with just enough fuel to get to the crash site, and the wing tanks were empty. That type of plane burns roughly 5 gallons per hour. Based on that, the dude took off with only a couple gallons of gas in the front tank.
Truly excellent analysis. One detail I just noticed: The NTSB document you showed, says that the aircraft operator's name is on file, and that they have no operating certificate, aka pilot's license. It would be hard to take away someone's pilot's license when they don't have one! Or does he definitely have a pilot's license, and the document is in error? As for the Glock, you're right that it makes sense. He wasn't just afraid of his airplane having an emergency he'd need to jump with a sport parachute because of. He was also afraid of being eaten by "lions and tigers and bears" unless he clipped a pistol to his parachute harness. I'm not sure whether they should put this clown in jail, or on a shrink's couch. "Ven did you start having zeez feeeeeeears?"
Re: The Glock. To have had it with him means he had it on the airport. Last I checked, the Feds didn't really appreciate bringing a firearm onto airports.
@@b1blancer1 He's also in California, which leads to the question of whether or not it was a California compliant handgun and magazine. If it isn't then Cali's overzealous DA is gonna have a field day bending him over the table and buttfucking him for a firearm infraction.
Just my humble observations.. I think he actually landed on the clear area (Experienced parachutist with steerable chute ?) visble near the brush, then did a badly staged encounter with the bushes for dramatic effect, all close iup shots. One dried up scratch..?! nothing else visible. "The smell of B/S is strong in this one"..!! Btw.. anyone notice in some other videos the nice shiny engine mount nuts and bolts behind the freshly painted Conti crankcase..??
"The gun also shows premeditated." Not necessarily. Now, understand, I am not defending him. But there's nothing wrong with being prepared for the possibility of going down and having to wait it out or even hike it out. Basically every pilot in Alaska has a gun on them, and none of them are planning to intentionally crash their plane. And while Alaska is substantially larger and more remote than California, California's size is nothing to sniffle at and its remoteness can kill a stranded pilot just as easily as Alaska's remoteness can. The crash was 100% staged, but the gun has no bearing on that. It's like saying that keeping a fire extinguisher in the plane is proof you intended to catch the plane on fire. Or keeping a medbag in the plane is proof that you intended to injure yourself enough that needed immediate attention.
@@KaBar41 You have a point, but Los Padres isn’t what I’d call remote. Indeed, I believe Trevor crashed near a trail that climbs to one of the shoulders of the mountain, then drops down to a camp or picnic ground that is accessible by road. Los Padres is crisscrossed with trails, dirt roads, and paved roads. The most likely dangerous critter you’ll come across is a rattlesnake, and you don’t need a gun to walk around it. I’m 99% certain Trevor had the crashed aircraft removed, but if anyone went to check out the crash site, they might want to check if they get any bars. Trevor might have been within range of a cell tower and had a signal. That’s how remote I think he was.
The red paint overspray where he repainted the valve covers of the engine in an apparent attempt to get the FAA to believe that the swapped out engine was the one that was supposed to be there. He may have done an engine swap without documentation, and in an aircraft with questionable maintenance records.
Any other take offs and landings from that airport on that day? (within 30 mins of TJs departure there must be a log somewhere) Did you notice the jump date was the same as DB Cooper anniversary
I'm a Certified Private Pilot. One thing I learned (and practiced): You ALWAYS have a place to land if your engine quits. Yes, sometimes if you're in the bush in Alaska, it's not possible. In CA (where I learned to fly), not really. I keep looking at that river bed that's RIGHT THERE! That plane would have good short field capability, he easily could have put it down there, even with minimal competence (I'm by no means a high-time pilot). The whole thing is a freakin' hoax. I'm glad he lost his license. There's a bunch of other things noted in the Aviation Community about the aircraft itself. The man is a raging asshole, liar, and apparently not that bright. Carrying a pistol in CA? Likely, that's another "crime" he committed (although if I knew I was going to be wandering around a place with rattle snakes, mountain lions, etc. I'd want one!).
Someone noticed that the footpeg from the plane was removed (previous pictures shows this plane originally equipped with this part). Maybe it would helped to avoid any lines or clothes being caught during the jump.
He removed the foot step and swapped the engine. Also the previous owner of the plane noticed the fuel gauge indicator located on the left wing support showed fuel...
The bad acting from the very beginning is so awkward. Especially when he says “it’s a beautiful day, we’re going to Mammoth” and his face is like “yeah right, we’re going to Mammoth 🙄”
I think that is just one of multiple Duper’s Delight moments. He is reveling in his deception! Another instance was the Ridge Wallet ad, at the end of the spit, where he ties it into his way of life as an Adventurer!
Hey Geoff, the drone footage does not have the buffeting from the air and seem stabilised from a very steady platform. In contrast the other footage from his descent is very shaky. André
Thanks Geoff, for one of the most comprehensive reviews. Just a few points; Return to crash site only for cameras. He looks like he had the water in his jacket at the front as it cuts a nice outline. It looks like it was damaged in the landings as his coat is wet at lower front. The drone shot does not have a shadow. The hill it flys over does and if you look as far as you can into the distance there is no shadow. I think it would need to be much higher to not show a shadow nearing its crash. The wings of the plane show too much damage for a front impact so I think it flipped onto the roof as cameras show and he flipped it back for the camera. Congrats on being first to see the Glock. Has anyone actually visited the site? André
The lack of shadow on the above "drone" shot bothered me as well and initially I looked for any evidence of it beyond the plane to calibrate his elevation. I eventually saw the shadow line of the rudder on the right wing (4:58 in this video) when you first see the plane from above and when you think about where the plane shadow would project based on the height over the terrain, it would be out of view of the camera.
@@ohBAZZ were I to ever crash in the mountains I would never go UP the mountain unless there was an extremely compelling reason for me to do it. Like insulin or a satellite phone. So basically something that I should have bailed out with. *Down* the mountain is where the people are. Of course, that is precisely why Trevor should have glided his plane to the dry river bed just below him.
@@sheldoniusRex Or if he legitimately bailed out, he could have glided to the flat sandy spot near the dirt road. But there’s easily a hundred things wrong in the video. Everyone has their favorite. One of mine is how he clearly pushed himself into dense brush instead of walking around it.
Excellent work 👍 -What do you mean "don't get me started on the stubble". That's huge. I hadn't really compared the heavy stubble when he's flying (before jump) and the minimal stubble from " later " when he's walking in the cowpatch. He didn't * shave in the meantime !!! cheers. -K 🇮🇸
@@BoleDaPole Yes, John Coops & Collin Friday & Krak Head ! Your points all sound perfectly reasonable & legit ! -You are completely right ❗ -Cheers all, -Karl Trausti from Iceland 🇮🇸 😁
My dude planned all this even going as far as bringing the blicky but not a machete to deal with the tough bushes. Jokes aside, this is an amazing reconstruction of the events and you guys deserve more praise for this and exposing this loser.
Excellent. How the hell did I miss the Glock. I knew something was there but that never occurred to me. Your flightpath also matches mine identically. Glad I got that right.
I'm not seeing the glock. I'm a skydiver and to me it looks like there's a hook knife a chest strap buckle and the attachment points for his harness but I don't think I see a Glock
@@bobroberts2371 It's possible, but CA only gives concealed licenses, not open carry. I'm pretty sure a CA carry license won't work in a National Forest.
Geoff - Great video and excellent analysis!. I was slowly in the process of doing similar research, especially into the time required for the aircraft to impact the ground, after Trevor jumped out of it, and was trying to compare it to how long he required to reach the ground. I am glad you picked up on the different cameras used, time of day discrepancies, and what my wife noticed, his 5 o’clock shadow or lack of, depending upon where in the video you look. Well done Sir!
Fire extinguisher shows her knew there was the possibility of intentionally starting a fire with his stunt. And being that it was in a National Park, it's a federal crime. Bummer his chute opened. That would have been hilarious, poetic irony for him to steam himself becoming a 'streamer'.
Most people fail to realize the most advantageous aspect of a gun when needing rescue - the noise. 3 shots 2 seconds apart is universal for distress. Glocks are a great lightweight option.... And when you lay awake at night, in the dark, hungry, cold and *all* you can think about is mountain lions and psychos - it's nice to have something other than a knife
The glock to me is very small because I carry my pistol pretty much everywhere. From everything I've heard he doesn't seem like this kind of person though so who knows.
@@mutilatedpopsicles yea, that's pretty much the least weird part of this whole situation for me... that he's carrying when he goes back out into the wilderness to get his multiple takes of his "survival trip" after crash, makes sense for the situation, it obviously supports that theory, that he came back to the crash site prepared, but the gun itself isn't weird, a lot of people where i live ccw, but i can imagine it being a foreign concept to Californians and them thinking that's a big deal for him to have lol.
@@mutilatedpopsicles And people over generalize about California, too. Probably the closest city to the crash site where anyone would freak out is Santa Barbara. Not so much in the rural areas. There is one very legitimate reason to carry a firearm in one of California’s National Forests. It’s not the only reason, but it’s the major one, imho. The reason is that people use hard to access portions of the forest to grow crops of marijuana and they can be dangerous if you stumble upon a terrace of their plants. However, an open carry might make it hard to explain that you accidentally found the grow site.
What really pisses me off, is he used his friends ashes for a fucking stunt. I lost someone extremely close to me recently, and it's fucking disrespectful dude. How could someone do that? I hope that wasn't the man's actual ashes. If so, I'm sorry you didn't get the respect you deserve from your "friend" that cares more about his fame than missing you. I hope you rest in peace, man.
Well done video! Good eye on the inconsistent growth of stubble during his trek. Having said that, his dome was all nicked up early on in one shot, but later at night his dome was clean and clear of nicks and cuts.
The gun makes perfect sense to me. If you’re planning an “accidental plane crash” you know there’ll be the possibility of wild animals in the wilderness. If he weren’t planning to crash, the weapon would be safely stowed. But it’s strapped to his chest. Seems pretty cumbersome to fly with that kind of clunky gear on in a tight space like a cockpit.
I'm sticking with my intuition of my first watch. And that is that the plane we see from above is being piloted. Might be wrong, but also i might not be.
After using the tail, underwing and above shots, you can localize the flight path really quite accurately. It would have been both very dangerous to fly that path as is not much more than 400 ft above the terrain at the end of the overhead shot and would need to break an immediate left in order to avoid the over side of the valley the crash occurs in. You would also need another lookalike plane to do this after you knew pretty accurately the original flight trajectory. There would be no way to fly this and then nearly perfectly replicate it with a plane with no pilot.
@@geoffharris1898 yes, my point is that maybe there was a pilot, and that after trevor jumped, this pilot flew the plane either to an airport, or to land in the valley and pick trevor up. As in, when we see trevor jump, pilot number 2 is edited out of the shot. Improbable? Yes. Impossible ? No. You know what is also improbable, but not impossible ? A light aircraft catching up to be below a person who has jumped from said plane and fallen 4000feet. So IMO the shot of the plane from above would more likely to not be taken by trevor, but by someone else on a paramotor or something. For clarity, this scenario would involve no crash, and all of the onboard footage of the plane after trevor leaves being a contrived fiction using a drone or model plane to get footage, with ghe plane then superimposed over this footage.
I'm not a pilot so please forgive me if this is a really stupid question but; it looks like even without power, that plane was somewhat controlable. Why would you not turn around and glise back in the direction you came from in hopes that you might either make it back or be closer to the airport? Again; not a pilot so please be gentle with me :)
You're 100% correct. The fact that he didn't attempt to glide the plane to a safe landing is actually the very first thing *professional* pilots pointed out when they heard of this incident.
That is a really intelligent question actually. That plane is a Taylorcraft. It is specifically designed to handle crap like this and be able to land in rough terrain. According to owners, it has a near flat glide ratio, which means that it can glide for ages before losing altitude. Most likely he could still have made it to his original destination, just gliding.
He also focused on "walking up the mountain/ridge towards the plane to retrieve his GoPros" ... instead of "getting to safety ... and maybe getting the GoPros when coming back with an "expedition". A parachute could be used to create a night time shelter against the cold ... but since he walked deep into the night that didnt seem to have been a priority.
@@billb.7346 It does In some situations, but not the middle of California, where houses could be seen, roads, etc not so much. It's dead weight in weather that dehydrates. Middle of the jungle, yes. Middle of the Arctic, hell yes. Desert, of course. California, nope. Context sir, context. Anyway he finally got his PPL revoked, so even the FAA saw through his BS. One of the only situations I have seen a license revoked so fast with the community actually supporting the FAA unanimously
@@jessicamerriman2336 all good points. WRT to the loss of his ppl for one year, it might be more accurate to say he may APPLY for a new PPL in one year. I hope he is flagged and that he is denied if he applies again.
Great analysis. It was always obvious to me that it was a hoax, but it never occurred to me that he might have actually used a drone or chase plane for some of the shots and that he might have returned to the site on multiple days.
That’s one of the basic tricks of editing. We are used to sequences unfolding in chronological order to tell a story. In actuality, footage can be shot over multiple days, in different locations, and even using different people dressed alike. It’s basic filmmaking, but we are used to getting immersed in the story and ignoring little clues.
Interesting video. I like how you were able to deduce positions from several different sources. But I think you may have made some errors in your calculations. For example, did you make sure to factor in the angle of the dangle?
I used to jump, and every pilot I ever flew with claimed they would ride their failing plane down before using their emergency rig. I can't imagine hiking for hours still in my rig - I hated hauling it back even a hundred meters. This guy is so loaded with cameras, and wearing a full rig, for a routine flight - what was he planning?
Depending where you are, I can't fathom riding a falling plane into the ground if I have the option of jumping to the ground in a more safe manner. However, I've had minimal flying time& probably an equal amount of parachute time in my life. Lol. About 4-6ish hours of each. Obviously that scenario also has many variables as well.
@@thefinalgrind Not a 'falling plane' - a 'failing plane'. I wasn't talking about wings breaking off but about more regular failures like power failure, steering problems, etc. It's just drilled into their training so much that they balk at the idea of abandoning their craft.
@@thefinalgrind This wasn’t a “falling plane”. This was, at worst, a gliding plane. If he ran out of gas, he could still glide it to his choice of nearby airports within his glide range. If he wasn’t out of gas, he could restart the plane using the magnetos. Incidentally, in all his previous flight videos, he never carried a parachute. This is the only time he did, but instead of an emergency chute, he decided to wear his full sport parasail rig. If you ever take up flying, you will learn this. Indeed, if you’ve flown a plane for six hours, you should have learned about this.
@@HeatherSpoonheim Planes glide. It’s a characteristic of most airplanes. No pilot wants to abandon their craft if they can safely glide to a landing. It’s nothing to do with having anything drummed into you, it’s just basic aviation. This reminds me of a joke, but I’m not sure if I can remember it. A guy is on a transpacific flight from Tokyo to Anchorage. After the plane gets halfway over the ocean, the pilot announces, “No need to panic folks, but our #4 engine has failed. We’ll be OK, but our ETA will be delayed 2 hours.” The man groans. If he’s too late, he will miss his connecting flight to Chicago. A little while later, the pilot is back on the intercom. “I’m sorry again folks, but we lost the #3 engine. That delayed arrival will be approximately 4 hours. No worries, though, we have plenty of fuel.” The man grumbles, but the flight attendants are already passing out free beverages, so he doesn’t say anything. He might still be able to catch a connecting flight when they land. After a while, the pilot announces, “I’m awfully sorry, folks but we’re going to be 6 hours late. We’ve lost the the #2 engine.” The main groans and swears. He knows there won’t be another connecting flight until the next day. A flight attendant assures him he can get a refund at the gate when they arrive in Anchorage. Then the pilot comes on, “Folks, I don’t know how to say this, but we lost power to our #1 engine . . .” The man begins shouting, “God damn it! We’re going to be up here ALL NIGHT!!”
@@MarcosElMalo2 It has a lot to do with what is drummed into them - that part of about the glide characteristics is not intuitive. If it were, passengers wouldn't get freaked out when a plane loses power.
Incredibly good analysis. I used to subscribe to this guy and, though I'm not a pilot, that video seemed so wrong to me. I hike in the area where he crashed that plane and it is insane to me that he would put strangers at risk like this just to lie on the internet. It seems this is a recurring theme with him.
good detective work on spotting the glock. guess we now know what the hard object under his jacket was. besides whatever carbonated beverage that spills inside his jacket as evidenced by the wet foam seen on the outside right after he lands. he probably had it in case he encountered an angry mountain lion. this is about the best analysis ive seen so far. i dont know about a chase plane but im convinced his buds were already in the area and thats one of the things he was looking down to confirm. since they tracked him circling the same area the day before the jump on radar couldnt they also have tracked him and any possible chase plane the day of? also, did you pick up on that there were 2 vehicles that "rescued" him? another youtuber pointed it out and its pretty clear theres headlight light being cast behind the 1st vehicle he films (which i think was a jeep). and if you listen to the conversation with the "farmers" that "stumbled upon him" they speak with the same "radboi" vernacular trevor does and sounds more like a conversation between buds than between a poor wittle stwanded victim of mishap and his :rescuers. 14:35 judging by the cylindrical shape, and the shiny silver stripes at the top and bottom on either side of what appears to be a printed on label, id say it was a pop or beer can. and this wont end until a through investigation has been done, and given past ntsb and faa failures, im not holding my breath. if you want a good laugh theres another channel doing "analysis" on the crash thats coming up with hilarious crackpot conspiracy theories about the incident such as 2 different, but similar planes disguised to look like each other were crashed on 2 different days in 2 different locations and that the whole video is supplemented by cgi fake shadows and the like. and every time you point out how the vidoe and photo evidence disproves what he says, he flies off on crazier tangents. next thing hell say is aliens are responsible. the channels called reel justice.
14:35 could also be a camping lamp. We know he has one lighting him already. The Jeep was a 96-2002 Wrangler. The second vehicle unknown. And I am not saying it was aliens but, Aliens LOL
@@TechItOut Yeah, the farmers are in 2 cars, the one you see and the lights behind it and I'm almost certain the lights on the car you see are from a jeep as well. I think authorities will have a harder time finding those farmers to confirm the story than if they were looking for aliens.
You brought up a lot of questions I had myself, stubble, differing sun angles… Now I do NOT fly with a parachute but I always have my S&W 6906 9mm on my person. I cannot hip carry, it will damage my seat, so chest, shoulder holster is used sometimes, mostly inside waist band is used. If the plane crashed in a wilderness area, the removal of the aircraft with a helicopter was a crime as I understand the laws.
What if you are forced to land in a federal land where guns are outlawed? Could you be prosecuted if caught with it? I read a report once of someone being prosecuted for a legally transported gun in a car being ejected in a crash onto the road. Also, did you notice the second shot of the Glock had no magazine?
@@furyofbongos I have a badge so I have never had any trouble carrying my weapon. I did not notice the Glock was missing the mag but I do watch mostly on my phone.
Trevor's video was well executed. Great camera angles, good audio, editing ... etc. The problem is that it was poorly conceived. He had no idea that it would get so much attention that people would analyze it and expose him like they did.
Excellent video. Clear, concise factual breakdown backed up with obvious knowledge of what you're talking about, without being too technical and losing people. This guy is a real piece of work and needs to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Great job, thanks.
I fly an old luscombe and have been around private pilots my entire life and I have never ever ran into any situation even close to this. I’ve only ever known one guy that regularly used a chute in his airplane and it was not a skydiving chute and it was only because it was a clipped wing smith miniplane which was pretty scary. He ended up using that chute one day. Unfortunately he wasn’t cool enough to get it all on film like our boy Trevor. I don’t know anyone that would not stick with the plane as long as possible let alone bail in seconds when you have plenty of altitude in an airframe that glides very well
He took the pistol because he planned on dropping into the "wilderness". He didn't have to bail out at all. The glide-slope on that aircraft is more than sufficient to have found a place to land it. The only tragedy in this entire thing is the loss of that fantastic aircraft. The story of that plane, and how it was meticulously cared for since it's construction (I believe in the late 40's), just makes me want to see this guy in prison. I know that isn't possible, but he should definitely lose his pilot's license and be banned from re-obtaining it.
@@MrPlusses Yeah, in the original video I did a while back, I pointed it out, but kept thinking it was a radio or something else. At the time my initial reaction was that it looked like it could be a gun, but that seemed way too bizarre, so I assumed it was some sort of aviation radio or something else that I wouldn't recognize, but someone else would. When I started to put the shots together to make this video it became pretty clear what it was. Near certain it is a Glock.
Good catch on the Glock. Can confirm. @MrPlusses good eyes in your videos also. That conspiracy theorist is Reel Justice I believe? Caught a couple of their videos and had to check out. Lunacy. Part 103 (ultralight) flier and overall aviation enthusiast. Do either of you know where any logs of the comments on TJs video might be? I was going to scrape them when I first read it but was working and only had my phone available at the time. By the time I got home, fed the dog and the kids, they were disabled.
@@keepyourbilsteins Thank you for the compliment. RJ is fun to watch. His speculations are at the deep end with a little bit of self congratulation. LoL Good luck on the comments. Never had a chance to see them.
@@keepyourbilsteins i watched Jacob's video from under 2k views and pretty much read every comment until he disabled it. I don't remember anything being mentioned that has not since been coverered in youtube videos. The 'hate' ratio of the comments was around 95%.
I have a bit of a problem with how he supposedly landed so close to where the plane actually crashed. This was either profound luck or the chute landing sequence was shot sometime after the crash. I suspect the latter. A frame-by-frame analysis of his chute landing you can see the crash site at about 100' or so before touching ground, and no plane is there.
Thank you Geoff for your analysis of the 'Drone' footage of the aircraft flying beneath. As to your final clips, could that be a Trail camera or a mobile phone standing-up on a rock behind Trevor when he's drinking amongst tadpoles? If so, I wonder if there are other trail-camera clips that have yet to be revealed in Trevor's behind-the-scenes ' Making-of' video? I'm here thanks to Dan Gryder's latest update. Keep-up the good work.
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Given he removed the wreckage (and either hid it or destroyed it, I heard different rumors), I'm pretty sure he either destroyed extant footage *or* he hopes it will never see the light of day.
Excellent report. Make my video easier to finish. You confirmed my thoughts. Thank you. One of my videos I showed the gun hit his iPhone lens. I'm Canadian, we don't know handguns. I was afraid to say he had a semi automatic in a holster. I did look up he's allowed to for personal use.
There are a few spots where you see it. You see the butt, the gun site, holster, etc. The way the magazine goes in, the texture on the grip and the silver u shaped site make it near certain it is a Glock. The real question is of all of the things to take with you on this misadventure this is even weirder than the fire extinguisher from my point of view.
@@geoffharris1898 I show it in a vid 2 weeks ago. Thought it might be a another camera slung around his neck. Took two days researching iPhone lens to determine it's size. Then I got a comment that they thought it looked like a pistol grip. From there it was easy to find a Glock. Thank you. This was one of the items I need confirmation on. Like I said I know nothing about hand guns. Wasn't going to say gun in a video with out some confirmation.
@@geoffharris1898 You are 100% correct that it is a Glock. I tried to figure out its specific gen and model, however, it almost seems as though Mr. Jacob is attempting to keep it out of frame. And after a certain point, it almost seems as though he's loosened the strap on the shoulder holster to get it to sit lower on his body and make it easier to film... I am... not entirely convinced that Mr. Jacob has a California concealed carry license. Maybe he does, but he seems to have been putting in a lot of effort to keep that gun out of frame. Based off what little I could see of the Glock, it appears to be a compact sized Glock. Going off pure numbers, it is probably a Glock 19. Based off Californian laws, it also likely a Generation 3 Glock 19, unless Mr. Jacob was willing to $2,000+ for an off-roster gen 4 or gen 5. Which... who knows, considering he bought a plane simply to crash it to film it, he may very well have the disposable cash laying around to buy an off-roster handgun at insane mark up. But... my money is on it being a gen 3. And... of course, Mr. Jacob is still carrying it with the stock polymer sights and in a nylon holster. He probably bought it right before this misadventure, stopped by Walmart, grabbed the cheapest chest holster he could find and strapped it on. Probably has the cheapest ball rounds he could find in it and he's probably never shot it before. He probably also doesn't have a round chambered either. " The real question is of all of the things to take with you on this misadventure this is even weirder than the fire extinguisher from my point of view." Eh... not really. He "crashed" in Los Padres National Forest, which is home to black bears, bobcats, coyotes and mountain lions. Out of all the things he did in this video, having a gun on him was probably the smartest thing he did. California can get pretty remote. The video might be staged and it may very well have been shot on different days, but the threat of wild animals and actually, properly getting lost while hiking in and out and being forced to rough it out to be rescued still exists even if you are shooting a staged video. I'd say the fire extinguisher is weirder due to the way he has it mounted on himself. That's not normal. But the gun is easily explained away.
As if I wasn't upset enough by this incident. The aircraft he totalled was a 1940 vintage Taylorcraft! GRR! Imagine living all those years to get destroyed by some joke of a human being!
Dude amazing. The detail is second to none I appreciate the work you’ve done. And just when I though this can’t get any better.. kick start my heart starts thumping. Awesome work man you’ve got my sub
Too be fair, last time I flew a plane, I had my glock on me. I wasn't afraid my copilot would try and jump me, or of a condor trying to hijack my piper. I just don't like leaving it in my car, and I always go out with it.
An excellent deconstruction. I enjoyed watching this, thanks for posting. I had no idea about the potential of shooting over a period of more than one day, and the stubble visible. Nor, the pistol he was carrying. Very, very odd. What was the object behind him at the end?
Also, what about his injuries, cuts and scrapes? In this video, his head: 10:08 - no injuries to forehead 11:35 - cuts, scrapes to his head above his left eye 11:50 - no injuries again 12:18 - no injuries, perfectly healed by tadpole water! Clean shaven too!
Love the Kick Start My Heart track over the bailing from the plane footage. Gets me super pumped. But, I think Breaking the Law would've been more fitting. Maybe Raining Men. Either way good work. Great video and information.
I’m a pilot (Robinson R22), but also a backpacker, which leads me to wonder if Trevor also brought some maps of the Los Padres National Forest with him so that he could land his parachute close to a main trail and then easily hike out and meet his friends, oops I mean “farmers.” It was probably a bonus if he could also land near the plane and retrieve his GoPro cameras. But that probably wasn’t absolutely necessary, because the cabin GoPro cameras were probably turned off as soon as the “emergency” occurred. Turns out that a main trail was only 2 tenths of a mile from where he landed his parachute. He would have only needed to walk downhill for about 2.5 miles on the Hurricane Deck Trail to reach the wilderness boundary. But of course he had to make it look as though he had struggled down a rough canyon - more staging!
“The moment there is suspicion about a person's motives, everything he does becomes tainted.” -Mahatma Gandhi Excellent video, and possibly may be the last one I’ll need to watch - until we have new developments. I only hope governmental agencies are as thorough as you have been. This explains the continuity errors and his changing appearance, among other things, but primarily confirms that his narrative as presented cannot be correct. Also I agree about the ashes, if those are actual human remains then it’s only a small portion because I have seen the cremated remains of a 150 pound woman and there was quite a bit more ash than what he has in the Ziploc. At least I hope his friend warranted an actual Ziploc and it’s not some off brand.
I'll let the ashes slide because he said it was some of the ashes... So he didn't take the whole urn just a little bit to spread... As far as everything else goes... Yea he staged it!!!
Yeah, I have a friend who is still being parceled out over Southern California. That part is the 1% of this whole thing that’s okay. Except of course he’s tainted Johnny’s memory.
It’s a dime bag. He’s not going to sprinkle the ashes, he’s going to smoke them for the last bit of resin so he can have his friend Johnny inside him one last time.
His Bio now says "Trevor Jacob is an American snowboard cross competitor, extreme sports athlete, RUclipsr, and former aircraft pilot." -- former aircraft pilot. lol
Geoff there is a really good video about the spiral by Pi. He does a complete 360 in a steep banked dive in 1000 feet if i am reading his instruments correctly. Real life and not MS Flight Sim.
I just saw this too. This is the one thing I struggled with in the model. The plane when it first starts drifting changes course a bit faster than it would if it did a single rotation. In that video he only loses 1000 ft in 30 seconds. If Trevor's plane did two rotations(or more) that would mean its overall length of travel would be longer and it would take even longer to hit the ground. This would make it even more difficult for him to get the shots from above, but might increase the chance that he could better understand what was going on with the direction of the plane sooner and at least fly towards the mountains. I can't remember where I saw the idea that maybe he thought the plane would fly up the river valley only a short distance and crash after he jumped out. Instead the plane started circling and kept going and he did his best to chase it down. Based on the available shots I have a hard time coming up with any conceivable way he got to a position to get shots from above, but he could have gotten to the landing site without any trouble. Then it would have just been a miracle that the plane crashed 200 yards away from him. His reactions seem more genuine on the GoPro footage than the shots on the iPhone with the terrible acting so this could be closer to the truth of a stunt gone wrong and then a backfill of shots to create the narrative.
@@geoffharris1898 there is no way he jump from that plane filmed from above, the glide slope is too flat. He would have had to pull immediately on exit. And obviously you'd head straight into the valley OBVIOUSLY 🙄
I feel so sad for the little plane. It has ambled around the skies for all those years giving joy to those that have flown in it and some ass does this....
This is all great work but you really can't use a chart to estimate how far he fell while in belly down based on time. Any skydiver will know that there's a huge range of vertical speeds possible while in different profiles of belly flying and an equally huge range between different body shapes. Over 23 seconds even a +/- 10 mph difference in vertical speed makes quite a big difference.
On the shots looking down on the plane when he’s supposedly there Gliding down on the parachute…… YOU CAN LITERALLY TELL THAT THE SHOT IS NOT HANDHELD… if you watch closely you can see a mechanical/digital pan and stop and pan and stop.. so it’s 100% a drone.. no questions about it…
Nice. The Glock also makes sense since as a world war 1 biplane pilot he would fly next o an enemy pilot and shoot at them. Oh. He’s not a fighter pilot. Never mind.
Excellent Video! How many coincidences can possibly happen. Just happen to have an engine out at 10,000 feet, perfect height to jump out. 90%+ of engine failures occur right after takeoff. So many flat valleys to land and especially in a perfect light long glideslope aircraft. Spent 0 time assessing the situation, he just bailed. Kinda funny how bad he staged this.
How do we nominate Trevor Jacob for a RUclips Creators Award for this great video "I Crashed My Plane". Be sure to watch the Original with the cringy Advertisement, it sets the tone for the whole video.
@@geoffharris1898 A mashup of a great youtube video and the game of clue. BTW it's not illegal to drop things from airplanes, or drop things while skydiving, or both at the same time, as long as it's done safely, as it appears Trevor did. He even cleaned up his trash.
@@WeBeGood06 Yeah, not so sure this was a well thought out idea in terms of risk to either himself or the environment/people on the ground. It does totally reminds me of those cartoons where you need to find the differences between two images. The number of easter eggs in this and how crazy they are - fire extinguishers, guns, backpacks, phone vs. gopro has certainly got people out there looking for clues to unlock the mysteries of the video.
@@geoffharris1898 Let just say we have a difference of opinion, and neither mine or your really matters. When I saw the long range shot of the airplane, I also have a hard time imagining that it was from Trevor while flying his parachute. Fire extinguishers, gun, old airplane, slow, no batteries, no electricity, no fuel, water following the cold engine, alway be prepared like a Boy Scout. Maybe the missing video footage is of all the other skydivers with fire extinguishers strapped to their legs following Trevor down. Here is another D B Cooper 50th anniversary video with planes dropping people with parachutes and skydiver dropping stuff large enough to be deadly. Look at the location where this one occured and compare it to the location where Trevor dropped his stuff (airplane). ruclips.net/video/KcOK_UYxrkc/видео.html Which do you think had a higher probability of killing someone on the ground. 50 lbs of simulated cash dropped over a populated area, where there actually are people and things.
Trevor has everone at CASA (Civil Aviation Safety Authority) here in Australia pissed right off. He has broken "The private/receational pilot's code" Aviate - Navigate. he did none of that. in the video he even didn't not once make an attempt to try and restart the engine. It comes down to simple this was a Stunt no doubt. AND I would dare say Insurance fraud.
Geoff, The damage to the plane implies it needed to press against something to deform wings. However, when on the ground, the pieces look like they have been placed by hand back to their original position. The next question is, Was the plane moved between impact and when it was lifted by heli? Perhaps if one goes into microsoft flight simulator, than could look at the impact scene location from the ground and see if that matches the images of the plane on the ground. It seems different. Perhaps the plane was moved uphill 200 meters by hand in pieces, and then removed via heli? If you can show this via Microsoft flight simulator that would be a nice contribution to resolving the mystery. If someone visited the site either from a plane or by foot, they could photograph the scene and possibly get some clues. For example, if there is some fire damage to the ground, then that would explain why Trevor might want to move and reassemble plane. he might not want that to be seen.
Yeah, I'm not so sure. It is a fabric skinned plane, so deformation of the airframe will lead to all sorts of puckering and "dents" very different from a metal skinned plane. The crash site seen and where he shows up to the wreck are absolutely identical in location. It is the one flattish spot in the area.
@@geoffharris1898 If the plane digs into the ground at propeller, then one would see a hole in the ground at that location. Where is the hole? Why is there bare earth in front of the plane? if plane digs into the ground in the front area and then bounces back, then one could have bare earth in front of plane; however, there is nothing that would cause plane to bounce back. if wings disconnect from fuselage, then they would probably move further from original position, it seems. another thing that might be interesting to discuss in a video is timeline, where one shows approximate time based on shadows for different scenes, to suggest how this was shot and pieced together. if plane was reassembled after impact, then shadows would show time between impact and later examination on ground. your ability to explain is very good! are you an engineer? cfi?
@@glennweinreb4809 I think the area in front of the plane has had plenty of footsteps in that area. Certainly the whole area is disturbed between his "first" walk up and the instagram photo. I'm not sure that the first time is actually the first time someone visited the wreck, so can't same much. From the plane view and how steep it hit, I'm assuming it smashed mostly and skidded a bit on its nose with the tail in the air and then fell backwards a few feet as it settled. It is relatively flat where it hit, but then goes up hill fairly steeply. The complex geography is great for investigating the shadow lines of what time of day things are in or out of shadow. I estimate that from the time he left the wreck (presumably the second time) all filed with the phone, he left the plane a little after 2pm and was to the river bed for the sunset by 3:38 pm. The sunset ridge and his location can very precisely created to be near certain of that time. When he is in the canyon hiking out it is about 3pm at the ravine and ~2:30 ish when he is cliffed out. It would have been pretty near pitch dark by 5:15-5:30pm on the 24th.
Dan Gryder was the first to point out this con man some time ago this was a movie probably took many days to put it all together. Well done guys you are on the money.
The FAA has only said the parachute was suspect wouldn’t give any other info, even confirming an investigation. License revoked. How could they not see the gun, waters in his jacket, or two fire extinguishers in his pants legs? Lmfao. I hope they saw everything you and us did….
There is also something at his feet when he starts showing off his injuries right after the parachute landing. It's pretty pixelated, but me first reaction is that it looks like a clipboard with a pen. Have a hard time thinking that is correct, but a shot list would be a good idea for continuity. I'm sure there are an endless number of other minor details that further tell the story. Good luck.
@@geoffharris1898 Geoff and Pete. Why is he telling his predicament to the rescuers while they are talking to each other? Or why are they not listening? His door was unlocked the whole flight. The handle is horizontal when locked and vertical or 45 degrees when unlocked. So he was prepared very early in the flight. BTW I count 4 goPros the thing attached to the strut is a speed indicator as his pilot tube was disconnected. He takes the one from behind him just before he films his lap before divorcing himself from the lovely Taylorcraft BL65. André
Trev’s watering hole shows two structures up on the ridge. Anyone find those on Google Earth? They may not even be near the “crash site” and the flat and open area that he “hikes” to.
Doesn’t NTSB typically issue a preliminary report 10 to 14 days after the incident? That will be a treasure trove of information when compared to Trev’s video!
One thing that I noticed that no one else seemingly has - when he "discovered" the creek, as he's walking on the two track up to it you clearly see it go from daylight to dusk in a flash. The camera pans down then when it comes back up it's dark. That right there alone was proof to me that he was doing multiple takes.
Yeah, I think this is more likely that he changed the lens from the primary lens to the wide angle one which has way worse low light performance. You can see the field of view change with the change in light. The leaves on the ground appear to be the same in both high and low light which you would expect to change if they were days apart.
I’ll never forget I was training at the time and just began to solo and showed my CFI this video and he said exactly what I though after seeing it………….”oh my god this is so staged it’s not even funny. He’ll never fly again”.
Thumbs down ....for injecting your choice of annoying ass music, forcing me to have to turn the volume down. How is it that youtubers have not learned that putting music over audio we might want to hear, is one if the biggest complaints by viewers??
To all the people making comments on the Glock. It is not the Glock itself that is so bizarre, but that this makes it all the more so obviously staged. He takes lots of care to obscure it rather than embrace its presence. You either have to believe that we has wearing a parachute, with a concealed weapon and had a fire extinguisher taped to his leg and this is just the normal way he rolls for flying a plane or that he returned to the plane to stage the walk out and thought to himself, what should I bring on my (mis)adventure? I know, my Glock. The idea that this was somehow on the list of stuff to carry around all day as he fought it out with the shrubbery is what is so weird. It's heavy, awkward for trying to crawl through brush and totally unnecessary in that area, aside from the fact that it undermines the storyline. There are no bad guys out there to protect yourself from, there are no bears in that area and very, very few mountain lions. A daytime attack on a human by a mountain lion in this area is unheard of and there are plenty of people out and about in that area. I think it shows much more about how comically under thought out this was despite actually having a lot of planning go into it. The fire extinguisher falls in the same camp. If a fire got going for more than 10 seconds in that super dry brush where the plane crashed, that would have been an inferno and that fire extinguisher would have been useless. I know that area very well from having grown up near there, camped in the area and hiked a number of nearby trails. I think shark repellant would have been just as useful as the Glock and fire extinguisher to carry around all day.
I mean, considering i carry a gun everywhere I go I didn't find it weird at first but the more you think about it. It makes sense that he definitely it was all stage and he probably multiple trips. Because considering that if he's scared of a bear or any wild animal there. The last gun you'd take is that model. It looked to be a compact, probably a G43 or maybe even a G48. Those are 9mm and suited more to concealing. Can it take out a mountain lion with it? Yes, but how small the gun is makes it unwieldy and can you take out a bear with it? Even a black bear which is relatively small and very timid when it comes to people. It's probably not going to take it down quickly if it is attacking you. Now, I don't find it weird that anyone would chose to carry a gun anytime. But the gun chosen here definitely tells more about it that anything else.
@@thetacticalpuertorican I'm in the same boat, I carry a gun every single day, regardless of where I'm going. Even if I'm staging a plane crash, I'm taking my gat
Wait I’m confused like what is this all about some guy Just jumping out of a plane like did he go missing or something was there someone else in the plane I’m just not getting the whole like crash why did he do all that can someone tell me please
@@bobbyapplegate4858 he literally faked an issue with the plane to jump out of it for views and let it crash on purpose. Thats it.
The guy crashed that plane on purpose, lets be clear.
That being said I know people who sleep with their CCW. I'm serious when I say they go absolutely no where without it. Toilet, store, mall, hospital, hell in my college their was a police academy with a gun range, and the head officer let some guys he knew come in their to shoot after class so they had their CCW at school!!!
The idea that the gun alone is suspicious is a bit of a jump if you ask me. If I owned a plane I would carry a CCW in it.
" A daytime attack on a human by a mountain lion in this area is unheard of. . ."
No one who carries, carries for the common occurrence. The carry, and train for those one in a million moments.
This is America son.
I know that if I am ever in an engine out and need to jump from the plane to never forget my selfie stick due to Trevor's fine example of safety skills.
I can’t believe all air-lines don’t have selfie sticks that pop out in a crash situation?! 😮😬😆
Most people would probably attempt to restart the engine or look for a place to land.
@@christophermichael.w.7577 or strap fire extinguishers to their legs and jump out with a selfie stick…
So… there was a chase plane… interesting… and they removed the plane
and your gun! You never know you can get attacked by an eagle or something 😅
You may have helped the FAA in their decision to revoke his certificate. With a daily penalty if he refuses to turn it in. Well done sir.
Im not sure how that works but like they cant just tell people his permit is revoked? or is the turning it in thing a type of shaming which i agree with btw hahaha.
@@nonethelessfirst8519 If you just "tell people" (apart from the question of "how do you make sure *EVERYONE* who needs to know *DOES*"), every one of those "people" needs to keep a list of everyone who has/had their license revoked. Too much work, too error-prone, to easy to exploit ("Hey, go to *this* airport, they hardly ever bother with checking the revocation lists")… "You hand in your license *now* or you pay per day until you do" works much better. Also, how *do* you reach *everyone* who needs to know? Remember that many of these rules, and certainly the general principle ("Any license that gets revoked has to be turned in *physically*") , are older than modern communications. Older than the phone (and I mean landline phones) even I'm sure. But mostly my first point.
@ phones are older than airplanes.
@@JohnLeePettimoreIII "the general principle ("Any license that gets revoked has to be turned in *physically*")"
The bit you missed or didn't understand (if the latter is the case, then you of course still won't)
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I've seen breakdowns of thus by a few pilots. Basically everything he did, avaition wise, was absolutely wrong(unless you're intentionally crashing a plane for views.). A few things that are called out by virtually every pilot are...
1. He made no effort to solve the "problem", although he had enough altitude to glide for a substantial amount of time.
2. He bailed from a small plane that he could have landed on numerous spots in his direct vicinity, not to mention the additional suitable areas withing his glide distance.
3. Not only did he skip gliding, he intentionally bled off almost all of his airspeed to eliminate wind milling so the prop would be completely stopped in the footage. Everything I've read/heard/seen said a wind milling prop is the natural state of things in a situation like this, and getting it to stop actually takes a substantial amount of effort.
Yeah and once he’s out of it no longer pulling it into a stall it starts to pinwheel
Apparently he also never learned, "aviate, navigate, communicate" lol. I'm not a pilot and I know that much. Lol
I know nothing about flying, but what you're saying sounds good.
He needed to get the plane to stall speed so he could open and get out the door. Everything here is ridiculous and narcissistic. Hoping he never gets his pilot certificate back, and some criminal fines would be good on top.
@@monkmoto1887 I think you meant windmilling?
The fire extinguisher is easy enough to explain. He knew he was going to crash the plane that day. He had a fire extinguisher strapped to his leg because he planned to retrieve his Go Pros after the crash and was anticipating a post crash fire. He hid it under his pant leg hoping no one would notice. His jacket is also hiding water bottles. They can be seen bulging through in various frames before he left the plane and immediately after he landed. It is also apparent that at least one of those bottles ruptured after he landed as he has water on his jacket immediately after the landing.
There are TWO Fire Extinguishers... one in EACH pant leg. Very easy to see when you look for them just after he bails out.
Yes you can see one behind each calf - clearly visible in a bunch of frames right after he leaves the plane.
Imagine being willing to set fire to a wildlife sanctuary for views.
@@DaimyoD0 I will grant him the "being willing to risk setting fire". Still reckless.
If that doesn't confirm it, the glock does. He knew he was going to be in the wilderness that day.
My favorite part is when he meets up with the "ranchers" and they are wearing skate shoes. I spent my summers in rural California at my grandad's ranch, skate shoes are foreigne. So freaking hilarious.
Yeah....skate shoes are either slayers from the city, or people from the city who enjoy the brand. No way a rancher would be wearing DC shoes. Thats fucking ridiculous
They busted him
@@leviathandrumming2175 why cant rancher have drip
@@TELEVISIONARCHIVES
They were there to help him
Really I wear DC shoes at ranches and rodeo's all the time. You would be surprised and I'm in Arizona I'm sure more skate shoes in Cali
The dude did it for attention and it worked. He's got people reviewing his footage, people reviewing the footage of people reviewing the footage. People reacting to the footage...we played into his hand. He may not have thought through the potential consequences but he got what he was initially after.
I just happened upon this video... I dont see how any of this is entertaining.. or why ppl care to analyze this nonsense.
@@yasaipicles6295 It's not entertaining, but if he gets away with what he did it might mess up or ruin flying for everyone else.
To explain, he's trying to get away with crashing the plane recklessly (it could have hit a school or hospital from the point he left it), AND trying to say it wasn't done intentionally. Like shooting a gun where you shouldn't and saying "it was an accident!", even if it was an accident, you shouldn't have been using it that way in the first place.
One more crash like this could be a national tragedy, so hopefully he faces criminal punishment for his actions. If all he faces as a consequence is losing his pilot's license, it won't be long before people start calling to ban hobbyist aviation for being too dangerous.
So the analysis and reactions are mostly going to be people who want to keep flying their planes for fun, and are concerned for the future of their hobby.
@@pn109a Hmm.. yah I guess it would affect the flying community so I see why it would be controversial. thx
@@pn109a Even if he gets convicted and sentenced (as harshly as they can make stick), he already hurt the private aviation community.
Problem is that his actions are going to have an affect on the aviation community, as I'm SURE the FAA will put forth more regulations.
This takes the phrase
"jumping out of a perfectly good airplane" to a whole new level.
... & the door was open...
As an Australian who is used to heat and thirst. How come he appears to have a water mark around his mouth exactly like you get when drinking from a water bottle with dust and dirt on your face, when he sits down and says how thirsty he is????? Did taking a drink remind him of how thirsty he should be??? Water bottle in the mysterious orange bag????
Now I can make sense of what I was seeing, thanks I was wondering what that ring around his mouth was.
It could also be from him closing his lips and throwing dirt on his face.
And he carried water bottles under his shirt. You can see one busted when he lands because he'd wet
He’s Australian? Why is he in KaliYugafornia?
@@kova1577 huh? Barry's Aussie...
Same thing happened to me the other day when I had an engine failure. before I could come up with any other reasonable options I unbuckled my belt grabbed my coffee a camera and out the door I went. I did my best to film the out come but the free fall time from the seat of my pickup to the pavement was shorter than I anticipated and the camera broke my fall so all footage was lost. Thank god the girl in the drive through window at McDonalds saw the entire thing and was quick to act. Luckily I had not taken the truck out of park or things could have been so much worse.
The best comment ever! Great job TB
Thank god you didn’t spill the coffee. It could have eaten through the asphalt and gone tear-assing it’s way towards China. Ala ‘China Syndrome’ a term which was later co-opted by nuclear power plants to describe a runaway reactor event burning entirely through the Earth.
This is clearly meant to be ironic, as even Thorium High Temperature Reactors won’t operate much above about 900°C/1,652°F which is well below even the lowest estimates of McDonald’s Coffee.
The discrepancy is due to the wildly different environments & operating envelopes. Nuclear Engineers are looking to provide clean, safe, power to a population, which as few complications or risks down the line. Whereas McDonalds Coffee was created for the sole purpose of melting the genitals of humans to a consistency of “Ken Doll.”
Cheers!
Oh jumping jesus! That sounds intense man... Glad everything turned out alright🤣
Underrated comment 😂
I'm sorry for your loss of camera... But at least you had french fries!
Maybe you have missed your calling and should be making accident reconstruction videos for the NTSB. By far the best and most comprehensive explanation. 👍
10:55. In the cockpit you see the fuel selector valve just zip tied to the door frame. At this point you see a hole in the right wing. That is where that fuel selector valve should be. Why did he remove it? I think he took off with just enough fuel to get to the crash site, and the wing tanks were empty. That type of plane burns roughly 5 gallons per hour. Based on that, the dude took off with only a couple gallons of gas in the front tank.
"he gets into a significant amount of altercations with bushes that mostly get the better of him" got me rolling lmao
surprised he didn't start shooting the bushes to clear a path
Truly excellent analysis.
One detail I just noticed: The NTSB document you showed, says that the aircraft operator's name is on file, and that they have no operating certificate, aka pilot's license. It would be hard to take away someone's pilot's license when they don't have one! Or does he definitely have a pilot's license, and the document is in error?
As for the Glock, you're right that it makes sense. He wasn't just afraid of his airplane having an emergency he'd need to jump with a sport parachute because of. He was also afraid of being eaten by "lions and tigers and bears" unless he clipped a pistol to his parachute harness.
I'm not sure whether they should put this clown in jail, or on a shrink's couch. "Ven did you start having zeez feeeeeeears?"
I think the purchase of the plane was so recent at the time that the documents still showed the previous owner.
Lol Dr. Killinger
Re: The Glock. To have had it with him means he had it on the airport. Last I checked, the Feds didn't really appreciate bringing a firearm onto airports.
@@b1blancer1 He's also in California, which leads to the question of whether or not it was a California compliant handgun and magazine. If it isn't then Cali's overzealous DA is gonna have a field day bending him over the table and buttfucking him for a firearm infraction.
The FAA took his license away for a year.
Just my humble observations.. I think he actually landed on the clear area (Experienced parachutist with steerable chute ?) visble near the brush, then did a badly staged encounter with the bushes for dramatic effect, all close iup shots. One dried up scratch..?! nothing else visible. "The smell of B/S is strong in this one"..!! Btw.. anyone notice in some other videos the nice shiny engine mount nuts and bolts behind the freshly painted Conti crankcase..??
The gun also shows premeditated. It's for bears, snakes, and other stuff in the mountains. Hiking in the mountains can be very dangerous
"The gun also shows premeditated."
Not necessarily.
Now, understand, I am not defending him. But there's nothing wrong with being prepared for the possibility of going down and having to wait it out or even hike it out.
Basically every pilot in Alaska has a gun on them, and none of them are planning to intentionally crash their plane. And while Alaska is substantially larger and more remote than California, California's size is nothing to sniffle at and its remoteness can kill a stranded pilot just as easily as Alaska's remoteness can.
The crash was 100% staged, but the gun has no bearing on that. It's like saying that keeping a fire extinguisher in the plane is proof you intended to catch the plane on fire. Or keeping a medbag in the plane is proof that you intended to injure yourself enough that needed immediate attention.
You don't carry with you when flying or traveling through wilderness?
@@KaBar41 You have a point, but Los Padres isn’t what I’d call remote. Indeed, I believe Trevor crashed near a trail that climbs to one of the shoulders of the mountain, then drops down to a camp or picnic ground that is accessible by road. Los Padres is crisscrossed with trails, dirt roads, and paved roads. The most likely dangerous critter you’ll come across is a rattlesnake, and you don’t need a gun to walk around it.
I’m 99% certain Trevor had the crashed aircraft removed, but if anyone went to check out the crash site, they might want to check if they get any bars. Trevor might have been within range of a cell tower and had a signal. That’s how remote I think he was.
@@MarcosElMalo2 black bears, Coyotes, Rabid animals, Dangerous people.
@@KaBar41 this is California. We have insanely strict gun laws and he likely doesn't have a CCW
The red paint overspray where he repainted the valve covers of the engine in an apparent attempt to get the FAA to believe that the swapped out engine was the one that was supposed to be there.
He may have done an engine swap without documentation, and in an aircraft with questionable maintenance records.
Smart guy, always love to see a common man come out on top against the government
Smart guy, always love to see a common man come out on top against the government
Any other take offs and landings from that airport on that day? (within 30 mins of TJs departure there must be a log somewhere)
Did you notice the jump date was the same as DB Cooper anniversary
I'm a Certified Private Pilot. One thing I learned (and practiced): You ALWAYS have a place to land if your engine quits. Yes, sometimes if you're in the bush in Alaska, it's not possible. In CA (where I learned to fly), not really.
I keep looking at that river bed that's RIGHT THERE! That plane would have good short field capability, he easily could have put it down there, even with minimal competence (I'm by no means a high-time pilot). The whole thing is a freakin' hoax. I'm glad he lost his license.
There's a bunch of other things noted in the Aviation Community about the aircraft itself. The man is a raging asshole, liar, and apparently not that bright. Carrying a pistol in CA? Likely, that's another "crime" he committed (although if I knew I was going to be wandering around a place with rattle snakes, mountain lions, etc. I'd want one!).
Pistols are legal in CA
@@roscoe4092 Owning, yes. Carrying? Only if ze paperz are est IN ORDNUNG! HEEIIILLL PELOSI !"
Hence my use of the word likely.
@@rex8255 german dude here. I fully approve of the accent. Good work.
@@sugandesenuds6663 Danke! I loved that fur two years, near Hanau. Good times!
@@rex8255 never been to hanau, i live pretty deep in the south. 100% swabian, without the godly dialect as we call it :D
Someone noticed that the footpeg from the plane was removed (previous pictures shows this plane originally equipped with this part). Maybe it would helped to avoid any lines or clothes being caught during the jump.
Good thought. Hard to imagine him being smart enough to think of that.
He removed the foot step and swapped the engine. Also the previous owner of the plane noticed the fuel gauge indicator located on the left wing support showed fuel...
Does that make it more premeditated?
Shame he didnt get tangled in something though.. Then we wouldnt be watching any of his utter stupidity..
The bad acting from the very beginning is so awkward. Especially when he says “it’s a beautiful day, we’re going to Mammoth” and his face is like “yeah right, we’re going to Mammoth 🙄”
I think that is just one of multiple Duper’s Delight moments. He is reveling in his deception!
Another instance was the Ridge Wallet ad, at the end of the spit, where he ties it into his way of life as an Adventurer!
"cringe !
Ugh 😣 and... (when the prop stops)...the drawn out oooh nooo -s
Ooooohh noo
OoooOOOooohh nooo
🙄
@@karlbark I wonder if he practiced his lines in front of a mirror before the flight, or added them in later.. 🤔
He meant Guantamamoth 🤣 spoiled generation.
Hey Geoff, the drone footage does not have the buffeting from the air and seem stabilised from a very steady platform. In contrast the other footage from his descent is very shaky. André
Very interesting
Thanks Geoff, for one of the most comprehensive reviews. Just a few points; Return to crash site only for cameras. He looks like he had the water in his jacket at the front as it cuts a nice outline. It looks like it was damaged in the landings as his coat is wet at lower front. The drone shot does not have a shadow. The hill it flys over does and if you look as far as you can into the distance there is no shadow. I think it would need to be much higher to not show a shadow nearing its crash. The wings of the plane show too much damage for a front impact so I think it flipped onto the roof as cameras show and he flipped it back for the camera. Congrats on being first to see the Glock. Has anyone actually visited the site? André
The lack of shadow on the above "drone" shot bothered me as well and initially I looked for any evidence of it beyond the plane to calibrate his elevation. I eventually saw the shadow line of the rudder on the right wing (4:58 in this video) when you first see the plane from above and when you think about where the plane shadow would project based on the height over the terrain, it would be out of view of the camera.
Would you not return to the wreckage for a possible site that can be easily seen and that equals rescue?
@@ohBAZZ if you return to it then why would you not stay with it rather than hike off. Your logic is a little suspect here
@@ohBAZZ were I to ever crash in the mountains I would never go UP the mountain unless there was an extremely compelling reason for me to do it. Like insulin or a satellite phone. So basically something that I should have bailed out with.
*Down* the mountain is where the people are. Of course, that is precisely why Trevor should have glided his plane to the dry river bed just below him.
@@sheldoniusRex Or if he legitimately bailed out, he could have glided to the flat sandy spot near the dirt road. But there’s easily a hundred things wrong in the video. Everyone has their favorite. One of mine is how he clearly pushed himself into dense brush instead of walking around it.
Excellent work 👍
-What do you mean "don't get me started on the stubble". That's huge. I hadn't really compared the heavy stubble when he's flying (before jump) and the minimal stubble from " later " when he's walking in the cowpatch.
He didn't * shave in the meantime !!!
cheers.
-K 🇮🇸
He must have shaved using the water in the bottle, and the razor hidden in the holster of the Glock.
@@johncoops6897 He shaved WITH the glock. He's such a badass he just shoots the hair off.
Maybe he has abnormally fast hair follicle growth?
Men's facial hair is known to grow faster during stressful situations.
@@BoleDaPole
Yes, John Coops & Collin Friday & Krak Head !
Your points all sound perfectly reasonable & legit !
-You are completely right ❗
-Cheers all,
-Karl Trausti from Iceland 🇮🇸
😁
My dude planned all this even going as far as bringing the blicky but not a machete to deal with the tough bushes.
Jokes aside, this is an amazing reconstruction of the events and you guys deserve more praise for this and exposing this loser.
Maybe he brought the " blicky " to shoot down the bushes, ever think of that smart guy?
Excellent. How the hell did I miss the Glock. I knew something was there but that never occurred to me. Your flightpath also matches mine identically. Glad I got that right.
well ibedam, that is a glock.
I wonder if he has a carry license for CA ?
I'm not seeing the glock. I'm a skydiver and to me it looks like there's a hook knife a chest strap buckle and the attachment points for his harness but I don't think I see a Glock
@@mathewjskydiving5091 well i am one too and that is a glock not a hook knife.
@@bobroberts2371 It's possible, but CA only gives concealed licenses, not open carry. I'm pretty sure a CA carry license won't work in a National Forest.
Geoff - Great video and excellent analysis!. I was slowly in the process of doing similar research, especially into the time required for the aircraft to impact the ground, after Trevor jumped out of it, and was trying to compare it to how long he required to reach the ground. I am glad you picked up on the different cameras used, time of day discrepancies, and what my wife noticed, his 5 o’clock shadow or lack of, depending upon where in the video you look. Well done Sir!
What if the footage of the plane from above was taken on another day and hes added it in.. Either using a following aircraft or a drone..
He probably had help and someone following with more cameras
I definitely hadn't thought about the fact that he was in freefall for so long and then appears to be filming from above the plane...
"In the meantime, Trevor is grabbing his GoPros, and he knows, it's go time" 😂😂 2:52
And suddenly I thought hot tub time machine was starting
Fire extinguisher shows her knew there was the possibility of intentionally starting a fire with his stunt. And being that it was in a National Park, it's a federal crime. Bummer his chute opened. That would have been hilarious, poetic irony for him to steam himself becoming a 'streamer'.
Or if he'd got snagged on the plane somehow, but he removed the left step to make it safer.
Most people fail to realize the most advantageous aspect of a gun when needing rescue - the noise. 3 shots 2 seconds apart is universal for distress. Glocks are a great lightweight option.... And when you lay awake at night, in the dark, hungry, cold and *all* you can think about is mountain lions and psychos - it's nice to have something other than a knife
This is a master class in analysis. Great job! You should do more
WOW, I genuinely thought nothing new could be diagnosed / spotted in these videos by now. Your observation of the Glock is amazing. Well done .
The glock to me is very small because I carry my pistol pretty much everywhere. From everything I've heard he doesn't seem like this kind of person though so who knows.
@@mutilatedpopsicles yea, that's pretty much the least weird part of this whole situation for me... that he's carrying when he goes back out into the wilderness to get his multiple takes of his "survival trip" after crash, makes sense for the situation, it obviously supports that theory, that he came back to the crash site prepared, but the gun itself isn't weird, a lot of people where i live ccw, but i can imagine it being a foreign concept to Californians and them thinking that's a big deal for him to have lol.
@@thekamotodragon Yeah people always focus on the gun when it comes up in these situations. They forget not every state is California.
@@mutilatedpopsicles And people over generalize about California, too. Probably the closest city to the crash site where anyone would freak out is Santa Barbara. Not so much in the rural areas.
There is one very legitimate reason to carry a firearm in one of California’s National Forests. It’s not the only reason, but it’s the major one, imho. The reason is that people use hard to access portions of the forest to grow crops of marijuana and they can be dangerous if you stumble upon a terrace of their plants. However, an open carry might make it hard to explain that you accidentally found the grow site.
If he crashed his parachute and broke his back or legs it’s the easy way out
What really pisses me off, is he used his friends ashes for a fucking stunt. I lost someone extremely close to me recently, and it's fucking disrespectful dude. How could someone do that? I hope that wasn't the man's actual ashes. If so, I'm sorry you didn't get the respect you deserve from your "friend" that cares more about his fame than missing you. I hope you rest in peace, man.
His friends are all stunt people as well, they surely wouldn't mind.
Well done video! Good eye on the inconsistent growth of stubble during his trek. Having said that, his dome was all nicked up early on in one shot, but later at night his dome was clean and clear of nicks and cuts.
Update: He's facing 20 years lmaoooo 🤣🤣🤣
The gun makes perfect sense to me. If you’re planning an “accidental plane crash” you know there’ll be the possibility of wild animals in the wilderness. If he weren’t planning to crash, the weapon would be safely stowed. But it’s strapped to his chest. Seems pretty cumbersome to fly with that kind of clunky gear on in a tight space like a cockpit.
I'm sticking with my intuition of my first watch. And that is that the plane we see from above is being piloted. Might be wrong, but also i might not be.
Go-to the shot start. Delete previous 10 seconds. Footage from GoPro. Processed and zoomed in editing.
Or wait 2 days. It will be in my next vid.
After using the tail, underwing and above shots, you can localize the flight path really quite accurately. It would have been both very dangerous to fly that path as is not much more than 400 ft above the terrain at the end of the overhead shot and would need to break an immediate left in order to avoid the over side of the valley the crash occurs in. You would also need another lookalike plane to do this after you knew pretty accurately the original flight trajectory. There would be no way to fly this and then nearly perfectly replicate it with a plane with no pilot.
@@geoffharris1898
Trevor didn't want to fake a real crash using cgi or green screen. So he decided to fake a fake crash instead.
@@geoffharris1898 yes, my point is that maybe there was a pilot, and that after trevor jumped, this pilot flew the plane either to an airport, or to land in the valley and pick trevor up. As in, when we see trevor jump, pilot number 2 is edited out of the shot. Improbable? Yes. Impossible ? No.
You know what is also improbable, but not impossible ? A light aircraft catching up to be below a person who has jumped from said plane and fallen 4000feet.
So IMO the shot of the plane from above would more likely to not be taken by trevor, but by someone else on a paramotor or something.
For clarity, this scenario would involve no crash, and all of the onboard footage of the plane after trevor leaves being a contrived fiction using a drone or model plane to get footage, with ghe plane then superimposed over this footage.
It IS being piloted. By Jacob.... before he jumped. It was filmed from a chase plane.
I'm not a pilot so please forgive me if this is a really stupid question but; it looks like even without power, that plane was somewhat controlable. Why would you not turn around and glise back in the direction you came from in hopes that you might either make it back or be closer to the airport?
Again; not a pilot so please be gentle with me :)
You're 100% correct. The fact that he didn't attempt to glide the plane to a safe landing is actually the very first thing *professional* pilots pointed out when they heard of this incident.
That is a really intelligent question actually. That plane is a Taylorcraft. It is specifically designed to handle crap like this and be able to land in rough terrain. According to owners, it has a near flat glide ratio, which means that it can glide for ages before losing altitude. Most likely he could still have made it to his original destination, just gliding.
@@russelljimenez4715 Ah I see. So basically he's...just stupid, pretty much.
What’s always bothered me is if you bail in a dry, arid area why would you hump out a heavy parachute increasing dehydration?
He also focused on "walking up the mountain/ridge towards the plane to retrieve his GoPros" ... instead of "getting to safety ... and maybe getting the GoPros when coming back with an "expedition".
A parachute could be used to create a night time shelter against the cold ... but since he walked deep into the night that didnt seem to have been a priority.
@@Muck006 carrying a parachute during severe weather yes, if course. I based that comment on the weather conditions he was currently facing.
It is sketchy but the parachute has a lot of potential for survival situations I.e. the fabric and nylons cords.
@@billb.7346 It does In some situations, but not the middle of California, where houses could be seen, roads, etc not so much. It's dead weight in weather that dehydrates. Middle of the jungle, yes. Middle of the Arctic, hell yes. Desert, of course. California, nope. Context sir, context. Anyway he finally got his PPL revoked, so even the FAA saw through his BS. One of the only situations I have seen a license revoked so fast with the community actually supporting the FAA unanimously
@@jessicamerriman2336 all good points. WRT to the loss of his ppl for one year, it might be more accurate to say he may APPLY for a new PPL in one year. I hope he is flagged and that he is denied if he applies again.
Great analysis. It was always obvious to me that it was a hoax, but it never occurred to me that he might have actually used a drone or chase plane for some of the shots and that he might have returned to the site on multiple days.
That’s one of the basic tricks of editing. We are used to sequences unfolding in chronological order to tell a story. In actuality, footage can be shot over multiple days, in different locations, and even using different people dressed alike. It’s basic filmmaking, but we are used to getting immersed in the story and ignoring little clues.
Interesting video. I like how you were able to deduce positions from several different sources. But I think you may have made some errors in your calculations. For example, did you make sure to factor in the angle of the dangle?
I used to jump, and every pilot I ever flew with claimed they would ride their failing plane down before using their emergency rig. I can't imagine hiking for hours still in my rig - I hated hauling it back even a hundred meters. This guy is so loaded with cameras, and wearing a full rig, for a routine flight - what was he planning?
Depending where you are, I can't fathom riding a falling plane into the ground if I have the option of jumping to the ground in a more safe manner. However, I've had minimal flying time& probably an equal amount of parachute time in my life. Lol. About 4-6ish hours of each.
Obviously that scenario also has many variables as well.
@@thefinalgrind Not a 'falling plane' - a 'failing plane'. I wasn't talking about wings breaking off but about more regular failures like power failure, steering problems, etc. It's just drilled into their training so much that they balk at the idea of abandoning their craft.
@@thefinalgrind This wasn’t a “falling plane”. This was, at worst, a gliding plane. If he ran out of gas, he could still glide it to his choice of nearby airports within his glide range. If he wasn’t out of gas, he could restart the plane using the magnetos. Incidentally, in all his previous flight videos, he never carried a parachute. This is the only time he did, but instead of an emergency chute, he decided to wear his full sport parasail rig.
If you ever take up flying, you will learn this. Indeed, if you’ve flown a plane for six hours, you should have learned about this.
@@HeatherSpoonheim Planes glide. It’s a characteristic of most airplanes. No pilot wants to abandon their craft if they can safely glide to a landing. It’s nothing to do with having anything drummed into you, it’s just basic aviation.
This reminds me of a joke, but I’m not sure if I can remember it.
A guy is on a transpacific flight from Tokyo to Anchorage. After the plane gets halfway over the ocean, the pilot announces, “No need to panic folks, but our #4 engine has failed. We’ll be OK, but our ETA will be delayed 2 hours.”
The man groans. If he’s too late, he will miss his connecting flight to Chicago.
A little while later, the pilot is back on the intercom. “I’m sorry again folks, but we lost the #3 engine. That delayed arrival will be approximately 4 hours. No worries, though, we have plenty of fuel.”
The man grumbles, but the flight attendants are already passing out free beverages, so he doesn’t say anything. He might still be able to catch a connecting flight when they land.
After a while, the pilot announces, “I’m awfully sorry, folks but we’re going to be 6 hours late. We’ve lost the the #2 engine.”
The main groans and swears. He knows there won’t be another connecting flight until the next day. A flight attendant assures him he can get a refund at the gate when they arrive in Anchorage.
Then the pilot comes on, “Folks, I don’t know how to say this, but we lost power to our #1 engine . . .”
The man begins shouting, “God damn it! We’re going to be up here ALL NIGHT!!”
@@MarcosElMalo2 It has a lot to do with what is drummed into them - that part of about the glide characteristics is not intuitive. If it were, passengers wouldn't get freaked out when a plane loses power.
I love the forensic dismantling of BS videos. Thank you for an amazing video Geoff.
Incredibly good analysis. I used to subscribe to this guy and, though I'm not a pilot, that video seemed so wrong to me. I hike in the area where he crashed that plane and it is insane to me that he would put strangers at risk like this just to lie on the internet. It seems this is a recurring theme with him.
good detective work on spotting the glock. guess we now know what the hard object under his jacket was. besides whatever carbonated beverage that spills inside his jacket as evidenced by the wet foam seen on the outside right after he lands. he probably had it in case he encountered an angry mountain lion. this is about the best analysis ive seen so far. i dont know about a chase plane but im convinced his buds were already in the area and thats one of the things he was looking down to confirm. since they tracked him circling the same area the day before the jump on radar couldnt they also have tracked him and any possible chase plane the day of?
also, did you pick up on that there were 2 vehicles that "rescued" him? another youtuber pointed it out and its pretty clear theres headlight light being cast behind the 1st vehicle he films (which i think was a jeep). and if you listen to the conversation with the "farmers" that "stumbled upon him" they speak with the same "radboi" vernacular trevor does and sounds more like a conversation between buds than between a poor wittle stwanded victim of mishap and his :rescuers.
14:35 judging by the cylindrical shape, and the shiny silver stripes at the top and bottom on either side of what appears to be a printed on label, id say it was a pop or beer can.
and this wont end until a through investigation has been done, and given past ntsb and faa failures, im not holding my breath.
if you want a good laugh theres another channel doing "analysis" on the crash thats coming up with hilarious crackpot conspiracy theories about the incident such as 2 different, but similar planes disguised to look like each other were crashed on 2 different days in 2 different locations and that the whole video is supplemented by cgi fake shadows and the like. and every time you point out how the vidoe and photo evidence disproves what he says, he flies off on crazier tangents. next thing hell say is aliens are responsible. the channels called reel justice.
14:35 could also be a camping lamp. We know he has one lighting him already. The Jeep was a 96-2002 Wrangler. The second vehicle unknown. And I am not saying it was aliens but, Aliens LOL
@@TechItOut Yeah, the farmers are in 2 cars, the one you see and the lights behind it and I'm almost certain the lights on the car you see are from a jeep as well. I think authorities will have a harder time finding those farmers to confirm the story than if they were looking for aliens.
@@TechItOut could be. i think reels an alien lol.
@@geoffharris1898 Does Cal. have a concealed carry law?
@@TechItOut Does Trevor drive a jeep by chance?
You bring up a good point that there might have been a chase plane which would indicate a conspiracy. Other people may be involved.
Or Jacobs is flying the chase plane on another day and has edited this footage into the video
@@sirgalah561 if he can be in two places at once, there might be better ways to get RUclips views.
You brought up a lot of questions I had myself, stubble, differing sun angles…
Now I do NOT fly with a parachute but I always have my S&W 6906 9mm on my person. I cannot hip carry, it will damage my seat, so chest, shoulder holster is used sometimes, mostly inside waist band is used.
If the plane crashed in a wilderness area, the removal of the aircraft with a helicopter was a crime as I understand the laws.
What if you are forced to land in a federal land where guns are outlawed? Could you be prosecuted if caught with it?
I read a report once of someone being prosecuted for a legally transported gun in a car being ejected in a crash onto the road.
Also, did you notice the second shot of the Glock had no magazine?
@@furyofbongos
I have a badge so I have never had any trouble carrying my weapon.
I did not notice the Glock was missing the mag but I do watch mostly on my phone.
@@furyofbongos You definitely wouldn't be and there is very little federal land you couldn't have a firearm on
@@bower31 Yeah. In California there are some national forests where they've outlawed the "discharge" of firearms.
@@furyofbongos what are the caveats? Illegal even under threat from wildlife?
Trevor's video was well executed. Great camera angles, good audio, editing ... etc. The problem is that it was poorly conceived. He had no idea that it would get so much attention that people would analyze it and expose him like they did.
Excellent video. Clear, concise factual breakdown backed up with obvious knowledge of what you're talking about, without being too technical and losing people. This guy is a real piece of work and needs to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Great job, thanks.
Randomly found this video. Thankful I did, amazing break down. Great job man.
How in tf did he manage to take his jacket off while in the air? How? Explain....
You need to experiment with your clothing topology more.
I fly an old luscombe and have been around private pilots my entire life and I have never ever ran into any situation even close to this. I’ve only ever known one guy that regularly used a chute in his airplane and it was not a skydiving chute and it was only because it was a clipped wing smith miniplane which was pretty scary. He ended up using that chute one day. Unfortunately he wasn’t cool enough to get it all on film like our boy Trevor. I don’t know anyone that would not stick with the plane as long as possible let alone bail in seconds when you have plenty of altitude in an airframe that glides very well
This dudes favorite show must of been Bear Grills and favorite movie XXX...🤣
The aerial videos of the pilotless aircraft are definitely shot by drone as the camera pans stops, pans, stops very smoothly just like a drone.
The FAA just ruled he crashed it on purpose and revoked his license. RUclips needs to nuke his channel for posting something like this.
The cameraman never dies.
He took the pistol because he planned on dropping into the "wilderness". He didn't have to bail out at all. The glide-slope on that aircraft is more than sufficient to have found a place to land it. The only tragedy in this entire thing is the loss of that fantastic aircraft. The story of that plane, and how it was meticulously cared for since it's construction (I believe in the late 40's), just makes me want to see this guy in prison. I know that isn't possible, but he should definitely lose his pilot's license and be banned from re-obtaining it.
Great video!! I had not seen the Glock before and haven’t heard of anyone else talking about it yet
I showed about 5 days ago. Took me 2 days to figure it out. We don't have them here. Well, not the law biding ones.
@@MrPlusses Yeah, in the original video I did a while back, I pointed it out, but kept thinking it was a radio or something else. At the time my initial reaction was that it looked like it could be a gun, but that seemed way too bizarre, so I assumed it was some sort of aviation radio or something else that I wouldn't recognize, but someone else would. When I started to put the shots together to make this video it became pretty clear what it was. Near certain it is a Glock.
Good catch on the Glock. Can confirm. @MrPlusses good eyes in your videos also. That conspiracy theorist is Reel Justice I believe? Caught a couple of their videos and had to check out. Lunacy. Part 103 (ultralight) flier and overall aviation enthusiast. Do either of you know where any logs of the comments on TJs video might be? I was going to scrape them when I first read it but was working and only had my phone available at the time. By the time I got home, fed the dog and the kids, they were disabled.
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Thank you for the compliment.
RJ is fun to watch. His speculations are at the deep end with a little bit of self congratulation. LoL
Good luck on the comments. Never had a chance to see them.
@@keepyourbilsteins i watched Jacob's video from under 2k views and pretty much read every comment until he disabled it. I don't remember anything being mentioned that has not since been coverered in youtube videos. The 'hate' ratio of the comments was around 95%.
I’m not an overly litigious person but I think a stunt like this is nothing short of criminal for a number of reasons.
I have a bit of a problem with how he supposedly landed so close to where the plane actually crashed.
This was either profound luck or the chute landing sequence was shot sometime after the crash.
I suspect the latter. A frame-by-frame analysis of his chute landing you can see the crash site at about 100' or so before touching ground, and no plane is there.
Look at the cliff in the footage at 00:47
saddest part for me is the loss of the Tcraft. irreplaceable
Thank you Geoff for your analysis of the 'Drone' footage of the aircraft flying beneath. As to your final clips, could that be a Trail camera or a mobile phone standing-up on a rock behind Trevor when he's drinking amongst tadpoles? If so, I wonder if there are other trail-camera clips that have yet to be revealed in Trevor's behind-the-scenes ' Making-of' video? I'm here thanks to Dan Gryder's latest update. Keep-up the good work.
Given he removed the wreckage (and either hid it or destroyed it, I heard different rumors), I'm pretty sure he either destroyed extant footage *or* he hopes it will never see the light of day.
I wonder if he has a CCW permit for the Glock assuming it was concealed under his jacket earlier.
Excellent report.
Make my video easier to finish. You confirmed my thoughts. Thank you.
One of my videos I showed the gun hit his iPhone lens. I'm Canadian, we don't know handguns. I was afraid to say he had a semi automatic in a holster.
I did look up he's allowed to for personal use.
There are a few spots where you see it. You see the butt, the gun site, holster, etc. The way the magazine goes in, the texture on the grip and the silver u shaped site make it near certain it is a Glock. The real question is of all of the things to take with you on this misadventure this is even weirder than the fire extinguisher from my point of view.
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I show it in a vid 2 weeks ago. Thought it might be a another camera slung around his neck. Took two days researching iPhone lens to determine it's size. Then I got a comment that they thought it looked like a pistol grip. From there it was easy to find a Glock.
Thank you. This was one of the items I need confirmation on. Like I said I know nothing about hand guns. Wasn't going to say gun in a video with out some confirmation.
@@geoffharris1898 Until you realized he was afraid of being eaten by wild animals, another "aha" moment!
@@EfficientRVer yeah.. Exactly... Why would he be packing a pistol unless he knew he might get eaten by something smarter than himself..
@@geoffharris1898 You are 100% correct that it is a Glock. I tried to figure out its specific gen and model, however, it almost seems as though Mr. Jacob is attempting to keep it out of frame. And after a certain point, it almost seems as though he's loosened the strap on the shoulder holster to get it to sit lower on his body and make it easier to film... I am... not entirely convinced that Mr. Jacob has a California concealed carry license. Maybe he does, but he seems to have been putting in a lot of effort to keep that gun out of frame.
Based off what little I could see of the Glock, it appears to be a compact sized Glock. Going off pure numbers, it is probably a Glock 19. Based off Californian laws, it also likely a Generation 3 Glock 19, unless Mr. Jacob was willing to $2,000+ for an off-roster gen 4 or gen 5. Which... who knows, considering he bought a plane simply to crash it to film it, he may very well have the disposable cash laying around to buy an off-roster handgun at insane mark up. But... my money is on it being a gen 3.
And... of course, Mr. Jacob is still carrying it with the stock polymer sights and in a nylon holster. He probably bought it right before this misadventure, stopped by Walmart, grabbed the cheapest chest holster he could find and strapped it on. Probably has the cheapest ball rounds he could find in it and he's probably never shot it before. He probably also doesn't have a round chambered either.
" The real question is of all of the things to take with you on this misadventure this is even weirder than the fire extinguisher from my point of view."
Eh... not really. He "crashed" in Los Padres National Forest, which is home to black bears, bobcats, coyotes and mountain lions. Out of all the things he did in this video, having a gun on him was probably the smartest thing he did.
California can get pretty remote. The video might be staged and it may very well have been shot on different days, but the threat of wild animals and actually, properly getting lost while hiking in and out and being forced to rough it out to be rescued still exists even if you are shooting a staged video.
I'd say the fire extinguisher is weirder due to the way he has it mounted on himself. That's not normal. But the gun is easily explained away.
As if I wasn't upset enough by this incident. The aircraft he totalled was a 1940 vintage Taylorcraft! GRR! Imagine living all those years to get destroyed by some joke of a human being!
This is a next-level examination of this incident. Well done
Why has no one brought up the fact of that hat Trevor was wearing in this video makes him looks like a big dork lol
Dude amazing. The detail is second to none I appreciate the work you’ve done. And just when I though this can’t get any better.. kick start my heart starts thumping. Awesome work man you’ve got my sub
Too be fair, last time I flew a plane, I had my glock on me. I wasn't afraid my copilot would try and jump me, or of a condor trying to hijack my piper. I just don't like leaving it in my car, and I always go out with it.
Dude is blessed he didn’t cause a huge fire, I live here and we have been hit with a ton of fires the past few years
An excellent deconstruction. I enjoyed watching this, thanks for posting.
I had no idea about the potential of shooting over a period of more than one day, and the stubble visible. Nor, the pistol he was carrying. Very, very odd.
What was the object behind him at the end?
Also, what about his injuries, cuts and scrapes?
In this video, his head:
10:08 - no injuries to forehead
11:35 - cuts, scrapes to his head above his left eye
11:50 - no injuries again
12:18 - no injuries, perfectly healed by tadpole water! Clean shaven too!
Love the Kick Start My Heart track over the bailing from the plane footage. Gets me super pumped. But, I think Breaking the Law would've been more fitting. Maybe Raining Men.
Either way good work. Great video and information.
Finally! Someone who knows how to pronounce Lompoc!😆
I’m a pilot (Robinson R22), but also a backpacker, which leads me to wonder if Trevor also brought some maps of the Los Padres National Forest with him so that he could land his parachute close to a main trail and then easily hike out and meet his friends, oops I mean “farmers.” It was probably a bonus if he could also land near the plane and retrieve his GoPro cameras. But that probably wasn’t absolutely necessary, because the cabin GoPro cameras were probably turned off as soon as the “emergency” occurred. Turns out that a main trail was only 2 tenths of a mile from where he landed his parachute. He would have only needed to walk downhill for about 2.5 miles on the Hurricane Deck Trail to reach the wilderness boundary. But of course he had to make it look as though he had struggled down a rough canyon - more staging!
“The moment there is suspicion about a person's motives, everything he does becomes tainted.”
-Mahatma Gandhi
Excellent video, and possibly may be the last one I’ll need to watch - until we have new developments. I only hope governmental agencies are as thorough as you have been. This explains the continuity errors and his changing appearance, among other things, but primarily confirms that his narrative as presented cannot be correct. Also I agree about the ashes, if those are actual human remains then it’s only a small portion because I have seen the cremated remains of a 150 pound woman and there was quite a bit more ash than what he has in the Ziploc. At least I hope his friend warranted an actual Ziploc and it’s not some off brand.
Yeah man, my biggest concern with this whole thing has always been the brand of sandwich bag for his friend's ashes!!
I'll let the ashes slide because he said it was some of the ashes... So he didn't take the whole urn just a little bit to spread... As far as everything else goes... Yea he staged it!!!
Yeah, I have a friend who is still being parceled out over Southern California. That part is the 1% of this whole thing that’s okay. Except of course he’s tainted Johnny’s memory.
It’s a dime bag. He’s not going to sprinkle the ashes, he’s going to smoke them for the last bit of resin so he can have his friend Johnny inside him one last time.
His cousin just died... I wonder what video he is going to do now
His Bio now says "Trevor Jacob is an American snowboard cross competitor, extreme sports athlete, RUclipsr, and former aircraft pilot." -- former aircraft pilot. lol
That spray painted rocker cover..
A sure sign of fakery is when a "RUclips influencer" has the comments section disabled on one of his videos.
Geoff there is a really good video about the spiral by Pi. He does a complete 360 in a steep banked dive in 1000 feet if i am reading his instruments correctly. Real life and not MS Flight Sim.
I just saw this too. This is the one thing I struggled with in the model. The plane when it first starts drifting changes course a bit faster than it would if it did a single rotation. In that video he only loses 1000 ft in 30 seconds. If Trevor's plane did two rotations(or more) that would mean its overall length of travel would be longer and it would take even longer to hit the ground. This would make it even more difficult for him to get the shots from above, but might increase the chance that he could better understand what was going on with the direction of the plane sooner and at least fly towards the mountains.
I can't remember where I saw the idea that maybe he thought the plane would fly up the river valley only a short distance and crash after he jumped out. Instead the plane started circling and kept going and he did his best to chase it down. Based on the available shots I have a hard time coming up with any conceivable way he got to a position to get shots from above, but he could have gotten to the landing site without any trouble. Then it would have just been a miracle that the plane crashed 200 yards away from him. His reactions seem more genuine on the GoPro footage than the shots on the iPhone with the terrible acting so this could be closer to the truth of a stunt gone wrong and then a backfill of shots to create the narrative.
@@geoffharris1898 there is no way he jump from that plane filmed from above, the glide slope is too flat. He would have had to pull immediately on exit.
And obviously you'd head straight into the valley OBVIOUSLY 🙄
I feel so sad for the little plane. It has ambled around the skies for all those years giving joy to those that have flown in it and some ass does this....
I feel the same
This is all great work but you really can't use a chart to estimate how far he fell while in belly down based on time. Any skydiver will know that there's a huge range of vertical speeds possible while in different profiles of belly flying and an equally huge range between different body shapes. Over 23 seconds even a +/- 10 mph difference in vertical speed makes quite a big difference.
Also a wide variance on the exact chute he was using as well.
Object at 14:43 looks like a sat phone.
The editing and critiques in this video, are absolutely epically legendary!
I tip my hat to you Mr. Harris 🎩
Thanks for the reddit gold kind stranger!
On the shots looking down on the plane when he’s supposedly there Gliding down on the parachute…… YOU CAN LITERALLY TELL THAT THE SHOT IS NOT HANDHELD… if you watch closely you can see a mechanical/digital pan and stop and pan and stop.. so it’s 100% a drone.. no questions about it…
Nice. The Glock also makes sense since as a world war 1 biplane pilot he would fly next o an enemy pilot and shoot at them. Oh. He’s not a fighter pilot. Never mind.
Those farmers were the worst actors ever.
Great work. This clown is screwed.. He never dreamed anybody would pick his video apart like this 😁 He would be very wrong lol ✌️
Excellent Video! How many coincidences can possibly happen. Just happen to have an engine out at 10,000 feet, perfect height to jump out. 90%+ of engine failures occur right after takeoff. So many flat valleys to land and especially in a perfect light long glideslope aircraft. Spent 0 time assessing the situation, he just bailed. Kinda funny how bad he staged this.
How do we nominate Trevor Jacob for a RUclips Creators Award for this great video "I Crashed My Plane". Be sure to watch the Original with the cringy Advertisement, it sets the tone for the whole video.
He is the gift that keeps giving.
@@geoffharris1898 A mashup of a great youtube video and the game of clue. BTW it's not illegal to drop things from airplanes, or drop things while skydiving, or both at the same time, as long as it's done safely, as it appears Trevor did. He even cleaned up his trash.
@@WeBeGood06 Yeah, not so sure this was a well thought out idea in terms of risk to either himself or the environment/people on the ground.
It does totally reminds me of those cartoons where you need to find the differences between two images. The number of easter eggs in this and how crazy they are - fire extinguishers, guns, backpacks, phone vs. gopro has certainly got people out there looking for clues to unlock the mysteries of the video.
@@geoffharris1898 Let just say we have a difference of opinion, and neither mine or your really matters. When I saw the long range shot of the airplane, I also have a hard time imagining that it was from Trevor while flying his parachute. Fire extinguishers, gun, old airplane, slow, no batteries, no electricity, no fuel, water following the cold engine, alway be prepared like a Boy Scout. Maybe the missing video footage is of all the other skydivers with fire extinguishers strapped to their legs following Trevor down.
Here is another D B Cooper 50th anniversary video with planes dropping people with parachutes and skydiver dropping stuff large enough to be deadly. Look at the location where this one occured and compare it to the location where Trevor dropped his stuff (airplane).
ruclips.net/video/KcOK_UYxrkc/видео.html
Which do you think had a higher probability of killing someone on the ground. 50 lbs of simulated cash dropped over a populated area, where there actually are people and things.
@@WeBeGood06 Did you notice Trevors stunt was on the DB Coopers anniversary date
Trevor has everone at CASA (Civil Aviation Safety Authority) here in Australia pissed right off. He has broken "The private/receational pilot's code" Aviate - Navigate. he did none of that. in the video he even didn't not once make an attempt to try and restart the engine. It comes down to simple this was a Stunt no doubt. AND I would dare say Insurance fraud.
Geoff, The damage to the plane implies it needed to press against something to deform wings. However, when on the ground, the pieces look like they have been placed by hand back to their original position. The next question is, Was the plane moved between impact and when it was lifted by heli? Perhaps if one goes into microsoft flight simulator, than could look at the impact scene location from the ground and see if that matches the images of the plane on the ground. It seems different. Perhaps the plane was moved uphill 200 meters by hand in pieces, and then removed via heli? If you can show this via Microsoft flight simulator that would be a nice contribution to resolving the mystery. If someone visited the site either from a plane or by foot, they could photograph the scene and possibly get some clues. For example, if there is some fire damage to the ground, then that would explain why Trevor might want to move and reassemble plane. he might not want that to be seen.
Yeah, I'm not so sure. It is a fabric skinned plane, so deformation of the airframe will lead to all sorts of puckering and "dents" very different from a metal skinned plane. The crash site seen and where he shows up to the wreck are absolutely identical in location. It is the one flattish spot in the area.
@@geoffharris1898 If the plane digs into the ground at propeller, then one would see a hole in the ground at that location. Where is the hole? Why is there bare earth in front of the plane? if plane digs into the ground in the front area and then bounces back, then one could have bare earth in front of plane; however, there is nothing that would cause plane to bounce back. if wings disconnect from fuselage, then they would probably move further from original position, it seems. another thing that might be interesting to discuss in a video is timeline, where one shows approximate time based on shadows for different scenes, to suggest how this was shot and pieced together. if plane was reassembled after impact, then shadows would show time between impact and later examination on ground. your ability to explain is very good! are you an engineer? cfi?
@@glennweinreb4809 I think the area in front of the plane has had plenty of footsteps in that area. Certainly the whole area is disturbed between his "first" walk up and the instagram photo. I'm not sure that the first time is actually the first time someone visited the wreck, so can't same much. From the plane view and how steep it hit, I'm assuming it smashed mostly and skidded a bit on its nose with the tail in the air and then fell backwards a few feet as it settled. It is relatively flat where it hit, but then goes up hill fairly steeply.
The complex geography is great for investigating the shadow lines of what time of day things are in or out of shadow. I estimate that from the time he left the wreck (presumably the second time) all filed with the phone, he left the plane a little after 2pm and was to the river bed for the sunset by 3:38 pm. The sunset ridge and his location can very precisely created to be near certain of that time. When he is in the canyon hiking out it is about 3pm at the ravine and ~2:30 ish when he is cliffed out. It would have been pretty near pitch dark by 5:15-5:30pm on the 24th.
Dan Gryder was the first to point out this con man some time ago this was a movie probably took many days to put it all together. Well done guys you are on the money.
The FAA has only said the parachute was suspect wouldn’t give any other info, even confirming an investigation. License revoked. How could they not see the gun, waters in his jacket, or two fire extinguishers in his pants legs? Lmfao. I hope they saw everything you and us did….
Great work! I’m not done looking either; I’m quite sure there’s more to find.
There is also something at his feet when he starts showing off his injuries right after the parachute landing. It's pretty pixelated, but me first reaction is that it looks like a clipboard with a pen. Have a hard time thinking that is correct, but a shot list would be a good idea for continuity. I'm sure there are an endless number of other minor details that further tell the story. Good luck.
@@geoffharris1898 Geoff and Pete. Why is he telling his predicament to the rescuers while they are talking to each other? Or why are they not listening?
His door was unlocked the whole flight. The handle is horizontal when locked and vertical or 45 degrees when unlocked. So he was prepared very early in the flight.
BTW I count 4 goPros the thing attached to the strut is a speed indicator as his pilot tube was disconnected. He takes the one from behind him just before he films his lap before divorcing himself from the lovely Taylorcraft BL65. André
Trev’s watering hole shows two structures up on the ridge. Anyone find those on Google Earth? They may not even be near the “crash site” and the flat and open area that he “hikes” to.
Doesn’t NTSB typically issue a preliminary report 10 to 14 days after the incident? That will be a treasure trove of information when compared to Trev’s video!
This was the best video I've seen yet. If the FAA guys are better than you he will fry. I don't believe it was all 1 day either...
One thing that I noticed that no one else seemingly has - when he "discovered" the creek, as he's walking on the two track up to it you clearly see it go from daylight to dusk in a flash. The camera pans down then when it comes back up it's dark. That right there alone was proof to me that he was doing multiple takes.
That happened because he turned the video light on.
(Not that I don't think he didn't do multiple takes - but that was because of the light).
Yeah, I think this is more likely that he changed the lens from the primary lens to the wide angle one which has way worse low light performance. You can see the field of view change with the change in light. The leaves on the ground appear to be the same in both high and low light which you would expect to change if they were days apart.
Increadablly well made video for someone with 258 subscribers. well done.
I’ll never forget I was training at the time and just began to solo and showed my CFI this video and he said exactly what I though after seeing it………….”oh my god this is so staged it’s not even funny. He’ll never fly again”.
Thumbs down
....for injecting your choice of annoying ass music, forcing me to have to turn the volume down.
How is it that youtubers have not learned that putting music over audio we might want to hear, is one if the biggest complaints by viewers??