Far West'09 : "Fast Forward" Part 8/8 Formation flight in San Diego at 500 ft (HD 720p)

Back from Van Nuys and Corona, I followed my friend's cessna for an awesome San Diego Downtown tour at 800 ft or less with the sunshine on the sea. Climb on my Cessna and enjoy this last flight from ou west coast trip Far West'09.
Last of eight videos taken during our "Far West'09" trip in June'09 all along the US west coast until Canada. All videos are HD (Sanyo Xacti HD1000) recorded with realtime communications (onboard and with ATC thru a barnstormer cable bought at Aircraft Spruce). Most of ATC communications are subtitled. Check Music credits at the end of the video.
We were 9 with 3 Cessna 172 and 1 Duchess Beech 76 from PlusOne Flyer Club in San Diego. We started in San Diego then headed northely via Los Angeles, Santa Clara, San Francisco, Eugene, Seattle Boeing Filed, Victoria (British Columbia), Tofino, Penticton Vancouver Intl then went back south via Portland, Reno Mojave and Las Vegas. From Vegas, we overfly Grand Canyon, Marble Canyon than landed at Page Muni for a formation flight over Zion Canyon, Bryce Canyon and Monument Valley. The trip ended with Sedona and overflight of Los Angeles International at 2500 ft on the published "mini-route". For the fun, we landed on 16R at Van nuys and finished this holydays with an oustanding tour in San Diego Downtown for a formation flight with two Cessna along the shoreline "at or below 500 ft".
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[@Jeahryn]

Really great video! Visited Montgomery field on a flight from Phoenix (falcon field) as part of my atpl flight training, great mexican restaurant they have on Montgomery field ;)

[@vbazillio]

@ariasd Thanks !

[@XPCompHelp]

AH! Thats So Cool! I Hope I Can Do That Someday!!!

[@chenoir]

Un jour j'aimerais vraiment faire un Far West? Mais avant, faudra que je monte un peu mes heures.
Si un jour tu passes à Pontoise, je te payerais bien un verre à la Cigogne ^^.

[@Dahigi777]

Just curious... how do you get intercom/radio sound? do you need a hookup coming out of your headset or from a jack on the plane?

[@vbazillio]

@chenoir Ca dépend ;-) Parfois avec des amis français qui s'inscrivent forcément dans le même aéroclub à San Diego et parfois, seul, mais en famille.

[@vbazillio]

Thanks for you comment. We are PlusOne member from Montgomery field. About the "Mini Route", I'm sure you watched the part 7 of these videos ?

[@vbazillio]

@3IDLukeK I use a Barnstomer (“Patchcord Cockpit Voice Recorder”) from Aircraft Spruce.

[@chenoir]

Vraiment une superbe vidéo, ca donne envie d'aller se balader dans le coin.
Vous etes souvent accompagné par d'autres pilotes lors de ces Far West, sont ils tous des aéroclubs ou vous volez?

[@ariasd]

out of the series of 8 videos this was the best. Good job and nice video series.

[@fapproduction]

Beau boulot ! Belles images !
Bravo !