Trent Palmer and friends fly their Cubs to the Oregon coast, camp at a coastal airstrip and land on an ocean beach, then race a marine layer.
What the video covers
Written in our own words. It only describes what the video shows and says.Trent Palmer and a friend fly north to an area of the Oregon Coast he has not visited before. Their arrival at their first stop is complicated by heavy traffic, which a friend explains is because flight schools use the non-towered airfield for its instrument approaches. After meeting up with friends John and Ty, they visit John's workplace.
A Visit to a Helicopter Centre
John works at a helicopter service centre that is the US distributor for a particular brand. He shows the group several customer aircraft, including Super Puma and A-Star helicopters. Trent Palmer expresses some apprehension about helicopters, especially smaller ones, but takes a short helicopter flight before rejoining his friends to continue their journey.
Coastal Camping and a Beach Airstrip
The group then flies to an airstrip on the coast. Despite some turbulence on approach, they land safely and are impressed by the scenic location and the unseasonably warm mid-October weather. They decide to camp overnight at the airfield's campsite. Lacking firewood, they ride one-wheel electric skateboards to a nearby location to buy some. The next morning, they depart northbound along the coast to find what Trent Palmer describes as the only place in the lower 48 states where landing on an ocean beach is legal. They land on the beach, keeping close to the water where the sand is smooth, on a stretch Trent Palmer estimates at around 4,500 feet long.
The Return Journey and Weather
After a stop for fuel in Astoria, the group flies south, but an unforecasted marine layer begins to move in from the sea. Their intended lunch spot is already covered, and they race the fog back to their campsite on the coast, landing just as it starts to roll in. Faced with the choice of packing up and flying inland or staying put, they decide to remain and wait for the weather to clear. The next morning, the fog is slow to burn off. Once conditions improve enough to depart, Trent Palmer and his friend say goodbye to John and fly east over the hills. On their way home, they hear from friends camping at an airstrip almost exactly on their route and make an unplanned stop to visit them. After a final fuel stop they fly the last leg to Reno, arriving home just after sunset.
