I took a ride on a breezy plane yesterday out of Oceanside airport down to Swami's beach and back. I saw one of these flights on YouTube and contacted the guy and was able to finally arrange a ride with him. He won't take any money. He just loves flying people. As you'll see, this plane has no cabin around it so you're wide open to the elements. It's a total thrill. Yesterday was perfect weather and the ocean was amazingly clear. I also took a GoPro video of my own from a wrist mounted camera, but it shows my hand in the picture the whole time so not too thrilled with that one. I will post those on my own YouTube page later.  The video starts about 40 seconds in because he didn't do any editing. Once the plane turns around at about 18 minutes, you get a great view of the coastline and and the shore water on the way back. https://youtu.be/grOMlLtKrq8?si=diRNgbl3FJHCQC3I

Flying

Oceanside, California, United States

time : Jul 27, 2025 2:55 PM

duration : 0h 45m 41s

distance : 56.2 mi

total_ascent : 2989 ft

highest_point : 1522 ft

avg_speed : 0.6 mi/h

user_id : whofan

user_firstname : KC

user_lastname : Loewen

I took a ride on a breezy plane yesterday out of Oceanside airport down to Swami's beach and back. I saw one of these flights on YouTube and contacted the guy and was able to finally arrange a ride with him. He won't take any money. He just loves flying people. As you'll see, this plane has no cabin around it so you're wide open to the elements. It's a total thrill. Yesterday was perfect weather and the ocean was amazingly clear. I also took a GoPro video of my own from a wrist mounted camera, but it shows my hand in the picture the whole time so not too thrilled with that one. I will post those on my own YouTube page later.  The video starts about 40 seconds in because he didn't do any editing. Once the plane turns around at about 18 minutes, you get a great view of the coastline and and the shore water on the way back. https://youtu.be/grOMlLtKrq8?si=diRNgbl3FJHCQC3I