Trevor Jacob Interview Pt 1 - Why it happened

[@donaldbishop923]

The whole purpose of our podcast is for people to tell their aviation story. Trevor made a mistake and paid for it. I think it took some courage to sit down and say exactly what he did. Would you share your worst mistake like that? We invite anyone with a story to join us and share it with the aviation community. Remotely, or in person. We'd love to hear from you. - Don the Camera Guy

[@skywagonuniversity5023]

We're a small channel. We're not going to be the ones to put him back in the "spotlight." And, we weren't hoodwinked. Jacob didn't get anything out of us. We got to hear an interesting story and shared it with you. What you think of it is your prerogative, but that is the long and short of what happened here. Lastly, KZbin demonetized him. There is no incentive for him to get back in the spotlight as you put it.

[@skywagonuniversity5023]

@@freedomforever6718 This is all incorrect on so many levels that I will not get into it here. As far as destroying aircraft goes look on all the salvage sites like BAS in Colorado. Every day repairable aircraft are dismantled to maintain the existing flying fleet. Look on every small airport ramp across the USA and there are abandoned aircraft rotting into the asphalt. I personally have saved many and got them back in the air. Some even can fly but are uneconomical restorations and are restored for the love of it. This does not justify what Trevor Jacob did but this video was not about destroying an aircraft, it was about the person that did it and why.

[@skywagonuniversity5023]

@freedomforever6718 You make a lot of assumptions with facts not present. You have a strongly held personal opinion, and I'm certain you'll allow nothing to change that. - Don the Camera Guy.

[@skywagonuniversity5023]

In what way were we "had?"

[@venutoa]

@@donaldbishop923 excellent Don. Keep doing what ur doing. Certain people will always be jealous and non understanding.

[@willbrighton183]

Really enjoy your videos and appreciate the time you spend making and sharing them. Personally I'd take down all three videos. I have to agree with several comments on this guy. He did a stunt that was really stupid, could have endagered property and lives of others. He's a thrill seeker, that's obvious from his past, and loves the spotlight. Aviation doesn't need anymore of Trevor Jacob in the spotlight. Again, hopefully you'll consider removing thie videos.

[@skywagonuniversity5023]

I'm not going to take them down. The podcasts are about people's stories. This is a story.

[@venutoa]

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[@RyanRuark]

Not interested in rehabbing his public image. Crashing an airplane for views is an irredeemable error. His actions make a mockery of the aviation profession.

[@AnarchyEnsues]

Did it?

[@Swfraley]

@@freedomforever6718 I don’t disagree, but “lovingly maintained” is more than a stretch for that clapped out thing.

[@lysippus]

agree. using aviation as a "prop" in an act only meant for views and money.

[@skywagonuniversity5023]

That clapped out old $5,000 thing.

[@banjo2019]

@@freedomforever6718It’s not murder. He paid the price society imposed on him by law. He served his sentence.

[@jm32145]

Why the hell would you give this guy any kind of publicity?

[@HulkBogan-lq3vk]

Makes no difference, he got plenty already. Human curiosity to ask "Why?" same reason all kind of craziest get interviewed.

[@skywagonuniversity5023]

We thought his story was interesting. We were curious. That's it.

[@skywagonuniversity5023]

Exactly. He'll get a few thousand views on here. The crash video is over 2.6 million views so it's not like it's big publicity, but it is the story from the horses mouth.

[@Neil_]

I watch literally everything this channel puts out, but I'll be passing on this. I get people make mistakes, but this guy is a different breed and it's a shame you've decided to platform him which is just giving him exactly what motivated his ridiculous stunt in the first place - a spotlight. I'm going to go out on a limb and say he contacted you about doing the interview... Right? Right.

[@boogerwood]

Agree. This dude is an attention whore. I do not support enabling that. Won’t change how I feel about the channel. I love learning about new aircraft and this is a great channel for that.

[@skywagonuniversity5023]

You are absolutely wrong. Mark went down to Lompoc to buy a plane from Trevor, not knowing he was "the guy." Mark asked Trevor to do the interview, because it is an interesting story. - Don the Camera Guy.

[@Neil_]

@@skywagonuniversity5023 Well, that's a damn shame. With that info, I tried to give it a fair shake because I like this channel and I got as far as the moment Trevor claims "he knew he'd made the worst decision of his life the second he looked back at the plane," as if he didn't proceed to go home, edit and upload it all for the attention he so desperately craves. I honestly can not fathom anyone falling for his grift, but here we are. I'll leave you with this - Trevor's biggest mistake was not knowing his audience...

[@AlanMydland-fq2vs]

if u wanted utbe hits u got em!! sorry their all bad😢

[@craigsanders6925]

Didn't make it past the ads, no interest in anything he has to say.

[@skywagonuniversity5023]

How can you make a judgement without hearing the story?

[@craigsanders6925]

@@skywagonuniversity5023 Heard enough about it when it happened. Intentionally crashed a plane for youtube views, lied about it, moved the plane, cut it up and disposed of it before the investigation. He's had his two minutes.

[@tungstenair375]

@@craigsanders6925 You are correct about the actions he took, but you should go watch part 2 where he talks about the lawyers of the Corportation that was sponsoring him telling him to take these actions. Unfortunately, they were not aviation lawyers but had done their research into the legalities behind such a "stunt" for promotion and had advised him to take such actions.

[@alexeygusev698]

@@tungstenair375 why would you trust what he says in part 2, 3 or 10? He lied once, will lie again.

[@Neil_]

@@tungstenair375 all grift and lies. He also said he knew "it was the biggest mistake of life" from the second he looked back at the airplane... and then he went home and uploaded it all to the internet.

[@BataraKado]

trevor jacob is the bald version of sam pepper.

[@ironmanballer4868]

As many people I hold reservations against this guy ever being in the public eye again but I’ll reserve my opinion about him now.

[@danhansen3109]

This guy is a enemy to the aviation community.

[@skywagonuniversity5023]

Correction, he "was" an enemy to the aviation community.

[@lysippus]

@@skywagonuniversity5023 Did he pass away?

[@Qrail]

Whoa! Don the Camera Guy makes an appearance. Thanks, Don. Television, and to a lesser extent KZbin is always concerned with “the Look”. I appreciate what you do to make Skywagons shine. Being an old guy, I have the theater of the mind. So imagine me tottering off in my Turbine powered TriPacer… 👋🏻

[@donaldbishop923]

It's just that I have a face for radio, but not the voice. - Don the Camera Guy.

[@Qrail]

@@donaldbishop923 if I recall, the line is a face for radio, and a voice for print! I appreciate your camera work. 👍🏼👍🏼

[@kevinmurphy3464]

Nothing more than a stunt that was done for monetary reasons followed by lying and covering up what he did to hinder prosecution, like so many people do when they get caught (Guilty myself when getting caught stealing my dad’s car when I was 13 ). Unfortunately for him he allowed the whole world to see it. He’s an intelligent young man that had a very narrow focus in regard to what could have happened. I would be interested to hear his story if a wildland fire took place and a firefighter was killed or severely burned because of a stunt for money, likes, and notoriety. I listened and more importantly watched his body language during this video and I’ll bypass any further videos of Mr. Jacob. Looking forward to new content on aircraft and interviews by Mark and Skywagon University.

[@maxgood42]

>>> Please hold up on opinion until you have watched all 3 episodes.

[@skywagonuniversity5023]

My brother and I weren't bad kids, but we were mostly left unsupervised. We came up with the dumbest things. I'm amazed we survived to this day. - Don the Camera Guy.

[@maxgood42]

@@skywagonuniversity5023 🤣

[@robbyowen9107]

Thanks Mark, Don, and Trevor for sharing this story. Trevor, LIKE EVERYONE ELSE ON THIS PLANET made mistakes, in this case very public mistakes, and paid a very public price for it. I very much appreciate getting to hear his side of the story, and his story being presented in a respectful manner. I do hope he has truly learned from his mistakes, just like I hope to learn from mine! Oh and you folks below who are trashing Mark for posting this I'm guessing none of you have ever made any mistakes or been clueless in your life about anything...

[@skywagonuniversity5023]

No, no, no. Remember that a lot of people have never made a stupid decision or a mistake in their lives. Thank you for your open-mindedness.

[@stevebrown5819]

Quotes: "I didn't do anything to take precautionary steps....at all". "....just kinda went for it...". ". Who the hell gave that guy a pilot license? When he landed with his parachute he immediate hiked out and as quickly as possible arranged to have the aircraft recovered. Obviously, he knew he was doing something wrong. I'm not bothering to watch the other parts.

[@skywagonuniversity5023]

What is normally done is gather all the information and THEN make a judgment.

[@1electrocutioner]

I agree with most of the comments I’ve seen here, this guy doesn’t deserve any more publicity for his actions. He states he had an idea and never thought about the repercussions yet he still did it. Not a normal thinker, who abandons an aircraft and doesn’t think about the lives they put in danger? But in the end I understand Skywagon is telling “the story” as had been stated and that’s what they need for their viewership and income but I simply choose to not watch the rest of this series.

[@skywagonuniversity5023]

Perfectly valid reasoning. Carbon Cub Vs Rans S21 in flight, take-off and landing next.

[@kevinbarry71]

No!

[@mikemc330]

Not deserving of an interview. Bad judgment Mark.

[@skywagonuniversity5023]

Everyone has an aviation story.

[@venutoa]

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[@auspilot6119]

The inability of some people to listen to an interview of a person that they find objectionable or even detestable is worrying. The same thing seems to be happening in politics, where basic respect for another’s views (even if you disagree with them) or to engage in a healthy debate on issues has been almost completely lost. I applaud Mark and Don for giving Trevor the interview and leaving it up to the viewer to draw their own conclusions on his character.

[@skywagonuniversity5023]

Thank you to a very reasonable viewer.

[@robertocremonini8539]

Poor plane!

[@Orvillehuit33]

I think the world of full of flawed people of various perspectives who make decisions some good some bad some regrettably some rejoicing Some your pleased with and others you wish you could change. Our host is only able to interview perfect people, then he is going to run out of guest soon. He has great content in so many videos so if you feel he has errored in this video or series of videos because you so disdain the guys he interviewed.. don’t relate that to the guy doing the interview. Perhaps you can gain some knowledge of something of value out of the interview.. Like another guy previously commented We are free to be ourselves and we will never please everyone. But we can be tolerant enough to learn from others perspectives and even mistakes. I understand many people’s views on how this impacts the aviation community. But a thought here is that on blankolerios channel if you watch that, pretty much daily we hear of another skilled and seasoned pilot who made their final error..

[@skywagonuniversity5023]

Thank you for the most reasonable and sensible post I have ever had.

[@thirdmonkey]

Trevor Jacob sucks and so does this channel for giving him a platform to tell more lies.

[@skywagonuniversity5023]

Bye then.

[@skywagonuniversity5023]

Trevor's story, regardless of the manner in which you perceive it, is an interesting one worth telling. I did not get the feeling he was lying during the interview, although I'm certain he presented himself in the best light possible. If I'd never done anything incredibly stupid in my life, I might feel the righteous need to condemn him, but I've got my share of stupid stories to tell, so feel compelled to grant grace. I wish you were of the same spirit. - Don the Camera Guy. P.S. Our channel does not "suck."

[@philhoeppner464]

Part 1 completed. 2 to go!

[@skywagonuniversity5023]

Let us know what you think

[@rogerkober9836]

Love, love, love the channel, but I could only get half way through this first video. Seems like a nice guy at heart, but just generally clueless. Clueless and aviation are like oil and water. Just not an interesting conversation at all to me.

[@skywagonuniversity5023]

Fair enough.

[@skywagonuniversity5023]

Muscle through it. It's worth it. Next video is a Carbon Cub vs a Rans S21.

[@stcroixarea]

Mark, you rock....but?? Interesting things...pos. Not interesting at all.

[@zombieapocalipse2020]

This guy is a risk taker, just like the early flying pioneers like the wright brothers, and those that jumped off buildings in feather suit's before them for their own motivations, the difference is, these days we are less free and are more regulated , something which some of the purists in the chat find comfort in. Yes he jumped out of a plane not for human endeavour but just for social media likes and sponsorship, distasteful yes, but no reason whatsoever to not hear his story. Bravo Mark and Don

[@skywagonuniversity5023]

Thank you. I could not have put it better myself.

[@slowsteve3497]

Unsubscribed.

[@skywagonuniversity5023]

We're sad to learn that an interview with a person with an interesting story has caused you to make the decision to unsubscribe. We wish you well, SlowSteve3497.

[@skywagonuniversity5023]

Bye.

[@davidwilliams9276]

Yup, me too. I loved the stuff Mark put out. But as an aviation lover and someone who lives in a wildfire prone area, I just cannot fathom giving this guy any air. Sorry Mark, but I have to say goodbye.

[@skywagonuniversity5023]

@@davidwilliams9276 OK, Your choice, bye. You will miss the Carbon Cub Vs Rans S21 that is coming out in a few days. It was great and it was surprising.

[@stcroixarea]

Democrat??

[@skywagonuniversity5023]

Nope.

[@stcroixarea]

3 crap videos?

[@venutoa]

Good for you Mark. Everyone deserves a 2nd chance. Great channel. This should have never been a crime.