Almost destroyed the Super701. Sketchy landing in a storm with terrible wind gusts and visibility! 

Like they say “I would rather be on the ground wishing to be in the air than in the air wishing I was on the ground”. Glad you made it back safely. Great flying.

Thanks for posting, classic example of where 'get there itis' to get back to home trumped the better decision to divert. Always leave yourself a way out. I think we've all pushed it before....and learned. Jb.

And, you did all that holding the longest selfie-stick I've ever seen.

I know everyone is giving feedback that by now you are well aware of the “divert” and “shouldn’t be flying in that weather” comments. I wanted to thank you for putting yourself out there and posting this to help others as a lesson. Glad you made it down safely and were able to use this as a learning experience.

Impressive guts to post this. Most would’ve tried to sweep it under the rug or mentioned only over a beer.

This is a good vid. Thanks for posting. As someone who just retired after 30+ years in the airlines and 50 years running boats for fun I can quite well remember those days when I thought I could beat this or that cell only to have my a$$ handed to me instead. Convective weather can be very unpredictable. A cell that looks miles away can be on you in an instant. Here's the thing in my view....the very nature of convective weather requires an unstable air mass, right? Just because you're nowhere near that cell matters not ONE WHIT. It's unpredictable. You can be in super smooth VFR air and ten mins later you're scud running. ESPECIALLY at low altitudes. You're flying in the unstable air mass and it can change and spawn storms all around in minutes. Small cells become connected lines and large ones can become super cells. You don't want to be in that air if you can avoid it. AVOID being the operative word. Flying into CLT one afternoon in relative benign conditions I watched as a 50+ square mile of NC turned into an ugly cauldron of heavy rain, lightening and severe turbulence. The entire radar screen went from green with yellow flecks to red with magenta flecks in minutes. Never seen anything like it before or since. Approaches stopped and everyone had to get the hell out of there. ATC couldn't keep up as everyone diverted and ran. The frequency was a mess. ATC no longer had "control". Professionals have it a bit tougher in some ways. They are trying to keep the schedule. To get the jet to the hub or on its way from the hub to the next destination. To make expensive international connections. Pilots want to make their commuter flight home, etc. But their jets have MUCH better performance and MUCH better onboard weather radar, Predictive Wind Shear equipment and TWO pilots. Even then, they're managing a lot of risk. At my airline the key word was avoid. And if you could not, follow strict protocols to minimize the risk and maximize the performance of the plane. You don't really have that option in most GA aircraft. I've seen guys freeze up just from the sound of heavy rainfall hitting a plastic windshield. Its immediately a very different environment Some small cells are simply green blobs with yellow centers. 5 minutes later they can be pulsing red and black blobs with hellacious vertical development and winds. You don't want to be in one in any size airplane. With that happy thought, Fly safe and dirty side down!

Takeoffs are optional. Landings are mandatory.

You walked away wiser. Nice work on staying composed.

Thanks for posting, successfully recognising and overcoming mistakes, a cool head, honesty and modesty as you have make the best people and pilots! 🌞👍

Thanks for sharing! Yes, things can turn quickly. Extremely happy you made it back in one piece! 🙃

Nice job with that landing. I also wanted to thank you again for letting me check out your plane down at the Sun 'N Fun recently. Being able to see it up close and "try it on for size" answered a lot of questions I had about the 701.

Jon, Thank God you landed safely. I hope this is a reminder of how important the preflight weather forecast is and how quickly conditions can deteriorate. Hope to see you at Oshkosh or at Plane Fun Days. Best Regards, Wayne Whitley

Brother I am sure glad you were able to set it down safely and in time. Great learning opportunity indeed for you and for those who’ve never flown in the Southeast, especially in the mountains of North GA, Western NC, and Tennessee.

I am glad that you got down safely. I admire your skills! Please take care.

That's some darn good flying there John! Glad it turned out well for you!

Man I felt you exhale when you got her down, and realised I'd been holding my breath too.

Thanks for sharing this and reminding us all how quickly bad weather can appear. Great learning tip for me.

Thanks for sharing. Glad you got it down safe and got the time to reflect on the flight.

This turned into an excellent safety video. Smart move to turn around and head back quickly. That's one of the pucker up moments.

The super cell in the background should have been your indicator not to fly.

Thank God you landed that safely Buddy. One of the best awkward landings I've seen in a while. Stay safe

A great lesson to learn and clearly you’ve got some amazing piloting skills to put it down on that strip safely with all of that weather!

Thank you for sharing that experience!

That was some, super hard landing. Thank you for sharing this.

I consider it was an excellent landing, given the situation, the weather and those trees… Thank you for sharing. Definitely good learning.

Nice job! Glad everything worked out for you on that one. Way to keep flying it to the end!

Wow, so glad you made it back safe!

We were coming through Eton last night when the wind started. It did come out of NOWHERE! Glad you were able to stay safe brother.

Great piloting skills! Thanks for sharing.

That little storm came up fast! And the wind was bad. Glad you made it in safe.

I love your plane and your landing strip! Looks wonderful. Yes, there was a lot of blue sky in the area. I would have probably thought of the beautiful sunset also. Yes, there are many surprises with flying.

Very scary. I saw the large trees near your house and the amount they were moving. Summer storms move in so fast. Glad youre ok

Yikes. I wouldn't even attempt to be in the air with a cell like that headed my way. The winds from those cells will swat you right out of the air.

Good work. You stayed with the problem and saw it through.

As you know. That was a frightening situation. You were one downdraft away from catastrophe. Glad you made it home safely. I have a grass field on my farm and also live in middle Tenn. The temptation to get down at home was too powerful. From your video it appears you had a clear air retreat to safe air. I may be wrong but it's how it appeared. I also know that ride was much WORSE than the video! Happy for you that you survived and gained valuable life saving experience for the future. Well done.

Divert, divert, divert. There is some real pucker-factor in this video. Thanks for sharing, very illustrative how dicey things can get.

Great flying thou glad you made it safe.

That was some bad winds!! Glad you made it down safe.

Surreal. Taut. _My_ adrenaline was pumping. So glad you got down!

Great job. The cockpit view reminded me of boat an aircraft carrier landing and a flight sim when you turn the wind all the way up just for fun haha. Im sure your heart was pumping!

You da man! Only your skills saved the plane and your life of course. Please do not try it again and do not ignore the weather forecast. I am glad you are safe man, like your videos a lot.

Holy shit John! Don’t want to read about what went wrong buddy! Glad you made it down safely!

Thanks for posting. One tip I got from my PPL instructor (provided you have the fuel) is just loiter/circle someplace else for a while (maybe over or within sight of an alternate), while you watch how tings develop where you're wanted to go. You can sometimes see that the TS's are isolated, and it's not uncommon for them to blow through and be on their way. Of course, a squall-line or super-cell is another story.

You did a good job in a tough situation. I agree with your prognosis that there were a lot of things that you could have done differently. For all of our sakes, we all need to constantly be reminded that the weather can go to hell in a very short period of time. That was definitely a day to have been wishing you were in the air when you were on the ground!

Well done Sir.. well done...👍

All I know is that was freaking awesome. Way to go dude that was impressive. I was shitting my pants at the end.

Woulda, coulda, shoulda Buddy. But you kept your cool and that made all the difference. Glad you got home.

Great piloting skills, coupled with a different plane , may have resulted in a very different outcome. Man and machine working in harmony. Well done.

Glad you got back safe!

Real interesting situation you wound up in. Question: Given that you wound up landing on your strip with a significant tail wind, and also given that there seems to be a number of large fields in the area, did you at any point consider landing into the wind on one of the fields?

With experience flying with a Insta360 camera… I know that was much worse than it appeared, those cameras sure do make things look smoother! Glad you made it back safely without bending anything up.. stay safe always!!!!!

You're clearly a skilled pilot and you flew that thing really well to the ground but it's a great moment to rethink your decision making. Appreciate the video. Glad you're safe.

Glad you got it down safe. If I remember right, Manfred von Richthoven was once surprised by the weather kicking up and ended up deciding to fly into a storm. He vowed never to do it again.

impressive and brave piloting! bravo

Just like to echo the comments on thanking you for posting this is a great lesson for us all… glad you got out of that unscathed it could have been very bad..

Well done mate!

That was interesting to watch, glad I wasn't there. Haha. Glad you got down safe.

You definitely learned a valuable lesson here about limitations. We've all pushed the limits before, I know I have in the past. The good news is the aircraft was ok and, I'm sure next time you will think twice before flying in quick changing weather conditions like these.

Well done, perfect landing that given the conditions

I'd coat that front screen with a copious amout of Rain-X.

Thanks for sharing!

Good airmanship bro 👊

Excellent work bro

Glad you got back down safely

Dude if I ever see you swaying back and forth over me like that, you're gonna hear the missile locked buzzer in your ear.

Interesting comments from many about checking the weather before you go. Having flown in Tennessee myself, you wouldn't be flying much in the summer if you never took off with this kind of non-frontal activity in the area but it is a worthy examination of decision making in regards to landing where you want versus where the weather will allow. Knowing how to read the changing weather picture quickly enough to do something about it is hard to glean from a book. METARS and TAFS can be deceptive too and are not as up to date as your eyes. Thanks for posting this video.

Great save!

Holy crap man! I haven't watched your videos in a while, nor any flying videos really. But I saw this when me and the wife were watching Daily Dose of Internet and I couldn't believe when he said it was Super701. I'm glad you got it on the ground safe man, that was incredibly nerve racking to watch. Well done sir

Well done man!

Wow that was intense lol. Nice job

Just looking at those trees blowing in the wind kind of says it all. You must of been right at the gust front of that cell blowing that tailwind. Glad you could get enough air speed to overcome it and get in there on that short runway. Your experience and skill got you through that one. I wouldn't do that again.

I love flying right shortly AFTER these rains/systems have passed - it’s like butter…

Thanks for sharing.

I was holding onto my bed the whole time I watched this. Glad your okay.

Wow! That looked scary. Hope you could see out the front better than from the camera's point of view! And please share how you get the videos from front of the plane???

Huge pucker factor, good job!

Hell buddy. It can come up fast. Pucker Factor was pretty high. Congrats on getting on the ground safely man.

I am glad you made safe.

Humility so that others may learn is admirable.

Good job getting it down safely.

Now you know you can land in such sketchy conditions, you don't need to do it again 😂 nicely done!

I've had a moment like that was so scary how quick things went to shit just thankfully nothing bad happened. Well handled and I can still remember the hole time I kept telling myself to keep calm relax and fly the plane to the ground

*Another happy landing*

All said and done you did get a pretty sunset !

What a great landing 👏

Great learning experience, thank you for sharing. My suggestion would have been to divert to a different airfield to sit out the storm, your little field made the degree of difficulty quite high. You handled it well though.

Hey John, I am looking at starting my build. I have 630 ft by 760 ft 11 acres property that I would like to take off from and land on. I have power lines so what I heard was one way air strip. If I do this at my property is that enough to safely put down my 701. I have a set of plans for scratch building. Oh I also have a quarter mile or more dirt road I could divert to if needed with no power lines in extreme emergency. Thank you for showing us your awesome handling of the 701 and your limits. Not easy to show the bad stuff. Appreciate it and Thanks.

You did a great job getting that down, glad you're safe. Many would baulk at your approach even in the best of weather!!

Nice runway. It also is a nice hiking trail.

Holy guacamole those trees were dancing in that wind! You did a expert job landing that thing. We’ve all made stupid decisions in our flying… it’s what we learn from… don’t get me started on how many dumb things I’ve done and vowed never to do again 😬😬

Good job putting that bird back on the ground.. We missed seeing you in Jennings LA this weekend at the #swampstol event

Glad you got her down. Scary situation.

As we may say in Australia. "BUGGER THAT" WOW! couple of pucker moments there.

I've spent way too many hours watching flying videos on RU-vid. That's the scariest shit I've seen so far.

That was awesome

Glad you are okay… but please don’t confuse luck, with skill. Both played a roll in this flight!

Glad you’re safe and shared what happened. Do you have any alternate airports/runways in the vicinity that would have taken you out of harms way?

Nice flying in those terrible conditions

Good on you for owning up to this. Bum clentching indeed especially as you were still airborne approaching the end of your already short strip. What do you think your more viable options would have been? Land in one of the bigger paddocks and come back when the storm had passed? Funny how people get fixated. I remember flying off a beach and when comming back the wind was blowing out to sea with loads of turbluence from trees. I tried again and it wasn't too bad the second time but as I drove out of there there were large paddocks everywhere about 1km inland, I should have landed in one of those into wind. But you get fixated.

Thanks for sharing, you kept it together ! Oh, how did you do the outside shots ?