Great vid Alan! Curious why you need to fly with the cowl flaps open in cruise and descent? Please have your wife wear her shoulder harness! You might consider BAS inertial reels. Both my wife and I love them in our T210M. Best to you!
Once a controller responds to you with ony the last three digits of your tail # you no longer have to respond with your entire tail#. It makes communicating a bit shorter and is beneficial when the radio is really busy.
You flew right over my farm after leaving the Alva airport. The red you were seeing isn't solid rock but a mixture of red clay, alabaster and mica...more rock than soil and it is usually void of vegetation. My grandad rented the entire section of land the airport and fairgrounds sits on for decades and I grew up driving a tractor over that dirt while dreaming of flying! It was a joy to see the airport on video. On a side note, that entire section of land was a prisoner of war camp for German soldiers and officers during WWII. That is where the water tower came from.
Hey man, Enjoy your adventures! I'm looking at 210's right now, having a crap time finding reasonable insurance, you have luck? I'm out here in Utah Idaho country and will need a turbo. Thanks for the vids!!
Yes that's sure a long trip in 1975 in twin Comanche flew ottawa canada to Vancouver in same day, 2200 mile with only two stops, flying time 12 hours 48 minutes us had 3 kids under 10 as passenges. Christopher Ottawa Canada
@craiglachman1379 this trip was made over month however ottawa to Vancouver 2200 misses same day 2 stops feul total flying time 12 hours 45 min yes indeed long flight with 3 young kids christopher
(Alan, nice instrument family flight. For your daughter, in a descent have her hold her nose closed with mouth shut and blow. Pressure in the eustuachine tubes will equalize increasing pressure in decent. Swallow going up, pressurize going down. Works for me. Hope it helps her.
There is really no substitute for the valsalva maneuver. I flew a family of four and the ones who learned the maneuver had no issues. The others, including my wife, had ear pain on fast approaches. My wife later learned it and that fixed that. I can't talk. it took me 10 years of flying to learn it. I always tried it and it felt like I was going to damage my ears trying it. One time after flying I had an ear block that lasted for days and was very painful. I was sitting at home trying to fix it and suddenly my ears cleared with what sounded like a commuter train coming to a fast stop. Never had trouble after that.
Your flying brings back some memories. It’s great to see you promote safe, conscientious evaluation & decision making while enjoying well produced content. Greetings from next door in NC.
Great videos, Utah has some amazing places. Recommend a trip to Moab and Arches National Park. Airport is near the town and easy access to the park. Best wishes from fellow pilot in Utah.
So many great things about this video - you have a BEAUTIFUL family! The videography in Florida was tremendous! So glad I came back to watch this - you need some new content! I hope things are well with you!
I'm a student pilot (nearly done) with a 172 based out of 20GA west of Atlanta. Enjoy watching your videos as I feel like my next move up is going to be a C210 and your adventures/missions match my own. Laughed a bit when I saw you over at Center Piedmont as I felt the same way when I went over there for a few night landings. Loved seeing lake Weiss under moonlight but looks like we didn't miss a whole lot with the FBO. Thanks for the content and keep the videos coming (especially those out west!).
Nice vid. I’ve just gotta mention, I used to fly with my dad quite a bit without ear pro. We used the old hand mic and overhead speaker. I have tinnitus and very slight hearing loss they think may have been caused by this. I’m in my 30’s now and I’m sure the 152 and 177 we flew was a bit louder, but just felt I should say something. Regardless, thanks for sharing!
Keeping them hydrated (and, of course, pee right before you depart....) and a maybe children’s Sudafed if they’re congested or have a cold. Plus, I’ve always carried an emergency bottle of Afrin in my helmet bag or flight bag. Actually only needed it once (so far....) in my whole military and airline flying career but really glad I had it at the time.
