Kudos to you for posting this mea culpa. Definitely softens the political pressure at home. We get these types of buildups in central florida all the time. Love to fly in the a.m., HATE to fly in the mid-afternoon. Stay humble, loved the video!!!!
I just ran across your channel looking for videos of Destin landings. What a great surprise to see you flying from MDQ!! I soloed at MDQ and took my check-ride with Max from MDQ. Fantastic airport. I enjoyed the video and look forward to working through the others and catching up.
I live on the Gulf Coast so I know how it goes in the afternoon...my 172D is at 2R5 in Mobile County. Leaving after lunch made the trip iffy for sure. Glad you and your family made it ok.
5HoleAviation, excellent video that captures the pain of filing via FSS. I've had good luck filing aloft from ForeFlight on my cellphone... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qwdArVqlL9s.html
Nice job Sir. Great video and great flying. You seem to have a great nerve and demeanor for handling the stresses that weather can throw our way. Thank you for sharing. 🐦🐦😎😎
A little late but I just found this video today. First mistake was flying in this weather for no good reason. Second mistake was having the family with you. Third mistake was staying too high. I think you did a very good job of flying through some tough weather. I flew everything from C150 to Cessna Citations with most of my time in King Airs and scared myself more time than I care to admit. Instrument flying in an IFR equipped airplane and competent Instrument pilot is and will be possible. You picked your way through the hazardous weather like most pro pilots do every day. Flying at lower altitudes allow you to see (if VFR) your way to close airports to set down safely to wait the storms out. Good job!
I love videos like this. Every single one of us makes mistakes in our airplanes, I have made countless. Letting pride get in the way of learning can get anyone into an accident or even killed. I appreciate you posting this.
I mean unless you are spending all your time doing touch and goes...there will probably be a time where you wish you hadn't gone up that day. Nice job flying the plane.
Aegean? Yep! Recognized them from when we made regular trips there when I was a child and teenager...my mom always pointed them out and said the name because of the distinctive look. 😁
Thanks for this. Great learning opportunity for anyone watching. In the video, you beat yourself up to a fault...to the contrary, while you may have done better to deviate west, that's hard to know in the moment, and I thought you did a really nice job assessing, maneuvering, telling ATC what you needed to do, and generally trying to keep everyone safe. On top of that, w/ the stress of the situation, the pressure from the Mrs. and having the fam aboard, and a crosswind landing, you still greased it in. Nice!
Loved it. Sold the plane. Have a dual aspen promax unit in the new plane. Also love it although I don’t make as much use of the second screen. Also synthetic vision is interesting but I find myself reverting back to the standard display when in real imc as that’s what I was used to.
Air Cargo Pilot 77 till 80 Atlanta all over South. If faced with afternoon summer thunder storms Go low and slow. If you're 7 to ten thousand feet you are in severe trouble in General Aviation Aircraft. Get as low as you can and Maneuvering Speed.
As an older long time VFR pilot finally working on my IR, I’ve enjoyed your videos as you work through you decision process. Looking at 08R’s recent activity on FA, I’m wondering if it’s got a new home and whether you have any new content coming.
Yep sold her to a nice gentleman in SC. Have a new Seneca. Hopefully more videos to come but haven’t gotten around to putting cameras on the new bird yet.
First and foremost tell your Dad thank you very much for his service! If it were I, and it was not so you did what you as the PIC chose to do and it all worked out and it was a safe and successful flight period and that’s all that matters. I would have utilized ForeFlight, the Windy app, or other sources to see what were the forecast of cloud layers along your route even though it looked to be perfectly clear. I file IFR on the ground a lot of the time even on clear days because things just happen sometimes. That frustration in flight is something we don’t need to deal with and it was even hard for me to watch because I know just how irritating it is because I’ve been there. Great video as it helps all of us get better and learn so thank you for sharing!👍
I take it you don't have an instrument rating? we need a GPS-PPL that allows IMC flying in planes with large synthetic vision display as well as ADS-B. Being limited to VFR is needlessly archaic, restrictive and dangerous. With autopilot and computerized ATC you could just engage autopilot and sit back and do nothing and it would be completely safe. If pressurized it could fly above the weather. All very doable things. GA is just in a sorry state.
I think $30-40k per year all in is average for most with this plane. Depends on hangar expense, insurance, number of hrs flown, major maintenance items etc so varies quite a bit. I think I figured hourly variable rate around $280/hr a few hrs ago. But if you have to ask, you can’t afford it. You don’t want to cheap out on airplane ownership as then you either don’t do the appropriate maintenance or don’t fly enough to stay current
Hey partner I’m a solo pilot and I flew to an airport 20 mnts away. Ceilings where at 3900 and then after that it was reported 6000 at my destination. My airport was reporting 2900 and pattern is 2100 so I went. Big mistake, even though I could almost see my airport from the other one after about 4 TNG,S my home base and the one I was at started to get down to my minimums and I could see rain clouds that I had to go around. I know this wasn’t super dangerous but it’s got me thinking just because your destination is good doesn’t mean your gonna be able to be able to make it back. Thanks for this video.
I live about 10 miles from the coast close to Galveston, TX, and I have learned the hard way just how fast these afternoon storms can build up becoming very deadly to attempt to navigate through in a smaller airplane!
I used to fly and as bad as I hate to admit I got trapped into this gotta-get-home -ittis from a short cross-country flight (100 miles) and yes I live on the coast (Galveston area) and one of these storms started building up and had me completely locked in going back to my home base. I landed that plan and was borderline shaking and so frightened it was difficult for me to want to even continue flying. It scared me so bad I wanted to stop flying unless I became instrumented rated. I am like you it was a mistake that I promised I would never allow happening to me again. Thanks for publishing your video -- these types of videos help pilots to really understand, sense, and feel the reality and gravity of getting into these situations. Thank you!
