1978 Cessna 310R with Heavily Upgraded Avionics 

Matteo does a fantastic job with these videos. He's made a huge difference with your channel. There's no better channel than this one to learn more (and dream) about GA aircraft, avionics, and missions. He was a great hire, and you've got a great team at OCR Aviation.

I own a Q model. 310s are fantastic machines. Underrated in my opinion. Baron militants drown us out! LOL

Your in-cockpit video work is second to none. I especially like the way you edit videos to move them along without feeling like we missed something.

Actually earned my Multi and Multi Instructor in a 1978 310R. Awesome plane.

The 310 is a very underrated airplane. It is over shadowed by the bigger Cessna twins and Barons, but the 310 is very good. It is a very smooth and easy to fly airplane, with awesome visibility. The 310 is very comfortable, it makes a great family sized cross country hauler. While the market on twin pistons is shrinking, the 310 is a great option as the 310s hold their value pretty well.

Rich, you say that you're a 'horrible editor...' but you are one helluva pilot. Thank you.

Super cool to see the set up

I got a chance to fly a 310 R once, and compared to a single engine could not believe how solid it was, flew like it was on rails!

Great video. I remember flying a 310Q back in 89 from SQL-RNO to the air races…6 on board and we climbed out quick…lots of power and great stable platform. This plane is a beauty. Tremendous avionics package.

Rich the Cessna 310 has always been my favorite Multi Engine aircraft for years and I would love to be owning this one

Nice scenic flight great camera work.

Fantastic Rich

Nice job Matteo! keep up the good work.

Beatiful 310 R

Sky King flew a 310 on his TV show back in the late 50’s.

Like your flights better when you explain the procedures ahead. It makes us non pilots understand how much better. Enjoy all your videos,keep up the good work.

you guys do a great job.....

Such a great video! Amazing flying! And I just subscribed!😄

Mateo is great. ! Love the channel.

Another good flight, enjoy flying with you

👍☑ Nice episode Rich, great that you showed the technical side of making these videos. The guy behind the scene is very important.

Congrats Mateo. It's hard work!

Richard making small talk with Mateo...... nice!!

Flying with Rich are the best Aviation videos! Thank you! I am not a pilot but I fly Microsoft Flight Simulator and have the Cessna 301R. Its amazing how close the software is to watching this video.

Awsome video, love how you fly over Santa Catalina Island on your videos! Don't forget to land once in a while, such a fun strip and Great restaurant, cool history, I had fun shooting the VOR into KAVX ,thanks Rich!

Been hoping to see you demo a 310. This was built around the time I was flying. Thanks

Good Job Mateo. I do video recording/editing for a channel at CNO and it's a lot of work!

That’s a beautiful machine!

Great video. Always love this channel. But don’t talk about crash courses.😄 what was the Cessna Skynight??

Back in '79 I made that same flight from Compton to Catalina and back many times... looks like not much has changed except I'd bet the basin is even more crowded now..... my sight seeing run now is Whale watching low and slow along the Oregon Coast........... left in '99 and never looked back. Thanks Rich for the cool view .😊

Rich, love your channel and watch it all the time. My question is this, with all the different airplanes you fly, how do you manage to stay current? Thanks.

It seems that when alot of people new to GA get a taste of what it's like they catch the bug. Quite hot here right now. Nice plane 👌 by the way. Thanks Rich

I'm a non-pilot, but if I were, and had my MEL, I'd do something like this. I saw Controller has a 2022 Cessna 172 for like $655,000. If it was my money, I'd get something older and well gone over. I see Rich has a lot of planes for less then $200,000 (a couple Mooneys, etc). Prices for new planes is out the roof right now.

Very nice airplane, and the video process is very interesting. We try to avoid the term "crash course" around aviation though. LOLOLOL 8) --gary

Sweet plane!!!

Nice work. Looking to upgrade my panel similar setup in a 340. Flew the STEX for a long time. If you hold down the autopilot disconnect for a few seconds that load beeping stops. Cheers!

Hey Rich, nice video. Isn’t great how those old 310s can carry on, even at 9500 hours on the airframe? The avionics upgrade really give them a new lease of life, and if the maintenance and any corrosion issues are kept on top of they’ll keep on trucking! The big question one has to ask though, is how much of a market is there for these old piston twins today? Most of the manufacturers seem to have lost faith in this class of aircraft, when compared to the proliferation back in the ‘60, ‘70 and ‘80s (with a few exceptions). Is it their operating cost, or just that high end singles can do so much these days, with similar proven safety margins? Over here in 🇬🇧 UK, operating costs are just killing us. I’m sure you think your Avgas prices in the States are crazy high right now, but for comparison the UK average is about £2.30 per litre = £10.44 per imperial gallon = £8.66 per US gallon = $10.75 PER US GALLON ……! So if your 310 is burning around 25 USG / hr we’re looking at $268 per hour, and that’s just in fuel costs. And if your tanks hold 140 USG, that makes it $1505 for a full load of avgas. Anyway, keep doing what you’re doing, and thanks for showing us Matteo and his filming skills. That’s a whole job in itself, especially the post production editing 👍

The Lear Jet of light twins.

have not seen any videos from you guys hope all is well

From a professional photography standpoint, with regards to interiors, try a 360 camera between the pilot & co-pilot seats and the passenger compartment. This will make your listings pop!

Good job Matteo! I'm thinking of starting a youtube channel that is aviation related that isn't really being done yet. How could I contact you for some advice? Would be much appreciated. Thanks.

when talking piston twins are the 15 gallons per hour per engine or combined burn?

Love the 310's. I was lucky enough to get my multi in a 65 J model. Later got CFI multi in a 78 310 R N4927A. This brings back great memories. Not a fan of touch screen Navigators. Being old school partial to original panel layout. Everybody's spoiled now. Keep up the good job of presenting these nice aircraft. You guys do it right

Wow...that is a classic legacy twin...looks to me like a great buy...well taken care of... Sky King ...anyone ? Lol

While I have always admired the look of a 310, the Baron is far easier to get in and out of.

Rich there is a Cessna 320 that has been rotting over at Chino for the last 30 years. N48325. My dad owned it but his mechanic messed it up. I often wonder if I bought it if I Could fix it up. I have been an A&P for 30 years and I am a private pilot as well. Only thin is that I would have to get it to Kentucky

I have to ask. Have you ever taken the 310 to Yuma? 😎

hey Rich ,love the 310 even though I never flew one... price is not that bad .... hey can't you retrofit a G600 pfd with single 750 for less than that??? I would think about 50K but I don't know....

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Sir just subscribed to your channel I work on the ramp at Heathrow and Ground handled B737 to B747 Since 2002 . Just got interested in your channel by Viewing on and off 😊

Did you finally sell this plane? Doesnt show on the inventory

Hell I can't even afford my license but one can dream! Oh well back to the simulators..

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I'll take it.

I fly a Cessna 152. Rentals. What happens if engine fails while banking from a short base to final while flying a twin.

Mateo, you didnt hopefully have a “ crash course”! Hahahaha

What's the "thing" on the windshield???

Why do you need 2 750's? Is that for comms?

Same age as me! The last 45 years have been kinder to her than me 😂.

Sweet panel to bad I had to look at the back of Mateo's head. Nice 310 though.

If I may, one constructive criticism. We don't see enough of the the cabin on these planes, the video itself and the explanation is more on the cockpit work, plane capability and sometimes exterior. If we can see the cabin space, how many people it fits and help visualize the experience for a potential buyer . It will help showing the wives of pilots where they will be lounging. As a real estate developer I learned early on that the wife buys the house.

But does it have a bathmate

Thanks for letting us know how much it cost.

What is the useful load of this plane?

Wonder what happened to Keven and Jamie and their 310?? 310 pilot was his RU-vid name.

Hey Rich , is there anything that you can’t fly? 😅

15 gph ? total ? .. nice plane

I don't see this plane on Controller any more

310s are great…..except for the crappy nose gear.

How does one afford a $300K airplane?

Sometimes PR0P-SYNC causes NASTY REVERBERATI0N

All that money in avionics and can't get a proper engine analyzer to take care of your 2x$40,000 investments...

Wouldn't buy anything with a modern S-tech in it. They are shit.

You have a great group of people working with you. I’d love to come by for a day, meet everyone, and break bread with you guys.