Grass Runway PERFECTION - Hidden Florida Airstrip

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Today we fly the Vans RV-12 to the 97FL Loves Landing Fly in in Weirsdale Florida! 97FL is a hidden aviation community with two beautiful grass runways, and each year they hold the Wings over Wiersdale event.
Each landing is a competition graded from 1-10, and it can be challenging as the runway is hilly and requires a good soft field and STOL technique. Watch the single engine (RV, CTLS, Waco Biplane, Cessna 120 140 172 180 185, Glasair, Mooney, Comanche) and twin 310 land and judge them for yourself. This video is a great compilation of perfect soft field landings and take offs.
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@blancolirio Год назад

Haa! You had me at beautiful Saturday Morning flying weather! Great cinematography! Subscribed! Juan

@FloridaFlying Год назад

Thank you Juan! I’m a big fan of your videos too. Welcome to the channel. Pedro

@rustyclam238 Год назад

In the 80s when I was flying did a lot of grass strip take off and landings, day and night in south east Florida with a 172. Didn’t seem to be much of a thing then. Good practice for emergency landings.

@chrisbragdon5901 Год назад

The way flying ought to be! Just fantastic! Thank you.

@rollingthunder277 Год назад

I like the various camera angles you provide. Thanks. I love grass fields.

@mikeryan6277 Год назад

That Runway looked a little wetter then just “The Dew”

@FloridaFlying Год назад

It was surprisingly smooth though. I recently went to another grass runway fly in and that one was not so smooth… had me inspecting the landing gear after

@ElonHusky Год назад

@@FloridaFlying from aeroplane to hydroplane

@michaelallen7230 Год назад

That is actually Florida sugar sand kicking up behind the wheels.

@Gatmow Год назад

@@michaelallen7230 I came looking for this comment. Definitely sand.

@ModelAV8RChannel Год назад

Awesome Fly In. Great strip. Thanks for sharing!

@flytell6864 Год назад

Fantastic video! Thank you for posting!

@benhudman7911 Год назад

Nice airplanes, beautiful airfield. Excellent!

@flyvxy Год назад

Great video. I have amazing memories of X04 along with some great friends that own a beautiful hangar there. My first solo was at KLEE in a Cherokee 150 from D&J Aviation. I've been to Love's Landing (by car LOL) when looking at an Aeronca a few years back. Ended up buy an Ercoupe out of X23. I now live in the upstate of SC so flying weather beginning to get spotty around here. I do miss Florida flying so enjoy!

@billkea7224 Год назад

Beautiful location. I didn't know Florida had that many hills.

@charlesd.3749 Год назад

Enjoyed the show. Looks like you had a wonderful day.

@williamwhitley1174 Год назад

Great video. good touch on showing all the landings. thanks!

@FloridaFlying Год назад

Thank you! I edited it specifically for people who love watching landings. I could spend all day watching grass landings

@MrBlloyd61 Год назад

Great video and great little strip. We've just finished building an RV-12iS in the UK, where little grass strips are the norm - but we have to wait for the weather to improve before we can use them!

@timandrew1091 Год назад

We have one of the most beautiful 4000' grass strips here in NH. View of the, White Mountains/Lakes region. NH69 Love your airstrip too

@rinzler9775 Год назад

The guy in the Pitts took it next level.

@tonypence0602 Год назад

Fantastic landing. Looks like a good time. First time viewer…I’m subscribing.

@FloridaFlying Год назад

Thank you sir and welcome!

@hrbeta 7 месяцев назад

Cool video. Thanks.

@feelinghealingfrequences7179 Год назад

beautiful video

@floridahappyguy8890 Год назад

Your videos are off the hook. Subbed. Greetings from port orange

@bradw.5727 Год назад

Enjoyed your use of the 360 degree panning shots. I've seen it done poorly a lot...you did it well! I'd really enjoy seeing a fly-off comparison of the RV-12 vs a Cessna 152...especially comparing the quality of ride in the bumps and crosswind, and general comfort for cross country

@cleblanc94 Год назад

My dad and I flew to Love's on November 5th this year in a white Glasair. So funny I stumbled across this video and you were there the same day as us!

@FloridaFlying Год назад

awesome!! Was it the Glasair with winglets?

@cleblanc94 Год назад

@@FloridaFlying yessir! Landing at 8:55 ish 🤙🏻

@pachabeche Год назад

Love it, keep up the good work!

@Harpey760 Год назад

I could watch this video all day. What an amazing grass strip!

@FloridaFlying Год назад

Thank you! It was edited specifically for airplane lovers

@Harpey760 Год назад

@@FloridaFlying It worked! Cheers mate! Subscribed!

@divyajnana Год назад

Liked the little wing wag leaving Weirsdale.

@apex_ventures Год назад

The 360 camera on the wing tip is so cool. I love it.

@FloridaFlying Год назад

Thank you. It has been the best for flying videos

@garyjones7798 Год назад

Which camera and how are you mounting?

@WendelltheSongwriter Год назад

Yes super greaser there. Nice one.

@bobbyvance4725 Год назад

I guess you took the scenic route to the runway,,,, great video

@Valeriarupertjones 2 месяца назад

Excellent

@rogeriolopes6297 Год назад

Nice video!

@AndresFacciniDron Год назад

that empty seat aside of you should be with me!!😄

@coppi60 Год назад

Nice footage:)

@IFlyLowinNE Год назад

Great video of really nice community. It looked like a really good landing. That is one of the nicest grass runways in central Florida. Side question: I really want to know who is teaching everyone to say "Last Call" in Florida.

@stealth_chan Год назад

i love light aviation now.

@earlsmithson4749 Год назад

Good job all the way around.

@matthewchang6263 Год назад

That’s awesome

@TBLightning12 Год назад

I had a feeling this was Loves just based off of the title. My PPL instructor has a family member that lives there so we'd go practice actual soft fields and get some lunch while we were there! If you ever want a flying buddy, I'm a CFI in the area and would love to get some time in an RV!

@alfredopilot172 Год назад

Amazing!!! Which airport is that?

@musoseven8218 Год назад

From the cockpit you greased that grass runway landing👍😊 Looked quite wet there though!?🤔🤔

@rinzler9775 Год назад

"So all you guys do all day is fly planes around and land them" "Yes"

@AuditRecon Год назад

Is that a 301 sitting in the grass across from your hanger? Nice landings too. Subbed

@johngjacobi Год назад

Wow, a Taildragger with winglets ?!?!??! Nice video

@FloridaFlying Год назад

Wasn’t that a cool plane? I think it was a Glasair II. Thank you!

@lear1980 Год назад

Seeing the elevation change of the strip made me wonder about something. Does touching down on the downhill portion ease the landing?

@hoobiebooh3473 Год назад

Did you replace the tires with cotton balls for that PERFECT landing?????

@rackum44 Год назад

I'm going to have to find this on MSFS and try it for myself

@dariojob100 Год назад

"Guys it's officialy november and flying seasion" Then I laughed out loud in switzerland

@orlandofalcon249 Год назад

I leave near Apopka wujuuuu I hope I can visit and meet you guys

@mizzyroro Год назад

Where did you takeoff from?

@workout8614 Год назад

Hey man, first time running across your channel. I'm definitely going to subscribe. Would you mind letting me know what camera do you use? The footage is excellent. Thank you for sharing your videos. I'm really enjoying them. Be safe.

@FloridaFlying Год назад

Thank you, I use a GoPro Max 360 on the wing, and GoPro 7 in the cockpit. The landing shots are filmed with a Sony FDR-AX53

@juanflyer8443 Год назад

Hello awesome stuff. I just subscribed. I landed right before the Comanche. Any chance you caught N-5435W Cherokee's landing ? lol I would love to see it or maybe not. Cheers.

@FloridaFlying Год назад

Thank you! Ahh I just looked at my footage and I did not get your landing, I’m sorry about that. I always love videos of my plane

@juanflyer8443 Год назад

@@FloridaFlying Nope all good I'll coordinate next time lol

@oursky5780 Год назад

Top!

@johnfitzpatrick2469 Год назад

G,day from Sydney Australia. Your Vans RV-12 is a kit plane? Does it have servo motors in the wings at the aliron or one motor central and peripheral connect rods? 🌏🛩️

@FloridaFlying Год назад

Hello! It is a kitplane and there is also a factory built version. There are servos in the wings

@vivimosparaservirr.d. Год назад

Genial¡¡

@r8drvr819 Год назад

What is a "right teardrop entry" Cannot find it in the AIM?

@wds6900 Год назад

Great video! Was that the same 310 with tuna tanks at the fly-in?

@FloridaFlying Год назад

Thank you! I think so, it was the only 310 I saw there

@Thecrazsh Год назад

@@FloridaFlying The Tuna tank 310 at the fly in was from Page Field in Ft. Myers

@DavidBerquist334 23 дня назад

Have you ever landed in Orlando international or Tampa

@FlyingNDriving Год назад

If that Cessna at 9:29 got an 8 I'd hate to see what a 3 looks like!

@hectorherbert6585 Год назад

That shirt stings the eyes...improbable.. ,like Carey's tie in the Mask..😂

@CalebT_RC Год назад

Man I want to live on an airport like that place so badly

@i.r.wayright1457 Год назад

N2222V, Do you know what aircraft was N22V? It was a Ryan Navion once used by Presidential candidate Eisenhower to travel to campaign events. I had a ride in it when I was 17.

@FloridaFlying Год назад

Oh that is awesome, I didn’t know. One of the previous owners was a veteran. Maybe that was the reason he chose the N number

@WX4CB Год назад

great landings... i noticed that most of the tail draggers dumped the flaps as soon as the wheels touched down... any specific reasonfor that as opposed to jsut leaving them in until they're "off the runway" like normal?

@johnwilcox2239 Год назад

This is to dump lift, so the tail will drop quickly, and minimize the risk of nosing over when breaking.

@WX4CB Год назад

@@johnwilcox2239 ahhhhh that makes sense... thanks...

@emergencylowmaneuvering7350 Год назад

@@johnwilcox2239 Correct to cut lift by cutting the flaps. They do it as a habit to put the weight on the tires on paved surface. bUT.. But on soft fields, it is better to leave some flaps out instead of no flaps. Do you know.. on high wingers, what happens to the nose and the tail when flaps are cut at landing speeds. And when flaps are pop, what happens?

@emergencylowmaneuvering7350 Год назад

@@tomgulbranson9015 You can, specially if need to brake. Why is so difficult for you ?

@emergencylowmaneuvering7350 Год назад

@@tomgulbranson9015 Then i had hundreds of accidents according to you. it was required in my school to raise the flaps before braking, Duhh !. If they saw you were braking with flaps and fukkiing the tires, they could charge you for that. Cowards not allowed.

@sunilscorpy4594 Год назад

Forgive my dumb question but can a light jet like a Grippen or F-16 use that kind of runway? WW1 type biplanes look super cool! 😎

@fantabuloussnuffaluffagus Год назад

I'm pretty sure the F-16 needs pavement, but the Grippen would likely be OK if the runway is long enough. The question is can the runway handle the Grippen. I've seen an F-5 take off on grass and when he rotated the afterburners tore up the grass something fierce. The grass was probably not suitable for another takeoff or landing by a jet after that.