I Flew My Wife to Radiator Springs from the Movie Cars 

This is the type plane that I would like to learn to fly and purchase. I’m 60 so my dream of being a pilot is over, but this would be it. I enjoy bush piloting videos most. It’s simple flying with nature. Two of my favorite things.

Your wife is with one of the best and safest pilot she could ever be with. Love your videos keep up the great work thank you....

That brought back memories Ryan. I took my son on a road trip from the UK to Arizona and LV for his 16th birthday. We drove along the old route 66 and we went down into those caverns.

My wife had issues with motion sickness and She took Ginger ( in pill form) and said that it helped a lot with the nausea. Thanx for sharing, hope your Family has a blessed 2023. God bless.😃

Nice to see Chelsea out with you again. Thanks for sharing your "exploring" in the southwest. Great video.

Happy New Year Ryan. Great video as always. Loved that your wife joins you on some of your flying adventures.

Happy New Year to you and Chelsea! It’s great to watch a couple that enjoys similar interests!

Happy New Years! Enjoyed the flight. Glad that you and your wife can fly together occasionally. 🙏🙏

That's cool you were at my home airport Kingman, Az . I live in Benton Ark now, but did an almost 30 year fire department career there. The Hualapai Mountains you flew over, spent many a days hiking up there with family when we lived there, and the cavern's I worked in Peach Springs part time as a Paramedic and we covered grand canyon west and caverns as well. Cool flight, I never got a chance to get my PPL when in Kingman, hopefully that will happen, or at least Sport Pilot someday before I am too old.

It looked like a great time with your best friend adventuring around Radiator Springs. Really cool things to see there from not too long ago, that were built to endure the test of time. That was the type of phone we had when I was a kid. Thanks Ryan and Chelsea.

Great video. Cool plane and beautiful co-pilot. Love the way you two connect, Sweet! Also love the "Im cold!" dance by Chelsea!

Great to see your wife enjoying the things you do... Love that history...artifacts..

Just have to say, Love all the new kitfox videos!!!! Been following some of your old videos of PNG on my MSFS !!!!! Yep challenging!!!! Wish all you guys a very Happy New Year!!!!

Nice video. My grandson was in a small town here in Colorado the other day and stopped by a gas station with the rotary dial phone. My son said pick up the receiver and wait for the dial tone before dialing the phone. My grandson said, "what's a dial tone?" Absolutely hilarious and a reality check too. Glad to see you get some R&R time.

Very nice video again Ryan and Chelsea. I can't get enough for your trips. Happy new year and great landings.

I enjoy watching your videos and adventures. Chelsea is drop-dead gorgeous and she makes this video even more enjoyable to watch. Happy New Year!

My wife and I flew in a biplane down in Key West one time and when we were taxing around I looked back and the pilot had half his body hanging out of the plane so he could see where he was going. Funny and I imagine most irritating for him. Thanks for the tour. Have a Great Year!!!

Happy New Year! I'm looking forward to more of your great videos. May God richly bless you and your family in 2023 Ryan!

Nice video! Do go down into the caverns! It's certainly one of the last of the classic roadside attractions, but also a lot of fun. The caverns are huge, and it's a great experience. And again, nice work on the drone b-roll!

Ryan nice relaxing video I loved it. Thank you both for sharing your trip with us. My Best wishes always from Las Vegas Craig Happy new year guys 🎉😊⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Bravo 👏🏻

Good to see you together. So wonderful when spouses enjoy time together. Maybe she should get her pilots license too.

Bless you folks for asking how to get involved in missions as pilots! I was an MK in Africa and we only had MAF as a mission with planes there, though it's far easier to travel on the ground there than in PNG and other place - but those planes really honestly can make a difference between life and death for people out in the bush.

That was fun to explore the more rural parts of Arizona. Thanks for sharing it.

It must be awesome to have your own plane! Love seeing all your adventures!! Happy New Year!

Its nice to see you flying with the wife!

Great to see Chelsea REALLY enjoying a flight at last - really happy for you both! 😎😎 As an old avionics tech, its also great to see you're on your way on eliminating that constant tsz-tsz-tsz radio interference - by cycling power to the transponder 1:45 - BINGO! 🤓As I mentioned in my PM before Christmas: my guess was the comm antenna being belly mounted, (iso Kitfox standard: top-mounted, just aft of the baggage bag) was likely going to put it much close to the transponder antenna*. Now that I've seen at 5:20 that both comm and txpndr antenna are indeed mounted much closer together than is typical** or ideal - the issue is ALMOST CERTAINLY the transponder's 150 - 250W (peak) radiated power is literally blasting the comm radio's receiver circuit. When you consider a typical comm radio outputs 10 - 16W into its antenna, and the received signal it amplifies is orders of magnitude less, the directly radiated noise from the transponder isn't too surprising. To eliminate that noise, I'd suggest you make up a coax cable extension - or if its currently only cheap RG58 coax, replace the entire length with industry std double screened RG400 (Spruce and Specialty stocks a reputable brand of RG400) and remount your transponder antenna in the middle of an aluminum plate of 5.4" MINIMUM diameter (or square/rectangular, it matters not) - mounted INTERNALLY (at least temporarily), as far aft and low down as you can comfortably work. After relocating it, get a local radar facility to check they're receiving your squawk and job done. For fully optimal, you might consider eventually re-mounting it externally to the aft fuse, but this will at least confirm the issue. You should also give the factory a call too, to get their latest advice from all the avionics they install in the factory built Kitfoxes: either Brandon or John should be able to help. BTW, that was an interesting result you got placing ferrite beads on the camera power cable(s) - often done to prevent noise generated by switch-mode power supplies from leaving the equipment and being radiated locally. Why it resulted in massive levels of noise in a recording would be interesting to dig into, but bottom line is: quality electronics manufacturers WILL either sufficiently filter this noise before it escapes the equipment, if only in order to meet FCC (radiated noise) approval requirements, or if they can't they'll incorporate sufficient ferrite beads in the power and data cables they supply with a product. Some of the worst culprits for adding noise to light aircraft are the super-cheap cigar-lighter-socket USB power supplies - there's plenty on YT by electronics engineering channels for anyone interested. * Txpndr antenna on GA aircraft are almost always mounted on the aircraft's belly for better reception by a SSR ground station. That said, ADS-B requires top and bottom mounted txpndr antennas, at least on larger aircraft. ** Compare your comm/txpndr antenna location proximity with that of other small certified GA aircraft like C152 C172.

Thanks for the tour and have a safe new year.

Fantastic vid mate, must be great to have a break from the kids to shoot out for a quick adventure with the Mrs! Very cool!

Happy New Year (((Ryan))) & (((Chelsea))) I know she was cold but it really looked like you had some beautiful clear skies for flying. The mountain views, the snow, and sky were awesome! Not sure what that wooden structure could have been. I guess it could have been a small general store, but it looked too tiny for that to me. God bless you both, and your family!! Cheers to more flying adventures for you and your bride! God bless. ❤️

Excellent vlog, again. You have far more interesting places to visit by plane in the west than I have in the southeast. Flying with your wife to share your adventure is great. Maybe she can accompany you on a camping adventure on a mountain. My wife who is also a tail dragger pilot will only fly into horse farms or logging camps. (She's a horse enthusiast and a woodworker) Maybe when we get another bag of rags to fly, we visit the west.

I'd be terrified flying over that terrain in that little single engine plane. They have nerves of steel.

Thanks for showings us this place! I am definitely flying there as soon as the weather gets a bit warmer. Under an hour from KDVT for me!

The cavern is well worth the visit we drove by it years ago on the way to the Grand Canyon and decided to stop. I remember the scary part when they turned off the lights it was Dark you couldn’t see your hand. Great experience. Happy New Year to you and the family.

1:25 - On Radar -- all traffic scatters to the edges! LOL! Happy New Year 2023.

I think Chelsea could have done with a warm radiator😉Cool video Ryan, Happy New Year to you and Chelsea! All the best for 2023!

As always mate a great video and informative. Love the old typewriters in the museum. I have a few of those old electric ones myself. Bubbles in fuel may mean a line is not sealed 100%. Not necessarily leaking. but allowing air to get in. I had the same issue with my Jabiru ST 3. Replacing all the fuel lines as the old ones had hardened. Cheers Brother

Really enjoy all you videos Ryan; got the opportunity to fly in a F-15 and F-16 while serving in the Air Force; was awesome but personally I think I will leave the flying to the professionals like you. This video was a nice change from what we routinely see so thanks that was pretty cool seeing your spouse and enjoyed seeing you boys fly with you. You guys are a light that is leading people out of the darkness so keep up the good work.

Love to see you two enjoying your little airplane. I don’t think she enjoyed your dirt bike riding!😁

Great video. I think the one building is related to what looks like a cattle loading chute right outside. Trucks,or trains if it’s near track, would pull up and load cattle for market. This land may have been used for free range cattle some time back.

Happy New Year, Ryan and family!

Happy New Year Ryan, and your lovely family as well, wish all the best! love you man!!! ✈✈✈

Loved seeing your wife’s face. No sunglasses! I used to fly tours over the Grand Canyon and myself and my passengers really enjoyed the view even with the airspace restrictions. If your wife has interest in seeing it, I think it’d be worth your time. Especially since you live so close. I appreciate the info on how to become a missionary pilot. I also disagree with the China comment. iPads and iPhones are made from glass and metal in China, and in my experience last a long time, especially if you take care of the battery.

Happy New Year to both of you from Payson, Arizona.

another kinda interesting movie, Edge of Eternity, 1959, set in Kingman, shows local landmarks including Pierce Ferry, gold mines in the 50s, flying sequences through the Grand Canyon in a Grumman Goose, other planes - fun to see the scenery back then though I suppose not all that different than today

Ryan, it looks like a tact room for horse saddle and equipment, great video.

Very Cool. Videos. Keep up the great Work. 🙂 Happy New Year.

Very enjoyable!! Happy New Year

Happy New Year to you and yours Ryan!

Love your videos. Have a super New Year. Lucky wife x.

Nice video... what beautiful country y'all get to fly over. I can only dream!

Always enjoy your videos Thanks

Happy New Year!

Looks like a very fun day! Might have to check that place out in my 182!

Cool, man. Happy New Year

Great video. I guess your new profession in job is now the Kitfox Adventures. I miss some reviews about the preflight of the kitfox with the Rotax engine. Would be interesting to see either. And your new own tailwheel on the Kitfox? Can’t wait to see this mounted. Your wife seems to be a little nervous in the Kitfox? 😀small and noisy 😀👌… do you have some plans with the change of avionics? Would like to hear about this too. Great content, keep going and always happy landings…😎🥂

Good morning from our last day in Mexico!! Great episode!!

You might want to try a "low-cut" (a.k.a. "high-pass") noise filter in the audio line. It dampens ground-loop static hiss. I can't say for sure it will work, but they usually only cost around $15. Ferris coils (donuts) are for induced interference noise and since they aren't helping that's not what's going on.

I'm gonna say outhouse... Had to laugh at your mention of the temperature. Was -50°F at my house a few days ago. Still had to go to work though.

Great little trip. I was a little concerned about the vibrating ‘belly pan’ under your fuselage. But I trust you watch your own videos and if it was a safety issue you would take care of it. Happy New Year!

Check the GROUND on the trans, or what ever is making the noise. Ideally it should be less that 6 to 8". I hope that helps

Happy New Year from Australia

Your right wheel was wobbling a little bit during taxi to parking. Happy New Year!

Great exploring video

I like the loaner cars! Who needs ride share. 😂

Happy New Year!!!

It will most likely be a bad ground on any of your electrical items. They are a pain to find but well worth the search. I would start with your push to talk!

Loving the kit-fox content. I need to come out and go fly.

I went to those caverns 20+ years ago. It is very interesting, maybe worth going in.

Ryan how are you and yours ? For a better reception on your radio, did you check the antenna and connections ? Maybe you can check all cables and connectors and also replace your antenna to a better one. Best wishes on New Year. Health.

Try using a large coil of enamelled copper wire wrapped around an iron rod. The inductance should be as high as possible...around 4 Henries. That should solve your problem of all that static noise from the engine in the headphones. Also use static wicks on the back of your wings.

I like your STOL aircraft. I think the shack was for tack for cowboys judging by the corral next to it. Chelsea should like it here in the states

I knew a missionary pilot from Orange City Iowa. Tom was his 1st name. He and his wife almost died in a crash wow s few years ago. Great video. My wife wants to know why restricted airspace over the canyon, though? Happy new year from North Central mn

Chelsea, you must feel very safe flying around with Ryan. He is an exceptional pilot. What I would give to take a flight with Ryan. A little difficult as we live at the bottom of Australia, in the state of Victoria……..Roger

Great video! Curious: Any concerns about other traffic or pretty much relying on ADSB?

Thank you for sharing! Now I know I need to go there.

That is a dock for loading pack strings and can be used to facilitate less nimble folks the means to mount their saddle horse or mule!

Hi Ryan, I have been watching some of your videos of PNG. I live not far from PNG, I'm in Perth, Western Australia (well not so close but same region if you know what I mean). Arizona looks easy flying compared to where you were. I enjoy your videos. Take care. David. P.S. You might have an issue with your right main landing gear tire - looks a little uneven, maybe a lump in it? (check at time 14:49 on the video)

Nice video, best regards from Perú

I did that with my wife and her mic. We were airborne 1hr, before I realized she wasn't breadcasting. She was Pissed!

RE: The "old building"...looks like they were running a stagecoach ride or horse rides at some point...a raised deck for passengers to board the stagecoach or horses and a hitching rail to tie up the horses (along with the "tack room" building). Thanks for letting us "ride along"!

Morning Ryan, I guess you have heard that here in Australia we experienced a shocking accident between two helicopters ( in Queensland at Sea World) our hearts go out to the four people killed, which included the chopper pilot. Terrible news, it is a huge reminder of how careful the industry has to be. You stay safe Ryan, God bless you………Roger

Hey both! Question for Ryan. When you buy a built 'Kitbuild', such as yours, are there 'Specialist Engineers' who can go over your plane with a fine toothcombe looking for build errors or the like? Thanks in advance, Rich.

HNY Ryan to you and your family.

Fly safe mate!

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I live and am based at P-2 (aka radiator springs)when you fly in if you go to the road kill cafe and tell them you flew in your beverage is free and you get 10%off your bill tell them Baldy /pilotsharetheride sent you. I have a 1947 bonanza on the field and a 46 T craft and A 172 there, I am also an A@P IA if you need help

Nicely done as usual! Arizona is so wonderful for flight. I’m just curious,though. Why Kingman?

Happy New Year's guys!

I enjoyed PNG a lot but this is way cool. lol

Happy New Year

Lots of radio noise is caused by bad grounds and/or poor alternator/generator power filtering. Bad grounds on antennas and radios, can reduce the range of radios and induce noise. Capacitors and/or diodes can filter out engine noise...which is usually alternator noise...but it can be ignition noise. Auto stereo shops are a great place to start for noise filters. Unfortunately, aircraft have one more, much more difficult to solve radio problem...background noise. There probably is no 'one size fits all' noise fix. You just have to tackle them one at a time. Good luck.

17:17 2 thingies over from the RED HOTLINE FONE, with the D104 MICROPHONE on top of it, (THE SILVER LOLLYPOP) ...the RADIO SITTING UNDER IT IS INTRESTING TO ME :) pretty cool little place! did you get a contact number to call them or text or email to ask about the elevators status for the return trip?? does the place POPULATE UP for any CRAFT FAIRES or ROCK HOUND SWAPMEET like QUARTZITE or something?? any weekends ?? seems like it could be a pretty cool place for a SWAP MEET, CRAFT FAIRE kinda thing.... HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! may 2023 be better than any year previously !!!! for everyone not just ME!, YE!, & THEE!!

Didn’t watch your previous videos yet but I would look at your headset wiring and check for proper shielding, grounding and possible ground loops. It’s not difficult to do proper and well worth it. That’s where many home builders cut corners and get audio issues.

Checked the little shed on google earth. On the back there's a sign "Horseback rides and over night cowboy camping here!". I suppose that's what it used to be for...?!

Thanks for all videos the past years. Do you see all the flexing of tail structure with rear camera?

I'm betting that little building was a post office??? Great video again!

Just curious what app or website are you using when you were flying near the grand canyon and it showed the blocked areas

Hey!! How do you record with headsets communications?? Thank you

interesting drone shot of your landing. How do you do that? Not very tech savy on that stuff.

Not even slight fear at all...😁