I LOVED instrument training! It was the the most challenging and rewarding part of flight training. I did it long before GPS, and when I looked up after an hour's flight under the hood and saw a runway waiting I realized the magic of instrument flying.
Thank you so much for all of your hard work in the sky's! I am a 14 year pilot in training and I am being taught by my parents who work for United Airlines as a captain of a Boeing 747. We now have our own Skyhawks 172 and it flys great! I hope to be as good a pilot as you someday! Thanks for all of your hard work and for all of the videos!
I'm a 15 year old and my dad and I are getting our licenses this summer. I just wanted to say I got the Private Pilot Blueprint and it helped so much! Thank you!
This video is fire. Thnak you so much, on day 6 of my IFR training. I will be doing all the radio calls today, this helped a lot. Can't wait to take my Dad flying when I become insturemnt rated too! Thanks again.
Love your videos Josh. You earned my subscription. Good luck on your way to CFI or multi if you are going for those. I would say what I love more is the way you deal with haters. Blue skies and tail winds.
You're so lucky to have someone to safety pilot for you. I paid an instructor yesterday to go with me...I need to find someone. Happy Birthday. Thanks for sharing.
Kind of funny; a little emotional watching this toward the end. Watching your dedication & commitment as a young man. You flying with your dad, and seeing a visible testimony that he worked hard at being a good father. Thinking I’d like to tell him “Good job...”. Then he patted you on the shoulder. Got a little misty. You tell him for me. He’s a good man. Started my journey back into aviation last spring and I loved your channel from the beginning. Thanks your service to aviation Josh, and for being a good businessman.
Hey Josh, Happy birthday!! you are such a inspiration to me you are the whole reason iv gotten in to aviation. I am only 13 but i hope to start my flight training in the next year or so. I love flying so much tho whether its in the sim or on a commercial aircraft. Iv never been in a general aviation plane tho because i live in NM so there is not many opportunists to fly in one but the one there are i cant afford. Thank you for making these videos your the reason why i want to become a pilot.
You probably red that already a few times, but Happy Birthday! Nice video as always, you really know how to make good videos. I inspired me to film my first big adventure as a pilot next autumn. If the result will be quarter as good, I will be happy. Keep up your great work!
Excellent camera work! Looks like GoPro! The x-plane Airfoil Labs 172 has Nav stack with Garmin 430/AP, very similar to your stack. Editing in some x-plane shots to complement your live videos would be excellent. Also, editing in the Appr plates at full resolution, low en-route, etc. I know. I know, lots of extra work! Keep in mind that most training videos, Jepp, King, Sportys are all dated. There is endless positive cash flow in royalties. They just keep on comin! Using Final Cut Pro allows some animation, chromakeying. Example fly a complete route in x-plane ( with Pilotedge ATC, including checklists, walkarounds etc) and then fly the same route live. There are some publishers out there that would be very interested! Good luck! PS Try using your feet more in low chop to keep wings level and on GS. You seem a bit busy on the yoke. I could be completely wrong on this because it is hard to see your feet. This is a tip an old instructor gave me that really smoothed out my flying. Keep up the good work!
Cool video Josh! I've passed my Private Pilot Written Exam and have almost 10 hours so far. Your videos are great because they're entertaining and I learn from them!
Hey Josh im extremely happy to see all your videos and im learning a lot of things that i cant see in other channels, i think you have a big secret, in order to do this videos sooooo NICE,,auhauha Thanks a lot, i fan from Brazil!!! By the way your father looks a very nice and funny guyy!!! i wish you both the best!
Hi Josh. I've been watching your videos for a while now, great job on them and happy birthday! Do you ever plan on getting some wheel pants and/or a power flow exhaust on that baby? Keep up the good work!
and its looking nice in texas where here theres a little bit of wind low clouds visibility is reduced temps are not ideal and its snowing and the roads there slippery and partially covered
Now I really don’t feel so bad when I have to do my IPC because you have proved to the fact that he can get so busy when you’re not on a long cross country to be able to brief an approach and get all the flying done. Like I said it is always like trying to text and drive yet the FAA wants you to be able to brief an approach when you have to be concentrating on what you’re doing plus what ATC might interject very quickly.
Once establushed on loc and GS, what are your target pitch and power settings? Flaps look to be zero. What are your target IAS, FPM descent rate? You are very articulate on ur ATC comm. Nice!
Thanks for the video! I was wondering where your definition of "established on approach" came from? I've always considered "established" when your on course or within 1/2 scale, sounds a little nit picky but I think in certain places you could still be a ways off when the needle starts to move
Josh belated " Belated Happy Birthday " Many happy birthday in the future. Always enjoy flying along with you in your great flying videos. Do you ever go flying alone?
Where do get all the money for fuel??? :) N-6395T (yes, I am being "smart!) Jealous, maybe? :) My GA experience, 152's, 172's, etc., and Piper Arrows, etc., wreaked havoc with my "aircraft disposable income." :) No IFR rating - maybe that save me "some coinage!" Your videos are very well done - you are to be commended (and your Dad, also) on your inherent abilities. Thanks
Thank you for all the hard work filming and sharing this valuable IFR practice. Great way to start your birthday! Love your watch. What make/model is that?
I know you don't include your run-up in this video but something Jason Schappert said caught my ear: when you find that you need to clean up a magneto, do you increase the power/ RPMs before you do the cleaning procedure or does your aircraft manuf. not recommend it?
Love your videos man. I'm getting much better with ILS, LOC, and VOR instrument approaches, but I'm not so great with RNAV's. Does an RNAV approach provide vertical glideslope guidance? or only localizer type horizontal guidance?
Matheus Abreu same thing/same intent, but the important part is to verbally and visually acknowledge that the other person does indeed have the controls.
HEY JOSH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hey buddy happy birthday love your video and when I fly with you I am wondering if you can explain to me what Zulu time is thanks because I am only used to the time that I read the current local time is 1:22 pm CDT
Having had two parents with pronounced West Virginia accents, I'm always amazed how your Dad has that thick Texas drawl and you sound like any ordinary news reader, Josh. I don't know how that happens. Interesting.
Hi Josh, I'm an aspiring pilot, I'm in the process of getting a loan so I can take classes, but I have a quick question for you and I hope it's not too personal. If it is, I apologize, I'm only trying to understand how everything works from somebody who clearly knows damn near everything about flying. That being said, how do you afford to do so much flying? Do you work for an aviation business of some sort? I ask because I've noticed that the costs of flying are pretty high considering the price of fuel and maintenance. Thank you for any help, I really appreciate it -Dillon
For flight planning, how does one know that the Garmin 430W will pick up vertical guidance? And then, is there anything to do on the 430W to make the vertical guidance work?
okay so you might not know how to calm down a nervous flyer on takeoff but here is how first start by getting the child's attention by saying their name and then once you have their attention tell them that the takeoff will be over before they know it and tell them that its going to be okay just relax breath and calm then tell them its going own and when you start to do your turn that's another spot that they will get nervous about so then tell them that it will feel weird for a couple of seconds but it will go away and tell them that hey you can hold my hand if you need to
