INDY Cars in Las Vegas, Wake Turbulence in Orlando - Pilot VLOG 098 

New concept: Since you have 'Tech Tuesday'...… How about 'Sock Hop Saturday' for John. He can show off his latest socks for the fans. Cool vid as always

I was thinking, what in the world is can of coke doing on the floor of the cockpit? Than I realized they were John's sox. hahah

Love the Coca Cola sox, but they probably caused the slow lap time, should have had the Bud Lite sox on. That wake turbulence looked scary as hell, Great recovery, really showing your professionalism and it is wonderful to watch. Great content guys, THANKS!!

With turbulence like you encountered you can see why controllers try and get a smaller plane to take off before a large plane . Loved the shot of the plane coming head-on . Nice socks John thanks for the videos cheers Ty

ANOTHER FANTASTIC FLIGHT. LOVE THE SW FLYING OVER AND THE WAKE TURB. WAKE UP LOL. THANKS FOR SHARING AGAIN.

Shaun, thank you for posting this! About a month ago I had a question on wake turbulence and you graciously answered it. This was super informative, as always! Glad you guys enjoyed the Indy Cars!

Thanks guys another awesome video

Great video. Driving experience definitely. Wake turbulence always a pucker factor afterwards

Great video!!!! What a Super experience!!! Live the Dream and the Corporate Pilot's life!!

Superb. // Heart-pumping skillful recovery from Airbus wake-turbulence. Enduring vigilance.

U guys, living the life Thx keep it up 👍

Nice recovery John

Another nice one gentleman, did the Nascar thing twice. It is a good time , highly recommend it. Thought John was gonna jump out oh his socks when you guys hit that wake. Keep up the good work, always enjoyable.

I just subscribed to CPL. Thanks fer taking us along. Cheers !!***.

Wow, that wake turbulence was pucker inducing! Racing in Vegas definitely looked like one whole lot of fun!

One of the better ones Shaun. The wake turbulence...better than a pot of coffee. ATC asking if you were recording...classic!

Great video!. I experienced the ride along several years ago. The thing that struck me most was the amount of energy required to fight the g-forces in the corners. Three lap experience exhausted me. It gave me a huge appreciation for the conditioning needed to run those cars.

This is the first RU-vid channel I have ever been excited about receiving notifications for. Keep up the great work guys. Your hard work inspires us all and provides some excellent entertainment at the same time! Thanks Shaun and Jon!

The recovery from the wake turbulence was an excellent demonstration of your teamwork as pilots. Almost instantaneous response by both pilots...instinctive, and the result of training and experience. Awesome stuff. If I knew you two were in the cockpit I''d be a heck of a lot less stressed when flying. With old age I've become a bit of a control freak I guess. Probably part of why I don my best to weasel out of flying these days, LOL.

Pretty cool....even if they do limit your speed out there! If you've never driven that fast, though, it's a major rush! My son and i own a street stock team, and he's going to be making his 'debut' racing the big boys at Daytona this next February!! Neither of us has ever tried an indy car, though. That has got to be incredible! Thanks for the ride-along! :-)

Enjoyed the ride. The race car segment had me smiling.

I have been a huge fan of your videos but never commented. Just wanted to thank you for the great content. I hope to one day be able to afford a pilot license but until then your channel keeps me motivated. Keep up the great work guys

Thanks for getting back with me. I left you a message on FB. This is a cool video!

I don't think I've seen Big John move that quick before. Well done, you guys were on your toes during the approach.

Cool time in Las Vegas, it is not shooting, but still cool! Awesome head to head with the SW. A little bourbon with those socks : )

I had to add a new item to the bucket list. Thanks, guys.

One of your better one guys!! I did the Petty Experience a while back. If my grin was any bigger after that ride I would have bit an ear off :). And then you crossed the coast right over my house - very cool. That's the islands N of the Tampa Bay entrance - Tierra Verde, Florida

Sean you was not hanging about in that Indy car looked very fast. Great video lads

Nice flight, then someone has to go and get everyone’s adrenaline up for a minute or two with their wake... LOL. Nice video, guys!

Awesome video guys. I did the Richard Petty Experience in Daytona, (three times). I might have to go to Vegas that looks so much fun.

Lots of neat stuff in this one. Loved the head on with the SW jet!

Wow that was a BIG hole in the air you hit there - that was just like driving on MA highways, HAHAHA! That Airbus was making one hell of a wake there! I was expecting to hear of spilled drinks in the back. Don't know if the cameras made it look worse than it was, but it looked pretty bad from where I was sitting! Nice recovery from that one - cat-like reflexes. 😁👍 Everyone is racing lately! Just watched Greg (Premier1Driver) run around a road course in a Porsche in his latest vid. Looks like a blast! That's on the bucket list, along with getting in the air on a go-kart hanging from strings off a parachute, lol (paramotor). Glad I found you guy's channel. Loving it! 👍👍

Love the Coca Cola socks from Jon hahaha and great reaction on that wake turbulence!! always alert but was scary!!!

I got this as a gift and drove at the California Speedway. You need to try that one. Nice video as always your getting very good at the edit. John smiled. Need to put that on a poster...lol

Clear, rapid communications after a just inserted tic-tac. Clearly this is advanced flying! 😜

I bet that woke you up, lol. Handled it like a pro! Great video as always!!

Interesting discussion regarding readbacks. You have concluded correctly that failing to correct an incorrect readback is all on the controller. During my 18 months in Quality Assurance, it was the #1 cause of operational errors (incidents resulting in less than standard separation). I cannot tell you how many controllers I interviewed after an error who swore the pilot read back the correct altitude. Exactly that same number were horrified when they heard the tape. Why didn't the controller catch it? You hinted at it. During a busy inbound session (in particular) such as you were experiencing, the controller is managing several tasks simultaneously, as well as thinking about the next two or three things he/she (more below) has to do. What I concluded in my investigations is that when you give a clearance (while simultaneously writing it down), you're planning on the next clearance, almost always to someone else, but you know, listening to the readback. Everyone does. The problem is you have a preconceived notion of what that readback should be--after all, there were only the two of you in the conversation--so without thinking, you set that readback on the back burner while it's being given so you can get on to your next task. You "hear" what you expect to hear, not what was actually said. Even after being retired for more than 20 years, I instantly recognized Shaun's incorrect readback, although, in fairness, I wasn't working the rush. But that 18 months in QA certainly heightened my awareness. It made me a better controller. Regarding the "he/she": when I hired in at ZJX in 1968, there were only a couple of female controllers. When I got to ZAU in '73, there were several more. By the time I left in '97, we had a lot more, but still nowhere near parity with males. In today's trip it did not escape my notice that the first three controllers (LAS local, LAS TRACon, ZLA) were women as well as the local controller at MCO (and however many others might have been edited out). And each one of them sounded as professional and competent as good controllers ought to. What the hell took so long (he asked, rhetorically)?

It's got to be a blast, ripping around that track.

Oh my GOD that looks fun!

Shaun and Jon... you looked very comfortable at speed. Well done to you both. Glad we could make it happen. More tracks to come. Oh, pucker wake factor. Seriously.

That head on shot was Way Cool!

Love your socks , John!

Great piloting skills.

"....white turbulence & it wasn't fun!" LOL Love you guys. Keep it up.

Now help us visualize the indie car at the speed you drove it at and then imagine driving it at over 200mph. You guys are to much, it was a fun day for sure, thanks for sharing it. Now back in the plane....you are having to much fun. Post Scrip: Can you Buzz Area 59 on one of your trips to Lost Wages :-)

I love to watch Jon read his Kindle while you do all the work...:>)

I was once told to follow the "small plane" on final at YQB... ATC humour I guess! The small plane happened to be an MD-11 and I was in a Cherokee 140! So I stayed at pattern height and literally dove for the runway at the last minute... very impressive landing just behind such a beast!

I used to have a 71 roadrunner, had it to about 170 between Vegas and Kingman once way back when. Anything over 125 begins to get fast quick. Another interesting video, Thanks guys

Who said Corporate Pilots can't drive Formula One Race Cars? Not me! If you can handle a G-IV then there should be no reason why you can't drive an Indy Race Car. The only difference is you don't have to arm the speed brakes to stop! Glad you guys are having fun as usual! Life is too short so why not if you get the opportunity!

Great ride along... would love to see you guys going into KASE!

Thought for an upcoming tech video... the 4 main (FMS?) displays and, perhaps, what's going on in them/how you set them up during the various segments of a trip -- particularly the nav, which appears to have a lot going on in it as you have it configured here. Apologies if this has been suggested/done already. Really enjoy your work. Thanks.

You guys are awesome! Next time your in Teterboro hit me up, I would love to buy you guys a drink.

Nice product placement Jon, Coca Cola.

Love the Vids Corporate Pilot Life

And I’m having the bran flakes experience. That looked fun!

Well you did NASCAR ride and Indy car ride what's next a ride with the Thunder Birds or Blue Angels you never know. Great videos! Always waiting for the next one

After building miniature aircraft for years, and having been an AME in the Navy, I have a case of aircraft envy. I couldn't afford the fuel for ten minutes, much less this aircraft. THx...

Hi, guys. This has become my only "Must See TV." :-) Something I've always wondered about in commercial jets - maybe something for a tech VLOG later? Your windows are ROUND. A couple of them seem to have a silver lining around them (no pun intended). When I fly commercial, the windows are never round, they are usually too small, and always positioned in such a way that I have to crane my neck to see much. What's that all about? Couldn't windows be bigger? Would that weaken the structure? Crazy idea - why couldn't you just have a big panorama window? A vista-dome on top? Even if it were just for 1st-class and private customers - that would be cool. Thanks for all the hard work you put into this - don't know where you find the time.

Honk the horn next time you're leaving Vegas and coming up on ROPR; I'll be sure to come out and wave!

Wake turbulence with 10 mile spacing in the air interesting. I remember learning mostly about it during take offs and landings. Shaun and Jon get team work as usual. Still trying to learn more about the RNAV GPS approaches.

Glad John was leaning forward when the turbulence hit. Impressive roll rate! While training at Flightsafety in Vero Beach years ago hit wake turbulence on short final. It wakes you up! Love the videos. Get to Tallahassee much?

Excellent recovery on the wake turb encounter. Fast and firm. Shaun, was it you or Jon who would like some Air Cam time? I got a buddy who owns one. Maybe I can work something out. Holler at me next time you guys RON at SAV. See ya around YT, IG and Patreon. Peace.

Nice meeting you today at CAE!

I've done the Petty Experience at Disney. A fantastic time. My best friend still reminds me that he was faster.

Watch out for the Jet wash. I bet that can be scary!

ATC's Internal Monologue: "Crap! Presidential 69? I forgot to tell them about the Airbus...hope they're not recording this...."

24:00 nice shot of my home town Anna Maria.

Ha, you guys went right over me here in Welsh, La. on your way into KMCO. I'll have to keep a closer eye on flightaware and have my Nikon handy and try and get a few shots of you going over next time!

Hey guys another good video..in that one quick shot was John wearing Coke socks?..too funny...they better give you a few..and from another video you sometimes mention "nut cracker"?..what might that be...thanks again...Bravo Zulu

Wow!!………..Had no idea that wake turbulence would be a factor as far back as ten miles!! Always thought the wake would dissipate or sink by then. Shaun.....you sure looked TIRED at the end of the video.

John rocking the Coke sox...... OP!

Nice track car action you guys got, that had to make you appreciate the seats and ride in the bird ;) Great example of unexpected wake turbulence from that Airbus, always a experience, but hope the rest of the flight..including the leg home was smooth.

I cant believe I got to see that. Boom, major side shift followed by a quick disconnect and yolk grab by John. All the while, the controller is asking if they are recording.... What are the odds?

Thank you Guys

When you get a sudden unexpected bank like that due to wake turbulance, does it excite the passengers much? What's the worst or most violent wake turbulance you've encountered and how much was the planes attitude disrupted? I noticed the yokes start shaking suddenly a couple CV of seconds before the plane started its sudden unexpected roll to the left so I knew "something" was happening, just wasn't sure what...but when it started that roll it was pretty sudden! Didnt seem like it would be all that scary, just have to react appropriately. If course that's easy for me to say from the safety of my chair on my patio LOL Were I flying it may be much more exciting than I'm thinking it was! Very interesting video Shaun! Race cars looked like a ton of fun and you both did great with such close speeds! 1.x mph difference! This video must of been before your flight to the Chech and Ireland etc...looking forward to those!

Good video, didn’t know you could drive a stick

You guys are right about the controller not catching the wrong readback. I'm an ATC student and we're taught that if a pilot reads back the wrong thing and we don't catch it then it's our fault because the pilot didn't know they got the readback wrong and if I don't correct it then they are correct to assume they readback the correct instruction.

Nice experience driving the racing the cars. I did the same here in Cape Town, did the Reynard single seater Indy car, Ferrari California Lamborghini Galardo and Arial Atom. Shaun why do you hold the yoke for John on take off until he says mine and does not do the same for you? Just found this interesting. Love your guys video's. Hope to meet you here one day.

That tea pee joke was so bad I had to use it on my captain today. He had about the same response than John did 😂😂😂

Wow. The wake turbulence from the Airbus was nasty. Did Jon have to change his shorts? Nice flying.

That wake turbulance was a long way from the 320 considering it was 9-10 miles in front of you! Amazing! I used to park right next to the Columbia river for my lunch hour, about a mile from the east threshold of PDX's northern runway. Jets coming in to land would be pretty low by this point, not sure but 300 ft maybe. Once they touched down I'd go back to reading my book, some minutes later, especially after a big jet landed, I would hear a disturbance in the air, and out on the water I'd see this tight whirlwind moving upriver on top of the water and even some water being disturbed and brought into the air in like little jets, was very odd to see, they would carry on upriver 50 yards or so. Once I noticed a runner on the path experience it and I could tell it took him by surprise. I figured out it was like wingtip vertices as they settled down after the plane went by but at first it seemed really weird, almost supernatural.

Agree the race experience is cool but driving a G-IV all over the country and world is much much cooler. Great video.

Another good video guys, thank you. Any idea why John seemed surprised by seeing an ATR at 37:10? Just curious because I used to fly those.

pretty violent wake bounce and thats only from a little scarebus, crap ill be looking out for that potential danger a lot more than I have been while im buzzing around in a cessna 172/182.

Indy and NASCAR was outrageous. The view from the pits gives the true picture. The stands and aerial shots don't do the speed justice. West Coast fan club is getting larger. But, the Maalox moment had to be the turbulence from the Airbus. That was a real "Hershey Squirt" experience, at least for me. (It all has to do with Jon's socks...neutral tones only please.) Good drama, but only when viewed at sea level. Via con Díos

Thanks to you guys, whenever I get on the on ramp, I say spool up, (as I stomp on the gas,) V1, rotate, V2 positive rate, gear up (as I merge with traffic) Unfortunately my wife doesn't understand and calls me a dolt.

Another great video. Are Tic Tacs an MEL item?

I almost shat my pants watching this!!

Finally I can stop typo'ing my favorite Corporate pilot's names in the comment section. Thank you Shaun and Jon. Now if only you needed visit KRDU. I could make it up to you with some entertainment.

what are the Black and White Wheels that move next to your seats on take off? As always thank you for sharing so awesome videos.

Hi guys, Great video as usual. Question though, Why did our standby Attitude indicator flag on you at about 29:45.? Did it switch to the Standby Batt. or something else going on there ? Never mind, I see now that it lost the localizer for a second there.. I didnt realize it was a nav indicator as well..

My hair slows me down!!!!! Lol brilliant! Be balding like me! Much more aerodynamic even under a bin lid!

Wake turbulence is at 25:50. Love how the controller asks if PRD69 is recording today. Quite an audience out there!

Indy car or Nascar... No brainier. I’m with you. Indy car! Then jump into a Gulfstream. Awesome!

Where can I get one of those hook hats? Looks sweet! You guys should do a fishing video sometime.

Love the Coke Cola socks

Love the Coca-Cola socks John and the flyby guys. Question, whats the minimums for different altitudes vs. same altitudes on flybys?

Hi guys Think the effect of the scareybus wake turbulence was a surprise for everyone especially 10 miles out but it was a A321. Imagine if it had of been a B757 or bigger. Pax shaken and stirred lol

I kept thinking John's (or Jon's) sock was a coca cola can on the floor

Enjoyed the adventure......what’s next.....Top Fuel?