Interview: Alaska Bush Pilot Steve Williams | Coffee In A Hangar Podcast - Episode 1

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In this video, Steve Williams with Acme Cub Training teaches the best practices to safely transition to off-airport flying. He delves into the dangers of going around, explains how to properly prepare for an engine failure, and what habits you should train to make your off-airport adventures safe. Steve also shares some incredible stories of his past. Such as herring spotting in remote bush Alaska, the dangerous trade of transporting hunters, and how he flew the longest distance ever in a hang glider.
Timecodes:
00:00 - Intro
01:02 - Early Years
20:32 - Off Airport Training
52:15 - Building Cubs

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19 май 2024

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Комментарии : 51

@GlensHangar 3 месяца назад

We need more conversations like this about aviation and safety on RU-vid.

@AirplanesInTheWild 3 месяца назад

We are working on it

@gtarick1225 3 месяца назад

No flamboyance, no bombast, just great stories with great people... The perfect RU-vid channel!! Keep up the great work 👍

@AirplanesInTheWild 3 месяца назад

You have no idea how much this comment means to us. Thank you.

@oilylizard86 3 месяца назад

100%...this is the gold standard for bush content.

@quadcub1223 2 месяца назад

Did 10 hours with Steve & his guys. Great guy & great experience flying with Citabria John ✈️✈️

@portnuefflyer 3 месяца назад

Good to see another pilot who got his start hang gliding!

@AirplanesInTheWild 3 месяца назад

Yea pretty cool. I got my start in paragliding. Great way to get into aviatiob

@RamblerMan68 2 месяца назад

Outstanding...i did my BFR with a ag/bush pilot and didnt necessarily agree with him on some of these principles...needless to say, im gonna give it all another think

@macksenduro9796 3 месяца назад

This was awesome to listen to, excited for episode two. Great to know what you can practice on pavement that applies in the bush realm.

@rickunruh8132 2 месяца назад

Wow do I ever want to learn from this guy.

@New2Me170B 3 месяца назад

This was great. The setting of the altitude on an uphill landing is a great tip.

@airlandnsea 3 месяца назад

So much to add to the usual, and put in such a way that it completely makes sense. What a fantastic piece of "entertainment" . Thanks Daniel

@AirplanesInTheWild 3 месяца назад

Thanks Steve. Thanks for the encouragement

@deanerklim 3 месяца назад

This is GOLD! Thanks for sharing Steve's knowledge and experience to make us safer pilots!

@AirplanesInTheWild 3 месяца назад

Glad to hear. We are exploring this content style. Thanks for the feedback

@JulianGriggs 3 месяца назад

Great video. Steve is a wealth of knowledge of not only cubs but also backcountry flying. Hope to see more soon!

@AirplanesInTheWild 3 месяца назад

Should we do more interviews with Steve?

@desertshooter007 3 месяца назад

. Yes PLEASE! Great GA safety info - new student pilot and to say this has been valuable in a massive understatement! 👍

@ModelAV8RChannel 3 месяца назад

Man I usually watch your stuff the day of release, but had to make time to watch the whole thing. I thoroughly enjoyed every minute, and I learned so much. Thanks very much for doing this! Steve was amazing to hear. I look forward to seeing who you have on next.

@AirplanesInTheWild 3 месяца назад

Thanks man. I appreciate your loyalty

@blakechinn5792 3 месяца назад

Just found this. Great podcast and great instructor! New favorite here !

@AirplanesInTheWild 3 месяца назад

Welcome aboard!

@gratefultobeyourdaddy1131 3 месяца назад

Incredible insight love it! Thanks for putting out this content

@AirplanesInTheWild 3 месяца назад

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for letting us know. We have more episodes coming out soob

@FreedomFlight1 2 месяца назад

Great interview, thx for doing this

@jeremysteiner838 3 месяца назад

About time, what a excellent talk

@AirplanesInTheWild 3 месяца назад

Thanks, more to come

@RobertDress-dq9pc Месяц назад

Keep it going Bro! Great talk! Working on my PPL east coast at 48. ✌️

@Artiscrafty 18 дней назад

Wait I’m recording this and using this specifically in my airplane as I fly. This is the cheapest flight training I have found. If I crash I would never blame you. Promise

@AirplanesInTheWild 18 дней назад

Hilarious. Don’t do that. Let the record show. 😎

@POVTrucking 3 месяца назад

Great channel, I hope you don't stop before it grows bigger, we need this kind of content

@AirplanesInTheWild 3 месяца назад

We have a ton of content in the pipeline. Hopefully we will exceed expectations.

@Yabadabado1234 3 месяца назад

This man is bang on... Always power in . Someone may have had some water in his tank... Same person may have decided to do a takeoff and straight return opposite direction on a grass strip, said person may have landed and the motor went dead, only happened when i pulled the power. I did a perfect takeoff, perfect 180 to final, and none would have happened if I had pulled the power out. When i was motor out on the runway and completely stunned i found alot of water in stainer under the carb. I was amazed it could run with the amount of water i strained.

@AirplanesInTheWild 3 месяца назад

Thanks for sharing Kyle

@steven2145 3 месяца назад

His other point about the probability of an engine stopping is far greater when pulling the power back to idle than it is at any other time is also totally true. You want to pull the power back on very short final or the threshold at an airport assures simple perfect landing if the engine dies. If the engine dies at the perch you lose whatever thrust you had from the idling engine so making the runway is going to be much more difficult and your timing will be off.

@kellyfarrington9413 3 месяца назад

Think this is a solid point he has, but I also think he's missing the point of the exercise. I would say that he's 100% right for day to day flights, but imo, the idea of being able to make the airport ISN'T for if the engine dies in the pattern, it's for when the engine dies anywhere else, and you need to be able to hit your spot on the ground. If all you ever do is 3° power on approaches, you're likely going to end up short of the field you picked out after your engine chucked a cylinder enroute. Gotta practice it at some point...

@lindsaylefaivre537 3 месяца назад

Fantastic interview, so informative, cheers from Canada

@AirplanesInTheWild 3 месяца назад

Thank you. Cheers

@hollywood84660 3 месяца назад

Man what a great podcast. I’m currently doing my commercial license and about to do my instrument written in 🇨🇦. I would love to learn bush flying from this man

@AirplanesInTheWild 3 месяца назад

Cool thing is that you can learn from him. Just call Acme Cub Training

@Hamperokken 2 месяца назад

Oh man this was a terrific interview! Keep them coming! Two guys that would be really interesting to listen to would be Greg Miller and Dominique Prinet - if it is doable. Cheers from the other side of the Atlantic!

@AirplanesInTheWild 2 месяца назад

We would love to have both of them on.

@steven2145 3 месяца назад

I never thought of the idea that crabbing on a a squared off base will tell you if you have a tail wind on final.

@aciagriculturalconstructio2264 3 месяца назад

Best thing I ever did was to throw the carburetor away and install fuel injection.

@edcoronado 2 месяца назад

“Ball low, you can go slow. Ball high, you’re gonna die”

@jasonolsen1976 3 месяца назад

Since Steve is leaving his hand on the carb heat on final.. how long is he holding the carb heat on, before pushing it off in the Super Cub? What an educational Podcast! Thanks in advance!

@AirplanesInTheWild 3 месяца назад

Probably just long enough to determine whether he has carb ice

@dougbratten2761 3 месяца назад

Excellent interview, Thanks! If I may, I'd like to add to the "ball low / ball high" points that were mentioned by sharing this "Turn Smart" video by Wayne Handley. (I'm NOT recommending those steeply banked Ag turns tho!) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2pGuoc11lxY.html Totally explains why a skidding turn is so dangerous, using ground instruction backed up by demonstration videos taken while in the air. Also, flying into one's own wake turbulence via returning quickly after a low inspection pattern or a tight 360 that is slightly descending can really ruin one's day, especially if you were leaning on the inside rudder to begin with...