Meet the Golden Eagle's new owner! 

Pleasure to work (if you can call it that), and fly with you! I know you and your family will enjoy that airplane.

Brad, the only real obstacle for someone like yourself on the fast path to complex ownership is the insurance. Maybe you can share how you navigated that purchase in a future vid. Thanks!

​@@brimopmwould love to hear those details

Best of luck on your acquisition

Congratulations on being the new owner of this fabulous Airplane!

Thank you Bernard!

Thank you!

Thank you!

Me too!

Most together 421 I have ever seen. I first flew a 414 Chancellor back in the 80's

Thank you!

Thanks and sim time is for sure on my agenda for emergency training!

Thank you!

Thanks for watching!

Thank you!

Very lucky! Agreed!

I have a feeling you have’s see the last video on N55RL!

@@FlyingwithRich you got right feeling 😜

Let's hope it treats him well and he doesn't have to put his (very limited) experience to the test to get himself out of a jam

@FlyingNDriving I have a lot of confidence in Brad. He has ability and skills that I have not often seen at his level of experience. More than that, he has good judgment, and a clear understanding of the airplane and his limitations with it as he builds experience. Unfortunately, experience does not necessarily over come poor decisions or attitude when it comes to flying airplanes. Thanks for watching.

Has been a crazy year, but crazy good. I had a great instructor (shout out to Alice Paul!) and she was patient and willing to continue to challenge me and add experience. Not much time watching the ground go by in favor of yanking and banking to work on skill development. I have more learning and skill development in my future, but fortunately I’ve had and continue to have great instruction

​@@FlyingwithRichvery true, proper decision making beforehand can definitely help as one adds to their experience and learns

True - such a wonderful airplane and so great to see such a robust market for them and all the upgrades to make them like new again!

Prop sync indicator

Angle of attack (AOA) indicators.

We decided to leave the camera’s at home on the flight back and focus on the trip, and training! Thanks for watching.

Anything is possible for the right price

Actually, You don’t need an ATP to fly a citation. Brad could legally fly a Citation if he did the type rating required. The ATP is only required to operate airliners. The 1500 hr for the ATP is a US only requirement because of a knee jerk reaction to the Colgan Air accident in 2009. The military ( US and internationally) and airlines (outside the US) do qualify pilots with relatively low hours. With great safety records. There’s a misconception that lots of hours equal experience and safety. The important thing is the quality of content of the hours spent training. Such training is highly structured and targeted at accomplishing set objectives. The ab-initio training of top tier airlines and militaries takes on average 300-400 hours flight time with ongoing training post qualification. That’s FO seats for airlines and PIC in various aircraft in the military including fighters.

Military has "crazy low" hour requirements, I think it's around or even under 200h until you fly the T-38 - twin engine, after burning, super sonic, category E, crazy roll rate. In general the issues is not hours, it's about how much effort you put into it in from staying current above just minimum requirements, keep learning and improving, being accountable and how serious you take flying. My father was a GA crash investigator and I've seen plenty of cases of high time pilots screwing up in ways you'd only expect from a rookie and I've met plenty of low time pilots who were on point even in hairy situations.

@@jaminthomas

Opps, my mistake, but won’t he still need 1000 hours for a Citation single pilot waiver? And, can he get insurance even then?

Maybe, but, will it not take 2 1/2 or more years training in the miltary to fly jets single pilot, operationally, in the military? Is a T-38 pilot with 200 hours allowed to fly IFR at night? And, how many pilots wash out of single pilot (fighters) training jet programs in the military? It is all about hours from the start with the FAA, from the PPL on up to ATP, or Citation Singke Pilot Waiver. Isn’t it 1000 hours minimum to fly the Citation Single Pilot? And, what about Citation single pilot insurance?

Not even close to 6 figures but I’ll fly a lot more Dual, with experienced 421 folks as part of continued training. This plane was great to fly and the OCR folks didn’t pull any punches when they put me through the paces so I have a solid foundation to build from

​@@BradHudvery surprised, just make sure you stay proficient, piston twins are the least forgiving

Very cool video and congrats on your purchase! Did you consider single-engine turbine models (TBM, Piper M, Epic) and if so, what lead you to choose the 421?@@BradHud

@@MikeTroemel I did consider those and more. Too much to cover in comment but comparing the acquisition cost, overhaul cost, and performance (speed and fuel burn), a tricked out 421c seemed superior for my use. The trade offs on the bad side didn’t ruffle my feathers and while opinions vary, I still prefer 2 piston over 1 turbine. No perfect plane though. I guess I’ll need to buy a fleet from Rich to have options any any given time! 😁

Great day!

Great idea

I hope so, I just subscribed. Shows one subscriber so far, maybe a few more of us subscribe it would encourage Brad to start making some content.