My Story: How I got into aviation. Piper Turbo Arrow IV introduction. 

This really is a wonderful channel-educational, interesting, and varied. Thank you very much indeed for doing this.

Watching from South Island NZ. Enjoying your videos!

Lucky you for having such a beautiful plane! Thanks for the ride

i am flying a Cessna 172, with the Civil Air Patrol in Iowa. i like all the videos you have produced.

I was at KCPK yesterday doing some ground school. Good flight

Awesome! I would love to see more content in the arrow. It’s fun to see the new and fancy, not as much older equipment content out there. Loved it! (Current archer owner with six pack and wing leveler)

Hi, Wally. I have been asking for a video in your Arrow, so I was happy to see you post this. Your plane looks great, and if it was not for turbulence that day, it would have been a comfortable ride. Thank you for including us on your journeys and sharing your flight experience with us. You have a great channel and I enjoy your Instagram also!

Great video! I remember seeing the turbo arrow on Skywagon Academy, and I was curious about what it was actually like in Flight. He talked about the performance numbers, but I wanted to see what it was like actually from the cockpit view. Thank you so much for sharing, and good luck on your aviation journey.plus, you’re making great progress on your RU-vid journey as well. Take care, and fly well!

Wally, what's good about turbulence? It covers up your mistakes on checkrides!! Hahahaha.......... Ya did good, buddy. I didn't know until now that you're a programmer by trade. When you read my book, BROKEN CONTROLLER, an Air Traffic Controllers Story, you'll really enjoy my description of my seven years as an Automation Specialist at Sacramento TRACON and Ontario TRACON. That system used UNIVAC 8300 mainframes, and we programmed in ULTRA (UNIVAC Language TRAnslator) assembly language. Airplanes? My Dad and I bought a Beech Baron 56TC (turbo Baron), as my first plane, and I had an '81 Warrior II that I leased back to my FBO for several years. That is a Very Nice turbo Arrow you've got there. You've done a stellar job of maintaining and improving it!! Fly safe, and Happy Landings! Speaking of landings... I'd flown my Warrior down to Ontario for a week when I was building their ARTS IIIA system. I was hoping for some good IFR weather for the trip home. Did I get it??? Came off Ontario and they gave me direct Gorman, maintain 10,000, after I was above Victor 186 traffic. That put me smack dab in the goo! By Gorman, I'd picked up a respectable amount of ice and requested 8,000 after Gorman, where I shed the ice. Continuous moderate to severe turbulence northbound toward Sacramento, and after handoff to Sacramento Approach, I requested direct Auburn and lower altitude. Broke out after 2 1/2 hours of 'hardball IFR,' got Auburn in sight and made a straight-in to runway 7. Crosswinds were atrocious, had the rudder pedal darn near to the floor and opposite aileron to maintain the runway centerline. I thought, "You've flown three hours of hardball instruments, and you're about to be the first person to the accident scene." I was making plans to abort the landing and fly to Lincoln Airport when I finally flew through the windshear and got out of the crosswind, and made a normal (safe) landing. The only one worse was the night I was landing in Reno in a Cessna 402, and tower radioed, "Casino 625, be advised, a Falcon Fanjet landed about 45 minutes ago and reported 70-knots windshears on final." Made the best landing in my life that night, but I sure had to earn it!!

I’m not a pilot but love watching all kinds of aviator videos. Wow that looked like a super turbulent flight. I don’t know if it was the camera angle or real but it appeared you were in an extreme crab angle on approach. I don’t think I’ve ever seen one that sideways. You looked completely relaxed and in control throughout that trip though. It reflects your experience. Wish I would have got into flying when I was young. Anyway enjoyed it Alpha Alpha👍🏼 Name so nice you got to say it twice 🤣

Beautiful Arrow

Helluva sporty approach! Nice work. Love the channel.

Great flying and history! I stopped flying at age 40 but I stayed in the aircraft industry. (maintenance/logistics) Thanks for the videos, subscribed today!

Great video!!!!! And that was great to see the conditions as they were happening!!! You said it best, a very sporty landing indeed!!

I fly an Archer in a club. We’ve got an IFD540/Dynon HDX/AeroCruz100 setup in our panel. I highly recommend this! The AP is the weak spot, but even that is very useful.

I took my "complex" training in that model. Loved the extra punch from the turbo in the summer time. The extra MPH over my 172 made 1,000 mile days a possibility.

I am a retired farmer that hasn’t flown since my first 40 hours after my license. I have lived a wonderful life but my biggest regret is not continuing in my flying. Thank you for bringing me along enjoy it all

Excellent thank you for sharing!🌞🇺🇸🙏👍

I love aviation!!! A former student athlete of mine has gotten his license and is working up the ladder with his certificates. I’ve flown out of Chesapeake with him twice now. Once locally for maneuvers, and another cross country to Salisbury, MD.

It's been educational and entertaining watching you. Thanks for all the hard work.

I enjoyed hearing your story. Thank you for sharing your aviation journey here!

Thanks for all you do! Don't forget NC's own Horton Aviation and Steveo1kinevo!

That was a very impressive approach and landing in those conditions, awesome flying!

Awesome landing. Thanks for sharing.

great advice for student pilots to learn on a "six pack" rather than on a Garmin glass cockpit

Awesome landing!

Love the Rush sticker on the back!!

Nice flight

I enjoy the over head views of our coastline!!

Enjoy your channel, just spent the last two months flying in Florida in a Cirrus. Now back home in UK... rainy grey skies everyday !!

Got rid of my Cessna 172RG2 in 2017 shortly before I retired. Landing checklist was CC- GUMP. Cowl flaps, carb heat, gas, undercarriage, mixture, prop

Found your channel and am enjoying it. I fly a 1979 Piper Turbo Dakota out of KMOP.

I saw your plane on the ramp Monday. I went out for my long IR cross-country flight just after your dep. Looks like a great flight

I just achieved my PPL earlier this week in a PA-28-161 out of AeroCenter at KILM. Your videos have inspired me to be a better pilot, so I just wanted to a drop a line to let you know that.

nice crab TY :)

Wow your company really helped you out.

Great learning about your journey! Whenever you are dropping off at the Citation Service Center, let me know and I’m happy to fly you back to ILM. I fly a Saratoga and am based out of GSO. Trade you some right seat time in the Citation? Also an IT guy here who cut his teeth as a DBA.

I like the traditional stuff as well. But I have never flown right seat in a Citation either so I have no point of comparison. Currently I am flying an Archer III, a Warrior II, a C172, C182 (maybe right seat in a Citation sometime). Should finish my instrument rating in a couple months.

Not the most pleasant flight, but you know what you're doing. My most recent plane was a PA-28 Warrior 2 based at KTTA (Sanford). I sold it to the Flight school there. Pretty cool you can do your job and fly for the company too. Thanks for the video.

That was quite a bumpy ride, and what a crab angle. Geez.

Great video! I am myself a software engineer, and hoping to get my private pilot license before the end of the year. I have been wondering if it was feasable to work a non aviation job and still fly recreationally. Youre showing me its possible. Can you describe some of the challenges and benefits of living this lifestyle?

Nice plane. What is the average fuel cost for a trip like this one in the video? Thanks for sharing.

Looking to buy a Turbo arrow 4 having flown a normally aspirated arrow 3 for a few hundred hrs. Lots of negative feedback online about the T Tail. What are your feelings about the T Tail?

Did you replace your windshield or is it original? Looks really clear.

Did u retract the flaps while still rolling out? Why then? Thanks

likes here

What is the TBO on that engine?