OXYGEN to Yellowstone - Turbo Mooney | Coast-to-Coast: Part 5 

Oh man, Matt. He's a good pilot but some days I think he has more money than brains.

It’s all fun and games until the one and only engine you have, quits. Regardless of how well you think your engine is maintained, anything can happen. Not to mention weather. Night time ops ads a whole new level of complication and risk that I’m not willing to play with when the odds are already stacking against me.

@@Aviation101 yes

That is why Josh will statistically live longer.

@@Aviation101 True. I noticed most people seem to forget that when they start flying and training IFR. The fact that they CAN keep going on an ILS to 200' DA legally and skillwise proficiently - doesn't mean they should be in that low ceilings area in the first place with a single engine.

Congratulations! I want to be a pilot, but I'm too young. :(

Congrats on the ride! I busted mine the first time, but eventually killed it. Keep learning!

@@greensphinx You will get older ;)

@@FlyingRagilein I hope he does. I fulfilled a lifelong dream when I learned to fly at 36 years old.

@@mattbasford6299 Statistics is on his side ;) I know what you mean. Same here. I was already 52 when I began my flight training, 53 when I got my license. Better late than never!

Same here!

Lufthansa I'd guess ;)

Hahaa, good guess Kai ;-) I saw that u r also into flying and cars. I am specially into Porsche. My latest one is a limited 718 GT4 Sports Cup Edition. There are also some videos here on YT. Are you driving track days? I used to fly a privately owned PA 28 when I was more frequently in the area of Phoenix and kept my PPL current. Had lots of fun with my girl flying up to Sedona for breakfast and continuing to the GCanyon or KLAS. Also flew many times into the Socal Area including Catalina......thats why I love this channel sooo much. Reminds me of all the time spend in the plane and experiencing the area.....which is at least in my opinion, very diversified. Always love to fly from Santa Monica to the east and using the "propstream" between the mountains over Palm Springs direction desert. Once had 160+ GS in an basic Arrow.....lol.

@@kgiesbert Yes I am! I am German too btw! I moved to LA from Munich when I was about 15 mostly because of my aviation path I was on. I do love cars and had the pleasure of reviewing cars for quite a while and currently sell BMWs in Newport Beach. The 718 GT4 is excellent. I love any GT cars. Looking for a 997.2 GT3 sometime in the next few years I hope. I do go on the track as well in my 6 Speed Manual F80 M3. Sounds like you did get some great flying experience here. I love flying in the Southwest. That's quite some good speed you had there. My record was 290 GS in a Cessna 400 from Long Beach to KLAS at 17500'. I have done a few hours in the 744 in FRA at ProFlight as well, quite a bit easier to land than single engines (for me at least haha). You're very fortunate to get to fly the 747!

@@Kaipeternicolas I already saw in the videos that u r german as well. I have to say that I really love flying the older 400s as the -8I has some characteristcs I do not like so much. The 400 is just that bit nicer to fly because its more maneuverable.....maybe I am too sensitiv as many colleagues say that they don't feel it.....but it is super nice to be able to fly the bird for a living. Its the queen and everytime I get out of the cockpit and see the plane from outside I question myself....ok, I really flew this ship? The cockpit and upperdeck area is pretty small on the 47 (upperdeck is like an old 737). Concernig the GT cars....the 997.2 GT3s are cool. We have a 993 Carrera S, 987 Cayman 2.7 Base and a 982 (718) GT4 Sports Cup Edition. Than older they get than cooler they get....Porsches. Looking for the 982 GT4RS. Guess it comes in april onto the market. Do you have an ATP or CPL/PPL IFR? Saw that you also fly helis. Never done that before.

@@kgiesbert Oh really? I didn't know there was a difference really to the -8 but actually now that I think about it, I believe the -8 has Fly-By-Wire if I am not mistaken? I think I just saw that a -4 from DLH landed in LAX today and is going to Mojave tomorrow for her final resting place. Very sad... I have flown so much on these planes as passenger and will miss them and the A340s a lot. Yeah the GT4 is going to be great I am sure. I can't wait to see them. I have a SEL and Rotorcraft PPL + SEL IFR and soon my CPL. Had the chance to fly a Citation Mustang as well and have some Twin Star hours. I kinda put my aviation on hold for a while but now I am getting back into it and might work in the industry.

I went to Grand Teton in October and it was great!!

flying into yellowstone in the winter in a small plane can be a real bitch.

Did this trip back in 2008 in an O300 172 & a 152 and stopped at Spearfish for the Badlands, Mt Rushmore (do the ceremony at night), and Devil's Tower on the ground before proceeding to land at Cody and drive into the park. Spectacular scenery both in the air and on the ground.