Piper Warrior Aborted First Flight - ATC Audio and Passenger Reactions 

+madeljacky Thank you very much for this thoughtful message. I definitely try to put my passengers at ease no matter what, even if that means letting them watch all the preflight checks and explaining everything that I'm looking for. I find that most people feel way better about flying once they've seen that.

He is extremely well spoken and very calm even when things are a bit unnerving.

Thanks, friend :)

Thanks, friend :)

+Eric Francis Thanks so much, that means a lot. I've always enjoyed teaching people about anything from quantum physics to C++, but aviation most of all. I act as an instructor to several of my friends, but only in the sense that it saves them money that they don't have to spend on a real instructor.

Eric Francis i fully agree, he would make an excellent cfi. I would take lessons from him in a second.

vadermike777 Aw, thanks mate! :)

I'm right there with you. I was trying to figure out if it would be feasible for gf and I to visit her family up north long enough for me to get flight instruction from him, and then I found this comment and realized he wasn't actually an instructor. lol Nick, yes, that means I would actually be willing to drive 1500 miles to have you as an instructor.. lol

Bryan Swack, There you have it Nick. You already have potential customers/students lining up for you! By the way, are you instrument rated?

Great Tips! I'll test it out next time I have a nervous passenger, or perhaps we do a revisit with Amanda and see if we can produce the same results.

No, Im' scared of heights but fly gliders solo

I am afraid of heights and I am the same way.

Michael Bohn I find that a normal fear of heights is determined by the conditions and trust of the situation. For those of us without acrophobia, let's be thankful!

i have more of a fear of uncontrollable falling rather than heights.

Not at all! I loove flying, been gliding, microlighting - but if you made me hold on to the top of a flagpole in a breeze, I'd whimper like a baby!!!

Thanks, mate. Glad you enjoyed it :)

+david barker Thank you, sir! Hats off to William "Bill" Allen CFII Gold Seal at the Aeroventure Institute: www.aeroventureinstitute.org/avistaff

Aww, too kind. So glad you enjoyed this old video :)

It's fun to surf through a topic, and see what comes up! Just subscribed to your channel, and I'll catch up on some of your more recent stuff. :) BTW, I watched another one where you asked for feedback about getting a complex endorsement. Not sure if it's happened yet, but I highly recommend it. Furthermore, definitely consider earning your instrument rating when able--the added safety is well worth it. All the best sir!

Same to you, friend! Blue Skies!

JulietTango Aviation I can't thank you enough for the kind words. I've enjoyed watching your videos as well and listening to your though process while flying.

Hi Amanda! What brings you around these parts? You were a great first time passenger and did a great job communicating your needs, which is so important to a pilot. Thanks for coming along :)

You were the smart cookie to say you needed to go back before it was too far away. Always good to try new things but also to know what your limits are as well as speak up for yourself in a nice way. Nobody was upset, but I felt bad for you, my housemate had an ear infection that created loss of balance/dizziness. He couldn't walk around a corner in one motion. He had to stop turn and then move forward. Anything else and his body would be turned but he was still heading the original direction, took him a month to get over it. But I know he was lucky.

Hi Amanda! You were a champ! My own first flight in a small plane was not great either, but I didn't say anything until we were quite far from the airport. Not great. But over time, and a few very small flights, I grew to love it. WITH meds. lol. Anyway, good on you for trying it out!

+Jeff T I hope they do, but if not, at least it was a story for them to tell later. Thanks, I always try to adjust my mannerisms to fit whoever I'm flying with. Making your GA passengers feel safe is just as important as when the captain of a commercial flight speaks over the intercom.

+David Hoffman Thank you! I know! I didn't even notice that she did that until I reviewed the footage later. Kind of scared me a little to be honest, but everything worked out well. We went out for ice cream afterwards :)

Thank you for your sentiments! Yeah, I mean I kinda knew what was going to happen, so I figured it might make some good video at least ;P

+Friendly Skies Film Thanks for your response to my comment. See, I had always wanted be a real pilot like you are , but never had the chance nor the money to do it when I was growing up. Now that I'm older I became an RC pilot. I'm actually a member of the Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA), and have myself registered as an RC pilot with the FAA. Flying is my passion, and technology had gave me a chance to achieve my dream!... Nowadays I enjoy a lot to fly my planes First Person View (FPV ) and it is an amazing experience. You should give it a try someday. I invite you to visit my channel and watch my last two videos, one was recorded with a drone ( "Puerto Rico Summer 2016"), and the other one was a regular flight with one of my FPV planes ( "FPV flight to the US / Mexico Border Jul 23, 2016") ... The plane you see in my thumbnail picture is the one I used in the video I mentioned... I hope to have the honor of having the opinion of a real pilot about my humble RC piloting skills... Have a great day...God bless you... Greetings from Douglas, Arizona. 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍

ricardopr54 Ahh, Arizona. Must be about 116 degrees there today, yeah? I do like it there, actually. I've been meaning to try the FPV setup for RC aircraft recently. I will hopefully get to experience that to a whole new level with the wingtip cameras mounted on my autonomous cherokee in a few months. With that distance between the cameras, the parallax should make me feel like a god strolling amongst the clouds :) I'll check out your channel as soon as I finish answering comments for the day and upload my latest video!

+Friendly Skies Film Awesome 👍👍👍

really enjoying your videos, I couldn't help notice that I couldn't hear the tower and this last video. I found it extremely informative listening to the dialogue as I am scheduled to start my own lessons in January I am very excited.

+Michael Carr Nice tip. Thanks for sharing. I'll actually remember to use that in the future, as I'm sure this wasn't the last time I'm going to fly with uneasy passengers.

+Michael Carr Nice tip. Thanks for sharing. I'll actually remember to use that in the future, as I'm sure this wasn't the last time I'm going to fly with uneasy passengers.

Friendly Skies Film​ Always better to share the airplane with someone. There's a video on my channel where I took my aunt and her friend flying and used thst technique. Both were never at 100 and when i started doing turns and they were focusing on the ground, it dropped to like 70 or something. Time to get back home. I too gave them a time frame so they both knew what was going on. 

+Michael Carr Great technique, I use 0 to 10, only because I'm just not sure how to interpret a "93" or something. ;-)

MrJimmer Might be better to use 1-10. Nice!

I literally have no idea when she took the xanax :P Thanks for the compliments. She has not, but I recently heard that she was also singing my praises for the professionalism when it town, so that certainly makes me smile :)

@@FriendlySkiesFilm it's on the video.

+capacityplus I think you are absolutely correct! Sometimes I cannot understand why people do what they do, but that one particular tendency definitely makes things worse in the air. I have been fortunate enough to never have any stomach turning feelings, even on roller coasters and high-G situations, so I am at a loss for what to tell my passengers to do, but there are some really good recommendations you can find online. Thanks for commenting, and I'm glad to hear that you are enjoying taking some friends flying with you!

Thank you! My thoughts exactly :)

When she said "Oh I'm just taking a Xanax" he most likely had it in the back of his mind, so when she said she wanted to back it wasn't a surprise. It seemed like he had already prepared for it the way everything went so "uneventful" with the return. Motion sickness is hard on some people if they haven't flown very much or not on smaller aircraft. I recall the first commercial plane I flew out of my home town sat around 20 and walking to the back of the plane there was a hump in the middle where the rear wheels went up into.

+U.N. Owen True, true. I try to get my passengers to focus on one thing rather than just being overwhelmed. One experiment I would love to try: I've always heard it's better to look outside the plane, but as an alternative, I've also heard to look at the wingtips. I wonder which is actually better, and what exactly the science behind it is.

+Josh McCorquodale As an engineer, I may not be the most emotionally aware person in the word, but this is one aspect that I think I have down. Half of the things I repeat to myself while doing checks are actually designed to notify my passengers of changes, such as "Cruise checklist: pitch down and bring the engine power back." I was actually just thinking about a video on passenger comfort today that I will probably produce in the coming weeks. Thanks for the compliments!

+MrDcr226 Hm. Nice comment. I actually hadn't thought of that. I put a lot of effort into exactly how I say my passenger briefing so that they do not worry about such things, but not too much while I'm flying. Excellent insight.

+Allen Smith Haha I see what you did there! I'll do my best, and I'm glad that you've been enjoying the videos.

+Richard Langston I couldn't agree with you more! Even when a flight instructor says that they've done that to new students, I'm skeptical, but I can also see how some good judgement could be used there and actually have some fun with someone who might enjoy that experience. I really I annoyed by those kinds of pilots, like you said... I have even been known to cancel fun flights with friends if I think I'm going to be too stressed that do to even show them an entertaining time. I wasn't planning on the instrument, at least not in my first round of flying in my college days, but I will definitely think about your message when it's time to consider it again. Thanks for the great comment :)

I tend to help them to the gunwale and ask if they would prefer to act like a gentleman for the rest of the trip or to swim home. I've only had one take me up on my challenge. I did turn around and pick them back up though. Sulking little bastard.

Hey, congratulations! Thanks for saying hello, and good luck! Don't be a stranger :)

I wont. Would love to go up sometime once I get my license

Haha glad you enjoyed! The Arrow is a beautiful plane!

Yay! That's always my goal :)

+avaitionlovr Thank you very much for your kind words. I always try my best to be professional in everything I do. Nobody ever said that you can't be professional and have A LOT of fun at the same time! :)

Thanks! No kidding, where are you now, if you don't mind me asking.

+Friendly Skies Film - unfortunately, not flying professionally. Back to a 9-to-5, first in NYC, now in Seattle. Hoping to add seaplane to my toolbox soon, though.

jazznbikes That sounds like a lot less fun :( My friends tell me that I'm in the market for a seaplane, though. Wanting to live by the water and loving boats too.

"How do you make a small fortune in aviation? Start with a large one!" I began flying at age 15....but then delayed for years and didn't get my PPL until age 35...two weeks before 9/11. :( Between the hit taken by the aviation industry by those events, along with other factors in the industry, it was a tough path to follow. Still, happy I did it for a while at least. If I were 10 years younger, I'd likely have stuck with it. Reality sets in as you get a bit older, however....

Richard Pannemann Well that's a sad thought :( My instructor is in his mid-sixties and is a better pilot, has more energy, better memory, and is way better at modern video games than I am. He even has a fancy new Samsung phone, while I haven't updated my phone's operating system in 7 years, so I guess I was always taught that if you're a pilot, you never have to grow up :)

+EnDSchultz1 I always knew since day one that the real joy in flying for me is sharing it with others. I'm not really planning on getting any more ratings, and I never fly by myself anymore. It's all about priorities, I suppose, or as one of my friends remarks, "We all make choices!" Where are you doing your training? I know a number of students at Embry Riddle. Their flight schedules make me so jealous.

+Friendly Skies Film CWU, Ellensburg, Washington. Scenery's nothing to write home about, but the weather is almost always sunny - even though it's often also accompanied by 35 knot winds out of the west! Still, faculty's great, we've finally mustered enough planes to get everybody flying 3x per week, and the aviation program has more students this year than ever! I've started on my commercial certificate and the training calls for oodles of maneuvers, solo flying and cross country time... a far cry from the instrument rating which is 40 hours of doing standard rate turns whilst staring at the panel. It's going to make for an exciting change of pace.

+Gary W. Stegall Thanks so much, Gary! I'll do my best to keep my viewers satisfied. Expect a new video within a couple of days!

+Gary W. Stegall Thanks so much, Gary! I'll do my best to keep my viewers satisfied. Expect a new video within a couple of days!

Lookin' forward to it. I'm subscribed. By the way...really nice Warrior!

Thanks! That means a lot. That was a particularly nice landing that day ;)

+Comet Jockey Dave Nah, not so much, but she was definitely happy that she gave it a try. Now she knows she can survive, even if she doesn't have too much fun.

Thanks, mate :)

Ha! Eh, she enjoyed, I enjoyed, we got ice cream later. It's all good. Good luck with your videos! We all started from nothing, so you certainly can compete :)

Did you!? Congratulations!! How did you enjoy your first lesson!? :D

+Friendly Skies Film I loved it. I'm only 15 but I know what I'm going to do for the rest of my life

Drone Addiction Aw! That's great! Heading for the airlines? I'd love to meet up and get your story the next time I'm there. Do you live close to the airport?

You might have noticed that the video started after we were already in the airplane; hence after the "pre-flight" phone call, lunch chat, and briefing, as the name implies...

It makes sense, keeping in mind about intial 300 feet "disease" :)

Thank you :)

Why has there been so much talk about the xanax recently?! XD If I ever hear somebody trying that again, I'll encourage them to take it earlier and report findings :)

rchandraonline Xanax is fast acting. I can 100% tell you it doesn't take that long to work I don't care what you read online.

@@zoevtapas different people have different experiences. It didn't work for me. Now, I take Ativan and it does work fast and well for me.

In MA?

I'm always impressed that you pick out the details, like them being siblings :) I'll be totally honest, it's a freaking nightmare of mine to have someone throw up in my immaculate plane, so I would like to avoid at all costs :P I've thought about your very question, though. It's a really tough call. I might make that call with one of my friends that I know well, but seeing as this was one of only like three times I've met Amanda, I wasn't going to risk it. Great questions as always! :)

I do my best :)

+Adam Gilmore Aw! Thank you!

+Friendly Skies Film Have been watching your videos with passengers - have any of them wanted to learn to fly?

Adam Gilmore Let's see, where shall I begin... Erik and Preston have both taken a few lessons, but aren't serious yet. Killian has probably 10hrs of sim time and 2-3 behind the controls. Most of my friends are engineers, though, so they definitely appreciate the skill, but often lack the money to take the lessons. I teach them as much as I can so it might be cheaper for them later down the line. Also because that's my favorite part of taking others flying ;)

+Friendly Skies Film That's good to hear - you've got that "British Airways captain" manor as we'd say in the UK :)

+Adam Gilmore Enjoying the videos

+Comet Jockey Dave Enough people have commented on this, I really wish I was paying more attention when he mentioned it. I have no idea what he was looking at. I just recall being able to see well into CT from around there before. I think you might be right, though. That would be the first city visible over those hills.

No tower at that airport. Us pilots announce what we're doing and coordinate with each other.

Friendly Skies Film didn't even think of that. Thanks for answering. Hopefully pilots use their radios in that case.

Good question I was wondering too.

Love my Warrior. Stick with it inho ;P

+Aaron Bates Did I say TCAS mistakenly? The Zaon XRX is technically a PCAS (Portable Collision Avoidance System), and has been the subject of much discussion in other videos too. Thanks for keeping our lingo straight!

I feel vindicated. Thank you! XD

+Stephen Thompson, I agree, PCAS. I had to listen carefully, but it was PCAS.

That's umm... not very kind... There becomes a point in your rollout where removing the flaps provides better breaking efficiency.

+VinyT2423 I am a co-owner in the aircraft with two professors at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. They have been such a valuable source of information while learning about aircraft ownership, I cannot thank them enough, but I'll still try. Thanks Brad and John!! Is there a specific reason that you ask, VinyT2423?

Hm. Interesting! Thanks for sharing.

She may not have known what she was in for, but I sure did. She wanted to get on the ground, and I wasn't complaining :P

+sultan kabi Thank you very much! I strive to achieve that professionalism with everything that I do, but especially flying. I hope you enjoy the videos!

Thanks, mate :)

It's actually caused by "P-Factor" which causes a yaw of the airplane in one direction, depending on which way your propeller is spinning. Great Question! :D

I didn't realize the rotation of the prop would cause a change in yaw. I assumed it would cause a rolling force that would be cancelled out by the wing surface. Is that something you have to constantly maintain pressure on the rudder to compensate for or is it only noticeable on takeoff?

Only at high angles of attack. Here, since I have an extra minute today, and you ask such a good question :) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-factor

Central MA, specifically Northampton MA (7B2). I'm based out of Worcester (ORH) myself.

+Eric Vyncke Thank you! I try to be a very human pilot on the ground and in the air.

Too funny XD

+David Grier Hahaha That's fantastic! Well, maybe not for you, but we think it's funny. Luckily everyone I've dated loves flying, some more than others, but the killer for me would be if they didn't enjoy a summer's afternoon relaxing on a boat somewhere... *shutters* Better luck next time, bud! Flying makes for excellent dating though. Remember, "If you're dating a pilot, raise your glass. If you're not, raise your standards!"

+Friendly Skies Film ... I will have to get a t-shirt with that saying. Thanks for reminding me.

No, says every basic girl I've ever taken flying XD

Nope, just love sharing aviation :)

Yup.

Huh... Well its certainly interesting to note that - I've wondered about it ever since we started getting American pilots over at Humberside

When talking to Clearance Delivery, Ground, Tower, App, Dep or Center you don't end the transmission with their name, just begin. In this situation, you may end the transmission with your own call-sign. If you end with theirs, you sound dumb... When using a Common Traffic Advisory Frequency, it is customary to begin and end with the facility name. Oftentimes in the US, there are many airports in close proximity that use the same frequency. Book-ending the transmission helps clarify who should be listening. Audience, Call Sign, Location, Intention, Audience There are two basic formats for radio work here in the US.

She made them abundantly clear before I even met her in person...

OK I get that. Last night we had made nearly identical dishes for my wife and my daughter. A Carbonara pasta using Smoked Gouda and Bacon, Good stuff. My kid had hers using spaghetti squash (diet) and we used spaghetti for the dish. My wife and daughter said the dish that used the squash was almost like eating bacon potato soup that I prepare and it was very good. No mater how they insisted it was good I said NO I DON'T LIKE SPAGHETTI SQUASH. When you don't like something you don't do it and spit it out and ruin others meal. Likewise if you don't like heights and have a great fear of flying you don't fly. It just shows courtesy to the other people who enjoy it. She is not evil incarnate, she should have sat in the car and waited it out so that he brother could enjoy it. You are a good pilot and very accommodating to her. PS I am afraid of heights. I don't even like standing on my own roof but I love to fly. Strange. It's probably the faith that the plane will not crash, however I can easily trip on a roof.

I dislike all forms of motion sickness and I experience them all! (Which is why I can't do amusement parks). For some reason I have adapted to flying a Diamondstar DA 40 and will be obtaining my ASEL private pilot license. After about 12 hours in the left seat my motion sickness has gone away! I'm very happy about that!

Thanks, mate :)

+Ricardo Pagan Thank you! -I always like to return the gratitude to all my fans.

Probably. She didn't want to, though.

+CL gamers I've made a lot of different choices in my life to have allowed me to have this kind of fun while in college, but as for what I do... computer graphics, corporate video, and odd advisory positions on technically oriented companies.

+Friendly Skies Film ok thanks

Lol I knew what I was getting into, and I'm glad that I could bring you guys an enjoyable episode :)

Eh, I'd let her have a do-over.

I knew what I was getting into :P

And what good would it do anyone on board to say 'no we're carrying on'? She'd be more stressed, the pilot would be stressed, not good combination :) Nicely handled Nick :)

Richard Williams Thanks, mate :)