The REAL Patey Pilots - InTheHangar Ep99 

I saw the video when Draco crashed. Mike was really taking responsibility for it all. BUT, what was THE best moment was when he said something to the effect that there were no injuries. Just then his fabulous wife came up, displayed a broken nail, and asked him what about that?? And then she gave him THE most loving hug and kiss any man has every been lucky enough to receive. I got all choked up then, and I have every time I see it, and I did again here. Ma'am, with you as a partner, there are NO limits to a man's joy!! Bless you sweet lady.. Not to slight Suzy at all. She is a gem in her own right. What you ladies have done is inspirational to us all. Thank you..

Suzy. I had a similar type of situation. I was full time with the Air National Guard working in flight ops. I got occasional back seat rides in our fighters. On one of my rides ( an F-100F) the pilot asked if I would like the standard vertigo demo and I agreed. He had me take the airplane which we flew with your wrist on your knee and your fingertips on the stick. He had me close my eyes then take my fingers off the stick. He told me that he was going to make a maneuver with the airplane and when he did I could open my eyes and correct the flight attitude. Well, what he was doing was very slowly rolling the airplane to the left. He then rolled the airplane back level, I opened my eyes and, in my mind, corrected the flight attitude. What I did was roll the airplane 110 degrees to the left and held my attitude. I felt perfectly fine but was a little amazed that the earth was in the wrong place. The thing that surprised me the most was how long it took me to realize what was going on. It took me an entire 15 seconds to get reoriented and another 5 seconds to regain control of the airplane. And that was on a clear, sunny day with a perfect horizon. I was so sure of my attitude that it never occurred to me to check my instruments. If I had been alone or at night I honestly believe that I wouldn’t have survived. Even after getting control of the aircraft it was at least a minute and a half of strait and level flying before I was comfortable again. Thank GOD you had Mark as your guardian angel and it was a learning experience instead of a tragedy. Please, keep flying and posting. You and Chandra make a great team. Love ya guys, Gary

I would not be anywhere without my wife’s hard work and support. I may be the one that everyone sees, and thinks is at the helm of our business, but she’s the real boss and I can’t imagine doing it without her. It sure looks like the Patey’s have a similar recipe for a fun and successful life. You ladies are awesome, and my family certainly hopes to have the chance to meet your family one day. 🤙🏼

Thanks so much! It was a pleasure meeting and chatting with you!!

I flew out to meet with Mike a couple years ago and I'll never forget it. Mike said we had to be quick as he was flying out to the top of mesa to camp with his wife that evening. I was inspired by his commitment and placing his wife before anything else. His love for Chandra was just radiant. They truly love each other and she is the sweetest lady. Those two funny guys wouldn't be where they without these wonderful, beautiful and strong women.

Those people we've all been told are "power couples?" Ha. No. THESE people are actual power couples. There is so much to admire about this family. Amazing people. Thanks for a great interview!

The Patey family are some of the best ambassadors for aviation that I've ever seen.

Two remarkable women - married to two remarkable men. Fantastic. It's fantastic to meet the wives of these men. They are very talented women.

I had spacial disorientation on final into Key West. It was a dark night; no horizon. I hadn't planned to fly IFR, but flying by the instruments saved me. I'm pleased the Patey family is intact.

Listening to Suzy tell her story of her spacial disorientation sent shivers up my spine, knowing that she was flying with her children in the plane just gave me goosebumps. It was very fortunate for her that Mark was flying behind her and recognized what was going on and was able to assist her in getting the plane flying level and on the right course. While it's not exactly the same I got caught in a white out in southern Colorado driving on the interstate with my wife and children years ago at night, all I could see was the snow blowing across the front of my truck in my headlights from right to left while inching forward watching the tail lights of the car in front of me, I had no sense of forward movement, I was convinced that I was moving sideways due to the blowing snow, we crept along for hours like that until we reached an exit and pulled into a motel for the night. It was a terrifying feeling not knowing which way I was moving, but unlike Suzy, I could have pulled over and stopped in the truck, not an option when flying an airplane. Fortunately it worked out for both Suzy and myself, but I think I have a pretty good idea of what she must have been feeling at the time.

I really admire these two women. They need their own RU-vid channel!

The Pateys restore my faith in humanity one video at a time!

Smart men marry smarter/wiser women. Great level head on them. Hearing that story about the spatial disorientation made my heat race even seeing her there knowing she made through.

I like hearing from the gals, because there is nothing more special than a thriving happy couple and family. Folks that live as full lives as Mike and Mark and manage to have successful families are clearly have fabulous partners.

"you discover an instrumental ingredient to their success". You 100% nailed that one. What a great interview. Suzy Patey's spatial disorientation story was scary but when she talked about reviewing the GPS data that really amplified how bad it was. It would be interesting to hear Mark's take. He knew how bad it was. Can you imagine following your wife and family in another aircraft and seeing that happen? Talk about worst nightmare ever. I had a little spatial disorientation while flying my wife and kids "home" many years ago. Nothing like hers, just a little brain / instrument argument. Thankfully I heard my instructors telling me to trust my instruments. I choose not to fly night VFR to this day because of it. Especially now that most of my flying is out of KFMN. If you point the aircraft west there are no lights for a 100 miles or more. Shiprock is there. Sleeping Ute Mountain is there. One of the many great things that the YT aviation community brings us is pilot experience. I think it was Josh, maybe Nikko, maybe both that says - "we don't have to fly". I love you and Christy's interview style.

Suzy, I had a similar experience to yours flying over Lake Michigan many years ago. I was flying along the shoreline around midnight when I decided to turn toward the lake. As soon as I was facing the lake with the shore behind me, I suddenly realized that everything outside was black. Up, down, left, right, everything was pitch-black. I was not instrument-rated at the time but I had some instrument training and knew to immediately turn my attention to the instruments. The hard part was when my body started telling me that the airplane was doing something different than the instruments were telling me. I fought the inclination to disbelieve the instruments long enough to get the airplane turned back toward the shore again and all was well. But it sure was a wake-up call. Thank you for sharing your story. I'm so very happy that you and your family are safe.

I've seen boat loads of Mike and Mark video, this was great to finally meet Chandra and Suzy!! Suzy was very brave telling that story and I'm sure we all appreciate it! I do for sure! Thanks much, great interview!! --gary

That birthday landing surprise made my eyes water a little.

My respect and admiration for the Patey families is even higher after seeing this! What a great interview. Would love to see more of them in future videos. You guys set such a great example of living a beautiful life. Very well done!

Would the REAL Patey pilots please take a bow. Great stories from great people. Thanks for sharing.

Two very dynamic Ladies. Mike and Mark are truly blessed.

I tip my hat to Instructor Tom for keeping his students in the dark - I'd be snickering at every flight lol Thanks for a great interview, hosts and guests :-)

Outstanding interview. Really appreciated Suzy sharing her story about spatial disorientation. So thankful that Mark was her "wing man" that night. Mark and Mike are blessed to have these two ladies in their lives. Thanks

Chandra and Suzy are great ambassadors for aviation, I very much enjoyed this episode and the stories and experiences they shared with us. I met Chandra at UT9 a couple weeks back and had a chance to see her beautiful Supercub and to talk for a while about aviation and watching Mike's youtube videos, having just watched the video of her doing fabric work on Scrappy. I happily gave up a few minutes of flight time to chat with a fellow pilot, and I hope to one day meet Suzy as well, they are Aviation Rock Stars on their own!

2 amazing women right there! Was great to get to know them both a bit better. What a story Suzy had there! Frightening. I can only imagine, I hope I never experience that! Great interview, Dan & Christy, as usual. 👍🍻

Great interview. Was really a lot of fun. The twins are lucky to have such amazing spouses. Supporting your other is not optional, these days it's more like competition to outdo one another and nobody wins.

Wow, the intelligence and charm in this family abounds. What a couple of wonderful gals. Great interview!

Wow! I am so glad I found this channel...I love the Pateys and their wives are just as delightful!! So down to earth and lovely too!! Thanks for this wonderful interview!

Chandra and Suzy, thank you so much for your great contribution to general aviation! I'm hooked on Mike’s building videos and Marks lectures, but we all know that behind many great men, is an amazing woman! I can’t imagine the sacrifices you both have made to allow your husbands to be doing the things they do and their impartations into lives of others. The Patey families Rock, and I love them! Adrien

It’s not just the Mike and Mark show anymore!!

Thanks for posting this. The Patey family seems to be a gloriously, finely tuned system of mutual support, and focused energy. There seems an easy, low ego, resonance between the brothers individually and also between their wives of nearly the same character. Theirs seems a success story of more than a pattern of action, but of core commitment to living life in support of family and interests....as life should be. Its absolutely wonderful to witness these lives in action. Thank you Chandra, Suzy, Mike and Mark!

That was a great interview, so nice to see the family behind the Patey brothers. I think the ladies should be included in more of Mike and Mark’s videos and they should also make flying videos of their own

To Mike and Mark: Chandra and Susy need to be more prominent in your videos! Truly the glue that keep your families in the air. God bless you all. Enjoyed the video!

Suzy recounting the flight with loss of horizon in the black night and getting disoriented was really good to hear about....

I watched both session and seeing this on with Chandra and Suzy shows what great team the couples are. I enjoyed both interviews and sessions.

Chandra and Suzy, thank you so much for sharing your stories. If you ever have any inclination to start your own RU-vid channel, I would subscribe in a heartbeat.

We do want to see more of you and all female aviators in general! It’s so rare to see females in aviation that it’s such a treat to get to see and talk and watch you all have the fun we men have had from aviation. I, for one, don’t want aviation to be a male dominated sport/activity/occupation any longer and I think we are seeing that change and it’s girls like you three who are making that happen.

These ladies are the perfect compliment to their husbands. I look forward to seeing them in future videos with Mike and Mark.

The wives are "Rock Stars" too!

Two beautiful and strong ladies! Thank you for sharing your experiences. Thank you for everything you do for aviation and the support you give to Mike and Mark. Keep up the great work, so many of us appreciate it!

Their stories were great to listen to. Especially, the loss of spatial orientation. I'm a new flight student that read about it and understood it, but kinda dismissed it in a sense. Her story just made me a believer. So thank you for that! I live in northern NV and understand completely the darkness she explained. Glad I watched this! I left the Reno Air Races right before Chandra and Mike took off. Glad everyone was okay!

Very cool ladies. Mike and Mark are very lucky. Thanks for the interview.

Great to see the ladies behind the storm that is Mike and Mark!

I absolutely love these families, and their love and passion for aviation. Can’t wait for next vids.

Such awesome ladies to support their Patey men and go all-in on aviation like they have. Great video and thanks to both Suzy and Chandra for their stories.

Broken nail ... my favorite part of the interview, you can see the Love... Mike is one lucky guy Mark is super lucky as well, spousal communication and trust is everything Love you both and hope to see more

This is an amazing family, and pilots as well

Super to get to meet these two fantastic women! Mike and Mark are lucky to have them.

Spatial Disorientation is very serious indeed. I think more planes have been lost to it than almost any other,bad weather and night flying are when you are most volnerable to it, when you can not see the horizon be very careful and get on the inst.

It was great to hear the other side of both of these men. Thanks for sharing this with us. "Back to work"

It is so nice to see supportive wives like these two. Bravo for them getting there pilots licences and sharing the love of aviation with their husbands.

those Patey boys sure are a couple of underachievers

Back to work!

The only thing the Pateys and their wives lack is capes , incredible people and an inspiration to us all , they make me want to be the best person I can be , God Bless.

Great interview! Very moving stories and wonderful to get more insight into the women who make the men!

Behind every good man there is a good woman.........and this just proves it those twins don't know how lucky they are or perhaps they do. Would love to see more of you both start your own channel?

What happened to her happened to Kennedy jr. In his case it turned into a steep spiral. Luckily she had Mark to get her bearings back. Great that you share this with the world. On a solo cross country I flew over the Chesapeake bay in a Piper Tomahawk. Visibility was good enough over land to see a horizon but over the water I lost the horizon at some point. Looking down I could see the water and ships but started to get vertigo. Luckily the aircraft had a turn and bank and attitude indicator. I reversed my heading on instruments and flew back. That was a lesson I always tried to convey to my students later. Also a motivator for people to get instrument rated.

Wow scary story. It speaks to how hard true IFR flight is.

Three remarkable women aviators here... plus Dan. :) Thanks for a wonderful video!

Fabulous girls ,lucky men ,great storytelling.THANKS

"Sly Fox" too neat & still laughing, can't pick your own nick name but there are times when one is given that perfectly fits the situation then sticks! A pair of straight up young ladies!

I met my wife in Montana, I lived in Alaska and she lived in Florida. I was skydiving and she was packing parachutes in Montana. My job allowed me to live anywhere in the USA...so I moved to Florida. That was 21 years ago. I turned her into a pilot as well. She got her private, commercial, instrument, and multi engine ratings. I was flying DC-10's and MD-11's all over the world...that's why I could live anywhere in the USA as well as overseas. She is a school teacher during the week and Fly's Skydivers on the weekends.

You ladies make the family!

Great interview, loved it as much as the interview with Mike and Mark. Thanks folks.

This channel is taking off! :D

The secret is....... MONEY!!!! I’m not suggesting they have not earned it, actually I’m exhausted watching their videos because the energy levels of these guys is incredible oh, their obviously super smart too. They are good/great Ambassadors to aviation.

Wait, If I told a random girl to pull over because I wanted to talk to her about dating I can only imagine how fast the pepper spray would have gotten pulled out :)

Draco was cool and will fly again, but I’m really excited about his plans for something faster than Turbulence.

This was awesome. The Real Patey Pilots! Loved their stories and their joy! Now, it’s 1:00 and Mike is doing his live feed on FB. Gotta go! Thx y’all! You rock!

Great interview, love the way you introduced and interviewed the other halves of the the PATEY twins. They are are as equally as remarkable as they are themselves! Loved the question and I have learnt to love them better even more! Thank you for the introducing the REAL PATEY Pilots, loved their storys and their shared experiences! Super 😎

Wonderful and Respectful Interview ! Two Beautiful People and Spirits' Just as Strong as Their Other Half's🏋 - Such Amazing Couples' And That Requires Truly Amazing People!👍🇺🇸🤠🛩

So awesome!

Haha I can’t believe Mike met Chandra that way. Such a baller!

Great to get an insight into the better (looking) section of the Patey show!

Great Video and interview.

Loved this! thankyou for bringing it to us 😊

Wow, awesome interview.

Really liked meeting the better half of each man. I wish my wife was that much into aviation!

Fantastic people!

Great interview. Well done.

Great video, love the interviews and the stories. Always interesting to to know the women behind who give support to the men in their lives. We now know where "sly fox " comes from. Thanks for sharing.

Awesome ladies

Great interview! Very well done! I subscribed and look forward to future episodes.

FANTASTIC INTERVIEW. THANKS FOR THE VIDEO.

Very nice video, thank you. Another wonderful interview, this time with the Patey ladies. And yes the birthday surprise caused me to i tear up. Love you guys.

This was cool........Thanks.

This was very informative and enjoyable

I enjoy watching Mike and Mark's videos... Ans think it's awesome to finally get to really meet secret Patey pilots.... Other than just small clips like the ironing of Scrappy's flight controls...

Don’t ever discount the wind. Especially in the gusty mountain west. Thank you Suzy for telling your story. It might just save a life.

Outstanding.

Awesome interview, not often the heart is as good as the content.

Awesome story

Awesome!

Wow, just "WOW!"

Class attracts class! Wished I would have thought of that pick-up line back in 1973 when I was 23 hitting the "young adults" dances back then. Lol We used to have various BBQ and dances in Northern California. You bring the meat to grill yourself and the ward supplies the charcoal and you bring a dish or two to share. I'm sure Chandra and her sister-in-law can relate! I was double dating with another friend. While picking out our steaks at the grocery store, I saw a "beef tongue" and decided to purchase it as well. Everyone looked at it and it was: "Ewwwww!" We got to the BBQ and when no one was looking I put it on the grill! After a minute or two, people were checking their meat and we were hearing: "Ewwww! What is that!?!?" Some were laughing...some girls were disgusted. We just kept silent. In the end, it was the only one left. A Tongan couple asked me if it was mine. I said: "It's ALL YOURS! I've heard some people love it. They slice it for sandwiches. We had so much fun at all the activities. When I became a CFI later, I took about twelve church scouts for two laps around our uncontrolled field and gave them each a logbook sheet indicating they had had an actual flying lesson that day. So much fun to see such happy kids. So glad for the Patey families to be ambassadors of aviation!

I have been following the Scrappy build - great stuff :-)

What a fabulous and fantastic team 👍😀👍😀

That was fine. Thank you.

Behind a great man is always a great woman!

Mike and Mark engineer and build great airplanes, you two ladies engineer and build great husband's!! APPLAUSE APPLAUSE APPLAUSE APPLAUSE