VFR Flight of Chicago Lakefront turns into IFR 

Thank you James! It's a very challenging/rewarding career. She's been a controller for over 10 years...she's pretty good on the mike!

Thanks for subscribing and the nice compliment! Lot's more planned for the year.

Glad you liked the video Greg...really means a lot. I'm excited to be able to share my aviation experiences with others as you've been doing for years. Thank you for all you've done to help promote GA. I know you fly around the area a bit, if I get a chance to work you at Chicago TRACON I'll say hello (and give you direct of course)!

Glad you are enjoying the videos! You've flown some really fun planes. Of those, I have flown a Navion, 150, 172, J-3, 140 and Comanche. I've been very lucky and have also been able to fly in an F16, P51 and pitts. :) Now I just cruise around in my old 310 and couldn't be happier.

310 Pilot This weekend in NJ I want to get a ride in a P-51 . Stick time allowed too ! There will be an air show on September 4th . A P-51 , B-17 , 24 and 25 are making there rounds . It will be at Morristown Airport . Approximately 20 nm NW of NY/Newark . Still want to fly a P-40 . In my estimation the most underrated fighter of WW2 . Beautiful Twin you have . What power plants does she have ? All the best ..

Thank you! I'm glad you liked it.

Glad you stumbled onto us and you are enjoying our videos! P1D puts out some great videos. He flies into our airspace from time to time but I've yet to control him. One day. :)

Awesome...thanks for the nice compliment Paul! :)

Thank you Ryan! Not all controllers have the same level of understanding of GA but we are all here to help. I'm glad you liked the video and I will stay at it. Happy to show how easy getting a pop-up IFR can be. Over time I should get better with the editing and cameras. Let me know what you think as they keep coming.

Thank you for the nice compliment. I try to be very safety conscious. :) Glad you are enjoying the videos!

Thanks for your service Darce! I did ATC in the AF...stationed in beautiful Eglin. :) Thanks for watching!

Thank you Mark!! Just posted our trip down to St Louis. Still new to the sharing our journey part. Hopefully it turns out okay.

Thank you Kelly. About this time every year I'm pretty sick of winter! She's a big help to have with! I agree about Meigs. I never had a chance to land there but if it was still open I would do it regularly. It would give me a good reason to go downtown.

Thank you Lee! I agree, I am a lucky man!! She enjoyed your kind words. I've watched a few videos about flying in the UK and it does seem very different. I hope the US can keep our sky's the same they are now. The freedom we have up there is great! One day I hope to cross the pond in the 310 and check it out first hand.

Glad you're digging them!

Thank you and glad you liked it! Having an instrument rating definitely gives you more options with flying safely. Good luck with you if you ever decide to go and get it. It's a fun rating. Thanks for watching.

Thanks Thomas!! Your words really mean a lot to us. We'll see about the wedding as we are still fine tuning the details. :)

Thank you Kenny! Congrats on getting into flying. The rest of your life will be spent with your head in the clouds.

Thank you Thomas! I usually strive for about the same. 18-19 inches and then one dot high first notch of flaps and gear. I agree about that canceling out the pitch and provides for a nice stable approach. In this case I got distracted with the traffic and had to add power and climb 600 ft high and was a little late on the turn in bound. I wasn't quick enough getting the power out being high and that resulted in the late slowing/less than my normal stable approach. If I was IMC (probably wouldn't be climbing to miss traffic) I would have just asked for vectors back around. What area are you in if I ever take you up on your IPC/BFR offer? One can never get too much training.

oh yeah, I totally knew you were having fun especially when that v tail was buzzing settings LOL! I'm based out of Lansing KIGQ... I also do a bunch of stuff out of KGYY.

Small world. I bought this plane from a guy that based it at IGQ. I'll will hit you up sometime maybe.

Sounds good! any time. www.flytj.com - tjohnson@flytj.com

Thank you! I'm glad you are enjoying the channel. Thank you for the compliment on the 310. I've spent the past year getting her to this point....she's pretty close to how I want her. Lot's more planned for the year.

Thank you Jim! Really glad these are turning out okay. Aurora is amazing. Small town feel, nice people, a control tower, crossing runways for wind issues, lots of instrument approaches, great hangars, etc. I'm looking forward to the Bahamas trip too! Haven't picked the exact date but we have lots of cool flights planned this year.

Thank you Reuben. Just finished a quick flight down to St Louis to fly by the arch. I will try to get that up soon.

Thank you for watching/subscribing Richard. More importantly, thank you for your service! I was in the Air Force myself. I'm glad you enjoyed it. I'll keep posting new ones. I have a St Louis Arch tour that I will post soon.

Thanks for watching! Good luck on your future ATC career!

oopps, posted on wrong video...but thanks for this one too :)

Thank's for watching our videos! I'll let Jaime know, she usually reads all the comments so she's probably already read this. Really glad ya'll are enjoying it. :)

We ended up making it there in a later video. :) Glad you are enjoying the videos and thanks for the comment!

Thanks for watching! She is everything you said and more. I'm a lucky guy!

Thank you! As a controller/pilot, I completely agree with you. There are times when safety comes first...in this case a climb and then tell ATC when you get a chance. I usually am IFR most places I go as well. That V-tail did have my number... it was a lot closer out the window than the camera gives justice. Glad ATC gave the call and I upgraded to on-board traffic that displayed it well. I like to think I have a good visual scan but I'll take all the additional help I can get.

Thanks Phil! We do make a great team!

Thanks Mike! Never pushing the wx is always a good idea in aviation.

Thank you Paul! We just flew down to St Louis for the arch tour...I'll try to get that up in the next few days.

Hey guys, please excuse any typos. Thanks. Bob

Thanks Bob...glad you are enjoying it! We have several neat flights planned for the year. Working on editing the next one right now.

Thank you! She does have a great sense of humor, as you saw. She's a jokester.

Glad you liked it Bill and thanks for stopping by! I guess we don't have fancy refined palates. :)

You're welcome...thanks for watching Buck!

Thank you Richard!! I like to think I'm a fairly conservative pilot. I want to be here for the long haul!

Thank you!! This is our first year owning but we've been flying together for a few years now. Looking forward to the many years to come. I'll let you know if we make it up to UES. I get the Green Bay thing a lot around here. Symbols are pretty close. I'm a Bulldog/Falcons fan all the way.

Thank you! I'm pretty easy with beer. :)

Thanks for correcting me Eric and thanks for watching! I didn't know you could send them back. I thought it was a one shot deal. I agree, it is a great safety system when used correctly.

Thanks Mike! We have some really cool ones from the Bahamas coming up when I can get to editing them.

Thanks for watching! I grew up in Georgia and am a Falcon's fan...never really followed da Bears. I'm still hurting from 2 super bowls ago!

Thank you for watching and subscribing Ken! We make a good team. We just went down by the St Louis arch the other day. I'll get it up soon!

Let me know if you ever find yourself around KRSV in southern Illinois. It's pretty close to where I live.

Will do! For sure planning southern IL for the next eclipse. The plane was in the shop for upgrades during the last one. Ya'll should get another good show of it.

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Wow, that's really saying something Karl! I haven't flown near that many...probably 20-30 different types if I had to guess. She is my favorite for the mission though! Thanks for watching and the comment.

The reason I got a 310 instead of a single is multi-fold but near the top of the list is the added redundancy (safety) that twins provide during IMC, night, over-water, etc. I have a flight planned tomorrow and even though it will be SKC I'll file IFR and get the clearance and fly the full route with a GPS approach or two. I'll try to get that up as soon as I can. You are correct, multi-training isn't cheap anymore. I did mine about 18-19 years ago in a Seneca I. Wasn't too bad then. Good luck on your Multi!

Ha ha. Glad you liked it and thank you for subscribing. We have a lot of fun trips planned for the year after I get the plane back from her annual inspection.

Glad you liked it. Here's the lake-shore tour. :) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-oZJd-NIMHyU.html

Thank you Daniel! I'm the opposite of a Packer fan :) I'm a Falcon's guy!

Thanks Andrew! I have a friend that lives close to 3CK. I plan to go in there and pick him up one day but so far have only controlled planes into there. Is winter almost over for us yet?!

310 Pilot haha it's even worse since I've been flying at eastern michigan😂

Thanks RDU! I'll try to keep them coming. I have the cameras now and love flying so might as well. I will get this editing thing figured out. I think I've improved a little bit since the last one.

Editing is the toughest part... I too have improved.. The more you do and introduce transitions, PiP, etc.. you will be a pro at no time..

Thank you Edward! I'm glad you like it!! Sorry you had to stop but glad to help you remember.

Thank you Bernard. I agree and do keep backups handy. In addition to the ForeFlight, I have the 530W and 430 plus the Garmin G5. No one in an emergency situation has ever said they have too many options! When I'm cruising, I file IFR about 99% of the time. Being that this was a local flight flown in the airspace that I control at, I knew the areas and altitudes to get an easy pop-up IFR if needed. If someone isn't sure then I would concur it can be easier having an IFR in the system if needed to be activated in a hurry. Have a bunch of flights planned for 2018, I'll keep them coming.

I agree Mike, maybe we'll see you around one of these days.

310 Pilot maybe make a Sunday breakfast run to lone rock sometime, it’s a great flight with some really nice scenery around there. Approx 101 nautical miles, it’s a perfect short flight for the 310, lol. Also, I loved the road sodas in this video.

Thank you Gary! Being IFR rated helps tremendously improve the usefulness of a plane. Congrats on your new rating! I'd love a 55X...I'm trying to decide what new autopilot is in my future...they ain't cheap. What kind of plane do you have? I have about 1500+ hours of flying by myself so giving up the mike isn't natural...I'll get better or be in trouble. :) The G5 is such a cheap huge safety improvement...I love it.

Thanks for the reply. Yea I have done a lot of cross country VFR. Been stuck several times do to weather. I only have about 500 hours and have a 77' C172 with the 180 Air Planes conversion. Helps at my altitude. As for the AP. Yea the 55X is great BUT I wished I had waited just a little longer because as soon as I had it installed Garmin came out with theirs and right after that TruTrack got certified. Both significantly cheaper. Either way having the AP as a single pilot IFR is truly helpful. As for you and your co-pilot keep up the great work at ATC. Trying to convince my 28 year old son that a carrier as ATC would be a good path. Will see. Fly safe.

Thanks for watching and subscribing! The instrument rating was the most rewarding to me! Good luck!

Awesome...glad you're enjoying them. :)

Thank you for the kind words. I'm a Georgia boy that lives up here in the area for work.

Glad you're enjoying the videos Jim and sorry about your hearing loss! Glad we can take you up. That's cool you got to fly in a 172 with your uncle. A lot of people have never been on a small plane and don't know what they are missing.

@@310Pilot I am a locomotive engineer. Always wanted to fly though.

Thanks Brent! I like to do that so everyone on the plane on the same page with expectations. I also think it makes the video a little better to watch so the viewers know what I'm thinking/doing.

310 Pilot you are welcome. When I was an active pilot I liked to bring the passengers up to speed so there was no surprises (hey I can dream can’t I?). By the way I have enjoyed flying with a friend in his 310. I have logged a few undocumented hours in that and a baron. You might call me my buddy’s organic auto pilot. Haha

Glad you like it! It's a work in progress.

Thank you! After years of watching your and Steveo's videos I finally decided to grab a couple gopro's and share my aviation experiences with others. Thanks for the inspiration and all you've done helping promote GA!

310 Pilot absolutely! Thanks for sharing!

Subscribed! Loved the format

I'm glad you liked it Brant! She is much better than me on the camera. Better looking and funny. :) You don't have any family down in Georgia do you? We share the same last name.

Thanks for watching! I haven't ran into many 310 channels either. I'm glad to be able to share my love for aviation. I call the triangle between LOT, Morris and ARR the triangle of death. :) Lot's of VFR's not talking to anybody! I think LOT could use a tower.

Thank you for watching Robert! My copilot is the best!

Thank you Alan! I will get the skyline flight in soon for sure. I'm happy with how this turned out and will keep working to make them better. Lot's of flying and videos planned for this year.

Thank you!

I agree and thank you! That hangar is way nicer than I thought we'd end up with when we were looking to buy.

Thank you Richard!!

Glad to take you back Kevin...thanks!

Thank you Tim. Glad you like it. Knowing each does help with the other!

Thanks for the feedback David...glad you are enjoying it!

Thanks Tom! Aztec's I hear are great in the ice...not that anyone wants to be in it. My boots are original but surprisingly in good shape. I just strip and re-seal myself once a year. They work well but haven't been in ice yet. I got full de-ice for mid-west winters but try to avoid it at all cost. The props just got overhauled last year and I had them replace all the heat boots on them during that. As you said, great piece of mind just in case.

I wouldn't know how good they are in ice, to be honest. I did everything I could to stay out of it. I flew in Alaska for a year and we were in ice in the old turbine Beech 18 aircraft we flew up there--not fun. Great piece of mind for you guys though, because (in theory) you should be able to get yourself out of what you've gotten yourself into. Great that you strip and re-seal them yourself every year. I'm also an A&P and in the 8-9 years I owned the Aztec, I spent 10x as much as time working on it as I did flying it. Otherwise a normal person just can't afford to keep the thing in the air--the expense of operating an aircraft seems to start at outrageous, and increases as the square of the number of engines. Yeeouch!

A local guy that understands how good Pilot Pete's is! Glad you liked the video.

Thanks Aaron! Finishing up the next video now.

Congrats on the new job Connor! ATC is a small world...may see each other some time.

Connor Isnard hey my dream is to be an air traffic controller. Can you give me some tips on what I can do to get ready and what degrees do you have?

Thank you Robert! I've always thought the YD was on the money. I'll look closer next time. It may have been video related? At times I like to give the other parts of the runway love too. The center line gets all the glory. :) I do better on the St Louis flight. I'll try harder.

I'm glad you liked it. :)

Thanks for watching Greg! When I was editing the video your name came to my mind and I tried to go back to your web site to share it and let you know I heard you on this video. It seems you locked down the site. I'll follow your youtube. You are a big part of my attempt to document and share my aviation experiences with others. When I showed you around the TRACON I told you I wanted to get a 310 one day and now I have it and became your skyhaven neighbor. Thank you for the inspiration! I flew to Mackinac Island on your suggestion. Wish I had the cameras then. It was a great trip. I'll try to help you contribute to ARR's 100LL fund.

I'll e-mail you. Is your gmail account from two years ago still active?

It is. I just replied back. Thank you!

Glad you're enjoying the channel Dave! We are both controllers at the approach control here.

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Glad you found our channel and are enjoying the videos!

Most of my hours are flying without autopilots. I enjoy hand-flying. Glad you like the videos! Maybe one day I'll get a rock solid autopilot that I will use in cruise at times but I'll be hand-flying the departure and arrival segments.

Jeff, it's been 18 years or so since I last flew into Falcon...need to get back down one of these days. :)