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Hi Al, I agree. Too bad the Vision Jet does not allow this to work through Garmin Connext. It would makes calls and texts easier. Then again, that might bring up usage costs since its pretty tedious using the GTC keyboard to send texts. Safe flying!

Went to Gaston's for Mother's Day brunch and watched the planes. It made me think restaurants with their own airfield must be a thing and I just never heard about it. 😊

Great little walkaround here. I appreciate the detailed look. Those seats are perfect.

you forgot 1 important thing that would stop you from getting a turbo over normal. the $$ diff

So much unnecessary procedure

If every trip in the fancy jet includes three hours of effing around on the ground, why bother? Driving the same route in my Corolla, I could have been there by now. ...and saved millions! hahahaha

Landed there many times

It always seems that your first part of the approach is way too tight between those trees

4:03 Dilithium Access = Star Trek reference.

Never feel confident in anything..lots of millions to be proficient.

Been there many a time in UH-1s or UH-60s!

Easy, the SR20 with the IO360 😉, where 130kts @ 8.5 gph is still normal operation 😂

Great video Al. Making a descending left base (to land to the west) over the river gives us airspeed from potential energy of altitude to prevent stall. Thus a 1 g turn of whatever bank angle. Good energy management. Since down drainage egress is a major consideration, takeoff to the east seems safer to me even with some tailwind. If we use the soft field takeoff technique, which is actually the best short field technique because of extra free ground effect energy, we can easily make cruise airspeed level in low ground effect before pitch up. Yes, the bluff is high. Zoom reserve airspeed, enough airspeed to be able to maneuver quickly without stall, will enable us to turn over the field where the big wire with lots of flags attaches to the first pole (or second) on the ground after descending the bluff. With Vy over the bluff, the outcome of the maneuver is always in doubt. Down drainage over what we call a "bottom field" in river country, with zoom reserve airspeed (save it by not pitching up immediately), is never in doubt.

I'm based at KBPK, right beside Gastons. Please everyone monitor 123.00 on your second radio because, KFLP, KBPK, and the Valley are all on that frequency and for some stupid reason Gaston's on its own frequency and there have been lots of near misses. With that being said, Gastons always fun to land at, but guess since fly over it all the time I take it for granted!

Great place, have flown in many times.BTW the approach to final should always be on 24, as ther power lines close to 06.

Doesn't a turbin go on your head?

Where did you steal that fire department water can 😅

Al, Why do you use Aviation Simple Green to remove oil on the belly and Zep 40 to remove oil/crud on the wheel pants? It seems that the two would be interchangeable. If not, why not? Thanks!

FD vs AP is not a quite correct title. Correct was Pilot following FD commands vs AP following FD commands, because the AP is also guided by the FD.

About to transition to the SR20 for the trek to KOSH this year. I have my Piper throttle grip where my the side of my wrist rests on the quadrant base for fine movements of the throttle. Good to know the Cirrus tips. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for sharing. Lots of good demos. Still learning!

Thanks. Didn’t realize I could command the FD with the AFCS. What a sweet aide to hand flying. It’s like bugs on steroids!

Al, you may want to learn how to keep your hands still when you're taping. You may want to wave them more sparingly, and then only to emphasis a point. Great content, keep up the good work (hands free).

This is the best walk through I have seen guy top class video. Looking forward to the day I can order one. Thanks guys.

This flight needs a check for sugar in the tank.

That airplane seems to not have much payload, burns a lot of fuel, and doesn't go very fast......

WOW! Now that was amazing... Next time, take us with you to the restaurant! What a great learning video to just see what all goes on. Also take us through the landing as well when you can... This was AWESOME!!!!

Thanks, I just tried this in my Hyundai i20 worked perfectly, minus the flying bit.

"promo sm" 👊

kool,,, how can there be a power setting above TOGA ? that seems weird

Would have been nice with a technical talk during the walk around, instead of that awful music! So much to nerd about on this plane.

Why am I watching this? I'm not a pilot. I'm not an owner of a jet. I have zero chance to own a jet in the future. So why?

I have SR22 (G6), trying to learn how to update the database through FS510 instead of SD card. 3 technical questions: do you hook up to GPU while updating the database? Do you turn on BAT 1 and BAT 2 or just BAT2? Lastly do you need to turn on the Avionics switch or not touch it at all? Sorry for many questions, student pilot is here :)

I wonder if any aircraft mechanics have thoughts about adding a small amount of vinegar to the water. It really helps to break up dried salt, and then obviously flush with pure water it would also break up mineral deposits

Very interesting...thx

Distilled Water or Filtered or just plain old tap-water with all it's contaminants?

I sincerely hope you're using distilled water and not tap water. I wonder if flying through rain would have the same effect? No doubt the post-rinse run time requirement of 5 min both dries the engine while recharging the battery.

Great video, I’m currently flying a SF50 in Bolivia, Sometimes we fly over the Uyuni salt flat, would it be advisable to practice it?

Well having a large wallet helps.

Why not just use a hose pipe?

Oh rinse I thought he had a fire extinguisher for a second.

The inflator used in the video is a Milwaukee M18 Inflator 2848-20 or very similar. The inflator provided in the links section was completely different but also much less expensive and would likely get the job done as well.

Great seeing it done! Don't think I've seen a SF-50 wash on youtube yet, so I was certainly interested. That extinguisher held up like that rose the pucker factor for me, though. I figure I'd try to find a wash bay and use a hose... if I drop that, it won't cost me the house 🙂

Are you seriously training SR owners on how to operate the baggage compartment lock?

I can't believe anyone who flies a G1000 would not know the basic fundamentals of the difference between the FD and AP.

This upgrade costs $40k. Seems expensive for paint and interior trim but I guess you're paying for the convenience of having everything done in one place. A top quality new paint job like that would be $15k. The new lights would be around $5k fitted. The seats would be about $6k. The remaining interior upgrades like the headlining etc, I reckon around $7k. That comes to $33. So you're paying around $6 for this work to have the "Cirrus" brand attached to it and all being done as one package.

I've only ever done compressor washes on Boeing 767s with either P&W JT-9s and GE CF-6s, but a very similar procedure but we had a spray ring that is fitted in the intake so there is a even distribution of water around the engine. 🇦🇺

Oh look at me...a filthy rich guy...feel sorry for me...😢

Why is things in metric?

Best prank ever. Imagine how many people are going to do this now and ruin their engines...