How Long Does It Take To Fly Your Own Plane From Florida to New York? We Did It In Our Cirrus SR22
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- čas přidán 15. 02. 2022
- Our family decided on a whim to spend winter break and New Year in Florida. The three of us hopped in our Cirrus SR22, which is an incredibly capable and perfect plane for this trip. Round trip was just under 2,000 miles and this video is our return leg from Melbourne, FL to Farmingdale, NY. We left at 10AM and arrived around 5PM with a 90 minute stop for lunch and fuel. Could've made it non stop for under 5 1/2 hours but our bladders say otherwise.
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This takes road trip to another level. I love how you can take your family anywhere. Excited for the next trip
Thanks pal!
First, LOVE the profile name. Second, couldn’t help but notice (and appreciate) how courteous you were to everyone. Well done!
thanks so much pal! doesn't cost me anything to be nice and courteous. :)
I'm in the process of getting my PPL. I can't wait to take my family on a flight. I watch this video for motivation and taking notes on your communication to ATC. Your awesome dude. Keep the videos coming...
Thanks for the support Brian! Means a lot. Do you have LiveATC App? It help me tremendously with radio. Good luck and feel free to reach out if there’s anything I can be of help. ✌️
Watching videos like this helped me more than liveatc. This is entertaining and you get the context of what is being said. Stevo1kinevo explains everything as though you know nothing, which in the beginning you do.
I try to be as helpful as possible. Let me know if there’s anything I can do differently in the future. Thanks for the support. ✌️
@@SlowAsianDriver your content is great. If you want to explain more to help new pilots, you may expand your audience. Lots of non-pilot enthusiasts out there too. I'm now an instrument pilot and atc, but videos like this were instrumental in my early development.
Hopefully you got it but you quickly find you much prefer flying with friends it’s very quiet alone after you get that cert
Managing your fluid intake is an important part of pre-flight preparation. Drinking a pint of coffee before a five hour flight is about as daft as it gets. Coffee is a diuretic (A diuretic is any substance that promotes diuresis, the increased production of urine)
The atmosphere tends to get drier with altitude so you should take in small quantities of water constantly during sustained flights to avoid dehydration. A guide to your level of hydration is the color of your urine. The darker it is the more dehydrated you are.
Ensuring the physical health of pilot and passengers is just as important as all pre-flight checks.
Very cool! Thanks for sharing. Beautiful views along the coast.
Glad you enjoyed it
another outstanding video.. so well done.. I am enjoying all of them.... please keep doing these!
Thanks pal!
Ah, a post-sunset approach into Farmingdale was always awesome!
Miss those days.
Great flight, SlowAsian!
That view never gets old. ✌️
Happy that I just stumbled across your channel. I finished my EASA PPL(A) last week and really looking forward to fly in the U.S. maybe this summer. Love your content. You are an inspiration.
Greetings from a fellow German/Korean Aviator based in Germany!
Congrats Wayne! That’s a huge achievement. I appreciate the kind words and your support. ✌️
I love your videos. Have been watching them for a while. Im just starting in my journey to get my PPL and will be learning in a Cirrus. Get so excited watching you fly.
thanks pal and good luck with your PPL training!
Nice video! Much better way to fly than with the airlines and TSA headaches. ✈️Family memories is what it’s all about.
Thanks David!
Great video. I think I have watched all your videos. You do a great job on them. Can't believe you made it 1000 miles with a single bathroom break. Keep up the great work and the videos coming. I am a fan. We fly from our home at Lake Possum Kingdom to Freemont Colorado every few weeks. A fun 3 1/2 hour flight.
Thanks so much Ken! The trick is to eat a lot of pretzels after you drink water. 🤣
Nice high pressure system for that 7 hr trip. Beautiful scenery and always a plus to have sunny skies for family flight!
See you at next CPPP.
Austin will be at Vegas CPPP with the Sims. :)
Great job flying. Great family! Reminds me of taking my younger kids on flying roadtrips 10 years ago. Keep enjoying it! Dave
Thanks Dave!
I love your wife's facial expressions. She seems afraid and proud at the same time. What an awesome way to spend time with your family sir. I'm impressed. Travel safe.
Thx Shannon!
Very inspirational for those who believe GA is the way to enjoy life and connect with family and friends!!!
Thank you & well said!
Great footage , Thx for share,KFRG brought many memories
Thanks pal!
Another great video and editing. I flew my Cardinal from Spruce Creek, FL (Daytona) to central New Jersey last year in 6.5 hours of flying time. Also stopped in NC for bladder 😎 and lunch.
thanks pal! huge fan of the cardinal. one of the best looking Cessna.
Beautiful video, wonderful footage. Thank you for sharing! Fly safe :)
Thank you very much Bilal!
best coms example I've seen ever. Good work!
Thanks Derrick!
I watched your video of your flight into my home base of 1B9 a while back. I hope to one day make the same trip as this one. Thanks for the inspiration!
You will pal! Thanks your continued support!
Love it Brother, Thanks for sharing you video🛩👍
Thanks brother!
Bro! You are SURGICAL with those landings! Nice!
I try...lol. thanks!
Really nice flight. Thank you for posting.
Thanks so much Jyoten!
Awesome video! At 10:43 when you showed the windmill farm, that’s my home town! Elizabeth City, NC. Stop into the Coast Guard base (ECG) sometime! Great folks over there and the aviation students at the local college do pancake breakfast’s from time to time. Happy flying!
That’s awesome Dalton!
Love it! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks pal! Please hit me up next time you are in NY.
Awesome! Great plane
Thanks pal! It’s really an amazing aircraft.
Another awesome video. Thanks for taking us along. I loved the humor on your approach into KFRG...lol. I live nearby KHPN. You should post a vid from FRG to HPN. Just saying ;-)
Thank you Giorgio. 😄
Gorgeous approach into Farmingdale! FRG controllers are the best lol
They are top notch…and funny AF! Lol.
love the colours of your awesome plane
Thanks pal! Rosso Corsa definitely makes a presence on the ramp.
Enjoyed the ride! Nice camera work and editing as well.
Thanks Pete!
Glad to find your channel.
Welcome!
Wow! What an accomplishment!!!😂🤣
Thank u.
Very nice meeting you that day. Your son's eyes when we said bathroom was out of order :)
You guys are great and loved it when you told him that. 🤣🤣🤣
Going up for first flight Saturday with instructor listening and watching you shows how far I have yet to go besides flying communications have to be pretty tough to feel confident in.
That’s awesome! The runway is plenty long, just be patient and don’t force anything. You can always go around :) good luck and feel free to drop me a note after on IG (same name). You got this pal! 🤙✌️
Really cool.
Thanks pal!
13:58 awesome ATC hilarious 👏🤣💥 never mistake a Cherokee with a beautiful Cirrus
they are part time comedians.
This is so dope now I’m on my way to get my PPL thanks I’ll be talking to you soon brother
Good luck with your PPL pal!
Lol slow Asian driver?
Good stuff. You could at least stop in DC and give me flight around when passing through, ha. Lovely aircraft. Safe flying and hopefully I’ll rejoin you once my new business venture gets off ground and my little one gets little older. Keep sharing. Thanks!
Hey gotta make fun of my own people right? Thanks pal!
Your wife is brave...for sipping coffee in a plane with no lav. Seriously, we routinely do the 16 hour, 950 mile drive between our homes in FL and the DC area, and I'm betting at least one in my family would have legs crossed somewhere over Georgia.
We have emergency pee bags that turns urine into jelly. ✌️
Nicely done!
Thanks pal!
very good vidéo and many thanks for sharing
Thank you so much!
WATCHED MANY CHANNELS..I LIKE YOUR VIDEOS AND NOT SURE QUITE WHY...MAYBE THE GREAT CAMERA ANGLES..SOOTHING..GOOD RADIOMANSHIP..I AM STARTING PILOT LESSONS..YOUR CHANNEL HAS MUCH FOR ME TO EMULATE..THANKS..
Thank you kindly
Awesome
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Super cool watching you land at OCW, I work less than a mile from OCW and it’s fun to see some of the planes and stuff that fly in and out of there.
Thanks awesome! Good group of guys there and a great airport.
@@SlowAsianDriver Absolutely, if I can ever manage to get my PPL, I plan on flying out of OCW. Love your channel 👍
Thanks pal and good luck on your PPL. You can do it! 💪
Great video and thanks for sharing! If my wife would fly with me, she would be just like yours with her face!
Thank Kevin! We should enroll our wives in a flight school. Lol
Ritz St Thomas. The best. Another nice short flight for family. Hyatt in Cambridge MD fly into Dorchester 5 min ride to resort
Ritz St Thomas is a great property.
Great video
Thanks!
My inlaws live close to Little Washington. When I dream of a solo cross-country, that is where I would go. I live close to Currituck county airport.
Been to both and both are great airports.
Two hops for me from Titusville FL to Clermont County OH. The gas stop was Athens GA. A little IMC at the end. I had gone all the way to Key West, so it would have been 3 hops from Key West.
That’s awesome pal!
3:22 hahahaha... "weeeeeeee".... "I hate you"!!!
🤣
Great and greetings from Brazil.
Thank you Ricardo! ✌️
Great video!
Thanks pal!
I took this trip last week except I went from north of Tampa to Bangor Maine and I was in an rv10. Long, but easy flight.
How long did it take you and did you have to stop?
Love the hat!!! I used to live on St. Thomas
Thanks pal!
KMLB is the airport im doing my training at, also in the Cirrus Great Vid
That’s awesome pal! R u doing Private or Instrument?
I have a fear of flying glad to see people can operate them just like a car it eases my an
Thanks pal! Technology has came a long way that gives great situation awareness and safety to pilots. A friend of mine is an Airbus captain and he commented on that the Cirrus’s avionics has almost everything as the Airbus. Lol.
Nice!
Thx pal!
Hi, it is a nice video. I've been so curious about the bladder things long time among private pilots because it's not well told. But, it's clear now, thank you ( -:
Thanks pal! As I get older, any trip over 3.5 hours will need to have a bathroom break in-between. We do have "pee bags" that turns urine into solids, but it's not easy to use especially when you have friends with you...lol.
@@SlowAsianDriver Thank YOU, captain. Now, I can imagine that having a one-stop plan is so critical because when I've driven my car, I used to have a very urgent need for the urinal release.
Awesome! Totally enjoy your videos. You gotta design a logo for your channel and sell some t-shirts. Be safe!
Lol thank Gary and always appreciate the support pal! ✌️
Nice plane. Good vid.👍🏻
Thx pal.
@@SlowAsianDriver You are very adept at your flying and communication skills. You are a good fit for your craft.
Great video. The only way to fly.
Thanks Matt!
13:45 Would love to purchase a SR22 at a Cherokee price! Great video.
Thanks Chet.
I would fly my C210 from Michigan to Clearwater, FL in 5.5 hrs..plus a stop in Athens, GA for lunch a gas!! Great flight..
C210 is an amazing plane!
@@SlowAsianDriver Family station wagon!! very comfortable for a tall pilot....wish Cessna would produce the 210 again but modernize it a bunch!
Centurions are the best-looking light planes, ever, particularly without the wing strut.
Really cool video. That is quite the flight. Absolutely amazing to see those large jets so close.
Thanks pal!
You've got some great friends....
my friends are all messed up. 🤣
@@SlowAsianDriver well, life is never dull lol
great video. it my dream to be able to do this one day
thanks and I'm sure you will :)
I love how even the controllers refer to Washington, NC as "Little Washington." They've clearly been in NC for awhile.
It was the original Washington. Interesting history for sure. ✌️
Good job. I fly vfr mostly now in a cub and land anywhere.
Thanks Ken! Love the Cub and hope to pick one up in the near future!
Awesome video! I’m on call for KA200 Medevac as we speak!
Thanks pal! King Air makes amazing planes. ✌️
Another great video - thank you for sharing - I take delivery March 21st. with Eric
That's awesome pal! What spec did you ended up with? Enjoy the delivery experience! You are gonna love it!
@@SlowAsianDriver Hi I took delivery of SR 20 in March. At Oshkosh on Monday I put a deposit on a 22 and a deposit on a Vision on Friday !
Very happy for you pal! 🤙 now comes the hardest part: the wait.
Great videos! The SR22 is my dream sled. Let me know if you're coming through KCHS or KJZI and i'll stop by and say hello!
Thanks Kevin and will do!
Loved the video. Thanks for sharing! Have you done a cross country on the Cirrus? Like NY to L.A.? Other question, would you fly the Caribbean in your Cirrus? I mean like Miami to Dominican Republic, or St. Barths? The question is more oriented at flying over sea with your Cirrus. I'm looking forward to a SR22T on 2024! Thank you!
I haven't done NY to LA...that's just too long. If you are interested in doing US to DR/Caribbean, you should follow n305victorvictor on IG. AOPA also has an excellent section on international flying. Good luck!
Thank you! Thanks for answering too! I wish you a wonderful 2024!@@SlowAsianDriver
Great video. I would definitely be getting a little itchy taking the sharkbite route off the NJ/NY shore like that in a piston, especially down at 3K and in the cold time of year. Unless I'm headed to the Bahamas I'd really rather not try the single-use seaplane option if I can help it :)
Thanks pal. NYC Bravo airspace is nuts…approach usually need to drop me to avoid Newark and JKF’s traffic.
True fact 🤣 My SR22 and I are based up at BED so I've passed through N90's airspace a few times. Your home tower is a lot chattier than ours. The BED controllers are great but pretty buttoned up, maybe because Boston FSDO used to be on the field. Appreciate your videos as I'm hoping to start doing some longer XC trips this year and it's useful to see how others do them.
Dude, awesome tail number.
Thx! ✌️
Nice day to fly. But I wouldn't have flown so far offshore, certainly not in February.
awesome video i just earned my ticket a few days ago, i also fly out of republic, you have a beautiful airplane, see you out there 👍🏾
congrats pal! Where did you do your training?
@@SlowAsianDriver I did my flight training with titus, and marina( i think that’s how you spell her name) from AOA was my DPE
I’m over at Atlantic. See you around.
Bravo, Sir! Just found your channel. One question, why did you ad Pito heat, early in the flight, while in the clouds? I'm VFR certified. Don't know about that one? Didn't look like icing conditions?
I turned on Pitot b/c the temperature inside the cloud was approaching freezing. Just didn't want to chance it. :)
The moment at @3:29 would be much better had you reassured your wife by saying, "It's OK, honey. We have a parachute!"
Nice try making her comfortable. You come across as the dufus my wife knows I am. Nice to see I am not alone. ;) Thanks for sharing.
Where the fun in that? 🤣 I have a very comfortable sofa in a huge man cave well stocked with beer for the nights I get “banished” there.
@@SlowAsianDriver Same. A man of my heart.
I'm looking at my PPL right now; I do weekly round-trips between BWI and SRQ and figured maybe some of those could be in my own plane. Just a fantasy for now, but...
Subbed. I'll keep an eye on your channel. Seems we have a few things in common. Happy trails and safe landings. Thanks.
Thx Patrick and appreciate the support.
Nice 🥂
Thx pal!
Nice vid! new cirrus owner here…
Thanks James and congratulations! Where are you based?
@@SlowAsianDriver I’m based at KVNC. Thank God she wasn’t damaged from hurricane Ian. Lots of damage to the airport
Glad your bird is safe and sound. 🤙✌️
baller status. you should post more of tesla and flying
Great Video. Beautiful plane and beautiful wife
Thanks pal!
Sub’d. A little late to the party, just found your channel. Curious about all the T-routes, did you file for that or do they assign them?
T routes I received were assigned automatically.
The SR22 is a mid-level, cross country plane well-suited for flat, non mountainous terrain. It can be equipped to fly in IMC.
If I lived near the Rockies a SR22 Turbo would be much better suited.
@@SlowAsianDriver Yes. I owned an SR22T for that reason...I live in Reno and Las Vegas and fly over the Sierras regularly. Also fly over the rockies to visit friends in Steamboat and Denver. The west is full of mountains. The East only has the blue ridge to deal with. Florida has nothing.
@@speedomars meanwhile us in Alaska go everywhere in carbed 170s,80s,206s,207s, cubs and beavers over around and between the tallest mountains in the country 😂
I've found most GA aircraft's fuel tanks are sized appropriately to match the pilot's bladder.
Cirrus SR22 holds 92 gallon or about 6.5 hours...so either I'm getting old or the tank's capacity is huge. LOL.
@@SlowAsianDriver I'm still a low time pilot, so I use 60 min day, 90 min night for reserves. ;)
I’ve put a 360 on the windshield like you have (inspired by you), but it overheats 10 minutes into recording. Does fine outside. How do you keep yours from overheating from the sun?
Mine almost never overheats. It happened only once when I was in FL, left the camera mounted and went to lunch. May wanna give GoPro a call and have them check the camera. Are you using any after market batteries?
Very nice, looking to do the same route out of San Juan PR this summer. Will be in frg for couple of months, any tips.
FRG gets busy with student training. Best is to fly IFR and NY Approach will hand you off to FRG tower. There are tons airport within 1 hour for $100 hamburgers. Feel free to hit me on IG (same name) with anything specific.
Would you fly a piston single over such stretches of open sea?
Loved your video, Your plane and share your passion for flying! I'm an A&P/avionics tech from long island. Let me know if I can help
Hey Leon, thanks for the kind words. Feel free to shoot me a msg offline on IG (same name) and I’ll pass your info around to my friends. ✌️
I'm surprised how many people have difficulties with turbulence, but would have no issue when driving down a bumpy road. It's pretty much the same thing.
that's what I try to tell the wife...she's getting better but still doesn't like it...lol.
@@SlowAsianDriver ever take her flying and let her take the controls? Sometimes that helps.
Yes, she did a Cirrus Partner in Command course and loved it. Now she's much more interested flying and less fearful in turbulence.
@@SlowAsianDriver AWESOME!
My wife and i are thinking of getting a sr22 to train and get our pilot cert with. Is the stick odd to master id think a two handed control in front would be easier than a one handed would be harder to get used to. Also im right handed but in america we drive on the left. Is that a hard thing to overcome?
Hi Dion, the stick is easy to adapt. I’m right handed as well and it’s not an issue. I felt comfortable on day one. As for training, I would recommend you and your wife train in a traditional trainer like Cessna 172, a Piper Cherokee or a Cirrus SR20. The SR22 is a lot of plane…it’s kinda like learning to drive in a Ferrari. Also during Primary Training, students will make mistakes like hard landing aka controlled crash…lol. So it’s better to abuse a school’s plane instead of your own. Once you have your Private certificate, then consider getting a SR20 or 22 to train for your instrument rating. Feel free to reach out with any questions. Good luck. 🤙👍✌️
Just became a subscriber. Do you have videos explaining the nuances of owning your own Cirrus? Did you train in a Cirrus before buying that kind of plane?
Thanks
Kevin
Thank Kevin. I did most of my training in a C172. I have done some in the Cirrus but nothing intensive until delivery time. I will definitely do a video on ownership cost and headaches in the future.
@@SlowAsianDriver Thank you. I appreciate it.
Just came across your channel. I live a few miles from Farmingdale. I've been looking into flight schools there. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
I like Long Island Aviators and Global. Try them and fly with different instructors.
Awesome video. I'm interested in getting my pilot's license to do trips like this, but I want to do it right so I can keep my family safe. Do you have any concerns about flying with your family? Or have you been flying long enough that it doesn't bother you? Thanks!
Thank you and a great question Steve! At around 400 hours I still consider myself a relatively low time pilot. So I take every opportunity to learn and train. Each person’s comfort level is different and comes with experience. Fly as often as possible and get to know your plane. Good luck and feel free to reach out with any question. My email is the channel name at gmail.
A Lot safer than driving your family anywhere.
just think about how many idiot drivers you've encountered on any given day.
@@petersmith8134 Plus the views you get to see
@@petersmith8134 Utterly false--in fact the statistics show that general aviation craft are about 30 times as deadly per hour of use than cars. Not 30 percent, 30 TIMES. Even accounting for the 3x faster speed of these aircraft they are an order of magnitude deadlier than highway travel (at least in the US).
Would love to get my own airplane one day. (Airline pilot) what made you pick the cirrus vs the competitors?
We narrowed it down to Cirrus & Bonanza as both are similarly priced. The parachute was an easy sell to our wives. The Cirrus is also faster, more useful load and has a longer range than the G36 Bonanza.
Are you allowed to listen to music in between communications for the long ride or watch movies on an iPad or something like that ?
SiriusXM is part of the plane option so yes. Music automatically stops when there’s ATC communication.
fine work! 👍 what does the sr22 normally cruise at 75% ?
Thanks pal! At 75% (ROP) around 7-9K feet you can expect SR22 NA to true around 175-179 kts. I usually fly LOP around 65% and I get 160 kts at 13.4 gal/hr vs 17.8 gal/hr.
@@SlowAsianDriver Converting to statute miles to compare to cars that's 13.7 mpg at 65% and 11.4 mpg at 75%. For that trip(I'm estimating about 880nm/1012sm) you're looking at 74 gals vs 89 gals. That's an extra 15 gals to save about a half hour of time. I'd say 65% is the right choice :-)
not to mention 15 gals at $7/gal is $105 for 30 mins :)
"weeeeee" (I hate you) lol.
😂😂😂
Mmmm FBO coffee
beats my Keurig every time lol.
Could find your flight on FR24. Doing my PPL out of CYND right now. Hoping to be able to start an AirTaxi business out of this. Need my CPL but hoping to be able to do business with an SR22....
That’s awesome pal! Hopscotch is a company around here that does a lot of air taxi with SR22.
@@SlowAsianDriver thanks for this... Looked at their site and it looks like a business model I could adapt here... So will be working on this in parallel during my PPL... Oh... Keep them videos coming... Learning a lot watching you fly... 👍
Thanks pal!
How much quicker would it have been in a Cirrus Vision Jet?
Great question! I would’ve estimate it to be around 40 min for the following reasons:
1. Vision Jet will need to make a fuel stop.
2. Vision Jet will ended up flying a STAR Arrival which takes longer to land.
3. Vision Jet isn’t the fastest so along the way, ATC will likely move you out of the way for faster jets and increase the trip distance and time.
Again this is just my educated guess.