This is really awesome! I flew with my Dad in our 172 when I was a little kid. Unfortunately, my Dad passed when I was 30. BUT, I have just begun my PPL training and I’m 50. Dreams never die! See you in the clouds! Hope my Dad is proud. Safe flying!
It's amazing to consider that, when you were up at FL410, you were in an environment that, while breathtakingly beautiful, is also completely inimical to human life. That incredible machine was carrying you through it at high speed and in complete comfort. I just hope that spaceflight someday becomes as routine.
Congratulations to your dad. It's a wonderful accomplishment. Usually we talk about being a proud father. It's rewarding to listen to the raving of a proud son.
"My dad finally upgraded into" a jet...man...life goals! Awesome! You talk about how crazy it was and I can't imagine what those first ever jet pilots were thinking. Must have been MIND BLOWING!! Cool story and great production value, man. Keep rockin!
I hope flying ALWAYS brings out the boyish enthusiasm that you showed in this video. Seriously? We get to leave the ground and see the planet from 1k-41000 feet up!!!!! I am only 6 hours in, but that is how I feel with every lesson! Thanks Charlie
@@AirplaneAcademy 22 years later, I still drive away after a great flight (especially after going someplace new) with that WOW FEELING. Then during the parking and tie-down process when another aircraft is taking off... I still stop and watch!
Ditto! Even being in a situation where you lose that and are 'flying with the airplane' and not even behind it is SUPER stressful. Definitely being in front of your bird was the No. 1 thing to teach my IFR and MULTI students.
Air Force UPT has a high wash out rate. If you don't learn fast enough, you are phased out. Civilian pilot training is much more patient and forgiving. If all you want is to become an Airline Pilot, I recommend you go to Embry Riddle and not Vance AFB.
@@jamesburns2232 of course the AF pays for flight training and you know you're good when you get those silver wings. ATP comes later as well as fast track to First Officer with comm'l carrier.
The part of this story that really shines for me is not that you are in a jet (which is cool), but that it's with your father. This story would have been just as awesome if you guys were in a 152.
Fun video. I'm not a pilot, but I spent a little time as a flight test engineer. I still remember one of my first flight tests in a private jet, a Falcon 2000. We had an early morning preflight meeting, people more experienced than me looked at the weather forecasts, and the huge amount of places being considered blew my mind. From where we were in California we could have gone practically anywhere in the US. Maine, Florida, Hawaii or Alaska; all were a single hop away. They picked an especially nice patch of air 500 miles or so out over the Pacific ocean, the plane's fuel tanks were topped off, the pilots filed a flight plan, and less than 30 minutes after deciding where we wanted to go we were climbing away from the runway. Amazing.
I enjoyed you enthusiasm for the flight you took with your father in the jet. I can also sense how proud you are of him. As you progress in your flying career, I hope you never lose you excitement for the joy of flying. It always thrilled me every time I took off or landed no matter if I were flying a 787 or my Stinson! Enjoy the journey of every flight you fly!
Low time in jets, single pilot, IFR ?....BE CAREFUL! The insurance odds are not good. Take that simulator training seriously and regularly. Good content. Juan.
Thanks, Juan. He does go to intensive sim training a few times per year and has been a huge proponent attending Flight Safety annually. Absolutely agree - safety first.
@@AirplaneAcademy it would be good ( and fun) if you could do the training , get ‘checked out’ and be dad’s regular FO. Split up that work load and share that experience here on YT!
I would love to. I've been SO busy working on my businesses full time that I don't have time to go to type rating school right now, but that would be a total blast one day. I hope to be able to do it! He's been training me some on how they teach crew management, and that's been a lot of fun in the meantime.
Love your enthusiasm, not pretentious at all. Well done dad for achieving the purchase of a beautiful machine and then learning to fly it. More please.
You sounded like a little kid just blown away by the whole experience, it's so awesome to see people just geek out over those things. I still geek out like that every time I step foot in the cessna, never let that excitement fade away, it's what drives aviation
What’s really exciting about this video is just how excited dude is. His energy and detailed descriptions pulled viewers in with him to share in the excitement. Well done and thanks for the ride…🤗
You are not a poser, Bro, you were there; it was real. I like your humble attitude...Not that "Been there, done that, now I'm an expert..." attitude so common today.
Living the dream man! Congrats. For now I'll have to stick to my xplane citation lol. Biggest lesson of my flying career has been staying ahead of the airplane, couldn't agree more.
Congrat's Charlie. I remember my first time flying a jet, back in '73 - a Paris Jet (MS-760). I got the takeoff... OK, it's an airplane - just faster... I've flown twins, no big deal. Then he says, "Climb at 200 knots." My first thought that I'll carry to my grave... "I've hardly ever flown anything that'll DO 200 knots, let alone CLIMB at 200 knots!" The other thing you failed to mention when you were at FL410... those HUGE Citation cockpit windows are a Picture Window On The World!! Now... the Citation Mustang is a VLJ (Very Light Jet). Go climb into a G-3 or a Citation X... it's a whole different world! Welcome aboard, my friend..........
Hi Carl - yes I can relate!! Climbing at 200 knots was something else. Really wild. And I can't even imagine what those bigger jets must be like. And yes I agree, the windows on the citation provide SO much visibility
@@AirplaneAcademy Learn to think in time, not distance. Then it doesn’t matter how fast you’re going. ‘20 minutes to landing’ is the same 20 minutes in a 150 or a Baron or a Mustang...
Eons ago I was a new hire at Brand X. Sitting in the Right seat in the B727. My leg from ORD-LGA. Capt's briefing to me, "Get my ass home!" With a smile, of course. So, at 10,001 feet I transitioned from a 250KIAS climb to 10 knots shy of VMO climb. (pretty close to 400Kts) BIG SMILE on my face, and the Captains as well. The air was smooth as glass and that old gal was solid as a rock. That plane was built to haul ass.
Its kind of funny how blown away with how fast and streamlined the M2 is, especially if you compare it to much more advanced jets in the same size category.
Good content. Pilots have a special way to explain feelings that only 'those' who have tasted the flight truly relate and others that haven't are left yearning and Google the next local airport.
So nice to see you enjoy the speed. I’ve been an airline pilot all my life. And do want to slow down. But your perspective has made me appreciate my job so much more!!!
Wow what a great experience!!! Thanks for sharing it with us and congratulations to both your dad and you! The closest I've come was being able to sit and visit in a Gulf Stream IV when Shaun of Corporate Pilot Life flew into my town a little over a year ago. Because I was a patron, he actually was kind enough to text me then when it was confirmed he was flying into town I met him and the other pilot, their wonderful stewardess and a friend for lunch then went to the airport and got to go aboard and visit, it was an incredible experience for me doing that, once in a lifetime but I loved every minute of it! Can't imagine actually going flying in something like that!!! Congrats!!! I love your enthusiasm!
Great video! The hardest part of flying jets is staying ahead when things get busy. You have to really know how to use your avionics, because if you have to stare at the buttons for a few seconds trying to remember how to capture the leg, the GS, etc., you will be past that spot in a heart beat (and then things can get really ugly)! It's literally 60 minutes of boredom at cruise followed by 5 minutes of terror on Arrival/Approach....
Love to see how happy you are with the experience. How a thing like getting to taxi the aircraft was such a happy moment for you. You just made me appreciate my job even more 👍
Thanks for sharing your experience, Charlie. You look like a kid on Christmas morning in this video! Back when I was training at KORL, a pilot of a private jet invited me and my instructor to sit in the cockpit of his plane. The one big difference, he noted, in flying a jet vs. a 172 is the speed at which everything happens. “Everything else is the same.” he said, “Learn to stay ahead of your airplane now, it’ll only get harder as you move up.” I guess your experience matches up with that. BTW, I always watch your videos at 1.5x speed. 2x wasn’t much faster :)
Great advice. I'm no jet pilot but I can definitely agree with him based on a few flights that I've taken. And that's great about 1.5x speed.... it's such a game changer, I try to listen to just about everything sped up now :)
I'm 69 and rented cessna 152's last 40yrs .. here in stuart ,fla. We just had our annual airshow. Demonstrations by F-22 raptor. Wow. It makes a cessna citation seem like a cessna 150 in comparison. 😎
I first flew a Citation when I was 19 years old. First Jet I ever flew from the Left Seat. It was like flying a C 150 with 2 Jet engines. Your Video brought back tears as somehow my Son was able to fly a Jet Fighter at 13 and Has been Flying A G 550 G450 and the Falcon 900 Easy. For me I finished My Career as a Captain on the 757/767 200-400. All thanks to that Citation! Thanks for bringing back some great memories. Kind Regards
Good for you man. It is so good to see the pure enthusiasm you showed in this video. Aviation is truly a blessed experience. Take care and safe travels.
I just found this. You have lived my dream, young man! Kudos to your dad! It has always been my dream to fly a jet airplane. I hope to be able to be lucky enough to do it.
Congratulations all around, to your dad for his accomplishments, and to you for a great video. I began my foray into aviation in the early 1960s, so it was a trip back to my youth to hear you describing the suddenness that strikes a pilot transitioning from pistons to jets. A whole generation of pilots had the exact same reaction. I have never personally flown a jet, but in my many trips in cockpit jumpseats I was immediately struck, as you were, at the amazingly quick tempo of events in high performance airplanes. Look at that placard displaying takeoff and landing speeds of 161 KIAS and recalibrate your internal clock accordingly. You are not in Kansas anymore.
The jet pilot's mantra: "Props are for boats!!" You really should have your Dad send you to Flight Safety and get your Citation type rating..... then you can legally log Citation time whenever you and Dad go for that thousand dollar hamburger. You are young enough and your love of aviation is such that you would eventually benefit from free jet time. The most exciting thing I did in a Citation was an emergency descent from FL250 to about FL100... procedure: reduce to flight idle, deploy speed brakes, and pitch down about 30 degrees. Feels like you're a torpedo bomber... doing about 7500 FPM descent! Ask your Dad abut that.
Loved the video and wow that's a nice ride. I was reminded of another CZcams channel where a 747 pilot who likes to fly small single engine prop planes when he has time. He said if it's been a while it can be a little surprising how slow it feels like things are happening during the approach and landing. Like with your experience, he said there is enough similarity that it's still a familiar process but coming in at 100 knots or so slower than what he's used to makes it seem like he has so much more time to prepare and land. It could almost give a false sense of security I imagine because if something goes wrong you have to react just as quickly no matter what you're flying. It was great hearing your reaction about what it was like to see how much faster things happened in the jet and how much earlier you have to plan everything out. I could picture myself if for some reason I had to try landing a jet with no experience or guidance. It would probably be something like "I've got the runway in sight...and there it goes." Congratulation to your dad. It's always nice to see hard work and effort pay off.
I had a similar experience when I bought a Supercharged Custom Corvette... after driving my Parents' Chevy Stationwagon... 140+ MPH on an open empty Interstate outside of town was a lot different from 55mph in a stationwagon. (Smile) Then I bought a Sport Motorcycle that can reach almost 200 mph... Talk about having to be "In Front of the vehicle"... by the time you can see things, and focus them to identify what it is... you are already 'there'...
I can totally relate to everything you said the ceiling the expectations is amazing three years ago I got my citation 10 SIC endorsement and it’s a completely different environment like you I loved it. Congratulations to your dad getting a new m2
the first time i flew in a phenom 300 a few months ago was surreal because y’know in a pa-28 you climb out at 850 feet/min or so initially, whereas the phenom next thing i know we’re pitched 15 degrees up and the VS is reading like 3500 so we don’t blow through the gear and flaps speeds
I know you had way more fun being there than I've had watching your vid but I definitely caught myself smiling all the way through and just imagining how cool that had to be. Good tour de air. Congratulations to your dad. Gotta be on that BIG bucket list.
I used to fly a lot with a friend who flew a Citation II. A 20 mile hop from HFD to BDL seemed like only a minute in the air. First time, I was pilot monitoring, and just keeping up with ATC, raise and lower flaps and gear kept me hopping. If you want to feel a handful of throttles, fly a B-52. I did with my cousin back in the 60’s. 8 throttles! Too many actually to grab, so they have two master throttles, one for each wing each control 4 other levers. Amazing experience. Enjoy flying the Citation. They are great airplanes. Just don’t try to hand fly above FL 300. Up high cruise and stall speeds are very close together. It’s called the coffin corner. Autopilot only up there.
I'm sorry but you are mis-remembering the B-52 throttles. I flew buffs...it has 8 throttles. What you are misremembering is the fact that the forward parts of the throttle are really thing and all bunch up together so you can wrap your hand around all 8, while the rear parts are fanned out in a way so that you can manipulate each individually more easily. But there are no levers which connect to multiple engines, much less entire 'wings'. Also I'd like to understand how you 'flew' B-52s with your cousin...the air force isn't a flying club, so that's complete nonsense. Perhaps you forgot it was a simulator ride?
@@sy69_i_fly_airplanes well, it was 60 years ago! I got to go aboard when he was at Westover AFB between rotations to Guam. On several occasions, I got to fly in the right seat. Against all AF regs for sure, but it was hardly unknown. Family members were often aboard AF jets at training facilities. The world was a much different place in 1960. Things happened then that are unthinkable now. That’s just the way it was. I don’t know for certain, but I’m pretty sure there were no simulators back then. At least not the full motion sims that we know today. Don’t forget computers didn’t exist then except for large mainframes that were largely experimental.
The company I fly for doesn't allow new pilots to taxi. I had been flying the A320 for a while before I was allowed to taxi on a big international airport. It was an amazing feeling, so I really appreciate what you are describing in your video. Hats off to your dad and many happy landings
That was amazing and genuine description of the sensation you had. It almost feel like I was there and definitely made me want to! 😃 You are great storyteller, wish you and your dad a lot of fun with that great plane.
What is really cool is the fact that this is on the slower side of private jets. You can take this "quantum leap" again within the same class of aircraft.
Great story glad you shared. I missed my chance for right seat in a Citation from DSM to Wichita for a maintenance trip years ago after an FAA check ride. The examiner was a corporate pilot and invited me to go with him in the Citation. I declined because I had to go to work. My boss said he would have given me the day off when I got to work but it was too late then. This was way before cell phones so we couldn’t just do a quick text or call.
Really enjoyed your video - and I don't even fly! Not over produced, but just enough extra, well filmed - and very well delivered. You are really personable! Thanks. I want to fly some day....
Congrats on the jet experience. I felt a lot of the same way the first time I got to taxi a Citation X and do power runs. A big highlight of my aviation career will always be hitching a ride on a X+ and seeing 51000 feet and .935 on mach meter. Good times. Cheers from Wichita.
Wow kid. You are so excited. Real cool to see a person so happy. You made my day today. And listen to Juan (bloncolirio) he flies the small props and big rigs. Can you imagine the power of those 777 Jets. First time I saw a 777 was at a stopover in Chicago. I was getting on a 757 and that 777 was next to us. That engine was like nothing I saw before. Looked like it was the diameter of the props on a B-36. and next to the 777 was an airbus 340. Not the 480 but the 4 engine 340. It kind of reminded me of a B-707 (my favorite) or a DC8 or convair they all look simalar at a distance. I considered changing flights to ride that 777 mama. Glad you had so much fun kid. You have one cool dad.
Awesome man, you'll never forget that first flight in a jet. That push into the seat you get on takeoff is a feeling that never gets old. And just think, the M2 (relatively speaking) isn't a particularly peppy jet. Wait till your first takeoff in something like a Lear, with a seriously high thrust to weight ratio. It's overwhelming the first time!
I flew private for my first time three weeks ago. It was a Lear 55 taking off from a small GA airport, with a stop 20 minutes later to pick up the rest of the party. I sat right behind the pilots watching them in the cockpit when all of sudden I went sliding across the bench seat - felt like we’d been kicked by a mule! That bird was a rocket! An hour later when we took off from the international airport with the rest of our party, it was as snoozer....gentle run down the runway and lighted floated skyward, but I’ll never forget that first takeoff!!
@@ianchandley You sure wont! Funny enough, the Lear 55 is actually a pretty underpowered airplane. It’s a real dog when it’s heavy. It wakes up a little when it’s really light, but it isn’t the typical rocket ship performance you get in the other Lears. Had you made that repositioning flight in a 35, your eyeballs would’ve been in the back of your head! I have about 1000hrs of Lear time, split between the 35 and the 55. I always preferred the 35 for its performance.
You did a concise, intelligent presentation young dude. Quite an experience you conveyed. I hope you're able to advance to the jet. Its only overwhelming at first.
I have been watching your content for a while now and let me tell you your production level is so good these days. Vastly improved in a very short span of time. Not sure if it's the M2 or the video work. Both definitely add to the overall production. Fantastic video and I hope that someday I get the chance to sit in the front seats of a jet and 'feel that power' in my hands. Thanks for taking us all along for your jet initiation ride.
Thanks so much, Jacque. I really appreciate that and have been trying to get better at video. I also recently hired an editor so that's really improved the post-production process.
@@AirplaneAcademy The right edit can make mundane ordinary footage Oscar worthy. Likewise amazing footage with me on the edit becomes a crime to watch. Keep this editor on board and I am sure your subs will increase exponentially. I'll be right here watching your channel grow. Supporting from the shadows watching your every move.... like a stalker.
I don't fly, but i do sail. On a sailboat, you need to think ahead. Particularly in and out of port or anchor. We are doing 4 to 7 knots...not 400 to 700. I cannot imagine having to think that quick. Great video with great enthusiasm. Thank you. Really enjoyed watching this
Such a cool video. I lost my dad in 2020 due to COVID and he was a pilot (flew Civial Air Patrol too). I never got my license and he gave up flying when us kids came along. Fastforward to now: I'm 49 my son is 16 and we're both starting our aviation journey together!
@@AirplaneAcademy I'm originally from Ayrshire and the main transatlantic airport was always Prestwick on coast near Ayr and Troon. I used to attend Air shows there but also flew out of there in 1978 to visit my Nana in New Rochelle was a DC-10 of Laker Airways landed at JFK then flew to Toronto a week later when my AA Boeing 727 plane landed an Air Canada DC-9 crashed end of other runway down a riveen broke into 3. Some fatalities sadly. I was on TV that night and newspaper as Uncle witnessed crash. I was in Air Training Corps as a teenager also was at R.A.F Biggin Hill. I was meant to move to Texas 2018 but role fell through, hoped to get my Flying licence but hey ho will need to content myself patiently waiting for ascending to heaven at rapture lol. BTW you're a top bloke with humility as your strength!
I met an ex cop that had gone through his training and had become experienced pilot. At the time he was the captain of a Lear jet for a very wealthy man. I didn't sense his joy of flying like you showed. He said to me I'm just a glorified taxi driver. His experience of doing it for a living had taken the joy out of it. He said he was on call, at his whim had to load the baggage for him and his cronies. Flying to Vegas for days while he sat in his hotel room. It wasn't a glorious job at all he said. Unfortunately most people that fly jets are doing it for a living. He told me jets make things faster but its still a job.
Hi, Charlie. Great video AND pretty comical. Had to watch several times just to watch it in its entirety. Especially with the replays. (Let see that again) OK, so check it. You're Dad being Lead Pilot #1. Charlie, that makes you Right Wing #3. Now visualize this audio traffic in your headset : (Blue Angels /) Thunderbirds check in... 2 3 4 5 6 Let's run em up. Thunderbirds ready space....ready now. Air now. Gear now.... (4's in...) Smoke on, ready now. (Thunderbirds 5 and 6 rollin'...) Sorry just had to relive the Air Show I just seen here in Miami with the T-Birds. Again, great video and thank you for sharing this, and all your videos. Take care -- Matthew
Yup, everything happens 10 times faster. Had around 500 hrs in a C337 flying with a good friend back in the 70's. we went our ways after college years but after about two years I received a rather large package in the mail and apron opening it I found several large manuals on the operation of a G2 in the box along with a letter from my friend that basically said "memorize these and I will see you in a month". A month later I was in that co pilots seat getting a first hand view nd hands on flying of that G2. OMG! NO SHIT SHERLOCK! EVERYTHING IS HAPPENING A WHOLE LOT FATER! Now understand several things, you my friend had it a whole lot easier with that semi automated airframe! I was flying good ole steam gauges back then and there were no FADECS on those old mills in the back. Just think some day you will qualify to fly that Citation. It takes practice and patience. A word of wisdom from my old CFI, "remember you are not God don't try anything stupid for you are not qualified to do." Calm sky's and enjoy flying!
My boss uses a Citation and that sucker is FAST! Its wild to take off from Ogden Utah and be in Jackson Wyoming in 26 min. Your right, the automation is wild. I wish I had the jack to own something like that. We do get to fly in the corporate jet but its not often. Cool video👍
Once mastered, flying jets is easier than flying piston aircraft because of the much greater capability. However, as you mentioned, you have to be way ahead of the aircraft. The only way to get that is with experience. It always amazes me how on a 6-hour trans-con flight, I am always thinking about, or doing something. Not that much time for idle thought. Flying into big airports is a by-the-numbers complicated process. It never fails, once you have everything set up and have an action plan, everything changes instantly. "Change your runway, turn to a heading of _, descent to _, cross _ at _ and _ knots. Cleared for the approach" Fun times...
Check out a Cirrus vision jet. And remember a quantum leap is a very small thing in physics, but a large movement in common usage. So, make a large leap fly that Cirrus vision jet.
Everything happens faster in a jet. So much faster! Staying ahead of the airplane is a real challenge when it's not second nature. Jets are happiest at cruising altitude, hence your point about them hard to slow down to meet the limit.
Sounds like you had a lot of fun. You should try your hand at taxiing a wide body jet, you really have to be aware of the fact that you have 200 feet of airplane behind you, and wings sticking out 100 feet on each side.
I LOVE what you said about it being a whole new world and yet oddly familiar! I grew up flying with my Dad in a Cessna Skylane. Today I love flying these jets in a flight simulator (MSFS). And I've had the same sensation - that it was oddly familiar. And I wondered if it was just because it was a flight simulator and maybe dumbed down to the point where I could understand and relate to it or if it would be that way in real life. And you confirmed it would be that way in real life! I'm just as surprised uisng a flight simulator, as you were in the real thing, at how much was the same or similar enough as it is in the little Skylane that I could understand what was going on! Very cool video, and I love your Dad!! Nothing better than flying with your Dad!
Don't know how long of a XC you had but my experience in a PC-12 (turboprop) was similar except going from Missouri to Virginia, the cruise phase was BORING. Nothing to do except switch frequencies every 45 minutes or so and read through the QRH for fun. Made me glad to be a flight instructor where our longest XC is only a couple of hours and most of the time we're practicing maneuvers, approaches, and landings. If anyone has any other jobs that always keeps you on your toes let me know. Crop-dusting, aerial surveying, etc?
This is really awesome! I flew with my Dad in our 172 when I was a little kid. Unfortunately, my Dad passed when I was 30. BUT, I have just begun my PPL training and I’m 50. Dreams never die! See you in the clouds! Hope my Dad is proud. Safe flying!
Hi Hud - cool to bring a lifelong dream to life. I'm sorry for the loss of your dad. I know you completing your PPL honors him!
It's amazing to consider that, when you were up at FL410, you were in an environment that, while breathtakingly beautiful, is also completely inimical to human life. That incredible machine was carrying you through it at high speed and in complete comfort. I just hope that spaceflight someday becomes as routine.
Points to you for the vocab word of the day! 👍. I had to look inimical up and yes, you did indeed use it properly! 😁
@@Bomber-255 lol
@@Bomber-255 And the beautifully written prose! If Nevada isn't a writer they should definitely become one, that comment was a delight to read :)
"inimical"? Really? That's just stupid.
Congratulations to your dad. It's a wonderful accomplishment. Usually we talk about being a proud father. It's rewarding to listen to the raving of a proud son.
So true, seldom do we hear of folks being proud of their parents at all.
"My dad finally upgraded into" a jet...man...life goals! Awesome! You talk about how crazy it was and I can't imagine what those first ever jet pilots were thinking. Must have been MIND BLOWING!!
Cool story and great production value, man. Keep rockin!
I hope flying ALWAYS brings out the boyish enthusiasm that you showed in this video. Seriously? We get to leave the ground and see the planet from 1k-41000 feet up!!!!! I am only 6 hours in, but that is how I feel with every lesson! Thanks Charlie
Completely agree!! You'll get used to some of it, but so much of it never fades! It's exciting every time.
18k+ hours and it’s still fun. If you want to do it for a living, try not to commute. Commuting sucks😂😂😂
@@AirplaneAcademy 22 years later, I still drive away after a great flight (especially after going someplace new) with that WOW FEELING. Then during the parking and tie-down process when another aircraft is taking off... I still stop and watch!
This is raciest. I am a woman aviator. Brings out the woman in me.
The hardest thing I faced as AF flight instructor in UPT was teaching the students to stay ahead of the plane.
Ditto! Even being in a situation where you lose that and are 'flying with the airplane' and not even behind it is SUPER stressful. Definitely being in front of your bird was the No. 1 thing to teach my IFR and MULTI students.
Air Force UPT has a high wash out rate. If you don't learn fast enough, you are phased out. Civilian pilot training is much more patient and forgiving. If all you want is to become an Airline Pilot, I recommend you go to Embry Riddle and not Vance AFB.
@@jamesburns2232 of course the AF pays for flight training and you know you're good when you get those silver wings. ATP comes later as well as fast track to First Officer with comm'l carrier.
The part of this story that really shines for me is not that you are in a jet (which is cool), but that it's with your father. This story would have been just as awesome if you guys were in a 152.
Love this. Thank you!
100% agree sir
Fun video. I'm not a pilot, but I spent a little time as a flight test engineer. I still remember one of my first flight tests in a private jet, a Falcon 2000. We had an early morning preflight meeting, people more experienced than me looked at the weather forecasts, and the huge amount of places being considered blew my mind. From where we were in California we could have gone practically anywhere in the US. Maine, Florida, Hawaii or Alaska; all were a single hop away. They picked an especially nice patch of air 500 miles or so out over the Pacific ocean, the plane's fuel tanks were topped off, the pilots filed a flight plan, and less than 30 minutes after deciding where we wanted to go we were climbing away from the runway. Amazing.
I enjoyed you enthusiasm for the flight you took with your father in the jet. I can also sense how proud you are of him. As you progress in your flying career, I hope you never lose you excitement for the joy of flying. It always thrilled me every time I took off or landed no matter if I were flying a 787 or my Stinson! Enjoy the journey of every flight you fly!
Low time in jets, single pilot, IFR ?....BE CAREFUL!
The insurance odds are not good. Take that simulator training seriously and regularly. Good content. Juan.
Thanks, Juan. He does go to intensive sim training a few times per year and has been a huge proponent attending Flight Safety annually. Absolutely agree - safety first.
@@AirplaneAcademy it would be good ( and fun) if you could do the training , get ‘checked out’ and be dad’s regular FO. Split up that work load and share that experience here on YT!
@@blancolirio This is really good insightful idea!
I would love to. I've been SO busy working on my businesses full time that I don't have time to go to type rating school right now, but that would be a total blast one day. I hope to be able to do it! He's been training me some on how they teach crew management, and that's been a lot of fun in the meantime.
@@blancolirio That would be awesome, great idea!
this was brilliant, that excitement, like a kid in a candy store!
Love your enthusiasm, not pretentious at all. Well done dad for achieving the purchase of a beautiful machine and then learning to fly it. More please.
Thanks so much! Really appreciate that!
You sounded like a little kid just blown away by the whole experience, it's so awesome to see people just geek out over those things. I still geek out like that every time I step foot in the cessna, never let that excitement fade away, it's what drives aviation
What’s really exciting about this video is just how excited dude is. His energy and detailed descriptions pulled viewers in with him to share in the excitement. Well done and thanks for the ride…🤗
You are not a poser, Bro, you were there; it was real. I like your humble attitude...Not that "Been there, done that, now I'm an expert..." attitude so common today.
Living the dream man! Congrats. For now I'll have to stick to my xplane citation lol. Biggest lesson of my flying career has been staying ahead of the airplane, couldn't agree more.
Congrat's Charlie. I remember my first time flying a jet, back in '73 - a Paris Jet (MS-760). I got the takeoff... OK, it's an airplane - just faster... I've flown twins, no big deal. Then he says, "Climb at 200 knots." My first thought that I'll carry to my grave... "I've hardly ever flown anything that'll DO 200 knots, let alone CLIMB at 200 knots!" The other thing you failed to mention when you were at FL410... those HUGE Citation cockpit windows are a Picture Window On The World!! Now... the Citation Mustang is a VLJ (Very Light Jet). Go climb into a G-3 or a Citation X... it's a whole different world! Welcome aboard, my friend..........
Hi Carl - yes I can relate!! Climbing at 200 knots was something else. Really wild. And I can't even imagine what those bigger jets must be like. And yes I agree, the windows on the citation provide SO much visibility
@@AirplaneAcademy Learn to think in time, not distance. Then it doesn’t matter how fast you’re going. ‘20 minutes to landing’ is the same 20 minutes in a 150 or a Baron or a Mustang...
Eons ago I was a new hire at Brand X. Sitting in the Right seat in the B727. My leg from ORD-LGA. Capt's briefing to me, "Get my ass home!" With a smile, of course. So, at 10,001 feet I transitioned from a 250KIAS climb to 10 knots shy of VMO climb. (pretty close to 400Kts) BIG SMILE on my face, and the Captains as well. The air was smooth as glass and that old gal was solid as a rock. That plane was built to haul ass.
Its kind of funny how blown away with how fast and streamlined the M2 is, especially if you compare it to much more advanced jets in the same size category.
Exactly, it’s simplistic, relatively slow and small jet
THE MOST IMPORTANT thing on this earth to your dad.......is YOU.
Great video. He must be proud of you. Good son. Thumbs up
Good content. Pilots have a special way to explain feelings that only 'those' who have tasted the flight truly relate and others that haven't are left yearning and Google the next local airport.
Its amazing with all that technology on the panel, a laminated checklist is still used. Great video!
So nice to see you enjoy the speed. I’ve been an airline pilot all my life. And do want to slow down. But your perspective has made me appreciate my job so much more!!!
All your life? You flew for the airlines when you were a teenager? ;)
Wow what a great experience!!! Thanks for sharing it with us and congratulations to both your dad and you!
The closest I've come was being able to sit and visit in a Gulf Stream IV when Shaun of Corporate Pilot Life flew into my town a little over a year ago. Because I was a patron, he actually was kind enough to text me then when it was confirmed he was flying into town I met him and the other pilot, their wonderful stewardess and a friend for lunch then went to the airport and got to go aboard and visit, it was an incredible experience for me doing that, once in a lifetime but I loved every minute of it!
Can't imagine actually going flying in something like that!!! Congrats!!! I love your enthusiasm!
Thanks Don. Gosh, I really think the Gulfstream is the prettiest airframe in existence. That must have been a wonderful experience.
Great video! The hardest part of flying jets is staying ahead when things get busy. You have to really know how to use your avionics, because if you have to stare at the buttons for a few seconds trying to remember how to capture the leg, the GS, etc., you will be past that spot in a heart beat (and then things can get really ugly)! It's literally 60 minutes of boredom at cruise followed by 5 minutes of terror on Arrival/Approach....
It's great that you can share your passion with your dad! I wish I had a dad.
Heh, ground control did once make a private jet hold short for me in my 172. I've never felt more powerful in my life.
Love to see how happy you are with the experience. How a thing like getting to taxi the aircraft was such a happy moment for you. You just made me appreciate my job even more 👍
Thanks for sharing your experience, Charlie. You look like a kid on Christmas morning in this video!
Back when I was training at KORL, a pilot of a private jet invited me and my instructor to sit in the cockpit of his plane. The one big difference, he noted, in flying a jet vs. a 172 is the speed at which everything happens. “Everything else is the same.” he said, “Learn to stay ahead of your airplane now, it’ll only get harder as you move up.” I guess your experience matches up with that.
BTW, I always watch your videos at 1.5x speed. 2x wasn’t much faster :)
Great advice. I'm no jet pilot but I can definitely agree with him based on a few flights that I've taken. And that's great about 1.5x speed.... it's such a game changer, I try to listen to just about everything sped up now :)
I'm 69 and rented cessna 152's last 40yrs .. here in stuart ,fla. We just had our annual airshow. Demonstrations by F-22 raptor. Wow. It makes a cessna citation seem like a cessna 150 in comparison. 😎
I first flew a Citation when I was 19 years old. First Jet I ever flew from the Left Seat. It was like flying a C 150 with 2 Jet engines. Your Video brought back tears as somehow my Son was able to fly a Jet Fighter at 13 and Has been Flying A G 550 G450 and the Falcon 900 Easy. For me I finished My Career as a Captain on the 757/767 200-400. All thanks to that Citation!
Thanks for bringing back some great memories.
Kind Regards
Good for you man. It is so good to see the pure enthusiasm you showed in this video. Aviation is truly a blessed experience. Take care and safe travels.
no, you're not a poser, you are a pilot who is gaining experiences and adding to your passions and goals ;-)
What an amazing experience. Hope to stumble on that kind of opportunity someday. Until then, it's me and the 172. Still love every second of it!
I just found this. You have lived my dream, young man! Kudos to your dad! It has always been my dream to fly a jet airplane. I hope to be able to be lucky enough to do it.
“ you are just gone“. “I left my brain on the runway“. I was laughing like crazy. That is one of the funniest and appropriate things you’ve ever said.
What an amazing accomplishment. Looks like a great aircraft. And once again, a great informational video. You deserve more subscribers!
Thanks so much! Really appreciate it.
That's awesome bro. Thanks for sharing. I can hear the excitement, got me excited. Congratulations to your pops.
I wish I could use that astonishing phrase "my Dad upgraded into a Citation M2" you are a lucky so and so. I have flown in one but to own it WOW!!!
Congratulations all around, to your dad for his accomplishments, and to you for a great video. I began my foray into aviation in the early 1960s, so it was a trip back to my youth to hear you describing the suddenness that strikes a pilot transitioning from pistons to jets. A whole generation of pilots had the exact same reaction. I have never personally flown a jet, but in my many trips in cockpit jumpseats I was immediately struck, as you were, at the amazingly quick tempo of events in high performance airplanes. Look at that placard displaying takeoff and landing speeds of 161 KIAS and recalibrate your internal clock accordingly. You are not in Kansas anymore.
The jet pilot's mantra: "Props are for boats!!" You really should have your Dad send you to Flight Safety and get your Citation type rating..... then you can legally log Citation time whenever you and Dad go for that thousand dollar hamburger. You are young enough and your love of aviation is such that you would eventually benefit from free jet time. The most exciting thing I did in a Citation was an emergency descent from FL250 to about FL100... procedure: reduce to flight idle, deploy speed brakes, and pitch down about 30 degrees. Feels like you're a torpedo bomber... doing about 7500 FPM descent! Ask your Dad abut that.
Not far off the space shuttle as 12000 FPM
love the 2x fast-forward part relating to airspeeds.. nice!
Congratulations to both of you and thank you for shearing the joy .
1. Your enthusiasm is infectious!
2. "Smoke Contrails?"
Loved the video and wow that's a nice ride. I was reminded of another CZcams channel where a 747 pilot who likes to fly small single engine prop planes when he has time. He said if it's been a while it can be a little surprising how slow it feels like things are happening during the approach and landing. Like with your experience, he said there is enough similarity that it's still a familiar process but coming in at 100 knots or so slower than what he's used to makes it seem like he has so much more time to prepare and land. It could almost give a false sense of security I imagine because if something goes wrong you have to react just as quickly no matter what you're flying. It was great hearing your reaction about what it was like to see how much faster things happened in the jet and how much earlier you have to plan everything out. I could picture myself if for some reason I had to try landing a jet with no experience or guidance. It would probably be something like "I've got the runway in sight...and there it goes." Congratulation to your dad. It's always nice to see hard work and effort pay off.
Your inheritance could be really intense !!!
Congratulations to your dad. Now I understand your love of flight.
I had a similar experience when I bought a Supercharged Custom Corvette... after driving my Parents' Chevy Stationwagon...
140+ MPH on an open empty Interstate outside of town was a lot different from 55mph in a stationwagon. (Smile)
Then I bought a Sport Motorcycle that can reach almost 200 mph... Talk about having to be "In Front of the vehicle"... by the time you can see things, and focus them to identify what it is... you are already 'there'...
I can totally relate to everything you said the ceiling the expectations is amazing three years ago I got my citation 10 SIC endorsement and it’s a completely different environment like you I loved it. Congratulations to your dad getting a new m2
the first time i flew in a phenom 300 a few months ago was surreal because y’know in a pa-28 you climb out at 850 feet/min or so initially, whereas the phenom next thing i know we’re pitched 15 degrees up and the VS is reading like 3500 so we don’t blow through the gear and flaps speeds
I know you had way more fun being there than I've had watching your vid but I definitely caught myself smiling all the way through and just imagining how cool that had to be. Good tour de air. Congratulations to your dad. Gotta be on that BIG bucket list.
I used to fly a lot with a friend who flew a Citation II. A 20 mile hop from HFD to BDL seemed like only a minute in the air. First time, I was pilot monitoring, and just keeping up with ATC, raise and lower flaps and gear kept me hopping.
If you want to feel a handful of throttles, fly a B-52. I did with my cousin back in the 60’s. 8 throttles! Too many actually to grab, so they have two master throttles, one for each wing each control 4 other levers.
Amazing experience.
Enjoy flying the Citation. They are great airplanes. Just don’t try to hand fly above FL 300. Up high cruise and stall speeds are very close together. It’s called the coffin corner. Autopilot only up there.
I'm sorry but you are mis-remembering the B-52 throttles. I flew buffs...it has 8 throttles. What you are misremembering is the fact that the forward parts of the throttle are really thing and all bunch up together so you can wrap your hand around all 8, while the rear parts are fanned out in a way so that you can manipulate each individually more easily. But there are no levers which connect to multiple engines, much less entire 'wings'. Also I'd like to understand how you 'flew' B-52s with your cousin...the air force isn't a flying club, so that's complete nonsense. Perhaps you forgot it was a simulator ride?
@@sy69_i_fly_airplanes well, it was 60 years ago! I got to go aboard when he was at Westover AFB between rotations to Guam. On several occasions, I got to fly in the right seat. Against all AF regs for sure, but it was hardly unknown. Family members were often aboard AF jets at training facilities. The world was a much different place in 1960. Things happened then that are unthinkable now. That’s just the way it was.
I don’t know for certain, but I’m pretty sure there were no simulators back then. At least not the full motion sims that we know today. Don’t forget computers didn’t exist then except for large mainframes that were largely experimental.
I was lucky to have almost the same experience over Christmas. Unbelievable, and you captured it well.
Go ahead and be pretentious! That is a beautiful jet. The cockpit is way more advanced than my 747. I really miss flying King Airs.
The company I fly for doesn't allow new pilots to taxi. I had been flying the A320 for a while before I was allowed to taxi on a big international airport. It was an amazing feeling, so I really appreciate what you are describing in your video. Hats off to your dad and many happy landings
Congrats your dad be able to fly the jet.👌👌Citation is great, he will love it. I fly the Phenom 300.
That was amazing and genuine description of the sensation you had. It almost feel like I was there and definitely made me want to! 😃 You are great storyteller, wish you and your dad a lot of fun with that great plane.
What is really cool is the fact that this is on the slower side of private jets. You can take this "quantum leap" again within the same class of aircraft.
Great story glad you shared. I missed my chance for right seat in a Citation from DSM to Wichita for a maintenance trip years ago after an FAA check ride. The examiner was a corporate pilot and invited me to go with him in the Citation. I declined because I had to go to work. My boss said he would have given me the day off when I got to work but it was too late then. This was way before cell phones so we couldn’t just do a quick text or call.
I just relived my first jet flight over 20 years ago. Thanks! Great vid.
Really enjoyed your video - and I don't even fly! Not over produced, but just enough extra, well filmed - and very well delivered. You are really personable! Thanks. I want to fly some day....
Thanks so much! Really appreciate it!
Piggy boy narrator is so cute delighting in the toys. i hope his mom loves his giggles.
Fascinating, all the best from Ireland,Seán
Congrats on the jet experience. I felt a lot of the same way the first time I got to taxi a Citation X and do power runs. A big highlight of my aviation career will always be hitching a ride on a X+ and seeing 51000 feet and .935 on mach meter. Good times. Cheers from Wichita.
That's unreal. The citation X is something else!! Very cool.
Wow kid. You are so excited. Real cool to see a person so happy. You made my day today. And listen to Juan (bloncolirio) he flies the small props and big rigs. Can you imagine the power of those 777 Jets. First time I saw a 777 was at a stopover in Chicago. I was getting on a 757 and that 777 was next to us. That engine was like nothing I saw before. Looked like it was the diameter of the props on a B-36. and next to the 777 was an airbus 340. Not the 480 but the 4 engine 340. It kind of reminded me of a B-707 (my favorite) or a DC8 or convair they all look simalar at a distance. I considered changing flights to ride that 777 mama. Glad you had so much fun kid. You have one cool dad.
Your enthusiasm is infectious. Glad you had fun. 👍🏻
Thanks so much!
Awesome man, you'll never forget that first flight in a jet. That push into the seat you get on takeoff is a feeling that never gets old. And just think, the M2 (relatively speaking) isn't a particularly peppy jet. Wait till your first takeoff in something like a Lear, with a seriously high thrust to weight ratio. It's overwhelming the first time!
I flew private for my first time three weeks ago. It was a Lear 55 taking off from a small GA airport, with a stop 20 minutes later to pick up the rest of the party. I sat right behind the pilots watching them in the cockpit when all of sudden I went sliding across the bench seat - felt like we’d been kicked by a mule! That bird was a rocket!
An hour later when we took off from the international airport with the rest of our party, it was as snoozer....gentle run down the runway and lighted floated skyward, but I’ll never forget that first takeoff!!
@@ianchandley You sure wont! Funny enough, the Lear 55 is actually a pretty underpowered airplane. It’s a real dog when it’s heavy. It wakes up a little when it’s really light, but it isn’t the typical rocket ship performance you get in the other Lears. Had you made that repositioning flight in a 35, your eyeballs would’ve been in the back of your head! I have about 1000hrs of Lear time, split between the 35 and the 55. I always preferred the 35 for its performance.
Excellent video! It's refreshing to see someone who is honest and excited about aviation.
Thanks so much! Really appreciate it.
Your dad is an inspiration. Thank you for this vid.
You did a concise, intelligent presentation young dude. Quite an experience you conveyed. I hope you're able to advance to the jet. Its only overwhelming at first.
Thanks so much! Really appreciate it.
I have been watching your content for a while now and let me tell you your production level is so good these days. Vastly improved in a very short span of time. Not sure if it's the M2 or the video work. Both definitely add to the overall production. Fantastic video and I hope that someday I get the chance to sit in the front seats of a jet and 'feel that power' in my hands.
Thanks for taking us all along for your jet initiation ride.
Thanks so much, Jacque. I really appreciate that and have been trying to get better at video. I also recently hired an editor so that's really improved the post-production process.
@@AirplaneAcademy The right edit can make mundane ordinary footage Oscar worthy. Likewise amazing footage with me on the edit becomes a crime to watch.
Keep this editor on board and I am sure your subs will increase exponentially. I'll be right here watching your channel grow. Supporting from the shadows watching your every move.... like a stalker.
I don't fly, but i do sail. On a sailboat, you need to think ahead. Particularly in and out of port or anchor. We are doing 4 to 7 knots...not 400 to 700. I cannot imagine having to think that quick. Great video with great enthusiasm. Thank you. Really enjoyed watching this
Such a cool video. I lost my dad in 2020 due to COVID and he was a pilot (flew Civial Air Patrol too). I never got my license and he gave up flying when us kids came along. Fastforward to now: I'm 49 my son is 16 and we're both starting our aviation journey together!
Hi Aaron - sorry for your loss, and I am excited for you that you are continuing the legacy. With your son, no less! Very very cool.
@Airplane Academy excellent video nice chap blessings from Glasgow Scotland to you and your family 👍😇😎
Thanks so much!! Scotland? Wow!
@@AirplaneAcademy I'm originally from Ayrshire and the main transatlantic airport was always Prestwick on coast near Ayr and Troon. I used to attend Air shows there but also flew out of there in 1978 to visit my Nana in New Rochelle was a DC-10 of Laker Airways landed at JFK then flew to Toronto a week later when my AA Boeing 727 plane landed an Air Canada DC-9 crashed end of other runway down a riveen broke into 3. Some fatalities sadly. I was on TV that night and newspaper as Uncle witnessed crash.
I was in Air Training Corps as a teenager also was at R.A.F Biggin Hill. I was meant to move to Texas 2018 but role fell through, hoped to get my Flying licence but hey ho will need to content myself patiently waiting for ascending to heaven at rapture lol. BTW you're a top bloke with humility as your strength!
Love the excitement!! I feel that way about flying and look forward to getting license.
Sounds like when I learned in a 152 for a year then another year with my private... my fellow pilot friend took me up in his 182.... WOW!
I met an ex cop that had gone through his training and had become experienced pilot. At the time he was the captain of a Lear jet for a very wealthy man. I didn't sense his joy of flying like you showed. He said to me I'm just a glorified taxi driver. His experience of doing it for a living had taken the joy out of it. He said he was on call, at his whim had to load the baggage for him and his cronies. Flying to Vegas for days while he sat in his hotel room. It wasn't a glorious job at all he said. Unfortunately most people that fly jets are doing it for a living. He told me jets make things faster but its still a job.
Hi, Charlie. Great video AND pretty comical. Had to watch several times just to watch it in its entirety. Especially with the replays. (Let see that again)
OK, so check it. You're Dad being Lead Pilot #1. Charlie, that makes you Right Wing #3.
Now visualize this audio traffic in your headset :
(Blue Angels /) Thunderbirds check in...
2
3
4
5
6
Let's run em up.
Thunderbirds ready space....ready now.
Air now.
Gear now....
(4's in...)
Smoke on, ready now.
(Thunderbirds 5 and 6 rollin'...)
Sorry just had to relive the Air Show I just seen here in Miami with the T-Birds.
Again, great video and thank you for sharing this, and all your videos.
Take care
-- Matthew
Awesome!! Thank you for sharing.
Got to fly a Cirrus and that felt like supreme luxury compared to the Skyhawk I usually fly lol mostly just loved the AC 😂
Yup, everything happens 10 times faster. Had around 500 hrs in a C337 flying with a good friend back in the 70's. we went our ways after college years but after about two years I received a rather large package in the mail and apron opening it I found several large manuals on the operation of a G2 in the box along with a letter from my friend that basically said "memorize these and I will see you in a month". A month later I was in that co pilots seat getting a first hand view nd hands on flying of that G2. OMG! NO SHIT SHERLOCK! EVERYTHING IS HAPPENING A WHOLE LOT FATER! Now understand several things, you my friend had it a whole lot easier with that semi automated airframe! I was flying good ole steam gauges back then and there were no FADECS on those old mills in the back. Just think some day you will qualify to fly that Citation. It takes practice and patience. A word of wisdom from my old CFI, "remember you are not God don't try anything stupid for you are not qualified to do." Calm sky's and enjoy flying!
Oh, yeah, my dad got me one of them ST-71 so I can play around, it is a lot of fun...
Congrats for joining the jet set!
Your enthusiasm is infectious! Keep up the good work on your channel.
Thanks so much! Really appreciate it.
Really happy 😊for you that you were not only able to fly the jet but also that you were able yo do it with dad.
As cool as jets are, I don't think I'll enjoy flying them as much. Low and slow will always be the most fun
My boss uses a Citation and that sucker is FAST! Its wild to take off from Ogden Utah and be in Jackson Wyoming in 26 min. Your right, the automation is wild. I wish I had the jack to own something like that. We do get to fly in the corporate jet but its not often. Cool video👍
Once mastered, flying jets is easier than flying piston aircraft because of the much greater capability. However, as you mentioned, you have to be way ahead of the aircraft. The only way to get that is with experience. It always amazes me how on a 6-hour trans-con flight, I am always thinking about, or doing something. Not that much time for idle thought. Flying into big airports is a by-the-numbers complicated process. It never fails, once you have everything set up and have an action plan, everything changes instantly. "Change your runway, turn to a heading of _, descent to _, cross _ at _ and _ knots. Cleared for the approach" Fun times...
9:06 "Nice use of the word Juxtaposed" lol - nice!
That is one very cool experience, one you will never forget as long as you are on this planet.
Check out a Cirrus vision jet.
And remember a quantum leap is a very small thing in physics, but a large movement in common usage. So, make a large leap fly that Cirrus vision jet.
I would have like to hear more of the real time sound in the cockpit. Maybe hearing your dad talking with the control tower. Still a cool video.
Thanks Randy - here is a link to the 20 min version of the full flight with cockpit audio: czcams.com/video/4USd0tjSOo4/video.html
Contaminous and enjoyable enthousiasm - I laughed a few times and actually watched it twice! Nice content!
Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed!
Everything happens faster in a jet. So much faster! Staying ahead of the airplane is a real challenge when it's not second nature. Jets are happiest at cruising altitude, hence your point about them hard to slow down to meet the limit.
Sounds like you had a lot of fun. You should try your hand at taxiing a wide body jet, you really have to be aware of the fact that you have 200 feet of airplane behind you, and wings sticking out 100 feet on each side.
I LOVE what you said about it being a whole new world and yet oddly familiar! I grew up flying with my Dad in a Cessna Skylane. Today I love flying these jets in a flight simulator (MSFS). And I've had the same sensation - that it was oddly familiar. And I wondered if it was just because it was a flight simulator and maybe dumbed down to the point where I could understand and relate to it or if it would be that way in real life. And you confirmed it would be that way in real life! I'm just as surprised uisng a flight simulator, as you were in the real thing, at how much was the same or similar enough as it is in the little Skylane that I could understand what was going on! Very cool video, and I love your Dad!! Nothing better than flying with your Dad!
Thanks Jonathan. It was a really cool experience and while things move (a lot) faster, it's all the same fundamentals.
Glad you enjoyed the flight with your Dad, happy flying.👍
Don't know how long of a XC you had but my experience in a PC-12 (turboprop) was similar except going from Missouri to Virginia, the cruise phase was BORING. Nothing to do except switch frequencies every 45 minutes or so and read through the QRH for fun. Made me glad to be a flight instructor where our longest XC is only a couple of hours and most of the time we're practicing maneuvers, approaches, and landings. If anyone has any other jobs that always keeps you on your toes let me know. Crop-dusting, aerial surveying, etc?
I noticed that you flew over my home towns of Sanibel & Captiva islands. You landed at Page Field.
Nice! Small world!
I've seen him on other channels with his TBM, had no idea he was your dad! The aviation CZcams community really is a small world isn't it? haha
This is an awesome video. I rode in a citation a few years ago and that was the deciding factor to get my license. I sure do love aviation!
Fantastic! This is cool to hear
Smoke contrails?
They are water vapor, not smoke.