15 Years Old and Flying a Twin Engine Plane!
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- čas přidán 13. 04. 2018
- My 15 year old son got his twin-engine intro lesson flying our Cessna 310. Basic turns with minor altitude changes and he even flies his first RNAV approach!
The 310 is in her last week of annual inspection and we have a fun trip planned down to Kentucky in two weeks. Stay tuned for our Kentucky Dam Fly-In trip!
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What a well mannered young man! Mom and dad should be commended.
Father and son flying together! What could be better, and such a polite boy as well.
Great instructor, patient and instilled confidence in student. Very respectful student also. Well done.
Thank you Mark! I'm a very lucky dad. :)
Good teacher Kevin looks like smart kid
Good luck two him.
He couldn't take the smile off his face, I think I would be the same ;) He did a good job, coached by an excellent teacher :)
Thank you!
Your son has good manners. Good to hear him say “yes sir”. Nice job coaching him and telling him Good Job. Much respect for you!
Thanks for sharing an awesome experience with the boy. And thanks again for taking time out for the tour. Provided me with a better understanding of how TRACON works. Thanks for your patience and answering my questions.
You're welcome for the TRACON tour Walter. Glad you were able to come out and see how things work on the other side of the mic! Good luck in your future aviating plans.
You are a real good dad its something he will remember for a long time. Keep up with it !!
A fine young man there sir.
You're a good dad allowing and sharing great experiences with him .
Best wishes from England.
"Yes Sir"...great manners. #DADWIN
My little cutie!
@@310Pilot Good respectful kid you got there. Good Job!
Thanks for taking us aling with you and Carson. Really enjoying your channel. Hope Carson catches the flying bug. Even better: he catches the A&P bug too. 😈
I really enjoyed this video, it reminded me of flying with my Dad back in the 1950s and 1960s in his Bonanzas, he would take off, then swing the yoke over to the right side and I would fly all over the place. He surprised me with my first official lesson in October, 1965,, about a month after my 14th birthday. I've been flying ever since! Carson did a nice job, not even much wing wagging, rare for somebody new to the controls of a 310. I have owned four 310s over the years, first a new 75 T310R, then a 69 Turbo P (only for 2 weeks, someone offered me a lot more than I paid for it), then a 60 D (13+ years), and now have a 59 C model, owned for aost 20 years now. They are great airplanes, As you know. Your Q model is very nice, glad to see you enjoying it so much. I hope Carson gets enthused about flying, you will both enjoy flying with each other. My Dad and I flew together for many years, I still miss having him in the cockpit with me. Good luck on your annual, hope there are no surprises - fortunately, the 310s are subject to relatively few ADs by comparison to most other twins. Looking forward to seeing your upcoming trip video!
Glad you liked it James! Thank you for the story about flying with your dad. He had a lot of faith in you throwing the yoke over. :) I agree with you, Carson seemed to have a good touch with the yoke for his time. That really says something for the 310 that you like them so much you've had 4 of them. I miss flying with my dad as well, for some strange reason after a full life of flying he has given it up and has no interest to get in the air...with me or commercially. I'll carry on the family tradition with Carson though. So far no big surprises on the annual. I'll get it back in a few days hopefully nothing else comes up. Had a crack get repaired in one of the outboard exhaust and did the 500 hour on the left set of mags. So far we are loving this bird! Thanks for following along!
Kevin, I MUCH admire your cockpit management discipline- Always so professional, Jamie, Bro, other Pros...And da Kid! My (former 15yo) is now 30yo Lawya... but I wouldn’t ever get a “Yes Sir” outta him 😦
Shootin’ an RNAV approach - Excellent ✅ Mucho Respect 😃
Well Done Carson... Reminds me of flying with my Dad back in the mid 60's in a Twin Cessna310i N8006M long before RNAV ';-) {Like the RESPECT for Your Father as well}
Thank you! Very cool you were able to have 310 memories with your dad as well! I know a lot of parents praise their kids but I'm very luck that he's honestly a very respectful good hearted young man. :)
I just recently found your channel and wanted to tell you I really enjoyed your flights. The 310 is a beautiful airplane that I’ve been in love with since the late 50’s. Thanks for the entertainment and keep it up!
310 Pilot
Such a polite young man. Keep up the great videos.
Thank you Dave!!
@@310Pilot Couldn't miss how Carson's replies contained mostly "yes Sir" ... which is very unusual for a 15 yr old today. Is he your step-son? You seem too young for a 15 yr old son 😊 Carson definitely has a light touch and did a great job !
Happy for the two of you. Fortunate son!
A very respectful teenager, "yes sir, no sir"....
Thanks Randy! He's a good one. :)
There's a lot to be said for the courtesy of sir and ma'am. At any age.
Your videos are fantastic! I really enjoy the ATC perspective and your points of view are really great. Keep 'em coming!
Thank you Matthew!! I'm glad you're liking them. I have a bunch more fun things planned for the year.
I think Carson did a great job and so respectful. You remind me of my brother when he was teaching me to fly and at the time I thought he was a little too rough on me but I hav come to under stand he was right. Thank you for being so kind to Carson.
Thank you Tony...glad you think so! I'm a very lucky man with very healthy and good kids. :)
You have some lucky kids my friend. And he is so well mannered. Very respectful young man. And I see another pilot in your family. Fly Safe!
Thank you!! I'm a very lucky dad! :)
You brought back some happy memories of when I was 13 years old. I was given a $ 5.00 bill for Christmas among a few other nice gifts from my parents. I took the subway to downtown Toronto, and went straight to the Island Airport (Now Billy Bishop Airport) You could go up on a sightseeing flight over most of Toronto for half an hour, and for ONLY $ 5.00. I hired a Cessna 150, and up we went on a freezing cold December 26th 1971. I wasn't nervous and had never been in any aircraft before. I absolutely loved it ! I went up another few times over the next few years. At that age it is just pure excitement ! I was so proud of myself !
Awesome...thank you for the story of your first flight! Sounds like it could be in a movie or something. :) I too was addicted to flight at a young age and look forward to every chance I get to get into the air.
LOL!! “When the A team gets in “. Im going to venture a guess that they were not nearly as amused as I was. Looks like you have a great soon-to-be-pilot there, but already have a great son in Carson. I love how respectful he is, “yes sir, no sir”...” That’s a rare thing these days and I know you’re proud. I hope he jumps on that aviation program offered. I did that my senior year, then in college. Great training. Congrats, Carson is impressive and thats a testament to you. Great video guys !
Wow...thanks for the great compliment Randy! Carson is great and I'm a very lucky/proud dad. We'll get him up in the air training soon. I have a close friend at RFD ATC and she would have thought it was funny and said something witty back. I guess they didn't see my humor. :)
Another new pilot in the making. Nice work, Carson! 👍
Great vid man. Wish I had made better choices in life back in my younger days. I might not get up there licensed anytime soon, but there's always FAR 103 for me ... and I've got all you guys on CZcams to live vicariously through. 😊 Thanks for the lift! 👍
Thanks Smitty! Glad we can help get you up in the sky and you are enjoying it. Thanks for riding along!
Kevin thanks for bringing back the memories of the right seat with my Dad 36 years ago when I was 15. It’s amazing the patience you see with father/son in the airplane. Some of the best times I spent (and still do) was/is with my Dad in the air. Albeit we waited a few years before stepping up to twins. I started at 6/7 with him holding the two brakes while he propped his Champ. We moved through the ranks 150,152, 172,182, V tail Bonanza, A36 Bonanza, twin Comanche and now B56 Baron. If he catches the bug you’ll know it. I look at my 17 year old daughter now and wonder how in the world he stood in the grass and watched me solo on my 16th Birthday. Brave Dad.
Thanks for the awesome story Jay! It is great to be able to see his joy of flying and share that with him. I'm looking forward to helping him move through the ranks. You guys have had an impressive line of planes ya'll moved through making for great memories I'm sure. Having been an instructor, I can only imagine the nerves I'll feel standing on the side of the runway for his first solo!
every time you come on CZcams I try to catch your video and I want to thank you very much for a good video flying in a Cessna 310
Awesome...glad you are enjoying them :)
Awesome! Reminds me when I was that age!
Flew a lot with my old man! (DC3, DC4, DC6, Convair) Also 210, 310, 402, Titan. Was also privileged to fly on the Super Constellation into Rhodesia (from Namibia when I was a kid). Been very fortunate to fly alot. Love it! Also done some chopper flights onto ships at sea (a whole different ball game) - also a different kind of awesome!
It's funny Kevin the video "LA Speed Check" started my fascination with the radio chatter again. Then you popped up when I shared Maggie's losing a wheel on her first cross country flight. What a champ she was!!!!
When the "A" team gets in! I need to use that next time i'm denied here around the cities. Great video as usual guys.
Thanks Curt! Let me know if they think it's funnier than RFD did. Usually when you hear denied you expect to hear the controller talking a mile a minute. :)
The A Team comment was awesome! I used that when I'm flying and the A Team on position lets me do something goofy.
I've got around 300 hours with a lot of cross country time in a pretty broad area. I've never been denied flight following.
@@clintsingleton3846 you do realize that he is an air traffic controller himself... He knows exactly what is going on there. As a controller myself, friendly banter over the radio is always fun! If I’m too busy I won’t respond!
Discovered your videos and have been going thru them one after another, really enjoy them!
Subbed your channel! Pretty cool to be able to take your son up flying and give him some lessons at an early age! Someday, if he dosent already, he will realize just how lucky he is!
Thank you Don! Glad you found us and are enjoying the videos so far. We love sharing our passion with others. I think he realizes how unique flying is... Now I just have to be patient and see what direction he want's to go with it. :)
Thank you for sharing. Great flight. Carson, seems very relaxed. That is something I would need to work on. Thank you, again.
Glad you enjoyed it Bill! He just applied to AOPA for a flight training scholarship....sounds like he's starting to get the bug. :)
310 Pilot good luck to Carson with the scholarship. Hope he gets it... what a great start to his aviation career 🙂
Great to see you have a new Copilot!!! He will love the power on takeoff
Thanks Bernard! I'm a lucky dude...two real good copilots. :)
That's how you land 1Bravo Charlie and Carson will be a great Muti Engine Copilot in your Beautiful Cessna 310 and thanks again for the backseat ride . Love to be out there on the ramp just listening to your takeoff and landings
Creeeepy...
the fuck is wrong with you, leave that nigga alone
"Yes Sir" ..a true young "gentleman" for sure. Doesn't surprise me....his father seems the same ;) I think that Carson needs to be featured more. We can all learn more while you are instructing him. :)
Kevin, nice job on the video as usual. I wish the weather would give me a break here. So far this spring all the great days have been working days. Hope your annual is painless $$$ wise. Btw, you're doing a great job with your son. Keep him flying...
Blue skies
Thanks Mac! I get the plane back end of the week (supposedly). Hopefully the wx improves. Been snowing here the last 2 days. I may put up a post about the annual after all is said and done. Expensive lesson learned on my first annual with the original shop I tried to start with then moved it halfway through (they kept having higher priority aircraft to tend to...kerosene burners). I wish for us both to get smooth blue skies sooner than later!
"We'll try again when the A teams gets in" loooool that was good! I got a buddy that works the center sector north east of me I'll have to say that to him if he ever denies me flight following haha
Just discovered your channel. Enjoying the videos. Keep up the great work
Glad you found us and are enjoying the videos!
Your son will get there at his own pace I caught the aviation bug as I got older I was the same way when I flew with my dad at that age now I’m at UND finishing up my degree in commercial aviation. It’s a special bond that he will always cherish with you
Thank you Vinnie! I agree and cherish me and my dad's aviation bond. Congrats on finishing up and UND! Having always been in flying and ATC, I know quite a few UND aviation grads.
Great to have a dad teach his respectful son!
Thank you Kurt!
Carson- your manners are perfect great job !! You don't see that hardly anymore.
Thank you! I know a lot of parents say it, but he's a great boy...very lucky dad.
@@310Pilot as they say, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. 😀
What an awesome dad! My son is 4 now and loves airplanes.
My youngest boy is almost 4. Both are cool ages. I'm blessed with two fun healthy boys! Thank you.
Great video, as all of them are. Enjoyed the local VFR flight, and Carson did a great job flying. BTW, you don’t look old enough to have a 15 year old, but he seems to be a fine young man. I noticed that, in his conversations and responses to you, he replied, “Yes, Sir”. He seems to be very polite, and you have trained him well. I know you are a proud Dad, as you should be. I know you hope that he follows your footsteps, and gets into flying. Just keep encouraging him, as you did with this flight. He’ll eventually respond. Happy flying, and safe landing. Look forward to the next flight, after your annual inspection.
Thank you Richard! I am very proud of him and lucky...he's honestly a great kid. Politeness was ingrained in me growing up in the south and a young age and Carson picked right up on it. :) Flying runs in the family and it seems he's interested in continuing the tradition. My dad was an Army helo pilot, one uncle is a corporate pilot and another was an F15 driver. We'll see what path Carson decides over the next few years. I'm told I'll be able to pick her up by the end of the week and we have a trip planned down to Kentucky in a week and a half. Stand by for more fun videos.
Great to see the young fella taking the controls, and even better, with someone he knows feels comfortable with. I would imagine not that many youngsters get the chance to fly in a GA plane at all, let alone with their dad. Would like to see your sons progress in future videos and who knows, maybe one day he might start his own aviation channel. Thanks mate
Thanks Spiro! It was fun to see him smiling while he was flying. Without making the video I would have missed that. :) I'll make sure to video his progress down the road.
Nice shirt son! Tell Dad you need sun glasses and a hat too! 😎 nice job of flying!
It sounded like he was wanting to fly some manual coordinated turns without the yaw damper! Good luck on the annual. Looking forward to more 310 video for sure!
Yeah. Maybe I should have turned it off and let him play more. I was just planning a very easy initial with him getting the feel for the ailerons and elevator. I will give him more next time. Thanks for watching! We are heading down for a Kentucky Dam Fly-in in two weeks. That should be a fun video.
love the son dad relationship , great video.
Thank you Bill! Glad you liked it.
Reminds me of myself at Carson's age flying in with a my bbrotherand a family friend , loved flying ever ! since!
Just watched a video of your U-Tube flights with Jaime and son Carson and others. So envious of your life dude. I used to rent single engine 152 & 172 Cessna's and so short trips with my friends. Fly to Golf Courses, Chicago area, etc. Back when I was single and had $$$. Thanks for letting my live vicariously thru your videos. I'm a huge Viking guy but Root for the Packers when we get knocked out of playoffs, haha. You have a great life. So jealous. Keep up the good work and cool videos. From: Pete from Edina/Eden Prairie area
Thank you Pete! Glad you are enjoying the videos. I'm enjoying how things are going for me right now! Keep watching and living vicariously till you have the time to get back up on your own. I've got lots of time flying 152's and 172's as well. :) Always wish there was just more time in the days.
Great one, man! Get that kid in the cockpit more after the annual. :) Great vids!
Thanks Mike! I will keep him going as long as he's interested. May enroll him in a private pilot ground school course soon.
Thank you for the reply, I thought it might be that but sometimes camera angles differ. Thanks again and keep them comming.
He's where I would want to be on the Controls and you are doing great to work with him and pointing him out on turns and keeping level and landmarks to look for as traffic
Thank you. I will get him a ground course and keep working with him.
Great instructing there Dad.
Awesome job Carson! Ah, to have been behind the controls of a twin at 15!!! And you flew an R NAV!! I had the bug at your age, it took about 40 more years to get the $$$. I wish you the best! Tell your Dad his landing was great too...
Thank you! I will make sure he see's your comment. I was lucky as flying runs deep in our family and got subjected to it young. My dad had a 172 growing up and was an Army helo driver, one Uncle is the Chief Pilot for Coke and another Uncle was an F15 pilot. Carson is on track to keep aviation alive in the family. :)
Wow! How awesome! Best of luck!
Greetings from Metter Georgia “Dawg Country”. Another great video......
Greetings Terry and thank you! I grew up outside of Armuchee and later Oconee County. We'll make it back down there this year for sure!
Kevin. So glad to see the videos. I am an older guy and the 310 has always been my favorite airplane. Last time I saw one in person it was sitting in a field with grass growing all around just sitting there deteriorating. Made me sick. So it was awesome to see 1BC looking pristine. Thanks again for sharing. I enjoy watching. Don
Glad you're enjoying the videos Don!! They sure did design a sexy airplane way back then...we love her. I hate seeing all the dying airplanes on ramps in the country. There is a 310 at DPA airport I drive past everyday tied down in the Chicago elements with flat tires and struts just rotting. We are replacing 1BC one part at a time. :)
Thanks for taking time to reply Kevin!
Your Son did a gr8 job..congrats .. I dont know if I did that well in a 172 out of Blue Bell pa..but a Baron..Awesome Job!!
Thank you John!
Great Aerospace Education! Good job
Thank you Kim...glad you enjoyed it!
Great experience for the kid. My dad and I used to do the same thing. Problem was with me, Girls, Cars and R&R got a bit in the way ! Our planes were the old style when I was that age. He had a Tri Pacer, and an Apache. Nowadays I see young guys taking their dates flying and asking them to prom. Thats even better than trying to impress them with a 64 Chevy LOL.
I was the same as a young teenager...to much got in the way of flying. I didn't get hooked until 18. Maybe if he sticks with it, he will have a prom invitation video of his own one day. :)
Thank you again for an awesome flight. Im so jealous lol.
You're welcome Thomas! Thanks for watching.
“Fifteen, twenty minutes before the A team comes in!” Hahahahaha…
Excelente vuelo, amigo y EXCELENTE aterrizaje, felicitaciones.
Me alegra que te haya gustado! Gracias por ver!
WOWWWW kev great flight nice to meet ya carson im seriously taking flight lessons reaally thinking about it
Glad you enjoyed it Kim and good luck on your flight lessons! I'm sure you'll have a blast. :)
Well done Carson.
Thanks George!
Great to hear and the best Private Pilot Online Ground School is Sheppard Air and I'm using it to study for my IRA and I'm following up with my CFII to get hours with him to get prepared to take the Written Exam soon
Thanks for the pirep. I used Gleim but that was 20 years ago. I'll check out Sheppard Air. Good luck on your double I!
What a very cool time with one of your boys. Kevin I didn't realize you could father children at 8 years old... but what a good youngn. Three phases of a man:
Phase 1 - my dad can whip your dad..
Phase 2 - my dad doesn't no anything...
Phase 3 - my dad always said.
Very awesome ride!
Glad you enjoyed it! While I was young...I was more like 21 than 8. :) I'm really blessed with great children and an amazing wife. :)
Jesus Kevin,.. don't know if it was the go pro angle, but it looked like you only had TWO greens then,. .. even taxying to the Hangar. . . OBVIOUSLY everything was fine, but in all previous vids, the Green Lights were all equally bright. . . I can relax now. ( Back story is ME forgetting to lower the gear due to a Passenger emergency many years ago. . . [Poor excuse for crap airmanship LOL ] I was flying a C-337 'Push Me Pull You' and I noticed the prob and went around fortunately for my Bank balance and Street Cred !. . .. . .) I Hope that your Son Carson gets the bug,. .. neither of My Daughters did . . .I got it aged 5 Y/O . . .and have never lost it . Really enjoying watching Jaime and you living the Dream mate. . ..
Looks likde a gorgeous day,.
Jamie must have been coming on the next shift. "A team". :-)
Ha ha.. :)
Loved the “A team” comment! Only from from a seasoned pilot and ATC person!! Hell yea!😂
Ha ha...I was hoping to get a jovial comeback but it just didn't happen. I have a close friend that works there and she would have had something funny to say about it. :)
When I got my private ticket 10 years ago, my son (who is 21 now) always wanted to go with me. By the time he was 12, I didn't need an autopilot on my 172. After I took off, I could tell him the heading and enroute altitude and he would climb out and fly me right to the destination airport. He would stay right on the numbers. Now he's training and has already soloed.
Thanks for the story of your son Matt! That's awesome! Congrats on your son's solo and aviation interests. Always fun to keep that bond in the family.
I have so many questions. Is that your own personal plane ? When flying from airport to airport where does the plane get put if you're away from it for a few days ? Is there a limit in which your plane can be at a different airport ? Where do you store your plane ? When refueling at a different airport, how does that work ? Do you pay for the fuel ?
Those GoPros are such good cameras. You two are bouncing around but the plane is stable with the horizon.
I agree Stephen...the stabilization on these cameras is awesome. There's some times when we are really getting rocked but it doesn't look bad. The Chicago skyline video comes to mind with that jolt over the lake.
@@310Pilot Now-days I ride a Harley Road Glide Ultra. I have a GoPro mounted on the frame, which you would think it would show a very disturbed video, but it's so clean. Taking a group ride (HOG) to northern WI in May. Hoping to get some awesome video(s). Later my friend. Be safe!
When I was 12 (13?) my dad arranged for a sightseeing flight for the family in a Cherokee Archer out of HMT. My old man, who was known to get queasy just looking at planes/boats rode the back seat like a pro while the pilot was gracious enough to let me take the controls for awhile, picking up the basics of flight. When the trim lesson was complete, I thought the old man was going to have a heart attack on the spot when we both took our hands off the yoke to demonstrate. I'd never been happier in my life, and the bug had bit hard. The rest, as they say..........
Neat story Weldon. My old man got me into flying as well and even though he's owned several flying machines and flown for a living for a number of years, I never once seen him get into the back of a GA type aircraft. Impressive your dad got back there. :)
If he's got the bug and goes with it he'll thank you forever. Thanks
Looks like you are raising him right. Future Dawg!
Thank you!! He's working hard towards his goal of West Point right now but he will be a Dawg at heart even if he doesn't go there. :)
@@310Pilot That is awesome!
I appreciate the extensive UGA branding. Go dawgs!
Thank you. Gotta raise the boy right!! Go Dawgs!
Question? If you took off on Runway 27 ( 270 dead west) then the corresponding opposite Runway Direction would be 09 (90 dead east).
Since the controller stated the winds were at 140, ( that would mean out of the South East right)?
I was wondering why you wouldn't prefer to take off from the other end of the runway, 090, and take off more into the wind?
If the winds are less than 10 knots I will take off on the short taxi (27 in this case) with a runway that long. If it's a short runway or winds of 10 knots or more I will always opt for the headwind.
get that kid some sun glasses - lol .... awesome manners congrats
Awesome!
Thanks Thomas!
Dad he needs his own 172 to learn in : o )
Thanks 310 Pilot
You're welcome Scotty!
That smirk on his face is great. He looks so into it. Has he pursued it further?
I thought that was pretty funny about the "A Team". They didn't seem to be that busy! I used to fly around L.A. all the time; now that's busy! Those people probably can't wait till the end of their shift, especially with all the airport hopping that goes on there. Mis those days '80s and 90s.
I was hoping to get a funny reaction from them but not so much. We have a close friend that is a controller there and she would have came back with something funny. 80's and 90's were still during the glory days of general aviation. I started in the late 90's and it's declined quite a bit since then.
Nice, way to always rep UGA. I have two kids there. My daughter is getting her Private Pilot's license right now!
Congrats on the kids Rob! That is where I learned to fly as well. Loved my time there. Go Dawgs!!
must be nice to have good weather! I was due to solo today but winds were 330@18G26 :( no flying for me
It's been a long winter! Today is 36 degrees with low ceilings and icing. Can't wait for spring to come to the Midwest! Congrats on being ready for solo! That's a big accomplishment! Hope the wx improves for you quickly.
Just read through the comments and you wrote in one comment you might enroll Carson to a private flight school, did that actually happen?
"Yes sir" from a 15 year old. Wanna have a talk with my 25 year old?
Ha ha...little bit of that southern upbringing worked I guess. :)
Too late my friend. It will be nearly impossible to add those two words to his vocabulary.
Agreed... Kevin is a pretty lucky guy all around... Carson seem like a great kid.. hopefully, between Kevin and "Pop" and maybe a little help from that high school flying scholarship program... maybe he is taking formal flight training by now...
New to the channel, great video! Like the hat ok, would be better if it had a GT on it... Keep up the good work from a new friend in the Atlanta area.
Glad you found us! There is no chance I'd have any yellow jacket gear!! :) I've lived all around your great state and most recently was a flight instructor/pilot for a company out of Falcon Field in Peachtree City. One day I'll make it back to nice weather/cost of living in the south.
I started flying with my Dad 30 years ago and we still do as much as we can. We take turns treating each other to a $100 breakfast.
Good job
Thanks David!
What kind of mount are you using on your windshield for your GoPro? And who sells those mounts?
I got it from aircraft spruce. Think it is by NFlite. Hope that helps!
Start Carson off by getting his written done and it's a lot of information that's online and books on ForeFlight. Enjoy your time with himand teach him everything he needs to know about flying before you know it he'll be flying you around one day and that day will be a eye watering moment because I've been there when I got my Private Pilots license. Say hello to everyone to have a great day
Thanks again Bernard! I'm going to order him a Private Pilot ground kit and get him going on the book work. After that we will find a spot locally to get him going on some private lessons in the next year or so.
What kind of mount do you have for your ipad? Is it suctioned to the windscreen?
It's the Ipad mini 4 RAM mount I bough from spruce. It is a single suction cup to the bottom left of the windscreen. Has been awesome for me.
Does Carson have a logbook to record his flights or is he not old enough to begin logging his flights? FYI - that's great that you are showing him the ropes of flying!
Thank you Kenneth. He doesn't have his own logbook yet. I need to get him his student pilot's certificate/medical and then he can start logging time. He'll be a third generation pilot in our family if he decides to go through with it.
Wow you fly out of KARR? Nice. I started then quit at the local flight school. I
Great video ! Ever thought about getting your CFI rating ?
Thanks Alan! I do have my CFI and MEI. Haven't used it in many years though.
What is coming out of blue line?
RFD amateurs! I'll bet he he said "wait, WHAT"!
I've noticed in your videos you run number 2 engine richer.
Great to meet your son.
Thanks Daniel! I was hoping they'd throw me back something funny but I guess they weren't feeling witty. :) The splits on my engines (and a lot of twins) are semi-normal. A well trusted twin cessna guru says you have two controls for a reason...don't waste a ton of money trying to get them perfectly matched. I have digital fuel flow on my engine monitor that is very accurate (more than the stock gauge) and the fuel flows are always matched regardless of the old gauge or the levers. Thanks for watching and the question.
310 Pilot Thanks for the answer. Makes sense. Appreciate your interactions with your viewers. Have a great day.
Oh snap ..... Your first video I thought to myself "young couple, middle to late 20's and they have a twin ... good job" ..... I see this video and you have a 15 year old? and your wife ( I assume she is your wife and his mom) has a 15 year old??? send me some of that Aurora "fountain of Youth" water! lol Just want to say great video's and good job Carson. ...... Also remember Mattoon/ Coles County Airport "MTO" for some excellent mushrooms (I had previously commented to you about them)!
Also, we have just a little room left in Horseshoe Nation if you want to upgrade your NFL team. You and my son need to get out of the cold ......
Jaime was super excited about you thinking of her as in her 20's. :) Thank you Steve for the nice comment. We'll try to swing MTO one day!
I know it looks similar to the GB "G" but my hat and his hoodie are Georgia Bulldog's. I'm a Georgia boy and as such, I root for the Falcons. I'd like to see the Colts get things back together though. :)
Gotcha ....... Go Dogs! ....... Lewis Grizzard, a Georgia boy, no better columnist!
I started watching your videos because I like aviation. I learned to fly at age sixteen and got my private license as soon as I turned seventeen. Within three years I had to give it up because I couldn't afford it. Now I have to give up your videos because I feel so bad that I lost a lifetime passion because I'm not as wealthy as people like you who can pursue their dreams.
Truly very sorry Mike. While flying clearly takes some money, there are a lot of cheaper ways to get back in. I have a friend that just partnered on a beautiful cub for only a couple thousand and the operating cost are dirt cheap. Maybe a flying club or a partnership on a single could get you back enjoying the air. The hard part of getting the ticket is behind you. Hope you don't give up and have a chance to get back up there as you seem passionate about it.
Are the speeds you call out in MPH or KTS?
The speeds on my airspeed indicator are in MPH (my plane was the last year before going knots in 310's). So my call outs on departure are in MPH. My GPS's and MFD display ground speed in Knots so in cruise that's what I'm referencing. Sorry if it's confusing. Wish it was all in knots. Thanks for asking Kenny!
What are your normal cruise speeds and fuel burn?
I don't run it too hard. I usually cruise at 175 kts. ROP is about 12.5 gph per side. I can take a little loss of speed and go LOP at around 10 gph per side in the 160-165 range.