Low-time Pilot Flying Telluride to Aspen VFR in a Cirrus SR22T
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- čas přidán 4. 07. 2024
- Mountain flying is not to be taken lightly. In this episode, witness a low-time pilot (me) with only 350 hours of experience navigate from two of the most dangerous airports in the United States.
We had a decent amount of mountain flying experience, but we need formal training in the mountains, which we have setup for August 2024. Fly with us around and through the mountains as we navigate our way with our two precious poodles Pip and Baxter by VFR - Visual Flight Rules. At the time of this video, I was a couple months away from receiving my Instrument Rating.
Both Aspen and Telluride are gorgeous cities that have become like home to us over the last 5 years. In this video you will see a quick recap of some of our favorite restaurants and a visit to our favorite Artist's gallery - Guadaloupe Laiz. Links to notable places to visit below:
Sant Ambroeus - www.santambroeus.com/pages/lo...
Bear Den Aspen - beardenaspen.com
Guadalupe Liaz - guadalupelaiz.com
Viceroy Snowmass - www.viceroyhotelsandresorts.c...
Poodle Oxygen Hoods - www.4pawsaviation.com
Nice video! Side note, as a fellow SR22T driver: it’s a lot safer to get that seatbelt buckle much lower across your lap. In case of some sort of incident, you could slide under and out of the belt and/or decrease effectiveness of the seatbelt airbags. Mine rides up sometimes, too - I find I have to sit up straight, scoot back in the chair, pull the buckle as low as possible, and tighten the waist straps. Happy flying!!
Totally. Good point. We’ve been trying to do that / more cognizant about it over the last year or so. You should see an improvement in the coming content.
Yes, that's called "submarining." Race drivers have extra straps near their crotches to prevent that at their speeds and - er - unusual attitudes.
I am a Cirrus pilot who has never landed above 6,500 field elevation. Telluride to Aspen looks epic, hope to try it myself someday. Great vid!
Maybe try Buena Vista or Salida first, then take a mountain flying course from someone like Stephan from Fly the Rockies. That way you can avoid the risks we took before formal training. Mountain flying is gorgeous, definitely pursue it!
Love your videos! My wife and I recently did two full ski seasons in Telluride (100 days on the mountain each season!) and fell in love with living in the town... It's one of the most magical places we've been in the US, and we've been all over the country. We also have both been flying a bunch and are down to just our checkride for our PPL for both of us... Would be awesome to connect with you guys some time!
100 days in Telluride, that is like living all season in Paradise! Congrats on being able to do that. Lyneé and I are working towards hopefully being able to do that someday. Your PPL will change your lives, looking forward to hearing from you about it and maybe connecting in person someday. An early congratulations on your next chapter in life!
Beautiful flight. The mountains can be deadly so be really careful. The crackling you hear when tuned to weak stations is most likely a leaky ignition harness. As the insulation gets older it will often allow some of the high voltage from the magneto to escape through cracks, etc. and the arcing causes interference. A new harness will fix the problem. Worked for my RV6.
Awesome Flights & Adventure with yall Thanks for the Ride really enjoyed ..not an Pilot here but Flown a lot ....
Thank you for the feedback and supporting the channel! Love having people like you on the channel.
@@Elivate. Thanks ...& Cant Wait till y'all s next one ....Safe Travels !!!
Brother, love your videos! Keep them coming.
Thank you. Will try!
Sporty, but nice work for the first time in there👍🏻✈️😎
Thank you for the support!
Hey, thanks again for a great video! I really enjoy them for the flying first and foremost, but appreciate the look into other cities, and the tour around too.
In other news, I just yesterday got to fly a G7 SR22 for the first time. Wow, amazing. But going to take some getting used to.
Nice! I fly a G7 SR20 in three weeks, pumped for the G2000!
Pilot seatbelt belongs across laps and hips. Not bellybutton area. Nice trip performance on the 22T.
Love it
Interesting. I felt the pressure you and your lady's faces were showing. For similar reasons, I had a slightly more tense flight out of Catalina Island. Just wrote a short story about it.
Cute O2 rigs your dogs wear.
Do you have a video with your history, what you do for a living, etc?
Oxygen hoods. During departure from Telluride we show them and explain it. Check it out. You will see the hoods link in the video description.
Yah we were pretty stressed there at pattern and touch down. What type of aircraft are you flying? No we don’t have a video about us, but we will have videos coming that get into it a little more gradually.
@@Elivate. I hope so. It's a good human-interest hook. I'm always curious about others' levels of success.
I no longer fly due to the FAA Medicine's AI "no" machine. Really. But for the cost of overriding it and getting to a human reviewer, I'd still be flying. I was a single-engine and helicopter commercial pilot... as a side-hustle only, until 2004.
BTW... Whatever you two are doing to stay in shape, keep it up! You could be models or in show biz!
I'm sorry to hear. Maybe take out your aviation interest on simulators. Tons of fun and way less fuel 🤓
Great video, what time are you departing? I have hundreds of hours in the rockies and our rule of thumb is to be done flying by 10:30. be landed by then, take off early early
Good call. We’ve landed as late as 12:30pm and it definitely is best before 11am. These two flights were around mid to late morning.
@Elivate. yeh I would be getting off by 8am, less traffic, lower DA, less wind, less thermals, less mtn wave etc. Be over the valley and out of the mts by 9:30
I think you maybe have forgotten to take the CAPS pin out 😅. Thanks for posting these videos, they are fun to watch!
Pin is out, and it’s in the checklist. But we leave the cover on as a personal safety switch.
@@Elivate. not trying to argue in any way, I am genuinely curious - what do you mean by personal safety switch? Easier to read the checklist on the cover? I personally do like to see the red handle poking out with the cover shifted down on the bottom two velcros!
On a different note - my wife is trying to convince me that we need to fly with our 80 lb Labrador puppy in our SR22T… this channel is great for me to build up confidence that we can maybe find a way! Looking forward to more videos!
In the event of a CAPS pull, I want that extra 1/2 second action to confirm I’m pulling under the right mindset - like a safety on a gun.
Not all dogs fly the same, but I would say maybe try the calming and noise reducing headbands (Amazon) and a large dog hood from 4pawsaviation.com. They work great on our dogs so maybe it will for your pooch as well!
Curious what was your performance chart with a density attitude of 11,000+
Must have a lot more performance than my Hawker 800 used to have were limited to limit over 9000 feet’
FYI It’s called a non controlled airport.. Pilots don’t control airspace, they do communicate with other pilots in the area though.
I will have to look to know exactly. It does well in high density and heat- better than I thought it would. It does have Gami’s, fine wires, Surefly, and she’s dialed in by Jim Barker so it performs just about as good as it possibly could given the hardware. Good point. Pilot Controlled Airport is a slang term. Uncontrolled or non-towered airport is the term I should have used on CZcams.
I have the performance charts handy but it looks like CZcams does now allow pictures in comments? This is the first time I’m trying it.
Curious what was your performance chart with a density attitude of 11,000+
Must have a lot more performance than my Hawker 800 used to have were limited to limit over 9000 feet’
As a former airline dispatcher (flight planner), I wondered about the DenAlt runway and climb charts, too, esp. when he said "We should be able to... "
On your run up I don't see that you have CAPS read . Just an observation.
Also, you should look into why you may not want to go full rich on the mixture at high altitudes and instead just enriching mixture.
Yah it’s on the checklist, just edited out of first flight, you can see it on second flight. That’s funny you say that about the mixture. I actually explained that on the ground to Lyneé and at the approach in Aspen leaned after going full rich in case and called it out while I did it. I edited both out because of video length and to avoid people asking about it 😆.
Nice videos! Keep up the great work.
Just wondering though, Is there a reason why you don't have a front facing camera looking over the nose?
Thanks! We started recording facing forward several months ago. You will see it in some of our other current videos. You are right, much better having a forward facing view in conjunction. Plus better wing footage, we had battery and connection issues with the wing camera on this trip.
I love your poodles! How long did it take them to get used to the oxygen hoods?
Not too long. The headbands help keep them calm. They don’t love when we need to put the hoods on them, but once they are on, they don’t seem to care and snuggle up together.
@@Elivate. Kind of a nice touch that you bring them along. With those hoods, is there a way for them to get water in flight? I'd guess the O2 dries them out.
Mountain wave: Sounds like you will be doing quite a bit of mtn flying in the future. Learn all you can about mountain waves. The airline I flew for was outstanding in "wave" detection that occurs various times throughout the year (mostly winter). So much so that we filed/flew mtn wave bypass routes that were printed on our HI/LOW charts when areas were active. No other airline did this.
Will do. Getting formal training in August with Stephen. Looking forward to learning more. Thank you for the tip!
What’s the make and model of your wife’s sunglasses?
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Decent flying, next time work on your high speed landings. Think about driving a Mazda 3 and you’ll be better pilots for sure.
😆 that’s funny. Dude I recognize your screen name from previous videos and off the wall comments. Thanks for following though you have a good sense of humor.
He does a lot of I think, I should. Does he scare anyone else?
Umm did you watch the video? I never heard him say that once. Am I missing something? He displays cautious confidence and comes across as being proficient and experienced for only having 350 hours. I used to be a pilot. What is your fixed wing pilot experience? They are displaying cautious CRM every second that they are showing video of at least...
More concerned with your video commentary than flying your aircraft safely…not great
Interesting perspective
That’s a voiceover for most of it and talking out loud is a challenge response single pilot style / his wife is helping too.
@@therustypilot3452 I thought she did great with good CRM before start in Aspen. Great coordination in departing Telluride; everyone cooperated. Keep the vids coming.
Thank you!
She is a great co pilot! Makes us safer.
Impressive! I’m so glad to see the poodles have oxygen and are safe. 🩷 So cool that you rescue pooches. Supporting rescues around the world. @nationalmilldogrescue
Thank you! Also @tinypawssmalldogrescue