The Hundred Dollar Hamburger Flight to Catalina
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- čas přidán 8. 09. 2019
- The Hundred Dollar Hamburger Flight to Catalina with Christina and Val. Their first flight in a single engine airplane and first time to visit Catalina Island.
For entertainment purposes only, not for flight instruction.
Music credit - Four Preps, 26 Miles
Music credit - Jonny May, Don't know Why - Zábava
The grin on people’s faces when they take their first ride on a small plane is priceless.
Great video. Great video.. I am a pilot too and truly enjoyed how patient you were and let the kids fly.
That is sooo awesome!! The look on their faces is what makes it so great! Love sharing aviation with people, especially our young people! Thanks for sharing
Incredibly AWESOME and well conducted flight! I sooo hope your young passengers embraced their experience and understand their evolution in life, is truly in their own dreams and efforts.
Thanks Cleveland!
Your "First Officer" had a smile on her face the whole time! Priceless! 😁
Yes, fun flight for all.
@@MartyMitchell92660 I probably also had an ear-to-ear smile flying this weekend with you guys and Henry. 😊
We used to do the Bahamian hamburger run, actually best seafood you ever had in your life. We probably have been to a dozen airports scattered around the islands in my dad's Mooney growing up. Those places felt like paradise after you land and you feel like your in a different world, in a different time, and you'd expect a pirate ship to be anchored in the lagoons. It steels your heart and makes you want to turn into a hermit crab
God I love CZcams. Brilliant video. My Dad used to play that song when I was little and took me to Catalina as a kid also (1970s) by boat.
I'm dating myself but we used to race our sailboat almost every weekend from Long Beach to Catalina, from April to October every year -- back when the Grumman Goose seaplanes were running. I never did get a chance to go to Catalina by seaplane; THAT would've been an adventure. But flying to AVX or even one of the helo excursions to Avalon is the next best thing.
Always a pleasure seeing your flights Marty
Thanks Orlando!
@@MartyMitchell92660 You are welcome.
PS I flew to VAX two week ago with my CFI. Was good.
@@oosinc I think you meant AVX, cool. Nice place to visit.
What a fun video, thanks again for taking the time and effort to share it with us.
Dr. Chris Fragiskatos Thanks for watching and thanks for your comment Chris. Maybe see you in San Diego someday.
Sure hope so Marty, Id love to buy you lunch and check out your plane 😊
You did a very nice job keeping the banks shallow and descent rates slow and constant, especially with new passengers to feel safe and comfortable. I hope they came back for more flying.
Thanks Andrew. Yes, they were happy with the flying experience.
This is on my bucket list. Next time I'm in Southern California, hopefully!
Nicely done! After watching this I'm going to fly down from Northern Cal to visit Catalina Island!
Great! Let me know when you'll be there and I'll fly over, say hi, and have a famous cookie!
Nice ! Awesome.
What a thrill for these girls; seeing Catalina for the 1st time and flying in. I recall the excitement of taking the Catalina Express ferry over to the Jazztrax Festival back in '97 and seeing the Island slowly appearing out of the mist. Never gets old either.
Catalina is like being away on a distant vacation, but it’s only 15 minutes away.
@@MartyMitchell92660 only by plane-from L.A.; a little farther from Phx., but such a contrast- Avalon feels likes an Italian seaside village and honestly losing some of its charm- tearing down historic cottages and replacing with fancy-pricey hotels that will start to price middle-class Americans out. Love the natural areas though.
@@TJKillip One of the first things I noticed going back to Catalina vicariously through Google Earth. Avalon isn't quite the cozy hamlet I knew in the 60s. I'm shocked that CIC allowed all those condos to be built above Descanso. Two Harbors I think is ok for a LITTLE development yet; but I think Avalon has reached its limit. The mooring field alone has doubled in size from when I used to sail there, which makes it pretty sketchy to moor there on a crowded weekend -- on anything larger than about 30 ft.
Would love to sail back to Catalina at least a couple times; but no boat and I'm getting a little old for sailing -- not impossible but I'd have to bring a crew. I think taking Catalina Express would suck some of the fun out of it. Wouldn't mind one of the helo rides I guess. But ideally I'd like to sail there. When I was a teenager I'd race to Catalina almost every weekend from April to October. Some of the funnest times of my life.
@@briane173 I just saw this reply; don't use this email much any longer. Sounds like have great memories of Catalina as a youth. Mine started in '97 attending our 1st Jazztrax concert and always enjoy going back- unfortunately have only been back 10 times since then but always enjoyable though we've heard from friends that Avalon is changing; demolishing cute gues lodging bungalow's, putting up fancy hotels, eateries to the point regular folks won't be able to afford to experience this wonderful island. Catalina Express now up to +- $77 one way- per person. Sailing over would be amazing. I always enjoyed parasailing and hoped to get back over this October but looks like next year for a Big BDay celebrations during the Jazz Festival Take care
Awesome video. My friends told me they have some really good buffalo burgers at Catalina airport.
Yes, they're very good. The ordinary hamburgers are good too.
Marty, another great video. The video quality and clearness is exceptional. You have a great airplane, and have a wonderful area to fly in. I have my ASEL rating, so at least I have that "one up" on you! If you want a real adventure, get your float plane rating in Alaska! What a blast, and you also get some mountain training at the same time!
I need to do that someday. As you mentioned in your later comment, you meant to say ASES rating.
That’s really fantastic. I’m flying VFR on FS2020 and having so much fun discovering the world. I’m saving to get my PPL. The approach to Catalina is beautiful. Greetings from NZWN Wellington, New Zealand
Good luck with your PPL. Lots of wind in Wellington. That will make you a good pilot. Thanks for watching.
😱Yeah, we called our city Windy Welly.few pilots told me, if you learn to fly in Wellington, you can fly anywhere.
Great flight, I wanted to make it to Catalina when we were the a few years ago and didn't have the opportunity!
Hopefully you'll be back again soon to make the flight. Always a fun trip over.
Beautiful trip. Perfect takeoff and landing. Greetings from Poland .
Thanks for watching! Dzień dobry
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Bravo Bravo!
nice lookin paint job. also great vid.
Thanks for watching and for you comment.
Not sure how I got to this channel but cool flight. Was waiting for the burger but only saw one shot at the restaurant, looks like great place to eat. I have been to catalina only once with a friend in a 152 but did not make it to the port and eat, we just kind of hiked around and flew back. I have some E35 time, wish we had flown that, would have made it much faster as the 152 was a little pokey.
Sounds like a fun trip. A bit longer in a C152, but that's ok. We ate in town (Avalon) but I often eat at the DC-3 Cafe at the airport. Good food and great atmosphere.
Just found you on CZcams, awesome video man.
Thanks for watching Bud.
What a great video. Start to finish, thank you. As a young Marine at Camp Pendleton i would take family and friends from Papillion Nebraska to Catalina whenever they would come visit.
Thank you. Glad you enjoyed. Hopefully you gave your visitors a ride over in one of your LCAC's :)
Cool!!!!!
I was there today.... no one mentions the $35 landing fee! And the restaurant was closed, and no shuttle. What a rip off!
Safely in my bed watching this. 😂
Just by watching your passenger’s face since the moment you started the engine on, I guaranty she’ll find the way to be a pilot
I hope you are right!
LOL - around 2:45 he says - it's smoking hot today, gonna be around 85 degrees on the island. Yeah, so - I live in N. Texas, it's just now rolling into August 2023 and it has been around 104 degree highs for over a week now. Globally, hottest year on record.
How things change.
Pretty funny. I guess I did say that. It's hot for the island, not for N. Texas.
I remember when landing fee was $3.50. Now it’s $35.00. Nice video👍
Thank you. Yep, the landing price keeps going up. I remember when it was $10. You can become a member of the Catalina Aero Club for around $210 per year, all landings free.
@@MartyMitchell92660 I know! $35, restaurant was closed, and no shuttle, ...and attitude from izod dork....
@@MartyMitchell92660 Can I take a wild guess that they're hiking fees to help defray the cost of the new runway surface?
@@briane173 I'm sure they could cite many reasons, new runway, higher expenses for the employees, you name it. Seems like everything it going up.
@@MartyMitchell92660 Well, whatever the reason, the resurface was the best thing they've done there in the past 30 years. That asphalt, pothole-ridden runway must've been murder on landing mounts.
Hi Marty, your copilot had a big smile all along that video! I m pretty sure she ll be in aviation soon if that s not already the case since this video was shot!
Could you make a video next time about how you fly the traffic pattern in your Bonanza? Such as what are ypur MP, RPM settings, speed, flaps and gear down? Would be great and useful.
Cheers from Belgium.
Thanks Skyhawk Heavy (oxymoron). She's not a pilot yet, but hopefully some day she will be one. Sure, I'll try to make that video sometime soon. Cheers!
@@MartyMitchell92660 thanks a lot Marty. My CZcams name comes from the fact that I did mention on the radio one day for jocking "skyhawk heavy" and the ATC controller just cracked up on the radio 😅
Good man' - Great flight & the girls are very happy too - Women make very good Pilots' - especially with all the new tech' making it more physically able than before' - love the 'Red-hair' - one of my favourites' & lots in my family too - have fun & Shalom > ?? >
Thanks Dezmond. Always fun to fly and even better with good company.
We used to go to Catalina Island in 1980's when I was getting my CPL (H) at Long Beach LGB , for lunch ( Buffalo burgers) hopping straight over usually in a Piper Warrior 161 . Was always a good test of judgement hitting the numbers as the runway wasn't that long . Unfortunately in those days there were no iPhones or small digital cameras to record one's adventures. We also used to practice landing on the unmanned oil rigs off the coast. I don't remember paying any landing fees in those days
Yes, those were the good ol' days. Must have been cool to land on those oil rigs. Can't do that in my plane!
Used to drop - into Meadowlark Field for a burger back in 1977 in a Grumman American AA1B.
Very cool. learn to fly
I too have landed there many times back in the 80's. They had a $2.00 landing fee, or you had to buy something at the cafe, so I just bought a $0.50 Mounds Bar each visit. No landing fee!
So, four years later. Did she get into aviation? Fun flight.
Not yet, but it's never too late :)
@@MartyMitchell92660 Keep 'em flyin', Skipper!
Looks like the ladies had a great 1st flight to cat island. They didn't look nervous at all for the 1st time in small plane. Catalina is a beautiful place to go.
Indeed! Good spirit of adventure and no fear!
I'm based out of ACI West and see your plane all the time. How's the wing?? :(
Not good. It will be quite a while until she's fixed. Thanks.
@@MartyMitchell92660 bummer! I heard briefly what happened. What a freak thing. Regardless, I hope you and the family are safe right now. Hope to see you at SNA in the future.
@@Bill4LE Likewise. Be safe.
I wish it was still only a hundred bucks!
Me too!
your daughters are lovely!
Just friends, but yes, lovely.
Marty Mitchell I was thinking those were nieces... in this day and age I’m afraid to be alone with other people’s kids. I was a teacher in the late 90s and early 2000s. We were actually taught in college not to be alone with students... actually made me paranoid about it. Glad to see that isn’t the norm in the real world. Hoping it won’t be too long before my wife and I can get a plane and do the $100 burger run 😁. I earned my pilots license in the 80s and I’ve only done one...😒. BTW, enjoyable video.
Where did you fly out of? I have to do a dual cross country soon and I think taking my instructor out for a burger on catalina would be a good trip.
I'm based at John Wayne KSNA. Sounds like a good plan. You'll be able to get a Catalina checkout from your instructor, something many flight school require prior to sending you there solo. Be advised the landing fee keeps going up, so be prepared with a wad of cash. Good luck and enjoy your flight.
@@MartyMitchell92660 Ah John Wayne, out there near Newport. I will be flying out of Brackett KPOC. How long was the flight for you to Catalina?
@@MarioLoco03 About 15 minutes.
@@MartyMitchell92660 excellent. Thanks for the info.
Hey! I’m thinking about also flying my instructor to Catalina for my dual cross country next week. Departing from Riverside. Piper Archer. Any suggestions?
@marty I love that the controller knows you!
I guess once you go there a hundred times, they get to know you. :)
looked like Fun
I meant "ASES" rating!
Yes, you are correct.
Why not just base your airplane at an airport that has a cafe?
Great idea, then I wouldn't ever have to fly it!
THEIR,S AN RICH AMERICAN OVER THEIR. HOPE YOU ENJOYED YOUR BURGERS. GOOD JOB FLYING AND TEACHING YOUR KIDS.
I want to be like Marty
burgers airplanes and 2 pretty girls. If you need a co-pilot, I take my check ride here in a few months ;)
Good luck on your check ride. Hope it goes well for you.
Seems like neither you nor your lovely young passengers were wearing harnesses or seat belts. True?
Everyone was wearing seat belts. My plane doesn't have shoulder harnesses though. You can see Christina removing her seat belt at czcams.com/video/sntJ-kQYgy0/video.html
It’s unbelievable to me in an age of collapsing ice shelves and heat waves just beginning from the burning of fossil fuels, that people get in a personal aircraft and fly around for no discernible reason.
You’re right, let’s just ban all forms of travel to save the icebergs that aren’t actually melting
Discernible reason isn't required last I checked... that being said, honing your skills is important in aviation which translates to- go fly
spoken like a moron. General aviation carbon footprint is absurdly tiny compared to charter jets and 100 other things. Be a loser somewhere else
@@UnicycleIdiot climate change is real but general aviation is not a major factor for carbon inputs. This dude is just a whacko
You can’t discern it? That says more about you