FLYING THE BAHAMAS IN YOUR OWN PLANE
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- čas přidán 6. 07. 2017
- Epic 3-day aviation adventure, flying around the Bahamas and back to Boston in a Bonanza. Part one: • How to FLY ANYWHERE in...
Where I get all my MUSIC -- goo.gl/D3h3fC
Bounce around the Bahamas, including Bimini, Rock Sound, Norman's Cay, Exuma, and San Salvador, then fly 2,000 miles back to Boston. Check out a crashed Curtiss C-46 Commando in shallow water off of Norman's Cay, while we practically have the island to ourselves.
General aviation is a surprisingly accessible and amazingly useful tool. Get an up close look at what it's like to travel in your own plane 24/7 for a few days as we fly from Florida to the Bahamas and back to Boston. See how it's all possible (first part of this trip): • How to FLY ANYWHERE in...
The route was KBOW-KFPR-F45-MYBS-MYER-MYEN-MYEF-MYSM-KFPR-KEQY-KROC-KLWM.
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116 Planes on One Runway: • 116 PLANES on ONE RUNW...
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Midnight Radio - Cacti
A Little Goes A Long Way - Martin Carlberg
Got Me Good - Otto Wallgren
Just Wanna Run (Ahlstrom Remix) - Sebastian Forslund
Struck By You (Ahlstrom Remix) - Simon Gribbe
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I've been flying since I was 16 and at age 19 flew around the world by myself in the same 1981 A36 Beechcraft Bonanza I still fly, becoming the youngest person ever to solo circumnavigate by aircraft.
Now, I'm sharing all kinds of aviation adventures with YOU! Ride along as we explore the world from the air and get a close up look at some of aviation's best flight experiences and destinations. I'm aiming to share the most immersive aviation content you've ever seen (and always complete with cockpit/ATC audio) and showcase the utility of general aviation with some awesome GA travel vlogs as well.
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You're living my BUCKET LIST at half my age! May you always have altitude, airspeed and options! Kudos.
These are the type of videos I hope are making a difference in aviation enthusiasm (Steveo, Swayne, MrAviation, Matt, etc). The GA has been on a decline far too long, so maybe videos like these can get younger pilots engaged and in the cockpit. My personal opinion is that this is the best medium to generate that interest with today's tech engaged kids/young adults. Gone are the days of standing at the airport fence, dreaming about flight. Keep up the good work Matt!
That's my hope too! Happy you enjoy them
Brian Moeller couldn't of said it better sir!
Brian Moeller I only can dream of flying with Xplane11 flight simulator, as real as aviation can get when used with oculus rift!
One thing that decreases flying in europe is that a flying hours costs like at least 175$ wet + with your normal PPL license you don't get night VFR included so you can add another 6-8k$ to the already horrendous cost of getting the PPL itself
That's not as real as it can get :)
I used to fly charter around the bahamas. To fly VFR you dont really need to talk to nassau as long as you stay either outside of their oddly shaped control area, or under 1200ft. You can squawk VFR everywhere you go really. Also the flight plan that they say you need isnt really an issue either. Its just like in the US with a vfr flight plan (you can either have one or not). All nassau normally wants is your point of departure and plane type and they will always give you a code unless they are insanely busy, which doesnt happen often.
Awesome video!
Yeah, the problem was that our entire route fell within their control area...and they were busy...
I have never seen a better flight film on youtube like this awesome Matt.
Thanks, that means a lot!
These are some of the best videos on YT. I wish I had gotten into flying when I was younger. Great work Matt.
I did all my primary training at EQY. I now live on the other side of the country, but it made me smile to see you coming over the church and quarry to 23 on such a pretty day. Great video!
I love your videos, I've been binge watching them over the last few days lol. This video is my favorite!
It's always fun to watch the flight, but really enjoyed the "on land" scenes too! Looked like a lot of fun, little jealous here! Safe travels.
Thanks, it was! Happy you liked it, just glad I can share it with you guys
Hi Matt. Finally the great adventure video is here. Awesome. Was eagerly awaiting this. Wish it was longer. Great adventure and a great video once again
Thanks man, glad you liked it! Both of those (czcams.com/video/85pTgSCSINM/video.html) were really hard to cut down to 20 minutes
Matt, I really enjoy following your channel and this video is especially outstanding! We used to own a Bonanza and flew all around Europe with it - your videos bring back a lot of good memories :-) And you are a great inspiration to the aviation community! Always fly safe!
you can't do a better job of showing what general avaition is all about, great job and thanks for sharing!
Fantasy in real life. Thanks for sharing Matt! Beautiful Video. I appreciate the hard work and time it took you to put your video out there.
Man your landings are amazing. Front wheel off and put down smoothly. Amazing videos overall. Keep it flying.
These are great videos! Very professional production. Keep up the good work!
Unbelievably well done video! Really enjoyed watching this and all your other videos.
Sweet video. . .Most truly don't realize the awesome appeal the Bahamas has for the general aviation community. It is truly appealing. I can't count the numerous times I spent island hopping. . .even sleeping on the beach or in the plane and then flying back to the mainland. It's awesome.
Twas increasingly appealing just how much you knew about the Cape. Spent 15 years with USA before the shuttle program ended and I went a different direction. Spent countless hours in the VAB. . .on the pad. . .and PTT to the MCC.
Colin,s dad here. Your video reminded me of my first visit to Rock Sound Eleuthera back in 1978 when I flew several friends on a tour of the islands. loved it, especialy a restaurant on North end in the back of a little bat, great lobster appetizer and outstanding food all around. The Rock Sound International Airplane Patch was much smaller and was straight in from the water. the club was nice and was one of the best islands to visit. (Get some Eluthera Pineapple Rum, Dino-Mite...). I had a Cessna Stationair and a Beech Queen Air (Pre King Air, Recip engines rather than TurboProp.). I miss flying dreadfully.
Great video Matt! Looks like you guys had an awesome time! Thanks for the upload!
Thanks! We did, just happy to share it with you guys!
Your videos are not only entertaining but educxational. Thank you for sharing them.
A+ video, really captures the island feel, and the fun of island hopping!
Beautiful scenery, pretty girl, and good friends. Thanks for bringing this experience to us!
That's some fancy avionics. I flew to Nassau with some buddies when I was in college in my V Tail Bonanaza. All we had back then was LORAN (didn't work more than 50 miles off shore) and VOR's. Brings back memories...thanks for sharing!
Looks like a great trip. Really enjoying your videos, keep up the good work!
loved this trip report, great editing job! Thanks :)
Terrific video! The production value is getting higher with each video. Love the convenience of GA. Just flew my family from KOWD to N98 in Northern Michigan. I was minutes from my destination versus flying commercial in to a larger airport...
The amount of effort put into these videos show. You deserve many more subscribers
Beautiful view, good music and awesome time!
Love these videos thanks y’all for posting 👍🏼
Behind every successful man is an amazed woman, I can tell by the way Rachel looks at you! That's the way we do the Bahamas, low key, no 5 star crap, you visited the real Bahamas, the people really make the island what it is. Tried doing the islands the high-dollar route and it was stuffy, uppity and boring, walking down a road in the islands you meet amazing people.
Great video. Good flight. I am actually from San Salvador,Bahamas. I was very surprised to see that island on your destination list. Keep visiting and hope it gets better every visit. Safe flying.
Absolutely amazing video Sir, I felt like I was living it with you. And that DC3 looked awesome!
Shame here in UK even as a 26yr old I can only afford to fly microlights. Not to mention the Airspace here in the UK is enough to keep anyone on their toes. Good Luck with futures trips man and I look forward to seeing more videos like this ;-)
Great flight and well documented keep them coming cheers
I don't think I'd ever be able to fly across the Bahamas in a single engine airplane, my anxiety just wouldn't allow for it... But I think with your calming demeanor and personality, you'd probably be the only person I'd be comfortable with, lol. Great video, Matt!
OMG this is the pilot's paradise....
Very Inspiring. Thanks for posting.
The ultimate! Awesome footage.
North county airport is my home airport where I fly out of all the time. Just started watching your videos and I love them man keep them coming!
Sweet video Matt! .. I was station throughout the Caribbeans while in the Navy ... One never gets tired of those beautiful waters ... Really enjoyed the ride along 😎😎
Nice, it's a beautiful part of the world. I'm happy you enjoyed it, and thanks for your service!
Awesome video and great flying! Looks like an amazing trip
Thanks, it was! Happy to share it with you guys
Awesome video! Just started taking flying lessons and videos like this really keep the motivation up! :)
Your production/editing skills are pretty sick my friend. Keep doin' what you're doin' (especially the tidbits for the aviation nerds haha).
Dude u r amazing! I have always wanted to pursue my dream of owning a plane and u are motivating me to do it, thx. Also, keep flying high
Liked so hard
Great video Matt, what a cool trip!! Recently became a pilot and hoping for some trips like that In the near future! Safe skies and keep the videos coming, awesome content!
Yes, I had a brain fade there. Great video. Thanks for posting these.
Figured :) But thanks, happy you liked them!
No lines no traffic just FREE to do what you want to do!!
Awesome little production!
Thanks Matt! Great video!
My good sir. You are an inspiration.
And a stop at EQY, my home airport! great fuel prices and a nice FBO. Thanks for sharing.
Awesome video, and flight.
Great video! Excellent pilot skills!
Thanks for sharing ... wonderful views ... brilliantly edited ... please keep it rolling ... love it.
Hey one thing, you might try to listen to a weak radio signal and shortly turn the ignition off, since I believe most of the noise is coming from your ignition circuit ... you may look for shielded high voltage cables to fix this ... but be aware that a moist shielded ignition cable is more prone to fail if the isolation has tiny cracks.
Great video Matt, love the channel. The Bahamas are on my bucket list, hopefully I'll combine it with a trip to Fun 'n Sun next year. Charlotte-Monroe (KEQY) is my home airport! Nice to see it show up in the video.
Awesome Video Matt!
Great Journey and awesome vidéo ! I enjoyed a lot... Watching you from Reunion Island in indian ocean where we're flying over a volcano
I see you enjoying the conch fritters. Awesome video thanks for coming to my country
Man your landings are perfect!
Only on camera ;)
Good Stuff Matt and the gang!
Thanks!
Awesome video!
Nicely done!
When he said "So you're land based?" The correct response was "No, we're Air based." Great video sir!
Thanks, solid point!
Brotherhood of navigators.
There's no such thing as air based. He saw that dingy and wanted to know if they were sailing or land based. I.e. if they knew what they were doing, or were land based.
I love your videos, very interesting and extremely well done. You should come visit Michigan some time!
definitely want to fly to the bahamas with my family one day amazing video
Great Video, Geezer alert: We did the exact same thing when we were in our early twenties. flew out to the Bahamas for several days, scuba dived, did a shark feeding frenzy. We also dove on a drug plane that was just off the coast. We located it from the air first. Did it in a Saratoga. Famous quote after landing, " How come we are the only single engine aircraft here?"
Nowadays you'd be hard pressed to find a twin!
Hahaha he gave you an altimeter setting that was different from standard then said to maintain FL80, how confusing was that.
Those exuma cays though; we had a nightmare of a time there this year... told Becki we’re gonna go back flying ourselves though 🚁🚁🚁
Haha right?! And then I laid it out for him, still couldn't figure out what he wanted... You should definitely do that. Wonder what kind of rules they have around landing on beaches and random tiny islands and stuff, could probably find some places you'd have completely to yourself.
Dude, I envy you.... Goals!
I discovered your channel last week and I think that you're my favorite aviation channel on youtube. I obviously watch the big channels in aviation, but you bring a chill vibe to the cockpit that calms people and reassures them that general aviation is not rocket science and is actually very very fun. I was surprised to see you fly out of Lawrence a lot !!! I fly out of Plum Island airport and have been to Lawerence too many times to count. I have a few videos on my channel of me flying out to Concord, Portland, and around Plum Island back when I was training, but my GoPro broke once I got my PPL (back in 2015) Since then I've done many flights with friends, like some of your videos, but I haven't gotten IFR yet, or gone the distance you have gone in some of your videos, and have definitely never even touched class B airspace. You're cool, calm, and collected, and that's unique in the community of pilots on youtube. I'm not sure if there would be any way to meet up and go for a flight, considering Lawerence is a 10 minute flight from me, but if there ever was it would be really fun to pick your brain.
Thanks man, that means a lot, really happy you like them! Are you going to Oshkosh? I'll probably be doing a couple events there, might be a good chance to meet up.
Wasn't planning on it, but my instructors and a couple of the guys from 2B2 go there each year. It's always enticing to go, I'm sure I will one of these upcoming years. Keep it up dog.
Love your videos Dude
Wnderfu content. Thank you!
Attention whiners. Yes, flying is expensive. So is golf, fishing, and say, the hot rod hobby. I started flying in 1973 (I was about 21), and didn't get my license until I was about 28. But I got it. 1 stinking hour at a time.
I remember the first time I was outraged at what someone had spent on their hot rod. The guy was just a blue collar machinist, and in about 1975 his Nomad made the cover of Hot Rod Magazine (or some such). He said he had spent more than $40,000 on the car, and he did a lot of the work himself! $40K in 1975 would be about $186K, today.
He was not unusual.
How much is a set of 28" wheels and tires? A really nice custom paint job can easily cost $10-$20K. Just a chromed out engine compartment can set you back $5,000. A really strong custom engine may easily cost $15-$25K and more. None of this takes into account the cost of the car you are customizing. A pos Mustang convertible that needs everything can cost $10K or more.
If you are working, you can find the money, if you want it badly enough. If you can't... work harder.
Lmao like fishing or golfing, yes just like apples taste like oranges, good call
Great videos though no doubt
Don't forget cycling where a set of race wheels can set you back $3,500 for 13,000 machine/thats no motor!
Fishing is not expensive at all, i fish very regularly and the only costs I incur is gas, bait and toll.
@@fiyaball2175 LOL, nice. Ya, there are ways to fish for cheap. Hey, there are ways to fly for cheap too.... but they don't involve glass-panel Bonanza's :)
Pilots and Ait traffic Controllers sound so cool when their voices are heard on radio. Matt sounds cool even without the radio 🍉🍍
Those old salties saved you guys from a potentially unpleasant journey!
Thanks to your channel, I developed an interest in airplanes! But it's a little frustrating trying to find good resources for learning since I'm a teenager with zero knowledge. Hopefully I will gain more knowledge about it in the future.
Wouldn't the emergency briefing best be done before on the ground
Best to give the briefing right before impact! :)
Probably! But we'd all done this before, so it was really just a refresher, and we were a little rushed on the ground so the air seemed like a more attentive environment
alibragge1986 I was a little more concerned w deciding to fly 700AGL (water level). If anything had gone wrong not a lot of time.......
Do NOT forget to add "DO NOT inflate vest or raft before you and it are OUTSIDE of the aircraft.".
On the upside, less tine for the Pax to flip out.
Really enjoyed the video Matt. Great job, esp the wreck at Norman's . Did not know about it....really cool adventure.
Thanks, happy you enjoyed it!
Fantastic :) :)
Just a note, dont wait until you are in the air to do a safety briefing in real life...great to include in the video though! Great video!
This was really great, thanks! Made me check the distances from the best Northern European beaches to the nearest airfields. That will be next summer, though; before that, there's going to be winter flying over snow covered lakes & forests. :)
Also, kept waiting to see steveo1kinevo's C208 on one of the aprons...
The water are so blue and the DC3 site is awesome!!! But that Rock Sound International Airport looks a bit sketchy hahaha... and FL080, 8000, FL080... lol... anyway, nice video as always! good work!
Haha thanks, yeah, this one was full of "interesting" experiences lol
Rock Sound International AirPlane Patch is much larger than in 78, also not short facing a hill.
Thanks for sharing!
My pleasure!
It must've been fun, hope you had a great time :D
It was, just happy I can bring you guys along!
You have amazing content :)
space launch!
awesome!
love Eleuthera. been there there a few times.
I look forward to doing the same when I get my own airplane :-)
this looks so amazing. I really want to be a pilot when I am older, so I can do this.
You better wish to be rich first
Great video
Thanks!
Hi Matt, great video, thanks for sharing!
One question: What audio panel do you have in your ac (one of the Garmin remote ones, but which one)? I recently had a GMA350c installed and it won't work with the GoPro and the audio adapter. When I switch on the GoPro, the GMA shuts down the audio line where the cam is plugged into. I didn't have this issue with any other audio panel so far.
By the way, if you're coming over to central Europe (southern Germany) some time, make sure to get in touch! I'd love to take you around.
looked like fun
It was, just happy to bring you guys along!
Outstanding video. Thanks for sharing. Great to see you using Lightspeed headset. Which model do you like the most?
Another great video Matt. Thanks for taking the time to do this. BTW, if you don't mind my asking, what was the fuel cost on this trip and did you have any landing/airport "fees" at any of the airports?
very cool to see you landed at my home airport KEQY... maybe one day we will bump into each others somewhere cheers!!!
does anyone else think Guthmiller will fly for snacks?
Brilliant
Phenomenal video yet again Matt. Sorry of this has been asked before but what editing software do you use?
At 12:47 there’s a beechjet 400 N68GS parked next to your plane that is based at Signature in Frederick, Maryland where I work. Very cool
Matt!!!! You visited my favorite place on the planet! Eleuthera!!!! My wife and I were there for 7 days in 2018 for our 20th Anniversary. So much to see and explore there. We'd love to go back. If you need a tour guide, let me know!! :-) Hurry up before Disney destroys the south end of the island with their new cruise ship port. :-( Lighthouse Point is AMAZING!!!
You make great videos Matt. Very well edited and executed. I enjoyed the part flying over Kennedy Space Center. I make space flight videos that may interest you. Keep up the great work.
Great video as always Matt! Greetings from EDRY in Germany.
no sunburn, damn what an accomplishment