West Coast 7: Veteran Fuel Stop
Video | 4 years ago
The end is nearing for our Fun West Coast Flying trip. This is the second half of the leg from Albuquerque to our planned fuel stop in Great Bend, Kansas. For the other pilots, I'd highly recommend this place. The FBO is owned by a veteran, he provides exce...
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West Coast 6: Escaping California
Video | 4 years ago
Leaving Napa was hard for Jaime but it was time to start heading back home. We drive south out of the valley and drop the rental car off at Oakland Airport for an airliner to LAX and then on to Albuquerque. After a nice diner, we hit the hotel to rest up fo...
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West Coast 5: Santa Cruz to Napa
Video | 4 years ago
We woke up in Monterey and continued our trip north along the California coast. First stop was Santa Cruz where we watched a boogie board competition. Then Jaime was able to find some famous Redwoods that were on our way....Love those trees!! San Francisco ...
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West Coast 4: Santa Barbara & Monterey
Video | 4 years ago
We woke up in Albuquerque and the weather was bad. The ceilings were low and the freezing level was below the minimum IFR altitudes for the mountain west. Considering our non-turbo charged plane, we decided the safest thing was to take an airline to LAX. In...
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West Coast 3: Sexy Cannulas & Turbulence Woes
Video | 4 years ago
At our fuel stop in Dalhart, Texas we met Daren. He owns a Cessna 195, is a FedEx pilot and enjoys our channel. He suggested we go to Page Airport instead of Grand Canyon. It sounded like a good idea so we departed Texas in hopes of exciting Grand Canyon/Pa...
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West Coast 2: She Awakes for a BAD Landing
Video | 4 years ago
Jaime fell asleep in the back somewhere over Iowa or Missouri and missed a lot of rural America. Eastern Kansas looks like the worlds biggest cow pasture with all the rolling grasslands. Western Kansas and Oklahoma is barren and brown. Time for a fuel stop ...
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West Coast 1: Takeoff, Description & She Naps
Video | 4 years ago
Jaime and I finally had a chance to plan a fun West Coast Trip. Unfortunately the west was burning with bad fires and we weren't able to attempt our original plan of Grand Canyon, Sequoia National Park, California Coast, Napa Valley, Lake Tahoe, Yellowstone...
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Inspiring Kid's Aviation Addiction Over Chicago
Video | 4 years ago
My friend Keith (current air traffic controller/former airline pilot) asked to take his son up for his first general aviation flight. Loving to share aviation, I was excited to help! We fly over their house, get above some clouds, fly the Chicago skyline an...
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Checklist, Run-up and Test-Flight
Video | 4 years ago
My STEC 3100 upgrade and avionics updates are finally complete! Great news is they work WAY BETTER than I thought possible. My buddy John (with the Cessna 340) came on the test flight with me and as ya'll can tell...he really approved of how it turned out. ...
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Cessna 195 Flight to Pick up the Plane
Video | 4 years ago
By buddy Coyle offered me a flight in his Beautiful/Iconic Cessna 195 to pick my plane up from the software/autopilot upgrades. Love the sound of the Radial Engine purring. What an amazing airplane Cessna made. Think it's my new favorite single engine plane...
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Cessna 310/340 Formation Flight
Video | 4 years ago
I needed to drop my plane off at Kenosha, Wisconsin for some software/autopilot upgrades and my buddy John offered to fly me back home. Ride with me on the way from Chicago Aurora Airport in my Cessna 310 as I fly formation with John's Cessna 340. Sorry, on...
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Autopilot Upgrade Install Flight
Video | 4 years ago
My youngest son, Toccoa, goes for another flight with Dad. This time we fly up to Kenosha, Wisconsin to have the STEC 3100 autopilot reinstalled with the new bezel and software upgrade. At the shop you can see some of the leveling/install process. On the fl...
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