Thanks for a great ride along.

Took my private pilot check ride at the Mineola airport and Mr. Wrisner flew with me.

You don’t spell out the phonetic alphabet. It’s just a Class C airport.

What size do I need to fix it between the seats in the R44 like in the picture of the website ?

Great product !! This system is perfectly suited for attaching a GoPro to an external component of an aircraft.

Hello, I've just received a new "Swivel" and I want to thank you for this very well made tool. Bravo :) ! Frederic from Paris (Fr)

Very helpful! Thanks!

My wife and I discovered this while on our honeymoon 5 yrs ago. I now know what the inside looks like as no one was there. Thanks so much.

That was fun, thanks for taking us all along for the ride!

Very nice video...mount installation clearly explained. Thanks!

I'll have to try it!

Didn't know that was possible. Very cool and informative!

Love it!

Currently learning for my PPL, with the benefit of flying out of a class C airport. I have the opposite: relaxed when I’m on with the ATC, nervous when I have to fly into an uncontrolled airport with all those nasty other aircraft doing whatever. Just comes down to what we’re used to I guess. The initial contact was a little strange. Here in NL when we first contact ATC, we mention type of plane, flight rules, ATIS information, position and alt, and intentions, all in one message. And position can be anything, from “5 miles south of airport” to “overhead town X”. Though we wouldn’t use the boundary of the airspace as a reference 😊 Glad you’re mentioning to ask the ATC to clarify, even during my limited time flying I’ve had to do that a few times when I wasn’t sure, or simply call “say again” when I didn’t hear. Never got called out for not hearing them the first time. 😅

Old video, but man you published a real flight with real coms, where other pilots would have edited out the parts that weren't convenient for the narrative. Well done sir.

He told you to squak 0420 because he thought you were high. LOL

good video

mounting gopro on the sting is legal according to safety regualtions?

I'm curious, is the pivot arm metal or plastic?

Nice video, glad to find one with an airport in my local area

Great vid!

Your first mistake was found by the COMPUTERS, not by the ATC ( they clearly show you on the screen with an information flag beside your radar signature ). If it wasn´t for that, he probably would believe you and take actions to certify himself about your position IF he found time to it. Before the eighties, without the processed radar screen information, ATC had a fair battle with pilots ! R-The air traffic control today is a child´s play !

Very helpful video. Thank you for posting it.

Nice video. Very useful for young pilots cause of the interaction with ATC. I wish to see more videos like this. Cheers! P. S. Subscribed

For clarification when ATC says 'continue' it's usually because they can't legally clear you to land at that moment. It could be that someone is lined up and waiting or a vehicle on the runway. On your first approach when they mistakenly cleared you to land I'd advise responding '(callsign) request touch and go'. That way if they didn't catch their mistake you're not forced to land or disobey their clearance by doing your touch and go. When it's not very busy approach and departure are often combined into the same sector which appears to be the case here. Same person, same frequency, different names. Overall solid communication especially for someone with only 100 hrs at the time of recording. 👍

Is my pilot pro your product? I bought one last year but haven’t had the opportunity to use it yet

Just what I needed

Great video. More CFI’s should show students that it’s not that hard talking to controllers. I just write all frequencies down on my knee board, be ahead of the controllers. I even write down runways, as soon as they tell me, I adjust my heading bug to that runway. It’s safer flying into controlled airports, way safer IMO. Stay up

4 years later, this video is still helping people...like me! Thank you for doing this, and for your humility. Awesome work!

Great video. I think we have all made very similar mistakes along with atc as well. Thank you for sharing it helps everyone!

Can you post a link to this mount please?

I’m just a student pilot but we are learning that unless ATC shortens your call sign in reply you have to keep using the whole call sign? Also thanks, I wasn’t aware that you have to give distance to the actual airport and not the boundary of controlled airspace! And as others said, thanks for posting this warts and all, and the narrative which was great information. Appreciate it!

As a student pilot with ~25 hours and looking to get more comfortable with Class C ATC communications, I was delighted to find your video; however, I became even more delighted after finding out it takes place in the same area I am training in. I am currently enrolled at FlyGateway based at Queen City (XLL) and have done some touch and go's myself at ABE. When you said you earned your private at ABE, I assume you trained at Ace? Also, are you still local to the area?

Thank you sir, as a new pilot trained in pilot controlled airport,this is of immense help.

I didn't read all the comments, so I don't know if somebody else mentioned this but why in every single time when you communicating with the same ATC whether Center or Tower you have to say the word "Cherokee"... I thought you mention the type of aircraft only on initial contact to an ATC so they will have an understanding/expectation for the performance of the aircraft. Once that is established I don't see the necessity of mentioning "Cherokee" each and every time unless if there's another aircraft in the frequency with a similar Tail # like Cessna 802A... Then Ok in order to emphasize who is who you may need to do that but otherwise I think it is just unnecessarily lengthens the announcements. Like we don't say Cherokee November Eight Zero Alpha every time but rather Eight Zero Alpha is enough to let ATC know who we are, after initially we let them know 80A is a Cherokee. I am a newbie VFR pilot too. Only 130 hrs under my wings and sometimes ATC communication becomes confusing to to all of us at the beginning. Especially if we get one of those ATC guys who talks like a machine gun. Still, a very good video. Thanks for posting!

Great video! I’m glad to know I’m not the only pilot that gets radio nervous! I remember my first solo into a class C airport . I kept telling myself “relax, fly the plane.” It turned out to be a much better experience than I anticipated, so much so that if I could have I’d have invited the very patient controller for a steak dinner on me!

Love the video. Great information to boost people's confidence

Nice job!!

Thank you, I’m usually afraid of asking some questions from ATC, this video helps me a lot.

It's always interesting to see how ATC handles screw ups. I've been chewed out for much less. I've also had "no worries" from ATC for much more.

OMG THANK YOU!!! Humbleness WELCOME!!

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Diffidently one of the best VFR Com videos out there that depicts a real life scenario. I personally can identify with this video, especially the duress of making a mistake and the pressure of a busy airport, rather than the picture perfect com videos typically made on the subject that normally do not occur with VFR pilots that do not enter class C's.

Awesome video! I am a student pilot getting ready to solo to a class charlie airport. Super helpful cause it will actually be to Lehigh Valley International.

Great video and thank you. I appreciate the instructional aspect of your video but more importantly thank you for highlighting the mistakes, albeit minor. We must learn from others mistakes as we can’t possibly make them all ourselves.

As a n00b VFR only pilot with little Class C experience during his training, I really appreciate this video. You sound more real than the expert folks with their polished vids, making occasional flubs but not losing your cool. I feel as though with maybe some practice on PilotEdge on my XPlane sim, I'll feel like it's ok to make mistakes but also to expect mistakes, and not be afraid to ask for clarification.

good learning video!!!

Thank you for the honest video. I am on my 7th flight lesson and I butchered ATC calls more than I would like. Thank goodness for my instructor who is there to fix my calls :) I am absolutely terrified of time when it comes to my solo and ATC communications. It helps to ease off worries to see a more experienced pilot make mistakes and even take time to process what ATC is saying and what to say back 😁 I sometimes feel like it takes forever for my brain to register ATC communications especially if it's a question to me that I did not expect.

I‘m not a pilot but why is it that the quality of transmission is at least 2 decades behind what we all are used to with our mobile phones? With all the modern tech wouldn‘t you expect crystal clear (digital) and noise free audio? If you had that audio on your TV, would you accept that? You would be out on the street and wreak havoc!