Gross……..

"their poor quality control would have contributed to my death, but by golly what a bargain". This is an incredible comparison, but your ranking system weighs durable embroidery equally to lifesaving capability, so the last few minutes of this vid arent your best work. You still rock and thanks again!

Does the GTN 750 know your indicated airspeed from the G5? If so, then theoretically you can use your ipad to fully recreate the PFD by sending all of that data out through flightstream. I know all Garmin avionics are "integrated", but there integrated and then there's integrated. Just trying to get a sense of which one it is.

Excellent content thank you, will. Definately be purchasing the references you mentioned. Congrats on your instrument rating!

How are ya doing

I guess I need lessons to pre-flight like you.

What type of drink holder is that on the door. Where did you get it and how do you install it.

What!?! What a nightmare! And! You got someone at the fisdo on the phone??? Here in Cali they all “work from home” only emails and rarely answered.😂

Curious what the price for something in that condition is, if you dont mind?

My experience is that its impossible to get a flight as a VFR pilot.

Congratulations on your instrument/commercial/multi-engine check rides!!!

Good for you! I have a funny feeling this particular DPE was already on their radar! I really believe there are some (limited) DPEs that look for a reason to fail people so they can have repeating paying customers??? I believe you reporting her has saved other new GA or Instrument students being exposed to the grief of being evaluated by her!!!

I know this is some time in the past but this DP needs to be disciplined or her licenses suspended! Ridiculous!

Can you tell me about your jacks, ie can you get them at Harbor freight , what length are they?

Thanks helpful and you made me laugh with your honesty just got a m20c and my only problem is I'm an old busted up helo pilot by trade...lol...trying to figure out airplane's

Hey! Don't clamp the ground to the exhaust pipe! There's videos about why not. Clamp the ground on the tiedown ring. Much better ground for your tanks.

I'm looking into your future now, and you bought the other airplane lol

When something happens to me that I think wasn't right, like in your case with the DPE... I always reach out to a supervisor/mgmt or something. Not to be a Karen LoL but because the majority of people stay silent and will never speak up, which leads to the situation to continue for more people. I try to be a bit more bold and stick up for myself and others regardless of consequence. Happy to see you did! look at the response you got from all those people that also shared that experience. I'm sure it made them feel heard. Keep up the flying dude! love your videos

I grew up in a 1966 m20c, the Johnson bar gear is truly something else

Wait, did I see Louis Armstrong? ✌️

The bladder leaks too.

Everyone has 'dumped' their ADFs. It might be a good idea to keep it. Why would we do this with GPS? ANSWER: In case of meteor shower/solar activity, or military conflict, GPS could become vulnerable, and FAA is hell bent to get rid most VORs. Additionally, GPS/Next-Gen may be "hackable," though such has yet to be reported. ADF will STILL point the way to commercial radio AM transmitters, and there are hundreds of them. If one were to chart the locations of those transmitters, and their frequencies, power and directional patterns as non-directional transmitters might be best. ADF becomes a cross check on the accuracy of GPS, and in GPS failure would be useful. Also, you, or passengers, could listen to the radio. (NOTE: Most light aircraft are not, as yet, likely feasible candidates for inertial nav systems.)

I feel so fortunate to live near Wichita, all the DPE in this area are great. Life in the Air Capitol.

Thanks Tom, a very informative and honest video.

This is a great video. Now we all know to cancel a check ride if it seems even a little sketchy with the dpe.

$900 isn't bad. Thats cheaper than alot. Total time into it for a DPE is similar to your aircrafts hourly shop rate. Do you any idea what is required to get and maintain a DPE approval? And you cant just "stop" a checkride after the test has begun. After it starts, there are 3 possible endings= Approval, NOD or letter of discontinuance. It sounds like she was unfair, would like to hear her side. And a failed checkride is no blemish on your record. Many great pro pilot's have failed checkrides.

I went on a discover flight ride a few weeks ago…. It was suppose to be 1 hour of flight…well the flight I was taken on only last 45 minutes….i felt cheated out of 15 minutes of flight….cost $285….and the cfi put in my log book .8 hours of flight….is it right for me to feel slighted…or slightly cheated …..I was thinking this as we land but didn’t want to confront the cfi by asking why we didn’t do a full 1 hour of flight… what do you guys think…am I being petty? Should I have asked the cfi why we touched down with 15 minutes left….i was told beforehand the flight would be 1 hour

Unfortunately, my son went through a similar unprofessional experience. With the current DPE shortage, I feel it’s worse.

Appreciate your honesty. And enjoyed this! This year I got checked out in a Comanche 250 and it's different! But totally related to your "don't touch anything on the runway" comment. I own my plane. I'm saving my breaks. I'm dumping those flaps! LOL

Like your vids, I wish I could get a Mooney one day. Hand on throttle, all the time 😉 once I get my PPL, I’ll handle check lists like you do. You’re perfect there.

"Don't bend the rules" so, you attempted to conduct a checkride thinking there was a "bent rule" in the checkride pre-reqs?? Hmmmm

I think $900 was the second lowest I paid for any checkride. 😢 PVT was $800, and the rest were all $800-$900 except for CFI which i think was $1,200

Great review Tommy. My first Mooney was aso a '66 and I now own a '65. I purchased with some nice mods. (real J Cowl, South West Texas speed slope windshield, Wingtip fairings and later J Dorsal closure. Your panel is wonderful and with the Garmin Autopilot will be a super plane to fly anywhere in. Enjoy! (I KNOW I AM WAY LATE TO THE PARTY LOL)

Hey Tommy it sucks when you get an asshole DPE like that for $900. It would be unfair if you didn't report this so called DPE, because their are other pilots that will fall in her Fly Trap. Also I think that as an airman you hold a responsibility to report it to the FAA. Im glad that mine only cost $400.

That cfi is a nut case. FSDO now.

good work

Its good that someone paid your gas and I am happy that the experience was satisfying to you. Doing good is always satisfying. You probably thinking I wished I had a bigger airplane but your help was greatly appreciated. May God bless you.

I think I may have seen you flying back and forth over Boone last week or two , FlightRadar showed a Mooney going over quite a few times. Thank you!

In phoenix my PPL checkride was $1000, IR was $1200 and my commercial was $1500💀

you switch out just before tbo... nice strategy.

I see you had a propane tank. So when you climb the pressure in the propane would go down is there a risk that when you land at an airport it could have a higher pressure and cause the propane tank to rupture?

Good on you brother! Cause we all know it’s the people making a difference as fema is non existent

I just got back from KSVH. Fkew there thur-sat then Mon-today. It was amazing to see the efforts put forth.

Who was organizing all this, and how was that done? Determining whose skills and equipment were needed where and what was available, what goods to ship, all that stuff?

Good Job sir! If you want to carry more take those diapers out of the boxes!

Totally awesome!

Awesome Mission. Well Done

Thank you for what you did and all the other pilots. I know that area really needed help. 7A8 is a tricky mountain airport!

Wonderful stuff! From your neighbours in the Great White North it's f'n awesome to see people getting organized and helping each other and generally being good hoomans eh! The social media shite going around I'm sure is just ignorant media people and influencers that don't know what a TFR is. Standby for Milton. ;(

It’s unbelievable what people can do and will do when you get the Government out of the way. Like the STUPID fire chief that threatened to arrest the hello pilot if he rescued the second half of a married couple or the Police Chief that wanted to arrest the Marine for trying to put on a fund raiser for the victims.FEMA forget about even considering them.