Nice! That'll probably happen if/when we go back again. Have you flown around Europe Single pilot? Any grief doing that there?

@@AccidentalAviator No issues. Flew from Iceland to Bilbao. Set up my own handler in Bilbao. Return trip spent 3 nights in Glasgow. Just used the FBO in Glasgow and everyone was really great. Going to do it again this summer. No one questioned me flying single pilot. Make sure you have a 2nd Class medical.

I'll have to look into a read those books! Thanks for watching!

I appreciate the kind comments and for always watching! I'm hoping to go back at some point. They just announced that the Miami Dolphins will play in Spain, maybe we'll go for that 🙂

Yeah, unfortunately I'm pretty busy during football season, so things are starting to free up a bit. I'm hoping to have another video out in about 2 weeks.

Thank you and thanks for watching!

You're welcome! More to come soon. Thanks for watching!

I appreciate you watching! This particular one was difficult because of the audio difficulties. But I think it came out decent. Hopefully we can get the next one out quickly!

This is a great question and one that I should probably have addressed in one of the videos! Since you're out of radar coverage, the pilots are replied upon to maintain a speed that they choose (mach entry speed) and ATC uses this to assure you safe distance from other aircraft. Further, when you give a position report you're also telling them your mach speed and your estimated time to your next fix. If you don't call in with another position report at that fix, then they know to notify search and rescue. You could see that if we told them we'd originally plan to fly at Mach .69 and we could only hold .59 where that could be a issue with other traffic flying the same route as we were. This isn't just the Atlantic routes, but any place in the world that you'd be out of radar coverage.

@AccidentalAviator thank you.... that's very interesting

@@AccidentalAviator Was HF radio was used in part of this trip? I sometimes monitor Gander Center.

@@W1RMD We did not have HF radio on board when we went across, just normal equipment. I mentioned that in the "preflight" video. We have since added an HF radio though, and are planning to head to Bermuda in the coming months!

Thanks for always watching! Things are starting to free up a bit, so hopefully can get them out a little more regular!

Ugh. We've got videos! hahaha. Where were you before we made this trip :-) You have to try all the local fare, right?

Welcome back Pete! Yes, you are correct. you need to be in APR mode (which had hit a long way out when they cleared is direct to MIKVU and cleared us for the approach). You also have to intercept the localizer at one fix prior to the FAF either on one of the transition/feeder routes or on a 30 degree (or less) angle to the inbound course. I think there might be other stipulations too, but I'd have to look those up. You just always need to be ready to either just activate vectors to final or flip the source in the PFD.

Also, no for NEXRAD. Once we got out of the United States and into Canada, we lost NEXRAD after a while. We did have CONNEXT weather over in Europe though, so that was a nice Bonus. I think I do wind up showing what that is on one of my flights.

The CONNEXT gave us NEXRAD type radar everywhere in Europe except Iceland and Greenland (I believe). It did give us METARs and TAFs everywhere though, cause you can see us grab the METAR at Reykjavik in the video.

@ is that a Garmin paid service? I think I had a trial if that’s what I’m thinking it is.

@@ProPilotPete Yes. I believe it's pretty cheap and comes with the ability to text from the cockpit. I think it's part of the Satellite phone service. I'll have to look it up to see what we pay. Well worth the money. I use it a lot outside of the USA (Caribbean / Canada). It gives you Satellite / cloud coverage in most places too, which you can usually tell what's good and bad by the color of the painted clouds.

I appreciate you! Yes, it was a weird optical illusion that I actually commented on, and you'll see it again on our way back when Jeff was in the left seat.

@@AccidentalAviator Wally, if you ever landed on Catalina Island Airport, that airport (about 3,000 feet or so) has a bluff approach on each end, and a distinct Hump in the middle. Knowing there's a dropoff on the departure end, and not being able to see over the hump, a LOT of pilots lock the brakes, trying to get stopped, when they still have half a runway left. I always laughed, and thought... "I wish I had the airplane tire concession here, to replace the mains on the planes that locked'em up...."

@@carlmclelland7624 I've always wanted to land there. Maybe at some point I'll get my Arrow out there! I've landed at Mountain Air out north of Ashville. That' a 2900 foot runway up in the mountains and kind of the same situation.

Yes finally! It was great talking to you too. I wasn't recording, but I caught the tail-end of the handoff on my phone. I just haven't had time to edit something up. Thanks to you and all of Miami Center / Approach for always taking great care of us down there! I think we're headed down towards the tail-end of next week too.

@ Sounds good! Well look out for you

Also if you ever want to come by the center and tower/approach we’re always happy to have visitors especially pilots

@ I will definitely take you up on that at some point. Can you shoot me an email at [email protected] and give me your contact information?

It is the old days! Totally out of radar coverage, but ADSB and TCAS make things a lot safer!

I've been around and flying a lot. Just haven't had time to work on these. Hopefully I can get another one out by the end of January! Glad to see you back here!

Me too! Now that football season is winding down and my Dolphins bombed out, I'll have time to work on these again. Plus this was a little more difficult than others because of the audio difficulties we had on departure.

Jets of this size come equipped with TCAS already installed and I think it's a requirement here in the United States. Smaller piston planes do not need it, but many have ADSB here in the states which help tremendously!

I honestly didn't know there was a G2000 avionics suite until you mentioned it! Thank you! 3 more coming out starting Thursday!

It's definitely a lot of information to take in. She had a blast and has been continuing with her aviation journey!

Yeah, that's the first time that I've seen a transponder on it. I flew by it many times in the 80's and 90's.

I appreciate your time watching it!

It definitely is a really cool drive! It's a lot longer than people think though! Welcome to cha channel!

Yeah, that was a pretty crazy landing. I've since done an avionics upgrade in this plane and I just need to find the time to do a new video in it. It now has a GFC-500 autopilot. I appreciate you watching.

I'm very happy that I learned to fly using a six-pack. I think it makes you a safer (and more understanding) pilot. To me, the generations being raised on the glass cockpit look at flying as a video game! I recently upgraded some of the avionics in my arrow and decided to go with the 2 G5's. A modern(ish) update still retaining the 6-pack identity.

Thank you! I appreciate you! I think this was the one that started it all? It's weird to look back on these!

I'm working on them, albeit slowly! My real work has been crazy busy and with it being football season I'm away on the weekends a lot, so I haven't had much time to work on them unfortunately! I've been looking for someone that might want to help with editing if you know anyone!

@AccidentalAviator I know you're busy, and i didn't mean to pressure you. I'll make some inquiries about video editing help.

What software do you use for editing?

@@emylrmm I didn't take it that way. Trust me, I'd rather be working on those videos! I'm also trying to sneak it some time to get my CFI writtens out of the way 🙂

@@emylrmm Adobe Premier. It's pretty time consuming to get everything synced up, then edited down to 25-30 minutes.

Great questions. The only addition I made to the engine was the Merlin Wastegate (right after I bought it). This automatic wastegate keeps the cylinder temperatures way down. As for making it to TBO, that kinda depends on what your definition of that is. I put 6 new cylinders on it about 10 years ago, and I've had to replace a few since then (didn't get the greatest batch), but it's been a great plane and it's been purring along for a while now. If I had to complain about something, it would be the gear motor. I seem to have to replace that about every 5 years.

@@AccidentalAviator if your cylinders don't make it to factory-declared TBO, that is it - your engine doesn't make it to TBO. But do you understand *why* you have to replace cylinders? Overheat? Did you always fly with engine monitor and did you always follow temperature regimes in all phases of flight and avoided overboosting? If so, I really want to understand why you need cylinder replacement mid-time.

@@alexeygusev698 I installed an engine monitor when I bought the plane, and yes I run it under temperature specs. When I bought the plane it had a 1900 hour engine (TBO is 1800 on this engine), but it was leaking and burning oil, so we overhauled it. One thing about this engine is that it's not "turbo normalized." You take off with about 3/4 throttle and 41" of boost. 75% cruise power is roughly 33" and 2400 rpm, so you're always running over atmospheric pressures. We had a few low-compression cylinders during an annual roughly 10-12 years ago, and I erred on the safer side and decided to top it at the recommendation of my mechanic (and brother). As of right now, I believe I have around 1400 hours on it and I hardly need to put any oil in it. You can expect to do a little more maintenance on your engines with a turbo charger. They just naturally work harder. You can email me at [email protected] and I'll answer any other questions you have!

I’ve owned my plane for 33 years and have changed out cylinders despite operating the engine within proper operating parameters (using a full engine monitor) and doing frequent oil changes. My last two cylinders failed for different reasons. One because it failed a compression test and both valves were found leaking and the last cylinder was replaced due to high oil consumption. There has been a lot of debate whether cylinder component metallurgy has changed over the years since it seems a higher number of cylinders are being replaced. Unfortunately, dealing with mechanical issues come with ownership. My wife once said to me that it would have been cheaper if I had cocaine habit. 😂

@@Marauder92V Yeah, the cylinders we've replaced have all been from low compression and/or leaking through the barrel seam. It was definitely a weird batch that we got from the top-overhaul. My brother (an A&P/IA) has said for years that the metal used back pre-80s was way better and I tend to agree with him.

It really is a great plane and pretty simple to fly single-pilot.

Thanks! She's flying when she can, but she's been really busy (senior year of high school). Hopefully I'll have some good news to report on her front soon!

Hopefully getting close to solo! She told me she made 5 landings on her own yesterday.

Thanks! Let me know if I can answer any questions for you!

Yeah, I'm working on the next one. Finding time has been proving difficult lately!

Unfortunately I have to listen to them, but I probably could have it a little lower. If there's something specific you'd like to know, I'd be happy to answer it here or in email ([email protected])

Greetings!

You’re right. I’ll take no offense at that comment. 😂

Bahaha, I see Jeff replied. :-)

It definitely got a bath on that one!

Yeah, I think we hooked another one!

Yeah, there's a 2 minute limitation (on ground) on it, and it's been ingrained in my brain to shut it off. I've had a few times where I've had a long taxi on the runway (like this) that I've left them on and gotten the Master Caution, so it's easier just to make sure they go off.

Yep. It was actually on there for most of the flight (hit something coming out of Wilmington), but I was able to post-production edit it out of just about everything. Once we got into the clouds the removal didn't look clean so I just left it in there.

Welcome aboard! I enjoy giving kids those opportunities every chance I get. Hopefully she sticks with her flying!

I'll pass along your cheers!

It very well could be! It was early in the morning that we were arriving. Sneaking in with the overnight packages!

I'll pass this along to her!

Our pleasure! I hope to have her along at some point in the future!

She's got a lot going on in her senior year, so she's flying when she can... But she'll be diving in full time soon!

She started opening up about half way through the flight and asking some really good questions!

Haha! I've been pronouncing that wrong ever since my dad turned it off on my in a Lear 23 at 40,000 feet about 35 years ago (that was a joy). I've tried to correct myself but I can't seem to get over saying it wrong. Oddly, you're the first one that has pointed this out in a year and a half of me having this channel! :-)

That's great that you got your private at 57!

@@AccidentalAviator Better late than never! But too late for the airlines. :)

@@flyinandjammin Are you doing it for fun or are you going to sneak into 135?

​@@AccidentalAviator I'd like to get my commercial and CFI and do corporate or fly lab samples all over the eastern seaboard. :) Time is running out.

@@flyinandjammin Nah, you got time and you'll enjoy it!