$100 Hamburger Flight to a Short Grass Airstrip!

[@djrand62]

How cool! You flew over my daughter's house in Woodstock. I could see the entire route I took to get there this morning. When you went over Drumbo, I could see the property we looked at buying before getting our present place. I have been through Mt. Forest and Durham countless times. It's so cool to see the Country Corner restaurant in Durham, which has been a favourite for some time. When you were first flying over the runway, you passed over a school building, Holland Chatsworth school, where I have taught. And I have fished more than a few times at Williams Lake. I now live in the London area, but it was neat getting to see so many familiar spots from the sky. Thanks!

[@skyhawkadventures9374]

@@djrand62 that’s too cool! I never expected to cover so many places that are so memorable for you. Stay tuned for more fun flying adventures around Southwestern Ontario.

[@ilocke2007]

awesome takeoff from not glendale. what a great day you captured.

[@skyhawkadventures9374]

@@ilocke2007 not Glendale? What did you mean? Thanks for flying along!

[@LevelUpBooster-2024]

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[@ilocke2007]

@@skyhawkadventures9374 Hey, so I thought for some reason that it was Glendale and that it later changed to something else but not sure.

[@skyhawkadventures9374]

@ I think what happened is the original owner passed away and it wasn’t used for years. His widow still owns the property, which is next door to my buddy, Steve’s place. It’s unregistered now, but I’ve been given permission to land there.

[@abdullahalmamari5950]

I always enjoy the scenery in your videos. What an incredible experience!

[@skyhawkadventures9374]

@@abdullahalmamari5950 thanks for flying along. Lots more airborne fun to come.

[@rickbullock4331]

Love the aerial views that I would never get to see in areas I’ve driven by on the 401,402 400 etc. thx for videoing for us.👍👍

[@skyhawkadventures9374]

@@rickbullock4331 thanks for joining me on this flight. You definitely get a different perspective from the sky.

[@pfsantos007]

Enjoyed the video thanks for posting. Love aviation, and although too late to turn it into a career, plenty of time to get at least on of my young ones hooked. Good burgers at CNC3!

[@skyhawkadventures9374]

@@pfsantos007 Glad you enjoyed the video. I’ve eaten at CNC3 a bunch of times. Never tried a burger 🍔. Next time.

[@flyinchircle8797]

Really enjoyed your video. The belly cam shots are great too.

[@skyhawkadventures9374]

Glad you enjoyed it.

[@Jer29]

Love your weekly videos. Really appreciate the ATC. Im studying out of cyfd and have my ppl flight test coming up and these videos are fantastic. Thanks for recording and posting

[@skyhawkadventures9374]

@@Jer29 great to hear. Unfortunately, editing chops out some of the ATC, but glad to hear you’re enjoying them.

[@MrGilstorf]

Great video! In the 70-80’s we spent many Sundays at Williams Lake water skiing at the public boat launch and watching planes land at the airstrip. It was paved back then. Being from Mt. Forest I was hoping at the start you’d fly over here and sure enough!

[@skyhawkadventures9374]

@@MrGilstorf that’s awesome that I was able to take you down memory lane. Glad you liked the video.

[@johnlang150]

great views, the airshow is probably one of the best in Ontario

[@skyhawkadventures9374]

@@johnlang150 for sure. They get airshow performers from all over the world.

[@billjonesnation]

Fairly certain I have flown over there multiple times and never realized it was an airstrip. Incredible spot! This made me open up a chart and do some map reading to find it. Very cool!

[@skyhawkadventures9374]

@@billjonesnation to find it, you’d have to look at an aerial map as it’s no longer registered.

[@billjonesnation]

@@skyhawkadventures9374 You caught me. I just used Google Earth. Haven't opened a VNC in years lol.

[@billjonesnation]

@@skyhawkadventures9374 I just checked and see it pre dates my 29th edition April 2011 VNC. I would have flown right past it on a London - Owen Sound trip. Are there anymore hidden gems like this in SW Ontario? Keep posting videos!

[@skyhawkadventures9374]

@@billjonesnationthanks for watching. There are a ton of strips around that I haven’t landed at, but they’re on the list!

[@TheStreethack]

Love the $100.00 Hamburger reference. I spent a lot of time in Dad's Cessna 172 taildragger conversion in the 1980's, pursuing the $50.00 hamburger across the width and breadth of Ontario on Sundays. I guess Inflation has taken a hit on the 'ticket to ride', for a descent burger.

[@skyhawkadventures9374]

@@TheStreethack yeah. Sometimes the $100 hamburger flights cost more like $200. I rarely get a burger, so this was an exception. The burger was a beast for the price. It was a fresh hamburger patty with a thick slice of peameal bacon, all from a local farm. I’ll definitely be back there again. Glad you enjoyed the video.

[@TheStreethack]

@@skyhawkadventures9374 If i remember correctly, Bala (Muskoka) field had the best going, in that specific time period. Check for me, on your next opportunity.

[@randywright1922]

Nice landed my challenger there years ago from OS.

[@skyhawkadventures9374]

@@randywright1922 cool. When I had a Challenger I landed there as well. Not gonna lie, it freaked me out the first couple times.

[@randywright1922]

@skyhawkadventures9374 that's why we fly and are glad of our competant instructors

[@rickunruh8132]

Agreed on the solar farm issue.

[@douglasnorris8716]

Does your friend Steve have a project aircraft that started as a PA 22? I sold my project to someone seven or eight years ago and I believe he had a strip much like the one you show here and was building up pontoon boat out of water jugs, I’ve been interested to find out what happened to the project aircraft

[@skyhawkadventures9374]

@@douglasnorris8716 that’s the same Steve! He’s always working on and creating some kind of cool project. I joke that if him and I were stranded on a deserted island, I’d be Gilligan and he’d be the Professor. lol If I recall the project, I think he abandoned the Pacer project and kept it for parts for his Tri-Pacer.

[@douglasnorris8716]

Ah well, it was so close to done. Just needed five more years and a further truckload of money. He will have got some good parts of it. I went on to buy a Skyhawk and enjoyed the pricey burgers. Thanks for the video and the info.

[@cherifbar]

Just love the fancy avionics. Can the HSI also function as an RMI?

[@skyhawkadventures9374]

@@cherifbar the lower G5 acts as a Directional gyro, but can be quickly configured to be an Attitude Indicator and visa versa. It is slaves to the GPS 175, so it displays a fair bit of information, but to get the most out of the equipment I’d need to add a Garmin autopilot, which isn’t in the budget. It’s still pretty sweet though. And by getting two, it gave me 15 pounds of payload by taking out the vacuum system and some unused wiring, instruments and antennas.

[@cherifbar]

@@skyhawkadventures9374 that sounds very impressive. I quit flying after nearly 40 as a fixed wing pilot about 14 years ago. Unfortunately I never got to try any of this glass panel stuff. The nicest plane I got to fly was the Baron 58 and it had an analog HSI and RMI, something I found very useful because it reduced the work load quite a bit. Thanks for sharing this wonderful video.

[@skyhawkadventures9374]

@@cherifbar you’re welcome and I’m glad you enjoyed it. By today’s standard of glass cockpits, mine is pretty basic, but I still love how it reduces the work and increases accuracy and safety. The Baron is a sweet plane. That must’ve been fun to fly.

[@cherifbar]

@@skyhawkadventures9374 yes it was. I used to fly out of the now closed Edmonton Municipal Airport back in the early 80’s for an energy company. Having an RMI was a blessing up north, as many approaches were non precision NDB approaches. Please don’t ask me what the Vmc for the Baron was because I don’t remember anymore. I get to fly vicariously through delightful videos like yours. Thanks once again.

[@henrivanbemmel]

In the shots with your downward camera, what is your video play rate (ie. 2x, 3x, etc)?

[@skyhawkadventures9374]

@@henrivanbemmel for most of the video, I play it at 2x. Takeoff and landing are at 1x.

[@BrianSutherland-id1qr]

question for you, once you leave the st Thomas area after take off are you flipping over to 126.7 for the remaining trip or do you flip over to the CFA(common frequency area in the practice areas) when you are in there as well? just curious, I tend to listen and report when I am in those areas and then flip back to 126.7, enjoying the videos...

[@skyhawkadventures9374]

Great question. I use 126.7 until I get into the area of the frequencies listed on the back of the VTA chart. If able, I’ll still monitor 126.7 while on the other frequency as many pilots not familiar with the VTA Toronto frequencies have stayed on 126.7. Also, editing removes context so you may not hear a whole conversation that actually happened. Glad you’re enjoying the videos.

[@josemarino4270]

8:08, to each their own. I would pend my "hard" earn money on a different style house complex. This looks like a "container" house!

[@skyhawkadventures9374]

@@josemarino4270 I hear you. I still love seeing the things I can see when I’m flying that I might not even know are there.

[@lunarorbit]

What is the beeping noise whenever your mic is active?

[@skyhawkadventures9374]

@@lunarorbit that’s radio noise from the strobes on the tail and wings. I was trying a different way of recording communication, but this is clearly a fail.

[@lunarorbit]

@@skyhawkadventures9374 The views from your cameras make up for it. I'm flying to that airstrip in MSFS right now.

[@cherifbar]

With inflation being what it is, should that not be the $200.00 hamburger these days?

[@skyhawkadventures9374]

@@cherifbar the $100 hamburger still exists on shorter flights, but this one was probably about $180 in fuel and $20 for a burger 🍔 🤷‍♂️

[@davidsimpson6404]

Do we really need to be burning fossil Fuels to get a Hamburger

[@skyhawkadventures9374]

@@davidsimpson6404 , unless you drive an electric vehicle that only uses electricity generated by wind, solar or hydro, you’re also burning fossil fuels for the same purpose.

[@sylvester7800]

this can't be a serious comment!

[@marklittle8805]

I am pretty sure you burn your share...and i dont see you upset about all that good farmland with solar panels sitting on them