INTENSE Instrument Proficiency Flight

Every 6 months pilots are required to maintain instrument proficiency. I took my buddy John along as the safety pilot while I foggled up to reset my instrument currency. I do 6 fast paced approaches, one hand flown, a missed approach, holding and a few night takeoff and landings. At the end I test an old flying personal floatation device. :)
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[@ryanburic6348]

The biggest reason why your channel is kicking ass, is because you’re not stuck on yourself like all the other people that want to put their two cents in. Totally kick ass to watch. It’s great fun to see someone like yourself make it happen. By the way I graduated from Wheaton Warrenville South in 1994 Lol…Anyways I love you guys and keep it up

[@jarvey1962]

I agree down-to-earth realistic people

[@JustPlaneSilly]

BUSTED out laughing when you inflated the life vest.

[@danaskubic2145]

That was funny, "stab it", LOL. Thanks for sharing, very interesting video, intense

[@johnfitzpatrick2469]

Just watching! 🤔

[@tropicthndr]

He should have pointed his finger at the camera and told all the fools who do a engine out water landing “don’t pull the cord inside the plane or your going to be trapped inside and drown”.

[@joemehere1151]

Great video. Can't wait to see Jamie again. It seems to me that it's been a lot time. ❤️

[@bobbrandt6383]

Great video Kevin. I ran out of energy just watching. Loved the bug eye shots of John looking for traffic.

[@knightwolf200612]

I'm not a pilot but aviation enthousiast. I follow your channel and watch everything in uploaded order (yeah I'm still a year behind lol), and despite I learned so much because of you and other YT-pilots, this video was still as hard for me as it was for you... the amount of info, things to do, quick thinking, etc, incredible and lots of respect for you to do all that stuff. Great you had John with you, besides the fun, he also learns from this too. Great content, and keep up the good work man!

[@paultaylor9939]

Just great Kevin many thanks for having us along and thanks to your co pilot too great flight cheers

[@otsteve11]

VWD...VERY WELL DONE.. THANKS FOR THE RIDE ALONG .

[@JimsPlanesandTrains]

That’s me at 19:43! Awesome video as always Kevin!

[@jokeeffe007]

What a fantastic video! You did all the approaches and then the night proficiency after. Amazing stamina. Reminds me of my Instrument training at night going between KTTN ILS 6 and KPNE ILS 24, as soon as you're on the missed you are being vectored for 3 min to the other approach. It puts hair on your chest and takes them off your head. Thank you and Fly Safe!

[@artnickel7624]

Man I miss all that. Thanks for bringing us along. Didn’t miss the inflatable vest… I’ve seen smaller rafts…

[@TheFamilyman7]

Had your hands AND feet full in your twilight gym session. Great to have a safety pilot and friend to take the edge off. Not to mention zero anxiety w/ATC as that's your craft. Best of all worlds and hopefully Avidyne appreciated the demo. Assume Jaime is back to her witty self. Be well, you two.

[@richkuban2027]

Great aviation content. Fun to tag along behind the scenes as a non-pilot. Much respect to you and your fellow aviators.

[@bartgoins1782]

As an old pilot who is NOT IFR rated, I enjoyed this video. Thanks.

[@danaskubic2145]

Same

[@kevincollins8014]

Those night flights are always welcomed by me. Your cameras actually do an amazing job in the dark compared to some I've seen. Holy crap that life vest inflation was awfully violent. Thanks as always for sharing this with us all Kevin and I'll see you in the next one.

[@TheAirD0g]

Loved the visit to all the airports. I got my PPL at Lewis in 1978 and visited most of those airports during my training except Morris. Did my fist night landing at Dupage. Lots of memories. Thanks for your videos.

[@andrewbainton4139]

Nice job Kevin...that was a lot of work I was tired just watching...phew! thanks for sharing

[@stevekinney66]

Great video! Loved seeing all that you went through for proficiency. Of course the end was classic!

[@dansmallwood2409]

Start PPL training next week. As always, thanks for these informative, entertaining videos!

[@paulallar79]

Phantastic! Glad you didn't cut the life vest clip. That was very intense... Works my nerves to start PPL and then go on to IR.

[@roywallace3242]

It's good to see someone good at what they do !! You are good at what you do !!!!! Thanks for the video !!!!

[@rudyfasouliotis6560]

Ha that’s me at 32:25! Awesome video Kevin like always!

[@jan3195]

Easy to see from this video how task saturation can lead to bad things... Great video, Kevin. Nice job, John.

[@steveridgewaynrtgo]

John had his hyper aware eyes on a couple of times there. That would have to be a little scary. You hid it better than John. lol

[@BamaContractor]

Great workout Kevin. I know theses are for entertainment purposes only but it sure is informative for those of us finishing PPL and preparing for our Instruments Training. I enjoy your spotter pilot and his inputs helping you out/critiquing. Please continue these types of videos with your normal videos.

[@ericstockman8622]

Thank you for your videos. When I started my adventure to get back into flying you where the first pilot I found on UTube and it has been great watching all you videos. I can say enough good about your videos. Thank you!

[@rabh6746]

Intense? I bet you slept like a baby after that ;) I'm glad John was still there when you inflated the life vest haha! Your videos never get old Kevin, they always keep me glued to the screen!

[@yourpalfranc]

The instrument camera is outstanding!! Very purdy!! Great job with the instruments, and the end was worth waiting for!! LOL ~Frank

[@MikeJamesMedia]

Nice work! Thanks for sharing these interesting flight-management videos! (Hope Jamie feels better soon!)

[@FeralPreacher]

Best video showing how much work is actually involved in IFR approaches. The PFD inflation was great, hope it is never really needed. Thanks for sharing.

[@philippointer]

My favorite of your videos to date. And then a great laugh with the vest!

[@bigphoto1]

Love the landing lights, reminds me of my Clearwaters on my BMW motorcycle can see everything at night

[@mstracka13]

Nice touch of humor with the vest inflation at the end.

[@TheWabbit]

To me ( a Non pilot ) this was amazing, 3/4 data entry and 1/4 pilot but all pilot if you know what I mean, that was a lot of information you were going through. I enjoyed the flotation vest inflation also, thanks for taking the right and left punch for our amusement and information.

[@calcobb442]

LOLOL'd when you had to ask John to remove the choking life vest! Brilliant. GO DAWGS!!!

[@jetdoctn]

Six approaches at once with the hold is a bunch, especially going to so many different airports. I'm in the same boat on the Comanche with my currency. Hopefully will be doing the same thing next weekend, might break it up with doing it over two days since its been awhile. Great video.

[@davel2223]

Nice job Kevin all that going on makes you golden . Congrats on a fine job.

[@tucksmith8300]

Awesome job Kevin on those approaches

[@golfbravowhiskey8669]

@24:19 “”I’ve spent 6k on a lot of stuff in my plane that doesn’t work””. No truer words ever spoken.

[@MD-ob1gq]

Awesome! You need a shirt with John's face, eyes popping out that says "need a safety pilot!"

[@DiarmuidOhibicin]

So glad you guys got your shots.

[@lesliewilliams2398]

Really liked highlighting the instruments you were looking at.. awesome video.

[@billtisdale6122]

A lot of autopilot approaches. Was good to see you hand fly one. Also good to do a full approach with PT, May not always get a vector to final. Noted they were all RNAV, would have been good to get a localizer or ILS in there. It was a great workout for “buttonology” or “knobology” to get the software and sequences down. Great flight!

[@johnwilkins7500]

Hurt myself laughing at the vest inflation. Best aviation channel ever!

[@s8tmanpaul77]

Great job Kevin! My wife also got really sick after her second Covid shot. It lead her up for two days.

[@milesdee1806]

Without a doubt that landing light package is sweet!

[@daviddifonzo7938]

Always (almost) nais the center line ! Thank you.

[@petertarantelli]

Boy, you weren’t kidding about heavy workload! Well done Kevin.

[@vaughnbluejr5960]

I flinched when the life vest "exploded". Glad John was there to rescue you. LOL.

[@AleRon72]

My instructor always makes me chant "Power up, pitch up, gear up, flaps up, attitude, altitude, airspeed" for every missed approach

[@karlfair]

Great job, Kevin. When we switched from regular PFD's to inflatables. We had to go through a training to make sure we could find the activation lanyard in the water. Had a lot of misfires in the process of learning. Going from 17 lbs of flotation to 35 lbs was a great improvement. Hope the second shot didn't keep Jamie under the weather for long.

[@garrygballard8914]

Great, fun, informative video, tks man for taking us along.

[@garyjones5792]

good 2 see u back flying love your vids

[@RobBeMe]

Hope Jaime is feeling better > hearing these adverse reactions are not uncommon > at least they seem to be grossly underreported when researching VAERS > which of course She should file a Report > People also commenting They are not being instructed to report adverse reactions.

[@tomtom1313]

Great ending an even better video Kevin!

[@PilotDaveAviation]

Now that's funny regarding the vest !!! thanks for sharing with us your videos !!!

[@FranksMSFlightSimulator]

Some great educational stuff there, thanks very much Kevin. Cheers.

[@mikaraurala1358]

Nice job, thx for sharing. Man, those #Whelen lights sure lite up the rwy!

[@brianb5594]

Kev, reminds of flying approaches in the Cirrus SR22 at three airports close together in the Atlanta area. How fast can you reprogram the GPS? 😮😮 I hand fly more than not and also hand fly the hold as to maintain proficiency should the automation fail. Great video as always! Going for my double-I in a month. BTW, the life vest inflate was hilarious. Yikes! 😂

[@franklinpierce2854]

I did a "lights-inop" landing once, and *not* a practice one. It was at a 2600' paved private strip in KS. Which was plenty for the Piper Archer I was in. I did learn one memorable aspect of a lights-out landing: IMO, your tendency is to land long and I very nearly ran off the end of the runway. My co-pilot and I LITERALLY stood on the brakes to avoid going into the weeds. So, stabilize your approach, fly by the numbers, FLY THE AIRPLANE. If you're too far down the runway, go missed.

[@pedro13565]

Beautifully done to an above average standard

[@garyajamian5828]

right hook to the chin. PRICELESS!! great flying. Even better on lights off landing.

[@robertbenton6649]

Might have been edited out but I didn’t hear you report missed on the first approach. Love the practice. Go Dogs!

[@Brazerusa]

LOL! Damn near knocked yourself out at the end...

[@davidbrinkmann3322]

Was going past the kenosha airport today and this 310 caught my eye thought to myself what are the chances..... lo and behold its 1bc ...the videos dont do the paint job justice.. eye catching for sure

[@Parr4theCourse]

Great job Kevin, I use an FAA approved sim for “currency” and a safety pilot or actual for “proficiency”, nice to have a John as safety pilot that knows a 310.

[@fatherdaughterflights346]

You’re still current in that Wright Flyer aren’t you? 😎

[@Parr4theCourse]

@@fatherdaughterflights346 Yea, The Smithsonian let me fly it around aka "Night at the Museum" style to stay current!

[@kenbryant2570]

Good job. I had a great time. I had the same thing happen to me that happened to Jamie when I got my second shot for covid. I hope she feels better soon.

[@thomasjenkins6950]

Great job. Love the life vest ending!!!

[@williamralph5442]

Very interesting, and intense. good job Kevin

[@tomdchi12]

Very cool to see all those regional airports!

[@gtr1952]

LOLOL Note to self; If you hear Velcro, do not look at said Velcro!! LOLOL That was gr8!! 8) --gary

[@Fiftyx60]

Excellent video! Thanks to John and Kevin, and a big thanks to Kevin's dad for the life vest!

[@ianprice2298]

Great job getting all that done!

[@cortjampole9391]

The new instrument panel camera is awesome.

[@ryanburic6348]

Hey Kevin! It be really great to get an explanation of the music that you use for your channel. Really dig the 310 Aurora anthem! Although the group that is playing the Aurora anthem sounds more like Georgia. Love it! Anyways, just like to get an explanation for that, and I will just keep living in flight simulator world.

[@archstanton9206]

Great flying, enjoyed the lesson! boy I was waiting for that other side of the vest to go, sorta like expecting a balloon to pop, LOL.

[@hevykevy56]

Awesome informative video Kevin I enjoyed it , and as always 1BC love ..

[@papalilburn]

Loved the inflation portion, BAM!

[@kaseywidness]

Fantastic. More comedic stuff like the life vest. That was funny.

[@danawalker55]

Awesome! Thanks Kevin!

[@jerrydlaughrin2880]

Now that was a fantastic way for you to end the night/ video 👍👍👍👍🍻🍻🍻💯

[@cappy9867]

Very informative and well done ..."inop" landing lights landing was a little scary...is that the Braille method? Flotation device test was a knockout success!!

[@GaryMCurran]

I haven't flown as PIC in 40 years, but back when I was doing my PPL, we would do this in a 150. We didn't have Prometheus lights back then, so we weren't getting the illumination that Kevin got with all three of them on, but flying no lights landings, at an airport with good runway lighting, really isn't that hard. You need to learn what the look of the lights are like, but once you get that down, I found it pretty easy to consistently hit my landing spot. While the landings may not have been greasers, they weren't 'arrivals', either.

[@MichaelLloyd]

I just restarted my instrument training (20+ year lapse) and it does my heart good to hear two experienced pilots say it fries your brain. I'm just trying to get my head around a C172RG vs a C172 right now... never mind flying on the gauges and shooting approaches. Adding wheels that disappear isn't the slam dunk that I thought it would be... I'm still laughing about the life vest "event"

[@roywallace3242]

I HOPE Jamie is feeling better !!!!

[@jeffhunt3146]

Awesome video, I really enjoyed this !!!!!

[@leeCann]

Really cool video. Very informative. Thanks

[@PastorRichardAllenFarmer]

At 34:45 you said you “bought John”. I doubt it. You BROUGHT John.😀

[@timkinn675]

That was a great video. Thank you for that ending. I'm still laughing. 😂🤣

[@commanderpip8350]

Kevin getting chocked out at the end 😆

[@J_Gurn32]

Nice currency flight. Don't forget to throw a simulated single engine approach in the mix. VMC practice procedures also.

[@myownboss1]

Not sure why the 11 thumbs down, unless they have the same opinion as me that you need to get your butt in a bigger people mover so American and Spirit can stop canceling flights due to lack of personnel!! Just kidding of course; I know you already have a job keeping the big people movers safe in the air! love the videos as always; keep it up brother...

[@jeffharvbrady4466]

Kevin, my wife says your hanger ceiling fan isn’t dirty, but I think it still is. We were at EAA and hoped by shear luck we’d run into you guys but no luck. Cool video!

[@dannycrooks8462]

Brilliant video loved the life vest. 😂

[@wadeconner3200]

I am impressed, really am. - But having an electronics background at IIMorrow (now Garmin) do you ever go through training to practice what you're doing if ALL the computers were dead and you just had the radio, Altitude, & heading?

[@crazycons]

Lovely as usual! One question (sorry, you may have heard that before). How did you attach and secure your camera at the tail? And which camera are you using there? Thanks!

[@Travelsports77]

Amazing video. Ur a good pilot.

[@GaryMCurran]

So, Kevin, I've asked a couple of times, and I don't think I've gotten a response from you. What's the deal with that EGT/CHT gauge? On the right engine, two of the EGT probes don't appear to work, and then when you were doing a go-around, everything on the right engine was way above what it was on the left engine. Are you going to be replacing that any time soon? Is there a JPI EDM-960 in 1BC's future?

[@briangarcia8986]

Hi nice flying and video as always. I've ask before maybe you will do it now. Like to see your climb rate with one caged. And of course at a safe altitude. Thanks!

[@Grythym]

Thanks for another inspirational video... That vest though! LOL :)

[@captainbob1742]

Love your videos. I have the same set up as you in my Baron 3100 AP, G-5's and I've got a 540. Have you let AP get close to landing? Will we be able to get flight director bar on G-5 from the 3100? Keep em coming and Thanks!

[@brch2]

He's let autopilot get them to very short final before... esp. when he was training Jaime on how to land in case of emergency (autopilot until 15 seconds before crossing runway threshold). kzbin.info/www/bejne/iWaYkpeGepich7M

[@brianburchart7592]

Great video, thanks for sharing! How often do you have to do the proficiency or currency?

[@jonathancurtin5291]

How stressed was Jon on the flight..he looked jacked up!