ALASKA to OSH | Day 2 - Pt 2 | Flying in Canada, eh?

[@angleofattack]

COMMENT BELOW! What would be the most challenging part for you crossing the border? Would you enjoy flying in such a remote area?

[@sdflyer1725]

Making sure all the paperwork is done correctly......customs people can make a long day much longer. Yes, the scenery is always awesome, we always take the time to plan our route and plan B if needed. Welcome to Canada Eh!

[@angleofattack]

@@sdflyer1725 Gotta have some alternate options, for sure. In this area, it's so limited though. We figured the highway would be good.

[@sdflyer1725]

@@angleofattack I agree that a highway can be a good option, one area I fly in between 2 little airports, I always keep real close to the one and only highway. Looking forward to the next video.

[@gpbarth]

And incidentally, I flew a lot of hours back and forth between South Florida and the Bahamas...in the 80's. Want some real interesting US Customs stories? Like getting out of the plane at Customs in FLL, and having guns pointed at you.

[@rogue8853]

Paperwork has always been the most stressful part for me ugh.

[@BrittneeDrummer]

LOL!!! The “CLEaArR!!” at the beginning sounds just like Homer Simpson’s shriek! 😂😂 Great footage of the flight! RIP the potato 😂😂😂

[@angleofattack]

Tehehehe

[@charliehanna684]

I anxiously await every episode of this trip! I've flown across Canada to and from Alaska but could never see all the beautiful terrain from 28,000 feet. Today I couldn't physically get myself in a small airplane much less fly the way the two of you are doing. Thank you so very much Chris for taking us along on this trip, I could never tell you how much these videos mean to this old Vietnam Veteran!

[@angleofattack]

Glad you're enjoying it. Means a lot to me that it means a lot to you. Keeps me going!

[@joshuascales7475]

I'm new to the pilot world, been in aviation for over 10 years putting F16's in the air. I feel it is finally my time to fly and this channel has been great at boosting confidence to keep going. I keep telling myself once most of the nitty gritty has been learned it becomes alot more fun. Thank you for sharing.

[@iammrvain]

I am really enjoying the series Chris! What an exciting trip! Poor Dave, lol may he sprout in peace producing generations of baby Dave’s to come, lol thanks for taking us along!

[@GeezerGeekPilot]

Chris, 23:12, don't forget the "November" in front of the call sign 😆. Very much enjoying this series!! Wayne (DA40 KSBA)

[@angleofattack]

Haha, I know! I noticed that too. Long day, tired, used to flying in America -- I give myself a pass.

[@GeezerGeekPilot]

No worries, at all. I made the same mistake several times on flights this past August thru Canada on the way to Ketchikan (and evidenced on my channel 🙃). Eager to see your coming episodes. Thx. Wayne

[@jessegunderson2605]

Content of this channel has just gotten so damn good over the last few years. Straight killing it, Chris. The minute I see that bell light up, I'm here.

[@angleofattack]

I really appreciate that. Thanks so much.

[@jacobmason3]

Seeing your approach into Whitehorse gives such flashbacks of my trip Alaska-Boulder and set up exactly how we came in. Love it!

[@MatematicaTel]

jeeeeezzz... what about the chill at 10:39? This guy are definitely crazy, hahahaha

[@theworshiptraveler6709]

Yes you are correct Chris. AWESOME!

[@chrism3872]

My wife and I did almost the same trip in July six years ago - Kluane Lake is white in the summer, from glacial melt. We cleared customs at Beaver Creek, and we spent a couple of days in Whitehorse due to adverse weather further east The landing at Whitehorse was - sporty - about 20 - 30 kt crosswind (we were in a Husky).

[@surveyore7]

Excellent video/flight! One time ago, I intended to drive to Alaska via the AlCan Hwy. Hauling a 5th wheel behind me, (my home!) I got as far as Watson Lake and had to make a decision. I opted for driving to White Horse YK instead. Having driven from Tillicum, WA (outside of Ft Lewis, WA) from where I lived, in 1980) to Watson Lake was quite the journey. I remember the drive very well. British Columbia then had the 'moniker' on their license plate: Beautiful BC; and rightfully stated! Driving up the Frasier River past Bridge Lake where I'd previously fished for Lake Trout and 'Kamloops' (Canadian Rainbow) up to Dawson Creek where I overnighted and had to demonstrate I had sufficient funds, gas and that my vehicle was 'road worthy' for the next leg. I saw some beautiful scenery all the way up to Watson Lake. Some days I could 'haul' about 50mph and others only 25 all day due to the constant ever changing road conditions/repair/construction. I still remember seeing the 'Northern Lights' (Aurora Borealis (sic) before coming into White Horse. I also remember the sun setting at 0100 (Local time) and rising at 01:20 Local time!.. Definitely 'north' of the 60th Parallel! Now am a retired US Army Surveyor and my days of 'adventurous' wandering are presently satiated by flight simming (FSX) and videos like this series you've posted. Thank you so much for your efforts! Wishing you God Speed in all your ventures!

[@CorPro]

Welcome to Canada! LOL, I know this was from last year, but its fun seeing you fly over my home country! :)

[@angleofattack]

Takes a long time to organize and prepare all this!

[@CorPro]

@@angleofattack Yes, I can see it does. I can also see that the actual planning is the most stressful part. When I fly and once I get going I always wonder why I felt so stressed in planning the trip until the next time I plan a trip. :)

[@mecsp]

Muncho Lake, my favorite stop on the Al-Can Highway - going north and south. Thanks for the beautiful work you are doing, and bringing to mind so great memories of traveling with my dad.

[@angleofattack]

It was absolutely gorgeous.

[@ADVJason]

I have ridden my motorcycle to AK from the lower 48 3 times. So I recognize most of the scenery. I grew up flying with my dad and we've talked about me finally getting a license and one day flying up from Ohio. He is a helicopter pilot too so he really wants to fly up in a helicopter. I'd have to get my private pilots license first and then helicopter ...Private license seems so out of reach for me I can imagine the cost of rotor. Loving the series

[@tompinnef6331]

Poor David... (lol) .... Enjoyed the video - nice to see all the remote area along the ALCAN highway. Had a brother that drove it on a motorcycle in the 80's. Take care and be safe.

[@angleofattack]

Thank you! Bet that was a cool ride.

[@nwdieseltech]

So far this series has been amazing, keep up the good work!

[@angleofattack]

Thank you! It's been fun to put together. Albeit, a lot of work as well.

[@blaire8288]

Such a great episode!! Thanks so much, Cheers from BC, Canada

[@kpeecee]

10:08 This is the end of the road Spuddy….bye Spuddy.

[@jrmiyazaki06]

Living my dream..

[@tjcieciura7470]

Good Day Eh! Welcome to Canada and Have a Safe Flight. Loving the Videos.

[@angleofattack]

Glad you like them!

[@pjsministry7316]

Great job.. you both are so blessed. Your sudo-passenger. BILLY.

[@angleofattack]

Thanks, Billy!

[@FLYINGADDICTed]

Great video, so much fun 😂 Cheers from Czechia.

[@angleofattack]

Thanks!

[@joeykneller2030]

Flying remotely as you call it, was mostly just the way, up here. Even just out of the bigger cities, a few miles, there was never complete radar service / coverage in Canada. Now with the advent of ADS-B that will no longer be the case ( a good thing ). The most difficult part of borders? As you stressed - and stressed both of you - having your paperwork all in order, I believe. Enjoy the scenery and characters you meet along the way. Marvellous adventure for all, thanks for letting us ride along. Absolute 'eh' ;-) for effort! Solid pre-flight planning makes the day. Good luck.

[@angleofattack]

Yup. You get remote REAL quick as soon as you're outside civilization. Same way in Alaska. ADS-B has helped out so much.

[@boogerwood]

Educational... entertaining... and beautiful footage... I'd say this is another great video in the series!

[@airmackeeee6792]

10:53 Godspeed David! Hey Chris you've invented a new aircraft model - the Piasecki Flying Potato!!

[@angleofattack]

Bahaha!

[@kutzy62]

Give yourself all the props you want. Another awesome video especially 360 degree one. Way cool!

[@johnnunez17]

Nice work. What at beautiful flight.😎👍✈️

[@fdurnrrt]

Beautiful scenery, nice camera shots, love the story, interesting to learn about the Customs process. Continuing my binge watching, onto the next episode!

[@angleofattack]

Getting after it man!

[@richardp1522]

Gents welcome to Canada great first leg on your way to storied OshKosh too bad it wasn't Sun & Fun time of year. Appreciate your level of detail and preparation both in airman-ship and respect re border entry please enjoy your stay coming and going. Looking forward to seeing your 172 upgraded with newer avionics and ultimate IFR certification good luck fingers crossed cus we all know how major upgrades can go.

[@angleofattack]

It's a HUGE undertaking for sure.

[@michaelpoworoznik3159]

Welcome to Canada

[@angleofattack]

Merci!

[@iwank-cyqg5889]

Such a beautiful scenery and awesome mountain flying. For now, l’ll just dream about flying to that part of Canada 🇨🇦

[@angleofattack]

Pretty amazing!

[@Randomwinabego]

Loving this. This journey caught my attention and so I've subscribed. And this might be a simmer talking, but a quick mouse click should get that yoke out of Daniel's lap.

[@OGJuggernaut]

This is an unbelievable experience and you guys are doing an amazing job showing us the beauty through your eyes. Job well done, enjoy, and thank you!

[@angleofattack]

You're most welcome! So happy to share.

[@SomeDayPilot13]

Absolutely brilliant! I love that I found you through J Flowers! I love these kinds of adventures!!!

[@angleofattack]

Glad you’re here.

[@stevemyers2092]

continued safe travels gents - an awesome adventure to be sure. Be Well.

[@derekroulston1977]

Enjoying the trip after following along on IG when you flew it

[@steveyork1664]

I’ve got to say WOW !!!! What an adventure. I truly envy you both. Stay safe

[@angleofattack]

It’s huge. Much more to come!

[@roypoe1865]

Wow, some amazing shots just before landing! Great job guys!

[@angleofattack]

Was very cool to land there.

[@henryverbruggen5001]

Been following your videos for a while. Enjoy them very much. Have flying through CANADA. Keep the videos coming. Thanks.

[@angleofattack]

Thank you very much! Glad you're liking it.

[@mikekoscielniak4702]

Excellent, this is awesome. My wife has been watching as well. We hope to visit Alaska next year.

[@angleofattack]

You should. Great vacation spot if you remotely appreciate the outdoors.

[@markmaccani9411]

Chris, Awesome job once again. I like you would over worry about the crossing and having everything right. I would love to fly in such a remote area. Like you taking all the right precautions and staying close to what roads there are would be a necessity. Have a great week.

[@angleofattack]

Thanks Mark, always great to see your name pop up. Glad you enjoyed it.

[@fishingmedic1]

You make it look so easy!

[@angleofattack]

Parts are easier for us now that we're more experienced, but I certainly wouldn't call it all easy. Quite stressful overall, actually.

[@MatematicaTel]

Here's a brazilian enjoying a lottt! Thank you for this beautiful ride!

[@angleofattack]

Muito obrigado!

[@normvv]

Good job guys! You captured it. I’ve done the trip Seattle to Bristol Bay over 20 times. Each trip has been different and unique. Each trip was awesome. My trusty stead was a1956 C182 and lately a Glasair Sportsman.

[@angleofattack]

Very very cool!

[@michaelrice500]

What fun! You're recreating my dangerously inexperienced rookie 100 hour pilot flight in 2013 from Z41 to KPWT, but I was going much slower at 70knots true (PA-12). My fuel endurance was about 3.5 hours, if I was feeling lucky, so I had to stop more often. I did carry 10 gallons inside, just in case, but only needed those once. I had similar weather from Chickaloon to Tok, but warmer (August), and had to land on the highway between Northway and Beaver Creek because of weather ahead, causing me to be an hour late arriving in Beaver Creek. The very nice elderly couple from Texas I met at the pull-out in their ginormous motor home fed me lunch and asked if I'd do it again so they could film it. Nope; I would not, thank you very much. My Canadian customs experience after I called them on the phone and announced my late arrival was "welcome to Canada. No inspection will be necessary" even though the checkpoint was right there across the road. I then got stuck at Burwash just a bit down the road for three days after my oil pressure gauge quit, waiting for a mechanic to come diagnose the problem (faulty sensor) and install the oil pressure gauge from his tractor to get me home. No 337 needed, he signed it off as airworthy with instructions to check the zip ties and the copper line to the engine during pre-flight. (I love Canada, and of course, I mailed it back to him). Also got stuck in Whitehorse for three days due to thunderstorms to the east, and I finally gave up and diverted from your route and went south to Atlin instead of crossing over the mountains to Williams Lake, and then over to the Cassiar highway to Dease Lake and south from there. Since I was heading to the Seattle area, this actually made much more sense than following the highway across the mountains, going south, and then crossing back. Also, no co-pilot. No brother potato. I did have a small plastic German Shepherd that I tied to the compass in memory of my dear sweet Lizzie dog. German Shepherds are loyal and will take care of you as you cross 100 miles of wilderness with nowhere to land. Few aviators are aware of that vital safety information; just sayin'. Love your videos. Carry on!

[@angleofattack]

Love the story! I recently lost my german shepherd. She was 10 years old. So I know how you feel, and can totally back you up about those wonderful creatures. She was a special, special girl. Your plan totally makes sense considering you were going to Seattle. But man, you had sloooooooow progress. We did all of that in ONE DAY! Of course we have a lot more tools now, so we probably would have just stayed somewhere more comfortable until things cleared up. Sometimes it's a hard go. We were lucky to have smooth sailing.

[@michaelrice500]

@@angleofattack Yeah, that old 108 horse has since been replaced with an O-320-B2b and a Borer prop. It does MUCH better now. Also, I had paper charts and the A/F directory and the Canadian flight supplement, along with an ancient Lorance GPS. My primary was the compass (not ideal), and my watch. Foreflight is awesome. But any voyage of that sort doesn't depend upon technology; you guys rock.

[@larryjones5232]

Love watching your videos you are always lengthening your stride!!!!

[@angleofattack]

Thanks much!

[@EuroAviators]

Awesome, very well-made video! 👍🏼 Keep up the good work! 💪🏼 The border crossing into Canada seems quite straightforward, except for the need to stay inside, until customs officers "invite" you to come out. Quite different with our workflows when flying from/to the EU, but this principle seems to be standard in both Canada and USA. In Europe, the most challenging part of crossing borders are the different aviation rules, habits and languages per country. Especially when you need to use radios in local language while landing on VFR-only airfields. ;-)

[@angleofattack]

I can imagine that'd be really difficult. There are not many differences between flying in Canada and the US, at least at the basic level. So it wasn't too hard to communicate or stick to the rules.

[@EuroAviators]

@@angleofattack Sounds good!

[@derstuka96]

Great channel!! Keep it up!!

[@PropsnPews]

Awesome Journey Chris!

[@angleofattack]

More to come!

[@PropsnPews]

@@angleofattack Now get your butt down here to Houston and lets convinces Josh to join in on the mischief!

[@mikercflyer7383]

I can only imagine what it is like to actually do this awesome adventure. Safe travels.

[@angleofattack]

It was a blast.

[@andyfehr3462]

Great meeting you at OSH this year. As a canadian, I am too used to the customs filing. Great job and great scenery!

[@CesotarA2]

YES!!! Another episode!!! 🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻

[@jeremystrout23]

I just got back from getting hired for the job that is going to finance my PPL and my passion for GA and I come home to this awesomeness!!! Thanks for the great content, Chris! See you in the skies soon!!!

[@angleofattack]

Love to hear it!

[@GlensHangar]

Great Flying! Someday we'll make the flight in the other direction.

[@angleofattack]

That would be awesome.

[@georgej7077]

Really enjoying this series of videos, welcome to Canada!!

[@angleofattack]

Merci!

[@georgej7077]

@@angleofattack hahaha, in the west we mostly prefer thanks. 😉

[@diepenj47]

We drove to Alaska (from Ohio) a few year ago. It’s fun to see you following the same route we drove. It’s beautiful country. Your visit with customs reminded of a flight I took to Ontario to pick up a corpse. The whole story is too long to write here but it’s my favorite pilot story. Needless to say, I was pretty puckered about bringing a corpse back across the border. Looking forward to you next segment.

[@angleofattack]

Man, I'm going to have to hear that story some time. That's awesome.

[@mauriciocaraball4747]

Gongratulations....what a fantastic trip....

[@volkerjansen3901]

Loved it and looking forward to the next part! Greetings from Munich, Germany :)

[@angleofattack]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@Bombowiecc]

This is some great adventure! Love it!

[@jamestharp7880]

18,000 views in four days. That’s as many views as BillOReilly. Something tells me you’re big time! Great job Chris..

[@justinjohnson2501]

Planning to fly my Piper Lance up to Talkeetna from Southern Oregon next June and this series is invaluable!! I've been thinking of taking the coastal route but now that i've seen the safer route of taking the Alcan highway and also visiting the Yukon as well. I look forward to the rest of the series!! It amazing. Thanks for your hard work putting it together. I also just got an avionics upgrade in January this year as well. Now have dual G5s, GFC500 Autopilot and the 750GTN GPS and wow is it amazing set up!!

[@angleofattack]

Man you really ought to rethink the G5s and consider the GI275. So so so much more for your money. 10x the instrument for twice the cost. Also, that coast route might work out just fine, honestly. You'd really have to be going out of your way to go the way I went. I had to go so far east that it really made a lot of sense.

[@donsalladin2935]

so awesome! glad i found your channel.

[@angleofattack]

Me too.

[@jamesrutherford9597]

Gorgeous scenery!

[@angleofattack]

It really is!

[@patrickfain9318]

Really enjoying this trip!

[@angleofattack]

Happy to have you on board.

[@kurtisf3366]

Did you guys post on the Alberta GA page looking for advice ahead of this trip? When you talked about your potential stopping points it jogged my memory of someone making a trip from Alaska last year sometime.

[@angleofattack]

Yes! That was us. We got so much awesome help along the way.

[@kurtisf3366]

@@angleofattack That’s great! I’m looking forward to seeing the rest of the journey.

[@nicksharp7972]

Awesome trip so far, I'm likely going to be ferrying a friends 175 with him from AK to the lower 48 in the spring. Glad to hear that with the proper planning you didn't have any trouble with customs.

[@angleofattack]

Yeah, especially ferrying an aircraft you should be fine. But take it serious and don't cut corners.

[@2968hans]

Amazing scenery.

[@angleofattack]

Sure is! Some of the best.

[@AgeCobra]

Not bad welcome to Canada as I am one .I know those flym8mas good .

[@angleofattack]

Right on!

[@milesgreer1534]

I would love to make this flight. Awesome video Chris.

[@angleofattack]

Thanks a lot!

[@brentschamel8980]

Love your videos, I can not imagine how amazing this flight has been. I take my PPL check ride in about 2 weeks and can wait to start sharing how much fun flying is with my family.

[@angleofattack]

It was a BIG undertaking for sure. Takes a long time to build up the chops for something like this. But, it can be done safely!

[@brentschamel8980]

@@angleofattack UPDATE!!! PASSED MY CHECK RIDE!

[@warptman]

Hi Chris, it’s JoeJoe from Bethel, I love the series so far! I’ve driven thru Canada 22 times on the Alcan. I can picture in my head the parts of the highway that is in the video. I can’t wait for more episodes.

[@angleofattack]

Many more to come!

[@SterlingCreekProps]

When’s the next video?! Love the series!

[@angleofattack]

Very very soon. Tomorrow. 13 or 14 hours. You better be subbed.

[@chrism3872]

That is not a power line at the border - it is a mowed (bush-hogged) strip. Beaver Creek is the Canada border crossing point, with land and air border customs points.

[@gpbarth]

Are you planning on posting your flight plan beginning to end? I'd love to fly your trip in MSFS2020! I fly a lot of Trent Palmer's bush trips, and I prefer the low and slow I Follow Roads trips. Keep it going , guys! You are one of my current vicarious adventures. I do hold an SEL license, but my medical couldn't be renewed. I miss this stuff a lot.

[@angleofattack]

I really need to start posting the flight routes to each flight. That would be cool.

[@Reuben-]

Thank you for the videos! What an epic trip you two are on.

[@angleofattack]

Most welcome!

[@philipmcbride1275]

You know, periodically doing a shorter just to CA and back with students to teach them about the process would be a great lesson.

[@FlyingWithZac]

Chris these videos are awesome! I wouldn’t insult you by saying I’m a KZbin 😅 but has a noob who is editing videos myself I appreciate just how much time you must put in for every single episode! So thank you! I have one question, the strut cam has a wire coming out of it…have you got it hard wired for power?

[@noyfub]

Great VLOG!

[@FinkelBlog]

Next summer, I'm hoping to fly from home base on the North Carolina coast to Alaska. So your series is invaluable! I'd enjoy more info on the flight itself. So, for example, on today's leg, would have liked to have known the total distance, speeds, winds, ceilings, duration of flight, etc. Also, you might have mentioned this elsewhere, but would you be able to file and fly IFR along the route? I'm guessing you don't have much ice protection, but could there be conditions where the clouds are so cold that icing isn't a concern?

[@angleofattack]

I'll have to think about that more as we script the next episodes. Thanks!

[@00peter000000]

Thanks Chris, loving the journey. Will you be filming the return with the new avionics? Cheers mate, from Australia

[@angleofattack]

Yes sir. The journey has already been done and documented. Now we're releasing it all!

[@jacobmaeser3556]

Awesome video!

[@WarrenKimpel]

nice video

[@JeremyMyersmusic]

Oh man, these are A List episodes!

[@angleofattack]

Just getting warmed up!

[@Victordamus98]

Awesome series! I'm curious what cameras did you use? And more importantly how were you able to maintain battery power. Keep up the good work.

[@angleofattack]

I used mostly GoPros on this trip. Mounts from FlightFlix, and TSO power from FlightFlix. Kept cameras running the whole time, so long as there wasn't an error with the cameras.

[@skyepilotte11]

Well done...Epic !

[@angleofattack]

Thanks!

[@JasonWoodard]

Looking forward to the episode where you're flying KDIK through Minnesota... I work that airspace at Minneapolis Center

[@angleofattack]

We stop at KDIK. And then land in Glenwood before going to OSH. Any chance you were controlling at that time?

[@gi8323]

so cool!

[@angleofattack]

Thanks.

[@rspa2449]

My wife and I and another couple made the trip from Indiana to Fairbanks and back in 1987. Enjoying seeing again the route we flew in a Piper Arrow. Customs was simpler then and the agents were very friendly. Does Whitehorse airport still have the DC-3 on a pole for the wind direction indicator? Thanks for all the work to post your trip. We went in July and everything was green.

[@angleofattack]

Yes, and really cool story, it was Kyle Cameron's Dad (where we hangared) that engineered that! I'll try and tell that story in the next one.

[@questionmark4348]

Welcome to Canada eh!!

[@angleofattack]

Cheers eh

[@kpeecee]

This episode…… Awesome

[@angleofattack]

Thanks!

[@PA28-181]

Great videos as usual… very entertaining ! One thing that would be great to share with many of the people who aren’t pilots and even for us who are… I’d be fun to know your altitudes you’re heading your speed your ground speed etc, etc !

[@angleofattack]

This sparked some thoughts I may try in the future. Thanks.

[@flyhigh1768]

So awesome!!!!

[@angleofattack]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@ZeroThreeDelta]

Just you wait. In 5 years time there’s going to be a documentary on Netflix called ‘The Canadian Potato Conspiracy’ whereby some locals stumble across a random patch of potatoes but one of them has a face, and he’s the leader of the potatoes. No one knows how (or why) it’s there.

[@angleofattack]

HAHA!

[@v35james30]

Wonder why you didn’t switch to smaller tires with much less drag for such a long flight.

[@ecossearthur]

[@davidwelsh829]

40 Mile refers to the 40 mile river area, Canada at nearest point is 61 miles, 80 plus by road

[@angleofattack]

I’ve been lied to!!!

[@mytech6779]

A G-5 retrofitted with an analog autopilot can have some substantial non-intuitive operating quirks, especially with GPS input. It will work but you almost need a quick reference placard for the right combo of settings, set in the right order.

[@angleofattack]

True. I'm not a fan of retrofitting with legacy autopilots.

[@mytech6779]

@@angleofattack I don't actually know what you have planned for the upgrades. I just saw what looks like a G5 and an older aircraft so I thought I would mention it. (And I've just been flying in a recent retrofit of similar pieces.)

[@anastasiaigor871]

Did you guys made it to grande prairie ab or fsj? On next video

[@wb6anp]

your making me want to go t Alaska again. Ive driven the Alcan twice with my parents in the late '60's ( all dirt and gravel at that time) wanted to take the wife up it but it appears that will never happen.

[@angleofattack]

Alaska has my heart. Been living there for 11 years and have loved it.