Cessna 172 | Texas to California | Bermuda Dunes Landing

Watch as Brandon and I stop for the night in Palm Springs, California! Enjoy!
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[@steveo1kinevo]

I was born the same year as your airplane...now I feel old. lol Awesome video!...memories that you will always remember. :)

[@OfficialCaptainReyes]

***** love your videos!!

[@ApartmentKing66]

@John Texas I have extensive experience in mopping too, not just sweeping. Get it right.

[@TeemarkConvair]

amazing what diversity aviation sews together josh ,. brandon, and phil..

[@jaredsavage1400]

Awesome. I fly one of the planes on the frequency in the video. Love this channel!

[@mylifebelike7005]

I saw u in the sky in California I was just over in California to visit family and I love planes so I look up at every plane i hear and I noticed your plane .✈️

[@scotcowie9800]

Even on final approach I could see that little KUDD has changed since I worked there in the early 80's.

[@conserve_climber]

Great video. Can't wait to view them all.

[@hall911guy]

Great video, Josh! Glad to see some video of your trek to California; I tracked '991 on FlightAware my whole day while in the office and when I got home that night. Safe travels and God Bless!!

[@mccurdytravis]

What an incredible trip.. So jealous! Using this as inspiration for a long long flight this summer.

[@als22274]

Awesome adventure Josh! Looking forward to more videos from this trip.

[@MichaelLloyd]

14+ hours... awesome! I've been flight planning for a VFR trip home (FMN to PKV). This video will change my plan slightly. I'll add one more stop into the plan. I was going to attempt it in two but I'd rather plan for longer and arrive sooner than vice versa.

[@p.l1461]

i follow you from Sweden and like your movies a lot. Awesome videos. Thanks!

[@ducktape1ful]

That was awesome! Cant wait until your next video!

[@colinosullivan9405]

Great video Sir! I have been watching em' for a long while. Very nice format on this one. Keep up the great work. Frequency change to advisory is approved 991. Cya!

[@lwkinne]

I really like when you point out interest points and other airplanes, using arrows.

[@stealhty1]

Thats one loong haul right there guys,nice (CRM) and soft field landing at its best,, Prep your self to pass the IFR writen,you got the airtime already

[@julianmeneses4083]

Excellent video!! Keep making videos! Regards

[@bangersallday]

Your love for aviation in inspiring man! I'm glad to see others out there so excited about it. I work at an FBO so all I hear is negative stuff every day from these 135 pilots.

[@Mkluthe]

bangersallday there’s a huge difference when you fly for a living. Some of the features n is taken away. I fly Chinooks for a living and it’s an amazing job but some days it stinks.

[@xXBl4ckB3ltXx]

Hey josh. Excited for these group of videos. Also, been hearing about the storms over there in San Marcos. Hope you guys are safe and sound!

[@robertbennett5762]

Just wanted ton share my thoughts prayers with you and the people of Texas. I know you fly out of San Marcos and I heard on the news that the San Marcos area is dealing with flooding. Stay safe!

[@BudFunOne]

Great videos. Super helpful as a nubie

[@aleonanderson4267]

You should come to St.Vincent in The Caribbean.

[@XeroJC2000]

I-10 you say, I may or may not travel on a piece of the particular road just about everyday. great vid y'all!!! Keep on Keeping on.

[@IrishManJT]

Well done. Thanks for sharing.

[@lewisbell9988]

Hmmm..... looks like we got ourselves an oxygen addict.

[@jerrydelyea5820]

good times. great little video.

[@ardrarigby5628]

Nice flight

[@ReeceKramer]

Great Video Man! keep up the good work

[@ApartmentKing66]

It's my buddy Josh again!

[@rebelyell22]

That dude was so chill, lol

[@johnrumpf8559]

Can't wait for the next one!!!

[@dustpicc]

I used to live in Monterey, nice area. Hope you liked it there!

[@coma13794]

Outstanding video! The fact that you guys weren't ready to kill each other after a 14 hour day is a testament to your relationship :) These long round trips are where a fast, efficient plane kick all sorts of ass. You guys reported it taking 14 hours, Assuming maybe 12.5 hours flight time, that's around 100-110 gallons of gas (as you would know since you did the trip!). Double that for a round trip, so 200-220 gallons and 28 hours elapsed (25 hours flight time) Enter the Lancair 360. Bear with me! it's a $60-80k purchase. For this trip, it would be 1-2 fuel stops on the way out and 1 fuel stop on the way back (assuming west winds aloft). Flight time would be around 6.5 hours + fuel stop, with around 62 gallons per leg. So, around 13 hours roundtrip and 124 gallons of gas. That's just over half the time, and just over half the gas, for similar acquisition cost. You'll get there faster, for less money with similar acquiston and maintenance cost. There's always a catch, though. The compromise is 2 seats instead of 4, but for THIS trip, 2 seats would've been just fine. I was going to get a 4 seater for my first plane but looking at my logbook, 95% of my filghts were solo, 4% were dual, less than 1% had more than 2 pax. No brainer to go 2 seater. I only bring it up because if long distance trips become a regular thing for you, you will love the hell out of a Lancair 360. I made the plunge 5 years ago and I routinely do 1000-1200nm trips in a day. Speed doesn't always have to cost a lot of money :)

[@jansportfan123]

i flew to that airport last tuesday awesome man!

[@ww_scott7635]

My instructor and I are planing a cross country flight from NJ-CA and we are gonna do it this summer.

[@garywilliams9678]

Digging the Videos Josh. Wish I could have met up when you came through Deming NM would have flown along side. As for long trips in small slow planes, I did the Albuquerque to Oshkosh up and back single pilot in my 150M and several out to Las Vegas and back. Slow yes but loved every minute. Keep up the great work. Don't forget about school. One of these days will fly down to Austin Just because.

[@crapper1]

14 hours hand flying in the cockpit am sure 991 took it like a champ cause u made it to cali just fine i do hope this means at least 2 hours worth of these cause this is really a cool thing to watch

[@SixStringflyboy]

I flew a similar flight in X-Plane, doing a ferry flight for FSEconomy in a Stinson L5 Sentinel. North Texas to Southern California. It was about 11 hours total flight time, and I had to break it up into 30-45 minute flights. I have a great appreciation for anyone who would do such a flight in real life. North Texas and southern New Mexico weren't the most scenic but the rest made for some amazing sight seeing, even in the sim.

[@45631063]

thank you very much great video i love thank you!!!

[@michael31624]

Long awaited!

[@GamespikeTV]

I fly on Flight sim X and love every bit of flying. i have a Disability so i can't fly a real plane, i wish i could. you are awesome that you show the world the art of flying.

[@freqimann]

"'aight!" welcome to Cali, homie! plan on getting my licence in the bay area very shortly.

[@brandons72vette]

Hey Josh, here in East Texas we are soaked. Hope that you and 991 are doing good. Saw that San Marcos is in bad shape.

[@joeladr8842]

Hey, I heard you on the frequency near Casa Grande on 122.85 and 122.7 from my DA-42 :D ! I'm based at KFFZ which is close to CGZ. Was awesome to hear you in live on the frequency ! ;) Hope you enjoyed the thermals in Arizona ^^. Fly safe ;)

[@ExtremeRecluse]

Steep approaches are good. When you do 747 approaches, it leaves you very little in the way of options in case of a motor taking a dump.

[@philipburke1653]

josh, another great video!! Will do any videos on cross wind landings for us? Thanks

[@mattkistner6793]

Your my idol man!

[@stefanp.knudsen2482]

god video is it not small to long way for a cessna 172 nbut really good video

[@HeroMan380]

Careful you always seem to be high on final, doing S turns is ok but theres a possibility of the low speeds and changing power could cause a wingdrop. Just a note but sweet vid

[@CR-xd4uw]

The Condits? Nice friends to have!

[@ryanbarton93]

Love your video's, im curerently getting my private and hope to one day do a long trip in my little cessna 152. Its a slow plane and will take some time. But like you said its all about the adventure. Keeping putting out these awsome videos man! I went to sun n fun and looked for you at the aopa tent on sunday but didnt see you. What days were you there?

[@aeroalex2735]

I really enjoy your videos a lot, thank you for sharing your passion for aviation! Which editing software do you use?

[@roddy222]

Another great video. Is there no time limit on how long you can fly for in General Aviation? Cheers.

[@ahmadsamadzai8255]

great videos thanks for posting. Can you give me the nav route you took from texas to CA? just curious.

[@usafape]

Awesome video! As always. Just one quick question for you. Why didn't you get in the traffic pattern and just approached straight in?

[@nickcahill8156]

14 hours in the cockpit! holy crap your butt must hurt after flying that long lol

[@slowsteve3497]

Nice.

[@brendanfreed]

IFR flight plan to Bermuda Dunes, following an interstate all the way? I Follow Roads!

[@nickpierson9509]

Ever considered adding a pulse oximeter to your flight bag? They are pretty common and cheap. Easy way to quick test your O2 Saturation.

[@Aviation101]

Nick Pierson Pulse Ox has long been in my flight bag :)

[@Surfmus]

Few questions: Do you get charge in every airport you land, I mean besides the obvious fueling cost? Do they do some sort of search? Do you get charge if the plane stays over night? Have you ever flow this out of USA and if you did, how is the custom procedure? Also how do you track other planes that might be flying at your altitude and route if does not come up on radar?

[@iFlyAircraft]

Amazing video! Great way to rack up hours for both of you!

[@chawkz]

Side seater won't get any recorded time as this aircraft outlines a single pilot use. The PIC will log the hours only :)

[@brandonmaso177]

Connor Hawkins Unless the other guy is a CFI acting as an "authorized instructor" ;)

[@tytusabrahamson6575]

Brandon Maso or as a safety pilot.

[@chawkz]

A CFI? He doesn't need to be a Chief FI if that's what ya mean, just a flight instructor. Don't you need an instructors rating to operate as a safety pilot? Or approval of some sort.

[@Aviation101]

Connor Hawkins No, a private pilot can act as a safety pilot, as long as they are appropriately rated. Certified flight instructor can log side-seat hours while acting as an authorized instructor, such as this instance.

[@danm6665]

Say, why don't you have wheel fairing fitted on your plane? You'd get a few extra knots

[@njchavez202]

Come to colorado again!

[@Crg_eli]

No freaking way Bermuda dunes? Hahahaha I’m a student pilot over there at the moment will you ever be coming back? If so maybe we can go do some flying together and I know this is very so late but I just stumbled on this video and I’ve been watching you for the past two weeks! hoping I can hear from you! As always fly safe

[@iforgotmyusername7554]

Will you ever consider working on a multi-engine rating?

[@proofbeforyoureyes]

Hi, Awesome video! I have a 1961 172c skyhawk I'm a student pilot with 20 hours and I bought a plane so that I could outweigh the cost of renting. Then I moved to Texas Fort Worth and now I have to get my Cessna from the Bay Area California. I was wondering on what you spent approximately for fuel on your way home; And would you ever be interested on a cross-country flight with me? To bring back my plane

[@Network-Mike]

Do you own your own plane now? I remember a past video you mentioned you rented planes.

[@circa326]

Do you fly for skydive spaceland in San Marcos?

[@gt516]

Hey josh. What app do you use for you radar

[@sfumato9694]

How can you possibly keep those headphones on for so long?

[@christiaantheunissen1112]

How much does a trip like this cost? How much mileage do you get per gallon?

[@victorchmura2216]

There isn't a limit on the amount of hours on how much you can fly ? I feel like fatigue would be dangerous just like truck drivers have limits

[@02chalkster]

when are you getting your repaint???

[@mohdikram322]

This was an interesting video and I liked it too much. I want to be a Commercial Pilot but not sure if i can go a head with it or not. Currently working a Network engineer but always worried about if i shift to this path i may not be able to increase my number of hours up to 2500 which is a minimum requirement now a days...Please suggest based on your experience...thanks'

[@raymondedge8889]

Do you always cruise at altitude with 10 degrees of flaps? (0:50)

[@peterlaanguila6089]

What license are you looking for now?

[@ahhmino]

I'm confused how the length of the trip was calculated?

[@fsxn3rd]

hey man loved the vid. such an amazing experience i bet. i fly a lot on pilot edge a virtual sim multiplayer thingy lol. dont know if you have ever heared of it. but it has retires or controllers that are off duty controlling on it. very proffessional. when they say frequency changed approved, how do you know who to contact. Anyways thanks for the upload. fly safe!

[@smfdstroiney]

***** It depends. If you have just departed an airport and are on flight following, the ground controller or clearance delivery has already given you a departure / approach freq. If you are not on flight following or are cancelling flight following they will say frequency change approved. In that case it just means you are clear to get off there freq if you want (Example a CTAF freq for an uncontrolled airport.

[@rocket862]

Nice video. I have always wanted to fly to the Pacific coast. Dumb question - which GoPro do you recommend to capture GA flying?

[@rocket862]

rocket862 PoPro question already answered in you video comments above.

[@trevormastenbrook9492]

do you live on sr. marcos?

[@irodragon7184]

How much did you spend on gas ?

[@dyllaf]

Have you ever flown a Cessna 172P?

[@davet11]

Wonderful and bet that was a memorable trip. Just wanted to mention be careful about relying on those supposed cans of pressurized oxygen - read the amazon reviews of people who've analyzed the contents - one review I read said the contents couldn't be ignited. Not saying it's true for all manufacturers, bit just wanted to alert others to yet another apparently unregulated market. The placebo effect might save you though:-) (if I was a single pilot, I wouldn't rely on one of these)

[@brandonmaso177]

davet11 Worked great for us notwithstanding others' experiences. We even took the time to test them against our O2 saturation with our pulse ox. (though those readings should also be taken with a grain of salt, I suppose).

[@rocket862]

+davet11 I have not read the Amazon reviews. Also, I have never used this product. However, the contents should not be ignitable. Fuel is ignitable. For fire you need 1) fuel 2)oxidizer and 3) ignition source. Oxygen is well, the oxidizer. The propellant better dang well be inert.

[@davet11]

rocket862 A lighter or match flame (the fuel) will burn more intensely in an oxygen rich environment than when starved of oxygen.

[@mattbasford6299]

Brandon Maso I just thought you were huffing...

[@russ117044]

7000ft / Why do you need O2?

[@ddivinia]

What app are you running not he ipad? That isn't firelight - I like how the runway approaches are show at 1:31.

[@lgj1443]

Darin Divinia thazs the Garmin app

[@josephb2280]

5 people liked this video so much they flipped over their device and liked it again!

[@brandonlindblom7945]

OH SHIT HE WENT TO MY CITY PALM SPRINGS

[@aviationfascination]

I was born in PD!!

[@thenervousmechanicofficialpage]

SO,was the canned oxygen becasue of the altitude or just becasue he was feeling light headed?

[@generalaviatorcz6744]

Altitude :-)

[@mattpietryka2717]

how do you keep your ipad charged for long flights

[@drenahmeti22]

+GlideThe315 Cigarette socket or solar charger.

[@NoelJacobs]

How was the "Californian" airspace treating you?

[@milesy35]

14 hours is a long time to go without a wee wee, how do you manage to drain the main vein.

[@smfdstroiney]

Milesy Kins There were several fuel stops. A C172 can only stay in the air for 4-6 hours depending on fuel tanks and engines.

[@martingrosso8410]

Awesome ! I have a question.. why when you put flaps you say one one thounsand, and that? its because you dont have a marker with 10° 20° ? I dont have in the cessna 150 and when i fly it i dont know when the flaps are in 10° or whatever..

[@Aviation101]

Martin Grosso Yes, you are correct

[@martingrosso8410]

ok :P i will try to use it "one one thousand, two two thounsand , three three thousand" !

[@BlueSkyFlyingHD]

Martin Grosso I always use the count even with the indicator. If you know the time it takes for your flaps to extend. You can count it out and then verify on the indicator that they are in the correct position. If they are not were they should be in the time than you could potentially have an issue with flap motor. Plus the count keeps you looking outside and only briefly at the indicator.

[@SixStringflyboy]

Martin Grosso The 172 I'm training in has the indicator, but since I picked up this little tip from the channel, I started applying it in my own flights and it definitely helps. I can keep my eyes outside and glance down momentarily once I neutralize the switch to verify the indicator shows the correct position.

[@martingrosso8410]

so, what you say?

[@Michigander94]

Too bad you didn't stop by Fullerton

[@BreakingWave1]

Nice video. Why is the man in the right-hand seat breathing oxygen but not the pilot?

[@Aviation101]

BreakingWave1 It's optional. Just for comfort. You don't need it at this altitude.

[@ashtonvinson699]

Thank you for making your aviation videos I look up to you and hope to be a c172 pilot

[@jacobmccarthy8666]

Josh what aircraft did you fly before the Cessna 172? Also why did you switch do the 172?

[@Aviation101]

Jacob McCarthy I flew a C152. Switched to the 172 because I bought one.

[@jacobmccarthy8666]

did u rent the 152?

[@Aviation101]

Yes.

[@nezar957]

Hey Mr aviation how many hours do you have??

[@Aviation101]

Nezarr Algreoo 360ish

[@pim1234]

Does this count as flying hours for you or also for brandon ?

[@ajmomoho]

Pretty sure Brandon is a certified flight inspector, so he can log the hours as well as Josh.

[@ExtremeRecluse]

Next aircraft a TBM 850

[@culcune]

A few years too late, but that is NOT smog, lol

[@IsoscelesKramer]

That's actually not smog you're seeing, just clouds and the marine layer coming off the ocean.