Cessna 182 Skylane - Flight & Pilot Interview

We meet Deanna and fly in a Cessna 182 Skylane.
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[@Ronbc000]

What a cool Lady. Best vid so far. For me I could actually understand her calm delivery to the ATC.

[@deannawallace3687]

Thanks for visiting us at LFK, Bobby. And thanks for editing out the other 842 "um's" I must have said, haha...it's amazing I remembered my name once the cameras came on :)

[@FlyingDoodles]

Haha you were a natural! Thanks for taking me up!

[@irflyer]

You did FANTASTIC! Extremely articulate and obviously a subject matter expert. You need your own KZbin channel, it would be insanely popular. I wish I had you as an instructor when I learned to fly, I struggled with approaches at first like you wouldn’t believe and my initial instructor was an arrogant ass about it but it finally clicked when I found a new one. Anybody can instruct, not everyone can teach.

[@deannawallace3687]

@@irflyer Thank you. I'm not sure what I would do with a channel, but I appreciate your vote of confidence.

[@jeremyswan1446]

@@deannawallace3687 you could do a aviation101 formally Mravation style channel. Did i mention i want this plane

[@BradColemanisHere]

You have a real quiet confidence that's perfect for instructing. This was fun to watch. Keep up the awesome flying!

[@Joe-KN4IFI]

What a great personality Deanna has, calm and confident. She really shows her love of flying and that has to rub off on her students. Perfect for an instructor. Great video.

[@fahnestockjohn]

You can just tell from watching this that any student pilot (advanced or primary) who got an opportunity to train with Deanna was a very lucky individual. Thanks for the excellent video.

[@2-Live-Moo]

Loving these Flying Doodles vids. Keep 'em coming Bobby. Thanks.

[@FTStratLP]

She is such a relaxed pilot. Doing conversations even during short final and landing and en passant she produces even a perfect greaser. Great job.

[@fxpthl]

What a genuine sweet lady flier! So calm, cool and collected, with now sign of camera shyness. This flight was more about flying than the actual flight and that's OK. She seems to have built a nice career for herself and family.

[@nerdsrock243]

An exceptional pilot and what a landing! Talking casually, center lines it flawlessly mid-sentence. How about another Doodle with Deanna in the King Air?

[@clintonmiller4917]

Loved this one. Great shots Bobby

[@LesWRood]

I’m glad see you finally sharing time with a fellow instructor! That was really interesting!! Well done!

[@BradColemanisHere]

Cool to see, and I loved the conversation. That's half of the reason I watch these. I learn as much from hearing pilot stories as I do from the description of the planes. I'd love to see more of a tour of the inside of each plane. For those of us who aren't in these planes and just enjoying the show on KZbin, it would be cool to see the full instrument panel, seating, and anything unique about the view (each windshield seems different). Also, anytime there's an engine poking out or something special about some piece of gear, I'd like to see it! :)

[@jameswikstrom4174]

Excellent video Bobby! Deanna definitely brought her "A" Game for the video. She seems like a very accomplished flight instructor and pilot. She has a great temperament for a flight instructor. I am sure she is always calm and patient with students. I like the diversity of videos that you are producing. Your videos never get old. Never know what to expect in your subsequent videos!

[@todddembsky8321]

Definitely one of the most wonderful videos yet. The exterior shots were so relaxing that that 182 bored holes into the sky. I have never flown at 182, but have flown the 172RG Cutlass. On one flight we were heading into Eau Claire WI, 50 miles out, on the runway heading. It was a perfect night, negative 10, no air movement. Plane was on rail. 140 indicated from 7000 to 2000. The only flight trim I had to do was every once in a while more the trim wheel an inch or two. A night God made for flying.

[@markthibault8579]

Deanna is clearly a very friendly and approachable pilot who is a great ambassador for the passion we all share. I appreciate her demonstrating some proper "centerline pride" in the handling too. Well done!

[@deannawallace3687]

Thank you (insert curtsy here) :) The devil is in the details and centerlines matter too, haha.

[@markthibault8579]

@@deannawallace3687 In your opinion, for a standard 250hr Cessna 172 pilot who is of good skill and ability, how many hours of transition training would be needed to fly the C182 safely?

[@deannawallace3687]

I think a proficient (not just current, but proficient) 250 hour, C172 pilot would not have any trouble at all transitioning to the C182. I'd say less than 5 hours to be completely comfortable with both the high performance endorsement requirement (if not already received) and the added propeller control, and perhaps another 5 hours if it happens to be a transition to a G1000 or other TAA panel. Of course, insurance companies have the last say on time requirements, but I think the pilot you describe would not have an issue with the transition at all. The aircraft is slightly more complex and slightly heavier on the nose, but otherwise acts and feels very similar to a C172.

[@mouser485]

@Mark Thibault. This is 5 months after your initial question but I’ll answer it anyway. I had a total of 100hrs as a pilot, all in a 172, when I transitioned to the 182. It took me 10hrs to transition to a 182. Now it just had the basic steam gauges, no fancy G1000 back then.

[@pssryan]

Enjoyed the premiere and an lovely C182! Enjoy your time in New Orleans and will try to reach out! Keep up the great work!

[@sa7ina]

Great video! Your conversation helped a lot to understand various recent aviation topics. 10X

[@Spec62]

That was awesome. I actually looked in my logbook at two Discovery flights I took to Lufkin back in April of 2007. Two high school kids. Loved the ambiance of the airport and the surrounding area. Yes, Deanna gave me goose bumps when she mentioned the King Airs and the PA-46s.

[@stellarpod]

Really enjoyed this segment. This young lady clearly knows her stuff. As always, thanks for sharing. Steve

[@u.s.patriot3415]

After 18 yrs, she must be a great Flight Instructor. I was extremely BLESSED with a few of the best CFIIs on the planet...and FAA Examiner: Chuck Platts, Captain Ed Schaffer, Sean Mosher and Examiner Carol Joy. Each brought something original to the table and I feel, made me a far better pilot vs. it having been only (1) of the (3). Finding the "right" one, was time consuming/frustrating, but most definitely paid off in the end. RIP Captain Ed!🙏 (1958 C-172/N8650B and 1964 C-150/N4364U).

[@REBooner30]

Great video. The Skylane is such a docile and good all around airplane. I really like the added performance of the Skylane RG.

[@dicksteele9386]

If this A.C. has retrractble gear why did she not put gear up when flying??

[@REBooner30]

Because the aircraft in the video is not an RG.

[@dannybryant4459]

Thank you for the video nice flying hope things are going well

[@kennethparker1032]

Damn, that young woman can fly. She must be an outstanding instructor. Another good one Bobby! And I have always loved the 182.

[@danielhawley6817]

She's a warm, sweet, confident and capable person...glad she's not being chewed up in the airline business.

[@MrSixstring2k]

nice video as always. she seems like an awesome instructor, best of luck to her.

[@djamesthree]

This young lady seems like she’d be an excellent instructor. Great episode!

[@TastierBackInThe80s]

That is one very well cared for and presented Cessna. very nice!

[@ghostindamachine]

Superb flying and landing!

[@austntexan]

Great conversation. Really enjoyed this flight!

[@shumbamutasa]

The landing was silk. Best video thus far.

[@briander43]

Excellent video as always. I LOVE the 182. My aero club (Air Force) has two - an RG and a modified Q model. Both were originally used by the Civil Air Patrol. I love how stable and solid the RG feels. I'm in "training" (Air Force requirement) in the Q model now. It seems a little more frisky on the controls than the RG, but I still really like flying it. Great piloting Deanna - I expected nothing less than centerline with your experience! 5 different aircraft a month?! How awesome that must be.

[@deannawallace3687]

Thank you. I love the variety of aircraft and people my job brings :)

[@shortribslongbow5312]

Nice flight thanks for taking me along.

[@tonya8094]

Deanna, you don’t look old enough to have been an instructor for 18 years.(Compliment)... I was thinking how smooth your inputs looked while watching the video and then you greased that landing. Good job. Thanks to you and Flying Doodles for sharing. Great looking 182 !!!

[@deannawallace3687]

I credit religious use of sunscreen in the cockpit, haha. Thank you for the compliments :)

[@jonthepilot6924]

@@deannawallace3687 I bet you get carded all the time. I wish I had that problem. lol You look like you could be my daughter but you're probably just a bit younger than I am. The sunscreen works!

[@chestergood4035]

Professional pilot there folks!

[@emmanuelsamaras8974]

Great aircraft. I flew my C-182 from Dar Es salaam Tanzania all the way to Biggin Hill UK and back. VHF and HF short wave radio and an ADF.

[@triskellian]

Such a pleasant interview and flight around the pea patch! Very nice lady too.It's good to see some KZbin flying videos being made closer to where I live.I haven't been to Angelina County Airport in many years.

[@deannawallace3687]

You are missing out on the best burger in east Texas from the airport cafe if you haven't been lately :) Stop by sometime soon!

[@triskellian]

@@deannawallace3687 Thank you for the invitation! Yes,I've not eaten at their cafe since the nineties.

[@TrainWatcherDon]

Are we going to see a video of Deanna on the job in the King Air? (That would be awesome.)

[@PerthHunter]

King Air or riot

[@cyclomaniac9086]

Another great show, and thanks Deanna for sharing your passion ....thanks Bobby

[@LJDRVR]

The minute I saw those hangars I thought that was Lufkin. My very first solo ILS approach was into runway 07 in a Martinaire Cessna Caravan, circa 1998. My kids are both students at SFA, so I still get to drive past Angelina County. I always stop for coffee. I'm always a little jealous when I see somebody who went the local route instead of the airlines. I did manage to balance it a little bit, when my kids were young, I had the 135 on-demand job and was home nearly every night. Congratulations on the career, Deanna!

[@deannawallace3687]

Thank you. It's interesting, I'm always being asked if I want to be a "real" commercial pilot, haha, like anything smaller than a Boeing 737 doesn't count. So many great flying career paths to choose from and so little time... Hope your kids are enjoying their time at SFA!

[@travelbusinesscourse]

Great job! Keep it going

[@Patriotsoul]

I wish I had a instructor like her. Calm and knowledgeable.

[@robertmaza4272]

Looks like you do a lot of flying on overcast and crappy days! LOL! Still love experiencing all the different aircraft and people that own them! Keep them coming!!!!

[@bobwilson758]

I am proud of this young lady ... good for you. Fly with you any day ! Bob

[@GizmoRob176]

Excellent pilot. I can see why she is a great instructor.

[@u.s.patriot3415]

After a thorough analysis of this video, I have concluded that the actual touch down footage/landing...is most definitely CG trickery! Some of the best I've seen. ILM nor Pixar hold a candle!

[@FlyingDoodles]

Haha it was pretty smooth!

[@u.s.patriot3415]

@@FlyingDoodles indeed.👍🇺🇸

[@linguistisch]

Love this channel.

[@austinformedude]

Great timing! I am flying one next week for the first time. (RG Model)

[@StrikerSG]

Love this plane, best of all small planes ever.

[@dunntexas]

She’s known as the Baroness around our area.

[@joecritch143]

I wouldn't mess with her!

[@deannawallace3687]

@@joecritch143, hahaha, don't worry, they get back what they dish out. I spend quite a bit of time flying a Beech Baron 58, hence the nickname. A couple linemen at one airport started calling me that, word spread, the nickname stuck, and next thing I know t-shirts were being made.

[@edrichjansen5350]

@@deannawallace3687, I will consider temporary relocating to the US if I could have you as an instructor! :D I only started training recently and have 8 hours on a Cirrus SR20 and sound almost like your typical students mentioned in the video. I have never seen someone that relaxed whilst landing. I hope your students appreciate and realise what they have in you as an instructor, and I hope to find one that resembles the same calm demeanor as you. I agree with a previous comment, many (all) instructors are knowledgeable, but very few can teach.

[@deannawallace3687]

@@edrichjansen5350, thank you for the compliment :D The SR20 is a great plane! I hope you enjoy training in it. As long as you observe its limitations and remember gravity always wins, it is a great airplane to fly ;)

[@1225drob]

I think it’s a great nickname

[@trilomann]

dzus/quick lock is loose on the cowl. No big deal but it caught my attention. NIce bird!!

[@RickJohnson]

Beat me to it!

[@davidrubaloff5725]

The 182 was my first complex aircraft. Yes, took awhile to get used to the additional systems and speed.

[@PatrickJWenzel]

Just come back to this episode. It keeps reshowing in my feed. Really interesting to listen to Deanna's past experiences a second time round, now with Covid and the impact it's had on this industry. I hope you're doing alright over there.

[@deannawallace3687]

Hi Patrick. I appreciate the kind words and wanted to say all is well, despite covid. Most of my flight instruction is given in single-engine turboprops these days (still a healthy market) and my corporate King Air clients are still doing very well, thankfully. I have flown almost as much this year as I did last year (almost 900 hours in the past 12 months), with only a slight lull in March/April as everyone was figuring this thing out.

[@PatrickJWenzel]

@@deannawallace3687 Oh hey Deanna! I'm glad you're going well and punching out plenty of hours. I just checked and unsurprisingly I've only done 245 since May 2020, but happy to have been paid and fully employed at a time when a huge number of Australian pilots were being retrenched. I assumed the international ferry market would have been rife with wealthy clients needing aircraft moved around. Has this been put on ice for the time being? Spill the beans - which single engine TP's are you flying?

[@joerossi8948]

Awesome video. Much respect for this super cool pilot that is clearly a boss. She aced that landing on what looked to be a windy day. If you were in the Pacific Northwest, you'd be my instructor.

[@deannawallace3687]

Thank you. It won't be too many more months before I'll be wishing I was in the Pacific Northwest...Texas summer temps, humidity, and bird sized mosquitos are almost upon us, haha. Beautiful country up there...enjoy flying it!

[@joerossi8948]

@@deannawallace3687 If you you ever have a layover in Portland, Or or the greater metro area, we should do coffee and talk airplanes.

[@deannawallace3687]

@@joerossi8948, that sounds like a great plan. Thanks for the invite!

[@rondockweiler2663]

Fantastic video. Fantastic young lady, very professional.Bet she has a list of students waiting for a spot with her. As a float plane nut in the 80's & 90's I, with my wife owned and flew Champs, Cessna's 150's 172's, 175's 180's & 182's. I flew a Beaver and 185's that a friend, as well as some Canadian outfiters owned and needed moved. All flown on floats, including most on wheels as well. All of them were fun! Beavers power was really special. I still miss one plane most of all. A 1964, 182 modified for floats with a P- ponk 520 out of a 206 for re-power. If I could roll back the clock, and inflate my retirement bank account by ten times a 182 would be number one on the list to own again! Docile, solid strong airframe, fast enough for cross-country trips. Loads of room and comfortable. Seeing her, with the experiace and knowledge she has owning one underlines that I'm in good company loving the 182. Thanks for sparking such pleasent memories for this old pilot, and his pilot wife.

[@deannawallace3687]

I am insanely jealous you flew all those models on floats! I have my seaplane rating, but have not really had the opportunity in Texas to make any use of it. Sounds like you and your wife had some wonderful experiences! Thanks for sharing :)

[@rondockweiler2663]

@@deannawallace3687 Thank you Deanna. All i ever wanted to do was fly planes when i was young. Had to wait till we sold a business to do it. I was 36, my wife 35 when we bought our first plane and learned. I wake up at night and think of flying in Alaska and Canada. Adding to the fun was that our children were young. A boy and girl. Vacations were always to some remote flyin lake. Lived in Alaska and Michigan so access to places were generally under 500 miles of flyingy. My son is even now an avid fisherman. He's 40. Our daughter griped that we always went to the lakes where we would have no other people around on our vacations. Now at 36 she is also an avid fisherwoman☺. Just last summer she thanked us for all those "wonderful" vacations flying into the wilderness. Sold our last plane when she headed off to college. Had to pay for having a second one in school. Wonderful memories. Ive always been thankful God blessed us with those opportunities. You are young so now you're making your own memories. BTW, Alaska flying services, and lodges are always looking for floatplane pilots. Maybe you can pull away for a summer one day and have the most fun I know of flying. Time goes so fast. I found that getting off the main roads in life, to try the things that seemed foolish to some we knew, were the things that made life more worthwhile. Can't take that away from us now. Your story took me back, made my day! Safe flying!

[@MrJrbryan]

what a pleasant young lady, calm and well spoken

[@brentjohnson6654]

I used to fly over Lufkin all the time when I was based at Greg County in Longview.

[@vardonian]

Inspiring, thanks!!

[@richardcremer]

first upload you missed sound, cool fly again Bobby thnx for it

[@mariemorrissey9378]

Congratulations to WP on the wrench! 👍👍

[@bran756]

Enjoyed,cheers from Devon England.

[@smaze1782]

Your vids are awesome FD. Very cool stuff. Deanna, you are so smooth and professional. Wish you lived in the Charlotte area, I need to finish my instrument ticket ;)

[@deannawallace3687]

Beautiful area! I lived and instructed out of Charleston for 5 years. Good luck finishing your instrument rating...one of the most rewarding tickets out there :)

[@ramikhoury6741]

absolute sweetheart of a pilot!

[@ralphmadera4366]

Always nice to watch a refreshing female face flying. Loved it.

[@petermitchell7607]

Great and helpful video👍. I enjoy flying✈️ with the G1000 but a C172. I am keen to train for C182T. -Happy flying😀

[@quinnjim]

Did anyone ever tighten that cowl screw at 1:12? :). The G1000 is great, but once you operate it on a Cirrus with the Garmin Perspective system, you'll never dial a knob to get a letter again.

[@doncatchpole7370]

Good video, enjoyed

[@valberlin9239]

Her level of comfort is where I want to be. She's landing and talking like meh what else is new...? It's just an airplane. Hahahah

[@ZZstaff]

Going from round gauges to G1000 was a little intimidating, however, after getting used to it, it is obviously vastly superior.

[@pssryan]

ZZstaff Absolutely. All my PPL was on rounds and then did my instrument on G1000. Wealth of information and certainly made that rating a little easier.

[@deannawallace3687]

I think everyone should learn both, as both systems have so much to offer in the development of instrument scan techniques and how you learn to navigate. The G1000 has amazing capabilities and I feel like I learn something new every time I get in front of one, but I still love the ease of sliding in behind round dials and taking off, not worrying about what buttons I did/did not remember to program, haha. However, for overall situational awareness and having every bit of information you need to complete a flight on the panel, the G1000 can't be beat.

[@tellyjoossens4186]

When I fly, each time I rent either a C172N with normal gauges or a C172SP glass cockpit with a G1000. For longer trips I like the G1000 more but there’s just something about those oldschool gauges 🙂 still keep my ipad with skydemon as a backup though.

[@ik04]

Hey Bobby, I experienced a similar issue with the airspeed tape. While getting checked out in a large helicopter, I confused the airspeed and torque tapes. I couldn't figure out why I could go faster tan 80 KIAS and finally got squared away when I realized I was going 130 knots in the pattern!

[@nomehdrider]

This may be my favorite so far, wish I was in her area

[@charlesormond964]

Awesome!!!

[@RyanRoberts15]

any plans to attend Heart of Texas Airshow in April? love to see you here at KCNW. Missed you at alliance back in October!

[@dakotail]

bravo ...bravo ,,,, what a nice flight,,,,

[@JDS11ify]

Great video Bobby. The only downside was the vox for the intercom was a little slow. Good converse and great 'ship'.

[@jeremyswan1446]

She is a Excellent instructor if she can get me threw ground school she can get anybody threw looking forward to building ratings with her.

[@alexmac3938]

Such a perfect landing!=)

[@brooklyncore3819]

Love the 182

[@paulsheather7657]

I enjoyed that thank you.

[@reyesben]

Nice tunes! You should throw some tunes in during the flight too. Nice job, nice camera mounts. All very cool. I wish I was doing what you do.

[@v1rotait23]

No 13 note chromatic tunes are required. Just the purr of the musical engine is more than sufficient!

[@wotrulke5868]

Lovely video 👍🏼 she well doesn't look her age 👧🏼 great pilot 👩🏼‍✈️

[@schannonstanley9804]

Nice job switching headsets before take off. id prefer my lightspeeds too ;)

[@robertATC60]

She is talented and humble!

[@deannawallace3687]

I'm not sure 'humble' has ever been used to describe any pilot, ever, but thank you, haha. If you are an ATC, double thank you for the work you do...you guys make my life so much better!

[@jamesharrison6201]

So the 182 with retractable gear is why there is no more 177 Cardinal? As a kid growing up as a Cessna, Pawnee Plant product, 182s were all fixed gear plane. Dad worked there for 20yrs. Retired 50 years ago. RIP Dad

[@FlightProgramAborted]

Very nice landing 😀👍

[@MichaelVanHeemst]

I've been waiting for this one

[@u.s.patriot3415]

Cessna should consider offering a Jet-A option again. Also, would be nice if they'd use the Cardinal body/lines/features for the C-172 and 182/enlarged of course...and make the T-handle throttle standard on all models. Imho, the C-177 Cardinal's body/lines, look sleek and modern to this day...and appears to be a lot more streamlined...and no wing struts. Great video as usual. Happy/Safe Flying!🙏🇺🇸👍

[@donjohnston3776]

Hopefully Cessna will get these eps.aero/ t-diesel jet-a burning engines into the 182 and 206 as part of MAGA

[@u.s.patriot3415]

@@donjohnston3776 Indeed Don, that would be great. Have been keeping a close eye on the Raptor GA Aircraft. Appears to have just about every option one could possibly want in a GA A/C, and goal is to truly have it be an affordable purchase. Time will tell. Back to Cessna: Cessna should also offer 2-place trainer, with yoke and side-stick options. Maybe the L 600 or the Sirius TL-3000? Thanks for the input and information.👍

[@Ichibuns]

It would be much better if they can cushion the premium for them. The saving in fuel doesn't matter a whole lot if I have to spend another $100k-$200k to get it

[@u.s.patriot3415]

@@Ichibuns agreed.

[@southjerseysound7340]

@@Ichibuns true but you'd get it back on resale

[@haidercoversynthpianomusic747]

Good video good aircraft

[@johnturner2946]

I like the way she kept her hand on the throttle most of the time. I do that with X-Plane sim, always milking the throttle especially during landing I don't know if that's normal in a real airplane but in the sim it's like an extra flight control. I would like to go up with a CFI one of these day's to see if I can fly like I do in the sim. They say the sim is 95% accurate, if that's the case I have no doubt I can totally fly a Cessna 172 with no problem, I must have well over 1000 hour's logged in a 172 in sim only. I always fly in real time weather. So rock a by baby from cross winds on final from 500' is not even a problem any more. A better sim yoke may correct that problem.

[@eichelro]

War Eagle, Jason told me about it and great job.

[@deannawallace3687]

Logan, WDE! I can’t believe you came across this video, haha. Hope to meet you soon.

[@hagbard72]

"Your subscription has expired, we are now shutting down all your instruments, thank you for being a Garmin customer".

[@jbutle4]

Deanna makes it look so effortless -so smooth...one with the aircraft....

[@lauriewilson4016]

Nice landing

[@fudogwhisperer3590]

Beautiful aircraft........for me I like the steam gauges..........unless you fly a couple times a week, the constant updating to the G1000 can get expensive.........I think my instructor liked spins. Power on turning stalls used to get me into spins. He never told me that if it was a coordinated power on stall, it wouldn't spin HAHAHAHA! I never freaked out though, pull back power, rudder opposite the spin, and slowly pull out. I am actually glad he did that, made me figure it out on my own. I never really got comfortable in a spin but I know how to get out of them and not freak out if it were to happen. He was a good instructor, always had a good laugh at me but never yelled at me. I've had instructors yell at me.........I really don't think it's necessary to do that.

[@mattivirta]

idiot buy garmin g1000 or all other glass cocpit gauges ower price lot and not anythink better. old gauges work well all plane, no need waste money ower price idiot garmin shit.

[@c3vs241]

Wow cool flying, the lady is relaxed and perfect landing. No effort whatsoever cool. Don't mind if shes my instructor.

[@RWMunday]

I started in Aviation Management at Auburn University. War Eagle!

[@deannawallace3687]

War Eagle!

[@farahazem9383]

great instructor

[@tjjoseph333]

Great job Deanna! Axe 'em!

[@deannawallace3687]

Axe 'em!

[@williamlawton4451]

Bobby how are you mounting your cameras outside of the plan what about are you using

[@christophermichaelson9050]

WAR EAGLE from Auburn, AL! Great flight school.

[@deannawallace3687]

War Eagle!

[@ajmenanga1107]

@@deannawallace3687 is that where you teach? Would love to get my PPL from a great Instructor like Yourself! from East Troy near Milwaukee WI

[@deannawallace3687]

@@ajmenanga1107, I live and teach out of East Texas.

[@ramsultan9870]

Great landing..

[@kevimc]

excellent