Flying over Pristine waters threatened by Plastic?

[@normk5761]

Just made a donation...what an awesome organization I've never heard of! I'm absolutely convinced it's content creators such as yourself which will be our future as obviously mainstream media has not/will not focus on solving the problem. Yes, they'll report on it yet do little to offer avenues to solve them. Thanks for all you do!

[@FlightChops]

Greatly appreciated Norm!

[@MaShcode]

We do beach cleanups in New York City. Paddling around you can see waste in the water as far down as the sunlight illuminates so as soon as you’ve cleaned one spot you know there’s more on the way. Very demoralizing. Stop using single-use plastic shopping bags, bottles, cups and straws people. We can survive without them.

[@MentourPilot]

Such a great video and I love that engine sound!! Go #teamseas !

[@intervera]

Thanks Steve for sharing this wonderful content!

[@jasonhurdlow6607]

Wow... you flew right by the Salmon hatchery (then called "Port San Juan", now AFK) that my dad ran and we lived at when I was about 7-9 years old (circa 1980). The Chenaga village wasn't there back then, but we'd boat across the bay in the Winter to cross country ski right where the landing strip is now. We'd be flown in and out of "town" (Cordova) on a Beaver (54Z and 55Z primarily). Just the sound of a Beaver about brings tears to my eyes to this day, and I often go "fly" by there in MSFS2020.

[@crtzmo]

Another excellent narrative, so well edited. You’re a natural, Thorne!

[@FlightChops]

Thank you Curtis - and I appreciate you being such a long time engaged viewer!!

[@sacrificialrubber779]

What an absolutely beautiful beaver!! Always loved bush planes, or should I say bush truck with wings!😂😂🤣😍👍🏻

[@reecewallace]

Donated! Thanks for the great content

[@FlightChops]

Much appreciated!

[@jakeedwards5306]

Always love seeing our PA-12 in the background of these videos 😁

[@goatflieg]

Best photobomb ever!

[@swedethour]

Brilliant! Just what I needed to mitigate the depresson of realizing the seaflying season is over in Sweden for now! Thank you!

[@FlightChops]

Ah well... Glad it was helpful!

[@flywithhan]

Donated! Thanks for being a part of this initiative!

[@FlightChops]

Awesome, thanks Hannah!

[@ForFunFlyer]

What a sound, indeed! And what a surroundings?! 😀

[@josephsener420]

Another beautiful video. I did some consulting in Alaska along the Trans Alaska Pipeline and down into PWS. Spectacular vistas!

[@WayneRigley]

Thanks Steve another truly amazing video!

[@halepauhana153]

that was some awesome Alaska flying!

[@FlightChops]

Glad you enjoyed it (and thanks for being a Patreon supporter :)

[@jannepeltonen2036]

This is quite awesome! I'm a member of a local organization devoted to keeping the Baltic sea clean; live next to the sea; just yesterday collected quite an amount of thrash left behind by a storm. And I sail a lot. So something like this really is close to my heart.

[@teamseas]

#TeamSeas is taking flight!

[@FlightChops]

Haha - awesome! (And of course this comment got thrown into "held for review" jail until I could manually approve it - due to the hashtag I guess?)

[@DataRew]

I never thought I would see both you and RubberRoss support the same organization. It is an excellent cause though, so that part doesn't surprise me. 😀😀

[@mikercflyer7383]

Steve. This was awesome we just tasted a bit of it on a cruise I wouldn’t mind doing it again.

[@nicksharp7972]

The way he's taking about getting hammered through portage pass... That's no joke, I've been blasted coming through there the wind makes some nasty turbulence and up/down drafts there.

[@rerite2]

Your videos remind me how beautiful this planet is. Much respect.

[@FlightChops]

Thank you so much 😀

[@ChrisB257]

Excellent video Steve - amazing scenery. :)

[@tds456]

The advice at the end, the practice with the survival gear, is so so important. Not just for aviation. More than a few people have died over the years while struggling the use the equipment that could have saved their lives.

[@RobotoForgoto]

As a scuba instructor...i ditched the knife for a pair of hard-core scissors years ago. Keep them tied to a belt or vest. Stainless or titanium scissors; the kind you cut pennies with. Put them in a suitcase - not carry-on. Rope and wires are easier and there is little chance of accidental injury.

[@FlightChops]

Interesting insight here - I'd never thought of scissors - thanks!

[@Tracomaster]

The oceans are the lungs of our earth. Good job for taking part in the initiative!

[@SVSky]

Simply amazing views!

[@TitusLifeYT]

Love this channel

[@FlightChops]

Appreciated!

[@jasonhurdlow6607]

So true about the knife. When I worked in SE Alaska I always had a one-hand operable knife ready to go. Used it constantly.

[@FlightChops]

Thanks for watching to the end Jason!

[@niklaspilot]

Flew a float plane for the first time couple of weeks ago in BC and absolutely loved it. Hooked on it now and I will definitely convert to a Canadian PPL as well so I can get the float plane rating on it. Hopefully, one day I can fly a Beaver too...

[@SimonButler]

Sorta neat that I just saw N314HA at Kenmore Air Harbor in Seattle, and just realized why it looked so familiar!

[@maillouski]

I did the ACUC scuba dive certification in 1996 ;) never dove since though lol. Very nice images, Steve!

[@paulcarstens2601]

Beautiful scenery. Loved taking it all in. Great job Steve. Thumbs up!

[@callmesam8467]

GO TEAM SEAS

[@Timbo428CJ]

He is so right, out of sight out of mind. Nobody realizes the impact that happens on one continent can quadruple in the wrong direction in another. At least what you're doing helps to establish a future fix, every dollar helps !!

[@SaltToSnow]

We fly the P8 at 200 ft when we’re tracking submarines. 50 feet is low. Although at 200 feet and such a big plane it does feel really low

[@stevenbrereton9555]

Great video, thank you. May I ask a question about the comments at 9:00 onwards. Why wouldn't you consider landing on that stretch of water?

[@FlightChops]

Cool yeah - I guess we could have been more clear - Those ocean swells that seemed small from up there, were probably big enough to preclude a safe landing, or swamp the airplane shortly after managing to land.

[@stevenbrereton9555]

Thanks ! I probably needed to pay closer attention. I will when I watch it again. If you ever get to Cambridge, UK, be sure to give me a shout. All the best!

[@andysmith8649]

Hi. Love your channel. Hey what do you think of asking one of your Garmin contacts and suggest they add full marine VHF capabilities to the Garmin comm radio!! Every Alaska pilot would want one.

[@jeremyvanriemsdyke1136]

Can't wait for the last few episodes of this float plane bush piloting adventure. Fantastic series.

[@JimmyTidmore]

The sound of that engine. Man.

[@TaylorBlack0]

Wow that area is so beautiful. I really, really, really want to get my PPL.

[@EricMassey748]

Amazing, great video!

[@MaShcode]

Intense scenery, beautifully filmed and edited. A whole other set of rules in that remote environment. Fun to watch.

[@FlightChops]

Thank you very much!

[@dba750]

Well done

[@goatflieg]

Good title... and of course you knew the thumbnail was great. It was nice as a supporter that I watched the early release, but I enjoyed watching this again. Important messages here as well as great footage and adventures. It made a great distraction from the roller-coaster build: failure of my 4-yr-old unused boost pump; ultimate gust lock that didn't fit; faced with the fact that I will HAVE to buy a new crankshaft for Barrett to install. Good news: Anti-Splat Aero stepped up to make custom parts for my gust lock, Airflow Performance will rebuild my boost pump and Barrett can get a new crank right away. Yep. Quite the roller coaster. When in doubt... hang on tight and enjoy the ride. (sorry... I'm laughing as I just heard "let's get back on board the Beaver" again... I'm such a child sometimes...)

[@FlightChops]

Haha - I've tried three titles - it's not getting traction - anyway - whatcha gonna do? I'm going to spend the rest of the evening with the wife. (and glad you're making headway with the engine situation)

[@goatflieg]

@@FlightChops It seems we are all victims of algorithms. The wicked witch was right: What a world, what a world...

[@Hgdhgfdssxvbbnjoo]

lol this Tim guy is just too much for me to handle

[@AviatingWithMel]

Fantastic video as always Steve. I have over the past decade become increasingly aware of just how much we impact our environment. Moreso since moving out of my parents house and buying a place of my own...you realise just how much pointless packaging there is. The UK government has recently in a round about way to allow the dumping of more raw sewage into the waters around our green and damp little island. I am hoping that the weather will allow me over the next few weeks to get up there and see if I can film any of it, it'll be slow going though my new steed, a Jodel D112 cruises at around 120kph indicated!

[@FlightChops]

I did not expect that from the UK - wow - please do report back if you get footage.

[@AviatingWithMel]

@@FlightChops Sadly as with everything at the moment they blame Covid in relaxing the rules on dumping due to a shortage of treatment chemicals. You have to wonder if somebody has taken a bung somewhere along the line though.

[@upalaska]

I tried to contact Apex twice to go get a float rating and never got a response! They seem like a great crew to learn from.

[@FlightChops]

Yeah sorry - they haven’t officially launched yet I don’t think. The pandemic sort of stalled their plans - I expect they will be ramping up in 2022 though.

[@John170B]

It’s so normal to fly low and slow here in Alaska, funny to hear the lower 48 people uncomfortable with it. Your only too low when your in the tree.

[@williambrightwell3351]

What are the rules about low flying in the US? In NZ, we're not allowed to fly lower than 500ft unless in a low flying zone

[@FlightChops]

I believe the regs in the U.S. are similar to here in Canada... Essentially: You must be 1000' above and 2000' horizontally clear of any structure or people unless intending to land. However, if no structor or people, there is no low level limit to what the PIC decides is safe.

[@theeatonskbunk]

@@FlightChops U.S. regs are more liberal - for airplanes when not landing or taking off: 1000 above highest obstacle within 2000 lateral over 'congested' areas, 500 above surface uncongested, Open water/sparsely populated areas 500 away from person/vessel/vehicle/structure with no altitude minimum. All with the requirement to be able to do an emergency landing without endangering those on the ground. Helicopters pretty much just need to not bring back pine pitch or roofing tar on their skids. Thanks for the video. Interesting product placement by the KZbin advertisers though. I've seen an ad from the plastic bottle industry twice while watching the video ;-(

[@williambrightwell3351]

@@FlightChops huh that's neat. Something to keep in mind. Great video by the way. Inspiring

[@davidbalfour3390]

If only we could reduce the lead in petrol

[@FlightChops]

It's starting to happen! www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2021/october/28/faa-approves-hundreds-more-engines-to-use-unleaded-avgas

[@flyingark173]

Given your knowledge of seaplanes, can you explain the short video of one float plane crashing into the one in front of it at a dock?

[@waynemenzi4288]

Crap floating over from Russia!

[@marred2277]

I'm sorry, am I missing something? You flew over a lot of water and coastline, but the only plastic pollution you showed were still pictures from the internet. I'm not saying it's not a problem in the world, but when you title the video "waters threatened by plastic", I uh, sorta wanted to see this threat, and didn't.

[@Captndarty]

How many people does it take to Fly this single pilot airplane? I can appreciate the experience and leadership but one guys on the yoke while another is having to fuss with the throttles is a bit over the top.

[@FlightChops]

“Throttles”? The way you’ve framed this comment makes me suspect you’re not a pilot, so I will explain: There is one throttle, but there are three levers: throttle, prop and mixture. Martin is very experienced operating this aircraft and getting the power settings (relationship between throttle and prop while monitoring manifold pressure and RPM) and mixture (looking at EGT, and CHT gauges as well as fuel flow) just right is a finicky process. My having little experience in the aircraft and flying low level over this terrain I was happy to have the crew member to manage that minutiae.