Grumman Pilot Questioned By The FAA! - Flight & Pilot Interview

[@JustPlaneSilly]

Thanks everyone for complements below. I am very fortunate that I got to be in a video on Bobby's channel. We have so many great content creators in this area and I am still a very small player in the aviation youtube world. It means a lot to see that there are viewers that watch my channel here and my subscriber count is blowing up today which is very humbling. I love flying. I love my Grumman. I love making people laugh and I am grateful to get to crossover onto other channels and I am very grateful to everyone here that has taken a peek at my channel. Cheers! Fly safe! and Thank you! Bobby, I owe you one.

[@LifesLogbook]

Good seeing ya here Bryan! Long time no see.

[@treykleppe7511]

I work in a grumman maintenance shop and i have shown many customers your grumman satire video and they very much enjoy it.

[@raspucin70]

this video led me to your channel. The Cirrus videos are gem!

[@JustPlaneSilly]

@@raspucin70 Thank you very much for the kind words! I appreciate it.

[@jonthepilot6924]

I had to take a medical flight with my local FSDO and I found the ASI to be one of the nicest, most professional people I've ever met in aviation. I also got the impression that the FSDO people were there to help me fly rather than find any excuse to take me out of the air. I was really stressed out about having to deal with them but now I have a great contact at the FAA.

[@sigvardc]

Bobby, Bryan Thanks for the trip down memory lane !! Learned to fly in the Grumman T2's and the Tigers out of 2800' Great training !! Great Airplanes !!

[@TakingOff]

Great video. Love Bryan's channel Just Plane Silly! Thanks Bobby for sharing these videos. Heard Matt Wells working the tower at FTW!

[@mikefields7995]

Just bought a 1973 AA-5 and I’m really excited to fly it.

[@BradMore]

Take it for what it's worth, but I've had only one encounter with FSDO and it was equally good. Smart, knowledgable examiner who was genuinely willing and wanted to help.

[@azzir325]

It has been a long time since my active flying days, but the Grumman Traveler is a plane that I flew from PBI in the 70's. It quickly became my favorite 4 place! The one I flew had a latch to keep the canopy open if I wanted it. Loved the fully castoring nose wheel once I got used to it.

[@okeegator00]

I follow many aviation KZbin channels and found this one. Cory Robin, Trent Palmer and Mike Patey are my favorites, but you are now at the top. Thank you for great content. Being a retired navy guy, and former Blue Angel (not a pilot), aviation is in my blood and I WILL get my license. Channels like yours and the others mentioned above are the reason! Thanks!

[@donteifke7636]

I've been following Bryan's "Just Plane Silly" channel for about 6 months now. Very cool to see him here. Great job on the no flaps landing. Bobby, you made me smile when he said "looks like a no flaps landing" and you promptly pulled the harness over your shoulder. 😊 Looks like Bryan might have something coming out as well since he was also filming. Another great video. Keep it up Bobby.

[@michaelb.8953]

I change my own fuel!!! This guy is so funny without even realizing it. I just stumbled on his channel a few weeks ago and couldn't stop laughing.

[@carvershivers5071]

One of my absolute favorite channels!!

[@daviddavis5312]

Brian thanks for showing your Grumman flying canopy open

[@JH-324]

Thanks for flying this! My father in law had a 72 Grumman Traveler as well. My wife has many memories as a teenager flying cross country with her family. He had the plane from 1976-2004ish when he stopped flying at the age of 74.

[@JustPlaneSilly]

That's awesome. I hope I am still flying at that age. Well first, I hope I live to be that age. But to still be flying would be cool.

[@nelsonmelamund1225]

Based on the American Yankee by Jim Bede. As I recall, the first certified airframe that was bonded together with epoxy. No rivets. I fondly remember my one ride.

[@bruceruttan60]

Other innovations included the tubular spar / fuel tank. I flew the gruman trainer, 70s.

[@USNVA11]

I own a 1978 Grumman Tiger and I love it ! 😃

[@desertdronepilot]

I Am Working Hard On My Pilots License, Even Though Im 14 I Just Wanna Be Flying.

[@lponceliz]

@@desertdronepilot twin?

[@lamberto6405]

I own a 1992 American General Tiger and I have finally fallen in love with an airplane. Many Cessna and Pipers later and I have found the one! This airplane flies beautifully, unlike may other planes that seem to resist your control input, the Tiger simply complies and smiles, and says, "I love you too". Simple and fast, which seems easy enough but in reality is often an oxymoron in general aviation. Because of the combination, it is obviously, less expensive to fly /own. I can't say enough about these airplanes. I wish I would have known about these birds when I began flying in 1990, I would have enjoyed general aviation a lot more... I now use my Cessna 172 as the taxi that takes me to the hangar where my Tiger is...

[@MojoFromMempho]

Good stuff! Extra bonus with the no flap landing. I know this was two years ago but funny I would watch this one today. I was just in Texas over the weekend and flew in the C-47 there on a night flight out if Meacham.

[@plmckanna]

What are the chances??? At 11:03 I heard 1507E. I have about 30 hours in that plane when it was based at KGGG (Longview, Texas)...Crazy!!!

[@brentjohnson6654]

Fun! I flew out of Greg County with their Grumman’s in the 1970’s. I was a PPL from another state and going to LeTourneau College. I rented a Tiger to go to Galveston and other trips while there. I learned in Minnesota with a. Grumman. I would love to have a Tiger. Cheers!

[@memepasmal77]

I got all my licenses from private to cfII at deltaqualiflight school based at Meacham Airport , just love that place, remind me a lot of good memories.

[@docjeffry]

I have 180 hours in a Grumman Traveler that I got when I was a member of a small flying club. Great airplane!! I currently own and operate a Grumman AA1-A T2.

[@grummangreaser4701]

Best one so far!!! Do more Grummans!

[@MichaelCarrPilot]

Brian + Semi-Serious Video: never thought I’d see the day!

[@JustPlaneSilly]

I almost made a totally serious 2 minute "How to fuel your plane" video on April fools but I didn't have time.

[@johnmcdevitt3683]

Love the cockpit cooling system. Nice no flap landing!

[@dutchygirl]

This was in my suggested video list and I immediately expected that this was about Bryan ;-) Great video! Gonna check out your channel 😃

[@ethanlamoureux5306]

Sounds like he was talking about 6y9 in Sidnaw, Michigan which is in the western Upper Peninsula. I live in Michigan, in the UP, and have for most of my life. It is definitely a beautiful place, especially the UP, which is totally different from the Lower Peninsula. The two peninsulas are not physically connected, unless you count the 5-mile long Mackinac Bridge, one of the world’s longest suspension bridges.

[@tylerw1418]

So glad y’all survived! Great video as usual. Awesome little plane.

[@brentjohnson6654]

I learned on Grumman trainers (TR2) and flew Grumman Cheetah’s & Tiger’s. I loved the Tigers for cross country. I would love to have a Tiger one day. Love the canopy’s.

[@richardcremer]

Great video again Bobby 👍🤣cool AC System and Great landing ✈️🐩🐩🍻👍

[@divyajnana]

Great Vid. BTW, the difference in speed on the Tiger, completely closes the canopy. We used a binder clip.

[@kathleenlinnell4494]

I can’t wait to experience all the different planes thanks for Sharing guys happy safe flights

[@harmgregory4560]

Kind of a visit to an old haunt....I flew out of Meacham for a couple of years around 1990, I worked for Kitty Hawk Air Cargo, flying several ancient Convair freighters.... Nice video, nice Grumman! :)

[@tomrodgers6629]

I got my license in a Grumman Cheetah loved that little plane especially the pull over canopy.

[@MichaelLloyd]

This makes me want to buy an aircraft so I can change my own fuel :o) Good stuff. I really enjoy these.

[@billyelmore6890]

Is there a vertical strake under the tail? We put spin kits on a few of the Grumman aircraft if I remember correctly.

[@JustPlaneSilly]

Only on The travelers. That's the easiest way to tell them from the other two. The traveler has a horizontal stabilizer that is 3 feet shorter than the tiger and cheetah so I believe that vertical strike on the bottom helps with stability and spin prevention to a limited extent

[@MichaelBrown-ny3et]

I’m glad there was a happy ending regarding the run in with the FAA. I can’t stand people that decide to get social justice on someone because suddenly that became their calling/job. I flew with a guy once in his Grumman Tiger at night taking his daughter to an event a couple hrs away. He wasn’t comfortable flying at night and I volunteered to go as a CFII. Upon our return on short final at the airport of origin, he was wanting to flare for the landing at 100’ above the threshold. I’m glad I went to help out.

[@youruniquehandle2]

What do you mean by 'social justice' in this context? Seems more like a troll, or aviation version of doxxing.

[@6h471]

I did my first solo in a cheetah in '78, and have flown travelers and tigers. Aside from the purple glue planes, I still wonder how 50 yr old adhesive holds up on these?

[@jeff3741]

My first time with your channel. Good info. I got my PPL at HOU (class B) in a Cheetah about 17 years ago. We usually landed without flaps.

[@pinkdispatcher]

Very nice. I love Bryan's videos, but didn't know about this channel. Found it on reddit. I actually had to do a no-flap landing (well, just a low approach, really) on my checkride. No problem at all on long runways. And then I had an actual flap failure, but caught it on the ground and had to cancel the flight for the day. Flaps would extend, but not retract, which can be a problem in the little 100 hp Socata Rallye when you need to go around. The huge 2/3-span fowler flaps on the Rallye allow you to land in 100 m, but create enormous drag.

[@daviddavis5312]

Was jonesing for Brian this week thanks

[@dalebolen2362]

Hello Brian. My first visit to your channel. Great work. If you love flying with the canopy open you would enjoy flying an Ercoupe. They are akin to driving a Volkswagen with the top down. Only 4.5/he burn. Lots of fun.

[@daviddavis5312]

Excellent information as always

[@Wolficorntv]

I've got a Tiger so naturally I had to watch this one. Great stuff. Keep up the content. If you're ever in SoCal, let's go fly! I've got Tiger videos on my channel if you're interested in seeing more Grumman stuff!

[@laurenceburr2097]

Love these flying doodles videos. Please don't forget to click the like button and play the ads through. This really helps support Bobby!

[@in2flying]

Love the channel too, but to think ANYONE watches the full adverts is JUST PLANE SILLY

[@ginacalabrese3869]

@@48Boxer Bryan with a Y.

[@WillBravoNotEvil]

Laurence Burr Do _you_ play all ads 100%?

[@SChristopherBurford]

For channels like this that bring me such joy, I do watch commercials all the way through.

[@joshgarrett2542]

As I am from Northern Michigan it was nice to here you say how pretty it is here in the summer time. It’s like the Caribbean here without jellyfish and sharks.

[@chrishutchison5031]

I love Just Plane Silly. It was not until I moved away from Keller that I discovered his channel.

[@herbm8709]

Nice landing! Great job Bobby, keep them coming!

[@kymbiddell7467]

Learnt to fly on the Grumman 🤠 thanks for showing it

[@jimelliott6200]

I had a 1973 Traveler for 3 years and put 250 hours on it. Lots of fun!

[@mariansmartt]

Bobby! Loving this channel!

[@tomcoryell]

Excellent landing BrYan! Did you tell the TBM to move out of your shot?

[@sirtraineewhat576]

I'm looking into getting a AA1B Trainer. The little brother to the traveler.

[@RTD1947]

Bobby, have you ever thought of doing with flying doodles what you have done with sailing doodles! Find a young cute thing that has a private/instrument rating and you Copilot. You handle nav, radio, planning just like you would as PIC. She has the rating to be PIC. HAVE you ever watched “310pilot”.. just a thought to get you flying again!!

[@piperpilot44253]

I owned a 74 traveler. Loved it.

[@kimberlywentworth9160]

I am a low hour student pilot and I noticed that Flying is almost like a sport. I did not fly for two weeks and I noticed that I was not as good on the controls and so on.

[@mikearakelian6368]

Flying is a ongoing training event so approch it as such...stay current; stay up on regs etc; your never done after your checkride...recency is the key,stay current.there will always be someone who knows more or has more hrs,life

[@mojogrip]

I've always low key admired Bryan's Grumman. It may be slow by some standards but it's the best looking one I've seen so far.

[@superskullmaster]

MojoGrip hey you should start doing ride alongs as well.

[@JustPlaneSilly]

Lemme know if you ever want to go flying. Not sure where you're located but love sharing flight w/ people.

[@mojogrip]

@@JustPlaneSilly I've got you listed whenever I'm down in Texas. I'm based in Atlanta if you ever come down this way.

[@klif_n]

Great video as usual. Yeah a no flap landing should be no big deal.

[@scotcowie9800]

Is the strake below the tail standard??

[@MacGyverGTP]

That is one balanced plane! I see almost no vibration in the video. Wish I could get my Cherokee that smooth.

[@northtexasskies3243]

Is this the airport on the N/NW side of Fort Worth TX? I think i heard Meacham lol. I use a radar to see what planes fly over and i think this plane might have flown over my house. I live in SW Fort Worth

[@cduemig1]

“I’ll have to get a third one so we can keep doing this!” Have you done his Comanche yet?

[@briangarcia8986]

Hey Bob enjoy your videos. I have a request try to hitch a ride in a Cessna 195. My all time favorite Thanks.

[@fleurymanful]

Brian Garcia I go back and forth between that and a Beechcraft model 17. Both beautiful stately airplanes so I’ll second that request.

[@johnnyflores3426]

Great Video!

[@MonkPetite]

Cool you mentioned the faa and their personal are not a dragon but a nice bunch that can help you if you call them.

[@leeadams5941]

Use to fly (130's)with a old Col. early 80's, he chained smoked...on final he had a cup of coffee and a cig...never spilt the coffee or dropped the cig...

[@mohammedkadir7223]

I I got AA5 traveller own this plane since 2015 very happy

[@stevenwatterson3932]

Bobby great video!!!!

[@hcderksen]

Yes they did have a cigarette lighter. I used it when I was up. Smoking was normal back then. Didn’t work so well at 10000’.

[@philipwitt4718]

Just saw this video... good video. I am 6'3" 245 lbs. would this plane fit me?

[@GrummanPilots]

Watched your video about the AA5, see several things a Grumman shop could fix. FYI

[@JustPlaneSilly]

email me (I am the Grumman pilot in the video) [e-mail]

[@andyspry7960]

Another great video! Bobby, I like you lost my licence due to medical issues. Question. are you able to get your licence back by jumping thru hoops? Keep up the great work!!

[@JoseRivera-lt2cc]

Bryan: Suggestion (if not already tried) ... next time family flying put son up front in right seat. New sight picture & different feeling of body motion should improve perspective. Regards aircraft, learned in C150 & immediately joined flying club with full Grumman family - AA1 to Tiger. I rented them all. Most paid wet was less $10/hr (many years ago). Love that plane. For those that haven’t ... must fly.

[@RaceMentally]

Great video. I’m looking at a tiger. Kids are 11 so need that space.

[@jameswikstrom4174]

Love your videos Bobby! I would rather do my PP Training in a Grumman Traveller than a 172. It is a very cool airplane to fly. I can see why your friend fell in love with the plane. No matter how fast a plane goes, it has driving beat by a long shot! I was just curious if your friend intends to pursue his instrument rating or he feels it is unnecessary with recreational flying?

[@JustPlaneSilly]

I am going to get it this year but I am not sure how much I will use it. Mostly it will give me an excuse to fly more and of course adds skill to the bag of tricks.

[@jameswikstrom4174]

Thanks for the reply. I like the name of your channel and am going to subscribe. Absolutely fell in love with your Grumman Traveller!

[@mopar92]

The FSDO isn’t always here to help.

[@Zoomie932]

I had a flight instructor, in 1972, chain smoke a whole pack of Pell Mells in a hour of touch and go's.

[@m5aviation895]

Maybe he was afraid of heights?😀

[@Zoomie932]

@@m5aviation895 I must have done something right because he cleared me to solo. I think I might have scared him a little on the over-an-obstacle approach.😁 He wasn't afraid of the height. It was the ground he was afraid of. A pack of Pell Mells cost about 50 cents and a gallon of avegas was 54 cents. And then 1973 happened and the flying career was over. And I would still like to take that Grumman up for a spin around the block.

[@stephenbritton9297]

cabin roof reminiscent of a Grumman fighter jet...

[@zengalileo]

Is that Hawthorne?

[@par5eagles975]

Great video, thanks! Back on track :-).

[@musketeerflyer]

The 2 biggest lies in aviation: FAA says "We're just here to help!", Pilot replies "And I'm glad you're here!"

[@ToyManFlyer1100]

Nice of him to let you fly his "whip".......😊😊😊👍🏾👍🏾

[@harryagrotis326]

I trained at Meacham in the late 80s.

[@StrikerSG]

I never used flaps on small planes... when you have a long strip...

[@kennethparker1032]

More nice work Bobby!

[@sethcampbellmusic]

Hope you like it in Denver!

[@robertgary3561]

You did get lucky. I've not had that same experience with the FSDO

[@jimh.5286]

Disaster averted! We don't need no stink'n flaps.

[@ParadigmUnkn0wn]

Downsizing from a Cirrus must've been hard, but if you're at the point of basically making yourself fly an hour a week just to stay current and proficient then I guess it's hard to justify the fixed costs on a Cirrus.

[@georgegagnon4566]

Nice video, nice landing, nice plane!

[@scotabot7826]

Grumman's are great little airplanes! Dad and I used to fly a Yankee, and it was loads of fun as long as you didn't let her get too slow. I was hoping you would discuss the mfg process of how these little birds are bonded together with space age adhesives versus being riveted together like most traditional aircraft. Some of these birds suffer from bad delaminations at critical areas due to bad batches of adhesive. They are referred to as the "purple glue" airframes. I'm sure the owner is aware of this and had his airframe checked out throughly. Great video Bobby and Bryan.

[@JustPlaneSilly]

Yup. I touch on it briefly here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b4LHmWyJrZ1_fZo

[@stephenthompson5260]

Why do people compare door to door driving time with airport to airport flying time, in this case 4 hours vs 1.5 hours. To be a realistic comparison you have to add in time to drive to the airport, get the plane out, transfer the luggage, planning, clearances, taxiing, run-ups, etc, plus picking up a rental car at the destination, transferring luggage, etc, etc, etc.

[@JustPlaneSilly]

Still way faster. Otherwise planes wouldn't exist.

[@stephenthompson5260]

Private planes exist because they're fun, or status symbols. For regional distances, like four hours driving distance, door to door, a car is still a shorter duration trip. For longer distances, in a fast aircraft, there's some advantage. All I'm saying is don't compare door to door in a car with airport to airport in a plane. That's not a valid comparison. Compare door to door in both. The answer will be much closer, even the other way round, unless you live at the airport and have someone to drag the plane out and have it ready for you when you arrive.

[@JustPlaneSilly]

@@stephenthompson5260 oh I'm going to challenge this. all in good fun of course I will put together a video with a stopwatch and count the actual time it takes me to leave my door drive to the airport, pull the plane out, fuel it do run up, and be wheels up. I will subtract that time from a four-hour trip due north of the fastest highway in Dallas which would be interstate 35. I will calculate the time to land my plane tie it down get a bag out and grab a courtesy car or Uber. Let's see who's right I think it will be me. give me a couple weeks that put this together I have a couple of other videos in the queue that I need to get through first but I think this will be interesting. I'll bet you a six pack of your favorite beer.

[@stephenthompson5260]

@@JustPlaneSilly Subscribed in anticipation. :-)

[@FlyingDoodles]

We like trolling for youtube comments ;)

[@waynenocton]

How the heck do you get the plane speed go overlay into your videos?

[@WendelltheSongwriter]

Really enjoy Bryan's attitude and childlike zest for life! I hope he decides to trek to Florida, would love to fly with him. Also, probably a good idea to get a different son...

[@billyelmore6890]

I started there in March of 1975 so I saw more than a few being built in Savannah. We had just got the hang of building them and fuel skyrocketed and sales dropped to nothing. I remember 100s of aircraft in the field being sold at not much more than cost. I remember the last 6 flying out to Florida.

[@brianpetersen3429]

Cool plane, well done video!

[@joellaplant5837]

how do you afford it? Im not a rich kid. I like to hear what yuo guys do and how you bought it.

[@coreybeaty8528]

Is it just me or is any one else looking at the turbo prop in the background

[@Damianthelovetour2024]

Love Brian. He was respected in aviation community until he flew a cirrus. Lol. “In the Hanger”. Lol u r a hilarious guy.

[@JustPlaneSilly]

Thank you for the kind words. Means a lot to me.

[@AviationNut]

Hey it's Bryan with a Y. He always repeats that on his channel to make sure everyone remembers it's Bryan with a Y. LOL

[@sailormike1089]

Brian is funny, and his plane kinda looks like something the military would use. Wonder if that Air Shares jet that took off was Jesse from Jesse Flys.

[@rebelyell22]

Brian with a Y at it again

[@garymyers6638]

was this the first guy to ask you if you wanted to fly, Bobby? It would be my first question for a guy who'd spent a career flying and had his ticket yanked for health reasons. I hope you enjoyed it.

[@TakingOff]

Bobby and I talked about back last summer (on my channel).. Also, we discussed his career more recently on the In The Hangar show (same channel).