Golden Hour Bliss: Flying the Piper J3 Cub - A Heavenly Experience

It is nearly impossible to beat mornings like this. One of General Aviations greatest gifts...the Taildragger and a misty Grass strip.

[@dougdarby3564]

The pure joy of flying No comm freqs No traffic Just the aircraft the earth and sky and you

[@Bananasssssssss]

Really is the best

[@Jmnp08]

That's the way it should be..right!? It's getting harder to find these days.

[@salvadorfindley3555]

When the vapor trails came off the propeller and you could see the little helical going around the fuselage my jaw dropped

[@gliderfs621]

Best aircraft ever built, can’t change my mind

[@savage22bolt32]

Seriously Joe, your YT channel & two others are in my top three favorites. Not only are you a great pilot, but a film artist as well!

[@Bananasssssssss]

Thank you!! I sincerely appreciate that!

[@Coops777]

Stunning visuals Joe. Absolutely loved it. This is what life with a cub is all about.

[@Bananasssssssss]

Thanks Dave!

[@peterwilson4546]

Thanks Joe for taking me back 50 plus years. When I was 19, I soloed in a cherokee 140 at the norwood airport in massachusetts. There was a ww2 navy pilot instructor who ran the ground school, hisb name was Bruce. He told me to get some tail dragger time it would make me a better pilot. I found Ken Lynde at the westboro airport in the same town. Ken was as deaf as a haddock, but a great instructor. I got to solo one of his 65 horse j-3s. A few years later I bought a pa-18-95 and kept at westboro. As the grass was not plowed in the winter, skiis were a must. I pound a pair in Maine. On a saturday, a group of pilots helped me to put them on. They gave me some pointers and I was off ! Landing on lakes , rivers and open fields was wonderful. N7585D is in New Hampshire, I am going to look it up.

[@wagonpilotyt]

There are so many good reasons to get up early and go fly some dawn patrol! Very nice!

[@douglasmoran3070]

Awesome flying n videos too, keep sharing, really appreciate and look forward to them

[@Bananasssssssss]

Thank you for that, really appreciate it

[@ianwilson8759]

Absolutely the best flying footage on the internet. Can you please consider doing a video with side-slip landings in crosswind conditions?

[@easttexan2933]

the joy of really flying !! early morning flights in smooth air. Can't beat it !! Beautiful bird you have. Got my PPL in 1965. Flew mostly C140's, Champs, Cubs, 172, 182, P250, Vtail bonanza's. But my all time favorite is the cub. Haven't flown PIC since 1988. Lost the joy of flying because it was becoming to restrictive and now I just can't imagine even wanting to go up. Thanks for sharing.

[@fredliperson9171]

If that was me I'm sure I would be pretending I was Ernst Udet looking for an early DH.9A morning kill ...Sweet video 👍 ...

[@StevenVanLoven]

So nice , fantastic shots . Great colors . Thanks for the post .

[@Bananasssssssss]

Thank you!

[@thierryallred115]

Just like the rest of your videos.....really inspirational!!! Keep them coming

[@Bananasssssssss]

Thank you! Really appreciate it!

[@Markevans36301]

I've never owned a J3, but I've got a lot of time in one. Thanks for the memories. It's my favorite production aircraft of all time.

[@Bananasssssssss]

my pleasure!, glad you liked it

[@richardgreen6857]

Beauty! Love early morning and sunset flying…so peaceful and generally calm😊

[@Bananasssssssss]

It really is! hard to beat

[@JamesGood]

Wow, those opening shots! In fact, all the way through. Thank you for sharing. Loved the prop trails in the mist as well. That's a lot of work to setup the tripod, aim the shots, and fly accurately to be in them! I may have to try that!

[@Bananasssssssss]

Thanks! Really appreciate it! (Would be easier if I had another person tag along and video 😂)

[@shayefowler6651]

4:51-4:55 and 6:01 are my favorite shots. There’s something about the mist and a Cub punching through it!! Beautiful work capturing it all Joe 🤙🏼

[@Bananasssssssss]

Thanks brother

[@dougdarby3564]

Great stick and rudder skills ! Fun and inspiring Thanks man! And yeah it would be so cool to have a D7 to do this in

[@Bananasssssssss]

Thanks!

[@EverydayWorkshop]

Just stunning. That is what flying is all about, felt like I was flying with you, I was totally drawn in to the whole feeling of flying through the morning mist and beautiful sunrise. Thank you. 👍🙂

[@Bananasssssssss]

Absolutely! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@michaelbohlander8392]

I want to be good, so I can go to heaven one day! Really enjoyed the experience, thank you for sharing it was a slice.

[@srjackson1611]

You know nobody is good enough to go to heaven, right?

[@michaelbohlander8392]

@@srjackson1611 your right!

[@Digzthis]

Beautiful

[@Silbernagel100]

Absolutely Epic

[@themaverickproject4577]

best video you've done so far

[@Bananasssssssss]

Thank you!

[@lorenzodunn3226]

Beautiful😊😊

[@Bananasssssssss]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@Jmnp08]

Beautiful. Perfect flying.

[@CallSignAlamo]

That prop vortex just looks so damn good

[@pixamite1]

New Sub, love the Cub👍🏼

[@Bananasssssssss]

Thanks!

[@carstenkoehne2259]

thank you Joe, fanatastic 🌅

[@Bananasssssssss]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@aaronauclair]

This is Bananas! You have the best aviation channel I’ve seen on KZbin my friend. Keep up the good work. And if you ever end up in eastern mass on one of your flights my son and I would love to film your plane.

[@Bananasssssssss]

Thank you! really appreciate it!

[@oceandust5346]

Thank you for taking the time to put this together and share with us! Epic

[@Bananasssssssss]

absolutely!

[@martind181968]

Day is as pretty as the Cub !!! Great combo for sure !!! Nice filming as well !!!

[@Bananasssssssss]

Thanks 👍 appreciate it

[@kasm10]

wow this imagery is breathtaking. watching it on the big screen and loving the spiraling flare of prop wash. makes a great screen saver or maybe you could do a calendar with an epic pic from each month of the year. I think you just needed the leather skin helmet and goggles to compete it

[@Bananasssssssss]

Thank you! Cheers! And yeah that helmet would be cool, lol

[@chrisnyland9639]

Crushing the editing man!

[@MichaelVincent-nz2jd]

@3:21 as you turn around, the tips of the prop creates little vapor trails in the sun. I love it!

[@benjigault9043]

Aweome, the weather here is just now getting nice! As if I was not already looking forward to flying this weekend, now Im pumped, haha!

[@Bananasssssssss]

Yeah I'm really enjoying these cool mornings. another month or so and it.'ll start to get miserable, lol

[@sprintn918]

Very Cool!

[@user-lb5ft6bn8d]

really nice flying and great camera work, i grew up with the champ and chief now I fly a c-182, but always have a soft spot for cubs and champs, they look good on ground and in the air

[@Bananasssssssss]

Thanks a lot! appreciate it

[@DavZZee]

That J3…..you wear it well.

[@AVMamfortas]

One early morning you will come across Snoopy and do some formation flying. Get a scarf :)

[@hiranhorta]

Hi from Brasil!

[@Bananasssssssss]

Cheers!

[@ArielPA11]

Excelente despegues y aterrizajes Capitán... En Buenos Aires vuelo PA 18 con 180 hp . Remolques de Planeadores... Saludos desde Argentina.

[@johneastman1905]

Suggestion, Carb Heat pull knob, attach light cord, other end to right side of pilots seat.

[@mbrane]

Whatever you did to get those prop swirls @ 3:25... . I assume it is more than just getting rid of the neutral density filter? 🙂 Thank you for producing wonderful videos to keep the rest of us lowly GA enthusiasts inspired. I have to get my instructor to fly me to one of them grass strips. You are doing a great service to the cause of tailwheel flying. Also the State of New Jersey thanks you for making the state look much lovelier from the air than it seems in rush hour traffic. (Another reason to get around using Cubs...)

[@Bananasssssssss]

No filter! Just really really humid out. And thanks for the kind words! It’s appreciated it!

[@charlessexton4267]

👍

[@CH67guy1]

Your Cub is gorgeous! Please, if you can tell me… What weight fabric and what fabric finish process is on your Cub? I have a Wag-Aero Cuby that I’d like to recover. The original builder finished it in blue with a Cub yellow lighting bolt, but I don’t care for his choice of colors. I’m an A&P and never did fabric work before, except in school. The original builder used too heavy of a fabric. I forget what exactly, without referencing my notes.

[@Bananasssssssss]

Thank you! I will take a look in the logs and report back!

[@ArtTiller]

All I can say is" dito" the others comments. This was very enjoyable. Did you have breakfast before or after the flight?

[@honorb4glory606]

Lands the plane in real life better than I do in Microsoft Flight Simulator. 😅 I always keep the door closed, because I figured it would mess with the lift of the right wing in real life, but apparently it's negligible.

[@muskyman26]

3:30 what a beautiful sight! What’s your home airfield? Or one near by if you haven’t mentioned yours for privacy

[@Bananasssssssss]

N14! Flying W

[@connorduffy4138]

Great video as always. How does your headset/radio setup work (given you’ve no battery)? Handheld? Ever fly without a headset/radio - and if so can you easily talk to a passenger? Truly fabulous flying

[@Bananasssssssss]

Good question! I have a small handheld with a hidden external antenna. Works really well. I can hear people from 30+ miles. Only issue is they have a hard time hearing me because of wind noise, lol. I have a small intercom if flying with someone and that works really really well

[@connorduffy4138]

Cool, thanks.

[@stefanocolletto6984]

Great video! Could you please explain why you decided to put your carb heat on during your take off even if the throttle was, of course, fully opened? Many thanks!

[@Bananasssssssss]

Hey! Thanks for watching. I had a scary experience years ago while idling on ground and after Takeoff at about 20ft the engine stumbled and quit due to Carb Heat. Now I like (when it’s really Humid) to have Carb heat on until after Full Power is applied just to make sure I don’t have any Carb ice. Once I know Carb Ice is not there, I put it to Off. if I needed all available Power I would do a Static RunUp with Carb Heat on and release brakes but with all that runway I like to do it this way.

[@stefanocolletto6984]

@@Bananasssssssss We never stop learning! Thanks for the tip and blue skies!

[@Bananasssssssss]

Absolutely!!@@stefanocolletto6984

[@opticaregina3234]

buenas tardes .podes traducir a español. gracias

[@joejody7814]

Ok, so why are you flying with the door open when it's cold? Flying my j3 in Texas I close the door before take off even if it's a 100 degrees outside. I've yet to break a sweat while in the air. Quiet and my cap stays on my head.

[@Bananasssssssss]

It wasn’t too cold. Was like 55°. Just too pretty to keep it closed 😁

[@outlawflyer7868]

Why are pilots always flying in the back seat? Why not the front. Could u do a video on that please. (I will pretend i dont know anything about cg) if tou can fly dly solo from the front seat, can that be demonstrated safely?

[@Bananasssssssss]

In this plane it's for the weight & Balance

[@Curious_Skeptic]

100% what sport aviation should be about! There's nothing better! I so miss flying. They closed are local grass airport I was learning to fly out of. :( Always my dream to get my license and by a J3. Age 52, so who knows. Maybe, still time!

[@Steenos]

I’ve followed you a long time on insta. Great video!

[@Bananasssssssss]

I appreciate that!