Flying the ICON A5 in Seattle | Lake Isabel, WA

[@davidwright873]

I hiked up there once...55 lb pack, slogged up switchbacks, ducked and dodged mosquitos...twisted my ankle...Twice....lost my camera phone, food went bad....it started to rain up there and the total journey was about 6 hours.....It sucked!! AND...she flies up in 25 minutes...wearing shorts, hat and stays sweat free, takes a few snaps of the adventure...snacks on an almond bar, dangles her feet in the water while soaking up the sun and calls it a day and flies home....while i rough it out!!! LIFE is so unfair.....Lol

[@iconaircraft]

Technically it was 35 minutes but yes that is correct...

[@davidwright873]

@@iconaircraft lol. Rub it in!!

[@bugsbane]

It is quite possible she was hounded by mosquitos - and with just a 430lb useful load - it's possible that a 55 lb pack would put her over max takeoff weight. might have to leave the almond bar behind.

[@namenotavailable11]

Food went bad in 6 hours huh?

[@sleepyearth]

@@namenotavailable11 Probably not dry kinda food coupled with the rain, it's just all the bad elements coming together.

[@iconaircraft]

We finally had a chance to check out Lake Isabel. And it did not disappoint.

[@ibracs]

phenomenal aircraft and fantastic location

[@KOUKAROS-GR]

Please add rotax 915 or 914! We need more power!

[@maayans1535]

There is a trail that goes up to Lake Isabel. It is definitely NOT accessible only by airplane.

[@arcanondrum6543]

The Icon Aircraft Company needs one more aircraft to save the company : Same Aircraft, some visual cues and a stronger engine. GA licensed pilots will hesitate to pay that price for less performance than what other aircraft they can purchase/rent. I don't mean get rid of the LSA A5, I mean make an A6 for other pilots. The A5 is beautiful so don't make changes that will hurt the look. The Icon A5 and the Icon A6 should look like beautiful sisters.

[@davidwright873]

@@Justaguy0420 nobody is gonna tell ya that! that would be weird....

[@NeonDreams7]

It's funny how this video made me feel like we were on a journey in a futuristic sleek spacecraft visiting an uncharted planet. What an absolutely beautiful plane and terrain to match. Thanks for sharing.

[@flightsimtourist2712]

Well said :)

[@ahahmarmelade2050]

The pilot is pretty too !! :)

[@projectm4181]

I was thinking the same thing, like I could go with her and she could paint herself green like the girl on star trek and we can just hang out in a cabin all weekend and have strange star trek secs

[@upnorthyooper1196]

@@ahahmarmelade2050 Boy I'll say.

[@coldfusionspacexxx9814]

I play Star Citizen and that is what we do every day!

[@zed9zed]

That water landing was gorgeous. On the video the descent rate looked fast! But at the last few moments it flattened out, and then you almost couldn't tell from the video when you hit the drag of the water. Very nice!

[@bobbyw3938]

I’m a redundant/fired/sacked airline pilot. The irony of my career contract ending at 48 with a very young family; I was operating on the “Queen of the Skies” being an essential worker delivering medical supplies, climate controlled pharmaceuticals, food etc. as a freight dog! Whilst in the mist of anger, disbelief, depression, my situation whilst knowing that we’ll get through this, I stumbled upon this video and I had a breakthrough accepting my fate... the passion for flying hasn’t stopped and is raging in my heart, coursing through my veins. Blue skies y’all.

[@BillPalmer]

Best of luck to you . I hope you are able to recover your career. (About to retire 350 driver taking an early out)

[@RafeCruise]

Going through a similar situation here. I’ve been out for six years due to medical condition. Hope you get back soon.

[@bobbyw3938]

bsdrvr1 Thank you. Step by step, with the support of loved ones we will all soar again.

[@ИванДо-ф6н]

God blessings 🙏

[@pongo315]

video , musica, aereo e pilota meravigliosa ! Un viaggio stupendo per la mente in 3,34 minuti ! Bravi

[@Olli1896HSV]

I‘m not sure what is more beautiful, the Lake Isabelle, the plane or you! Absolutely gorgeous! Thanks for the flight with you.

[@Azhri_179]

wow beautiful aircraft, beautiful place, beautiful instructor...thumb up

[@quadsis5569]

this is what i call an icon. truly freedom.

[@CrustyAbsconder]

I wish I had more positive-minded people in my circles. I live in a inner-city crack-motel, and surrounded by meth-heads. But I enjoy watching others have fun and making the world a better place to live.

[@BerndSchmitt-Martinique]

This plane is a MASTERPIECE of engineering. FUNCTION and BEAUTY is combined in a unique way. Greetings from germany

[@thepieman4398]

I love to see young, empowered women taking control of their lives and assuming their rightful place in society. Much admiration for this young woman. Total respect.

[@vulcan4d]

I would love to have one of these one day to fly over the Rocky Mountains here. Maybe one day the cost will go down. It's a beautiful personal plane, I love how it can land on a runway and on water.

[@twetch373]

Definitely on my bucket list to own one of these...

[@KhalidAlazmi]

good 👍 looks 👌

[@DNzalime]

Same mate, I want one so bad.

[@richmondnazman]

I can't even afford a bucket....🤣

[@KPL400]

the lady or the aircraft?

[@aaronrodriguez9760]

@@KPL400 the lady is very pretty, but I want the aircraft!!

[@davidcarmack5074]

Me and friends would hike in to Lake Isabel and camp for a week. Absolutely beautiful.

[@Celticlo]

I'm flying the Icon A5 nearly exclusively in the new flightsim, and loving it. Copied your trip, and I'm currently sitting on Lake Isobell watching a thunderstorm (live weather in the game).

[@DAV632]

Plane, pilot, location ... all beautiful. Thanks for the demo flight. ICON would do well by sending Kaylee (?) around the country on similar trips to places few have ever seen if they didn't have sea plane capabilities. Good luck. Safe flying.

[@shirothehero0609]

This is why I originally got interested in the AT - being able to swing into places like this for the afternoon is just brilliant. I see an A5 in my future...

[@Thunderbird1337]

Good inspiration for a FS2020 flight. I did the same flight in FS2020 and it's great. More of these please.

[@coreymalhiot2796]

whoaaa, what a SPOT! Beautiful approach and landing!

[@shantimirpeace]

beautiful pilot on a beautiful airplane

[@tstoneami]

I want to have your gig in my next life! Great vid. Impressive!

[@AdamsOlympia]

What an amazing job and in one of the best states in America!

[@roselinerussell4928]

Looks amazing, all the new places you can fly too in a 'Sea' Plane...

[@WatchList-xf8ic]

I bet the air quality and the topography are pristine up there. Would love to experience it.

[@michaeljo6976]

I've been wanting an icon plane since they came out, love these planes! I live right by a major lake in upstate NY so this would be perfect! Gonna hit that lottery one day soon and when I do, order up!! 1 icon plane!

[@grob25]

I live right down the road from there. It really is a pretty place.

[@thefridge71]

Fantastic. What a wonderful day you must have had. As with others I have fallen in love with this plane in fs2020. One day I would love to save enough to be able to fly one of these things. Thankyou for sharing your wonderful day with us. Tom. Melbourne, Australia.

[@apisdude]

Went in there in a Widgeon several years ago. Beautiful place

[@Cooper-co4ze]

Nice flight. Loved the music too.

[@ignatiykalakutskiy8992]

Oh, this plane is so beautiful!

[@robertw3299]

What a great video. Keep them coming and You Go Girl!!

[@RodolfoRodriguezGroup]

AMAZIN PLANE AND LAKE!!

[@flyness39]

Just...gorgeous! Making it awfully hard to not start some refresher training and get a seaplane rating...!

[@mountee]

Great video. Who else is here from flying this beauty on flight sim 2020?

[@thejerrycz]

Me to! Inlove with that plane. I will try this lake tomorrow :)

[@Powagoat]

Yeah my favorite plane to fly. It opens up all kinds of sight seeing opportunities

[@_S.H_]

Since Flight Simulator was released I am seeing lots of real planes videos in my recommended feed. Now I want to fly into this lake in Flight Simulator.

[@_S.H_]

@@thejerrycz Here are the coordinates: 47°52'13.8"N 121°35'30.2"W

[@proudtoshootpentax]

Here!! I did a mountain lake landing on it myself a few times! Alpine WY to little elk creek, over the rim down waterfall canyon, 90 degree bank left and land on the lake. Take off heading out the west end of the lake and bank 90 again to fly out Palisades Creek. I love flying this plane! Would love to be able to do it for real!

[@tobiasnergarden6403]

There’s some nice beaver damns if you make it to western end of Lake Isabell where mays creek start.

[@carlhopkinson]

Immediately goes to MSFT Flight Simulator 2020 to re-enact this landing.

[@mantatrip9319]

Same... And I was back here to find comment like yours.

[@largamau]

I did a water landing near the Statue of Liberty.

[@shirothehero0609]

@@largamau cool story bro.

[@UV-NIR-Thermal]

same here, another great place discovered.

[@Smoos54]

You mean microsoft beta flight simulator with CTD yea i know that one

[@hunterm4188]

Such a beautiful aircraft, I hope to own one someday soon

[@EVtripper]

This looks amazing. nice spot. nice flying. nice video.

[@mayrobi8814]

Beautiful view and beautiful aircraft..

[@j.dtruths5577]

That was AMAZING ! Thank you for sharing ! God Bless! J...

[@Phillipmoreno1]

To make this perfect would be a fishing pole .. great flying and beautiful video

[@fedevillegas9583]

Wow. Felt in love

[@Dragon_Warrior7625]

With ?

[@transcendmoney]

This scene is straight out of a blockbuster! Icon 5 would be perfect for the next Mission Impossible or Bond film.

[@badGamr]

Awesome video! Love the A5!

[@Adamc0607]

this is amazing! I would love to have one of these one day... one day! Thx for the video!

[@mecklarsi]

Das ist ein tolles Video und eine süße Pilotin.

[@jimjefftube]

Loved your video!

[@briangarner]

This is awesome! I love xc backpacking to mountain lakes, I would love to see this!!

[@brianohehir9515]

What a beautiful Gi......... I mean plane!

[@ricky4001cs]

I've never been attracted to flight so much, but this little plane makes it very appealing.

[@sidplays77]

One of my fav aircraft in MSFS and before that, never knew this existed. How cool would it be to own something like this, possibilities are endless!

[@TheGroovers71]

Most people have no clue what "the gouge" is... a naval aviation term for information, the skinny, the lowdown, the poop. I flew for the Navy and to hear a civilian use that term tells me you were either a naval aviator or you hang with some of the best pilots in the world.

[@iconaircraft]

Some former carrier pilots at ICON may or may not have helped produce this video...

[@qianhe3215]

so beautiful! I mean, the sightseeing , and A5, and .........the pilot also..😜

[@AlexOnARoll]

I will own one of these one day!

[@wunder1385]

Yeah I want to get married as well Oh you're talking about the plane?

[@James-fg8rf]

Really hope so my man. Rooting for your dream

[@shreyanksurve8100]

@@wunder1385 hahaha lol

[@smartysmarty1714]

I want my own mountain lake too....

[@doyouknowbike]

A5가 처음 공개된 후 부터 지켜보고 있는 한국인입니다. 한국의 자연이 미국의 자연보다 크고 웅장하진 않지만, 시간에 따른 변화무쌍한 아름다움은 세계 어디에도 볼 수 없을 것입니다. 그래서 아이콘의 A5가 꼭 한국에서 비행하는 모습을 보고 싶고, 그 비행의 주인공이 저이기를 항상 바래봅니다.

[@giuliomanganelli4492]

Looks very versatile take off on wheels landing on water great location high ground all way round lake I wonder if you could land in winter when frozen over great video

[@petermortensen8332]

Thank you for sharing 😊👍 Happy landings.

[@professorinvestigator3998]

Beautiful location, 3rd place. Jealousy inspiring plane, 2nd place. The winner on this video of course is the really cute pilot, I would trust her, just dont disclose that were going to an almost impossible to reach lake surrounded by mountains and dangerous crosswinds, that are out of any search and rescue range, cant let her see me all shakey and nervous. Lol

[@LMays-cu2hp]

Thank you for flying.

[@sqeakgeek]

When I first saw the A5 I wanted it right away especially when it was 139k ! Quite a bit more than that now everyone wants one. Demand & supply ! I fantasized about taking off from Bodega Bay Ca. & flying to Lake Tahoe Ca. that is just about the edge of its range! Will probably wind up with a hang glider got priced out of the A5.

[@dumpygoodness4086]

supply and demand aren't that real. ex: go into any murican supermarket and note the DOZENS of flavors of Mountain Dew NO ONE ASKED FOR, ditto the 50 new flavors of Doritos, or Goldfish. NO DEMAND. Massive supply. By experts. (Aka, morons.) ex: in NYC and most cities, there is a HUGE DEMAND for affordable housing. No supply (and in fact the supply is shrunken artificially each year, like then-Mayors Giuliani and Bloomturd removing public housing units from the rolls to shrink the housing stock artificially).

[@kerrystewart3145]

Awesome flying!

[@Richard-xu3kc]

Excellent, really excellent!

[@timtrottproductions]

Hey, who took the video at 3:34??

[@flightsimtourist2712]

Beautiful location!

[@nicolasmartin1406]

Incredible!

[@ap3t88]

beautiful landing 😙

[@itmsolver]

Still lots of smoke/haze in the air by the looks of it, wildfires still burning?

[@iconaircraft]

Yes, it was a bit hazy from the smoke when shooting. This video was shot in mid-September.

[@outlawrydr]

Beautiful. Just curious, the ICON A5 has any weight limits? WRT that lake? I am #260 and my wife is #145

[@KPL400]

That's the reason she's flying solo.....

[@DumbledoreMcCracken]

It looks underpowered for that payload. With max fuel load, it can carry 70 pound of passageners and cargo.

[@DumbledoreMcCracken]

With your weight, it can carry only 4 gallons of fuel.

[@DumbledoreMcCracken]

So, unless you are a skinny girl in her 20s, this aircraft isn't for you.

[@carterbarsoom374]

Beautiful little aircraft. Thanks for the nice video.

[@tomthompson7400]

stunning.

[@alishanmao]

I have the RC version of this :) flies beautiful :)

[@alishanmao]

@@snoopaloop007 Thank you for your support to my work buddy. yes i am still alive and kicking. getting old though hahahah

[@happytodd]

alishanmao What do you know, it’s the man himself. You also got me into RC’s back in 2014!

[@roadsweeper1]

Ha :) Fans all over the place. You got me into long range FPV too, flying round the smokey chimney and up and down the river. That was way back before your son was born. Bought your FPV guide and everything :) Kinda drifted away from your channel when you stopped doing fpv though and went more to the reviewing of things. Glad to see your still about. Icon is one of my fav aircraft in MS FS 2020. Didnt know there was an RC version of it. Looking for a seaplane capable of FPV too. Currently waiting to see if Flite Test get more of their Grumman G-44 back in stock.

[@alishanmao]

@@roadsweeper1 Thank you buddy. yes going back to RC Helicopters, and FPV Planes. FPV Racing drones are getting boring, toys and reviews getting boring. so doing my best to get back to real stuff :D

[@alishanmao]

@@happytodd Thank you buddy. Hope you are still doing RC :)

[@carlosnumbertwo]

I'm gonna totally fly this in msfs 2020! Awesomeness!

[@Zionx9]

What a awesome craft

[@armyman3666]

Looks amazing

[@Dav998]

Love this plane

[@WanganTunedKeiCar]

Step 1: Acquire software - Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020. Step 2: Select Icon A5. Step 3: Yeet around to literally anywhere in the world. Step 4: Commit no know how to fly. Step 5: Repeat Step 3. Step 6: Slew mode to high altitude. Step 7: Exit flew mode and s o a r.

[@BakerImageGroup]

This is my favorite plane in Microsoft Flight Simulator!

[@PedroPepeDk]

Aloha ! Beautiful video, thanks for sharing 🥇👍🤙

[@heinzpilot]

Great video! I would like to own this plane someday!

[@halomasdidit]

that's AMAZING!!!

[@justinbaas843]

Man thats a hot plane 😳

[@dpc111]

Awesome!

[@jeffbergstrom]

Great stuff. Should be a lot longer than three minutes though. I'm just starting to enjoy all of it then it ends.

[@SLLEPNAD]

Lake Isabelle is accessible on foot. I’ve done it. Tough hike, followed by a 100 foot plus climb at the end. I live in Louisiana now, so hiking isn’t a thing now, I would put it at a medium task. I will also say icon is the best damn idea in aviation industry. I want one.

[@dirkdiggler7390]

What a super cool life

[@mindlab780ab6]

Are Icon aircrafts only 2 seaters or are there also 4 seaters? Thank you for sharing

[@mikkdc]

Oh my goodness! That place looks absolutely stunning. Going to go replicate this flight in Microsoft Flight Sim.

[@RuohongZhao]

Makes me wanna buy one.

[@burtonlee22]

Incredible, thank you

[@ajitchauhan6838]

Flying over mountains is both Beautiful and risky. That's what describes life

[@sazasyahiran931]

Seriously looking soo easy to fly iff i billionaire i gonna buy one

[@caseyarealking]

Beautiful aircraft... should become the most common LSA.

[@clone-zp6pk]

I'm flying with A5 now ! in msfs2020 !

[@АлександрБабич-ю8е]

Не видел ничего прекрасней!!! Крылатый шедевр!!!

[@magomedevloevhffunbgfghujngfh]

Это в словах не передать

[@shcaskey]

very cool aircraft!!

[@dbfcrell8300]

This reminds my of Contact with Jodi Foster

[@ThatGuyKal]

I'll have to go check this out with the A5 on MSFS2020 :D

[@andreacatola8394]

i've Icon A5 Model RC 1800mm...but real...is a dream!!!!!

[@falicog]

wow hi from the philippines i miss old washington state

[@spirosstrag]

One day it will be mine!! Greek sky waiting for me!