Piper Warrior Big Bear Airport Departure

[@joewilliams4142]

Well, I am glad SOMEONE was awake in the cockpit ! Ha. Nice flight. I miss flying down there.

[@JamesGood]

We are always happy to do the 'hard work' of staying awake, when it's flying, right Joe?!

[@JoeCoolPilot]

Flown that route many times in my Cherokee! Excellent video with great views. Thanks for sharing your flying experiences. Fly safe!

[@DC-nc6vt]

Great flight James. I’ve always wanted to fly my Warrior in to Big Bear. Cool Camera shots. Thanks

[@fighterbomberMiG27]

Awesome camera perspective. Lovely family and brilliant weather condition, just enjoy your Skies.

[@apfelsnutz]

APV is one of our frequent Breakfast flyouts from L00... very nice restaurant with great food ! and only about 65 mi.. Eastward into that big spot in the sky ! Well worth the flight across the valley...

[@kr6dr]

17:04 where the train was is the Tehachapi Loop, where a train will cross over itself changing elevation.

[@GerryLP1111]

Hello James! Got to love these family visits trips, and to do it on your own plane, makes it that much more rewarding. 😍👍🏽

[@JamesGood]

Yes, super fortunate! Thanks, Gerry.

[@gendaminoru3195]

@@JamesGood Yes, do take care at high density altitudes & cute kid!

[@LorneBlack]

Thanks again for another lovely video, James. I've been fortunate to visit California a number of times, but always at ground level by motorcycle. so it is great to see my routes from the air as your videos do. When I learned to fly, way back in 1974, the school had a pair of Piper Warriors - great little airplane. Wish I had kept flying but...

[@cincinnatusjeffery]

Another great trip! Thanks for letting us “tag along.” ;-)

[@cincinnatusjeffery]

As much as I love seeing the old Ercoupe on these adventures, it must be great to be able to bring the whole family in the Piper.

[@scottmiller4711]

You always have nice videography...

[@FunPlacesToFly]

Love it! Just has to share on my website!

[@rickunruh8132]

Nice to hear Juan in the Waco.

[@apfelsnutz]

No problem with that plane, just keep the ball centered. Nice departure...

[@Airsally]

Did my ck ride at Hesperia, and Apple valley. Your in my old stomping ground. Edwards, Mojave, and home field was Tehachapi. Enjoyed the flight. Apple Valley was brand new when i did my ck ride.

[@JamesGood]

Wow, so when was Apple Valley first built?

[@jeremyrowley1240]

Have you read 'Flying the Oregon Trail', by Maurice Brett (ISBN 1-902807-05-7) published in 2000? It is an interesting read about flying across the States retracing the old Oregon Trail. In it he describes the challenges of taking off hot and high in a 1946 Aeronca Champ 65Hp. I undersand that since Maurice's adventures, flying the trail has become a thing.

[@outsidethecockpit]

Beautiful departure James! I was just there two days ago and I was worried about density altitude on a 55 degree day in a 200HP plane with just my wife and I. You made it look easy. Great takeoff!

[@JamesGood]

Thank you! Yes, even if the numbers seem to work out, it's hard to commit to testing them, when the time comes to it.

[@outsidethecockpit]

@ This is so true, biggest thing is just having patience and letting her fly when she is ready. Thanks again for the video!

[@gendaminoru3195]

Don't forget to lean out the mixture for best rpm in a fixed pitch prop to get as close as you can to making your 160hp [you won't in any case] out of high altitude places like L35. Also dag the brakes and a rolling start is better than a static runup to make progress especially near MTOW. This brought back memories of APV and L35 in warriors and the like for the $100 hamburgers.

[@JamesGood]

I always make sure I am leaned correctly. A rolling start is better than a full power/release brakes roll? I didn't know that, will read, thanks!

[@mauriceevans6546]

Great flight ✈️

[@jimmydulin928]

Two total energy management for takeoff considerations in the mountains, never mentioned in ACS, are the basic level in low ground effect (think soft field) takeoff and down drainage egress. Both capture free kinetic energy, that energy we need not trade precious airspeed for. The nosewheel on the surface is significant friction that works against rapid excelleration. Pitch up just enough to keep it just off. The airplane will fly at a much slower airspeed than Vso, an out of ground effect airspeed, in low ground effect. Well before the rocks, your Cherokee would have flown in low ground effect both eliminating main wheel friction and riding on the downwash from your wing. So practice down at lower DA to pull the airplane off when it will first fly in low ground effect and then work the yoke for/aft a bit to level the fuselage. Acceleration will be much more rapid riding the compressed air like a hovercraft. Accelerate to Vcc before pitching up to cruise climb. High altitude runways are long expecting experienced pilots to use more runway with its free ground effect energy. Finally use this extra maneuvering airspeed, what Wolfgang calls zoom reserve airspeed, to depart over the down drainage egress. Down drainage may be a one way airport, but is generally of greater consideration even than headwind.

[@JamesGood]

Thanks, great info! Will try some of that out when I'm next out experimenting in the pattern. I know fast jets use increase angle of attack for braking, I wonder how raising the nose to get the gear off ASAP relates to the increased braking from that extra angle of attack?

[@jimmydulin928]

@@JamesGood Good point about the extra angle of attack. That is why we immediately work the yoke for/aft dynamically and proactively to bracket level in low ground effect immediately after lift off below Vso. By low ground effect I mean six inches for crop dusters and as low as comfortable for others. Vx is an extremely high angle of attack and results in extreme braking. Vy less but Vco or cruise climb is least and we don't even need to pitch up at Vcc if there is no obstruction. We can immediately cruise on down drainage using potential energy of altitude traded for airspeed. When too low to recover from inadvertent stall, airspeed, and not altitude is life. I spent 17,000 hours at 200' AGL or lower crop dusting and patrolling pipelines in the midwest and west. I had eleven engine failures doing that but always had zoom reserve airspeed to maneuver to a landing zone in the very near hemisphere in front of the wing. Altitude is time, but down here airspeed is life. With altitude, of course, some of my six second forced landings could have been worked out.

[@ronrandall9215]

Hi James! Always great to see your videos pop up on my notifications. Was wondering how often you fly to maintain proficiency? I'm sure there are local flights just to keep the engines lubed. Also; has your son discussed taking some flying lessons in the coupe in the future?

[@JamesGood]

Hi Ron. I fly a few times a week, if possible. Doing about 150 hours a year, across the two machines, about a 50/50 split. Yes, Charles is hoping he has his pilots license before his driving license.

[@ronrandall9215]

@JamesGood That's great news. Glad that he has that to look forward to. Family bonds like that, make this old man feel better in this crazy world

[@ronaldgarnes8809]

Well planned and executed. Great photography as usual. Looks like your co-pilot & crew chief went to sleep on you!

[@prof.heinous191]

Good to see you all back in the saddle. Don't know if Dianne is a Sooty fan, but there's definitely mileage in silent ventriloquist acts!

[@JamesGood]

haha! I don't think she knows Sooty. Matthew and Sooty and Sweep, I grew up with them!

[@speedygonzales9090]

James... Must be nice to be rich, (you own 2 birds???) 👌🤑👍 Your videos are getting better and better every time. Keep it up !!! Thanks.😎👍 🇨🇦

[@JamesGood]

Thank you. A lot of late night hours staring at a computer screen to make those two birds a reality!

[@speedygonzales9090]

@@JamesGood - I know, I know... Watching so many airplane videos on your computer late at night, sometimes makes you do crazy things.👋🤣👍🇨🇦

[@JamesGood]

@@speedygonzales9090 haha! You got me!

[@karga2tilki]

beautiful pictures.. what a lousy scary climbrate at big bear! powered by an O320 160 HP? Always happy landings..

[@JamesGood]

Lousy scary? I don't think so, it did what it needed to do, with the family on board at 6K', in August. I was happy! :) And yes, O-320-D3G, 160HP.

[@karga2tilki]

@@JamesGood no James not your airmenship! Excuse me! The plane und the density altitude...

[@JamesGood]

@@karga2tilki I knew what you meant I think! :) Happy landings to you as well!

[@tomscott3939]

do you still have your Erocoupe? I follow your videos thanks for posting good to see you in the air!! I lived in that area for 20years big bear and lake arrowhead area!!

[@JamesGood]

Hello Tom. Yes, lots of flying happening, but work is reducing my KZbin editing time. Next video will be an Ercoupe trip for sure!

[@nashguy207]

Have you, Juan and the kids worked on the kit lately?

[@Craneman4100w]

I might consider upgrading to a Dakota. As your boy gets bigger that 300' per minute sounds a bit low. I flew Pipers almost exclusively early on with an occasional 182 tossed in here and there and can't imagine life without a Bo now.

[@JamesGood]

A bonanza would be very nice, but I'm on an owner-assist Warrior budget here! I also realize there's a huge monetary risk with getting a new aircraft, it might be OK, or you might have to dump a lot to get it where you need it, no matter what kind of PPI you do. So I'm kinda happy to sit in the slow lane in the Warrior. I really wanted a Navion, but I've put that idea to the side for now. As with the Ercoupe, I'm used to 'low power' limitations on our trips. A Dakota would also be VERY nice!

[@Craneman4100w]

@@JamesGood I flew a Dakota in the mid-80s, up from an Archer, and that 1000' fpm climb rate was an eye-opener. The 140-kt cruise is nice too.

[@JamesGood]

​@@Craneman4100w I'm sure it was super nice. But I'd have to pay probably an extra $100K to get that extra climb and 40KTS cruise. I can't quite justify that!

[@glennstubbs8232]

Airmanship. Check.

[@scottstp7084]

Was that a mixture-full-rich takeoff? (at an 8800ft density altitude)

[@JamesGood]

No, I'm an aggressive leaner, living in the mountains! Lots of rpm left on the table if I don't.

[@scottstp7084]

@ . . . Awesome

[@kimskislalom]

@@JamesGood I would put in a flap also.

[@WilliamLanders-q2e]

Jolly good show Sir James you should have your wife take a few flight lessons just as a good insurance policy,I did this with my wife many years ago for piece of mind what do you think?

[@JamesGood]

Hey William. Diane has had one lesson from an instructor now, and some sessions in the X-Plane flight simulator. We do need to do more though, I agree it's a good thing.