Longest Taxi Ever! - SR22T IFR Departure (EHAM) Amsterdam Schiphol | IFR Flight Vlog

[@MatHelm]

The longest taxi ever was a cargo plane on one of the fast n furious movies. By my calculation, that had to be at lest a 20 mile long runway..

[@everythingsbetternaked473]

200 miles and it really ruined the entire movie, what were the writers thinking.

[@jasonrwilkinson9216]

Just pausing after 21 minutes to top up my wine glass with your amazing taxi Antony & Ben! Fantastic ATC especially the guy on Ground!

[@PlaneOldBen]

Hahaha that’s excellent!

[@jasonrwilkinson9216]

@@PlaneOldBen It's like going to the theatre Ben and having an interval! Did you like Antony's reply at the weekend saying his next VLOG was aviation (ish!) related? He's definitely letting you have the limelight. Hope to see you (and Stefan Drury) at Aviation Expo next week, but also want to come into Blackpool in the Gyro in the near future. What are you doing at the mo now you've finished your training?

[@jasonrwilkinson9216]

@@PlaneOldBen I do like the longer videos by the way - I know 20 mins is normally tops but I like the longer more detailed ones.

[@AndrewTGreen]

Hahahahahha

[@VMCAviationVideos]

I had to pause too to grab a beer.

[@flyhalf2]

Another great video Ben. I remember flying into EHAM in MSFS and being gobsmacked at the size of the airport and the complex taxiways. As for the wave from the KLM crew, when at EGGP on one of my solo flights I had vacated at Foxtrotand told "give way to the A320 left to right", they were on the main Alpha taxiway, and I got wave from the right hand seat: made my week let alone my day :-) I was in a Tommy!

[@OllyJ2k9]

Definitely smuggled some cheeky space cakes back

[@CAXAviation]

Never thought I would enjoy a video where 50% of it is taxiing 😂 Great work on the comms and with the video.

[@philipgledhill7227]

I Ben hope you are well buddy. Not as much pressure for you sat in your studio.still brilliant buddy.take care and look after yourself philip.

[@tHOMASBurleson-xm1ru]

I have never seen such a really long taxi like this wow

[@PlaneOldBen]

Longest I’ve ever had!

[@Payne2view]

That taxi was further than most people fly during their first solo. It was interesting to see how such a route is handled by the ground controllers.

[@PlaneOldBen]

The controllers were great, I think they appreciated it wasn't a normal taxi for us!

[@FeedMyPostBox]

Most enjoyable vid yet! Could watch that taxi time and time again

[@PlaneOldBen]

Thanks a lot Alex!

[@JodelFlyer]

Long time on the ground but it still made for a great video. Interesting to hear all the radio work and thought the Dutch controllers came across as being very helpful.

[@PlaneOldBen]

Thanks for watching, it certainly was a very interesting taxi!

[@cevansPhotographer]

I enjoyed the video and commentary the views of you instrumentation,make the ATC comms understandable; i will be flying again to Amsterdam next month for the rotterdam festival ,

[@dumpersr3738]

In our backyard! Nice job!

[@PlaneOldBen]

Thanks for having us!

[@av8bear385]

Great video again Ben and the boys!

[@PlaneOldBen]

Thank you, really enjoyed this one!!

[@Fig330]

Great video, Ben. Don't forget the lesson from your Cambridge training flight. Always pass your cleared level/alt on initial contact. (31:30) Keep up the great work.

[@PlaneOldBen]

Thanks for the feedback!

[@Tiger313NL]

That was pretty cool indeed. I live near EHAM, am often at the spotting area next to rwy 36L/18R. It is pretty rare indeed to see a plane the size of yours take off from there! Kinda wondering how fast this taxiing goes in mph, I have not a clue. :)

[@Geoffr524]

Fantastic aircraft, and flight.

[@PlaneOldBen]

Thanks a lot Geoff!

[@marsgal42]

I've had some complicated taxi instructions. I've had some long taxis. But this is just plain nuts. A hoot, in other words. :-)

[@PlaneOldBen]

It was such fun Laura!

[@ghostindamachine]

Yeah... the Polderbaan-runway is a bit.. far ...

[@Josh-ck8yf]

Aviation is the best thing ever. The SR22T is by far my favourite GA Aircraft.

[@VMCAviationVideos]

Crazy, this is for sure one of the longes taxi I have seen.

[@PlaneOldBen]

It was very long, but very fun!

[@AndrewTGreen]

This was a lot of fun! Two 5oz ciders here for the guy who refilled his wine glass ;) This felt like you got routed through the entire Netherlands!!! It reminds me of Spinal Tap :D Thanks for the effort and Best Wishes!

[@PlaneOldBen]

Thanks a lot Andrew that’s such a good comment! Hope you enjoyed the cider and watching.

[@Yotanido]

Oooh, that synthetic vision is amazing

[@giannihallett5073]

Awesome ben

[@PlaneOldBen]

Thanks for watching!

[@cazrl6023]

Please come back here again!!

[@PlaneOldBen]

I’m certain we will!

[@KEITHGEE1000]

Terrific stuff, up with Manchester. I love the Dutch. Spent 3 years in the RAF close to the Dutch border and spent many happy hours in their company! Great humour. A good example of the need to be on top of your game at a very busy international airport. Thanks for sharing!!

[@PlaneOldBen]

Thanks a lot Keith!

[@stevengrady8234]

Roughly measured it out ben, it roughly measured out to 7 miles of taxing 🤣

[@PlaneOldBen]

No way that’s crazy!! Felt that far too.

[@lewishancock2808]

Half of the video was actually the taxi! ahahahha. Loved it :)

[@stewartwilkinsonsnr]

Ben, remember a visit to Amsterdam with my wife, went from Leeds Bradford (LBA). On arrival into AMS it was great to see you don’t leave the airport but go on the double decker train direct into Amsterdam. After a great day, which at the start of your video, you all seem to have had we return to airport. On pushing back the Captain (Jet2) announced we were taking a tour of the airport as we also took off on 36L now I can see why. Great Video and great work between you two pilots. Loved the contribution from the two passengers. The ATC team were really good and loved the guy who asked if you were enjoying the taxi. 🎼

[@PlaneOldBen]

Great story!

[@brianlloyd4796]

Great video, nice flight!

[@PlaneOldBen]

Thanks a lot Brian!

[@brianlloyd4796]

I fly GA out of Liverpool, I thought Gloucester was a difficult taxi!! Keep up the good work 👌👍👍👍

[@jeroenafca165]

the tower told you that the 04-22 runway was not available other wise you would be taking of on that runway. Maintenance probably.

[@Bengilmore]

Absolutely amazing Ben. One of my favourite videos. I say this on most videos but the editing and how it's layed out is spot on, good job mate. Makes me feel like I'm with you 😄!

[@VMCAviationVideos]

I agree, what a great video!

[@PlaneOldBen]

Thank you very much, that's really kind!

[@PlaneOldBen]

@@VMCAviationVideos Thank you!

[@bertoverweel6588]

Normaly you cross rwy36C at W5 and then continue via V , nice video !!!!!

[@koenmeier8553]

I believe you departed via the volla sid.

[@PianoLearnerChannel]

at 04:45 Landings on 36c and 27, so whichever direction you'd have taken off on 04 or 22 you'd have been heading into landing traffic.

[@PlaneOldBen]

Yeh we worked it out later on, but at the wine wanted to concentrate on getting the correct taxi route!

[@PianoLearnerChannel]

@@PlaneOldBen I still don't quite understand why they take everyone round Y instead of crossing 36C at W5 in between landings. I can only assume they are worried about dawdlers crossing or misheard crossing clearances. I guess Y is much safer for them despite it eating more fuel.

[@peter-e2q]

Yes, flying from Amsterdam involves about an hour taxiing followed by a 40 minute flight!

[@TheBarnem13]

The first time I've seen a taxi that was longer than the flight LOL Your Backseat passenger makes a good point the controllers are not at all snooty I assume they obviously realise it's complicated and help our as much as possible

[@PlaneOldBen]

Aha I’ve genuinely had shorter flights than that!

[@TheBarnem13]

@@PlaneOldBen Yeah I'll bet

[@arnoldmeulen]

there are plans for an airport in sea in the Netherlands. Like the airport in Japan what’s built by the Dutch.

[@garydell2023]

I've never seen a taxi that long. Interesting. Had a nice flight too. Thank you Ben. Fly safe

[@PlaneOldBen]

Thanks a lot Gary!

[@BenBrownAviation]

Just out of interest what route planner did you use? 18:12

[@JulianOnions]

What do you need to be able to book a landing at somewhere like Schipol? Just wondering what hoops you have to jump through.

[@PlaneOldBen]

It’s really easy tbh, I filed the IFR flight plans, filled in the Gendecs then booked handling through The Jet Centre and they sort all the paperwork out their end!

[@Djjoemi]

Nice video. Due to landings on RW27 you could not use RW04 (as told by ATC), which is normal. Bad thing for you that they where also landing on 36C so you had to go all the way around, normally you could have crossed RW36C via taxiway W5 (saves about 5 min). You could have asked for take off RW27 between the landing planes (not sure what time you where leaving and if there where many planes on final) Or asked for RW36R, due to your weight you would not need the whole runway, and a nice shot of the tower as you pass by on the heading 270. Further, nice communication skills and yes there are a lot of frequencies at Schiphol. You had to switch to several controllers (Delivery, South Ground, Tower, Center Ground, Tower, North Ground, 2de Tower, Departure). That 2de tower is only for RW36L as de main tower can not see that RW.

[@bobjhg3887]

Correct and in addition to that, due to landings on 27 and 36C in the landing peak at that moment, ATC could probably not fit you in due to capacity of 27 and your crossing after t/o of 36C (in case of a go-around there). Small aircraft like the SR22 are rare at EHAM, and there is hardly room for off-standard procedures. The crossing at W5 is only done when 36C-18R is not active, but it was active at that moment. In that case all traffic (big or small) must taxy 'the long way' via Y or Z. Clearly you had one of the rare occasions where the active RWY combinations left no room for anything else then this. But then again, isn't it great to see almost the whole airport in this way ;-)

[@PlaneOldBen]

Thanks for the information!

[@moonfleetstmawes6198]

Can you share a link to the free autoroute software you mentioned

[@ValentijnvanVeen]

Try www.autorouter.aero

[@robertsadler1275]

you might as well taxi all the way home!LOL!

[@harrykirby1369]

Favourite video so far man! :)

[@PlaneOldBen]

Thanks a lot mate!

[@DylanHK]

Takeoff at 24:10

[@dereksanders7905]

Great video Ben, what on earth did you do to Wayne that he had to have a sleep on the return trip?!

[@PlaneOldBen]

Long day for him, needed a little power nap!

[@chrisfrob]

Try LFPG taxi routes, they are record breaking..........great video guys!

[@ForFunFlyer]

Nice video, mate! If you ever plan on visiting the Netherlands again, be sure to come over to EHDR, my home airfield! And give me a quick message before you do so... ;)

[@iantaylor052]

Nice video and a great trip guys! What was the flight planning software you said was free - Autorouter?

[@PlaneOldBen]

Autorouter that’s the one!

[@av9877]

@Plane Old Ben, a question: was there a reason for switching to STD baro at 1000ft with a TA of 3000ft? Procedure when already cleared to a FL there? Thanks for this fantastic video again!! I hope to fly (VFR) from Schiphol one day... Very expensive airport though. Keep these videos coming, safe flights to you! :-)

[@PlaneOldBen]

I was calling the next action which would be to set standard and Antony decided to set it early. Thanks for watching!

[@Otacatapetl]

23:15 ...and here we are at Blackpool.

[@benhickmott7910]

Hope the job hunt is going well Ben. When are you next flying to/from Biggin?

[@PlaneOldBen]

Possibly next Saturday evening!

[@rwm2986]

Plenty of radio practice for the PNF! Great video thanks. Did you record how much fuel you used for the taxi?

[@PlaneOldBen]

Was good practice indeed, I can’t remember the taxi fuel number off the top of my head sorry!

[@Thursdaym2]

How much fuel used in that taxi?

[@gdotone1]

lol, man looks likes you should have flown to the runway. man that was a long taxi.good grief you could have driven to your destination.

[@Longbyname]

Am I the only one who thinks a 2.5 hr flight is a long time to NOT visit the lavatories 😂 Looked awesome as always Ben.

[@gordonbruce2416]

It is not just the headwind component to be considered when descending but the loss of TAS as well?

[@PlaneOldBen]

We were aiming to have a higher ground speed, the fuel burn is slightly higher lower down but it was a reduction of around 20 knots of headwind hugely making a difference to our ETA!

[@gordonbruce2416]

Plane Old Ben I had another look at the video when you were in the cruise at FL120 and I can now see that there was not much difference between IAS and TAS so I agree descending was the right COA. I have probably spent too much time flying jets!

[@caspianmerlin6434]

Would have been quicker to taxi to the ferryport!

[@sanderolsthoorn7728]

Welcome to Schiphol where the taxi time from the gate to the runway can literally take longer than the flight to London itself! Create movie Ben!

[@PlaneOldBen]

I can definitely see how that can be the case!

[@SEAVet69]

Yes, longest Taxi ever!

[@markinjames]

12:05 "you could take of from this taxiway" Correct, totally never performed over their......

[@jasonrwilkinson9216]

Lovely mackerel pattern cloud on landing - stunning. Thanks everyone (Wayne - wake up!) :-)

[@PlaneOldBen]

He needy a cheeky power nap to enjoy the landing back!

[@andyasdf2078]

Wouldn't be surprised if this guy is still hour-building 5 years later - spent more time on the ground than he did logging hours

[@johnbarone2851]

Can I ask what knee pad the pilot is using?

[@fearnsey8800]

I think I have asked this before but don't you need oxygen above flight level 100 ?

[@GSOaviator]

Paul Fearns it’s an FAA registered airplane, so its operating under the US FAR’s, which means you’re good up to 12.5 with no oxygen, and 14000 for 30 minutes with no oxygen.

[@Stuart-Taylor]

Good old polderbaan!

[@Planehazza]

A whole different World to the EV97 student flying I'm doing...

[@PlaneOldBen]

Your flying is awesome fun though, thoroughly enjoy flying the Eurofox with Wayne!!

[@Planehazza]

@@PlaneOldBen That's very true. Only 15 hours in so a complete novice. Haven't even had a solo yet...

[@jasonrwilkinson9216]

Hi Harry I did most of my training on an EV-97 at Sywell and flew into full ATC fields so if your instructor doesn't do that then suggest they do so you get the experience - as Antony said on the first leg Amsterdam isn't much different to full ATC in the UK e.g. Gloucester or Cambridge as a good place to go with GA with Approach and Tower frequencies and service. Good luck with your training and enjoy your flying!

[@flightsimcentre9244]

4 guys in Amsterdam 😉

[@haccuk]

Well known reported comment by pilot to his passengers when landing at Schipol. "Welcome to the Netherlands. We will now continue our journey to Amsterdam by road."

[@PlaneOldBen]

ahahah fantastic!

[@Geoffr524]

Would be funny, if the pilot of the airliner said, "I will be your Taxi driver, as we navigate, these long roads, back, to the gate, for the next 25 minutes".