LOW FUEL, NO RWY LIGHTS at NIGHT in P46T. TStorms on return in Piper Meridian to Florida. Ep29

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[@kasm10]

Keep coming back to learn from your flight. Each time picking up more nuances. Thank you sir.

[@terrypedersen7]

These videos are just as good when watching a second time. Still entertaining while gaining knowledge. Thanks again.

[@CarlMims]

Great videos! You do a fantastic job explaining your flight strategy, fully check weather, and use your equipment well. The explanation of your radar and when not to use XM weather was very well done. I watch many KZbin videos and your is among the very best. The camera setup, B-Roll, audio and editing are perfect. You always tell a complete story that is well unfolded and written. Fantastic narration as well. I cannot figure out why you don’t have 100k-300k subscribers and well over a million view given your content. Please keep it up.

[@raymacmillan2277]

I fly an M600 and I really enjoy watching your KZbin videos. Your flight planning, execution and thought process is familiar to myself but I’m a pilot without a schedule so am more able to wait for better weather most times. My wife and I are snowbirds and winter in Spruce Creek Fly In throughout the winter months. Excellent job you’re doing. Cheers

[@BrianSiskind]

Man this is great all around... I always appreciate ADM decision walkabouts through all the circumstances, and see the outcomes. I learned a lot!

[@lifeinthefl94]

Thank you!

[@markeskenazi6245]

Really enjoy your videos. I fly a PA46 out of BCT and was a classmate of two of your partners….

[@robaust3049]

Always love your video’s. Well paced, edited, explained and always a little educational. Thankyou

[@lifeinthefl94]

Thanks for watching!

[@mickeydawg07]

Glad to see you posting again. Taking time to share your methodical flight planning approach and enroute considerations is greatly appreciated.

[@lifeinthefl94]

Thanks for watching and glad youre enjoying these!

[@wheelsup46]

Thanks for posting yet another well-produced, well-edited piece. The Piper I fly is flown a lot slower and lower, but much of what you cover still applies. For me, it's all about staying focused on the process, and your videos help do that.

[@lifeinthefl94]

So happy to hear that! Thank you!

[@paulwalker3067]

Thanks for the pro flying and edit, Jon!

[@lifeinthefl94]

You bet!

[@jmotazedi]

Great video very timely. Had the same situation going in to my local airport with a aircraft that got stuck on the runway had to go around and come back which then forced fuel limits.

[@lifeinthefl94]

It can be scary stuff! Glad you enjoyed and thanks for reaching out.

[@Wolficorntv]

Great stuff as usual. Thx for uploading.

[@lifeinthefl94]

Thank you!

[@MarkusR8282]

Great video - indeed extremely professional flying and video editing (apart from playing great music;). Two questions if I may: 1. would you really have tried to land without rw lights on? Legal or not: the landing and taxi lights are as bad as in nearly any aircraft…no chance for seeing any obstacles on the runway or if you missed it on the go around below any IFR minima… 2. why didn’t you simply reduce the torque to increase your range rather then consider a fuel stop?

[@lifeinthefl94]

Markus- great questions and thanks for reaching out. To the first, yes - I would have landed without the rw lights. The Meridian has pretty good landing and taxi lights so that, between the GPS guidance and the synthetic vision, I would hav no trouble getting it into the flare, at which point I am only relying on the aircraft lights anyway. As to reducing torque to extend range, I was actually doing that to some degree here but just didn't include a narrative on it.

[@120archer]

Absolutely love your content! I'm in love with the PA 46. I fly out of KOXC just to the northeast of you. If you're ever in my area I would love to check out your bird and hear your story. Keep up the good work. with only 430hrs under my belt and aspirations to fly a pa 46 myself, it is inspiring to see such great pilotage. Great work!

[@ceham15491]

Loved your question: What would you do if I dropped dead? Not the nicest thought but a situation to prepare for.

[@lifeinthefl94]

Exactly! Thanks for watching.

[@JustSayN2O]

@@lifeinthefl94 Looks like you need to upgrade the panel to include SAFE RETURN !

[@lifeinthefl94]

Ha! If only it was a panel upgrade....

[@Mikinct]

Best part is your laugh as a reply that they will coach you back. Knowing the instant challenges of flyibg a fast complex turbo prop plane would be a handful at best if days for any non pilot. It would be challenging or disastrous at worst case.

[@michaelcornell2452]

Need some new content with the Mustang

[@Marauder92V]

Great seeing you posting again! I’d take the bug over the bird any day. 😂 I’ve had the opportunity to fly with a friend in his JetProp. I remember the constant reevaluating the fuel situation. Amazing to see where we you go from a zero fuel situation to having an hour reserve all because you crossed a frontal boundary.

[@lifeinthefl94]

Definitely what I was trying to capture here. Thanks for watching.

[@nuttincowboy9430]

I HATE looking at my gas gauge!!!!! I'd always rather stop and have sufficient reserve to simply cross that consideration off my checklist. But I'm not flying a turboprop. Yet.. 👍

[@michaelfarrow4648]

👍, Jon.

[@lifeinthefl94]

Thank you!

[@CarlMims]

Looks like you sold 929DA, still flying?

[@Mikinct]

Not knowing your income or finances, my question is with the cost of fuel burn, charges to keep a plane at lot for a few hours or days. Id assume once you returned back home after a great show are you break even or in the red? Compared to booking a flight ✈️ on any commercial flight back. Having & Flying own plane has benefits, leave when you want, no TSA security or lost luggage.

[@csm6499]

Are you still Flying? It's been a year... Hope to hear from you soon.

[@garycancuk9267]

Hey Jon, question for you. I noticed you’re wearing an oxygen tube. Can you explain what it is & why you’re wearing it? (I’m assuming it’s flight related & not personal medical reasons)

[@lifeinthefl94]

Hi there! At FL300, the cabin is at 10,600'. Spending long periods of time at that cabin altitude is fatiguing and my O2 sat is around 85%. I bought an oxygen concentrator which brings my saturation up to 96% and I feel much less tired and less dull after spending time at that altitude. Thanks for reaching out and hope you are enjoying the channel.

[@garycancuk9267]

One follow up question. What make & model concentrator?

[@mikewood7098]

Do you know Pat Brown? He’s a dpe in Houston but makes drum sticks.

[@JW-pf5qy]

Perfect. Thanks for taking the effort and sharing. Educational and entertaining 😊 Really appreciate it. (It would be interesting to see you include RAIM prediction and RAIM failure plan in your pre-flight discussion. This can be confusing for many of us and your concise discussion could be helpful.)

[@JustSayN2O]

I am certain this Meridian is equipped with WAAS therefore it is unnecessary to incorporate a RAIM check prior to flight.

[@JW-pf5qy]

Agreed. And the runway lights should switch on without an issue too 😊 Just a suggestion to consider expanding the comprehensive pre-flight planning because this channel is very educational on a practical level. Safe flying.

[@lifeinthefl94]

Hi there! Because the G1000Nxi is WAAS capable, I do not routinely do RAIM checks. Your point is a good one and Ill consider adding that in the future. Thanks for watching!

[@JW-pf5qy]

Oops, in my original comment I meant WAAS coverage - not RAIM prediction. (You’re lucky in the USA because you have WAAS. We don’t have that in Australia. We hope to have SBAS by 2028!)

[@petertarantelli]

Geez…3nm out, that’s cutting it close. Did you check with the airport as to why it didn’t work the previous tries? Great video!

[@lifeinthefl94]

I was told (at that time which was a while ago) that they had been having issues with it. Thank for watching!

[@petertarantelli]

@@lifeinthefl94 thanks, appreciate the follow up!

[@RichEdwards]

The fake Eagles. Lol. Another awesome story. It’s great to see the thought process behind your ADM. The as-it-happened format is really compelling. Thx for all of the work and care you put into these.

[@lifeinthefl94]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@JustSayN2O]

It's always saddening when a KZbin content creator I've been following for years decides to discontinue posting new material. It seems that's what's happened here. There's a new owner of the Meridian that is now based in Florida. Eaglemania has a new drummer. I hope Jon is well, just moved onto other interests in life. It happens. After I earned my instrument rating last year, I stopped flying and now I build wood furniture in my spare time.

[@lifeinthefl94]

Aha! You provoked me out of retirement to reply! I’m flattered that you enjoyed my channel so much and I’m sorry I haven’t produced more content. It really really takes a lot of time - about 90 minutes of post production for every minute you see. To be honest, the channel never really took off (no pun) the way I had hoped. I’m glad that for some people the intent of it resonated and I hope that it will continue to fill a niche somewhere. I thank you for your support. As for me, I would never ever ever give up flying! Since I stopped producing videos, I sold the Meridian, got typed in and subsequently bought a citation mustang. I’ve added types in the C525 line as well as the Boeing-727, which I’ve developed a little bit of an infatuation with. I’ve started instructing part time in Cirruses and I do a lot of mentoring in the Meridian/Malibu/M600 line. I did step aside from Eaglemania a bit over a year ago. They are up to 120 shows/year (!) all over the country. I made a decision that, after 11y of growing this wonderful concept into something with a life of its own, it was time to step aside. I wanted my weekends back to spend time with my family and travel and fly more. My number one sub, Ron Negro, replaced me seamlessly. I’m still very very close with the guys and will sub for Ron when he has a conflict here and there. It’s all good. I toy with the idea of adding to this channel with Mustang content and maybe someday I’ll start up again. We’ll see. Notes like yours definitely provide the encouragement and are much appreciated.

[@JustSayN2O]

@@lifeinthefl94 Thank you for the detailed explanation. And I truly am relieved. Yes, speaking on behalf of everyone, we would be thrilled to see Mustang, Citation and 727 content! Even if they're not quite 90:1 level of production. And that's great news about the World's Greatest Eagles Tribute Band, their ongoing phenomenal success. Hope they'll come to Miami! With you subbing for Ron!

[@ceham15491]

​@@lifeinthefl94Thank you for the explanation, I was a little worried about you. You set your priorities and enjoy life!

[@scotabot7826]

From the title of your video, it's sounds like someone made some terrible flight planning decisions which put themselves in a bad, rookie position!!

[@lifeinthefl94]

Simply by virtue of the fact that you reached out, I think I can safely assume that this isnt your first time watching KZbin videos. Have you noticed that you cant really judge the content based on the title?