My Most Stressful Landing in 2024

[@Mlgraham22]

Ryan. I follow a lot of pilot channels but I have to say you are the most professional of any of them, and display incredible airmanship. No auto pilot landings for you!

[@nuversion8673]

That was thrilling to watch! I know it must have been REALLY thrilling for you. Wow!

[@rabh6746]

Worst time for that downdraft Ryan, handled like a pro as always👍

[@ssnerd583]

....a BUMPY day for flying in PNG....thanks Ryan

[@kevinberry5793]

Making all that look easy. What a pro!

[@donalddehaven3229]

My wife and I pray often for your safety and your family. Love the channel.

[@MissionaryBushPilot]

thank you!

[@JCsaves333]

Great video brother! What a landing! God was with you as you powered up to arrest that sinking airplane to hit the button. Good anticipation on your part🙏🏻

[@erichetherington9899]

Ryan, Prayers and a thank you for the help you give to others.

[@kevchilton908]

Wow! Beautifully handled Sir! 👌🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@TarasZpilot]

Ryan, gotta love those downdrafts. I remember my training airstrip had a field and then a river on approach so in the summer you caught an updraft first then downdraft over the river than finally pavement! Roller coaster landings! Great landing on your part too. Stay safe.

[@sarahmcarthur9107]

Wow--we stay pretty tuned in now to both channels, so watched the other one first and got the tour of the area, then the flight out. We were prepared for it to be a challenge, but to say you make it look easy is an understatement. We're very impressed at how you work. Keep it up--we love what you do!

[@tomg6214]

First, love hearing Roland’s voice and his greetings to you! Second, Wow 😮 what an approach and the worst time for a downdraft on landing - you are such a skilled pilot, I love learning from you how you handle all of these challenging and unique situations!

[@redflametech]

You are an incredible pilot though, and one of the few people that I would probably ever consider being in a small aircraft with.

[@wardvanderberg1403]

Whew! That looked like a carrier landing!!

[@kevinfairclough4619]

The coffee is probably good in PNG

[@gcrauwels941]

Bottom dropped out ! I hate that feeling on final.

[@Alex000113]

Nice, you showed you knew what to expect and handled it well, made it look routine. I always appreciate the beautiful terrain. You spend so much time in valleys and near tree tops. Seems that almost always theres no landing site if your engine fails.

[@kevinfairclough4619]

Thanks for sharing your experiences. ❤

[@jacovanniekerk7652]

Great video. Pro landing man! Very cool.

[@nix4644]

That was a "skivvie check" landing...whew! Well done Captain.

[@IgmuTu1]

Its always impressed me on just about every flight i have watched how smooth the flare is on landing, while im not a pilot its pretty easy to visualise, that "kick/downdraught on landing that pushed you onto your front wheel was something i have never seen b 4, and im guessing that was what you were speaking about after landing, Stay Well and Stay Safe Cheers

[@robfive2555]

Nice landing pal.. Certainly a cardiac workout ...lol

[@NotAnonymousNo80014]

15:00 that's how I felt when I saw your picture in Pilot Debrief's video thumbnail two months ago, haha. I thought he only does accidents.

[@paullackey8813]

Same!

[@Herk101able]

And it’s always a good flight!

[@amylenz6381]

Andddd.... that's why I ride in the back😂😂🚑

[@kingfisch]

Great video! I felt stressed just watching your landing! Excellent planning for every possible scenario. Thanks for sharing!🙏

[@OldGlaseye-gf7si]

Well done Ryan...a varsity landing...

[@Josh92SA]

You should do a video of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 flying one of your regular routes and see how well you nail it on there.

[@patrickheavirland3599]

Good morning from Minnesota USA! Great episode!

[@donjenion5785]

Terrific!!

[@DarthPlaya]

Ryan: "7 knot tailwind, 8 knot crosswind, BIG Downdraft" 😬 The next sound you hear is the seat cushion being sucked up Ryan's butt! 😂 Another great video, not too short or long, abbreviated checklist, nice time lapse home, Thumbs up given! God bless you, your family and your work!👍🏽

[@Johnny-Michael]

Still a great job! You had to keep a lot of power in for that landing!

[@kcnairnair7299]

You must love cats, Ryan! They appears to have given you most of their 9 lives!

[@seagullsbtn]

That makes Coucheval in the Alps look (almost) like kindergarten.

[@rougehawk]

14:05 The stressful part.

[@oljobo]

Thanks! 👍

[@cv-ok5416]

Congrats for that landing. Great preparation and together with your skills it worked out well. It’s only that from the start of the video I sensed a lot of tension. Did you have stress before the flight? Have you ever cancelled a flight because you just didn’t feel right? Thanks for sharing that experience.

[@Tom1955Cat]

Well, not exactly an environment for enthusiastic amateurs today. Thanks God it is remote enough to prevent them to try their luck...🤫 BTW, your promotion of PNG cofee was successful. I managed to order a very good one in Italy at a reasonable courier fee. Delicious!!!!😃 Thx.

[@TCovey210]

Ryan that was a lot of work for me as I was right seat flying with you.. and I didn’t even have to say my aircraft 😅

[@nofider1]

Thanks Ryan. Hope that was your last flight of the day. Feet up and an ice cold tea (or coffee) lol.... :-)

[@raphaministriesworld7777]

I enjoy your videos. How about some info. on the company?

[@Tadrjbs]

Ok, cool.

[@ericgrundmann8086]

I’ve been watching your videos for quite a while now and really enjoy them. As an Air Traffic Controller I am most fascinated by the services that are provided to you on most of your flights. I have all sorts of questions but today I’m curious about this. It seems you always take off from Goroka on 17 and land on 35. Is the wind there that variable? Or do you generally accept a tailwind landing in exchange for the shorter flight time? Keep up the good work and the fascinating videos!

[@nigelbellamy5798]

Hi Ryan - we all learn so much from flying along with you. A quick question: given that your aircraft was parked on the flat overnight, how on earth did it end up with 120 in one wing and 250 in the other? Did someone land the airplane in such an out-of-balance condition? And then you put 50 in each wing so you ended up with 170 in one wing and 300 in the other. Did you leave the crossflow open so it balanced out before take off? You are so careful and accurate with your flying that this puzzles me. Perhaps it is an artifact of video editing? Please cover this in a future video. Stay safe and keep up the good work. N.

[@ENergyJimP]

You had a lot of throttle in as you landed. Clearly a big downdraft. :)

[@gjurczyc]

Thank God you a skilled pilot. Rookie we would have not made it.

[@RichWellner]

Hey Ryan! Are those 4x8 sheets of plywood going in as cargo? That's a super capable bird/door!

[@thehark6247]

that got quiet for a few , S C A R Y Y Y

[@willwilco]

What are those stick things you pushed up into the wing tanks? How do you tell how much fuel you have?

[@simontyrrell8866]

Wow

[@ZaphodBeeblebrox-ry5zs]

👍👍👍

[@virtualaviator]

FS 2024 just came out a few days ago.

[@MissionaryBushPilot]

Is it any better?

[@erichetherington9899]

Wow! burned up the entire length of runway

[@leelaaiyappa6277]

Looks dangerous 😢

[@1956reinhard1]

good one brother, and: is 8000 an altitude or a flightlevel ? rgds, ex-talair pilot.

[@aaronlee2240]

How does the under the wing fuel dip work?

[@MissionaryBushPilot]

magnetic

[@Fieryxjoe]

2:25 what is that thing an airport worker takes off the plane after starting the engine? Some sort of external power source for ignition or something?

[@sntslilhlpr6601]

He mentioned in another vid that it's an external battery for starting that keeps them from having to replace the internal battery as often (which is expensive).

[@cyane1577]

Flying in PNG sucks mid-day with between the winds & thermo updrafts

[@RegCoulter]

Ryan - did I see an Alternator Failure Warning on startup at the 2:32 mark in the video?

[@MissionaryBushPilot]

It shows up when you forget to turn on your alternator

[@raphaministriesworld7777]

Are you building time? Why??

[@redflametech]

Should’ve put a lump of coal in your seat because it probably would’ve been a diamond by the time you touchdown and stopped….

[@mikewarbin5776]

Ryan sporting a beard! Not too hot for that? Anyways my wife said it looks good lol!!😊

[@LewisTheFly888]

"A lot of work" This is wonderful understatement. Ryan is doing high speed landing (fast for us. 1 knot is 1.15 mph) in a winged box made of metal, being tossed about like a cork in a pitching storm of water, and in every flight his life is on the line, (especially in PNG) and this was as scary as. To control and react in milliseconds to the forces acting on the plane with the huge potential for disaster is just amazing skill. See the left hand, right hand, L and R feet all working the controls at 14 + minutes in. Ryan makes it look easy.....but it's just brilliant co-ordinated reactive control in challenging wind conditions and terrain. Downdrafts make an interesting Google in relation to flight landings. And .......- a prize for anyone who could see/find the windsock. I for one, could not.

[@jeffreysmith4304]

Yikes

[@grapeape1968]

I might be wrong but these videos are pre recorded and he left