Picking up a NEW PLANE with a FLAT TIRE

We’re back in air and ready for some new adventures!
This time Maurits is in the left seat, and I get to join along as safety pilot. After Maurits completed his PPL, we decided to go on an awesome flying trip across South Africa, picking up a pretty special aircraft in Bloemfontein, and then heading up to the Gauteng Province. This is our first leg of the trip, so there’s much for to come!!
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[@ClearedAsFiled]

You an Maurits are sooooo blessed !!!! I look forward to All your videos....Greetings from Michigan, USA

[@flywithcaptainjoe]

Fantastic video Bambi!!! Just makes want to pack my bags and head to SA for some GA flying :) The "human jack" lifting up the 172 was hilarious ! Looking forward to see more videos! Greetings Joe

[@marcosroldan617]

Bambi and joe!! My two favorites youtubers pilots!! Greetings from Argentina!!!

[@jeanpaulboulinguez2476]

From France also 👌

[@PilotBambi]

Thanks Joe! It’s been such a blast flying around the country and exploring new places. You’ll have to join us on an adventure some time! 😄

[@dancanny4878]

LEKKER! :) Such an over used term in South Africa, and can be used in so many ways to describe something/anything good. Very applicable to your VLOGs. Going to be flying at some of the higher altitude airports with Lanseria (HLA) at 1,372m ASL and OR Tambo (JNB) at 1,680m. Looking forward to your next VLOGS flying over our inland territories. Congrats to Mauritis on his PPL, but then again with such a lovely instructor...

[@megdarien7586]

Hey

[@-gyroplanepilot5512]

HI I'm a gyroplane Pilot in KOREA. I'm enjoy your video. Flat tire ... get some beer .... Happy..happy.. Have a safe flight !!

[@megdarien7586]

Hello

[@philipgledhill7227]

I bambi and pals. Hope all are well. Brilliant flight a part from the flat.the weather is brilliant my be two hot for me. Can not wait to see you again some day philip. Have a brilliant time and don't forget to live life to the full. Philip.

[@megdarien7586]

Hello

[@evenhakham]

Looove the “Rocket“ (this is how we call it here in France) !! It has the best power/speed/agility/useful load/price ratio - and a cooler name - compared to the 182 and the 172RG and it's really easy to fly! Good job Bambi!

[@grahamluppnow2910]

Great video! Thank you for showcasing our country in such a positive manner. Hope you enjoyed your stay here and you are welcome back anytime!

[@PilotBambi]

Thank you!! we really loved it there, did lots of exploring!

[@grahamluppnow2910]

@@PilotBambi if you guys come back to SA sometime and would like to fly in a RV12, give me a shout. I’m in the Johannesburg area.

[@PastorKwangle]

Thanks for translating "ya" for us - made me smile!

[@Johan-ex5yj]

Actually, that is spelled "Ja" in Dutch, which makes it even more difficult to translate. 😁

[@jjtmarais6573]

Hey welcome to my home town Bloemfontein. I hope you enjoyed your little visit. Funny thig is, I used to grew up there at New Tempe, my father used to skydive there. 😅

[@marenc]

Super goed gedaan Maurits!! 👍🏼😃

[@Sammydx1]

Been watching these on and off for a year now. Thankyou for making these.

[@PERRY67100]

Always a joy to watch your adventures in aviation. Salud.

[@megdarien7586]

Hey

[@SPXNO]

Bambi, love your easy going presentation and all that wonderful flying there ! Good luck !!!!i 👍👍

[@ee9546]

wow! skydemon works in SA? Yes the engineers are the people we rely on to keep us flying, great job to those guys!

[@Rashanfdo]

“Pilots are nothing without maintenance engineers” It’s good to hear those words

[@bernardanderson3758]

The best aircraft of all Tailwheel Aircraft was the PA-150 Piper Super Cub which is my most favorite tail dragged

[@minkhs]

felicitaties aan Maurits vanwege ze PPL - en zo jaloers om dat vliegen in Zuid Afrika - het is zo een mooi land :)

[@papah7398]

If you ever tire of Europe/Africa...Hollywood would welcome you with open arms....much care would have to be taken but I think you are pursuing the correct patch...I wish you all the good fortune that your wings can take you..

[@StrandManna]

Some useless trivia, IWR used to be nicknamed “Patricia” and lived at FASH (no idea where the Patricia came from). She’s a super low time Reims Rocket, and rocking a brand new paint job and interior. Kudos to the chaps at Skyhawk for helping you out with the flat!

[@petruzzovichi]

You make a truly delightful couple. I expect everyone enjoys your videos that are nicely recorded and edited. Well done Pilot Bambi and fiance.

[@investmentkid6709]

great video and always having amazing vibes ..... keep it up

[@daniell1869]

Y'all rocked that flat tire like a BOSS!

[@PilotBambi]

We got such great help from everyone at the flight school!

[@henry-nk1zy]

Rosita amazing video!

[@lesmarmottesvolantes]

French Power Reims Rocket!!!

[@pe2aab]

5:31 ;-) Die kan zo op een tegeltje! Goud vluchtje weer!

[@gliderpilot8882]

The flat sucks! I did like the method for jacking it up. Great video as always, Looking forward to the next one!

[@mikercflyer7383]

Rosita I enjoyed your adventure waiting for more. Safe Travels.

[@PilotBambi]

So glad you enjoyed it!! More videos soon :)

[@2779mattie]

And some beers 👌 this is now my new favorite flying Channel awesome thank you

[@kbungeraviation333]

Just started documenting my PPL journey myself here on KZbin. I can't WAIT to finish up and buy my own plane. Sick vid!!

[@KevinWolters]

Lekker bezig! :D leuke video! ben benieuwd naar de volgende.

[@PilotBambi]

Dankjewel!!

[@giulianoromano5129]

Hope you guys had a lekker braai!

[@bernardanderson3758]

Hawk XP 195 HP which was converted to the IO-360 STC 210 HP

[@mr.ginnationfunlifestyle3891]

Nice charming video like always. Good stuff. The 172 Rocket is a solid sky jeep. Seldom you get to see this one. Great! Please give your fiancé some more radio training and coaching. It is an advantage to get better and saver on this by time. No fault to do this. His flying was good 👍 on the sky Jeep. Keep on going. Like your videos a lot. Thanks. ☺️👍👌

[@larrymayberry2312]

So glad the tire didn’t blow on landing. Fly safe. Enjoyed the video as usual.

[@qiqeh]

What an exciting trip for a ppl. I bet he enjoyed every minute. I’m about to finish my aptl and I’d love to fly down there through South Africa. Well, I’d love to fly through any country to be honest haha

[@simonhebron9179]

Welcome to Joburg 👍🏻🇿🇦

[@PilotBambi]

Thanks!! Loved it there!

[@bravorabbit2522]

You deserve more than a million views

[@rcflying340]

Always enjoy your trips!

[@lucypretorius972]

Hahahaha used to pull targets for competition shooting there all the way from Bethlehem in the middle of winter... never forget putting our hands in ice buckets to wake up🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@rarestcolours4275]

I love your videos please keep making them is why I wake up in the morning. 😁🥰

[@rarestcolours4275]

It why I wake up in the morning lol baii.

[@rarestcolours4275]

Its

[@PilotBambi]

Thank you!! Working hard on making more videos soon!

[@rarestcolours4275]

My typing issues.

[@mjl988]

Wow tyre change like F1 race!! Very nice work for all :-)

[@tellyjoossens4186]

Nice flight, too bad I haven't seen much instruments nor some performance figures for that Reims Rocket in this video. Although I even install my Ipad with Skydemon in the C172 G1000 that I rent from time to time, I only use it as an extra backup (it's not even a legal navigation aid anyway). Looking forward for the next video.

[@katinkavraets5791]

Zo leuk om te zien!

[@lukehurley542]

Loved this video. Watching it for the second time!!

[@cdalton3169]

Love your videos, Bam. Great content!

[@sarahansell5068]

Can't wait to watch thr rest.

[@bennettashley925]

Nice sunglasses! Flying Eyes sunglasses are the BEST! I have the same ones! Great video :)

[@markmayer7495]

bedankt

[@jacovanjaarsveld3835]

Would have been nice if you coulf visit the Havard club of SA

[@Johan-ex5yj]

Well done on getting your PPL, Maurits! 👍 Strange to see you in the passenger seat, Rosita! I’m looking forward to the Jonker Sailplanes factory tour. Their gliders are really doing well across the world! Good question to ask them: “Why did you go; JS1, JS3, JS2 with your models?”

[@MrSpiritUAll]

Leuke video!

[@PilotBambi]

dankjewel!!

[@johndonald3566]

Luckily winter. Should fly out of those area's in summer.🤕

[@robertlombardi2228]

Great content - really enjoyed the video

[@footey7670]

That could have been scary with a flat tire landing ....loving the vids u guys rock 🍻🇨🇦👍🏻

[@n1vca]

Congrats to Maurits owning a PPL now!!! So happy to see you both flying and being able to take turns legally ... so at some later point you could plan longer trips, like around the globe :-) Anyway I am glad you figured out the tire issue before destroying the rim. While looking at the footage, it seems the tire was still OK on touch down and then I guess while taxiing something got into it. I guess the repair work and parts are all covered by the rental insurance? I am not a native English speaker and "Please report crew pax onboard" at 9:56 was something I had to google ... so PAX is the short for passengers?, so she was technically just asking for POB in a very different way, or did I miss something here? Does it also say PAX in the flightplan in S.A.? One more question, what do you realistically pay as an normal student without special connections for a 152 and instructor per hour? Is there any flight school you can recommend? Have a wonderful last few weeks, collect as many hours as you can and looking forward to see more adventures with both of you soon.

[@jucava00]

Congratulations on the PPL, great video, can you talk about you EFB app of choosing and why over the other ones?

[@ForFunFlyer]

Thank God for Bose headsets, haha! 😋 Amen! 😎

[@dirk6001]

Mooie video weer Bambi 👍

[@PilotBambi]

Dankje!

[@whukriede]

Heel lekker, lekker hoor, lol...

[@MauritsHebels]

Wanneer kom je alpen vliegen in Locarno? ;)

[@marenc]

Hi, super leuke video!! Tof vliegtuigje😃 ik heb zin in de volgende vlog!! Xx Maren❤️

[@PilotBambi]

Dankje Maren!! Het was super leuk om met Maurits te vliegen!

[@thecuberabbit286]

They never show the landing on the wheel cam😢

[@bogdan3978]

Ever dream of flying a hey like F16 etc

[@PilotBambi]

i'd love to fly everything!!

[@danielbalaguer2329]

Wich app are you using in iPad for flying? Good & happy flights, 👩🏼‍✈️👨🏽‍✈️

[@ecotransportation1]

I need finish my helicopter training what school do you recommend?

[@sighheinrich]

Wow it was so hard to understand what the tower said. Is it easier to understand with the headphones on? Thanks for the subtitles. :)

[@Watson1]

Great video, but please turn down the music. 🙏🙏

[@taransmith2546]

Where is the best/cheapest place to get a PPL @Pilotbambi Is there a cheap place in South Africa??

[@jannievdberg]

Used to be home town Bloemfontein before we moved to Holland. Enjoyed your video very much. From whom dis you rent the plane? The flight school at Tempe?

[@mikecoffee100]

Always Kewl Videos

[@algarnata]

👍 P. Bamby, nice video. A question about navigators: What advantages has Skydemon over Garmin or Foreflight? Thankyou in advance.

[@haroonrassam3087]

wollkom to sky hawk i meet you ther

[@PilotBambi]

Thankyou!

[@sachinamarath6552]

Bambi is in my airspace😢and i havent met her yet😭😭😭

[@rarestcolours4275]

I wish I could go and see Bambi cause she’s also in my airspace

[@GunnarLof]

What camera do you use on the outside, and how is it connected to the wing? Greetings from Norway!

[@mraviator6534]

I'm nosey as well..... Using a mount to attach my cam to the tie down.... I'm looking forward to get it attached further to the wingtip....

[@terrellroyal221]

👍😜💯

[@geraldmartsy2165]

OnlyFans when, Bambi?

[@karagregory69]

Disappointed. I watch the channel to watch Pilot Bambi be the pilot.

[@PilotBambi]

There will be lots of videos of me flying, but I gotta let the boys fly too sometimes 😉

[@vincentdeboer2614]

Wonderful video, congrats to Maurits with achieving his PPL! Goed gedaan!

[@jackvisser]

Much Respect for you Young Lady 👍

[@PilotBambi]

Thank you!!

[@JanJaapBats]

Guys... THE NETHERLANDS! 😅😂😜 ‘Holland’ went out of the door couple of years ago, due to you know... noord Holland, zuid holland enz enz

[@megdarien7586]

Hey

[@PaulGarthAviation]

Congrats on the PPL, Maurits. Have you done upset recovery training, yet (spins, loops, etc)? Rosita!! As always, nice to see one of your videos. You exude positivity, and offer more than you realize, for aviation.

[@megdarien7586]

Hey

[@jimcripps3612]

Hi Bambi. Maurits is looking older , must be all that PPL responsibility. If having a flat tyre is the only problem you have with a plane Fate is smiling on you. Stay safe and keep smiling. Regards, Jim in NI UK

[@megdarien7586]

Hey

[@megbert4802]

Hello

[@maxflight777]

I used to fly a Reims rocket out of Croft farm Defford UK ( many many years ago !). Super photography in this video, thanks for posting.

[@megdarien7586]

Hey

[@markboucher1549]

Heeeeeey what a surprize! 😁 You guys are not far from me.Im around Benoni area,to be exact FABB (Brakpan airfield)

[@megdarien7586]

He

[@ld5954]

To the best pilot in the world! Hello!!👋

[@PilotBambi]

Hiiii!!!

[@irfanbenli4897]

Flat tire😄Another experience👍👏👏Have always safe flights🙏

[@asw19B100]

Jonker Sailplanes YES. JS 3 Rapture. RSA succeeds where USA never could, competing with the brilliant German aeronautical engineers. (And now self launching electrics are virtually here as viable choices from DE).

[@FMJJSpecialTV]

Nice

[@sirturi5123]

I cant hold myself :D

[@ridingwithbaz2736]

hello from Johannesburg. i'm just going to follow you because i love flying but cannot afford to do it for fun yet, i hope you are enjoying our beautiful country

[@franklinpierce2854]

at 4:48 it appears that someone has been told this is a chin disease. I don't understand how people can be so oblivious--and selfish. If he has an asymptomatic infection, he is blowing the virus all over the place.

[@alanbraswell9905]

What flight software are you using? Great videos

[@juhanvanlill4453]

Saw you guys fly over my school in Bloemfontein

[@HenriqueTX3]

I love your videos. Keep it going...

[@kris4897]

When the next helicopter video ? 😁

[@coppi60]

You are doing a great job!! Keep the videos coming; great trip.

[@megdarien7586]

Hey

[@ivexcrustaceanYT]

It's so cool to see you fly into the airport I'm currently training at!! Very few "KZbin pilots" come to South Africa especially Lanseria

[@ess7488]

rich kids showing off

[@marcopavone8695]

congratulations to your boyfriend for the PPL! You are a beautiful couple

[@PilotBambi]

Thankyou!!

[@LSAviation]

It is so hilarious to see my hour builder at 4:35 (ZS-FZI). I must have just missed you guys! Congrats Maurits on getting your PPL!