Practicing GRASS Landings (Full Length Flight)

[@MrMR-sk8jm]

I love flying VFR. "Where you heading?" "Oh, that way...ish"

[@morrisdyer9560]

Very good

[@clubbymcwankfist7063]

Please more raw footage! Doesn't get any better than than!

[@teaganlambert9330]

yes,raw footage is the best way to do these videos

[@elijahmasquelier1238]

i can almost pretend i have the 400 grand it would take to have my own cessna lol... someday i will fly an airplane, someday..

[@teaganlambert9330]

@@elijahmasquelier1238 there are some really cool aircraft nowadays but i am super attracted to the cessna 172 skyhawk

[@chester8420]

@@teaganlambert9330 They aren't the best at anything in particular, except being the all around best airplane.

[@johnrayburn3843]

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[@okcpicker]

Not even close to raw footage - just good documentary style production that is packed with value. Great editing, good narration and much more interesting than watching Netflix!

[@carbonfusion]

Amen!

[@paulr4074]

As a student pilot who is currently in the middle of the cross country phase, this video was incredibly useful and interesting! Love seeing the full flights. Great work as always.

[@marksmith402]

New panel, old panel, regardless of circumstances & location, ALWAYS the BEST videos!! "I'll be turning in front of this dip on this takeoff." Dude, I'm sitting right here!! 😆

[@GHRiz]

This is the content I subscribed for, and the content I still sub for to this day. I get that you have a passion for the film making thing, and more power to you. There's plenty of room for both. As long as the nerds like me get a nice 30-60 minute raw flight video with lots of technical commentary and radio comms every once in a while, I'll be watching! Still the best GA channel out there.

[@maxmurden3063]

DrShrimpy agrees

[@catdakman1273]

very good from a Black Velvet Video Pilot !!! FS2004

[@jasonruzicka7954]

couldn't agree more...this video touched all the bases I needed to refresh my mind, finish my lessons, after a year off. Totally to the point and your experience in the plane was so helpful for me to relate all I've learned thus far.

[@BeholdSevenWoes]

Full length all day I agree. I like to see and hear everything of the flights. As in booking an intro this summer to start my path to be a privet pilot then commercial

[@ItsK.R6]

I am so inspired by you. Can you please use the fpv cam on your headset more often? I loved the feel of being in the cockpit that way.

[@agujadriver7209]

Yes i felt im the pilot lol

[@teaganlambert9330]

@@agujadriver7209 i feel ya

[@Joe-qj7oh]

The Airport where I learnt to fly, had 9 Runways, to choose from, only one was Tarmac, and we mainly flue 172's & Cherokees, loved it, great experience.

[@TeemarkConvair]

curiosity; i have noticed the elevators in a nose down position while you were,probably, flying level, about 28:15 in[ and earlier] certainly enjoys this vid, but i'm one of the few who voted against the head cam, for me, too much rapid motion. thanks :)

[@mattbasford6299]

I learned my lesson on a sandy grass strip. I stopped and had to dig out one of my 172 tires.

[@skydvrboy]

Grass makes the best landing surface. Even in my Mooney, I enjoy landing on grass strips. Keep in mind though, when you transition from grass to hard surface, cross it at a 45 degree angle, not perpendicular. It keeps the porpoising down if/when there is a dip right before the pavement.

[@jerrysanford3520]

I really enjoy the raw footage and back to basics flying skills. Keep up the great work....

[@thegreatleapforward]

I love your videos man! Your narration of your techniques is what makes the videos really enjoyable, as well as the long cuts and great quality recording.

[@alexenns3203]

Yeah I like the head cam. Josh you are a awesome pilot, I like how talk though exactly what you're doing and why

[@harvey604journeyman8]

Have to agree head cam is hard to watch. But it did show that your interior door frames need a little TLC (clean/sand/paint). A great future shop maintenance video for those of us with OCD tendencies about things we play with! Look forward to seeing the process and final end result. Other than the head cam, great content.

[@rodolfocastro65]

Loved this kind of videos! For us private pilots it is very informative and instructional. Nice work!

[@JOSHL50]

Really like the head camera view and also very much appreciate your talking through what you are doing. Thank you for a great video. Looks like a ton of fun!

[@cosroe2]

I'm not sure if it's just because you were filming or you do that normally too, but I personally find that while flying solo talking to yourself helps a great deal. Especially when it comes to techniques and decision making. Great video!

[@wilson4328]

I prefer a mix of camera angles but more fixed than head mounted. Body or head mounted almost makes me dizzy. Thanks for exceptionally well done videos!

[@darrinmclaughlin9237]

Hey. One of your best videos. Just did my first soft field landings in pursuit of my PPL. Thanks for the great content and your use of checklists. Awesome stuff.

[@imajeenyus42]

Gotta say, much prefer the fixed camera - the motion of the headcam is too much! Have you thought on trying a 360 video inside the cockpit? That would be really cool - Volvo Trucks do this with some of their clips.

[@AviatorGamer]

It will be great if you had a chest mount so we can see the instruments but still love the POV view

[@rogue8853]

Aviator Gamer Jose Beat me to it haha (chest cam)

[@gregaleksandrovsky5806]

Hey Josh, something I learned during my CFI training is it is slightly counter-intuitive to take the nose wheel completely off the ground like that as since you're pitched up, you will be causing more drag which will increase the roll out. In turn, I was taught to reduce the pressure off the nose gear, just barely enough where it is either barely touching the ground or just a centimeter or two off of it. Let me know what you think!

[@camdenlink5244]

I'm a student who flies out of a grass strip. My instructor is a 14,500 hour ATP pilot and he says keep it no more than 2 inches off the ground

[@Mrcaffinebean]

I always enjoy the checklist stuff and you do a great job reading it all out.

[@faithgarcia8660]

IalWaysenjoyTheCheCklisStuff GreatJobReadingitallOut. andyoudoa

[@LipticZone]

11:18 love this part, knowing someone in ATC watches your youtube

[@horse12100]

Love the raw video... my PPL check-ride is scheduled for 12JUN so this helped reinforce some techniques for me. Thanks.

[@RJ9mech]

Hope the checkride went smoothly for you!

[@bushtrash2286]

One of the best bush planes in my opinion... this vid put a smile on my face.

[@faithgarcia8660]

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[@mohamedakhsassi5137]

Good job work

[@colin7763]

Thanks for the video. I wonder if you have ever read Vietnam above the tree tops, by Brian Flanagan. He flew the Cessna 0-1s. He writes about take off and landing's on in improved fields. Once again thanks for the videos. Love em.

[@elcastorgrande]

Vintage Aviation 101! Back to basics is the way to go.

[@faithgarcia8660]

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[@braxtoncarroll5133]

As someone who has dabbled with getting a private pilot cert and had to circle back several times due to life happening.. this kind of content is exceptional. Really helps me focus and motivates me to make this a priority and get it done. Keep it up please!

[@RJ9mech]

Josh, I can really appreciate the longer form videos, and although they're not for everyone, there is certainly value for your audience. As mentioned near the end, keep working to nail that final approach speed, and she'll settle into the grass nicely without too much float. Keep it up sir!

[@tomcotton6308]

Loved the video . Longer is better . Raw is real . Thanks .

[@catdakman1273]

Very good pilot.......Very good Videos !!!!!!

[@johnbolin7098]

Hi Josh, this vlog brought back a wonderful time in my life. My dad trained in an L19 when he earned his wings at Gary Air Force base in San Marcos. Much of his training required soft field landings. When we had our C172 later, he and I would fly to a farm in South Carolina where his flying buddy lived and he would refresh his soft field landing skills on his grass runway. Some of my fondest memories as a kid.

[@masonengels5975]

Do more of the full length flights with the go pro on your head

[@johnk8475]

I 2nd this

[@TheJetexproductions]

This video format is by far the best (full flight, headcam)

[@TerryTipton1]

I was pleasantly surprised after I sat through the vertigo inducing startup and pre-taxi checklist, that I enjoyed the rest of the head cam footage. You asked so yes, definitely sprinkle in some more of these old school "Mr Aviation 101" technical, avgeek videos with your cinematic endeavors. Both are always top notch.

[@Ibishu683]

Well done made it was beutiful you landed totally smoothly even when there was crosswind!!

[@robinj.9329]

Back in the 60's when I was earning my first "Ticket", I chose to get my Private in tail wheel aircraft. Our home strip had both grass and paved runways. Landing on grass you will decelerate faster. But taking off from grass, dirt, sod, gravel your acceleration is slower then on pavement. To me, these were always the key differences.

[@cesarrivarola6409]

I like your raw video, and shows how much you know, as a former bush pilot back in south america I learned how to read wind speed on the ground and other VFR that a pilot needs to know and identify before taking off or before landing it will be appreciated if you touch those points , I mean when the situation is not like flying always with information on the head.

[@joywyse6996]

Love this video. Thanks so much.

[@faithgarcia8660]

LoveThisVideo.Thankssomuch

[@SeanAllocca]

Another great video Josh. 44 minutes of fun.

[@jwf5997]

Great Job with the new camera.

[@z3245861]

My experiences with grass landings were at point Roberts, Washington state. Their grass made yours look like asphalt. 6 inches of thick grass really has a effect on your rolling speed. That was in a Cessna 152.

[@rbrdly]

Started flying a few years ago, but due to injury, haven't been back on the stick for a year. You're tugging at my enthusiasm dude! Can't wait to get back in the air and try and bust through the uncomfortable feeling I still have flying solo.

[@MikeD-qx1kr]

The "self-talk" a loud throught the video helps a lot. I learned a couple of things from it. Great stuff man, keep the blue side up!

[@davidrobins4025]

Grass landings are fun. I have lots to learn about doing that well. Thanks for bringing us along on this flight.

[@rogermurray4253]

Thanks for this. I enjoyed both the fixed and head mount cameras. Fixed gives a good solidly referenced view, while the head mount gives me a better idea of where the pilot is/should be looking.

[@cfiav8r962]

Just a tip I teach, in the round out I go carb heat cold which adds just a bit of power and also provides filtered air so grass etc won’t be ingested. Works great in all planes I’ve flown 🙂

[@egejurukenneth4861]

great job well done

[@faithgarcia8660]

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[@flyingmaniac3827]

i am stuck harm chair frying right now and you are my first choice wen it com to flying Vlog even do i am Canadian your methodical and calm approach to flying practice is one of the best on you tube pleas keep sharing all basic practice video loge you have , i will be grateful for it. P.S i wish i had a GFI like you when i started , calm and composed not all over the place

[@FrancescoSpace]

Great job buddy, the C172 is always lovely!! 😍

[@eivindlundager1008]

This was very useful. About to have my skill test in a few days on a C172, so thanks for your tips. :)

[@StanBarankiewicz]

Who knew solo pattern work could be so entertaining! ;)

[@faithgarcia8660]

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[@glendavis1266]

My initial flight training was on a grass strip in Macomb Illinois in the middle 1960s. Thought nothing of it. The earth was very solid and not mushy. I did many many touch and goes. Did not seem like any trouble at all. Now Macomb has a newer airport with paved runway. But looking on Google maps I think the old grass strip still exists!

[@colinthepilot]

The view with the head cam is great! I'm surprised I liked it, but it was really cool!

[@mrsaskriders]

I am mostly in the Cessna 172 in the SIM and I learn a heck of a lot from you so I thank you. Great videos

[@kenhurley4441]

My first airplane ride was a 172 on a grass strip. I didn't land or takeoff on a paved runway until I started taking flying lessons! I prefer grass!

[@onfloat17]

Nice! As a student pilot I was going through the check lists as you were going through them. It gave me a chance to chair fly what you were doing. I even pulled out the E6-B when you got the local winds to determine what kind of crosswind you going to have, which was confirmed when you mentioned the stiff wind and your track on final. Thanks!

[@PaulGarthAviation]

25:50 This brings back memories! I did my entire PPL at Class G airspace cutout Bayport Aerodrome (23N). Only difference is that after ground effect I needed to climb out Vx to clear the trees ahead and then to Vy, and then power back and level off at 600' to be under KISP's Class C. Really fun to see your video today.

[@aliciamacdonald8149]

More full length videos, please!!! Great video....good soft field...what about lifting your flaps after you've slowed down a bit on landing, that should put more weight on your mains, slowing you down more?

[@Mark_Texas]

Josh, if you ever decided to put your coast to coast series for sale on DVD or iTunes, I would buy it.

[@joespeed1952]

Hey! This came out on my Birthday last year. Cool! It's strange how I'm getting back into aviation stuff, but it is nice to see these old videos yet.

[@philostroff6163]

Great video! I just started learning to fly out of Spicewood with a Piper Sportcruiser partnership I bought into. I've been practicing circuits at Burnet and Llano. No grass runway stuff but this video will help when I do!

[@Marv4yer]

Part of the reason I like your videos is the high production values. The forehead camera seems a bit of a step backward when used as the main view. It is a good supplemental view, but way to much camera motion for a long video.

[@karhukivi]

Hi Josh, great videos as always! With a quiet grass strip all to yourself, you could practice glide approaches which are a useful skill in a forced landing situation. When I was learning at a small strip many years ago, I would pull the power on base and try to make it to the threshold without adding power - great fun! By contrast, powered approaches feel risky over trees or rough terrain as one is depending on the engine not to quit.

[@prestonmiller9552]

I used to fly sailplanes out of Refugio, TX. Always got plenty of soft field landing practice with a Super Cub we towed with. The head mounted camera is a bit much to keep up with and makes me dizzy with the rapid head movements. Otherwise great work on the grass. The floating would be even worse in a low wing aircraft.

[@sinfulranger12]

I loved the video and missed the old raw footage videos and especially enjoy the FPV videos

[@morrisdyer9560]

Love it.

[@faithgarcia8660]

Loveit.

[@KevinGoldenEnterprises]

3 and 4... Like butter. Nice! Thx for the vids

[@danhenrie]

Head cam is cool, I like how it shows a bit of you thought process as you look around the cockpit but I almost threw up a few time from feeling motion sick. I would suggest looking at the overall motion of the clip your splicing in and if it moves to much (like on your preflight) I would use another angle. Otherwise great video.

[@teddyballgame4823]

I really liked this video. Learned a lot from your technical analysis of your flight.

[@faithgarcia8660]

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[@kevinantoniomorrison2415]

I like your grass landings. Very good to practice on hard pavement.

[@darrylmeredith8789]

Great instruction on the grass landings at Llano. Well done. Darryl Meredith, patron.

[@miguelquiroz1550]

Josh. Bro, I got addicted to your videos bro. Great Content!

[@jayneal8154]

Love your videos! Great video today and I love when you show the whole trip from pre-flight to run up and everything! Thanks!

[@ryanwoodliff1282]

I love on a 1/4 mile airstrip surrounded by trees and it is so fun to land on. But we don’t usually need to use brakes, even when landing in the Cessna 210. Usually it just kinda rolls to a stop

[@michaelstern1945]

It is like the Kermie Cam of Kermit Weeks fame it is nice to mix it up with the fixed cameras.

[@kutzy62]

Love this video. LIke the head POV and the basics!!

[@faithgarcia8660]

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[@rohannsmit6570]

Loving these raw full flight videos!! Keep on posting them, will defs watch them!!

[@faithgarcia8660]

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[@imc2cavu]

Great vid. Love the full length. As I’m getting back into flying, and prepping for the BFR (in a 172) I like absorbing the full flight, tasks, etc. ✌🏻

[@toStringy]

Head cam is cool/fun, but I find it hard to watch with the movement. I spent a lot of this video just having it playing on my computer screen and browsing stuff on my phone.

[@G4Disco]

Funny that center knows who you are. Made me chuckle.

[@aarondweck2953]

Great video keep being you

[@easttexan2933]

great teaching video. very well done. always enjoy your videos.

[@Myname-il9vd]

I C A N N O T W A IT to go flying this summer it's been 3 freaking years and I've been dying to get back in the air

[@RobertForslund]

It's such a great feeling getting back into the air after a break! =) Hope you'll have lots of fun!

[@hesynergy]

Hey Josh....Sim pilot here and lonnnng time fan ....how far above your eye level is your head cam mounted 3-4 “.? Trying to adjust seat height for my X-cam. Lovely flight! And grass landings...makes me wanna get into my Super cub and get some more stick and rudder grass landings at the farm. Love the raw...”let’sGoDontNeedToDoNothinButHaveFun” flyin’ Nice to see a vet still using his checklists! Chas

[@donaldsmith3048]

I like almost everything you have put out! You talked to your computer, I thought l was the only one to talk back to my computer.

[@3rdgear104]

Man you Texans are lucky to even be able to fly off the grass back up north we’d get stuck in the mud

[@unitedpretzeltwists7480]

Yeah here in Michigan it’s rained just about every day for a month

[@brianparkman8183]

I know the head cam got the most votes but that's so much movement. I can hardly handle watching it. lol.

[@hlender]

Totally agree. He should remember that the audience will be distracted in viewing. Slowing the head movement will improve it. Looks like it's his first time doing it. He'll improve as he gets more experience. I am amazed at how good he is.

[@corvairchris82]

Please loose the head cam, it made me loose my cookies.

[@ericm8378]

@@corvairchris82 I concur, too much head movement. Other than that, it was a very good video.

[@JohnPageOrgans]

@@ericm8378 Yes, the continuous head movement gives me vertigo on full-screen viewing, so I need to cut down the frame size which is a shame.

[@grj512]

HEY! N172JD! Good shot. Love that plane.

[@TheBarnem13]

Fantastic video love the head cam view

[@in2flying]

Sorry Josh, it pains me to critical , however the lack of prop filter combined with the head movement was just too much. I’ll be back but def can’t finish this one.

[@ScottStClair-dm6vk]

Man when i was a kid, all those rivers had way more water in them! Great work on the vids! Cheers from Alaska :)

[@farmgene]

Nice, but I kept worrying about landing traffic on Rwy 17 from your left as you crossed that runway. Great job!

[@lawrencethompson465]

Ha! The video next up in the queue after Josh’s was a doctor showing a maneuver how to self treat/alleviate vertigo! Nevertheless, another great video, Josh!

[@donaldsmith3048]

I love all your videos. I didn't see any new ones for a short time. I just wished I could fly but I am sure I will not be doing any more. Age and money won't let me. So I just watch videos from you and others.

[@liamedmonds4545]

Just about to go do soft field landings today for the first time, looks fun!

[@faithgarcia8660]

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[@ravingcyclist624]

Helmet cam is excellent! Didn't even notice it until I saw all the comments. :-)