See GLACIER Park unlike before! | Ryan Field - We FLY Montana! (Backcountry Bushplane Adventure ep2)

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[@Europa-Travels]

Your professional approach as a pilot, engineer and film maker are apparent, thank you for bringing us this content to watch and enjoy.

[@Bearhawk_Life]

Another great video! That video was not too long by any stretch of the imagination. Fantastic content. Look forward to both Part 3 and the update on the new plane. Keep them coming.

[@GravityKnightFlying]

Thank you Jay!!!!!!!

[@robtebay2]

Very kind of your friends to not object to being on camera. Many thanks to you for all the filming and editing. I'm looking forward to the next one, as I used to visit lots of caves in the UK and Europe.

[@rjbishop12]

Splendid production Todd- we need to do this again, each and every year! Thanks for the excellent job of capturing the majestic landscape of Glacier and western Montana!

[@GravityKnightFlying]

Agreed my friend!

[@markmark2080]

Touring that region and northward, where there's a concentration of Canadian national parks, by motorcycle some 40 years ago, I came home overwhelmed in the same way I was after seeing southern Utah for the first time. It's wonderful seeing these aerial views compared to the days of paper maps and a few magazine photos... Triple Divide Peak, about 7 miles south of Saint Mary Lake, takes rainfall and sends it towards the Pacific Ocean, the Hudson Bay, and the Gulf of Mexico, thought you'd like to know that... Thank you for your effort, Todd

[@GravityKnightFlying]

appreciate you sharing that! I can imagine the adventure you had, traveling by bike, without all the info, cell phones, etc. we have today.. what an experiance

[@Gorbitron80]

Great job capturing the great creation that is Glacier Park and surrounding area. I got my pilots license in Kalispell and flew in the park several times as well as Meadow creek and Ryan field. You’re right that the video doesn’t do it justice but the cinematography is top notch, thanks for a trip down memory lane.

[@GravityKnightFlying]

that is awesome... what a neat place to learn to fly! thanks!

[@StrikerSG]

Closest place to heaven, thanks for showing us...

[@GravityKnightFlying]

well said there, agreed! thanks!

[@stevethaning8578]

Enjoy your videos professional done, #3 coming soon in a theatre near you. Thanks

[@WingAndAPrayer-RedBird]

Fantastic video Todd. Love the footage... Epic!

[@GravityKnightFlying]

Thank you very much!

[@boogerwood]

So jeaulous! Glacier is one of the few I haven't been to yet and would LOVE to fly it! Thanks for sharing. Love the content. Very inspiring!

[@GravityKnightFlying]

was a really mind blowing experience.. hope you get up there at some point!!

[@SkyRayden100]

Love the content... Want to take my S-21 up into those areas someday. Glad to see RANS aircraft represent in the backcountry!

[@GravityKnightFlying]

perfect plane for exploring those areas, and getting there quickly!

[@nathangrimes641]

That first flight into Glacier looked amazing! It’s good to see more of your flying.

[@GravityKnightFlying]

thank you my friend!!!!

[@chetbeckley2395]

Absolutely beautiful as always! Lookin forward to the update on the Traveler! Wasn’t too long in my book!

[@GravityKnightFlying]

Thanks buddy!!!

[@richardturner6278]

Awsome video as always. Spiritual! Felt like I've been to church or something watching the flight through Glacier. Hope to see it some day. Glacier and Utah are on my bucket list to fly through someday. Your videos are inspirational man. Thanks.

[@GravityKnightFlying]

thank you Richard! agreed... it was definitely a spiritual experiance! Utah and Glacier are possibly/probably the most amazing places to fly in the lower 48! thanks!

[@KevinRudisill]

Dude love it! It was good running in to you a Johnson Creek (at whatever point on this trip) when you were working on the tailwheel. Hopefully the hot springs were fun, I never made it up there. Such a cool trip, love the footage!

[@GravityKnightFlying]

ahhh yes!!! Hey Kevin! that was after Glacier... good times!

[@JM-iy6wm]

I am stuck in a lounge chair and your videos take me places I only wish I could see. By far TOP tier flying and video. Thank you for doing what you do and A GOD BLESS YOU AND YOURS.

[@GravityKnightFlying]

thank you!!!!! and God bless you!

[@Mitchell2448]

Thanks for showing us a little bit of heaven. Just beautiful. Amazing work and flying. ❤

[@cliffy2107]

Fantastic video

[@danblumel]

The new plane, make sure to provide large enough wire to the wing leading edge landing lights for high power LED's 100 Watts max each.

[@kevinphillips9408]

Absolutely magnificent and beautiful video. Thank you so much for sharing it.

[@GravityKnightFlying]

thanks Kevin!

[@iflymontana]

Outstanding video! Montana has a lot of fun places to fly! #iflymontana

[@BruceWyder-xw9ir]

Beautiful country

[@yodaworks]

great meeting you .... proof to my wife that I was there... lol. (oh ya... great video as usual )

[@GravityKnightFlying]

haha!! great meeting you!

[@gregslaven813]

Wow! Incredible video! The views were amazing!!!!!

[@where_eagles_fly]

Yes sir...this is my backyard...

[@GravityKnightFlying]

amazing place!!

[@gapster46]

When you said Meadow Creek was your favorite, I was a little surprised to see so much of it burned. Makes me wonder what made it your favorite.

[@ezequielmartinez3582]

You looking fitter bro 💪

[@michaeldavidheit]

I remember flying that area when I lived in Polson. Alaska is incredible as well ... but I do miss Montana.

[@cq7415]

Fun to watch video. It was not too long. I love the backcountry airstrips. I will watch more of your videos. You live where in Colorado? Thanks for sharing.

[@melaniehefner948]

Loved this video.

[@Phoenixx5115]

Another stellar video Todd, you deserve a much larger following. Also, wondering when you shot this footage?

[@GravityKnightFlying]

Thank you! This was very rearly July of 23.

[@foxyskitfox5668]

Hey Todd excellent videography as usual. What month was this recorded? Keep them coming.

[@GravityKnightFlying]

This was right at the beginning of July! thank you!

[@michaeldavidheit]

Schafer was good for elk hunting; Meadow Creek was beautiful for fishing ... I do miss those long, warm, lazy summer days there ...

[@doncatchpole]

Wow, good stuff.

[@FlyingKat-ce4hd]

That was beautiful. Nice job, thanks for sharing.

[@hammitr]

Beautiful country!

[@aciagriculturalconstructio2264]

Can't wait for the upcoming season. Planning on sneaking in a few quick trips into Idaho. I haven't seen any recent videos of your old man. How's he doing?

[@GravityKnightFlying]

Awesome!! and thank you for asking! he is doing well... cant keep that guy slowed down, he's always busy working and building something!!

[@careysmoak5478]

God forbid but what’s your plan if you have trouble in the mountains and have to set it down ? Extraction costs of having a chopper come in to remove the plane, survival gear, first aid , location beacon if you happen to fly alone which you aren’t doing and is very smart. I absolutely love the mountains there’s like a force that pulls me to them. I’d love to fly to all those spots but the risks scare the health out of me if you know what I mean.

[@GravityKnightFlying]

You are not kidding about risks, and costs associated with something going wrong. I do the best maintence/inspections etc. I can. Ask for a little help from above, and send it! Ok... it's not quite like that. But at some point, there is just a risk, and if you fly in the mountains you are accepting that risk. I will say, as time goes on, I do less crazy off-airport and all that. You do start to wonder when your luck will run out. I have had engine outs, one in the mountains of Idaho.. a good story for another time. There are some ways to lower the risk (flying higher, with friends, the particular engine/airplane, how slow it stalls, etc. etc.) but you are right, in the end... there is a risk and it can't be avoided. Limiting your time in the moutains, and flying low, and probably the best ways to experiance some of this... but not push it. Anyway.. enough rambling. For me... I carry the garmin inreach to try and get help if it goes bad. I have spent a lot of time thinking about different types of terrain and where to land when it quits.. river, vs. trees, vs. steep hillsides etc. The plane lands pretty slow.. if I keep it together mentall, pick the best terrain to crash on, and have the inreach...warm cloths and enough supplies to survive out there for a while... I think positively beyond that....

[@TheMadmacs]

great stuff!

[@locus2639]

sick!

[@HollywoodRebel]

Hihi Todd, are those streamlined tail feathers rods? If so, can I get some info on where your got them and price. I would really like to get some. Thanks!

[@GravityKnightFlying]

So I streamlined them with some aluminum, I used: K & S Precision Metals 1102 3/8 ALUM STREAMLINE 36" tubes that fit over the rods. They fit very tight... it's a tough job to install them! Thought it made a difference, but it was very minor. 1+ mph.

[@tonozuma1882]

Wow! 😳👍🏻

[@BruceWyder-xw9ir]

You not worried about not enough oxygen up that high

[@GravityKnightFlying]

It's not too bad up in that area. I land higher and hike back home than that. But down here in CO, we do have some pretty high stuff. I have a portable oxygen system I can take to stay legal. Living up high for the past 26 years does really help though, my oxygen levels stay above 95% even up real high with supplemental.

[@nvrfollowb5]

Anyone know the lake/mountain with the waterfall at 10:30 ?

[@j.michaelwilhelm7349]

I bet that even with all of those splendid views of hostile territory that you keep an eye out for that forced landing should it ever occur. There cannot be very many dirt roads out there to make that decision as to where to set her down.

[@GravityKnightFlying]

Very rugged place to have to set it down. Real glad the Edge Performance engine kept purring away out there!!!! Would have considered water skiing across a like and piling it into the shore to avoid the massive trees in a lot of that area. Some other options too.. but not many good ones!

[@anncannon7962]

'Promo sm' 💖

[@carli2194]

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[@GravityKnightFlying]

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[@guesshoo703]

absolutely shyte music , unprofessional,shame