Tailwheel and OFF-airport landings in Alaska!

[@christopherbeber582]

I love how you never over talk. And you always smile and show confidence! Thanks for your videos!

[@Papershields001]

Tailwheel flying is so rewarding. There’s a world of detail and airmanship about it, it’s addicting. Like finding a thousand more pages in a book you already love. Every nose-wheel pilot should learn to fly conventional at some point.

[@AkPacerPilot]

Rory Shields , yup... some of us have never flown a nose wheel... The biggest tip I have, is fly it from the wheel chocks to the wheel chocks. Stay on it on the ground and they are usually pretty tame. Relax too much and hang on!!!

[@wconkle]

Good analogy

[@GS-st9ns]

Excellent teacher, excellent pilot, I really admire her confidence in your calmness.

[@TraneFrancks]

Somebody has a natural knack for bush flying!

[@jannepeltonen2036]

One video, amphibian; next one, bush planes. You really know how to show to fun in flying! Thanks!

[@tjlto]

Nicely done Sonikhanem!!

[@ArcticMayhem]

Jamie is such a chill instructor. Always calm, cool and collected.

[@jeffhunt3146]

Nicely done Sonia. It was obvious you are a natural, you was thinking all the time, attentive and GREAT job on the rudder !!!!!! That bird stayed nice and straight

[@garydell2023]

I showed your video to a lady friend and she was inspired by it and now wants to learn to fly.

[@floydsouth5770]

Nerves of steel great job

[@richardc020]

Even if a non-pilot, must say I am so impressed with the flying skill and professionalism.

[@gordonfeliciano4315]

That looked like a whole lotta fun! Nice job!

[@martyberbach5552]

This reminds me a lot of flying wildlife radio telemetry with Calif Fish and Wildlife in their Cessna 185

[@bernardanderson7569]

Sonia you are flying the 180 like I did back years ago and I'm so very proud and happy The you are getting a lot of Taildragger hours especially in a high performance Aircraft and with your 90 hours of PIC and your instructor is great and doing a Wheel landing takes a lot of practice

[@reggierico]

Well done! Great instruction! You know, I have well over 20,000 flight hours, and there is nothing i'd rather be doing than flying a 180 around Alaska! Awesome!

[@BuceGar]

Love bush planes, their STOL abilities are amazing.

[@stevecastro22]

Doc, You are hitting all of the beautiful spots in your flying adventures. First Hawaii and now Alaska. Great job flying your first tail dragger, IMPRESSIVE.....

[@danishabrewer4352]

Hey Jamie, Dan Brewer here Im in Riverton Wyoming flying a med e vac King Air. Good to see your teaching skills. I love that Plane

[@LuizSchmidt]

Great Sonia! Flying tailwheel gives you real stick-and-rudder proficiency. I'm glad you had that experience.

[@donaldholman9070]

Beautiful flight and great flying. Thank you for sharing!

[@Aero360Aviation]

One of the coolest airplanes in one of the coolest places! Super Awesome

[@jamesbrey1719]

Very cool !!! Love watching you fly !!! Thanks for taking us along !!!

[@leatherwoodjay]

You rock maam! I forward your videos to several women I know.... you are very inspirational and help Empower them!

[@steveroyal5820]

Excellent Video .... You never fail to amaze me with all of your exploits!

[@72cmcinc]

Excellent job and very exciting!

[@WendelltheSongwriter]

You're really becoming a great pilot. So lucky to get your tailwheel in Alaska!! Good job.

[@_FNQ]

Awesome content. Thanks Sonia!

[@john3Lee]

This is excellent. You are a natural tail wheel pilot. Also, what a good instructor he is. 🛩😊

[@garydell2023]

Beautiful beautiful beautiful. Beautiful scenery, beautiful plane, beautiful flight. Great job with that Sonia for only having 90 hours? . It looked cold there. Wish I was there now. It was 115 today. Thank you for the video Sonia. Keep flying safely.

[@Sky_Burger88]

Your best video yet! Thanks for sharing. I really want to be an Alaska bush pilot now.

[@sopilote56]

Sonia flies the Alaska State Bird - A Skywagon! Very impressive that you chose to train in a "heavy" high-performance Skywagon rather than taking baby steps (like I did) in much easier Cubs, Citabria, and Champs before trying the Skywagon. Those big bouncy bush wheels make it even tougher. You will find a Cub on grass a LOT easier. Crosswinds are a force to be reckoned with in a tailwheel aircraft - or the ground loop will bite you. So happy that you got to experience back country flying in Alaska!!

[@trindadez3hi]

Sensational, a paradise to fly, only the cold that hurts the soul. Hug!

[@giovanni88551]

Most beautiful place in the world Sonia, your videos are beautiful, Congratulations ...

[@russell3380]

Love it, great job, Ms. Lucky.

[@sky-11]

i recognize the skywagon from a video where this same pilot landed on a highway to fix a truck his brother was driving.this pilot seems like a cool guy to fly with.love to fly his 180 get some more 180 time.

[@stevemowat4294]

So envious of your taking on such amazing flying challenges! Well done, and hoping to see more 👍🏻

[@davido1953]

Palmer! I have relatives living there. Cool video, looked like fun.

[@conandunn5441]

You killed that first gravel landing!!! Looks as if you’re a lagit el natur al lol & a stud for sure

[@nathanmorales7163]

Jamie is a great guy. Too bad I missed you. He always gets the cool pilots while I'm away...

[@TeemarkConvair]

awesome to watch

[@bernardanderson7569]

I'm glad to see that you are ready for solo in the Cessna 180

[@Tbear7000]

Beautiful scenery in the video and I say you did a awesome job on the take off's & landings..✈

[@jimdensmore7262]

Nice. Love the Skywagon!

[@cosmiccharlie8294]

I will fly in my next life and learn another language as well. Nice video.

[@cjmurphy1402]

Great Job!

[@Gilles45]

Love how you say "ok"... I honestly believe if someone said "you're gonna fly this little F16 here", you'd just shrug and say ok... 🙂

[@sonikhanem]

Gilles Dumouchel hah, true story... i try not to show my excitement too much :)

[@brabham74]

Ohh, some of the coolest flying around. Bush pilots! I absolutely love those kind of planes. Nice job, Sonia. I'm jealous. Wish I could experience all that aviation stuff, like you do. Fun fun.

[@WarrenGAviation]

Nice work. I see a 180 in my future. Love that Airplane

[@deandunford7336]

That was a really cool video!! Thank you for posting it!

[@SuperDave21]

Wow Sonia... you're really accomplished in the Bush plane! Seems to me that everything you touch turns to gold. What a blessing! Love your videos, love your life, love your style! What a magnificent woman! Peace & Love from Oklahoma!!

[@sonikhanem]

SuperDave21 thank you for the kind words! And thank you for watching and following along!

[@jamespositano454]

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[@akbushpilot]

"He doesn't see any runways around here". LOL! Every bush pilot in the Anchorage and Mat-Su area knows about the practice strip on the Knik River. BTW, thanks for not tearing up the runway too much :-)

[@Ennyb84]

She does this stuff so cool the instructors needs a big jacket to keep warm 😛😋👍👍👍 nice!

[@sonikhanem]

haha this put a big smile on my face! thanks for watching!

[@ausfuhrpramienjagar]

Very coolio! Awesome video and a great job at the controls of an Alaskan, Flying Dinosaur! ;-)

[@MichaelLloyd]

Nice job! Kudos to you and your instructor

[@ik04]

Learning in a 180 is almost cheating. It is such a lumbering beast, you don't need to jab and poke as much as the lighter planes. I flew 185s in the bush in Western Alaska and love that airplane!

[@ericmuetterties1984]

Very cool to get endorsed in a 180! I still need to get mine. Over 200 hours tricycle...

[@patwall8178]

Great video! Will you be going to Oshkosh this year? Any Meet and Greets ?

[@bernardanderson7569]

I have 50 hours in tailwheel aircraft of different types and my favorite one of all is the Cessna 180 and hopefully I'll get to get back in one sometime

[@jasongates5576]

Very cool! Jamie is a good family friend and I’ve spent a lot of time with him, wasn’t expecting to see him on KZbin this evening!

[@williegillie5712]

Here I thought your video was about your tail wheel coming off. I’ll have to read the title a little better next time. I got to visit Alaska when I was younger. Both Anchorage and Homer. Beautiful scenery and the moose were everywhere.

[@AkPacerPilot]

Nice. Practice strip is the first place I landed off strip. It’s literally nicer than most gravel strips. :-) At one point I saw picnic and thought that’s where you guys were gonna land... I was like... that ones a bit rough for first off field.. lol Well cool video... cooler flying!

[@NJ-Tech]

Amazing job, that looks too much fun!

[@markchamberlain6607]

You looked a lot more relaxed than in your last video. I hope you can get your bush license. I see no problem with it.

[@dfiegel421]

I'm jealous now Doc!! One of my bucket list items to fly in Alaska. I had a offer to be a bush pilot, but stayed put with the family. Good job!

[@jamesbrey1719]

I think your falling in love with Alaska. !!! 😍😍😍

[@sonikhanem]

James Brey hah! Might be a lil late for that 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@allison6354]

That last notch of flaps always gets me too (I usually try to get it in on a turn to final so it has a bit less pressure on the control surfaces) I need to do more arm workouts 😂😂😂

[@sonikhanem]

lol its a problem.. i need to start lifting weights before I go to Alaska next time.

[@Mario-dg5jz]

Iam so proud on you for doing thats on your own 👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@jasongriffin7087]

Really impressed badass

[@BlazinMonk]

My little sister looks up to you! She's 11.

[@slreight]

Hello! New subscriber. Saw you flying with Steveo over on his channel and decided to come over and check out yours. Great videos and nice job getting the tailwheel endorsement.

[@flycubfly]

Looks like your at the Knick Glacier . Lots of fun isn’t it ?

[@ericjohnstone5771]

Awesome Sonia!

[@akbareidi376]

Good videos ,and good name too, Khanoom pilot.i am cirrus sr22 pilot,and enjoyed your videos kheili

[@spaert]

Well, that was fun! Nothing like low and slow. Great job with that tail dragger - I'm thinkin' you'll probably pull up stakes and move to Alaska now. They're always crying for doctors up there! You can spend your off time bush flying, pushing the limits of a Skywagon or something similar. I'll betcha that's what's gonna happen next.....

[@stuebh17]

Awesome video keep up the great work 😁👍

[@copflyer6569]

For a simple looking airplane, it doesn't appear that simple to fly. I made the mistake of applying the brakes too soon on my x-plane sim and it was time to get a new prop! Great video as always.

[@joejody7814]

Nice airplane , beautiful scenery. I'm thinking landing on gravel must be sweeter thanlanding on wet grass. Like a field of ball bearings immune to any AC drift... Gracious intro to Tail wheel. Your eyes off the runway during roll out proves that. Go get in a Stearman and do that on pavement and then put that up on KZbin.

[@AviatorZone]

Awesomeness! Need to go to do off airport flying!

[@sonikhanem]

Aviator Zone float flying in the bahamas counts as off airport too! Haha 🙌🏻

[@josesbox9555]

I had no idea Blossom flew airplanes. Jusssst kidding.

[@1fillmanw]

Looking forward to taking more lessons Jamie....

[@Deltax156]

Awesome video. Your livin my dream👍😂

[@MrJwarren100]

Top notch.

[@gomphrena-beautifulflower-8043]

Beautiful backcountry and can’t imagine seeing it from your perspective. So proud and refreshing to go along, especially with a female pilot! (Brag, brag lol)

[@sonikhanem]

gomphrena thank you for coming along. This was a beautiful message to wake up to !

[@bernardanderson7569]

Nicely done

[@MarceQ01]

Hermoso lugar! Muy lindo avión. Saludos Sonia!! ✌

[@raymondkoonce5827]

Well done, young lady. Remember that any of the Cessnas from 180 to 421 are much easier if you get used to trimming throughout the flight. Either that or develop the muscles of Hercules. :-)

[@rgetso]

I get nervous when the instructor is white-knuckling the "Oh Shit!" bar. Your flying is improving with every video. Love your glasses...

[@samuelwarner9411]

Aw man, I missed ya! I was just there!

[@DirtNerds]

looking Good! ; 0 ~ looks like fun!

[@shawnmccrary5526]

That’s the practice Strip mid river Knik Valley.

[@MerlinspopTBH]

I love watching a person’s eyes when they’re really focused. Yours are pretty easy to watch. Nice job flying! I bet your seat was pretty far forward which made that last notch of flaps so tough unless you’re a professional arm wrestler.

[@sonikhanem]

i was pretty focused indeed! thanks for watching =)

[@jrbarber7]

Nice work Sonia. Now you know why "Real pilots fly taildraggers."

[@ralphmadera4366]

Is always refreshing to watch a video of not only a beautiful lady but intelligent 🤓 too,a really hard to find combination.

[@robertjennings397]

What a catch, eh?

[@gregdalton3517]

Definitely made it look like fun..!

[@Bushmasterpilot]

I like the supercub dubb in videos, lol black cowl top

[@gimiesome]

Good job young lady.

[@billrandell4641]

Go girl!!

[@bernardanderson7569]

Directional controls is the key

[@wajidmajeed7773]

Beautiful

[@Raghav07-RR]

Wow nyc driving