Poop Bag Bursting in a 210! Ferry Pilot Kerry McCauley Over Africa - InTheHangar

[@BakerStudiosIndy]

In best Sully voice: "Marrakesh Center, Cessna N210EX, we have a turd strike." LOL

[@TakingOff]

🤣

[@stevenhorney7735]

That's some wild and exciting flying! Looking forward to reading the book.

[@walterweigert9840]

Hi Christy, wlecome back! Even when the story is a little bit bizarr, you can always learn something new and with a decent memory it ptobably will help you out if you´re gone thru something like that. Nice story most pilots wouldn´t go thru. As always, cheers from NE Patagonia, Argentina.

[@KevinSmithAviation]

Another great episode Dan and Christy. What a story. Good thing he wasn't flying a pusher, the crap would have hit the fan for sure. 😂 Sorry, just couldn't pass up that opportunity. As always, I love the channel. Hope you both are doing well. Fly safe and keep the blue side up. 🤘🇺🇸🛩️✈️

[@matteogeem896]

What a story! Thanks for sharing.

[@Mrsournotes]

Book is a great read, my brothers have read it also. As the Car Talk guys would say, Kerry is made of that Special Stuff (as in Lawn Chair Larry)! And to have a business named Skerry Air, outstanding.👍🏽👍🏽

[@manowaari]

Oh man, awesome guest and stories. That's a baller pilot!

[@mikemorgan8792]

Had the laugh my rear off!! Even though it’s serious business, the light of it was just to amazing not to laugh with y’all

[@ChrisB257]

Now this was a story with a difference LOL. Can we say Kerry was very dedicated for a clean up! Wow - electrics gone - now that was hairy to say the least... must have been the longest time night flying ever, plus the following stresses. Seems a ferry pilot really earns the money. Pushing limits? Well, for me I'd reckon the one thing to never let happen is complacency, even with all that experience.

[@flyingkub]

I think you should fly to the edge of your comfort zone on a regular basis and if there is a good escape step out of it occationally, other wise the comfort zone shrinks. You must balance the risk with need and have an escape. Find your limits by creeping up on them not by jumping in, remember though you will not find your limit by sitting by the pool.

[@PiperAircraft]

I read the book, great stuff!

[@colinthepilot]

Pushing your limits is the only way to get better. When we're students, we might have a 5kt crosswind limit for solo. Then one day we have to land in 7kts, so we do it, and we learn, refine our skills. That applies to every facet of aviation. Sometimes we're able to plan a new limit, other times we get dealt a situation where we don't get to set the limit. As long as we survive it, we've learned and gotten better.

[@wingleberry1]

Welcome back, Christy! "Heavy" subject. :)

[@jessekiefer0206]

Kerry you love flying the airplane how often do you use the autopilot?

[@BraapZ]

🔥😎Marketing Genius with the “hook” in the title... 😳😜😂🤣

[@Mooney201er]

Once tossed a piss bag out the window of a piper arrow and it got caught on the fuselage mounted pitot tube for the automatic low speed gear extension. Gear came right down. Had to land to get that thing off. Learned never to toss anything since.

[@donc9751]

I bet his book has tons of great (and hair raising stories) stories and I'd live to read it! But I would never be a ferry pilot! Not even only in the USA! No way!!!

[@robandmannie]

That man has some stories! I need to get the book.

[@joro18d93]

Lights out at night. I fly night flights with a pair of safety glasses that have 2 lights that light the cabin very well. Pick em up at Lowe's for about $30.

[@hoffmanaeronautics6192]

Love a good story! Next reading assignment for Dan is “Fate is the Hunter” by Earnest Gann.

[@TakingOff]

Will check that out

[@AzTrailRider57]

@@TakingOff Good Book!!

[@TheRevelationRider]

Pushing your limits .... ?!!? Well I got a private license 30 years ago yet I'm a class1 truck driver for a living all that time . Would I want to have pushed all the weather etc that I have as a commercial driver ... Probably not . That's what kept me trucking . I worked on DC-3's as a mechanics helper when I first started flying and that was after 10 years of trucking at that point . I realized very quickly that if I thought trucking was bad Aviation was worse ... Potentially. So I stayed trucking . I regret not staying with the mechanical though . I love the old piston stuff and DC-3's still have a spot in my heart . The personal side to the story is I had others to think of and I knew if we went down in -40C weather in the North ... It's a done deal . Going to talk to the Lord kinda thing ... so . As I look back I know I made the right choice for me ... I guess but the love has always been there also . So back to the question ... If your commercial it's you got to learn to deal with it period . I have been through the worst of the worst weather but on the ground . I had no choice so I know exactly what Kerry is talking about along with mechanical failures as the most unlikely and unwanted times . They always happen on a Friday on the way home so to speak . So depending on your threshold for pain .... why let fear and good judgement hold you back . haha . But I could listen to the stories all day . Peace and God Bless you all . Stay safe .

[@ibgarrett]

Wow - watched for the poop story, stayed for the insane ferry stories… As for the limits. IMHO flying is all about lessons that don’t kill you. So far I haven’t been killed but I’ve learned about what to do and what not to do. Learning to fly is mostly about flying in good conditions, and the bad conditions are mostly theory but never practiced until you’re not under the direction of an instructor. Would I go flying over the Congo at night? Not a chance, but with enough experience it might be something I could reasonably plan to accomplish. Scud running at 700 feet AGL? I’m kind of a 2,000 foot scud running limit guy which is still bad practice under most circumstances. Regardless, each flight is about balancing the known risks and as Kerry said - have a back door open. And of course - fly the plane first. :)

[@christinewunder1672]

Super good show!

[@lockedin60]

Did Kerry buy a lottery ticket after that ferry? God was his co-pilot the whole trip!

[@lucky_one2]

Relentless pursuit of excellence for improving flying / decision making skills is a must for the private pilot...so that if a situation presents itself (challenge), your skills and experience can get you through. As you start to earn money...to get there, your character and habits will save your life and endear you to your customers.

[@ProPilotPete]

It still goes back to that saying there are old pilots and bold pilots, but there aren’t and old bold pilots. I think there is some truth to that. Eventually your luck will run out.

[@TakingOff]

#37

[@patrickheavirland3599]

Thats awesome!!

[@leeadams5941]

Pushing your limits is pretty much standard procedure for several different types of pilots. IMHO crop dusters, ferry pilots, and military pilots live it every day...how far to push your limits comes with experience. Most GA pilots never find that out or achieve the experience.

[@kimberlywentworth9160]

How did you do the yoga pose.

[@chuckcampbell3927]

It may be gutsy to poke your nose into a line of active T-Storms, But even with radar working for you one cell can have another hidden behind it. Embedded cells is anybody's guess! So you boldly go in where even angels would fear to tread And when you finally get spit out on the other side, Who knows how stressed that aircraft is now. The next person that has the opportunity to fly that plane May in reality be flying a plane that is severely weakened. This is especially true of rental aircraft that has been flown through severe weather and when the renter returns the plane without telling anyone; just ties that baby down and goes home. Old pilots/Bold pilots; BUT THERE AIN'T NO OLD "BOLD" PILOTS. 📖🛐🛫🛬🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🐆

[@magatica05]

If you push the limits, have the right equipment for a perfect situational awareness. My minimums are 1ms vis, clear of clouds. (FAR.135) alaska pilot here

[@challenger2aircraftadventures]

The only people who never push their limits, are the ones who sit at home and never venture past their front door. Pushing limits however, does not mean being reckless! Unfortunately pushing limits and being reckless is often thought of as the same.

[@Falc0n215]

So when my dad was flying SAR with the Coast Guard, they regularly would pour their old coffee out the cockpit window while in flight. He told me the trick they would use was to stick their hand out the window, palm flat to the oncoming air, to create a small vacuum. Then they would pour out their coffee behind their hand. Your hand might get a little wet, but it kept it from blowing back inside the cockpit. Use of this technique may have prevented bag rupture in this instance. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@TakingOff]

Interesting

[@paratyshow]

👍✅ sometimes S#ˆ% happens 🤣🤣🤣

[@gorgly123]

Bird strike, LOL.

[@jackfrost3573]

There is a check list for this sort of thing in an airplane!! 1. Denial - Blame 2. Open the window 3. Bombs away..... 4. Close window after adequate ventilation.

[@denny5564]

Why is Kerry sitting on the other side of the room ?

[@TakingOff]

Apparently there’s some kind of pandemic going on.

[@av8ir68]

I am not 100% positive, but I think the famous test pilot, Scott Crossfield died in his 210 from flying through thunder storms...... Wow!!! What a miraculous story!!! But, when you are delivering a plane for God’s work, it’s amazing how he will make a way to see that you make it in one piece, short of dinner!!! Great job and an even better story!!!!

[@tomdchi12]

I love Kerry's stories and his story telling, but I'm not going to adopt his personal minimums!

[@ecossearthur]

Double bag it!

[@rickclayburn9111]

No pushing your limits unless it is on a sim.

[@williambutler2177]

Get comfortable being uncomfortable, it's the only way to improve.

[@mikelovelady]

bad amazon link

[@tizwicky]

It's OK to push your limits but, YOU CAN NEVER BREAK YOUR LIMITS. Only you know and can decide what your skill sets and training will allow you to accomplish. Critical self assessment will keep you alive! If you don't or can't honestly answer those questions about yourself to yourself in the affirmative then don't do push your limits! Always have a Plan B, C, and D.

[@Wild_Bill57]

Turd strike!

[@johnnunez17]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️✈️😎

[@chrisdodge65]

This question is for Christy. What's the outcome of the lawsuit against that yahoo abusing your plane.

[@jsamsen]

Disclaimer: I haven’t read the book and my opinion is based on this video and comments in the reviews. I think this is sending the wrong message that flying, especially light GA aircraft is by wannabe risk takers and adrenaline junkies. The reviews often suggest this is book is highly recommended for pilots. Seems it could foster hazardous attitudes and poor ADM that CFIs and the FAA have been trying to address for some time now. Unfortunately highlighting a 20,000 hr pilot who managed risks appropriately through their career is not entertaining for most people.

[@ThurleighV2]

‘I’m a genius’ he says - dropping plastic bags into the ocean is totally irresponsible. Can’t believe anyone thinks that’s a great idea!

[@othername1000]

Just find a hungry dog?

[@gtm624]

That’s what you get fool! Smh. Don’t litter.

[@6StringPassion.]

What a load of crap.

[@tizwicky]

Ha ha....

[@kalebunruh6893]

Haha yeah no shit