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[@darrengladstone3159]

I appreciate this channel for not trying to inject drama or clickbait titles. "This is the plane we are visiting" followed by an excited owner doing most the talking.

[@EdwardTrusky]

I had my 1st ride in a navion, in February, 1954. I was 2 months old. My dad and his best friend owed one.

[@kristensorensen2219]

That giant speaker is how it was done. No headsets back in the 50s.

[@joeroscillo4015]

Great job Dakota! Nice seeing you at the controls! The craft looks heavier than it flies and super fast wheels down!! Enjoyed coming along!!

[@Pilotc180]

I have lots of Navion time, owned one and love them👍 Take care of the old girl-

[@adambrink4475]

Wonderful plane

[@boomersudden6257]

Great job Dakota. Great plane thanks for sharing it with us Keith.

[@cessnaace]

I have a brother that owns a 1949 Navion A. He loves it. He let me handle it for a few minutes. A totally different experience to what I was training in - A Cessna 150 Aerobat and a 152.

[@datrem4197]

Great work, Dakota 👏

[@boogerwood]

So great meeting you at Alliance! We then flew down to Port Lavaca and ran into a friend of yours, Jeremy, who, of course, has a Navion!

[@kristensorensen2219]

Great quality machine!!

[@surfart5448]

ANOTHER GREAT EP

[@waynesegedie146]

Another great video

[@ecostatic5739]

Thank you, Dakota. That was enjoyable😊

[@larryrobinson8427]

Great job Dakota introducing us to the Navion. I must admit a love of the Navion. When I was in college at MTSU pursuing my Aerospace degree, my professor Dr Jean Jack ( God rest his soul) donated the use of his Navion to use for the Flight Testing 400 level course where we flew once or sometimes twice a week and attended classroom once a week to trade flight data designed to answer 12 specific questions relating to aircraft performance at the extremes of the flight envelope. The extreme stability of the aircraft was amazing, although we determined a divergent yaw stability due to the very small vertical stabilizer. The aircraft also had a VARIABLE PITCH PROP, not a constant speed prop, which required us to pay close attention to power settings in different flight conditions. This brings back great memories of understanding aircraft design and performance, which helped me later in my airline career of 36 years.

[@jimmykingsborough6549]

The Navion is the nicest riding low wing aircraft, due to the dihedral of the wing. No yaw like the V tail and straight tail bonanzas. One suggestion.....I love watching the landing gear go up....if you could include the entire cycle up and down,....love it.

[@bobhamilton298]

The Ft. Ritchie flying club out of Hagerstown MD had two of these back in the 70's. One kept in flying condition. My dad and I got it up to 200 MPH indicated in a shallow dive. We loved flying the plane.

[@spikestubbs210]

That's a blast from my past. Used to stay at the Ritchie BOQ when I was in an Army Reserve Aviation Unit at Hagerstown back in the early 90's.

[@JulianJacobs100]

Nice one Dakota. 😎

[@alleng9681]

Dakota you rock !

[@shopart1488]

Nice job Dakota!! fun airplane

[@woofersd2383]

Awesome airplane. Keith seems like a pretty cool dude. Wish we could have seen a couple of his photos. Thank You Dakota.

[@johnmccormick175]

Thank you Keith and Dakota beautiful plane ,thanks for sharing and stay safe.

[@kellybasham3113]

Love your videos

[@charlesmitchell702]

Dakota I love it when you take control of the aircraft and fly it....Great show Dakota....keep them coming young lady.

[@mtweiss01]

Keith has the plane for sale at $68K. What a beauty. Wish I wasn’t relegated to LSA only for now.

[@USA-GreedyMenOfNoIntegrity]

That was the first civilian aircraft that I worked on as an A&P and flew in.

[@vhayden2057]

Great job Dakota !!!!! Keep us flying high.....

[@FPVREVIEWS]

I got to ride in a Navion once. and they let me fly it for a while. It handled well. Very memorable experience. :). there is no aerodynamic "Step". If what people are experiencing is even real, it might have to do with engine power curve, but not with the airplane. creating lots of lift even at a slightly negative angle of attack is completely expected at speed for thick airfoils with lots of mean camber.

[@keithwright4702]

Lol. We know that it's just a saying in the community

[@FPVREVIEWS]

understood. I've had that conversation with a few people, and most that I've talked to actually believed that a wing acts like a speedboat hull. I understand it could have different meanings. Just trying to help set things straight regarding the physics principles. Hey, I see it's your airplane, or you have a Navion. Very cool! I hope you make more videos with it! Well, I can hope. :). Subscribed! @@keithwright4702

[@jimmyoverly3512]

My man Bobby Doodles back in the air cream piein' the sky. Love it!

[@RaymondLeonard-z8m]

Excellent content and interesting storytelling. Another great episode. Thank you Dakota

[@apfelsnutz]

One NAvion pilot to another... you should have shown her the effect of FULL FLAPS on landing... missed opportunity... Excellent video ! There are so few really good ones out there... 45tj...Thanks ! Ron

[@mikeh720]

Great job Dakota! And thanks to Keith for taking us up and sharing his plane.

[@Rahhhhhnman]

Really nice old guy with a really nice old plane, pleasure to watch.

[@fraserwatt6417]

Lovely looking aircraft. A smooth flying aeroplane.

[@prestonmiller9552]

Navion has always been one of my favorite planes.

[@joebanoy]

That low angle shot from the left profile of you looks awesome! It reminds me of the drop ship pilot on the movie “Aliens” where she says “We’re in the pipe, 5-by-5…” 😎

[@markstovall8545]

Really nice plane. Thanks for showing it to me. You’re getting really good at presenting Flying Doodles.😊

[@johnbosler2211]

Awesome job Dakota

[@tetreaulthank4068]

Great Video ! Love the navion , always has been an all time favorite aircraft of mine.

[@garyevans5905]

Great job Dakota. So good to see you fly the plane.

[@RichardSchnepf]

Thanks for a wonderful video. I'm a retired Nation/owner pilot. Your video brings back great memories flying this ole' bird/

[@bernardanderson3758]

Dakota you have made a great choice in Aviation and flying in different types of Aircraft and especially in the Navion because I’ve been in one

[@FlyingNDriving]

Those navions are neat, kind of outclassed but still really freaking neat

[@glenngoodall802]

Lovely to see you Dakota when are you going to be back on Sailing Doodles you are very much missed 😍😍😍

[@Mrmanly1000]

Another great job on the video, you do a fantastic job drawing information from the owner! Keep up the great work.

[@HangarStudios713]

Love the Navions. Great video!!

[@TerryNew62]

Another wonderfully unique aircraft. Thanks Keith and Dakota. 👍

[@JCGible]

Thank you Dakota and Keith. ❤

[@daviddrake8433]

My uncle's Navion was the first airplane I flew in, as a child of about 4 years old.

[@bryankeith3651]

Appreciate the time put in the intro! You're really doing a great job Dakota! Stay out of the trees!

[@serverninjas]

Great interview. Thank you for taking us along.

[@andyghee6409]

Great job Dakota you rock woman ! Love ya 🌻❤️

[@toomanyhobbies2011]

Knew a couple of WWII pilots when I was a kid. Neither of them had any interest in flying, which I guess was about average for returning vets. Didn't work out so well for the small aircraft companies at that time.

[@Eugene05]

This man loves his plane! ✈️ very cool video!

[@bsylvia1]

Cool video & airplane. Thanks to both of you.

[@jaytroxel3495]

That was a fun one Dakota!! Great job!!

[@rl6222]

Nice video! Maybe it’s camera distortion, but looks like that nose strut could use a bit of inflation.

[@TheClassicQ]

Great content! Excellent!

[@hangfire6368]

You have become a great host Dakota.

[@rexcox8165]

great video,great plane..

[@darrenykema979]

nice bird might need to check if the nose strut need a recharge There wasn't a lot of extension left on powerup vs idle

[@apfelsnutz]

The POH says 1 5/16" at full gross... I keep mine at about 3" and the mains at 5" empty... only trouble is getting in, up on the wing...Lol !

[@keithwright4702]

Cold day. The nose strut was at proper extension.

[@davidduganne5939]

"On the step" is an OWT

[@foesfly3047]

Warmer weather would have made this video even better 😉

[@guitarman0311]

Couldn't help notice that the nose strut bottoms out when you apply the brakes...is this normal for the Navion?

[@jeffreyhughes7107]

“Like everyone else, my uncle worked in the space program…” I’m an outlier, all three of my uncles were firemen. I’m guessing I misunderstood him.

[@dongoins9121]

Very nice Navion. It was interesting to me that in cruise it gets on step like my Gruman Tiger. What model of Gruman did you fly, Dakota? Maybe you can come and fly mine if you like.

[@royedwards8713]

grat video 👌👌👌

[@ecostatic5739]

I've already posted that I enjoyed this video😊 I see that Dakota got 291k views for her first video. The trend is clearly downward and It's at 16k for the one 2 weeks ago. I assume that the bikini watchers have left, and that the flying enthusiasts remain. Nevertheless, the numbers are too low to be successful. Dakota, pse see what you can do! 🤔

[@saputramaulana7731]

👍🏼👍🏻💓❤

[@56Spookdog]

👍👍🇺🇸

[@TruckingToPlease]

Aircraft has 900lb of workable space. Why not sacrifice half that weight for 400lb / 50 gal of aux fuel. Seems limited at 13 g/per hour with limited fuel onboard.