The Superior Choice in Vintage Private Aviation Travel

[@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.

[@kristensorensen2219]

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

[@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.

[@mtweiss01]

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

[@Pilotc180]

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

[@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!!

[@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.

[@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

[@boomersudden6257]

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

[@USA-GreedyMenOfNoIntegrity]

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

[@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.

[@datrem4197]

Great work, Dakota 👏

[@adambrink4475]

Wonderful plane

[@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.

[@ecostatic5739]

Thank you, Dakota. That was enjoyable😊

[@kristensorensen2219]

Great quality machine!!

[@waynesegedie146]

Another great video

[@woofersd2383]

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

[@johnmccormick175]

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

[@surfart5448]

ANOTHER GREAT EP

[@shopart1488]

Nice job Dakota!! fun airplane

[@JulianJacobs100]

Nice one Dakota. 😎

[@kellybasham3113]

Love your videos

[@vhayden2057]

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

[@RaymondLeonard-z8m]

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

[@jimmyoverly3512]

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

[@glenngoodall802]

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

[@mikeh720]

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

[@alleng9681]

Dakota you rock !

[@charlesmitchell702]

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

[@johnbosler2211]

Awesome job Dakota

[@tetreaulthank4068]

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

[@HangarStudios713]

Love the Navions. Great video!!

[@markstovall8545]

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

[@prestonmiller9552]

Navion has always been one of my favorite planes.

[@fraserwatt6417]

Lovely looking aircraft. A smooth flying aeroplane.

[@garyevans5905]

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

[@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…” 😎

[@serverninjas]

Great interview. Thank you for taking us along.

[@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

[@Rahhhhhnman]

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

[@TerryNew62]

Another wonderfully unique aircraft. Thanks Keith and Dakota. 👍

[@Mrmanly1000]

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

[@bsylvia1]

Cool video & airplane. Thanks to both of you.

[@FlyingNDriving]

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

[@JCGible]

Thank you Dakota and Keith. ❤

[@bryankeith3651]

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

[@rl6222]

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

[@RichardSchnepf]

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

[@daviddrake8433]

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

[@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.

[@hangfire6368]

You have become a great host Dakota.

[@TheClassicQ]

Great content! Excellent!

[@jaytroxel3495]

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

[@rexcox8165]

great video,great plane..

[@Eugene05]

This man loves his plane! ✈️ very cool video!

[@davidduganne5939]

"On the step" is an OWT

[@andyghee6409]

Great job Dakota you rock woman ! Love ya 🌻❤️

[@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.

[@foesfly3047]

Warmer weather would have made this video even better 😉

[@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.

[@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! 🤔

[@56Spookdog]

👍👍🇺🇸

[@saputramaulana7731]

👍🏼👍🏻💓❤

[@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.