USA Tour in a Cessna - Part 1

See the USA... in a Cessna! In August of 2014, I embarked on a 6,000-mile, 20-States-in-39-days tour of the Midwest & Southeast in a Cessna Skylane. There were visits with old friends, return trips to cities & airports I used to live in and fly out of decades ago, and 5 NASCAR races on successive weekends. This is Part 1 of the series. I recorded approaches & landings at each airport with a GoPro camera and edited each video entirely on an iPad, primarily as an archive for myself, but am posting them on KZbin for those interested in any of these destinations, or cross-country flying in general...enjoy! Routing in this video: PSP-ABQ-APA-SUS-AZO-GRR-AZO-EYE (not shown)-BKL.

[@wadahabbasher]

Amazing video, keep up the informative hq videos

[@bombud1]

i dont understand why you dont have a couple hundred thousand views. these videos are great. (starting IFR training soon) your info is direct and to the point. im subbed and thumbs up every video. have a good day!

[@GarryWing]

bombud1 These vids are mainly for my students use. I'm sure I'd "magically" get more views if I added pre-roll adverts, but that's not what these are all about....

[@parallelburrito]

I plan to make a very similar trip. Thanks for sharing.

[@Recovering_Californian]

Love the ipad setup. What a great idea! I'll have to try this.

[@ekim61]

Thanks for sharing! Really cool to see and hear all the different aerodromes. From Mike, Australian student pilot.

[@erichert1001]

A "smidge towards the south", LOL!

[@yahtzee1004]

Wish I knew you were coming into Centennial, Co. I could have bought you lunch at Perfect Landing restaurant. Enjoy your video's. Very informative. Going to restart my training in a couple months. Have to save the $$$ so I can finish it all this time.

[@ItsAllAboutGuitar]

"Is 'smidge' in the ATC/Pilot phraseology handbook?" lmao

[@sleepyhorses6100]

dude you're definitely hypoxic when talking to denver!

[@runway929]

Video's are great but pls stop gear coming up, you have fix gear boss. Starting IFR training. Thanks

[@GarryWing]

+Ken Franklin *Noooooo.* You _always_ want to remember the gear, whether it moves or is welded. I even check it in the Cub... our club lost a perfectly good Arrow a few months ago because _both_ the CFI and the complex student forgot those gear checks. Learn it now, or pay later, junior!