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- *1500 statute miles because that sounds more impressive. In actuality, this was 1300+ nautical miles. The entire trip took 2 days and 15 hours of flying. Of course a lot gets cut out such as preflight, runups, etc. Flying safely is always my first priority; videoing comes second, so there are a few missed shots I would have liked to have gotten. Compared to the C150, the Champ seems a lot less comfortable and a lot more tiring over long distances. On the leg between Mineral County and Ephrata I got no handheld footage because it was so rough going, and by the very last leg? Ya girl was TIRED! Haha. I sure would love to have a Champ of my own! I think it will always be my favorite "fun" airplane to fly. I hope you enjoy this video!
Wonderful video!!! We fly a 1947 Champ over @low_lead and know exactly what you mean about no-bounce gear. We joke that you get to land twice on them. They can feel really squishy wheel landing in gusts. Mashing them on to load them up quickly seems best in stiff winds.
Yep! There is the touch down, then the second settle. 😂 They are wonderful to land even still.
@@amywhite375 They are just so fun. Ours is an L-16A with the original military no bounce oleos - those have a crazy amount of travel. I'm so tempted to replace them with bungee gear but committed to keeping this original. Have you ever seen the original no bounce test video? 😂th-cam.com/video/xfmjtlvK9_s/w-d-xo.html
Good as they are, I removed the no bounce for ski use. They caused the skis to sit at bad angles, nose in and on a angle unless you use limiter straps to basically prevent the oleo from hitting full length. Conventional gear is better if you use skis and wheels. But the no bounce are good for that drop onto wheels.
@@SyphenHouse Agreed for ski use. Also they are hard on soft tires as the track width changes under load. Fun video of loading them up on grass in ours: th-cam.com/video/PZ_1jmpElfM/w-d-xo.html
@amywhite375 You are, still flying within the suspension's travel elevation, I think.
I'm an older pilot that watches a million flying videos. This is the first video I've seen of yours and it kind of got to me. There is something so unpretentious about your attitude. The video is very well put together - it tells a complete story. And I didn't even hate the music. This whole video is just so refreshing and impressive. You've really got a knack for this. Subscribing and looking forward to more! Going to check out your other videos.
I’m an older non-pilot but a 70 year old Air Force brat I agree with @gawebm great video. 👍
Glad you like it!! I have several similar ones on my channel you may enjoy if you like this sort of thing. Thank you! :)
I agree with those nerds Amy, hahaha, because I am one too. Great job, thanks for bringing us along ❤
@gawebm I highly recommend going back and watching all her videos in order. We have a true artisan pilot here, and that (pardon the reverse pun) down-to-earth quality permeates all her work.
Great work here! Thanks for sharing! New subscriber and can’t wait to watch more of your videos!
People make a big deal out of getting a tailwheel endorsement nowadays. When I solo'd a Champ Citabria on my 16th birthday in 1968, I thought tailwheels were the only way to go. Landings and takeoffs felt so natural. I have to thank my instructor for imparting great stick and rudder skills back then. Great video! Thanks for taking us along. Nothing like flying a high-wing Champ! Mandan, SD? ha ha, my mom grew up on a farm near there.
Loved my 1946 "Air knocker" most fun flying ever. 👍
I loved your trek across the country in your 152. I wish more people did adventure videos like yours. It shows the fun and excitement of the unknown and what GA aviation should be. Another great video!!!
Thank you very much!
Watched this video with my 5YO granddaughter in prepping her for her first flight in my own Champ 7AC. She was intrigued the entire time. Well done! Thanks for sharing.
Hope she loves her first plane ride!
Hi Amy,
I have been following you for 3 years now. I'm a huge fan of your video's. You're a great stick and rudder pilot. I remember several video's ago that you said you did not like being on camera. Hang in there, you have a great speaking voice and are good on camera. I like the tunes and the editing. Please don't wait so long between postings.
Jack
Thanks Jack! The everyday grind makes it hard to do regular videos, but airline life supposedly gets better with seniority. I'm already seeing positive changes, such as being able to make this video! I appreciate you following along.
Thanks for the ride, Amy.
You bet! Thanks for watching!
What a beautiful little Champ! Great video Amy.
My gosh, it was gorgeous. I miss it! Thanks for watching.
Always loved the Aeronca Champ. My Dad owned one in the early/mid 60's. N3651E. 1947 Champion he bought from the Pendleton Flying Club near San Diego, CA. We did a lot of flying in that plane. He kept it at Cable Airport. Good memories just like you'll look back on this flight some day. Wishing you a happy flight and gentle skies.
I love hearing all the Champ memories! They are really something special.
My father in law restores old birds like this
OMG, Amy, you posted a nostalgia bomb! In the late-80's, just after college graduation, I barnstormed my Champ all around North America for a long summer. I met great folks, learned a ton about flying, and had a blast sleeping under the wing in some fantastic places. At one point, pushing against a headwind in Wyoming at full throttle, I recall cruising at 50 feet beside the highway, sharing a laugh with a trucker as he passed me. I've flown a lot of airplanes since then, but the Champ was in many ways the most fun! Thanks for posting.
Way back when, My first airplane I purchased was a 7AC champ. Thanks for the Vedic. Brought back many many fond memories. She is a beautiful one. ENJOY. GUY
The first video I watched of yours you were going west in your 150… I grew up literally across the street from KANE… so it was fun to watch the departure scenes “fly” by… great images and thanks for taking us along.
That's cool! Tis a small world for sure. Thanks for following along!
I owned an old 7DC champ with a sick warn out cont 85 back early 70's. It was a pile of junk, rotten fabric, needed restoration, but we flew that thing all over the place, so low at times we could read the road signs. Your video brought back a lot of fond memories of that airplane. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed! Hard to beat a Champ for having fun.
Enjoyed the flying. Thanks!
Thank you!
Thanks for the adventure Love your music.
Thanks. This a the first time trying out licensed music instead of pulling copyrighted songs off my personal playlist. I tried to keep it close to the same vibe!
Good to see you back.
This video was so awesome!! Thank you for taking the time to film and edit your trip to share with us! Hoping I can have even half the level of gusty crosswind landing skills you have someday!
Thank you Stevie!! I’m really glad I took the time to sit down and edit it. It’s not perfect, but I am seeing a lot of people enjoying it and sharing their champ stories and it really warms my heart!!!
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HI AMY. I'm an 81 YO guy that went for my 1st ride in a piper tri pacer when I was about 10 years old in 1952. The pilot owner was a very close friend if my Dads and took me up to fly over our house in Forest Grove, Oregon. After that flight I always wanted to fly a plane by myself. At 44 Yrs old I started taking lessons and got my private pilots license at 45. I flew mostly out of Paine Field in Everett Washington and also out of Gig Harbor WA when I lived there for about 3years. I really enjoyed this excellent video of you great adventure in your champ. I'll be checking some of your others as well. Thank you for sharing this!
Wow! Fun and so relaxing watching your video, nice music too,,👍
It was my first time trying licensed music from musicbed. Totally not what I'm used to, but hopefully will allow me to make enough money to buy some new GoPro batteries etc. I'm glad you liked it!
@@amywhite375 What can we, as viewers, do to help boost that income?
Nice flight of freedom.
Power on.
I'm watching from Japan.
Thank you for the air-rides, Miss.
Great video Amy. I learned to fly in a 1946 Champ 47 years ago when I was still in high school. My father learned to fly in her, and so did my son. I still own her. 20 years ago, I flew her from Perth to Sydney, a trip of 2,000 miles which took me five days, and some sketchy strips. It was my son's introduction to GA flying and he was just 16.Great little plane.
Wonderful story. Champs are great family airplanes in that sense!
Amy, what beautiful photo moments WoW shows the story of long distance flying. Well done!!! I've got a chief that's needing restoration.. makes me want to do things .. but I'm not .. thank you for this video it was very well done !! @73 choices .. thanks Ed in Phoenix writes.
Hope your restoration hangar is air conditioned! Lol, that might help with motivation!
Great video. What an adventure. I have a 7AC and was happy to see you flying the Aeronca properly, low and slow. I love my plane, but they can wear you out. Congrats.
It's a great plane to remind you that flying is supposed to be fun. Not fast, not efficient, but FUN! After 15 hours, it was evident to me again!
@@amywhite375 Surely not *more* fun that Woodstock, though, right?
Woodstock is a more practical fun, but not as fun for the pure enjoyment of being aloft above the trees with the window rolled back and the C90 knocking through the air. :)
"somebody put the nosewheel on the wrong end" - sir, this an aircraft, not a shopping cart.
Nose wheels are for grannies. 😂
I wasn't even sure how to reply. 🤣
simple reply is " real pilots have the 3rd wheel in the back". Welcome back to the PNW.@@amywhite375
Sweet! I remember the 150 days……
You are keeping it old school!
And that is cool! 👍🇺🇸
Oh yeah! Nothing better.
Great video! Good job, Lil' Lady! Thank you so much for sharing! I love the Champ and have flown at least three of them and a few of its newer cousins. A lot of fun, to be sure!
I own 9097B which, like this one, was originally a 7FC but they converted it back to a tailwheel config around 1964. This is true of most of them because the tricycle gear version was not very popular and there are very few of them left that have not been converted. The "no=bounce" gear takes a while to get used to but it can do some amazing stuff. The Champ can be more comfortable if you get a decent memory foam seat cushion, the original was only good for about an hour. Still, it beats the heck out of a Cub.
Beats a cub all day long. All of the fun with twice the comfort.
@pi.actual "the original was only good for about an hour" ROFL!
my first ride in a small plane was in a TriChamp (7FC) … a brand new one. I looked for new for quite a while but they were to expensive at that time. I flew and owned a tailwheel airplane , a Talorcraft model 20 . that was fun flying.
This gal is a kindred spirit for sure! I'm another older pilot who still enjoys pure simple flying in my 1940 Porterfield. Noticed her GPS was indicating 71 kts, same as my ol bird. Low n slow is the way we go. Wish I was her age again I might have made the 1,850 sm trip to OSH this year instead of succumbing to mountain turbulence and turning back. More power to you Amy, and keep that champ flying, don't ever let go of it, you'll regret it. Happy landings young lady
I’m afraid I was only ferrying it. Would love to have one of my own some day!
Thanks for a most interesting flight! Being an old (now 84) guy who learned to fly in a J3 Cub this rekindled many memories! Stay safe!
Bob
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you for creating and sharing this video. Really well done (and awesome planning and flying)! It's the first of your videos that I've watched, and I look forward to watching the rest. I trained and soloed in a Citabria (but didn't earn a license) and both of my instructors owned Champs. It was great fun flying vicariously with you. Thanks again!
I forgot to say: I loved you giving a little boop on her spinner : )
Amy, you have got this natural authentic no BS attitude, that is so refreshing and different from most others ... and your comments crack me up. Brilliant!
Thank you! I’m really glad you liked the video. :)
@@amywhite375 Loved it - Greetings from Munich, Germany
Nice job handling the airplane in the wind, and making a great video! I even enjoyed the music, and I’m 65! You have a great demeanor for this and are fun to watch.
Champ is the all time cutest little thing ever! I took mt PPL in one. Loved it.
They are the best!
Great video! A trip like that would be amazing!!
Thank you!
OMG what a fun video. Very nicely done. Old champs are not much on bells and whistles, but at least you had a starter!!
Love your videos Amy. Been following your channel since you left the east coast. Keep them coming. Dave
Thank you!
Many years ago when my Dad first got his pilot's license, he flew a Champ. He told me how much better it was than a Piper Cub because of electric start and other features. Brings back old memories. Thanks for sharing.
I’ll always pick Champ over Cub for comfort. :)
nice I found this to be so very enjoyable. The Music was so Alive it fit the flight! I never got my private but I still watch flying videos. When I was taking my lessons for private I flew a tomahawk i think it was built by Gruman. Thanks,.
First ride was in a champ at 4 years old, 73 now and still crazy about airplanes. Love the old Champ. Qwned a Stinson for 20+ years. I had a hangar at ANE and lived about 1 mile from there. Great video Amy. Such a relaxed personality you have.
Beautiful scenery, great editing! Thanks for sharing 🍁❤️🛩️
I appreciate that!
I used to deliver Citabrias, Champs, and even a Jodel BB in the late 60's and early 70's. I was 19 when I did my first. Needless to say that was a very special time for me. Amy, you took me back and it feels soo good.Thank you! What a gorgeous Champ!
Thanks for sharing! I love delivering airplanes. Especially when it takes me somewhere new.
Enjoyed the flight, thanks. Appreciated that you subtitles the airports. Fly safe.
No problem! Sorry about the typo at Glendive. Must have been distracted when typing that one out!
Looked like an epic adventure
A much needed one!
w00T! Been wondering if you were ever going to find time to do TH-cam again -- Love your compilations!
Thanks so much!
Awesome video! And I love adventures like this!!
Thank you. :) Me too!
Thank You.. It was a great trip. I felt like I was in the back seat. I learned to fly in 1972 in a 1946 Champ. It was only 60 hp with no starter. You made my day, again thank you.
So glad you enjoyed it!
Oh my, now that's what adventure's are made of. Wishing you fair winds and blue skies.♥️♥️🛩️
Thank you!
Low and slow. I can't imagine a better way to go. Actually see things. I envy you on this trip.
It was so beautiful!
Thank you Amy beautiful video as always, hope you share more of your adventures soon.😎
Thank you! I’ll definitely try.
The Spokane to Cascades leap is brutal. Never stop betting beat up. And landed at my home airport!! W28!
EVERY. DANG. TIME!!! I have never flown across that stretch of wretched land without being miserable. 🤣
Another great video Amy, thanks!
I just bought a Cessna 140. I am excited to go on some adventures soon! :)
YES!!! Congratulations, that is awesome!
Nice! I just bought a Champion Citabria and I feel the same as you. Just waiting for the weather to improve. Flew 8hrs in January but itching to fly so much more.
Very awesome video Amy, I miss flying with ya! How about a "what I'm doing now video" ? I know you like to be private but your new career path is really inspirational! Take care!
Hope you get back into flying asap!! When you do, keep me updated on your progress; I’d love to hear it. :)
What a fantastic video. I know other have mentioned but I can’t help but agree, that this video captures the true spirit of general aviation. The adventure and the people of this wonderful community. Thank you, from a fellow SkyWesty!
So glad you enjoyed it!! It was a MUCH needed reminder of some enjoyable low and slow stick and rudder flying.
As always your videos make me go pull my plane out and go flying
Please do! Glad I can help.
Awesome video again Amy. Great footage and editing. Beautiful scenery everywhere. Love the P51. The guy at 18:17 ROFL :D The landings in that thing looks pretty hard, your joystick and feet are all over the place. Tiny planes are cool tho, can look down on both sides without passenger seat next to you. Epic adventure, all the way on your own. Great job!
Definitely a lot more work with my hands and feet. Probably a little over controlling when I was coming into W28, but I really wanted to make a good landing. 😂
Thanks, I really enjoy your flying and the music. I should have hired you to fly my 172 here..
Anytime! Just let me know!
That's a pretty plane! I'm jealous!
It was so gorgeous. I miss it already!
Great video and nice flying!
Thanks!
You ALWAYS have the best music! This is a joy to watch, as always. Thanks for sharing
Great job, Amy. A lot of additional work, videoing. Thanks so much for sharing! So is ferrying airplanes a new hobby? Good luck!
Ferrying has always been a favorite of mine! Would love to do more, but I have a lot of irons in the fire. Before any Part 91 flying can be done, I'm dedicated to showing up rested and ready for my 121 job, first and foremost!
@@amywhite375 Absolutely, stay focused. Thanks and fly safe!
Thanks for another awesome glimpse of your adventures, Amy! Loved it!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Good flight Amy. I thought it might be a two part video but things sped ahead faster than your true ground speed. That's the second time you got hammered by headwinds on a XC flight.. but not as bad as your two days in Lexington. Wow 11 years and full time... but you still find time for grass roots aviating!
There’s nothing better! It was a great reminder that flying is fun for the sake of flying. :)
Beautiful trip, Amy! Nice to meet you briefly at Oshkosh.
That gusty landing early in your traverse of Montana looked pretty lively. Excellent flying! And then for the Champ to be bedded down with a P-51! So awesome 😎
Yes it was! These low and slow trips are always awesome. 🙌🏼 More stops=meet more people and see more new places.
I’d love to fly across America that way. There’s a lot more usable airfields with more facilities than here in Australia.
I am really appreciating your videos. I show them to students before ground school class starts to remind them of why we fly!
"Low" and slow across the country. Great memories, thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
I learned how to fly in a 1946 Luscombe 8A. I LOVE tailwheel flying! I've got to say...your landings were very impressive and consistent. I know you criticized yourself on the last one, but all of them looked really nice.
Thank you very much!
I've watched this video a couple of times now. I sure am glad you posted again, I really like your videos. It's good content & I think they are very well photographed. My favorite is still the flight when you bought Woodstock & flew back to WA. Thanks again for putting up another video.
Incredible!!! Great ferry flight. I’m recovering my Citabria right now and am really jonesing for some low and slow tailwheel flying. This gives me a little goose to get it ready before Oshkosh and take off enough time to make the trip in it from Seattle. Beautiful little champ and great landings!
Thank you! Best of luck with the Citabria. :)
Wow! If the last was your worst, you know how to drag a tail! Great video and great adventure flight! -Steve
Beautiful flight, great video and commentary, got my tail wheel training in a champ and bought a luscombe. Love the champs and old low and slow airplanes. Stay safe
Lovely! Great editing and music! Always great little tunes! Thanks!
Thank you too!
I took my first flying lesson in a ‘46 7AC at a small field in Boardman, Ohio. The first landing was very challenging but I got it down. I switched over to a Piper Colt. Got my PPL in a Cessna 152. I went off to college at Mount Union in Alliance where I discovered the Aeronca’s were built in Alliance I still like to see them and your video is a great memory refresher. Really nice job editing and including your landings. You have mastered the tail wheel. Bravo!
Very nice. Great camera work and nice music too! I once did a cross country in my Chief from Quebec City to Stephenville, NL. It was a trip of a lifetime and your video helps to bring back these memories! Thanks for sharing your adventures.
There's nothing like the good old 7AC Champ.
Just bumped into this video which was absolutely magical! Thank you for doing it Amy
Great to see you back doing a video. 👍
It was a little overdue I agree!
Those Champs are such a beautiful airplane no matter what other airplane is on the ramp my eyes just focus in on the Champ.
I’ve traversed your route about 5 times after my family moved to Tacoma from St. Paul, by car/motor home and flown it by airliner a few times. Amy you got the best view of the great planes by small airplane. Thanks for the views.
Wow...I've missed your videos, your style is very unique from others, very relatable as a pilot that flies slow : ) Time to catch up on what I've missed. Good to see ya again!
Thanks very much!
P51!! My favorite plane!
I tried not to drool on it. 😂
Hello Amy. Another great video and adventure. Thank you for taking us along. I always look forward to your videos.
Thanks! Glad you liked it. :)
Thank you for bringing us with you. Loved being back up in a Champ. Beautiful little airplane while not the fastest it was a joy to watch you flying and it reminded me of my learning to fly years ago in SoFla. I was enthralled to see your map. In my day we used a folded chart and marked waypoints.
You are a pleasure to watch as you fly and comment. A friend of my father owned and flew an Aeronca, don't know what model, early sixties where I grew up, among the mountains in Chile. All the best and stay safe.
I like your thinking on fuel, better in the tank then looking when in need.
I love me a full gas tank.
@@amywhite375 I remember the one vid where you had to hit three stops to find fuel. Definitely easier to fly on fuel than air!
I was born to fly but got sidetracked and had a career in the Navy as a radioman. This is the next best thing to flying. Subscribed.
Welcome aboard! I'll try to put out more regular videos.
What a fun adventure! Thanks for taking us along. I see you haven’t posted in a while. I assume life got in the way. Hope you return. Great channel and content!
I stumbled on your video (because I'am a aviation fan) enjoyed the music and how you showed the scenery along the route , good job !
Glad you enjoyed it!
Wow this video blew up! looks like a awesome trip. Bringing a straight tail 172 back from MI to OR next week :) Your videos are always so well filmed and edited. Safe Skies!
Welcome back Amy
Fun video. Brought back memories of tail wheel training in a ‘42 Champ. The fuel gauge was a float on a rod that stuck out of the gas cap.
The first Champ I flew was also like that. It was technically restored as an L-16. Thanks for watching!
Nice to see you posting again Amy. I love your music selections. The ring looks awesome. Hope to see you again soon.
Thank you! I do love my ring. :)
Amy, that was a great vid. Awesome scenery, great content, good editing, great route planning, awesome piloting, and I just love your little Champ! Great job young lady! I’m impressed! 😎🇺🇸
A fantastic adventure, thanks for taking us along and seeing your travels makes me regret not finishing flying lessons 25 years ago!
It's never too late to start back up! Thanks for watching. :)
My uncle had an Aeronca many years ago. We lived in different states, so I only got to fly with him a few times. Great memories. Great video!
They are special airplanes for sure!
Great riding along on this beautiful flight! Thank you for sharing. Great music choice too
I feel like this is a chapter out of Zero Three Bravo. Thanks for the fun video!
Never heard of that book but now I want to read it. Thank you!!
I'm so happy to see another video from you! I've been following you since your cross country in the 150. I really enjoyed this one as I have a few hours in a Champ myself.
So glad you liked it!
Love your music selection Amy.