Thanks for the memories…my uncle owned a 182 with the exact same classic paint job - and I flew with him back then when that model was only a few years old. He was a CFI and one heck of a pilot. His home field was a 1200’ grass strip, and he made some very lively
Thanks for taking me along virtually in your beautiful 3802D. Nice landing. Brings back lots of memories learning in a 7ac champ on a 2200 ft grass strip here in Pa many years ago!🤗
A beautiful skyhawk, turquoise and black, highly polished. Grass strip,your own hanger and a best tug! Don't get no better than this.I enjoyed this video and much respect to you. Thanks Mojo!
OMG preflight startup brought back so many memories. Love the sound of the O-470 continental 6 cylinders. They all seem to have the cold start hiccups, our 59 182 was exactly the same way, sounds so good. That panel gets the memories of our old girls flooding back, I miss them so much. Smiling during the whole video, I couldn't help it. thank you for posting such a great video, I so miss flying, especially the older cessna's, they have a character all they're own, an experience apart from the newer planes. I felt like I was there, just reliving my earliest days of aviation. Very satisfying video, great plane, loved it.❤❤ Oddly enough our 56 172 with the O-300 sounded the exact same way the O-470 did.🤔
Hi, what a beautiful Skylane. This airplane is awesome. I love it. What a treasure to find this one. Yes, I would keep the old radio also, even though this one got some weight I guess. 🤔 Maybe it’s a good idea to install a Garmin GI 275? It looks traditional and for IFR Flying it is a huge benefit. I agree, the rest should be traditional. Maybe the seats some day further. You live in Heaven. Old beautiful Skylane, private airstrip in a magnificent landscape, a Best Tug, how awesome is that??? Here in Europe no chance to live like that. Good luck to the plane and always happy landings. ☺️🙏👍🍀🙋♂️
The old girl sounds amazing on startup, no wonder she brings a smile to your face👍 Your friend's 150 really is a gorgeous aircraft👌Awesome video once again, Mojo really is a stunner👌Cool tug, sure makes life easier!
Love the straight tail 182's. We had a '56 model in our family in my teenage years. Yours looks totally original. Very nice. '57 or '58 model? Found your strip on Google Earth. Looks very nice. Livin' the Dream! Lucky you!
Just watched this and what a beautiful plane. And I know exactly where that strip is even though I'm presently in Cape Town, South Africa. Nice video....thanks for sharing.
I took my very first flight lessons in HS at Falcon Field. It’s changed a loooot. So has the destination airfield. There used to be an Aircraft Spruce and Specialty down the road a ways from your home field. I used to go there with my dad plenty. Good times.
Great and interesting video and I'll bet your really glad to have her home in a hangar. I think that's the best place for it when not flying. One famous guy flies a plane that got a bullet down through it while sitting outside. Nice place. Really cool to live with a hangar on property with private aircraft.
TH-cam suggested this video to me because I've been playing around with Microsoft Flightsimulator for the last few months. My father used to have a PPL, so I had some contact with the aviation-scene as a child, but I only flew a glider myself when i was 14-16. I followed your flight on a map to recreate it myself in the simulator (of course I won't name the airfield and I live much too far away for a surprise visit anyway :-) Greetings from Bavaria/Germany. My home airfield is EDNB Arnbruck.
Looks like you might have a custom nose strut. Maybe some info on the strut extension in some STC info/manual. Those early model 182's have an unusually long strut. From your video it looks really close to normal to me. Beautiful 182.
Hello a thank You for this very nice video - I love it 💗. Landing is very pretty and yes - no brakes on grass 😉 Very beautiful airplane and pilot, too 😊 Good work 👌
I wonder if you had the very last installed Lear radio. We had one of those in our ‘56 180 until Dad installed a Mk16 to go along with the Mk12 in the 1970s.
Mindy you will have to get Kevin and is mates to make you a runway out of plastic sheets the diameter of the plastic is 10mm think ideal if you can get some with some grip on them for the ice and rain. And make a nice gate way with lights. Philip is full of ideas take care and have fun phil.
I mindy hope you are well. And enjoying your weather. back in the UK the weather is beautiful as well. Nice little flight for you. Would love to come over to you.what a dream to be able to come over to you I have to learn to fly first it might be a while yet.plus I would never find your air strip you would have to put some thing like some balloons on the gate way of your strip.take care nice little vlog. Try to keep making your vlogs it is always nice to see you and Kevin.take care and have fun phil. Happy flying mindy. Phil.
I think you’ve been cleared for the TH-cam algorithm! You were the top suggested video when I opened YT this morning! Cool plane! I remember the first time landing on a grass strip with my instructor I thought he was joking that we were going to land on the grass on purpose. 😜
Beautiful 182! I really enjoy a polished airplane. When they look like yours, it makes all the hard work worth it.... Now I'm feeling like I need to polish mine, its not as a shiny as yours! Great video! Subscribed and Excited to see more!
7:30 - 8:20, Skyhawk flaps its wings like a wounded duck down short final, makes a landing that registers on the Richter scale, doesn't respond to a request for spacing. Probably a student, scared out of his mind, not listening at all, transmitting reflexively out of pure rote. Those are the ones, all you can do is lay back and give 'em space. To me, one of the underappreciated aspects of GA is the importance of analyzing little cues to figure out who can be trusted to be a bit closer to you in the air and who you, maybe, want to get the heck away from as quickly as you can. :)
You ever pop into Meadowlark? You guys have little strips all over the place in your area. Would make for a nice Sunday afternoon of field hopping. Fly safe!
Excellent flight! There’s a lot for pilots out there to learn from how you operate an airplane… except for you lack of patience! Would love to see a video of you flying out of a Class B airport and being number 10-20 for takeoff!
Looking good Mindy, you look great in that plane. Hey just think of all the fans that would come visit if you mentioned the name of your strip. 😃 Nice flight.
before avionics upgrade ... is that the original Lear VHF radio? OMG!! How many crystals do, uh, did, you have?? Did it still work can you listen to the AM radio on it? Could you pick up ATISs with it? Probably too much trouble though ... (I have a '56 180, we had that Lear radio for about 5 years from the time we bought it, until about 1966 when Dad bought a replacement Narco Mk12. I think it was '66 anyway.)
Nostalgia: My first flight in a small plane was in the same year/model as yours. Found out that my friend who took me up bought the plane back again recently...
On a busy day, I’ll sometimes taxi into position on the runway and hold for the plane that’s just landed to clear the active. But I only do this if the next plane in the pattern has not yet turned base. Downwind traffic can usually easily extend till after I begin my takeoff roll.
I’m surprised your old DG still works. Very cool. I wish mine did. I wonder if I can get that style rebuilt 🤔 I have a ‘65 C150 and just bought a ‘59 C172. The straight tail C182 is probably my favorite. Beautiful plane. Does your radio have GPS? Is it maybe a Garmin 430? Thx. Enjoyed the video
1st visit on your site… TH-cam recommended. Nice content - with real world issues. Beautiful airplane !! I’ll be following along with ya. I fly down to peach state aero (GA2) often for my soft field landing PLUS the restaurant is AWESOME!!! Fly safe and often. Scott KLZU
thanks for the new content to watch...it's nice to see pilots flying well and not editing out super important stuff..like checklists. One guy in particular claims he edits out the "boring" stuff but there sure are some long edits that would involve "boring" stuff that he doesnt do. Lots of new and prospective pilots watch these videos and it's pretty irresponsible to not show the "boring" stuff
Thanks for the memories…my uncle owned a 182 with the exact same classic paint job - and I flew with him back then when that model was only a few years old. He was a CFI and one heck of a pilot. His home field was a 1200’ grass strip, and he made some very lively
I love that original paint scheme. My family's first airplane was the same 1957 model C182 in the yellow and black. Thanks for the memories.
Thanks for taking me along virtually in your beautiful 3802D. Nice landing. Brings back lots of memories learning in a 7ac champ on a 2200 ft grass strip here in Pa many years ago!🤗
A beautiful skyhawk, turquoise and black, highly polished. Grass strip,your own hanger and a best tug! Don't get no better than this.I enjoyed this video and much respect to you. Thanks Mojo!
OMG preflight startup brought back so many memories.
Love the sound of the O-470 continental 6 cylinders. They all seem to have the cold start hiccups, our 59 182 was exactly the same way, sounds so good. That panel gets the memories of our old girls flooding back, I miss them so much. Smiling during the whole video, I couldn't help it. thank you for posting such a great video, I so miss flying, especially the older cessna's, they have a character all they're own, an experience apart from the newer planes.
I felt like I was there, just reliving my earliest days of aviation. Very satisfying video, great plane, loved it.❤❤
Oddly enough our 56 172 with the O-300 sounded the exact same way the O-470 did.🤔
Hi, what a beautiful Skylane. This airplane is awesome. I love it. What a treasure to find this one. Yes, I would keep the old radio also, even though this one got some weight I guess. 🤔 Maybe it’s a good idea to install a Garmin GI 275? It looks traditional and for IFR Flying it is a huge benefit. I agree, the rest should be traditional. Maybe the seats some day further. You live in Heaven. Old beautiful Skylane, private airstrip in a magnificent landscape, a Best Tug, how awesome is that??? Here in Europe no chance to live like that. Good luck to the plane and always happy landings. ☺️🙏👍🍀🙋♂️
The old girl sounds amazing on startup, no wonder she brings a smile to your face👍 Your friend's 150 really is a gorgeous aircraft👌Awesome video once again, Mojo really is a stunner👌Cool tug, sure makes life easier!
What a beautiful classic airplane! Fly in style at it's best!
Beautiful Skylane! I learned to fly 41 years ago on 2000’ of grass at I91, Boonville, IN, about 20 miles east of EVV.
Mindy, I sure do like your airplane. It looks like it flies just as good as my 59 172! Thanks for sharing.
Very nice video Mindy. Really like the shine on your plane. Thanks for sharing.
LOVE the original livery. She's loved and it sure shows. Great job.
You have a beautiful 182. Brings back some wonderful memories. Thank you!
Just like a pro! Thanks for sharing the flight back home.
Love the straight tail 182's. We had a '56 model in our family in my teenage years. Yours looks totally original. Very nice. '57 or '58 model? Found your strip on Google Earth. Looks very nice. Livin' the Dream! Lucky you!
Just found your website. What a beautiful bird. I learned at a grass strip so I enjoyed watching this. Happy Landings! Driver Dave
Loved that cool title to your video kind of gave it the nostalgic look. I hope you share more of your travels.
That is a beautiful plane!!!!!! Thank you.
Thanks for taking us along!!
That is a beautiful aircraft. We had a 56 172 when I was a kid.
Sweetness! Great video, hope to see you soon!
So love the colors of this plane 💙
Your videos are always very instructive. Appreciate it!
I can't get over how good MoJo looks!
Thank you!!!!
Fun video. Your presentation is very relaxed and natural. So much so, that Southern is coming out. Happy flying to both of you.
Just watched this and what a beautiful plane. And I know exactly where that strip is even though I'm presently in Cape Town, South Africa. Nice video....thanks for sharing.
beautiful 182, Lucky!!!!
I took my very first flight lessons in HS at Falcon Field. It’s changed a loooot. So has the destination airfield. There used to be an Aircraft Spruce and Specialty down the road a ways from your home field. I used to go there with my dad plenty. Good times.
My dad and I restored a 57 straight tail 172 and learned in Lewis field in Milan, Indiana. You have to land there it’s a beautiful strip !
Great and interesting video and I'll bet your really glad to have her home in a hangar. I think that's the best place for it when not flying. One famous guy flies a plane that got a bullet down through it while sitting outside. Nice place. Really cool to live with a hangar on property with private aircraft.
That’s terrific,thanks for sharing your fun times with us👌🙂
That Falcon Field doesn’t seem to show you much courtesy,but it was a busy day.🤷♂️
Great vid, Mindy. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you 😊
Love my Best Tug Alpha 2 for my 2002 T182T! Nice to see you got a big one for when you move up to a C206 or better yet, a C208! Love your videos!
Just joined a couple weeks ago but been following you on instagram!!! Absolutely Love your videos on both!!!! Keep them coming!!!!
Thank you!!!
TH-cam suggested this video to me because I've been playing around with Microsoft Flightsimulator for the last few months. My father used to have a PPL, so I had some contact with the aviation-scene as a child, but I only flew a glider myself when i was 14-16. I followed your flight on a map to recreate it myself in the simulator (of course I won't name the airfield and I live much too far away for a surprise visit anyway :-) Greetings from Bavaria/Germany. My home airfield is EDNB Arnbruck.
I love that!!! Thank you 😊
Love the airplane. Nicely done!!!
Looks like you might have a custom nose strut. Maybe some info on the strut extension in some STC info/manual. Those early model 182's have an unusually long strut. From your video it looks really close to normal to me. Beautiful 182.
Love the video. Great job!!!!
Looks idyllic.. Beautiful plane too 👍
Very pretty aircraft. Nice film.
Hello a thank You for this very nice video - I love it 💗. Landing is very pretty and yes - no brakes on grass 😉 Very beautiful airplane and pilot, too 😊 Good work 👌
I wonder if you had the very last installed Lear radio. We had one of those in our ‘56 180 until Dad installed a Mk16 to go along with the Mk12 in the 1970s.
Mindy you will have to get Kevin and is mates to make you a runway out of plastic sheets the diameter of the plastic is 10mm think ideal if you can get some with some grip on them for the ice and rain. And make a nice gate way with lights. Philip is full of ideas take care and have fun phil.
Your Cessna 182 is so beautiful!
Beautiful airplanes. Enjoy, great video. Fly safe.
I mindy hope you are well. And enjoying your weather.
back in the UK the weather is beautiful as well. Nice little flight for you. Would love to come over to you.what a dream to be able to come over to you I have to learn to fly first it might be a while yet.plus I would never find your air strip you would have to put some thing like some balloons on the gate way of your strip.take care nice little vlog. Try to keep making your vlogs it is always nice to see you and Kevin.take care and have fun phil. Happy flying mindy. Phil.
Beautiful plane .. since you work for Textron I was wondering if anyone at the Cessna factory ever did a Johnny Cash and built a 63, 64,65,66….Skylane
You have to love nostalgia. Very cool plane Capt.
That's such a pretty plane.
This makes me a little homesick. Plenty of time spent at KFFC watching planes. Hoping to make it to the next air show!
It’s an air show everyday with how busy it’s been there 😂
Beautiful polish job on that 182!
I think you’ve been cleared for the TH-cam algorithm! You were the top suggested video when I opened YT this morning! Cool plane! I remember the first time landing on a grass strip with my instructor I thought he was joking that we were going to land on the grass on purpose. 😜
Haha, hey now that is great news for me! Thanks! Landing on grass seems scary to most until you do it once and realize it is easier than pavement :D
Thanks for the videos. love them. What range does Mojo have
Beautiful 182! I really enjoy a polished airplane. When they look like yours, it makes all the hard work worth it.... Now I'm feeling like I need to polish mine, its not as a shiny as yours!
Great video! Subscribed and Excited to see more!
oooohohhhh wow u need to laminate those poor old checklists haha love the vid!
7:30 - 8:20, Skyhawk flaps its wings like a wounded duck down short final, makes a landing that registers on the Richter scale, doesn't respond to a request for spacing. Probably a student, scared out of his mind, not listening at all, transmitting reflexively out of pure rote. Those are the ones, all you can do is lay back and give 'em space.
To me, one of the underappreciated aspects of GA is the importance of analyzing little cues to figure out who can be trusted to be a bit closer to you in the air and who you, maybe, want to get the heck away from as quickly as you can. :)
Time to spare go by air! Haha feel your pain. 182b here.
Can you get cowl flaps retro-fitted? Mojo is a gorgeous plane.
Very Nice!
Nice soft landing in spite of the heavy gusting.
Keep it safe Mindy in my old school favorite 182 Straight tail
Loved my Best Tugs tug! Nice 182!
You ever pop into Meadowlark? You guys have little strips all over the place in your area. Would make for a nice Sunday afternoon of field hopping. Fly safe!
Excellent flight! There’s a lot for pilots out there to learn from how you operate an airplane… except for you lack of patience! Would love to see a video of you flying out of a Class B airport and being number 10-20 for takeoff!
Hey captn CRISCENZO 🤪 you get paid to be sitting #20 in line. I just see dollars flying out of my window waiting 🤣
Airplanes are just so much fun.
Absolutely phenomenal!!!.
Well that was fun!
Excellent video and beautiful plane. I wonder how wide and long is the grass strip and the dimensions of the hangar?
Awesome Captain Mindy
Good job Captain keep it up.
Now I want a Best Tug.
Looking good Mindy, you look great in that plane. Hey just think of all the fans that would come visit if you mentioned the name of your strip. 😃 Nice flight.
before avionics upgrade ... is that the original Lear VHF radio? OMG!! How many crystals do, uh, did, you have?? Did it still work can you listen to the AM radio on it? Could you pick up ATISs with it? Probably too much trouble though ... (I have a '56 180, we had that Lear radio for about 5 years from the time we bought it, until about 1966 when Dad bought a replacement Narco Mk12. I think it was '66 anyway.)
nice vid. reminds me of the Pine Barrens where I'm from. If you have an engine out your def tree surfing!
Nice older 182. A lot of crazing in the windshield which really reduces bird strike protection, so might want to consider that for an upgrade.
Hi from New Zealand - great video :-)
Hello 😌 Thanks for tuning in!
Nostalgia: My first flight in a small plane was in the same year/model as yours. Found out that my friend who took me up bought the plane back again recently...
On a busy day, I’ll sometimes taxi into position on the runway and hold for the plane that’s just landed to clear the active. But I only do this if the next plane in the pattern has not yet turned base. Downwind traffic can usually easily extend till after I begin my takeoff roll.
Nice video. I really like the looks of your plane.
Loved this despite the long hold on the tarmac you had to endure. Almost 3 times longer than the flight! Oy vey!!
The plane looks lovely. ❤️
Right?! And I cut out SO MUCH!
I used to skydive out of a Cesna 182 took for ever to get to jump altitude
UUU Luv the Classic Cessna
Great video!
Derek's 150 is beautiful, you should def taking it flying while he's not looking :)
Yes I told him I’m going to exercise it for him 🤣
I’m surprised your old DG still works. Very cool. I wish mine did. I wonder if I can get that style rebuilt 🤔 I have a ‘65 C150 and just bought a ‘59 C172. The straight tail C182 is probably my favorite. Beautiful plane. Does your radio have GPS? Is it maybe a Garmin 430? Thx. Enjoyed the video
No, no GPS. We’re going to add one soon but right now my radio is just a radio! 👎🏼
I love google maps so much that I found the strip 🤐 . Hahahaha...
Awesome video as always. And cool new intro =D
Mindy, Where did the Sport Cub go? I assume you guys sold it? Beautiful, and classic straight tail 182!!!!!!!
Sold it to buy this plane 😊
15:03 Is that a light pole on the left side of runway??? Why?
1st visit on your site… TH-cam recommended. Nice content - with real world issues. Beautiful airplane !! I’ll be following along with ya. I fly down to peach state aero (GA2) often for my soft field landing PLUS the restaurant is AWESOME!!! Fly safe and often. Scott KLZU
thanks for the new content to watch...it's nice to see pilots flying well and not editing out super important stuff..like checklists. One guy in particular claims he edits out the "boring" stuff but there sure are some long edits that would involve "boring" stuff that he doesnt do. Lots of new and prospective pilots watch these videos and it's pretty irresponsible to not show the "boring" stuff
Nice ..
Nice to see the skyhawk mentoring the 150. Fulltime.
Hangar doors… 😂 A universal problem!
Nice 182!
That airplane was brand new when I was learning to fly!
Hi Mindy - Greetings from Maine! I enjoyed your video - will you be at Sun 'n Fun?
Sure will! See you there!
Living the dream!!!!!
That’s a nice looking airplane
Dang, that place sounds like a hornet's nest! Almost as busy as PDK. :-) Love Mojo! Such a cool plane.
It is the nicest 150 I’ve ever seen
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