I'll add that this was a very interesting experience overall for two reasons. I've flown Ravn before, but this was my first time flying them with a lengthy maintenance delay. It's always interesting to see how smaller airlines deal with delays. To Ravn's credit, they didn't cancel the flight. They delayed it by around 3.5 hours until a new plane was available. I don't know what was broken on the original flight that caused us to return to the gate, as the crew never said. But, again, kudos for not just cancelling the fight. What made it more interesting though is that the passenger next to me spent his 3.5 hours at the bar... So... I did the very best I could to fix the audio on this flight. But, if you notice small things that don't seem quite right, it's because I had to use audio from a previous Ravn fight where I had the same seat, and I had to replace large portions of this flights audio. If you can believe it, I literally had another flight with this same exact flight attendant, so it is hard to tell because the announcements are being made by the same person. The passenger next to me was... Well... Let's just say he was so inebriated by the time the replacement aircraft arrived, that he was very unpleasant to sit next to. Large portions of this flight's audio had very loud and profane language accompanying it. And that is on the parts where he wasn't trying to hassle me and talk directly into my camera. It was not pleasant... Ravn also offered everyone on the plane free drinks due to the delay, but this, as you'd expect, only made said passenger worse... So, I hope you enjoy this one, because I put up with a lot to bring it to you haha!
@@darrenjohnson4420 yes, and this one was actually outside of security. It was a little tiny hole in the wall by a barber shop next to the Ravn check in counters.
I was on a CRJ from FAR to ORD on Christmas Eve across the aisle from a guy who also sat at the bar for hours before boarding … suffice to say he was a larger person and nodded all over the place once we were air born as as well exposed some not-so-flattering skin as he leaned. Wish there were boarding restrictions for these types of situations!
@mark billings Yes, I hear you. Technically there are rules about this, but they're enforced by gate agents most of the time. And frankly, gate agents are underpaid and overworked already. Many of them simply don't want to add "dealing with drunk passengers" to their list of duties, even though it's part of their job to determine if someone is coherent enough to board. Speaking for personal experience, as I worked as a gate agent for awhile years ago in college, the airline asked you to do many many things in a very short period of time, and regardless of what the airlines say about safety, their number one concern is always getting that plane out on time. So, if I had a drunk passenger and the flight took a delay because I was the only agent, and I was stuck dealing with said passenger, I could then code the delay to "safety" or "passenger disruption" etc. But, that delay still counted against my overall performance, even though I was doing what I felt was best for the flight. So, unfortunately, where there are rules in place for this type of thing, it's not usually in the employees interest to deal with it, because they simply don't want to, and it'll hurt their performance anyway.
The footage is perfect and the fact that it is possible to look from the window at the plane's engine makes the image perfect, not to mention the perfect sound of the engines and the incredible landscape of Alaska.
Being someone who is completely blind and a avid aviation lover, i love the background sounds, the buzz and whir of the turboprop engines, the chug chug chug when they're idle, and the progress of the flights themselves. Keep this up my friend.
I'm so happy to hear you're able to enjoy my videos. I try very hard to not only have the highest quality aviation videos, but also the best audio possible. I hope that comes through. Thanks for watching my friend!
@@eccentricsmithy2746there are a lot of programs out there designed to allow people with vision impairments to use computers as effectively as those of us who do lot have vision impairments.
dammit, that is so much better then the bus. After delivering a boat to Homer form Seattle during 2021. Ravn was out of service and I was forced to take the bus. It was vicious, took 5 hours and cost $140.
Yeah, I'd have to agree with you there. A 45 minute flight would be better than a 5 hour bus ride, and frankly, the plane was probably cheaper than $140 haha.
You are correct. Which is why I was able to save this flight at all. Most of this flights audio is not actually from this flight. Thanks to a very vulgar, drunk passenger next to me, I had to replace large parts of this flight's audio. And because I had the same flight attendant on multiple flights, I was able to do so without the flight attendants voice changing halfway through haha.
Oh no, the passenger from hell! I guess with the amount of flying that you do, it was only a matter of time before you had some a*se to deal with, but well done for persevering, especially with all of the editing that you had to do afterwards. Kind regards P 🙂
I'm telling you what. There's a reason why it took me so long to post this one. Every time I'd work on editing it, I'd just get burned out because of how much I was having to dub over haha.
If only I were rich haha. Believe me, I'm not. If I were you'd see a lot more really cool and interesting stuff on here. The truth is that it's a monthly struggle to keep this channel aloft (pun intended haha). I've run this channel by myself for 7 years. In the last year I decided to try to do this as my only full time job. I budget every month's travel/flights down to the penny. And I've had more months of losses in the last year than profits. I carefully plan every flight you see on here to try to get the best deals, while still providing a good variety of content that's both interesting and intriguing. If money were no option you'd see me in Antartica on an A340 or in Emirates first class like Sam Chui haha. I do the best I can, with what I have to keep things interesting. And I'll fully admit... TH-cam ad revenues have been way down recently. So, I really appreciate everyone who takes the time to watch, comment, like, and subscribe. I'm not rich, and I sustain this channel primarily with the ad revenues. Without everyone watchman every day, this channel would cease to exist very quickly. Anyway... The point is, that I'm not rich. I run this channel on a shoestring budget a lot of months, pumping a lot of my own money into it. I fly roughly 8-10 days per month. But when I do, it's just to get footage for the channel. So, I often fit 3-5 segments in every day. My record on several occasions is 6 in one day. So, I fly enough when I do fly to post ever day, but I don't fly every day.
They never said, and I never had a chance to ask. I should say, I never saw the pilots outside of boarding to ask. All they said was that there was an issue and we had to return to the gate.
Kenai was fun. I did that one last September. I spent some time peddling around both areas. One whole day in Kenai and I actually spent the night in Homer. Both very cool and interesting places you'd never hear about otherwise. Doing this in January or February sounds a lot colder though haha.
@@sla31 im glad you enjoyed Kenai and Homer, i think i suggested this before and it goes against your channel but if you make another trip that way you should do the drive between Kenai/Homer and Anchorage its such a scenic drive
With the sound that the props make, these planes should have been named Hummingbird instead of Dash 8. I suppose the shorter name was more attractive though. 😄
I was curious about the 2nd engine sputtering at the beginning, was that the cause of the lengthy delay or was that just how the older Dash 8-100 starts up?
The pilots never said exactly what the problem was, and I never saw them besides during boarding. Whatever it was, it required a whole different plane that was working other flights for 3 hours haha.
In my theory and hopefully happens or just a dream. Those Dash-8 -100 is a very excellent regional aircraft and flown many times under the U.S. Air Express inter Florida in the 90’s and they now old and needs to be replaced with new second hand aircraft. For me it’s look likely they will be replaced with some or the entire fleet of Q-400 from ex Horizon Air as Alaska Airlines plan to retire this year and hopefully it’s happened as find financing the aircrafts
Won't be flying this airline. Looks like the return to the gate was a landing gear or hydraulic problem notice the doors are down before the engine start. Maintenance was up there. And after landing and parking the pilots were checking the prop pitch on this other plane. Knowing Alaska mechanics not surprised.
I mean, this is hardly the first airline I've ever had a hydraulic issue on, so if we're using that as our standard then I guess we shouldn't be flying any airline at all haha. I once had an American Eagle ERJ completely loose steering, an American 757 vomit it's entire supply of hydraulic fluid on the ramp during pushback, a Delta A319 that had it's spoilers stick in the up position, and I could list 10 more. Thanks for watching my friend!
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I'll add that this was a very interesting experience overall for two reasons. I've flown Ravn before, but this was my first time flying them with a lengthy maintenance delay. It's always interesting to see how smaller airlines deal with delays. To Ravn's credit, they didn't cancel the flight. They delayed it by around 3.5 hours until a new plane was available. I don't know what was broken on the original flight that caused us to return to the gate, as the crew never said. But, again, kudos for not just cancelling the fight. What made it more interesting though is that the passenger next to me spent his 3.5 hours at the bar... So... I did the very best I could to fix the audio on this flight. But, if you notice small things that don't seem quite right, it's because I had to use audio from a previous Ravn fight where I had the same seat, and I had to replace large portions of this flights audio. If you can believe it, I literally had another flight with this same exact flight attendant, so it is hard to tell because the announcements are being made by the same person. The passenger next to me was... Well... Let's just say he was so inebriated by the time the replacement aircraft arrived, that he was very unpleasant to sit next to. Large portions of this flight's audio had very loud and profane language accompanying it. And that is on the parts where he wasn't trying to hassle me and talk directly into my camera. It was not pleasant... Ravn also offered everyone on the plane free drinks due to the delay, but this, as you'd expect, only made said passenger worse... So, I hope you enjoy this one, because I put up with a lot to bring it to you haha!
Okay.
Is there any bars open landside at ANC, i can think of maybe one but it seemed closed every time ive been there since Covid
@@darrenjohnson4420 yes, and this one was actually outside of security. It was a little tiny hole in the wall by a barber shop next to the Ravn check in counters.
I was on a CRJ from FAR to ORD on Christmas Eve across the aisle from a guy who also sat at the bar for hours before boarding … suffice to say he was a larger person and nodded all over the place once we were air born as as well exposed some not-so-flattering skin as he leaned. Wish there were boarding restrictions for these types of situations!
@mark billings Yes, I hear you. Technically there are rules about this, but they're enforced by gate agents most of the time. And frankly, gate agents are underpaid and overworked already. Many of them simply don't want to add "dealing with drunk passengers" to their list of duties, even though it's part of their job to determine if someone is coherent enough to board. Speaking for personal experience, as I worked as a gate agent for awhile years ago in college, the airline asked you to do many many things in a very short period of time, and regardless of what the airlines say about safety, their number one concern is always getting that plane out on time. So, if I had a drunk passenger and the flight took a delay because I was the only agent, and I was stuck dealing with said passenger, I could then code the delay to "safety" or "passenger disruption" etc. But, that delay still counted against my overall performance, even though I was doing what I felt was best for the flight. So, unfortunately, where there are rules in place for this type of thing, it's not usually in the employees interest to deal with it, because they simply don't want to, and it'll hurt their performance anyway.
The footage is perfect and the fact that it is possible to look from the window at the plane's engine makes the image perfect, not to mention the perfect sound of the engines and the incredible landscape of Alaska.
Being someone who is completely blind and a avid aviation lover, i love the background sounds, the buzz and whir of the turboprop engines, the chug chug chug when they're idle, and the progress of the flights themselves. Keep this up my friend.
I'm so happy to hear you're able to enjoy my videos. I try very hard to not only have the highest quality aviation videos, but also the best audio possible. I hope that comes through. Thanks for watching my friend!
@@sla31So how did he write the comment and know where the reply button was?
@@eccentricsmithy2746there are a lot of programs out there designed to allow people with vision impairments to use computers as effectively as those of us who do lot have vision impairments.
Wow! You’ve been to Anchorage, Alaska? ❤ me too! I live the scenery while flying! Thanks for sharing!
I'm glad you enjoyed it my friend!
I love the sound of the interference of the blades spinning over the inlet on low idle after start
Love the full flight on this dash-8
I love this! My first flight home from the US Air Force was on a dash-8… scared me to death!
WOWOWOOW!! Great views!! This was quintessentially Alaska. No jet lag on this flight.
Alaska never disappoints! Thanks for watching my friend!
At least you were able to get Mrs. Tommy Tarmac talking about her investments LOL
Hahaha!
dammit, that is so much better then the bus.
After delivering a boat to Homer form Seattle during 2021. Ravn was out of service and I was forced to take the bus. It was vicious, took 5 hours and cost $140.
Yeah, I'd have to agree with you there. A 45 minute flight would be better than a 5 hour bus ride, and frankly, the plane was probably cheaper than $140 haha.
I Remember this flight attendants voice not long ago from another Ravn flight video on this channel.
You are correct. Which is why I was able to save this flight at all. Most of this flights audio is not actually from this flight. Thanks to a very vulgar, drunk passenger next to me, I had to replace large parts of this flight's audio. And because I had the same flight attendant on multiple flights, I was able to do so without the flight attendants voice changing halfway through haha.
The unique buzzsaw on turboprop engines
Oh no, the passenger from hell! I guess with the amount of flying that you do, it was only a matter of time before you had some a*se to deal with, but well done for persevering, especially with all of the editing that you had to do afterwards. Kind regards P 🙂
I'm telling you what. There's a reason why it took me so long to post this one. Every time I'd work on editing it, I'd just get burned out because of how much I was having to dub over haha.
wow! you are so rich that you can travel every day😲✈️😁
I wouldn't say he flies everyday because his video are often backlogged up to 2 years.
If only I were rich haha. Believe me, I'm not. If I were you'd see a lot more really cool and interesting stuff on here. The truth is that it's a monthly struggle to keep this channel aloft (pun intended haha). I've run this channel by myself for 7 years. In the last year I decided to try to do this as my only full time job. I budget every month's travel/flights down to the penny. And I've had more months of losses in the last year than profits. I carefully plan every flight you see on here to try to get the best deals, while still providing a good variety of content that's both interesting and intriguing. If money were no option you'd see me in Antartica on an A340 or in Emirates first class like Sam Chui haha. I do the best I can, with what I have to keep things interesting. And I'll fully admit... TH-cam ad revenues have been way down recently. So, I really appreciate everyone who takes the time to watch, comment, like, and subscribe. I'm not rich, and I sustain this channel primarily with the ad revenues. Without everyone watchman every day, this channel would cease to exist very quickly. Anyway... The point is, that I'm not rich. I run this channel on a shoestring budget a lot of months, pumping a lot of my own money into it. I fly roughly 8-10 days per month. But when I do, it's just to get footage for the channel. So, I often fit 3-5 segments in every day. My record on several occasions is 6 in one day. So, I fly enough when I do fly to post ever day, but I don't fly every day.
Glad to hear that i shoutout you.
@@sla31 bryce i shoutout it him.
@@sla31 I appreciate your work. Very enjoyable.
What was the problem with the first aircraft?
They never said, and I never had a chance to ask. I should say, I never saw the pilots outside of boarding to ask. All they said was that there was an issue and we had to return to the gate.
I knew someone who did this flight January last year, i flew ANC-Kenai RT in February on I think theyre oldest Dash 8
Kenai was fun. I did that one last September. I spent some time peddling around both areas. One whole day in Kenai and I actually spent the night in Homer. Both very cool and interesting places you'd never hear about otherwise. Doing this in January or February sounds a lot colder though haha.
@@sla31 im glad you enjoyed Kenai and Homer, i think i suggested this before and it goes against your channel but if you make another trip that way you should do the drive between Kenai/Homer and Anchorage its such a scenic drive
With the sound that the props make, these planes should have been named Hummingbird instead of Dash 8. I suppose the shorter name was more attractive though. 😄
😂
Woohoo 🎉 😊🎉🎉🎉
Thanks for watching my friend!
@@sla31 you are welcome 🙏
Great fly! How long it will take you if you were driving between Anchorage and Homer instated of flying like this video here?
There are roads between the two cities. In good conditions it takes 4-4.5 hours to drive between Anchorage and Homer.
I was curious about the 2nd engine sputtering at the beginning, was that the cause of the lengthy delay or was that just how the older Dash 8-100 starts up?
The pilots never said exactly what the problem was, and I never saw them besides during boarding. Whatever it was, it required a whole different plane that was working other flights for 3 hours haha.
I think a bearing is going out in that Pratt & Whitney turboprop, my washer sounds better.
so your flying on the shortbus.
Yeah, but see... The short bus is often way cooler and more exciting than the regular bus.
In my theory and hopefully happens or just a dream. Those Dash-8 -100 is a very excellent regional aircraft and flown many times under the U.S. Air Express inter Florida in the 90’s and they now old and needs to be replaced with new second hand aircraft. For me it’s look likely they will be replaced with some or the entire fleet of Q-400 from ex Horizon Air as Alaska Airlines plan to retire this year and hopefully it’s happened as find financing the aircrafts
That'd be pretty awesome if that were to happen.
Happy martin Luther king jr. day🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Hi bryce, how are you?
I'm fine my friend. Thanks for watching!
@@sla31 glad to hear. And your welcome.
Won't be flying this airline. Looks like the return to the gate was a landing gear or hydraulic problem notice the doors are down before the engine start. Maintenance was up there. And after landing and parking the pilots were checking the prop pitch on this other plane. Knowing Alaska mechanics not surprised.
I mean, this is hardly the first airline I've ever had a hydraulic issue on, so if we're using that as our standard then I guess we shouldn't be flying any airline at all haha. I once had an American Eagle ERJ completely loose steering, an American 757 vomit it's entire supply of hydraulic fluid on the ramp during pushback, a Delta A319 that had it's spoilers stick in the up position, and I could list 10 more. Thanks for watching my friend!