Flying a UNIQUE aircraft | Cape Air's Tecnam P2012 Traveller | Boston to Rutland!
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Welcome to Boston and enjoy coming with me as we fly Cape Air up to Rutland, Vermont! In this video I'm checking out the unique Tecnam P2012 traveller manufactured especially for this unusual and surprisingly large airline.
0:00 Introduction
1:18 Boston Airport
3:07 Not dunkin' on Dunkin'!
3:45 Surfshark
4:40 Boarding Cape Air Tecnam P2012 Traveller
6:41 Taxi and takeoff
8:49 Climb out over Boston
9:28 Cabin details and amenities!
10:19 Cruising towards Rutland at 8,000 ft
11:35 Landing into Rutland VT
13:05 Conclusions, fare paid, thanks and goodbye!
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Date of Travel: 31 OCT 2021
Airline: Cape Air
Livery: Cape Air standard
Route: BOS-RUT
Aircraft: Tecnam P2012 Traveller
Flight Number: 9K 63
Miles: 127
Airborne time: 1h00m
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As a New Englander, completely agree on the Dunkin Donuts coffee perspective. They taste good and get the job done, but balance quality with speed. The region is blessed with a lot of really good local chains (e.g. Aroma Joes) and if you want premium we have fantastic locally owned shops.
As someone who does not like to fly this was eye opening. I live in Mass and know Cape Air as the airline to get to Hyannis, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. I didn't realize that they had expanded their flight options! Also, Manchester Regional is located in New Hampshire. Mass does have a Manchester just not with an airport. Hope you enjoyed the foliage and your train back to NY!
They have expanded in recent years not just in the northeast US but also to the Caribbean and in Montana.
I'm sure the pilot appreciates all the modern safety equipment and screens. There have been many updates since 1989.
PS My husband was the designer of the hardware that runs those new screens in aircraft.
Having flown these, the G1000NXi was the best part of the entire aircraft, be sure to pass that along to your husband! The 402 flew better and had better performance and - surprisingly - reliability, so I am sad to see it go. Still, they needed to be replaced, they were starting to need more frequent maintenance on minor parts due to their age.
I love that small commuter airlines. Easy hassle-free traveling.
Vermonter here, it's great to see people using Cape Air to get here, I just wish they served more airports in the state. I think more flights to BTV would be well-used, seeing as there is only one daily flight to Boston - not necessarily as an end destination, but for more JetBlue connections.
Hey Paul! I love your videos! As a life-long New Englander, I can say Dunk's has gone downhill drastically since they went global. I try to visit local "mom and pop" coffee shops, reserving Dunks as an "only choice" option if nothing else is available.
Thanks Chuck! 😃
I have flown Cape Air a BUNCH of times and always seem to come away with a (good) story.
They are a great little airline and serve a very popular niche.
It is always fun to see you (Paul) wander off the beaten path.
I fell in love with these small planes in the early 80's. I had to fly from Charlotte to an airport near Boone for a wedding. Imagine my surprise when walking out of the gate I saw what to me was a private plane. I don't remember the airline's name but I do remember that Navaho Chieftan! I was gobsmacked when they put my luggage in a locker that was part of the engine nacelle. I flew in the front passenger seat due to my weight. During the flight the pilot announced that they couldn't serve us due to the bumpy weather, so they slid a cooler and handed me a big thermos. In the cooler were bottled beverages and various sandwiches wrapped in wax paper. The sandwiches were from a fairly popular deli in Charlotte. I poured a cup of coffee and took a Waldorf Chicken Salad sandwich, and a bag of chips then passed the cooler and thermos on. To this day it might have been the best meal I've ever had in the sky.
What it was is that we felt like participants and not just passengers.
Rutvegas, Baby! Love that 17 mile long final in the winter. Doesn’t make me fear my incipient death AT ALL.
“Yesterday here in Boston the weather was dreadful”. It was interesting that you published this video on a morning that you could have said the same thing, although yesterday’s dreadful weather was snow. Lots and lots and lots of snow.
As always, brilliant trip report. BTW I too like flying in small planes.
I love flying small commuter and EAS airlines. I recently flew on one of Denver Air Connection's Dornier 328Jets and it was a fantastic experience. Those planes have the craziest acceleration on the takeoff roll that I've ever experienced. Very fun.
Manchester Airport, New Hampshire, Paul. Yet another great Video. Keep them coming, please!
I work with cape air and this summer I did my training at Boston. The team at Boston are amazing people! Can't wait to fly for them soon!
Love that you visited my home airport of Boston, Paul! Please come back soon! I will say that as someone who grew up in Massachusetts, there are people here that will get defensive about their Dunks 😂 sorry you got flak for your comment about it but I totally understood what you were saying and wasn’t offended.
Also, in case anyone hasn’t mentioned it yet-Manchester Boston Airport is actually in New Hampshire, not Massachusetts. The airport renamed itself a few years back to get more people from Greater Boston to use it 😅
As a Cape Codder, I’ve never clicked on a video so fast! Thanks for showcasing our hometown airline!
Tecnam aircraft have really nice build quality. I regularly fly one of their smaller 2 seaters.
At 9:25 is the town of Burlington, Massachusetts, my hometown. The body of water in the center-right is the Town's water supply, the Mill Pond Reservoir, and just under the prop is the house I grew up in (an old farmhouse built in about 1715, and predates the incorporation of the town by about 84 years), and where my parents still live. My dad is a flight buff, flies small planes and gliders in New Hampshire. If he was in the yard that day, he almost definitely looked up and saw you.
Another great video, i flew Belfast - Isle of Man on a similar sized aircraft and it was a great flight, the feeling of sitting right behind the pilot looking out the front window is something else
The N121PB Cape Air plane seen in your video was the plane from the TV show Wings and then later used at Cape Air
Many years ago I flew on a 6-seater Cessna from the Grand Canyon to Las Vegas in the front seat next to the pilot. Great fun, although the other 4 people probably weren't amused that I would have to take over in an emergency.
Great to see the plane vids back
I’m watching this from just outside Boston with 25 inches of snow on the ground. You lucked out on the weather, Paul! And yes, I will also agree that Dunkin Donuts has gone down the drain the last few years. 99% of the time I make my coffee at home.
Great upload my friend and safe travels!
We got 7 inches of snow in Chicago on Friday and i thought that was bad.
You guy's got 25 inches, wow, that's a lot. In 1999 new year's eve we got 28 inches of snow in Chicago, that was the biggest snow storm i remember from my lifetime.
I like how you were fortunate and appreciated the view out the front, since I believe on some of your inter-city bus videos you comment on trying to do that, but having to deal with trade-offs (less storage or something)
Hey Paul, Great video! So you might not have known this at the time you recorded the video, but at the 2 minute 59 second mark you show a picture of a Cape Air Cessna 402 with tail number N121PB. If you Google this aircraft, you will find out that this is the actual plane from the TV show Wings back in the 1990's. In the TV Show the fictional airline was called Sandpiper Air and they flew to the fictional Tom Nevers Field on Nantucket. Cape Air has owned this aircraft since shortly after the show aired.
i've watched a couple of videos about this particular plane over the last couple of days and lo and behold you post a video about one nice one paul 👍
Heard nothing but great things about Tecnam and Cape Air. Would love to buy one of their old Cessna twins if I hit the lotto!
Looking forward to the Amtrak Ethan Allen express video. Seems like a cool new plane. Those updated amenities I think are a huge deal to the commuters as you mentioned
Fun Fact, one of those c402s shown on this video, N121PB was one frequently shown on the sitcom
“Wings”. The other 121PP was bought by paramount and was the more frequent of the two for hangar shots.
Funny I was going to make a joke about flying Sandpaper Air!
I used to work for Cape Air a million years ago and I remember the pilots really disliking N121PB (aka Peanut Butter) because for whatever reason it weighed a noticeable amount more than the rest of the fleet so it always made doing the weight and balance more difficult.
My wife and I have taken that Cape Air flight several times. We have now discovered the Amtrak EAE to Rutland and kind of like it best now. The Cape Air terminal is quite a walk from the Southwest gate and the Cessna 402's are quite noisy and cramped. We find that our total time on the road from Annapolis to Rutland is not too different between flying and Amtrak is a bit more civilized, think we'll take the train from now on.
FUN FACT: The Eviation Alice electric aircraft Cape Air has on order, when it came to determining the aircrafts' MTOW, factored in that the avg. weight for each passenger (not counting their bags, just their weight) would be 267lbs. Either they're bein' better safe than sorry, OR that the avg. pax had way too many Dunkin Donuts. 😂
I took Cape Air a few years ago before covid. The flight was from Boston Logan to Provincetown. The gate agent asked our weight and my friend and I were joking about how much we weighted. The agent was not amused and politely told us if we lied and the weight distribution was off. We had a chance of not getting airborne or a ruff landing. Also we were in the older Cessna and the pilot had his arm out the window as we took off down the runway, disconcerning to say the least but it was a fun short fight and reasonable
Enjoyed this short flight on a smaller aircraft! Thanks for adding Harbour Air in the intro.....I live just outside of Vancouver, British Columbia so I recognized it! Sadly I have never flown with Harbour Air but hope to one day!
Love flying Cape Air!! Have used them many times from San Juan to St. Thomas while I was working down there!!
Great video Paul! I loved seeing the colorful trees from the sky as well.
Love the video Paul!
You’ve got to be my one of my favorite Aviation TH-camrs and you’ve inspired me a lot for my channel!
Love seeing Cape Air and can’t wait to fly them someday, especially on a Tecnam P2012 Traveler! Also love both Boston, MA and Vermont although I’ve never been to Rutland yet!
Finally at 8:55 great music Paul! I’m sure Jeb Brooks would agree considering he used the same song a few months ago in his video about his home airport The Piedmont Triad International Airport (GSO) in Greensboro NC.
Cheers Paul! 🥂😎
Just watched the video. I love Cape Air. I used to take the 402's from Key West to Naples Florida. One time I got to sit in the co-pilot's seat. It was very cool. That route hasn't been around now for a while. Thanks for the video!
Absolutely fantastic video Paul!
7:25
Cape Air doesn't operate the shortest flight in the US, however they are only a few miles away from the shortest or one of the shortest flights which is from westerly RI to Block Island RI a distance of about 17 miles
What a treat. Those props sounded amazing at take-off. Looking forward to seeing that Amtrak trip down through New England. All the best, Paul.
Unique aircraft. Nice amenities. I've had nice flights on similar aircraft
Thanks Paul for a good report😀😀♥️♥️
Great video again Paul. Love these small plane reviews and looking forward to the Amtrak video when it comes out.
Welcome back Paul. Been gone too long. Everything seems right with the world when Paul puts up a video. I think its the relaxing British voice.
Tecnams as a pilot are the best! So fun to fly!!
Great clip!! I also enjoy prop flying because the whole process is more believable!!
Cape Air aircraft mechanic here.
Fun Fact:
The taxiing airplane at 0:54 was the airplane featured in the title sequence of the NBC tv show *Wings.* That exact one.
And if you're lucky enough to have it for your next flight, you can see the sticker of authenticity/commemoration. It sits just left of the entry door.
And if you look reeeeally closely at 0:54, you can just barely see that sticker, just left of the big *N.*
121 Papa Bravo! Aka "Hollywood"... Hi Dave! Cape Air MBL here!
I watch a lot of TH-cam.
The 2010 dash was an eye opener.
2012 cockpit view .,..
Always wondered why other planes don't have a clear view of runways.
This is refreshing 👍🇰🇪
Been looking forward to this one! I hope you enjoyed my home state of Vermont.
Excellent video. I live in Connecticut, the southern most state of New England. Fall foliage is really dependent upon the summer weather. Temperatures, and rainfall are contributing factors. The best is usually Vermont, New Hampshire, western Massachusetts, and northwest Connecticut.
Buzzing to see you back Paul👏
another amazing video paul
As someone who works just off the south end of the MHT runway it pained me to have you place it in Massachusetts and not New Hampshire. You will now have to come and visit us here in NH one day!
As a Boston area resident, yes, that jarred my ears, too ! Of course, there's at least 4 Mancherters in New England alone, NH is the biggest by population and size. There IS INDEED a Manchester in Massachusetts, Manchester by the Sea, near Gloucester, then there's a town in southwest Vermont, and one in Connecticut, too, near Hartford.
@@AWWx2 it's funny I have friends who work at a Radio station in Manchester, VT, and I drive through Manchester, CT when going to visit family in Waterbury.
Walking to the plane on the ramp reminds me of a trip I took years ago on US Air. We were going from KSHD in Virginia to KCHS (Charleston, SC). The flight had us changing planes in Pittsburgh. When it was time to board our flight to Charleston, we walked out onto the ramp where there was a gaggle of US Air commuter planes all headed to different small airports like Charleston. And people were all getting on different planes according to their boarding passes. It was like a bus station. Definitely pre 9-11. As we took off, I, along with everyone else, wondered in the back of our minds “Did I get on the right plane?” Sure enough, as we landed and taxied to the terminal, the captain came onto the loudspeaker and announced “I’d like to welcome everyone to Beaufort, South Carolina.” The entire plane gasped in unison with the sudden shock of realizing that they had boarded the the wrong plane in that disorganized mess on the ramp in Pittsburgh. The captain immediately followed up with “I’m just kidding. Welcome to Charleston. “
Another cool review . I had been eyeing this up as a ptential way connection with an aer lingus set of flights starttng from Birmingham as Vermont looks beautiful .. This looks a great option
Great flight. And yes, that hot seat behind the co-pilot seat.
So cool! I would love to catch a ride in a small commuter plane like this someday.
Welcome back Paul))))) Great video. 😁😁😁
Wish I could’ve caught you in Boston! Thanks for flying with us!
Never thought I would see Paul at my local airport of Rutland, so cool!
Paul, great and newsy video about the new aircraft for Cape Air. Your B roll is about the best in the avgeek world. Love it!
Amazing flight report. Its on my bucket list now ))))))
Not only do I enjoy flying in small planes, I love flying them!
Those Cessnas are loads of fun to fly, especially in more turbulent weather 😁.
That plane reminds me of the Cessna Caravan… except it’s a little bigger than that 🙂
I love the sound of a turboprop
Great views!
My problem is: I’d want to sit next to the pilot…
Thanks for a great video 😁
Love Cape Air. Use to travel on regular basis from St. Thomas to St. Croix. Great pilots.
Awesome video!!! I did a Cape Air flight just recently from Marion, IL to St Louis, MO and back. Absolutely love those airplanes!!! My video won’t be as good as yours but I plan to create it and get it uploaded soon!!!
I quite liked the split screen for the take off from Logan. Very nice touch.
I’m sure many other commenters have pointed this out but MHT is actually located in primarily Londonderry, New Hampshire (my home town!). My backyard is right under the path of aircraft landing on runway 35. makes for some challenging sleep sometimes😂
I fly on Cape Air pretty consistently for when I fly to Wolf Point, Montana from Billings Logan as the only way to get up there outside of taking the train from Spokane. Great value plus the fact I sold a lot of copies of my book pretty much paid for my $58 fare and then some.
Great vlog as always! Closer to the DH Dove and Heron you can not get! That looks like an awesome plane. They even had a headphone imput. Looking forward to see the train! Be safe! I think Fed Ex has ordred many of these planes too.
8:04 No copilot? I guess this is normal for smaller aircraft. Another nice video for those of us who can’t fly so much. Cheers Paul!
Maybe because of the short flight time… or the size of the aircraft.
Cape Air have always had one pilot in their Cessnas and often let passengers fly in the FO seat when the plane is full.
@@joermnyc The Tecnam is designed to be flown by a single pilot. You would only see 2 pilots if one was being checked by a training captain, or a new hire pilot undergoing line training (or initial operating experiance), or if there was a requirement for 2 pilots such as when the autopilot is unservicable.
Manchester, New Hampshire :) As a former Boston resident, shocked Dunking Donuts was closed, we had one in hour Home Depot, LOL.
Amazing flight.
If you're ever looking for another airline to try out with smaller aircraft, Advanced Air is a growing one in the southwestern US, lots of flights throughout New Mexico and Arizona as well as California on PC-12s and Kingair 350s
The Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander of the future. Very impressive.
Absolutely loved the video Paul and loved getting to meet you that day in the terminal before you flew with us! I'm still bummed out I couldn't be part of the crew for your flight. Sidebar, when you spoke about Manchester-Boston Regional Airport, Manchester is in the state of New Hampshire! Looking forward to the next video!
Good video once again PL
wow, what a view! 😀
Nice video of an aircraft type I'd never even heard of! I always enjoy anything to do with the Boston area as that was the first US city I ever visited.
Just a point though, I think Manchester-Boston airport is in New Hampshire, not Massachusetts.
Yes it is in NH. It’s confusing because they threw Boston into the name, even though it is a good distance outside that city. Appeals mainly to discount carriers.
Definitely NH!
Gotta say I enjoy that Cape Air gets some notice in this video. I worked in BOS for a summer with them and they will always have a special place in my heart. The new Tecnam is nice!!
What happens is that Manchester, NH (sister city to the one in northern England) is a low-cost (to the airlines) alternative to BOS (Logan Airport), just as is Providence, RI as well and the owners of the airport (to lure low-cost carriers, just like in most of Europe) want to stress out that point in their naming.
What a beautiful aircraft! i hope one day they let me work as a pilot on one of those!
Cape Air is a very interesting airline to fly, different than the major carriers. I've flown on their Cessna 402s in Montana a number of times, and really enjoyed the flights. Looking forward to seeing the new aircraft when they get up this way!
Great trip report
Actually had a great Cape Air flight a few years ago for a quick day trips from San Juan to St. Thomas
The smallest commercial flight I have flown in was a DE Haviland Otter II. A twin engine turbo-prop which seated about 12/14 passengers, plus the pilot and co-pilot.. I flew from Atlantic City International to Baltimore/Washington International in the USA.. That was more than 30 years ago... I don't think they even make those planes anymore! Must say it was an excellent flight, even with the weather being a bit dicey at the time!
Just did the STLIRK leg. Very pleasant trip each way at 3-4000 feet 131knts. Even charged my phone. Good headroom and leg space for a short hop. IRK might be smallest ‘commercial’ airport . Both legs full plane.
Nice one, Paul
Cheers,
Rik Spector
Yes, I've flown on quite a few flights looking out the windshield!
Northern California, Oregon, and in the South Pacific....many, many times.
Being able to see out the front on take-off and landing would be cool.
Had a pleasure of flying Let L-410 from San Andres to Providencia in Colombia, with a view out front. Incredible :)
Nice video love travelling 🤝🤝🤝
That's Manchester, New Hampshire at 10:40 (not MA) AKA ManchVegas, not to be confused with Manchester-by-the-Sea which is actually in Massachusetts near Gloucester, or Manchester, CT which is of course in Connecticut near Hartford. You'll find plenty of Dunkin Donuts at all of the Manchesters here in New England.
Great to have you in our neighborhood
It might be worth mentioning that the immediate right turn after takeoff was also to avoid wake turbulence of the departing 737.
Yes Paul I would fly this tiny aircraft.
Would love to see Maine in one of your vlogs
Agree on the coffee. Yesterday I had a Burger King coffee and was pleasantly surprised, especially given the price. Better coffee (americano) than Costa but half the price. However, the quality does differ. McDonalds outlets in the Philippines consistently serve good strong coffee compared to McDonalds UK where it is weak and wishy-washy.
Being able to see out the front window was so cool
I flew the same route back in 2014 on one of their Cessna's. Think it might even be the same pilot but I've only got photos of the back of his head so can't be sure. Absolutely great fun, honestly worth the cost just for the entertainment factor even if you don't need to go to Vermont!
Always great to see a BOS TR - it was becoming very familar before 2020. It must have been fun on such a small aircraft at a major port. Seems like a pleasant flight descding towards that lovely scenery - great variety. As for DD coffee, I choose it over Starbucks but, given I've resolved never to buy Startbucks again as it's so awful, I'm not giving a big rap to DD!
I swear how do you guys do it? Get to travel where ever you want.. I love flying but can only do it so much. I will honestly love to fly and actually review airlines and post my thoughts on TH-cam and actually get to travel a lot.. instead of being stuck behind a register all day getting yelled at over something ridiculous 😒. This actually a dream to travel across the world flying in different aircraft both new and old exploring different countries and learning new things. That is a dream job right there and I love your videos take us across the world when others can't and actually sharing your experience 😁.
Paul, Manchester-Boston airport is actually located in New Hampshire. Great video!
Aloha; that airport you pointed out is actually Manchester NH as identified as MHT on the MFD.