Love it Eric. Thanks for sharing! Last time I flew to SF I got amendment routing 4 times as soon as I departed VNY. It becomes so confusing with ATC as they giving you a new amendment and all these weird name fixes :) . But one thing I love about North Cal approach is they always greet you with Welcome! That is something we don't see with SoCal approach! lol
You get greeted with a warm welcome because they are surprised on two things 1) you made it and didn’t loose your mind (you’re in the club) 2) being polite to the ATC even though he basically just Trolled you with vectors means he won the bet they had on you loosing you’re mind and getting irritated and now beer night is taken care of he is all happy
Aric, thank you so much for these nice words. It really means a lot to me to have the long hours of hard work I put into these recognized. I appreciate it!
That airport you pointed to in this video when you were in the Bay Area is KNUQ - formerly known as "NAS Moffett Field" and now known as "Moffett Federal Airfield". That's where I was stationed with the US Navy flying in P-3 Orions, chasing Soviet submarines for a living in the mid 80's and 90's... It's also home to the NASA AIMES Research Center. That's where I met the late General Charles "Chuck" Yeager back in 1989 when he gave our unit a pre-deployment send off. I used to rent aircraft from the Navy Flying Club they had there and flew with my wife all over California, Nevada, Oregon and Washington. They had some great aircraft to rent, including a Navy T-34B Mentor. This clip brought back some great memories! Fly safe and fly often!
Love your videos. Awesome idea about painting the leading edges in a dark color to spot ice, i have to keep that in mind when i get to paint mine. thanks
Your channel is refreshing, informative, fun and family-oriented on many levels. You no doubt had a definite vision for your channel and you've done it superbly. Your family involvement is awesome...and you being a professional cinematographer is icing on the cake! Your channel is special...hope you maintain it that way. Be well.
ATC kept you busy on this one. We love the channel. It's really nice seeing another pilot up in the air having adventures with a family and sharing on TH-cam. You are and inspiration - Keep up the great work.
Great decision making taking the extra time to get yourself set up properly and feel comfortable shooting the approach instead of trying to rush at the last minute. Same thing has happened to me before and I just asked for some spacing to give me a few extra minutes. Awesome content.
When flying with one of my military buddies in his plane, I often comment to him: At times, how does he possibly understand some of the ATC's? He admits, it is difficult at times but he's been flying for 30-yrs so he's accustomed to it.
New York esp JFK controllers are aggressive. I find East Coast controllers more wound up than Weat Coast ATC. In 🇦🇺 i just find them anal as hell. Best ATC on the planet is in LHR & LGW (non brit btw)
RHV (just a few miles SE of SJC) is my home base, it was really nice to recognize all the airspace, the controller's voice, the approach, and terrain. Great video.
There is one confusing miscommunication I remember during a practice approach with published miss when I was at 2000: "Maintain 3000 after the approach, heading 185 till establish on localizer, cleared for ILS 17 approach." I read back "maintain 3000 and heading 185 till establish....." and atc didn't even correct me for that. I was glad that my CFII was with me and told me what was going on.
That does sound very confusing. I guess the way to parse that would be "Heading 185 until established, cleared ILS 17 approach, on the go, maintain 3000
Another great video with plenty good lessons. Sometimes I am slow to ask for being vectored around again when they turn me in too close to the final approach course here at KJYO. Never be afraid to ask.
Recently in my flight training I’ve started getting flight following. I’ve only flown VFR short distances and much of the time in Piper Cubs so I haven’t really used it before, but it’s amazing! Really great help. My third time getting flight following the controller vectored me to an airport nearby the airport I intended to land at because they had similar names and I hadn’t specific via the identifier. Good experience. Love the channel!
Eric, glad you're working!! I enjoyed watching while wearing my SoCalFlyMonk hat (which I actually paid for). Love the flexible snap back. Amazon rating: 5 stars.
Thanks for this message. I'm so glad you like the hat. I agonized over all the little details ( a common theme for me- haha) and glad it paid off for you! I like wearing it too because it is comfortable.
Wow. So. Much. Vectoring. Thank goodness you weren't in IMC for all that spirograph flying! On one of my student solo x-country flights the controller asked me something that I couldn't make out after two repetitions so I had to apologise and state that I was a student pilot and could he please repeat it a third time. He switched his tone of voice immediately and was super nice, asking me if I had a check ride scheduled yet and how many hours did I have logged.
That's a good note about mentioning student pilot - the controllers will usually slow down after that. I guess I won't be afraid to use that if I get in a serious jam. LOL Technically a student- working on commercial and CFI.... LOL
GREAT Video !! We'll call you "Vector King" ! I used to fly the 'Bay Tour' in the 80's from SJC up to Napa area, west to the coast and hug the beach all the way down from Stinson to Santa Cruz. It was always a lively flight. And great things to see.
I like the new intro, my OCD doesn't kick in anymore seeing the door unlatched over SEZ. I've never been vectored around that much, even landing at the bravos I've taken my Comanche to.
The vectoring reminded me of Microsoft flight sim’s atc they say something very confusing and will say it over and over again until you do it. A very confusing ai.
Great video. Thanks for sharing your thoughts about preflight planning and details of the approach. Very helpful for me as a less experienced pilot to gleam useful bits of information from your flights.
I had an altitude bust IFR one time at 5:30AM with nobody else within 100 miles... I was cleared to 11,000ft. Climbing through 11,400ft the controller says "Confirm you are level at 11,000ft?" I said, oh SHIT and descended down really quickly and levelled off and said "Yes, level at 11,000ft." The controller just laughs out loud and says "Roger" lol. So, sometimes they don't get grump if there was no harm done. But, I have also been scolded many times for minor things.
I thought you did really good with all the changes .. smooth .. hope the camera shoot went good .. love that area my sister used to live in Hayward , Pacifica , Valejo , .. have visited there alot .. from Washington state
I was tracking this flight as well. I thought you were sightseeing something up there with all of those turns. I see now you were just getting jockeyed around!! LOL I also tracked your SF sightseeing trip, that was obvious what you were doing, I have been waiting for the videos. THANKS FOR SHARING!!
Eric long time "watcher" first time shout out! Love your videos, you have an amazing family! I have two girls and a wife also, getting ready to buy my first plane. Thank you for sharing!
Thanks for watching and thanks for the message. Good luck on that first plane purchase. AOPA has some great resources for buying agreements, etc. Get a good prebuy with an independent mechanic.
thank's for sharing Eric! what a wild approach that was. trying to imagine what the controller was seeing and managing versus all you got on your end. just ordered one of your hats FYI, all the way to Switzerland supporting you!
That’s was quite some Vectoring 😉 I love the NorCal Controller with Wind correction of HDG 275. That Guy is great to fly with. He is always entertaining. He makes it fun for the pilots in his sector
I’m sure your a busy guy, but, I’ve got some audio on the link below from about 4:35 into the video of the controller. This guy is very entertaining and friendly along with quality airspace management. My video is just bare bones 1 cam for review purposes, but captured some fun audio. th-cam.com/video/0XOmoAIPUiw/w-d-xo.html
We are following each other all around, I was just up there last week. Except I took the ground to get there, funny that you mention touring the bay. I did that too! Feel like there is a Fear and Loathing meme here somewhere with me constantly looking over head. "Can't stop here man, this is Flying Monkey country!"
memorable lights up and down the state over the years...the marine layers and coastal clouds always required IFR and being on top of your game and yes...absolutely, many miscoms with ATC...some were pretty cool... others...not so much...most challenging was finding waypoints I had never heard of...and dealing with heading and freq changes in the LA Basin....man were those fast and furious!
any time you can go VFR instead of that garbage I'd highly recommend. Couldnt tell if that was the best course but the video made it look like it could be an option compared to staying IFR and wasting time. I'll cancel any time I am visual and can maintain it.
It was IFR ceilings along our route and IMC up to 10k with freezing level forecast at 8k and then down near 6k. Best to stay low in the clouds out of the cold and not get trapped on top. Probably could have cancelled or asked for a visual on the second attempt. But yeah, when I can go VFR I do. It is a lot faster to depart my home airport that way...which I did in this video and then picked up a clearance.
2 things 1 I love your videos and I think whp is an amazing airport I am based out of there and 2 how are you running an ifr flight plan as a private pilot? Did you get your instrument rating? If so from where please I am trying to get mine done as quickly as possible!!
Awesome job as always man ! That vectoring was crazy. I'm guessing that SJC was a pricey airport to land at ? Also at 17:37 : was that an R2-D2 sound in your instrument panel for alerts? If so 😂👍🏻😎
It was not pricey. There is no landing fee (there is at nearby KOAK Oakland). The parking was actually fairly reasonable. Yes my audio panel plays that R2D2 sound when I disconnect the autopilot. SometimesI just engage and disco it over and over to hear it. Haha
Yes it was! Check out my PMA450B audio panel review video. In the first few minutes you can see where R2D2 is located on my plane. :) (and how the audio panel lets you record custom alerts- that one is the autopilot disconnect- haha)
The SF Bay Area has some great procedures for dealing with all the airports and terrain in the prevailing winds. But that’s all out the window when the winds blow north, lol. Way to handle it.
I did notice in my flight planning and from several previous trips to KSQL San Carlos and KOAK that landing to the north is usually what happens. That's what I was expecting but I had still looked at the plates for the Rwy12 approaches the day before...
So when you entered the clouds, looks like you were couple hundred feet below the tops. I may be mistaken but that is what it looked like from the video. I understand the concern about freezing levels. Wouldn't you think it would have been better to climb to 9000 to stay out of the visible moisture even though you may be at or above freezing level?
Didn’t want to get trapped on top. And forecast cloud tops 10k. If I climbed to 10 and above then I would have to descend through clouds up north where freezing level dropping to almost 6k.
@@SoCalFlyingMonkey I fly a Saratoga in upstate New York. Maybe others will disagree, but I do draw a distinction between possibly picking up some ice on the descent and picking up ice on the climb. My nightmare is picking up ice in the climb and not making it on top before HAVING to descend. I suspect that in your case you would not have picked up much ice descending though a relatively thin layer of clouds, with warm, clear air below. I would have gotten on top, but not if I would have been in icing conditions on the approach.
I would bet flying into RHV would have been much less hassle, or PAO that you overflew at 15:00: either is fewer than 10 road miles from SJC and more GA friendly.
The Trutrak autopilot has the capability for fly LPV approaches but it is technically not certified to do so on “coupled instrument procedures”. It cannot follow an analogue ILS but you’re can manually dial in the track for it to follow and step down altitudes or program a constant rate descent. I have a full review of all its features on my channel if you are interested.
It's hard to tell what's really going on when I can't hear the whole ATC audio....but it seems that there are other faster jets they are trying to squeeze you in with. A slow aircraft on final can be a real road block when it's busy and even more so when they want a long final. Many times they will S turn you and allow as many jets to get in front and tuck you in as close as possible to the airport and build a big gap behind you. I guess as a smaller aircraft it stinks....but it sometimes is easier to vector one aircraft all over the sky than have to vector several faster jets all over the sky. Sticking a smaller aircraft into a daisychain when it's busy can be interesting.
Totally understandable that we get vectored around since we are slower. Flying into a bigger airport I have come to expect it. I think the controller was in a tough spot with the relative speeds of the 2 aircraft competing for the ILS final approach. If I had recorded the traffic view and not the plate in foreflight it would have helped illustrate it I think and I could have explored that a little more. Not sure he could have vectored us west at all because there are other airport in that direction like SFO...so he tried to get us on to the approach quickly but then had to adjust the intercept angle because the first vector he gave (070) would probably have put us inside the FAF/GS intercept. I would be curious to hear from another controller what his other options were.
Man! I saw no reason for Oakland to be short with you when you were confirming your clearance. When I’ve done similar, I’ve had them say “thanks for asking.”
After many years of VFR flying only I decided to get my IPC a few weeks ago. ATC was such a pain in the butt I thought maybe this was a bad idea. They don't make it easier. If anything, they make it worse. They talk so fast you can't understand them, and they insist on vectoring you all over the place. Add to that the massive amount of training aircraft in our area, and all the radio chatter, it made it impossible to brief my approaches for my CFII over the intercom. As I was finishing my last approach, which wasn't the one I had prepped for and requested, we would call them, and get no answer. After a few minutes we thought we'd lost radio com and would have to indent 7600. Don't know if they couldn't hear me or what. Then all of a sudden there they were, "squawk VFR. Frequency change approved." Anyway, I think you did a great job of not getting flustered by your experience. Never let them rush you into an uncomfortable situation... Fly the airplane first above all else.
Great video, Eric! Did you have the auto pilot in Skyview mode and using the heading bug on the Skyview to do all of the vectoring? I noticed you using the knob panel to turn the headings, but using the auto pilot head for altitude, it seemed.
Hey jesse, I actually still had it in Track mode and just mentally calculated a little wind correction angle between the heading I was given and a track number to dial in. Once in awhile after it settled on the track I would adjust it a degree or two based on what the HDX was showing as the heading. Works pretty well. I should try to use the selector switch and go into the Skyview mode more for vectoring. I honestly pretty much never do it. Good to know its there though! So when are we installing the Dynon Autopilot in my 6????? I have to imagine they are close to ceritfication.....
Well, COVID has slowed down the certification process, so they are moving forward, but slowly. I’m seeing some rest similarities to the PA32 in the Seneca we are currently installing, so the development process should be fairly quick, but they still have the A36, 182 and Mooney’s in development before the PA32. If it comes in 2021, it will be late in the year.
I cover this in my video on the PMA450B audio panel review (if you want the deep dive details). The audio panel streams bluetooth audio to an iPad mini and I record the audio on that device and sync it in post-production. I also do a bunch of post work on all the audio to make it sound a little better.
once we can and covid isnt an issue we can (I'm a controller) into Socal or Norcal TRACON. Also if you would like to interview or talk to a SOCAL controller to understand some of the GA issues feel free to reach out.
Thanks for another great video! I just got my instrument ticket a couple months ago, so it was good "practice" flying along with you. Great decision making on route selection, and the VTF "dance" they put you through. What was the flying time from Socal to KSJC?
was flying into a controlled field and on my initial call told the tower i was "inbound for a touch and go" and was later cleared "to land" on final I realized what he said an remembered i wanted to do a touch and go and asked if i was cleared for a touch and go and he said "well if you didn't ask for that before, do you want it now?" I just said never mind and did the taxi back.
Love it Eric. Thanks for sharing! Last time I flew to SF I got amendment routing 4 times as soon as I departed VNY. It becomes so confusing with ATC as they giving you a new amendment and all these weird name fixes :) . But one thing I love about North Cal approach is they always greet you with Welcome! That is something we don't see with SoCal approach! lol
You get greeted with a warm welcome because they are surprised on two things
1) you made it and didn’t loose your mind (you’re in the club)
2) being polite to the ATC even though he basically just Trolled you with vectors means he won the bet they had on you loosing you’re mind and getting irritated and now beer night is taken care of he is all happy
As far as I recall, I’ve only gotten “welcome” from center controllers, not from approach.
@@TIO540S1 true :)
I'll say it again, this channel is highly underrated. Eric you have some great cinematic and editing talent. Thanks for taking us along!
Aric, thank you so much for these nice words. It really means a lot to me to have the long hours of hard work I put into these recognized. I appreciate it!
That airport you pointed to in this video when you were in the Bay Area is KNUQ - formerly known as "NAS Moffett Field" and now known as "Moffett Federal Airfield". That's where I was stationed with the US Navy flying in P-3 Orions, chasing Soviet submarines for a living in the mid 80's and 90's... It's also home to the NASA AIMES Research Center. That's where I met the late General Charles "Chuck" Yeager back in 1989 when he gave our unit a pre-deployment send off. I used to rent aircraft from the Navy Flying Club they had there and flew with my wife all over California, Nevada, Oregon and Washington. They had some great aircraft to rent, including a Navy T-34B Mentor. This clip brought back some great memories!
Fly safe and fly often!
Hi Gordon, can you email me at flyingmonkeysocal@gmail.com? I have a quick question for you.
@@SoCalFlyingMonkey I sent you an email...
Love your videos. Awesome idea about painting the leading edges in a dark color to spot ice, i have to keep that in mind when i get to paint mine. thanks
Your channel is refreshing, informative, fun and family-oriented on many levels. You no doubt had a definite vision for your channel and you've done it superbly. Your family involvement is awesome...and you being a professional cinematographer is icing on the cake! Your channel is special...hope you maintain it that way. Be well.
Thanks you so much. I do have a vision for where I want to take the channel. I'm working hard to make it happen! Thank you for the encouragement.
@@SoCalFlyingMonkey ...you are welcomed. Many blessings, be well. 🎯💯
That was awesome. You were so cool about getting vectored all around.
That’s clever how you can better detect icing if your leading edge and fuel caps are a dark color! Looks super sharp too.
Thanks- I am happy with the scheme.
ATC kept you busy on this one. We love the channel. It's really nice seeing another pilot up in the air having adventures with a family and sharing on TH-cam. You are and inspiration - Keep up the great work.
Thanks so much for the encouragment!
Great decision making taking the extra time to get yourself set up properly and feel comfortable shooting the approach instead of trying to rush at the last minute. Same thing has happened to me before and I just asked for some spacing to give me a few extra minutes.
Awesome content.
I'm a flight instructor in Australia. American ATC seem a lot more aggressive than Aussie controllers :P They also talk really fast.
When flying with one of my military buddies in his plane, I often comment to him: At times, how does he possibly understand some of the ATC's? He admits, it is difficult at times but he's been flying for 30-yrs so he's accustomed to it.
@@powerforward1955 So glad to hear this from a native speaker.
New York esp JFK controllers are aggressive.
I find East Coast controllers more wound up than Weat Coast ATC.
In 🇦🇺 i just find them anal as hell.
Best ATC on the planet is in LHR & LGW (non brit btw)
I'm a SoCal CFII. Nice job! Excellent ADM.
Thank you very much!
RHV (just a few miles SE of SJC) is my home base, it was really nice to recognize all the airspace, the controller's voice, the approach, and terrain. Great video.
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it
Nice job, Eric. I like your MEA/icing discussion at the beginning.
- Martin
Thanks you! I always wonder how much nerdy pilot stuff I should dive into on these...
Knocked out my private pilot last week! Thanks for the inspiration!
Six months in arrears, but congrats, Shane!
Always enjoy your videos, but this one was extra spectacular. I always appreciate your commentary on your thought process. Thanks for these!
Thanks for that feedback! Glad you enjoyed it.
There is one confusing miscommunication I remember during a practice approach with published miss when I was at 2000: "Maintain 3000 after the approach, heading 185 till establish on localizer, cleared for ILS 17 approach." I read back "maintain 3000 and heading 185 till establish....." and atc didn't even correct me for that. I was glad that my CFII was with me and told me what was going on.
That does sound very confusing. I guess the way to parse that would be "Heading 185 until established, cleared ILS 17 approach, on the go, maintain 3000
Another great video with plenty good lessons. Sometimes I am slow to ask for being vectored around again when they turn me in too close to the final approach course here at KJYO. Never be afraid to ask.
That’s good advice. Have to remember you are the PIC!
That was a great Video!! Thanks so much for taking the time and work to share it! Best wishes!
Glad you enjoyed it! And thanks for the support
Great job. Your IFR flying is spot on and I loved the flight prep you did. Five (out of five) for patience as well.
Thanks a lot!
So far I didn't have a memorable miscommunication with ATC, but being a ATCO myself I can remember quite a few miscommunications with pilots 🤣
Recently in my flight training I’ve started getting flight following. I’ve only flown VFR short distances and much of the time in Piper Cubs so I haven’t really used it before, but it’s amazing! Really great help. My third time getting flight following the controller vectored me to an airport nearby the airport I intended to land at because they had similar names and I hadn’t specific via the identifier. Good experience.
Love the channel!
This is just what I NEED on a Friday!!
Same
TRUE DAT!!
Soo true!
I got my Hat ordered so excited!!!! Great looking hat Thanks Eric for all the amazing content!!!
Thanks for the support with the hat order! Hope you enjoy it!
What a great video. The production value on your vids is top notch. That was a high workload approach for sure and you nailed it.
Much appreciated!
Eric, glad you're working!! I enjoyed watching while wearing my SoCalFlyMonk hat (which I actually paid for). Love the flexible snap back. Amazon rating: 5 stars.
Thanks for this message. I'm so glad you like the hat. I agonized over all the little details ( a common theme for me- haha) and glad it paid off for you! I like wearing it too because it is comfortable.
@@SoCalFlyingMonkey Those details probably make you great at your job too. Safe flying. Cheers.
Wow. So. Much. Vectoring.
Thank goodness you weren't in IMC for all that spirograph flying!
On one of my student solo x-country flights the controller asked me something that I couldn't make out after two repetitions so I had to apologise and state that I was a student pilot and could he please repeat it a third time.
He switched his tone of voice immediately and was super nice, asking me if I had a check ride scheduled yet and how many hours did I have logged.
That's a good note about mentioning student pilot - the controllers will usually slow down after that. I guess I won't be afraid to use that if I get in a serious jam. LOL Technically a student- working on commercial and CFI.... LOL
Nice flight! Welcome to the Bay Area. I’m based at KHWD and vectors are a way of life around here.
Id like to land there one day too.
GREAT Video !! We'll call you "Vector King" ! I used to fly the 'Bay Tour' in the 80's from SJC up to Napa area, west to the coast and hug the beach all the way down from Stinson to Santa Cruz. It was always a lively flight. And great things to see.
Great episode, as always. Looking forward to the SF Bay episode already. Thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it
As always, a fantastic journey. My only disappointment is that you don't make more video content.
I like the new intro, my OCD doesn't kick in anymore seeing the door unlatched over SEZ. I've never been vectored around that much, even landing at the bravos I've taken my Comanche to.
Glad you noticed a few new shots in the intro!
The vectoring reminded me of Microsoft flight sim’s atc they say something very confusing and will say it over and over again until you do it. A very confusing ai.
Great video. Thanks for sharing your thoughts about preflight planning and details of the approach. Very helpful for me as a less experienced pilot to gleam useful bits of information from your flights.
Glad it was helpful!
Being in same business as you... I enjoy your video craftsmanship!
Thanks!
I had an altitude bust IFR one time at 5:30AM with nobody else within 100 miles... I was cleared to 11,000ft. Climbing through 11,400ft the controller says "Confirm you are level at 11,000ft?" I said, oh SHIT and descended down really quickly and levelled off and said "Yes, level at 11,000ft." The controller just laughs out loud and says "Roger" lol. So, sometimes they don't get grump if there was no harm done. But, I have also been scolded many times for minor things.
I thought you did really good with all the changes .. smooth .. hope the camera shoot went good .. love that area my sister used to live in Hayward , Pacifica , Valejo , .. have visited there alot .. from Washington state
oh btw i was born in Torrance , have relatives in S Cal ,. Newport . huntington beach , San diego
Great video as usual. Excellent flight planning and execution. Thanks.
Saludos !!!
I was tracking this flight as well. I thought you were sightseeing something up there with all of those turns. I see now you were just getting jockeyed around!! LOL I also tracked your SF sightseeing trip, that was obvious what you were doing, I have been waiting for the videos. THANKS FOR SHARING!!
Thanks for watching!
Eric long time "watcher" first time shout out! Love your videos, you have an amazing family! I have two girls and a wife also, getting ready to buy my first plane. Thank you for sharing!
Thanks for watching and thanks for the message. Good luck on that first plane purchase. AOPA has some great resources for buying agreements, etc. Get a good prebuy with an independent mechanic.
thank's for sharing Eric! what a wild approach that was. trying to imagine what the controller was seeing and managing versus all you got on your end. just ordered one of your hats FYI, all the way to Switzerland supporting you!
welcome to my home airspace. this video shows what a lot of my flights were like. I look forward to seeing your bay tour video.
I’ve dealt with a similar ATC flying to riverside KRAL but this atc in this video OH JEEEZ!
Eric, Just got my IFR ticket. That was a great job and great decision making!!!! Way to go and share sound advise.
Hope you get a chance to log some actual time. It is super fun!
Excellent video. Liked your tips and your explanations of your thought process.
Thank you!
Love the videos- keep them coming, and thank you for sharing.
Thanks for the encourgament!
TOO cool, you deserve a larger following. Great video's
I appreciate that! Thank you!
Well done! That's a lot of vectoring, understandably.
Thanks! More vectoring means more flying time...I'll take it! LOL
Awesome video, can’t wait for the bay tour!
That’s was quite some Vectoring 😉 I love the NorCal Controller with Wind correction of HDG 275. That Guy is great to fly with. He is always entertaining. He makes it fun for the pilots in his sector
I liked that guy too. While editing, kept thinking he sounds like Lieutenant Dan from Forest Gump. Almost put that in the video!
I’m sure your a busy guy, but, I’ve got some audio on the link below from about 4:35 into the video of the controller. This guy is very entertaining and friendly along with quality airspace management. My video is just bare bones 1 cam for review purposes, but captured some fun audio.
th-cam.com/video/0XOmoAIPUiw/w-d-xo.html
Was wondering where the next installment was...good info to see as a IRA student...thanks Eric!
Very nicely done. Always love your videos
Another great video.. enjoyed the ifr work.. well done!
Thank you!
Got vectored hold for VNY VOR-A for 20 minutes before... Love your vid!
oh yeah it can get busy in that airspace!
Loved the flight, watching in N. Ireland. Keep safe my friend.
Danke fürs mitnehmen. Sehr schön !👍👌
Very cool flight! Keep up the great work!
Very nice work Eric!
Thank you very much!
We are following each other all around, I was just up there last week. Except I took the ground to get there, funny that you mention touring the bay. I did that too! Feel like there is a Fear and Loathing meme here somewhere with me constantly looking over head.
"Can't stop here man, this is Flying Monkey country!"
Love that movie (and book of course). And love that scene in the movie!
memorable lights up and down the state over the years...the marine layers and coastal clouds always required IFR and being on top of your game and yes...absolutely, many miscoms with ATC...some were pretty cool... others...not so much...most challenging was finding waypoints I had never heard of...and dealing with heading and freq changes in the LA Basin....man were those fast and furious!
It certainly does get busy in the LA airspace!
Great flight briefing and decision making. Thanks for the video.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Another fantastic video!!!
Thanks!!!
I really enjoyed this Eric! I'm looking forward to working with you in 1BW
Great experience!! Keep up the good work.
Thank you! Will do!
any time you can go VFR instead of that garbage I'd highly recommend. Couldnt tell if that was the best course but the video made it look like it could be an option compared to staying IFR and wasting time. I'll cancel any time I am visual and can maintain it.
It was IFR ceilings along our route and IMC up to 10k with freezing level forecast at 8k and then down near 6k. Best to stay low in the clouds out of the cold and not get trapped on top. Probably could have cancelled or asked for a visual on the second attempt. But yeah, when I can go VFR I do. It is a lot faster to depart my home airport that way...which I did in this video and then picked up a clearance.
2 things 1 I love your videos and I think whp is an amazing airport I am based out of there and 2 how are you running an ifr flight plan as a private pilot? Did you get your instrument rating? If so from where please I am trying to get mine done as quickly as possible!!
Yes instrument rating from an instructor at Vista at WHiteman.
Was it worth it to get your ifr? Please make a video about becoming ifr certified
Amazing . Being a pilot Ain't Easy
I flew IFR N354MA type P28A into KSCK on Jan 26 while the cold front moving into the area. I requested for ATC to give me lower altitudes as well.
Awesome job as always man ! That vectoring was crazy. I'm guessing that SJC was a pricey airport to land at ? Also at 17:37 : was that an R2-D2 sound in your instrument panel for alerts? If so 😂👍🏻😎
It was not pricey. There is no landing fee (there is at nearby KOAK Oakland). The parking was actually fairly reasonable. Yes my audio panel plays that R2D2 sound when I disconnect the autopilot. SometimesI just engage and disco it over and over to hear it. Haha
It’s the best!!!
Awesome video as always!! Btw.. was that R2D2 at 17:37?
Yes it was! Check out my PMA450B audio panel review video. In the first few minutes you can see where R2D2 is located on my plane. :) (and how the audio panel lets you record custom alerts- that one is the autopilot disconnect- haha)
Indeed it is! It is, in fact, one of my most favorite things that happen while flying! I giggle each time - I love it!
Awesome!
I still remember that route, very nice. How is the plane? Still going i see..
its awesome!
So cool to watch this. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching!
Great video as always! Hard to wrap my mind around all that ATC talk! Up in Alaska its much more quiet
oh yeah in southern california L.A. area the radios are usually non-stop. I like going on longer trips because the radios quiet down out of the area.
The SF Bay Area has some great procedures for dealing with all the airports and terrain in the prevailing winds.
But that’s all out the window when the winds blow north, lol. Way to handle it.
I did notice in my flight planning and from several previous trips to KSQL San Carlos and KOAK that landing to the north is usually what happens. That's what I was expecting but I had still looked at the plates for the Rwy12 approaches the day before...
So when you entered the clouds, looks like you were couple hundred feet below the tops. I may be mistaken but that is what it looked like from the video. I understand the concern about freezing levels. Wouldn't you think it would have been better to climb to 9000 to stay out of the visible moisture even though you may be at or above freezing level?
Didn’t want to get trapped on top. And forecast cloud tops 10k. If I climbed to 10 and above then I would have to descend through clouds up north where freezing level dropping to almost 6k.
@@SoCalFlyingMonkey I fly a Saratoga in upstate New York. Maybe others will disagree, but I do draw a distinction between possibly picking up some ice on the descent and picking up ice on the climb. My nightmare is picking up ice in the climb and not making it on top before HAVING to descend. I suspect that in your case you would not have picked up much ice descending though a relatively thin layer of clouds, with warm, clear air below. I would have gotten on top, but not if I would have been in icing conditions on the approach.
He vectored you into a whole circle 😂😂😂😂😂
I would bet flying into RHV would have been much less hassle, or PAO that you overflew at 15:00: either is fewer than 10 road miles from SJC and more GA friendly.
Very well could have been. SJC was super close to where we needed to be and had rental car we could pull up to the plane so that was nice. :)
Thanks. Really relaxed with all the instructions. Can you fly the approach with the autopilot?
The Trutrak autopilot has the capability for fly LPV approaches but it is technically not certified to do so on “coupled instrument procedures”. It cannot follow an analogue ILS but you’re can manually dial in the track for it to follow and step down altitudes or program a constant rate descent. I have a full review of all its features on my channel if you are interested.
It's hard to tell what's really going on when I can't hear the whole ATC audio....but it seems that there are other faster jets they are trying to squeeze you in with. A slow aircraft on final can be a real road block when it's busy and even more so when they want a long final. Many times they will S turn you and allow as many jets to get in front and tuck you in as close as possible to the airport and build a big gap behind you. I guess as a smaller aircraft it stinks....but it sometimes is easier to vector one aircraft all over the sky than have to vector several faster jets all over the sky. Sticking a smaller aircraft into a daisychain when it's busy can be interesting.
Totally understandable that we get vectored around since we are slower. Flying into a bigger airport I have come to expect it. I think the controller was in a tough spot with the relative speeds of the 2 aircraft competing for the ILS final approach. If I had recorded the traffic view and not the plate in foreflight it would have helped illustrate it I think and I could have explored that a little more. Not sure he could have vectored us west at all because there are other airport in that direction like SFO...so he tried to get us on to the approach quickly but then had to adjust the intercept angle because the first vector he gave (070) would probably have put us inside the FAF/GS intercept. I would be curious to hear from another controller what his other options were.
That was really great.
Thanks!!!
Thanks Eric
Nicely done ✈️👍😎
smart painting of leading edge of wing
Man! I saw no reason for Oakland to be short with you when you were confirming your clearance. When I’ve done similar, I’ve had them say “thanks for asking.”
Yeah I agree with you. Maybe he was having a bad day or some personal stress or something?
After many years of VFR flying only I decided to get my IPC a few weeks ago. ATC was such a pain in the butt I thought maybe this was a bad idea. They don't make it easier. If anything, they make it worse. They talk so fast you can't understand them, and they insist on vectoring you all over the place. Add to that the massive amount of training aircraft in our area, and all the radio chatter, it made it impossible to brief my approaches for my CFII over the intercom. As I was finishing my last approach, which wasn't the one I had prepped for and requested, we would call them, and get no answer. After a few minutes we thought we'd lost radio com and would have to indent 7600. Don't know if they couldn't hear me or what. Then all of a sudden there they were, "squawk VFR. Frequency change approved."
Anyway, I think you did a great job of not getting flustered by your experience. Never let them rush you into an uncomfortable situation... Fly the airplane first above all else.
Great flight🤙🤙
Great footage.
Thanks!
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Thank you!
I know this no way compares to irl flying but I did do an ILS in MSFS And with having no experience it was pretty hard.
Nice job.
Thanks!
Great video, Eric! Did you have the auto pilot in Skyview mode and using the heading bug on the Skyview to do all of the vectoring? I noticed you using the knob panel to turn the headings, but using the auto pilot head for altitude, it seemed.
Hey jesse, I actually still had it in Track mode and just mentally calculated a little wind correction angle between the heading I was given and a track number to dial in. Once in awhile after it settled on the track I would adjust it a degree or two based on what the HDX was showing as the heading. Works pretty well. I should try to use the selector switch and go into the Skyview mode more for vectoring. I honestly pretty much never do it. Good to know its there though! So when are we installing the Dynon Autopilot in my 6????? I have to imagine they are close to ceritfication.....
Well, COVID has slowed down the certification process, so they are moving forward, but slowly. I’m seeing some rest similarities to the PA32 in the Seneca we are currently installing, so the development process should be fairly quick, but they still have the A36, 182 and Mooney’s in development before the PA32. If it comes in 2021, it will be late in the year.
all that ice looming, bouncing and vectoring makes I-5 seem like a relaxing caribbean cruise
Haha- it was way more fun to fly! I loved it.
How often do to sample test your fuel? Curious.. saw you doing it just wondering..
Don't know about him, but my CFI back in 2004 (also in a Cherokee) had me do it literally every time before we flew as part of the walkaround.
Your audio is so good. What kind of setup do you use?
I cover this in my video on the PMA450B audio panel review (if you want the deep dive details). The audio panel streams bluetooth audio to an iPad mini and I record the audio on that device and sync it in post-production. I also do a bunch of post work on all the audio to make it sound a little better.
That is so crazy!
Passed by my hometown KSMX
once we can and covid isnt an issue we can (I'm a controller) into Socal or Norcal TRACON. Also if you would like to interview or talk to a SOCAL controller to understand some of the GA issues feel free to reach out.
Thanks for another great video! I just got my instrument ticket a couple months ago, so it was good "practice" flying along with you. Great decision making on route selection, and the VTF "dance" they put you through. What was the flying time from Socal to KSJC?
Glad the video was useful for you! I think the plan was 2:h15m but ended up being around 2:30
unrelated question... what's the useful load on 1BW?
1405 pounds
was flying into a controlled field and on my initial call told the tower i was "inbound for a touch and go" and was later cleared "to land" on final I realized what he said an remembered i wanted to do a touch and go and asked if i was cleared for a touch and go and he said "well if you didn't ask for that before, do you want it now?" I just said never mind and did the taxi back.
some tower controllers have a reputation for being grumpy.... LOL
AWSOME!