Going back through recently and rewatching some of these classics. This is where Greg's TH-cam journey began and at the time I bet he had no idea where it was gonna go. Wow this is definitely one amazing aircraft for sure.
Hey Captain Greg, when we chatted last time about the Mitsubishi, you didn't tell me you had this video in your archive. I found it by accident and man what a treat. It brought back a flood of memories which I enjoyed.
This may very well be the best video of all time. From the music to the views. Absolutely amazing. I am envious of the folks that get to enjoy this flight.
I love the video. I have worked around, been at airports where I watch them come and go and unfortunatly I haven't been able to fly in one. Thanks for giving this pilot a flight in his favorite small aircraft
bman2101 and jagmotorsports- You both have very good comments. Let me just say that I looked at both the MU-2 and the Cheyenne 400 before purchasing the MU-2. They are both really great airplanes. The performance of the 400 is superior in many aspects as you both have mentioned in your posts. One of the main reasons I went with the MU-2 is the plane is still supported by the factory. That is very important to me and I am very happy with the decision.
I'll be flying a MU-2 tonight from Cleveland to Cincinnati and back again. I normaly fly a 172R so this is a big deal to me. I don't know how much time I will get at the controls but Im looking forward to it.
I agree with you. I the future I am going to try and include more shots from the cabin and also of cockpit activity. Trying to be the videographer and pilot at the same time is a challenge! Thanks for watching.
That's cool. I read your letter in one of my Flying mags where you stated "The only thing better than owning an MU-2 is owning two." The subject was "Most economical turboprops" or something to that effect and you were disagreeing on why the MU-2 wasn't included in the lineup.
gregmink, love your MU-2 vid. I use to go flying in my friends MU-2 I think the number was 768MA, or 764MA we took off at ful 3120' runway and I mean we used every single inch of that runway, the vsi was pegged on climb out we passed 16,000' over Corona a/p (kso) landed at Blythe, CA a/p in 28 mins block-to-block. What a friggin rocket ship! I love the MU-2. Three-in-the -green and thanks for the post.
A Marquise or Solitaire have 406 usable with 90 in each tip tank. Fuel burn is around 100 gallons the first hour and then 90 every hour thereafter. That is at a high power setting.
I love the way the prop rpm shoots up as the prop levers r moved 2 the full 4wd position prior 2 take off on aircraft fitted with Garretts, u notice this at 1:45 into the video. I remember this being a metroliner passenger. Who was the pilot?
ArmandStanger-loved your comments. Thanks for the feedback. Looks like you are a MU-2 fan. Welcome to the club! No, there is no right turning tendency on the plane. Maybe just bad piloting skills on my part.
This is an uncontrolled airport so there is no talking to ATC. ALthough all intentions are broadcast over a common frequency. You can talk to Denver Center once airborne.
I wondered what an mu-2 looked like. I'm not a pilot so this is all new stuff to me. Always interesting to see people comment about things they didn't like when no one was holding a gun to their head to make them watch it!
Gary- Thanks for increasing my traffic! Come on guys, lighten up on (Gary) jagmotorsports. He has a 400LS and likes it. Nothing wrong with that. It is a great airplane. Really cool looking and fast. If it is RVSM equipped than I can tell you that I am jealous. I wish the MU-2 could get above FL280. But with no RVSM, flight above FL280 is off limits. I'm just happy a Conquest II owner didn't chime in with any comments! This debate would have really heated up!
I can take it either way music wise though I like like this sound track with this video. Better than some head banging crap some folks use:) The video was great too so... KUDO's!
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Vídeo muito bacana com belas imagens. O que estraga é a cara de "super-homem" que o "captain" faz para voar... eheheh
I know the MU-2s got an answer for everything Greg, but how your family ended up in the MU-2 after you shut the door and departed with no one in there beats me :) Joe Zerilli
I just saw that you used to own/fly a Rice Rocket, You might be too young to remember him but Roy Clark of Hee Haw used to own one of those. I never got to fly one but always wanted to. Keep up the good work.
MU-2 speed 315 kts tas, Cheyenne 400LS 340 kts tas MU-2 max service ceiling FL310 (depending on model), Cheyenne 400LS max ceiling FL410. The 400LS holds many world time to climb records that no MU-2 or any other plane has been able to beat. If you say you like the MU-2 better, that's certainly your opinion. But to say it blowns the Cheyenne out of the water is just wrong based on any statistic. My comment "finest aircraft in the world was just to have fun with the pilot who made the movie.
Apparently THAT was the sound-score that was beamed to the Mitsubishi populated attack force, on it's way to bomb Pearl Harbor. The lads on the street corner say that Ya 'ave to half-butcher their car's sound systems to get it to cease. ;-)
Piper didn't stop making them because the design was bad. Piper built the plane to meet a request by the U.S government for a plane that had certain speed, and performance criteria for U.S. Border patrol and for other agencies but unfairly gave the winning bid to the Beech Kingair which didn't even come close to meeting the spec. With no contract Piper could not continue to built aircraft since it was so financially strapped at the time. The plane still holds many world records to this day.
I agree that the 400LS was a great design. I have some experience with the airplane, but I must say, the MU-2 blows any of the Cheyenne aircraft out of the water.
Im not arguing with you at all. The MU-2 is a better all around airplane. There are some aspects that the 400LS has that the mits falls a bit short on, but they dont make much of a difference. For example, 20ktas in speed difference wont make a big difference in the time it takes you to get there. maybe about 10 minutes. Cant fly the 400LS in the 30s without RVSM which is REALLY expensive. The MU-2 will get you same place in the same time for less than half the cost. Its also a better value.
Theres no such thing as a turbine rating. The minimum ratings to fly an MU-2 are Private/Multiengine, and in the US, be properly trained under the SFAR.
Arrrrg, turn off that darn noise! Otherwise good video. A cockpit video system, especially one that uses standard cassettes always helps you make great videos. The feds will love you for dumping it in there too.
capceo- You flew one for several years? What serial number? Your TH-cam page says your 16 and is full of flight sim movies? If your 16 then that means I've been Chief Pilot of our company and flying the 400LS since you were 4 years old. If any 400LS does not get 340 knots true then the pilot does not know how to fly it or doesn't know how to maintain it. Geeezz, I have a little fun with a pilot who flies a MU-2 and a storm of controversy erupts. Atleast it's bringing hits to your page Greg!
Of all the videos I've watched of yours, this is the only one I cannot 'like'. Please don't put music soundtracks on them; I love hearing the actual cockpit sounds, ATC etc that you put on your Premier I videos. It puts us 'armchair pilots' in the driver's seat ;-)
It would have been a really nice video except for the horrible soundtrack. We aviation enthusiasts want to hear the sounds of the flight - the engines, the radios, the cockpit, etc. Not some crappy music overlay. Thanks for posting the visual component, anyway.
Going back through recently and rewatching some of these classics. This is where Greg's TH-cam journey began and at the time I bet he had no idea where it was gonna go. Wow this is definitely one amazing aircraft for sure.
WOW I have over 100 hrs on an MU2, best flying I have ever done in my life, Thanks Dudley
Hey Captain Greg, when we chatted last time about the Mitsubishi, you didn't tell me you had this video in your archive. I found it by accident and man what a treat. It brought back a flood of memories which I enjoyed.
This may very well be the best video of all time. From the music to the views. Absolutely amazing. I am envious of the folks that get to enjoy this flight.
I love the video. I have worked around, been at airports where I watch them come and go and unfortunatly I haven't been able to fly in one. Thanks for giving this pilot a flight in his favorite small aircraft
bman2101 and jagmotorsports-
You both have very good comments. Let me just say that I looked at both the MU-2 and the Cheyenne 400 before purchasing the MU-2. They are both really great airplanes. The performance of the 400 is superior in many aspects as you both have mentioned in your posts. One of the main reasons I went with the MU-2 is the plane is still supported by the factory. That is very important to me and I am very happy with the decision.
dang i was in the first grade when this came out. thanks for helping me find other vids! adam
That's so awesome. More please! Oh how I wish I could afford to fly!
Right on Steve! The MU-2 is the best T-prop out there!
Very awesome video. Thanks for posting!
I'll be flying a MU-2 tonight from Cleveland to Cincinnati and back again. I normaly fly a 172R so this is a big deal to me. I don't know how much time I will get at the controls but Im looking forward to it.
I agree with you. I the future I am going to try and include more shots from the cabin and also of cockpit activity. Trying to be the videographer and pilot at the same time is a challenge! Thanks for watching.
That's cool. I read your letter in one of my Flying mags where you stated "The only thing better than owning an MU-2 is owning two." The subject was "Most economical turboprops" or something to that effect and you were disagreeing on why the MU-2 wasn't included in the lineup.
gregmink, love your MU-2 vid. I use to go flying in my friends MU-2 I think the number was 768MA, or 764MA we took off at ful 3120' runway and I mean we used every single inch of that runway, the vsi was pegged on climb out we passed 16,000' over Corona a/p (kso) landed at Blythe, CA a/p in 28 mins block-to-block. What a friggin rocket ship! I love the MU-2. Three-in-the -green and thanks for the post.
A Marquise or Solitaire have 406 usable with 90 in each tip tank. Fuel burn is around 100 gallons the first hour and then 90 every hour thereafter. That is at a high power setting.
Great rock steady cam thanks Matt
Yes. I have the Marquise pictured here and a short body MU-2 that is painted just like it.
I love the way the prop rpm shoots up as the prop levers r moved 2 the full 4wd position prior 2 take off on aircraft fitted with Garretts, u notice this at 1:45 into the video. I remember this being a metroliner passenger. Who was the pilot?
nice flight!
Damn, I miss my good old Cessna 140. No mountain hopping but lots of trips to OSH.
Check out some of my other videos as they will have the sound you like.
From 1 pilot to the next awesome video!I've always wanted to fly the MU2 does it just require a multi rating or is there a additional transition?
ArmandStanger-loved your comments. Thanks for the feedback. Looks like you are a MU-2 fan. Welcome to the club! No, there is no right turning tendency on the plane. Maybe just bad piloting skills on my part.
Premier 1 Driver i wondered about that ive heard that. do the props spin opposite directions.
Right you are. That was one of my early videos. You'll notice my newer ones all have nothing but engine noise.
great music and video,mu2 a hot ship,must be a good pilot on its proceedures..
AWESOME!!
i would love to have a plane, especially one like that, Thats a incredible view...-envy- haha
Old video but nice shot above airport. Thanks.
Very old video, Greg looks so young. Thanks.
Yes. Quite easily.
That is quite a handsome airplane!
This is an uncontrolled airport so there is no talking to ATC. ALthough all intentions are broadcast over a common frequency. You can talk to Denver Center once airborne.
I wondered what an mu-2 looked like. I'm not a pilot so this is all new stuff to me. Always interesting to see people comment about things they didn't like when no one was holding a gun to their head to make them watch it!
That is the electric pitch trim
Yes, but if I didn't I would never admit it!
Gary- Thanks for increasing my traffic! Come on guys, lighten up on (Gary) jagmotorsports. He has a 400LS and likes it. Nothing wrong with that. It is a great airplane. Really cool looking and fast. If it is RVSM equipped than I can tell you that I am jealous. I wish the MU-2 could get above FL280. But with no RVSM, flight above FL280 is off limits. I'm just happy a Conquest II owner didn't chime in with any comments! This debate would have really heated up!
Nice choice of music.
Yes, in Norway it is ;-)
I can take it either way music wise though I like like this sound track with this video. Better than some head banging crap some folks use:) The video was great too so... KUDO's!
Vídeo muito bacana com belas imagens. O que estraga é a cara de "super-homem" que o "captain" faz para voar... eheheh
I know the MU-2s got an answer for everything Greg, but how your family ended up in the MU-2 after you shut the door and departed with no one in there beats me :)
Joe Zerilli
Always wanted to take a ride in a MU-2. Thanks for taking us along! :)
Good video but I must say the "Finest Turboprop Airplane" in the World is a Cheyenne 400LS.
Could the MU-2 be safely operated in and out of a 3500ft gravel strip?
I just saw that you used to own/fly a Rice Rocket, You might be too young to remember him but Roy Clark of Hee Haw used to own one of those. I never got to fly one but always wanted to. Keep up the good work.
I didn't know that. Love the MU2.
MU-2 speed 315 kts tas, Cheyenne 400LS 340 kts tas
MU-2 max service ceiling FL310 (depending on model), Cheyenne 400LS max ceiling FL410.
The 400LS holds many world time to climb records that no MU-2 or any other plane has been able to beat. If you say you like the MU-2 better, that's certainly your opinion. But to say it blowns the Cheyenne out of the water is just wrong based on any statistic. My comment "finest aircraft in the world was just to have fun with the pilot who made the movie.
Apparently THAT was the sound-score that was beamed to the Mitsubishi populated attack force, on it's way to bomb Pearl Harbor. The lads on the street corner say that Ya 'ave to half-butcher their car's sound systems to get it to cease. ;-)
Piper didn't stop making them because the design was bad. Piper built the plane to meet a request by the U.S government for a plane that had certain speed, and performance criteria for U.S. Border patrol and for other agencies but unfairly gave the winning bid to the Beech Kingair which didn't even come close to meeting the spec. With no contract Piper could not continue to built aircraft since it was so financially strapped at the time. The plane still holds many world records to this day.
Telluride, Colorado. KTEX
I agree that the 400LS was a great design. I have some experience with the airplane, but I must say, the MU-2 blows any of the Cheyenne aircraft out of the water.
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Just a young fellow. Which program do you use for mixing audio/video?
This was back in my pc days and it was Windows Movie Maker. I use FCP X now.
not to mention that the MU-2 is a MUCH better built airplane. Its more reliable, more rugged, and better built.
nice intro =)
is this a ptivat jet?
Im not arguing with you at all. The MU-2 is a better all around airplane. There are some aspects that the 400LS has that the mits falls a bit short on, but they dont make much of a difference. For example, 20ktas in speed difference wont make a big difference in the time it takes you to get there. maybe about 10 minutes. Cant fly the 400LS in the 30s without RVSM which is REALLY expensive. The MU-2 will get you same place in the same time for less than half the cost. Its also a better value.
Oh and the subject was "Best used turboprops" not "Most economical"...sorry don't want to get sued for misquoting Flying..HehHeh!
we do Mitsubishi also...but these are SUVs and they stay on the ground.:) but still, I do like your jet a lot better..
Good one!
What would make you say that? If it was so fine, they would have built more than 40 of them.
what airport was that?
whats the weight? over or under 12,500lbs?
haha oh man your interiors are WAY nicer than ours (let's thank fifteen thousand hours of medevac for that). MU-2 critics be damned!
jag motorsports - I am on my sons youtube account. i flew N400PJ, serial number 3, which was acutally used by AiResearch and Piper for testing.
Theres no such thing as a turbine rating. The minimum ratings to fly an MU-2 are Private/Multiengine, and in the US, be properly trained under the SFAR.
I never want to watch Mission Impossible again.
I flew a 182 in and out of telluride yers ago.Closest I will ever come to taking off from an carrier. No more soundtrack please
I think you need a turbine rating to ;-)
Arrrrg, turn off that darn noise! Otherwise good video. A cockpit video system, especially one that uses standard cassettes always helps you make great videos. The feds will love you for dumping it in there too.
The music is a bit much, the theme from the Mission Impossible TV show? I do like it tho! Sorry moneylab!
capceo- You flew one for several years? What serial number? Your TH-cam page says your 16 and is full of flight sim movies? If your 16 then that means I've been Chief Pilot of our company and flying the 400LS since you were 4 years old. If any 400LS does not get 340 knots true then the pilot does not know how to fly it or doesn't know how to maintain it. Geeezz, I have a little fun with a pilot who flies a MU-2 and a storm of controversy erupts. Atleast it's bringing hits to your page Greg!
Look at that CHILD behind the stick! :P
Of all the videos I've watched of yours, this is the only one I cannot 'like'. Please don't put music soundtracks on them; I love hearing the actual cockpit sounds, ATC etc that you put on your Premier I videos. It puts us 'armchair pilots' in the driver's seat ;-)
+moneylab Yeah, things have changed a lot since I did this video. This was nearly 10 years ago
cool 5*
It would have been a really nice video except for the horrible soundtrack. We aviation enthusiasts want to hear the sounds of the flight - the engines, the radios, the cockpit, etc. Not some crappy music overlay. Thanks for posting the visual component, anyway.
Love the MU-2, love Telluride, but couldn't watch more than a few seconds of this due to the horribly annoying soundtrack.