I jumped out of this plane at 18K last April! i enjoyed flying in the king air so much i decided to pursue my private pilot rating. Thanks for a great video, will be jumping again next spring.
i just turned 54 today and until 7 years ago i had never been off the ground and swore i never would . my wife finaly talked me into flying to denver from dfw and i have been hooked ever since and now i skydive . im going on a glider sunday and a hot air ballon next month . the only thing i havent been on yet is a fighter . i wish i could have gotten into aviation 30 years ago but i dont think i would have apreciated it like i do now . flying is my passion . . GOD bless you brother . hopefully ill see you in the air
At last a pilot who cuts the crap. No ego, loads of humour. He just gets on with job; climbing, dumping his payload and returning as efficiently as possible.
Im a pilot and was invited to skydive years ago. Sadly, I had a prior trip planned and couldn't go. I remember now, I left on the 9:15 out of Nopesville, enroute to Fthatastan. Oh well, maybe next time. That said, a big thank you for an incredible video ! What a beast of an airplane. Mohammed was great and gave us good insight from his perspective. So thank you FF and Mo for the great ride ! Safe skies !
I got to do that with Mike Mullins king air 2. Had the Guinness record for getting skydivers up, out and back at the airport. Sometimes I would just go for the ride and take pictures, called the E ticket! Mike would dive down past the free falling skydivers, pull up at low altitude. Do one corkscrew turn to slow down, and lane on the runway. Rides were 10$. Best roller coaster ride!
Great video of the A90, I used to ride along in a Beech 18 and after dropping the jumpers from 12,500, it was an elevator ride down and usually we could land before the jumpers. The A90 really is a rocket !!
I wonder how many times in a week he makes that same flight? Repetition, repetition, repetition, until it becomes automatic. Flying a skydiving plane has many differences in the flight procedures from "regular" Part 91 flight.
@@DeereX748 Even though, the Pilot has to navigate through all different air traffic control sectors en route to deliver skydivers, maintain CG Balance while skydiving and then make a steep dive for short finals runway to slot himself and clear the bushes just before runway. The other way is performing a steep take off to clear power lines. They both require skill from the Pilot and therefore this Pilot, does actually really thoroughly deserve the rap for his skill displayed performing it dutifully, courageously and with dedication.
@@david.b4186 I was talking about slowing to just above stall, dropping flaps and using differential thrust to maintain straight and level flight during the offloading of the skydivers. Not many Part 91 pilots do that as a matter of course in their trips from Point A to B. I thought the pilot was exceptional, he easily stayed on top of all his duties and still had time to explain stuff to the guy making the video. It also looks like an absolute hoot with the steep climbs and descents.
Totally cool to see skydiving from the plane's perspective. I did one jump when I was a Freshman in college in 1979 in Antioch, CA. It was a solo static line jump from 3000 feet because it would be four more years until tandem jumps were available and higher altitudes became the norm. Eight hours of training, hanging from a beam, practicing emergency procedures. I remember once my chute opened, seeing the plane dive to return to the field. Amazing experience. Thanks for the video and your channel!
I began Jumping 1977, age 22 at Livermore, CA. Antioch and Pope Valley, Napa were the other choices. Made 13 Static Line Jumps from a Cessna 182 4 seater from their Dirt Runway. 6 Static Lines and then 5 second free falls x 3, 10 Second Free Falls x 2 and Opening the Parachute myself. All Landings were extremely hard under a Round Military Canopy. Felt like I was jumping from a 2 story moving building. Had 1 standup landing where I must have hit an updraft. Last jump I tore muscles and ligaments in the ball of my foot. That put me on crutches for 3 months, limping for 1 year and never returned due to College, Employment, lack of money and other responsibilities.
I used to jump at Skydive Virginia in Louisa County, and our King Air was AWESOME. Huge shout out to our pilot Bob Burch! Also the owners Mark and Tony were great. Miss all you guys! RIP Patrick and Harry...BLUE SKIES!!
I miss flying jump planes. They trained me in the A/B 90 when I had 25 hours of muilti time. Enjoyed the King Air, Twin Otter, Casa, and Caravans! Flying at drop zones is amazing because unlike passenger airports, everyone is there to have a good time.
I've jumped from all of those except the Caravan. My favorite was the Casa 212. I've never been in the aircraft on the fast descent, but it still blows my mind that they usually beat me and the other jumpers to the ground.
This is actually very interesting because I always went to Arthur Dunn during flight training, and I've always been curious about this king air. Very cool to see it on my recommended videos.
I went skydiving in NZ in 2020, went up to 18.500 feet for the jump. Best experience ever! Totally rad to see the same race "who gets down first" between jumpers and the pilot 🤣
Not gonna lie, every instructor and myself who've flown into Arthur Dunn for flights have always been sketched out by this King Air. Seems like they just always barely make it over the powerlines at the end lol.
My son-in law flies C90 and B200 King Airs in Part 135 operations. Both have the larger 750 hp engines and he says the planes are incredible to fly, even without being stripped down He does a lot of trips into the Bahamas, lots of strips 3000 feet or less with water at both ends.
That was awesome, how many FPM did he come down at? I watched Dan Gryder a few years ago doing the same thing also in a KingAir and he came down at 3000 FPM.
I'm sure they leave nothing to chance with maintenance and calculations. But if you lost one engine, the other developing additional 250 horsepower, I wonder what the (improved) single engine climb rate is? And also, how much faster is the Vmc blue line with that additional asymmetric thrust? Seems these airports should invest some coin to bury the power lines at the end of their runways... It can't possibly be insurmountable to do so.
From Mo the pilot “If I lost an engine at take off as long as I’m 120 or above I can do 1000-1500 ft Per min, that’s why we carry the extra speed on take off” The ground perspective does make it look close, but there is margin built in
have a nice day. cruising speed 400 km/h. range 1500 km. I want to own a sightseeing plane for 2 or 4 people. new. What is the average total price? thanks.
Christ the new 90’s when they still made them only have 550hp each. Ain’t no way I’m jumping out of a perfectly good airplane even if it had something wrong.
But the door is small and jump run speed is high. It's gets to altitude quickly, but a nightmare to get more than a couple people out the door together.
@@FloridaFlying the caravan takes off way shorter though, it is objectively a safer choice. Also just seems super expensive to operate this compared to a caravan for only a modest performance increase
Used the entire runway....clickbait title. That says you were operating out of a runway that is too short, the airplane was overgross, and the pilot was not thinking.
I will guarantee you that if the f a a rode along with this guy on this takeoff, he would have a six month suspension. They would be looking at him for a revocation. That was unsafe take off to say the least. I have two thousand hours in the beach ninety nine p I c. He is risking 25 lives. Idiot. Pink slip!!! People commenting here Have no idea what kind of danger they're putting themselves in.
More along the lines of a way to survive if someones container inadvertently opens and the canopy gets caught on the horizontal stab. as the jumper gets pulled out of the aircraft. If damage to the tail makes it uncontrollable you are gonna want a bail out rig.....
Awesome footage! It was great to see Mohammed's professionalism on full display.
Thank you! He does an excellent job. I shared your comment with him. It means a lot coming from the Air Safety Institute.
😁@@FloridaFlying
I have about 400 jumps out of that very plane. My favorite one of my 26 year and counting jump history.
10:28 that's amazing, you can actually see the plane unloading after they jump out, it momentarily pitches up.
The descent segment with gear deploying was wicked Pedro. Well done!
Thank you! Yes I loved that shot
This guy is a fighter pilot!! 😅
I jumped out of this plane at 18K last April! i enjoyed flying in the king air so much i decided to pursue my private pilot rating. Thanks for a great video, will be jumping again next spring.
i just turned 54 today and until 7 years ago i had never been off the ground and swore i never would . my wife finaly talked me into flying to denver from dfw and i have been hooked ever since and now i skydive . im going on a glider sunday and a hot air ballon next month . the only thing i havent been on yet is a fighter . i wish i could have gotten into aviation 30 years ago but i dont think i would have apreciated it like i do now . flying is my passion . . GOD bless you brother . hopefully ill see you in the air
That thing definitely climbs like a homesick angel! Great video.
At last a pilot who cuts the crap. No ego, loads of humour. He just gets on with job; climbing, dumping his payload and returning as efficiently as possible.
Im a pilot and was invited to skydive years ago. Sadly, I had a prior trip planned and couldn't go. I remember now, I left on the 9:15 out of Nopesville, enroute to Fthatastan. Oh well, maybe next time.
That said, a big thank you for an incredible video ! What a beast of an airplane. Mohammed was great and gave us good insight from his perspective. So thank you FF and Mo for the great ride ! Safe skies !
Hahaha, well thank you for coming along for the ride. I had a lot of fun making this video
I got to do that with Mike Mullins king air 2. Had the Guinness record for getting skydivers up, out and back at the airport. Sometimes I would just go for the ride and take pictures, called the E ticket! Mike would dive down past the free falling skydivers, pull up at low altitude. Do one corkscrew turn to slow down, and lane on the runway. Rides were 10$. Best roller coaster ride!
Of all the skydives I've made, I've never seen it from this perspective. What a fantastic video and incredible airplane.
Great video of the A90, I used to ride along in a Beech 18 and after dropping the jumpers from 12,500, it was an elevator ride down and usually we could land before the jumpers. The A90 really is a rocket !!
Pilot is phenomenally a master of the flight, Kudos to him🙏🏾❤
Yes
I wonder how many times in a week he makes that same flight? Repetition, repetition, repetition, until it becomes automatic. Flying a skydiving plane has many differences in the flight procedures from "regular" Part 91 flight.
@@DeereX748 Even though, the Pilot has to navigate through all different air traffic control sectors en route to deliver skydivers, maintain CG Balance while skydiving and then make a steep dive for short finals runway to slot himself and clear the bushes just before runway.
The other way is performing a steep take off to clear power lines. They both require skill from the Pilot and therefore this Pilot, does actually really thoroughly deserve the rap for his skill displayed performing it dutifully, courageously and with dedication.
@@david.b4186 I was talking about slowing to just above stall, dropping flaps and using differential thrust to maintain straight and level flight during the offloading of the skydivers. Not many Part 91 pilots do that as a matter of course in their trips from Point A to B. I thought the pilot was exceptional, he easily stayed on top of all his duties and still had time to explain stuff to the guy making the video. It also looks like an absolute hoot with the steep climbs and descents.
Totally cool to see skydiving from the plane's perspective. I did one jump when I was a Freshman in college in 1979 in Antioch, CA. It was a solo static line jump from 3000 feet because it would be four more years until tandem jumps were available and higher altitudes became the norm. Eight hours of training, hanging from a beam, practicing emergency procedures. I remember once my chute opened, seeing the plane dive to return to the field. Amazing experience. Thanks for the video and your channel!
I began Jumping 1977, age 22 at Livermore, CA. Antioch and Pope Valley, Napa were the other choices. Made 13 Static Line Jumps from a Cessna 182 4 seater from their Dirt Runway. 6 Static Lines and then 5 second free falls x 3, 10 Second Free Falls x 2 and Opening the Parachute myself. All Landings were extremely hard under a Round Military Canopy. Felt like I was jumping from a 2 story moving building. Had 1 standup landing where I must have hit an updraft. Last jump I tore muscles and ligaments in the ball of my foot. That put me on crutches for 3 months, limping for 1 year and never returned due to College, Employment, lack of money and other responsibilities.
I have no interest in skydiving myself, but someday when I get my commercial, flying jumpers is def one of my top picks.
Awesome shots! May I feature the outside view of the takeoff in one of my next episodes? Of course with a link back to your original video. Cheers!
I used to jump at Skydive Virginia in Louisa County, and our King Air was AWESOME. Huge shout out to our pilot Bob Burch! Also the owners Mark and Tony were great. Miss all you guys! RIP Patrick and Harry...BLUE SKIES!!
I jumped out of that hot rod 10 years ago! 😂 It was a blast! Would love to jump again.
Absolutely amazing and super jealous you got to experience this!
Thank you!
Thanks for sharing. did several hours of crosswind practice in the Arthur Dunn airport and brought back a few memories.
I miss flying jump planes. They trained me in the A/B 90 when I had 25 hours of muilti time. Enjoyed the King Air, Twin Otter, Casa, and Caravans! Flying at drop zones is amazing because unlike passenger airports, everyone is there to have a good time.
I've jumped from all of those except the Caravan. My favorite was the Casa 212. I've never been in the aircraft on the fast descent, but it still blows my mind that they usually beat me and the other jumpers to the ground.
Cool video. Thanks. He's a little amp'd up on the radio calls.
This is actually very interesting because I always went to Arthur Dunn during flight training, and I've always been curious about this king air. Very cool to see it on my recommended videos.
360 skydives in 75 or so. jump planes were C180s, C182s, a beech 18, a loadstar, and a DC-3. no turboprops. tampa & zhills
I went skydiving in NZ in 2020, went up to 18.500 feet for the jump. Best experience ever! Totally rad to see the same race "who gets down first" between jumpers and the pilot 🤣
When it comes to King Airs and climb speed back in my day there was only one name.........Mike Mullins.
Not gonna lie, every instructor and myself who've flown into Arthur Dunn for flights have always been sketched out by this King Air. Seems like they just always barely make it over the powerlines at the end lol.
Mo is actually an amazing pilot!
@@christinaaustin8897 oh no doubting hes a great pilot always just looked really wild from our point of views lol
When u are heavy carry a tip more speed flat climb till established
I flew jumpers for a while in a 182, 206, 208 loads of fun til one of my FAA guys warned me off the operation.
Is the plane slow or just a tough runway?
I see you take a chapter out of Trevor Jacob's playbook and wear a parachute when you fly. Good man.
Probably wearing it cause it's required. In Cessna 182s the STC (supplemental type certificate) for the door mod requires pilots were a chute.
It was a joke my guy. @@coldsamon
Modified engine air intakes! Cool!
I love the King Air because you reach exit altitude before you even have time to get nervous in the plane 😂
Great video, so proud of you Mo!
My son-in law flies C90 and B200 King Airs in Part 135 operations. Both have the larger 750 hp engines and he says the planes are incredible to fly, even without being stripped down He does a lot of trips into the Bahamas, lots of strips 3000 feet or less with water at both ends.
Great plane, great pilot!
Hell yeah, more videos!
That plane was gnarly and what a kick ass pilot. He knew his girl
That's quite an improvement over the Beech 18's, DC 3's and Lockheed Loadstars we used to jump back in the 70's.
Lovely!
Tinha BR nesse voo!
9:55 dá pra escutar um Caralho! de logo após um PUTA QUE PARIU!
That thing is a unit
Wow ,awsome climb rate .
Wow great flight awesome pilot. :o)
Awesome awesome!👌
Thank you! 😎
Go Mo!!!
Mo is the man!!
Sweet.
That was awesome, how many FPM did he come down at? I watched Dan Gryder a few years ago doing the same thing also in a KingAir and he came down at 3000 FPM.
I’ll have to take a look but I imagine it would be 3-4K feet per minute. It’s a fast ride down
10,000 feet per minute average while descending. Same as the Space Shuttle.
Would love to have seen a bit more of the decent. Is the pilot pitching the props back to increase the drag? How long does the decent take?
Did they sell their King Air 200?
jesus! i thought the texas turbines super caravan was fast! this thing is insane
F***ing epic!!
That plane is clapped out.
King Air with two turboprop engines! What are the flight specs on that mamajama?
I'm sure they leave nothing to chance with maintenance and calculations.
But if you lost one engine, the other developing additional 250 horsepower, I wonder what the (improved) single engine climb rate is? And also, how much faster is the Vmc blue line with that additional asymmetric thrust?
Seems these airports should invest some coin to bury the power lines at the end of their runways... It can't possibly be insurmountable to do so.
From Mo the pilot “If I lost an engine at take off as long as I’m 120 or above I can do 1000-1500 ft Per min, that’s why we carry the extra speed on take off”
The ground perspective does make it look close, but there is margin built in
They beat the skydivers to the ground.
What place is his airport name?
Arthur Dunn Airpark X21
You can tell there are a couple Brazilian guys in there by the expletives in Portuguese...LOL
What's going o happen when the FAA makes U comply with art 135?
never gonna pass. also it would wipe out about 95% of skydive drop zones across the country
Holy sh***!! what an excellent pilot!
Beautiful E90. What model of engines have?
Pt-6 135 engines about 750 hp @
My only question is what happens if they lose an engine on takeoff with a load of 15 jumpers?
Can still climb over 1000 feet per minute at 120 knots
I wonder how the oxygen requirements are met above 14,500? I don’t think the plane is pressurized or is it?
have a nice day. cruising speed 400 km/h. range 1500 km. I want to own a sightseeing plane for 2 or 4 people. new. What is the average total price? thanks.
I feel like those houses are so close, i bet it gets pretty loud for them.
I hope they really like airplanes
Christ the new 90’s when they still made them only have 550hp each. Ain’t no way I’m jumping out of a perfectly good airplane even if it had something wrong.
Was anyone else surprised to see the parachute so near the king air's landing flight path? Is that normal ? Looked dangerous.
Yeah that made me wonder how do you make sure you don't hit the skydivers
But the door is small and jump run speed is high. It's gets to altitude quickly, but a nightmare to get more than a couple people out the door together.
Why are the pilots pulling a Trevor Jacob Special by wearing skydiving parachutes?
I can't believe he can land with a jumper right there? In my country we can't land till jumpers are clear
They are clear.
The passenger said: PUTA QUE PARIU. kkkkkkkkkkkk HOLY SHIT in english
It’s not getting to 18,000 in 7 minutes. Even with -34s, that’s more like 14,000 in 7 minutes, which is still impressive.
It has 135 engines in it set to pull hard at at max temp all the way up..
@@hekterr6677 still not buying the climb speeds. Unless the plane is not even close to full. But that's a different story.
Limon, CO has a B200 that climbs faster than that, from 6,000ft
Sweet, I have to look into that
@FloridaFlying All good, I'm a huge fan of the MM-34-90, back at the WFFC and TN, but this B200 is ridiculous, even here in Colorado. And bigger!
@@FloridaFlying Should be N32SV at Out of the Blue Skydiving
My 172 has close to 1500hp
Serious question, why not a Caravan? This seems like a lot of money to do what a Caravan does
Performance and safety my friend
@@FloridaFlying the caravan takes off way shorter though, it is objectively a safer choice. Also just seems super expensive to operate this compared to a caravan for only a modest performance increase
The first guy to jump is a Brazilian, how do I know it? Cuz he cursed "put@ que pariu" when he realized the bad decision he make.
No wipers either.. like a track car..
Used the entire runway....clickbait title. That says you were operating out of a runway that is too short, the airplane was overgross, and the pilot was not thinking.
Who in the earth uses Strong Tandems hahaha
checklist work: "god, god, god, god......that's all god"............... ! ! ! .... ? ? ? ?.........= yeah...... obviously a real "cool" PIC on board
I will guarantee you that if the f a a rode along with this guy on this takeoff, he would have a six month suspension. They would be looking at him for a revocation. That was unsafe take off to say the least. I have two thousand hours in the beach ninety nine p I c. He is risking 25 lives. Idiot. Pink slip!!! People commenting here Have no idea what kind of danger they're putting themselves in.
😂🤣🤡
When the pilot wears a parachute you know the plane is sketch
More along the lines of a way to survive if someones container inadvertently opens and the canopy gets caught on the horizontal stab. as the jumper gets pulled out of the aircraft. If damage to the tail makes it uncontrollable you are gonna want a bail out rig.....
I will say that having a parachute on in a plane does give you a warm and fuzzy feeling