Took the TBM to Colorado with the family and had the chance to go meet a friend for the day in Aspen. Amazing weather, amazing part of the country, amazing airplane!
Thanks for sharing. You have such a beautiful family. Glad you capture the emotion of the trip as well rather than just the flight. Reminds me so much of our trips away, minus the plane of course.
Thanks for visiting our beautiful state. You missed the worst of our wildfires, which are quite a bit north of Pagosa, near Fort Collins and Estes Park. The snow we had a week and a half ago really slowed them down. The only chance I've had to fly the 900 is in X-Plane, and I love the aircraft. Enjoy your videos. Have fun!
Well done. I lived in Durango area (se Ignacio) for 25yrs, still looks dry, but as of the 26th of Oct the snow was back ! I live in Moab Ut. now, come visit us in Moab one of these days ! Take care, good video.
Thanks a lot for sharing! Great flights! Learning the XPlane TBM, I was wondering when do you program your flight plan into the G1000-before or after engine startup? Does the battery take some minutes programming without engine on?
I typically push it from the ForeFlight plan on my ipad, so it takes only seconds. You could certainly use battery power to work on it before startup, but I usually don't bother. The main thing I want setup is the departure and the first waypoint or 2 after that. Then I double check stuff in cruise for the remainder of the flight, plus ATC often changes things up a little anyway.
The TBM is on my ever changing short list of aircraft to upgrade to, I was wondering if you would be able to talk about how you went about getting the TBM, why you chose it and maintenance and what not. I am based out of Seguin and could easily make a run to Austin
I always use “we,” despite the fact that somewhere around 90% of my flying is alone in the cockpit. I figure it’s me and my airplane. I also talk to myself as if I had a pilot monitoring sitting beside me. I’m thinking of starting a flying TH-cam channel with my C441 but it’s a crowded field!
Thanks, i intentionally left those in so glad to hear that feedback. The vertical nav was not tough, but I did give it plenty of attention and did my best to stay ahead of "what's next"
nice approach into ASE! Does the tower have to clear your inbound turn into the airport, as they mentioned you were clear to make the turn inbound, or do you just fly the approach in, and that was an extra comment?
Yeah, that caught me a little off guard because I had already been cleared to turn in by approach. Maybe sometimes they want to call your turn on final and it was just Tower's habit to say that?
Aw man you guys went to Durango to hike when you were already at Pagosa? Some of the best hiking I’ve ever done in CO was north of Pagosa near Williams Creek Res. Sorry if this is a dumb question but what’s the TBM stand for? Not a pilot, tho I’d love to be, but I rly enjoyed getting your views of some of my favorite places from above!
TBM = TarBes Mooney. Tarbes in the city in France where they build them. Mooney is for the Mooney aircraft company that was involved in the early design of the plane. I have no doubt there must be great hiking in Pagosa - pretty place! We just wanted to check out Durango too, so happened to be out there. :)
I always love these TBM videos Jason. The 3-D video playback look very interesting when the avatar plane landed on the dirt instead of an actual gravel runway. Quick question, at the start of 15 minutes the AI voice on your plane stated that there’s a traffic at 11o’clock 1 mile, does that mean that there’s another plane around the same altitude as you, and if so what do you do to avoid traffic do you fly left, right or increase or decrease altitude to avoid the other plane?
Yeah, that was calling out the traffic that was coming into the airport. With my traffic alert system you should always put eyes on the other airplane before making a course/altitude change (or follow ATC instructions). Higher end systems in airliners will actually give you a "resolution" by telling you to climb or what have you.
@@JasonFlies you fly my dream plane, I’m an instrument- rated private pilot, but a Piper Saratoga is the maximum I’ve ever flown!!! Many hours on the very realistic TBM 900 for the X-plane simulator, though.....
Ah, well you can use the panel to calculate when you should descend from current altitude, once you tell it the desired altitude and location, and the rate or angle you want to descend. ForeFlight Mobile can do a similar calc for your destination too. I usually set the panel up to have me at the airport at 1000 AGL or maybe at airport elevation if I plan to do a straight in landing. If you didn't have that calculation helping you'd need to work it out in your head, maybe using 1000 ft/min as a descent and looking at the current groundspeed to determine how much time you have to get down.
Question please. If you spend like $3 mill on the plane why does the flat panels on the aircraft not do the job or supply the information you need, in other words why do we need iPads?
They both have their place. You could certainly fly without an iPad, but it is just more awkward to interact with the screen compared to the touch display of the iPad. Plus we add new features to ForeFlight every month whereas the panel rarely changes at all. iPad works at home for planning, etc too!
I live near Pagosa and definitely see a lot of Texans😂 A lot of them come with their RVs for the summer. It can get frustrating getting stuck behind a line of them in the mountains but the money they spend here makes up for it😂
It would be cool if you tried out the TBM 900 in X-Plane 11 (flight sim) and compare it to the real aircraft. Apparently, the TBM is very realistic TBM 900: www.x-aviation.com/catalog/product_info.php/take-command-hot-start-tbm-900-p-158 X-Plane 11: www.x-plane.com/desktop/buy-it/
I helped those folks create that model for xplane - they did a stellar job. Still the best aircraft you can buy for a sim. I made a video when it was in early testing th-cam.com/video/PRr9qIstScU/w-d-xo.html
Man, the sound of that aircraft starting up is like heavenly music to my ears.... Thanks!!!!
Never gets old!
Thanks for sharing and allowing us to ride along. Much appreciated.
Startup sound is awesome! Gotta love that ForeFlight app! Great vid!
Thanks! Yeah, that start up sound never gets old!
This channel deserves more subs. Great video and awesome airplane. Thanks for sharing Jason.
Much appreciated!
Thanks for sharing. You have such a beautiful family. Glad you capture the emotion of the trip as well rather than just the flight. Reminds me so much of our trips away, minus the plane of course.
Thank you so much!
Great video, beautiful airplane!
What an awesome experience to have a TBM for the family..... im working on it....
The 900 is an incredible aircraft. You're a lucky man and thanks for sharing
I really like how calm and relaxing your videos are.
Great compliment thanks! This one seemed extra relaxed for some reason
@@JasonFlies Yes.......very Calm voice..........regards
Thank you for sharing! Really enjoy your videos. Beautiful plane!! Hope to be able to do the same with my family someday!
...another great video and such a remarkable plane..thanks for bringing us along Jason..
My pleasure!
Hi Jason Im from Brasil 🇧🇷 Nice job!!TBM is the plane of my dreams
awesome, thanks!!!
That foreflight 3D playback was awesome! Great vid!
Glad you liked it!!
Great video, thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
Definitely enjoyed!
Glad to hear it!
Great flight and I audibly talk as well, part of my flow....
Your channel rocks! Subbed and looking forward to more content!
Thanks!!!
Enjoyed the vid. Have a friend with property in Pagosa, hope to get there next year. Looks beautiful!
Totally worth it. One of the few places I regretted having to leave
i could watch you shoot approaches all day. very good stuff jason
That's awesome to hear, thanks for that!
Great vid, new sub. Thanks!
Beautiful flight we live in pagosa springs and love it
Thanks, yeah, really pretty place!!!
Nice! I live about 20 minutes from Pagosa.
Butter smooth landing at Aspen, great!!!.
Thanks, I have my good moments from time to time! ;)
Thanks for visiting our beautiful state. You missed the worst of our wildfires, which are quite a bit north of Pagosa, near Fort Collins and Estes Park. The snow we had a week and a half ago really slowed them down. The only chance I've had to fly the 900 is in X-Plane, and I love the aircraft. Enjoy your videos. Have fun!
Yeah, we were lucky - we spent a week or so in the Estes Park area earlier in the summer....glad that snow came in.
Well done. I lived in Durango area (se Ignacio) for 25yrs, still looks dry, but as of the 26th of Oct the snow was back ! I live in Moab Ut. now, come visit us in Moab one of these days ! Take care, good video.
Yeah, already can't wait to get back (even with the snow)! Love UT too, both states have so much to offer.
What a life, flying a TBM around the country.
nice!
Thanks a lot for sharing! Great flights! Learning the XPlane TBM, I was wondering when do you program your flight plan into the G1000-before or after engine startup? Does the battery take some minutes programming without engine on?
I typically push it from the ForeFlight plan on my ipad, so it takes only seconds. You could certainly use battery power to work on it before startup, but I usually don't bother. The main thing I want setup is the departure and the first waypoint or 2 after that. Then I double check stuff in cruise for the remainder of the flight, plus ATC often changes things up a little anyway.
The TBM is on my ever changing short list of aircraft to upgrade to, I was wondering if you would be able to talk about how you went about getting the TBM, why you chose it and maintenance and what not. I am based out of Seguin and could easily make a run to Austin
I'm not around Austin too much nowadays but happy to answer questions - feel free to add them here!
I always use “we,” despite the fact that somewhere around 90% of my flying is alone in the cockpit. I figure it’s me and my airplane. I also talk to myself as if I had a pilot monitoring sitting beside me. I’m thinking of starting a flying TH-cam channel with my C441 but it’s a crowded field!
I like that: "it's me and my airplane" :)
Rob, do the channel. Everyone is different. It’s not too crowded.
Love the Conquest. Do it.
Great vid. I like the longer uncut segments. Was the vertical navigation hard?
Thanks, i intentionally left those in so glad to hear that feedback. The vertical nav was not tough, but I did give it plenty of attention and did my best to stay ahead of "what's next"
nice approach into ASE! Does the tower have to clear your inbound turn into the airport, as they mentioned you were clear to make the turn inbound, or do you just fly the approach in, and that was an extra comment?
Yeah, that caught me a little off guard because I had already been cleared to turn in by approach. Maybe sometimes they want to call your turn on final and it was just Tower's habit to say that?
Beautiful Bird Jason. In my bucket list after I hit the Fat Boy:).
Aw man you guys went to Durango to hike when you were already at Pagosa? Some of the best hiking I’ve ever done in CO was north of Pagosa near Williams Creek Res. Sorry if this is a dumb question but what’s the TBM stand for? Not a pilot, tho I’d love to be, but I rly enjoyed getting your views of some of my favorite places from above!
TBM = TarBes Mooney. Tarbes in the city in France where they build them. Mooney is for the Mooney aircraft company that was involved in the early design of the plane. I have no doubt there must be great hiking in Pagosa - pretty place! We just wanted to check out Durango too, so happened to be out there. :)
Where did you stay in Pagosa? My wife and I were just looking at taking a trip out to The Springs Resort.
We rented an AirBnb place a few minutes out of town, but did see the Springs Resort - neat little downtown.
I always love these TBM videos Jason.
The 3-D video playback look very interesting when the avatar plane landed on the dirt instead of an actual gravel runway.
Quick question, at the start of 15 minutes the AI voice on your plane stated that there’s a traffic at 11o’clock 1 mile, does that mean that there’s another plane around the same altitude as you, and if so what do you do to avoid traffic do you fly left, right or increase or decrease altitude to avoid the other plane?
Yeah, that was calling out the traffic that was coming into the airport. With my traffic alert system you should always put eyes on the other airplane before making a course/altitude change (or follow ATC instructions). Higher end systems in airliners will actually give you a "resolution" by telling you to climb or what have you.
@@JasonFlies I see, thanks for that Jason! It sounds best to follow ATC and use discernment
Love your channel and your plane. What model#?
It's a TBM 900 with the NXi upgrade
Hi Jason, I just wanted to thank you for your beautiful videos.... very inspiring! But are you an Airline pilot? Bye from Italy
Thanks so much, very kind! Not an airline pilot but try to pretend I am, at least a little bit. :)
@@JasonFlies you fly my dream plane, I’m an instrument- rated private pilot, but a Piper Saratoga is the maximum I’ve ever flown!!! Many hours on the very realistic TBM 900 for the X-plane simulator, though.....
Is it more difficult to land at high altitude airports, or is it basically the same?
It's really about the same, just the groundspeeds are higher - you fly the same indicated speeds though.
@@JasonFlies Interesting! Thank you!
airspeed alarm exactly at touch down
Got lucky on that one! ;)
How do you determine your altitude at any particular distance from airport ??
Sorry, not following the question - do you mean how do you choose a cruise altitude for a given trip?
@@JasonFlies As your flying to an airport how is altitude determined at 2 miles out 1 mile out 1k yards out....
Ah, well you can use the panel to calculate when you should descend from current altitude, once you tell it the desired altitude and location, and the rate or angle you want to descend. ForeFlight Mobile can do a similar calc for your destination too. I usually set the panel up to have me at the airport at 1000 AGL or maybe at airport elevation if I plan to do a straight in landing. If you didn't have that calculation helping you'd need to work it out in your head, maybe using 1000 ft/min as a descent and looking at the current groundspeed to determine how much time you have to get down.
@@JasonFlies Thanks..
I do that just normal life, just run through things that I’m doing out loud, my wife hates it. ☺️
I might have to try that 😅
Question please. If you spend like $3 mill on the plane why does the flat panels on the aircraft not do the job or supply the information you need, in other words why do we need iPads?
They both have their place. You could certainly fly without an iPad, but it is just more awkward to interact with the screen compared to the touch display of the iPad. Plus we add new features to ForeFlight every month whereas the panel rarely changes at all. iPad works at home for planning, etc too!
Careful, we Texans have a propensity to fall in love with Colorado and never leave.
I think I am already in trouble! :)
I live near Pagosa and definitely see a lot of Texans😂 A lot of them come with their RVs for the summer. It can get frustrating getting stuck behind a line of them in the mountains but the money they spend here makes up for it😂
It would be cool if you tried out the TBM 900 in X-Plane 11 (flight sim) and compare it to the real aircraft. Apparently, the TBM is very realistic
TBM 900: www.x-aviation.com/catalog/product_info.php/take-command-hot-start-tbm-900-p-158
X-Plane 11: www.x-plane.com/desktop/buy-it/
I helped those folks create that model for xplane - they did a stellar job. Still the best aircraft you can buy for a sim. I made a video when it was in early testing th-cam.com/video/PRr9qIstScU/w-d-xo.html
@@JasonFlies I didn’t realize that, cool!