In 1978 My dad and I did Springfield, VA to Port Angeles, WA in his newly acquired 1946 Ranger powered F-24. Memories I will never forget.

@DeweyDavenport

7 ай бұрын

I'm sure that was a great flight.

That's a beautiful plane,just like the cars from that era.

Wow, I did the upholstery in this baby for Werner back in about 1990.

The perfect step up from a Pietenpol.... what a great, beautiful aircraft ! I almost bought one out here in Ca. a few years ago. It was out at Desert Center, a 1936 with a 185hp Ranger. But, life changes and we bought a 1949 NAvion instead... We definitely LOVE our Navion ! I'll follow you through these videos though, Living the life at L00. Thanks for posting !

Dewey, I enjoyed your Fairchild ferry flight. Beautiful country!

Dewey you should really get back in touch with those guys with that Hamilton airplane and do a video about it, thats a very rare machine

Thanks for the video! I have a thing for Fairchild aircraft since I worked with an ex-Fairchild engineer at Potomac Edison Co. BTW, Hagerstown is actually located in Maryland.

Hey Dewey, I always enjoy your grass roots flying videos. Keep em coming! I'm in Columbus Ohio building a Grega Aircamper myself, with hopes of one day dropping in on you at the DueyDrome. It may be a couple years but it something to shoot for! Cheers!

The Hamilton is usually on display @ the Historic flight museum in spokane. (with covid shut down nows the time for maintenance.

Grace, Elegance and Style Three words that are used when you talk about the Fairchild. When I was a small boy, my father had a 1939 Ranger powered Fairchild 24. Years later I got to fly a Warner powered 46 Fairchild. Great airplane.

Beautiful airplane! My friend had a F-24. Beautiful piece of workmanship in the Fairchild. I loved the lines of the 30's. Owned a Stinson (46) 108 for 20 years. Really enjoy your channel. Also really like your champ. First ride in one in 1956.

What a gorgeous plane and great flying.

Great adventure. In the '80's I ferried several Cessna Ag Wagons to Washington from the factory. I loved the challenge of the mountain flying in a light plane. Hope you had good cabin heat.

Bravo-Whisky_Whisky

That aircraft is pristine in appearance....

Dewey you're amazing. You're all over the place. Looks like you're living the dream. Keith Kuhn Lorain county airport

Fabulous!!

Wow I haven't watched a video in a while... You look great, man!

Such a beautiful bird. My EAA Chapter has one that hasn't been flown in like 30 years. We're getting it airworthy again. Looking forward to flying it!

@DeweyDavenport

3 жыл бұрын

Getting another Fairchild back in the air would be really good for the fairchild family. It's a solid aircraft.

This is so cool and what an amazing aircraft to do it with! Thanks for bringing me along.

Glad to see another one with air under (over) the wings.

My very favorite airplane.

Dewey, love your channel! So cool to see a flat land guy out in my neck of the woods...these are real mountains! ,I'm in Portland Oregon! I have a 46' Aeronca Champ (c-85 engine) I'm restoring, hope to have it back together by the end of the year. Love these flights! Thanks for bringing us along.

So good to see you back Dewey,just watched Part 2 of this epic flight in such a beautiful airplane,thank you for recording and sharing your journey.

That’s a beauty!!!

Beautiful plane. Looking forward to the remainder of the series. 👍

Really nicely done Dewey, thanks for sharing!

@DeweyDavenport

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Todd.

Really nice videos! Thanks for taking the time to make them. Love the aerial shots of our beautiful county! I just covered a set of Fairchild wings here in Germany - it is really a cool airplane. Hope to catch you this spring.

Absolutely beautiful aircraft!

What a beautiful aircraft, and a wonderful video of the start of your trip. Thanks for sharing! And, boy, is that head craning/bobbing during the taxi at the end familiar to me! :-) Taildraggers rule!

Another great adventure😉

Beautiful airplane Dewey!

Hey Dewey, what a gorgeous plane. Hope you’re well.

@DeweyDavenport

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Wayne. Im doing good on this end. Hope your doing well also. Hope to see you out on the road someday.

@wgeffon

3 жыл бұрын

@@DeweyDavenport We haven’t been on the road much. Hopefully that changes soon. All of us are scratching for trips.

Way too many questions while you are rolling out from ATC. In those winds you are still very much flying the airplane. You multitask very well. I guess the controllers are totally used to headset mikes and push to talk. I am retired airline pilot but have flown a lot of old airplanes with just a speaker and a hand mic. (Or a handheld and no electrical system...) Beautiful production quality in this video.

You really had your game face on for that first landing!

@DeweyDavenport

3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha, I know. No one was going to distracted me. 🙂

Dewey! Haven’t seen you since Avenge! Hope all is well. Nice airplane.

Beautiful plane! What engine is this? Any pics of it? You began the Flt IFR? How, with the older panel? Thanks for the ride!

@watashiandroid8314

3 жыл бұрын

IFR jokingly means "I follow roads" (or rivers or railroads). That said, the equipment needed for en-route IFR isn't much and this plane might meet it (assuming it could pass the pitot/static and mode c tests). Edit: got another look at the panel and yeah, not enough for instrument flight rules.

Just found your channel, awesome content!

Nice flight, beautiful plane and scenery. Face it Dewey, terrain isn't much of an issue when you are at FL40! Flying lower is more fun!

Beautiful Fairchild, thanks for sharing! The Hamilton is a lucky catch...as far as i know it's the only airworthy Hamilton Metalplane in the world!

HI Dewey. What plane do you fly with NetJets? I'm a retired corporate pilot for an energy company located on the East Coast. My last ride was a G-280. I miss the jets but I own a Stinson 108. Now I'm low and slow, but I'm OK with that. No more 4 o'clock get-ups!

Yay another Waynesville alum.

I'm curious to know the fuel burn rate for the trip. Also, are you adding anything to the fuel? I've heard Ranger engines like an additive to 100LL.

@DeweyDavenport

3 жыл бұрын

Bill we started out planning 12 gph for the trip but once we got out of the mountains we started stretching out the legs. When it was all said and done, we got down to 9 gph. The 24-K has two 20 gallon tanks so at 12gph it didn't leave a lot of room to fly long legs but at 9 gph we were flying over 3 hours pretty easily.

How do you like the 24 so far? I'm considering a radial 24 I found at my local airport

Do you work for Netjets, the owner of the company I work for has a friend in Virginia that flys for netjets. I got a sailboat from him.

That's an elegant airplane. You guys should be wearing fedoras.

@DeweyDavenport

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe next time. Lol