Thank you Jerry for taking the time to put up these very informative videos. I have learned a lot from them. Please keep them coming. Happy flying.

Thank you for saving lives with us you are amazing.

My God Jerry...how much do you spend yearly flying the 421.... I guess safety has it's price ! I appreciate all you do for us with these videos and for the dogs. Thanks for posting. Even though I'm not an IFR rated pilot, I love watching the proceedures and the fact that you are so regimented in your execution of same. If more pilots waatched your videos we'd have many fewer planes falling out of the sky. Thanks again, Ron

You must be dedicating so much time to these videos, Jerry. Greatly appreciated. Thanks

Busy flight. Thanks! … For taking me along!!! 😄

Very kind for you to spend the time on these videos. As a 182 driver, I’m not likely to get these experiences, but I feel like I keep more current just by watching and following along with you great flying habits.

@currentfaves65

5 ай бұрын

Like that Jerry mentions the basics in almost every video. Will make taking lessons so much easier.

Thanks Jerry, that was a fun one!

Thank you for sharing

Excellent, thank you

Great like allways, merci

Enjoyed seeing the ice and what you did to get rid of it. I know its not what we want but nice that you can shed it off. Thanks for sharing with us Jerry ;)

Another great flight Jerry appreciate that you are sharing these flights and the time it must take cheers

Glad you made a video of this flight.. Lots going on to see.

I remember my first encounter with ice shortly after I got my instrument rating while flying from Boston to Utica, NY. I picked up about 1/2" of rime ice in my Cherokee 180 during the ILS approach to minimums. Needless to say, my pucker factor reading was high but I did make it. I steer clear of icing conditions but the sight of a little rime ice doesn't scare me like my first encounter did. I've learned over the years that if you don't experience a little fear on occasion while flying, you aren't paying attention. Thank you Jerry for the wonderful videos. Watching and listening to you fly and using my X-Plane flight simulator helps keep me sharp for my next instrument flight.

Thanks! For taking us along!

Great video Jerry!

Thx I learn so much from your vids. Sim pilot

Always fun riding along with you. The IFR conditions made it quite interesting. Thanks for sharing the videos Jerry.

Nice flight 👍

Can pick up a lot of ice under the fuselage and around the elevators, staying on autopilot the entire descent and approach. I see a lot of recommendations to go manual and check controls periodically, if there’s ice. Careful!

Nice job!

Great video, Jerry! Thanks for sharing. You seemed very calm. I would have bailed when the spinners started to load up!

As a budding student pilot, I thoroughly enjoyed this video. Fantastic information and explanation of what was going on, thank you.

Midwest 340 driver. Recommend IceX application on boots. Will really limit ice accumulation.

Fun stuff. Brings back many good memories for me. Some scary ones too from my days flying on the round gauges back in the 90’s. 🥶 I miss it.

Jerry, your videos can never be too long...just great thanks for the ride. 3SJ my favorite plane for IFR flights.....❤ Please do a video of your angel flight..!!

love all the vids

Awesome!!!!

Great flight and video! I can’t believe the headwinds you had to deal with…and ice…and flying blind!

Spectacular

Yup, the Wrath of Kahn caused all that ice! You looked marvelous! 😜

Thanks Jerry. Nice to see how you handled the icing. Always enjoy your videos. I have a 340 non FIKI. Not supposed to be in icing. But what if it happens anyway. Watching you address it, especially in CA icing, was appreciated.

nice flight .. greetings from LFPN ..

@Air Wagner Well, Jerry, I must say that this video is one of the most exciting G.A. flying videos that I've seen in quite a while! You handled the icing issue with casual (wait for the eye-rolling groaner of a pun) _coolness_ and aplomb. I really enjoyed watching you handle things like a pro. Love ya maaan! 😃

@Jerry.Wagner

5 ай бұрын

I meant to say not other planes that I have flown before could handle it and no Piston planes without FIKI equipment

Great video. That ice made me nervous for you until you descended

Thanks for the ride along Jerry. Boy that icing ain’t nothing to play around with. So how’s it feel to be riding a little higher at 21000 feet? I liked you little Star Wars rendition you played at the end. Nice ending to a lcy ride. Thanks again

That was awesome! I also was wondering if you were in the ground with that greaser! Hahaha

Very good my friend

@Jerry.Wagner

5 ай бұрын

Thanks Joe, one of the early Wildcats ....

Jerry, really enjoy your videos! In all your free time, would love to hear your comments on a video on ROP vs LOP in general and on the 421C. I know opinions vary. Also status on the new bird?!?

@Jerry.Wagner

4 ай бұрын

Will do, keep watching, might record today

Jerry, you might find some of the sound bites from movie Buckaroo Banzi interesting.

Expect icing with visible moisture and +10 or less !

Very interesting how the non de-iced surfaces cause parasitic drag that you can detect with your knowledge of the combination of power settings and airspeed

Great Video showing icing ! Fortunately I’ve never had icing in my little Cherokee. Nice to have a FIKI airplane ! Icing scares the hell out of me. Just curious why your G600 is showing about 2 degree nose up when you’re straight and level ?

@Jerry.Wagner

5 ай бұрын

at density altitude the plane has a slightly different angle of attack

@garygazman3827

5 ай бұрын

@@Jerry.WagnerOk , I guess you were climbing most of the video, and then at altitude when you were straight and level, so that explains it.

With all those screens, what’s the iPad for? Great videos, unique perspective.

@Jerry.Wagner

5 ай бұрын

as a backup in case of electrical failure and I can look ahead to traffic in the pattern at the destination

Thanks for the video, Jerry. As a multi student I found it very useful. Just wondering why you have temp readouts in F instead of C?

@Jerry.Wagner

5 ай бұрын

This is America ! it's what I am used to, I do calculate 9/5 + 32 from C to F when needed

Great videos, I'm just curious why you didn't stop the climb at 17 or even 15k to stay below the icing levels?

@Jerry.Wagner

5 ай бұрын

was hoping for 9 KIAS head wind as forecast and above the weather which neither happened, other than the parasitic drag the Ice was not an issue on this FIKI plane and I know I had warmer air above the MVA if I had to go lower

@rustydurden2457

5 ай бұрын

Makes perfect sense! Thank you for the explanation and the videos they really help me be a better pilot.@@Jerry.Wagner

Is it possible to run the GTSIO-520 lean of peak? Or is it not recommended?

@Jerry.Wagner

5 ай бұрын

not recommended

At 19:40 you point to your glass and mention you can tell you’ve got parasitic drag. What on your glass gives you the indication? You mentioned your TAS had dropped but were you just referencing what it was prior to the ice forming? Was that the indication? Thanks Aaron ps I think I answered my own question!

@Jerry.Wagner

4 ай бұрын

knowing your plane and what the speed should be at a given altitude and power setting is what I based my findings on

I noticed at the 12:00 minute mark you were at 14,000 and only had a 21Kt headwind and you were below the ice. Why not stay there below the ice? Seems to me it would’ve saved you time And more importantly been safer out of the ice. I iced up my 340 at FL 180 last spring and had what I think was a tail stall with a severe pitch up attitude! I don’t mess with ICE! Stay safe.

@Jerry.Wagner

5 ай бұрын

was hoping for 9 KIAS head wind as forecast and above the weather which neither happened, other than the parasitic drag the Ice was not an issue on this FIKI plane and I know I had warmer air above the MVA

@brianmorgan3542

5 ай бұрын

That’s very fair. As we are not privy to your preflight information and planning in regards to winds aloft, temps aloft, cloud tops etc.

Great job Jerry. CHIEFS 🏈

Why do you say, "no other plane could handle this" just curious as I guess that's just a figure of speech.

You sort of marble-mouth it now and then. “Taxi IFR, port porth Yankee?!” WTF? I listened at least 15 times, never understood that part. It took three times to figure out “all important checklist,” assuming that is what you said. And checklists are important, it’s not good to throw sarcastic shade on them. Might want to listen to some of them PIREPs, since they’re sharing!

@Jerry.Wagner

5 ай бұрын

talking to Ground, I'll go slow for you 1, taxi IFR means I ready to taxi and I am flying out IFR not VFR 2. I am at the Port a Ports ( those are an area of Hangars in Oakland) 3. Yankee means I have ATIS information "Y" 4. The Checklist is "All Important" and should be emphasized 5. I listen to Pireps all the time THANKS FOR RIDING ALONG !