Your copilot acts exactly like my wife. In my past 300 flights she has only sat in the front seat with me ONE TIME. She rationalizes that if I have a heart attack she would rather trust my (then) 12 year old than try and fly herself. Oh and she does not like to fly if we are in or above a layer, nor does she like to fly much above 3000’. Or when it’s too hot or too cold. Basically she just does not like to fly, ha ha. Thanks for the video!

@FamilyPilot

4 жыл бұрын

Haha same boat my friend. Wife loves being somewhere or the destination but the getting there part not so much, especially after our forced power off a while ago she sticks to the enjoying the destination versus the inflight part lol. She gets nervous but deals with it so we can do our trips :)

Great CRM. Never a bad idea to give a nervous passenger some simple tasks to give them something to focus on.

Well done! Even flying a G6 Cirrus, I still plug in as much ground based nav aids as possible for backup for SIDs and approaches, and even while enroute sometimes. You just never know what might go out, and better to have it there as redundant backup than scrambling for it in the clouds! Thanks for the video!

Terrific take-off preparation. Enjoyed the video.

@FamilyPilot

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Richard! Happy skies sir

Great video. I had a lot of fun watching you hand fly real IMC. Awesome. The video reminded me of flying IFR to Delaware last summer. It was solid IMC for a good hour and ATC would not let me climb due to the busy NYC and Philadelphia airspace. My wife did not say a word until we broke out into good VFR. When she did speak she said “ well...that was nerve racking”. Good times. Thanks for the video. I’m looking forward to more.

@FamilyPilot

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Dan! Yeah my wife’s not a big fan of the IMC or turbulence but she hangs in there :) thanks for your comment and watching!

Great video! I like how you talk to yourself, out loud, with headings, airspeed etc. I do the same to keep my brain in the game even when I'm alone in the plane.

Hand flying in IMC. You, sir, are a Rock Star! Good job.

@FamilyPilot

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks John, learning every flight

Thats awesome! I have a 75 Arrow, and working on my Instrument rating. Just finished installing the Garmin 335 so ADSB is complete! Thanks for the video!

@FamilyPilot

4 жыл бұрын

Enjoy that training my friend. It was a really rewarding achievement. Made the world of difference for me in my flying and truly felt like a safer pilot. Happy skies and thanks for watching!!

Nice flight. One suggestion... at the busiest times such as the departure, that’s the time it’s most useful to use checklists to back up your memory items.

@FamilyPilot

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed! Wife is my checklist pro she reads it off for me. Certainly appreciated than when solo. :) thanks for watching!

I learned that “gear up” should only be done in GA aircraft when there is no usable runway left. You never know when you’ll need that gear in an emergency situation. From what I understand, “positive rate, gear up” is meant for airliners.

Many hours in the Arrow. My favorite plane. You did a fantastic job. You're ready for the right seat.

@FamilyPilot

3 жыл бұрын

Thank sir! I’m actually working on that CFI ticket now. More videos coming soon miss putting them together

Great channel Devon and Mel! Sharing flying adventures as a family is

@FamilyPilot

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Good stuff love the way you talk yourself through the flight

@FamilyPilot

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Awesome video. Happy to subscribe. Starting my instruments now. I can’t wait to fly my family in IMC like that

I just want to say I watched your emergency video... OMG. Amazing work. I have never seen such focus. The emotion after you have reached safety... I can only imagine. Subscribed for sure. Stay safe my friend. Edit: Shout out to your wife... What a team player.

@FamilyPilot

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Adam and thanks for the subscribe! Wife is a champ absolutely and our family hero for always keeping it together and our family in order ;) happy skies Adam

As I watched this it occurred to me just how far we’ve come since my early flying days. From steam gauges and paper to GPS and ipads for navigation. I flew with paper like a champ in my 20s but I don’t won’t to go back to that!

@FamilyPilot

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed - the awareness we have and information now a days. I was just talking about pre GPS flying and think about weather information! There was a story a while ago down here in Texas covering US Postal airmail folks and these red arrow painted on ground with fires lit for navigation... made me appreciate all we have today (said the guy still flying steam gauges so another step yet to come)

I'm guessing that was all IMC with no auto pilot. Great flying and thank you for sharing and making the flight.

"Send me back to Canada?" Ouch! You're a champ brother and if you ever want to barter (old school Hudson's Bay Company style) electrical work for flight training we'll be on like Donkey Kong! lol Best videos as always lad! Thank you!

@FamilyPilot

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks DB, and yeah she would take a trip home for sure but she enjoyed SixFlags too ;) hah

This was very nicely done. I appreciate your planning and getting yourself organized and prepared. Although I'm not sure I would want to do this with my family, I respect that you do. It's good food for thought. I also really like the airplane. I think the Arrow is really underrated. Thanks for sharing and stay safe.

@FamilyPilot

4 жыл бұрын

Hey thanks for watching and your feedback. In general we’re comfortable flying ok trips as a family. Less often (rarely) we make IFR departures like this. This decision was carefully made as I really respect IFR flying and it’s dangers. This was our home airport and destination was clear. Weather was broken north side of field and we had the approach not only briefed but tuned and again home field so knew it well. Was a careful decision and not one we made lightly and truly do appreciate the feedback! :) happy skies

@IslandSimPilot

4 жыл бұрын

@@FamilyPilot Yeah, please don't take it the wrong way! You clearly were prepared and by no means took the decision lightly. Good planning and good result.

@Spyke-lz2hl

2 жыл бұрын

@@FamilyPilot I was about to comment similar to him, but this response addressed exactly what I was wondering about. Sounds like a good plan, I probably would’ve gone too.

Awesome Thx for share 47C

@FamilyPilot

4 жыл бұрын

Roger! Thanks for watching.

Nice use of GA and the Instrument rating. Your wife seemed a little apprehensive. When I'm flying (PIC) they don't bother me. As a passenger they aren't my favorite thing lol

@FamilyPilot

4 жыл бұрын

Love our GA adventures and the instrument rating is such an enabler. But needs a strong respect for it and it’s dangers. That said it gives the most amazing views! Thanks for watching!

truly unique. And what a great co-pilot...calling out 4.9” suction when you said 5 or better doesn’t get any better. Mel short for Melanie perhaps? That’s my wife’s name...but she doesn’t let me call her that.

@FamilyPilot

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah that was impressive I’ll admit!! She even took the controls on our last flight but the darn audio didn’t record so I can’t prove it :P next time!

No fuel pump on takeoff?

Good video. I’d like to know what program you use on your iPad. How it is setup ? Thanks lot !

Any update on your father in law?! Awesome video. Great job getting out of there!

@FamilyPilot

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Father in law is doing great. They are back home now likely missing Texas temperatures ;) thanks for watching.

Thanks for the Video. The wife and I enjoy them. We are going to be in the market for an 77/78 Arrow 3 turbo in the next year so I really enjoy watching you fly the family in one. May i ask, what size IPAD is that and what kind mount are you using? It looks like a nice fit for rhe yoke. Thanks again for sharing your adventures with us! Keep the blue side up brother!

@FamilyPilot

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks chuck and misses chuck! I’m using the bigger iPad and I would say it’s too big for that plane. Reason being is it blocks my panel for fuel flow MP and cyl temps. When flying in VMC conditions I don’t usually even mount it just have it for reference on my knee board. I’m using a Ram yoke clamp which I’m happy with and I can change the plate that adapts so I can change size iPad without issue. Thank you so much for watching! - the Millers

I do enjoy your videos very much and look forward to them. However in this one I kept getting a pop up asking me to like and subscribe. It was very annoying and took away from my enjoyment of your video. Stay safe and I hope you and your family had a wonderful time at Six Flags.

@FamilyPilot

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ken! And sorry for that, still learning how to put these together. Really appreciate the feedback Ken thanks for watching.

Fort Worth GA pilot here. Was wondering how you guys get around. Uber, rental, or curtesy car? My wife rides an electric scooter and I have an electric longboard we take on every trip. She absolutely loves the scooter rides when the weather is nice. Went to Nacogdoches last weekend and rode their paved trails all through the forest and gardens. That would make for some great film footage!

@FamilyPilot

4 жыл бұрын

Love that idea! We travel with the kids mostly so when we land we will either grab a crew car, rental car or Uber depending on where we are, how much moving around we will be doing :) Our kids rock on power scooters and would be awesome way to get around!!

Why do owners of old (and probably really expensive) aircrafts always have the yokes all worn out and why don't they repaint them? Is there a reason behind this? Thank you!

Ya forgot fuel pump on takeoff ;D

@FamilyPilot

2 жыл бұрын

Saw that on playback too. Back to the first reason I started recording. This video drove me nuts and I’ve been more disciplined on checklists since. Good eye ;)

1/17/2021 One more suggestion: read back the whole clearance, “roger” doesn’t cut it.

the wife didn't look happy.

@FamilyPilot

2 жыл бұрын

Rarely does until we’re back on the ground hehe

Crap happens when you think you know what you are doing.