Such an awesome video man!!

@SoCalFlyingMonkey

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

@saadaibrahim7077

4 жыл бұрын

Gaff J

@Heyemeyohsts

2 жыл бұрын

Ya man daddy-o dude

Sharing our "not perfect" flights, as if there is one, is always the right call. Helping others learn from mistakes makes us all safer.

@SoCalFlyingMonkey

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the encouragment. :)

@lscruz22

4 жыл бұрын

“Helping others learn” is what it is all about!

@pedropinho573

Жыл бұрын

This is very true. I subscribed because of this video.

Really appreciate your honesty in this video and posting it was absolutely the right call. At the end of the day I think this video shows us that we have a choice: we can either ignore our mistakes and move on as if they never happened, or we can use them as learning aids to become better pilots (and people)! Thanks for this - regards from South Africa

@epretorious

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing so that we can all learn from your experience! "The only mistake is the one from which we learn nothing." -Henry Ford

Thank you for posting this video. I think viewers get a lot more from seeing mistakes and hearing the debrief than they do from watching a normal flight. Great content!

Honestly, seeing that you had trouble with a situation is a relief for someone who has anxiety about not being a perfect pilot. This shows that even someone who has flown a lot before still makes mistakes and learns from them. Thank you for showing this!

@SoCalFlyingMonkey

Жыл бұрын

i learn something on every flight!

When I'm breaking out of clouds (above or below them) I always try to ignore getting a glimpse outside and stay glued to the gauges. It helps a lot. Spatial disorientation used to happen to me sometimes coming in and out of the clouds. It's just a video game your playing while riding as a passenger on a bumpy road. Play the game by the rules - which are to fly the instruments

@SoCalFlyingMonkey

4 жыл бұрын

I think the false horizon messed with me on this one.

@igvc1876

4 жыл бұрын

I don't think it's a fair or safe to recommend avoiding getting the "glimpse of the outside". As a pilot you need to integrate multiple sources of information to ensure that things are consistent, including your instruments and your eyes. Your instruments could be wrong - you could make a mistake in setting your altimeter for example, etc. A quick look outside allows you to cross check your instruments, keeping in mind that certain visuals could be misleading, such as the horizon.

@paulmartos7730

4 жыл бұрын

@@igvc1876 Agreed. I've had that kind of disorientation only once, while flying into a cloud in the evening and looking out as the strobe lit up the cloud. Suddenly my body said I as in a sharp left turn. I glued my attention to the gauges and they all agreed that I was climbing wings level just like I was supposed to be doing, and the weirdness went away.

@737simviator

4 жыл бұрын

@@igvc1876 False, you don't have the opportunity to do this at night, so don't do it at day time.

@KennyBates

4 жыл бұрын

igvc1876 extremely wrong. You never compare and contrast instruments to visual reference when IMC. That’s what instrument checks on the ground and once you’re possibly VMC are for. As long as you’re on IFR there is never a need to look outside in low vis. TRUST YOUR INSTRUMENTS

As a helicopter guy, even under the hood in an R-44 I can still a bit of the ground beneath me. When I was still just starting work on my instrument rating back in November it had just snowed about a foot everywhere so everything I could see in my peripherals was just white. As we were approaching the FAF on a GPS approach I saw a tree or house or something in one eye and every single sense in my body was telling me to bank hard left, even though I was straight and level. The "woah" I said made my instructor a bit nervous (as it should) and I ended up fixating on the attitude indicator and wasn't able to properly describe what I was experiencing. This caused us both to miss an ATC call saying VFR traffic was about to get in the way and to do a 360 for spacing. They weren't pleased that we missed their call. A bit of a stressful flight, but a great learning experience, as it's still the only flight I've had fully experiencing an illusion, but at least now I know what it will feel like and how to react better. The mistakes are often what make us all better in the long run if we are able to admit and learn from them. Now if only Covid didn't prevent me from doing the checkride I was a week out from... Gonna be rusty as hell trying to prep for a checkride again. :/

4 жыл бұрын

Bugger about the timing of your checkride! Good luck for it!

@epretorious

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing your experience, Logan!

Love the fact that you’re not the typical macho KZread pilot and you share your mistakes as a learning experience not just for yourself but for all your viewers as well.

@SoCalFlyingMonkey

3 жыл бұрын

I appreciate that! Thank you.

@Heyemeyohsts

3 жыл бұрын

I am macho

Don’t beat yourself up. A good pilot is always learning! Great job. I would recommend taking a CFII with you next time for safety!

@Heyemeyohsts

2 жыл бұрын

I would think he would know that is an option goof

Solid video. Very relatable. In our pursuit to become perfect pilots, that ever unachievable goal, pride can get in the way of sharing our mistakes. Thank you. I really appreciate how willing you are to use your experiences as a tool to teach the rest of us. Quickly becoming my favorite aviation channel.

My father was a pilot so I've read quite a few articles about trusting your instruments at night or in clouds. Seeing an actual video along with your honest experience being shared really was brought back some long lost childhood memories. Appreciate it.

@SoCalFlyingMonkey

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for the message!

Great job posting this video, it’s easy to post the perfect stuff but it shows real character to post the mistakes too!

Thank you for sharing this experience, I think that honesty and openness with mistakes in the GA community directly contributes to saving lives down the line.

You did good! It takes courage to admit mistakes, but its important you're continuously improving!

I am only at the beggining of my, hopefully long carreer in aviation (PPL EASA), and I'd like to thank you for all your videos and even more specifically this video. Thanks for sharing your mistakes, it might save my life when I will be doing my IR. Cheers from France

@SoCalFlyingMonkey

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the support and encouragement. I'm so glad you found this video useful.

Good call on posting this video. During my IFR training in a helicopter, we went out at night over the desert and I got spatially disoriented by a few headlights on the road, giving me a false horizon. I agree with you, you can't describe the feeling, you almost have to experience it. The fight between what your brain is telling you and what your body believes is real.

Thank you for the honesty. It's a great encouragement to others learning to "straighten up and fly right"

Just found you here from the scooter video and flipped over to this one. PA28-181 - G5's and a GNS530W - no AP and just started my IFR - and man can I relate to the altitude challenges - I was all over the place on a bumpy day last week and had a couple of reminders first from my instructor and once from ATC (I love how ATC does that so politely). Thank you for posting - I think most of us are not nailing every departure, altitude, communication, procedure change, approach, and landing (or even every taxi) so it makes me feel good that like you, I am learning from mistakes I (and others) make and improving and working to be as good and safe as I can be. Sincerely, thank you.

@SoCalFlyingMonkey

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this comment- I appreciate you taking the time to send it. I agree- I think most GA IFR pilots do not fly perfectly and looking back on mistakes in a critical way can be very helpful.

I want to keep sharing my appreciation for your great content, filmmaking skills and humility. This was a great video and great lessons learned!

A really good ATC! Congrats on being so honest!

You are certainly NOT the only one who has learned from this flight. You’ve taught me also. Thanks.

@SoCalFlyingMonkey

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Glad the video was useful for you. :)

Beautiful video mann! ❤🔥Don’t worry about it you did great in the amount of stress you had! Always moving forward with the mentality of learning! Take me with you. I’d be a great Co-pilot G4 Pilot! Great kudos to you! 🙌🏽

I like mistake videos. I feel like we all learn more from them than the ones where everything happens perfectly; because more often than not we make a mistake somewhere down the line. It's nice to see a mistake occur and how to respond if we havent seen it ourselves yet in life.

Can’t like this video enough! Not just the great courage of owning up, but also for showing what can go wrong. „To trust your instruments you first have to make sense of them“.

@SoCalFlyingMonkey

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I appreciate it.

Love the honesty of this video mate. The fact that you highlighted that currency does not necessarily equal proficiency speaks volumes of your airmanship. Congrats on another sensational share.

@SoCalFlyingMonkey

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it. Trying to keep it real over here. LOL :)

Great job setting the example of accountability! That is brave of you to be so vulnerable on the internet no less! As a general aviation pilot who doesn't fly that much anymore...I think you're awesome. Thanks for sharing all of your content and for delivering complete flight videos with all the detail you do. It reminds me just how much success in flying (and in life) is in the details! Great job owning your mistakes and striving to be better in the air. It's honestly inspiring!

@SoCalFlyingMonkey

4 жыл бұрын

Wow thank you so much. That means a lot to me and keeps me going on the goals I have for this channel.

Thanks for sharing! As a uh-60 pilot I always have someone sitting next to me to back me up in stressful situations, so I can imagine what it’s like being all alone single pilot. We all have flights that we don’t have a warm and fuzzy about but that’s what makes us better. IFR and especially true IMC flights are always good training

Thanks for posting this video, and keeping it real. I'm proud of how you handled the situation, and how honest you are with your errors. Well done, and keep practicing!

Wow! Great episode! Walking the viewer through Spacial D in real time and the ensuing snowball of events. Thanks for posting!

@SoCalFlyingMonkey

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Juan- I appreciate that! Glad you enjoyed it. I hope it's useful for a lot of people.

We all learn way more when someone like yourself is willing to share. Thank you

@SoCalFlyingMonkey

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the encouragement!

Nice man! Love the honesty! Cant be a legend every flight!

As a novice this is the 1st time I’ve had a clear breakdown explanation of the all mysterious ATC back and forth language/gibberish conversation with an awesome step by step airways chart guide....thank you and I look forward to more awesome adventures

I agree. By posting this, you're owning it, and more importantly, giving us insight and preparedness . Thank you for this. Keep'em coming.

7:42 your right hand tells the story of what you were feeling internally. Thank you for sharing this video even knowing it wasn’t your best flight. It will save other pilot’s lives potentially. 👍🏻👍🏻

Such a great Video! I sure wish more aviation KZreadrs would post more like this, instead of the "perfect" flight all the time. Its a learning experience for us as well! Thanks for sharing and stay safe!

Appreciate the video. Let everyone learn from your mistakes.

Thank you for posting this video! I’m currently going for my private license right now and seeing that I’m not the only one to struggle at points is very reassuring!

I love your honesty and a great lesson for us all. I have always struggled with imc and your videos are a tonic. Thanks.

Thanks for sharing this flight. It's good to know in advance that spatial disorientation is a lot harder to recover from that just staring at the instruments.

That hip hop instrumental beat at 3:30 seconds was killer! Just when I thought your videos couldn't get any cooler!

@SoCalFlyingMonkey

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Great video. And for my family, as new to flying, I like seeing this. Thanks for sharing it.

Good videos you are making! Thanks for sharing them! This especialy is a very informationve.

So glad I found your channel. I want to learn to fly within the next 5 or so years. It's fun to watch, learn, and dream. Thanks!

@SoCalFlyingMonkey

4 жыл бұрын

I hope you are able to pursue your desire to learn to fly. It's very fun and rewarding.

I love the way you explain things and show examples. Great video.

I am currently working on my Instrument and this video was great. Thanks for sharing your experiences.

Great video. Every flight should be a learning opportunity! Keep up the proficiency!

Gotta say I love and watched all your vids. Amazing edits and content. Hopefully one day Ill get on a 6 seater myself. Thanks for all the knowledge you share!!

@SoCalFlyingMonkey

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for the compliments. I'm really glad youre enjoying the videos. Take a good look at the Cherokee 6 when Its time - theyre great planes.

Many of my students stuggle with "the box". Sounds like its new to you. Fly a lot more approaches with it in VFR conditions (you can always as ATC for an approach - you don' t need to be on a flight plan and in VFR you don't need a safety pilot - just remember to look outside a bunch. Also, I tell my students that there are times to go slow and times to go fast. In IFR work, you usually have a lot of time to go slow and fly the airplane comfortably, BUT - working the navigator should be fast so you can get back to flying with minimum distraction. Thanks for sharing an informative video,

@SoCalFlyingMonkey

4 жыл бұрын

good tips thanks!

This is the right approach to improve, owning mistakes...unfortunately we gain experience after actually we had required that experience in a situation... thanks for the honesty and analysis, which is really appreciated. Take care, many happy landings!

@SoCalFlyingMonkey

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

It is said: " If you want to learn, teach it to others". The video was enlightening. Thank you.

Absolutely the right call to post it, and I appreciate seeing what looked weird so I can be more ready when -- not if -- I deal with it, too. Thanks.

@SoCalFlyingMonkey

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the support.

Thanks for sharing your experience! I will have my first IFR lesson next friday and I am really looking forward to it.

@SoCalFlyingMonkey

4 жыл бұрын

Enjoy! The IFR training is really challenging and fun. It made no sense to me for awhile and then one day it just clicked.

Great video! Thanks for deciding to go ahead and post it. Most instrument pilots have had similar experiences to yours at some point and this video is a great reminder of how easy it is to make mistakes.

@SoCalFlyingMonkey

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the support!

Thank you for sharing this with us!! As pilots we are always learning!

In the soup.. wow! What an honest video. Speaks to: "that which doesn't kill you makes you better & stronger." An old Av. guy here, I love how aviation has a way of doing this. Play by the rules or possibly pay very dearly. Thanks for lesson, thanks for sharing your own lesson learned, great job. Cheers!

I’ve been “starting my IFR training” for a couple of years now but finally starting to get serious with various ground schools. (King, Sportys, MzeroA and Rod Machado). I really appreciate this video that illustrates how easy it is to get behind the airplane. Honest dialog means so much more to me than the ego driven videos I see from a few other aviation vloggers. I’m so glad I found you.

@SoCalFlyingMonkey

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for this comment and encouragement. Good luck on your IFR training. It is so rewarding once it all clicks!

Compliments, there should be more video like this. Every one of us need to share to let other’s learn from our particular situation. This kind of video is one which saves life! Thank’s appreciate!

A very real video. I haven't flown in some years but I could feel the disorientation as described. One habit that I had was having foggles handy for that period of in an out strobe light effect.

Wow. so thankful for your willingness to post not just the great stuff but also the mistakes.... helps me become a better pilot, and is a goo dose of reality! thank you!

@SoCalFlyingMonkey

4 жыл бұрын

Glad you found it helpful.

Subscribed! That was a great video with intriguing dialogue and beautiful footage.

@SoCalFlyingMonkey

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

Wow brother, great vid! Smooth music! Your honesty and transparency is very very helpful and makes for a great debrief.

@SoCalFlyingMonkey

4 жыл бұрын

I appreciate that!

Thanks for being authentic buddy, for me; it's frustrating having a bad flight sometimes, but it helps knowing that i'm not the only one!! Keep it up, thats great content

@SoCalFlyingMonkey

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the encouragement. No one is perfect and I think it's great to learn from our collective mistakes.

Thank you for posting this video. I am currently working on my Instrument now and it is really good to see other people mistakes to learn from. One of the things i love about aviation is people share their mistakes for others to learn. Thanks again.

@SoCalFlyingMonkey

4 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful! Good luck on your instrument rating. It is challenging but super fun.

I really like your attitude Eric! Acknowledging your mistakes is the fastest way to perfection!

@SoCalFlyingMonkey

3 жыл бұрын

I appreciate that! and fully agree

Appreciate you sharing the vulnerability and honesty... it helps us all!

Just found this channel, Loving ALL of your videos. Very well done.

@SoCalFlyingMonkey

11 ай бұрын

Awesome, thank you!

Just discovered your channel, IFR student getting ready for my check ride, Its very cool to see the mistakes as a 3rd person where I can review them and look at how you handled and how I'd handle them. Watching and entertaining, videos can also be good training. enjoyed it, looking forward to more. Cheers.

@SoCalFlyingMonkey

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Great video. As a student pilot, this video have tought me more than some textbooks out there! Experience is all we have in order to make ourselves better pilots and you have managed to make your experience a learning tool not only for you, but for some of us. My instractor always says "learn from your mistakes and don´t let them discourage you", and you have nailed it. Great video!

@SoCalFlyingMonkey

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much. I’m not a CFI so definitely listen to your instructor. I’m glad my experience is helpful for you.

My new favorite channel! Quality vids! Love it!

@SoCalFlyingMonkey

2 жыл бұрын

Wow, thanks!

Love that you share your own teachable moments!

@SoCalFlyingMonkey

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Hope it’s useful to others.

Great video. Like everyone else I love the honesty. There are so many pilots in GA who are adverse to admitting these uncomfortable feelings especially in IMC. Refreshing to see honesty.

@SoCalFlyingMonkey

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the support. I appreciate it very much.

great video... Very candid about the "less than ideal" parts of the flight... (Plus your map animations are awesome!)

@SoCalFlyingMonkey

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I’m glad you enjoyed it.

How nice to see the places that have seen me busy for my IR.

Amazing video. Starting my private license journey next year after moving to Phoenix and super thankful for your videos. Makes me feel like in the next seat learning. Cheers from Seattle

@SoCalFlyingMonkey

Жыл бұрын

good luck on your flight training!

Thank you for posting this video. I am sharing to my instructor to discuss. I truly appreciate your willingness to put yourself out there for the benefit of your viewers. Sincerely. Thank you.

@SoCalFlyingMonkey

Жыл бұрын

I appreciate that encouragement thank you.

Thx for sharing your “not perfect” flight. We all learned from this. And that made it perfect!

@SoCalFlyingMonkey

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I appreciate that!

Beautiful videos, editing, sound just great. Thanks for sharing. I learn a lot with your channel.

@SoCalFlyingMonkey

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the nice comment. I am glad you are enjoying the videos. More to come!

Thanks for your honesty ! Owning up to your mistakes in any situation is a noble trait. We all learn.

@SoCalFlyingMonkey

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Hopefully it is useful.

Now try this with steam gauges with a Garmin 430 as backup with no autopilot. I'm old. But owning your mistakes before they own you is part of your growth. I can remember my first solo long distance XC between KPAO and KLGB. I chose my return to KPAO via the coast at night and despite how beautiful it was with the moon brightly shining, there was nowhere to go in case of engine failure along the rocky coast. I'll save that trip for a ME aircraft next time.

@SoCalFlyingMonkey

4 жыл бұрын

I flew from Seattle to LA on steam gauges with no autopilot over 3 hours in IMC and loved it. Same airplane just before the upgrades.

Thank you for sharing this. Working IFR now. The honestly about getting disoriented bumps you up a few more notches in my book. Enjoy your content. Best

@SoCalFlyingMonkey

2 жыл бұрын

Glad youre enjoying it!

Posting a less than perfect flight is proof that you are a better pilot than most. I’ve had similar experiences and they are the best teacher. Keep up the awesome content.

@SoCalFlyingMonkey

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for the support - I appreciate it!

Excellent Video it’s the self awareness and a great reminder to not get complacent and always practicing and learning. Thanks for the video. I felt myself being there when I made mistakes but kept it to myself. Huge thanks.

@SoCalFlyingMonkey

Жыл бұрын

Glad you connected with it. Thank you for the nice comment!

Loved the video. It is similar to Flying Magazine's great series 'I learned about Flying' where people would describe mistakes they had made & the outcomes. In my short VFR only flying days I sometimes made mistakes when approaching airfields new to me. One day I was instructed to join the circuit R/H downwind & I did a L/H circuit and landed. The airfield always used a R/H circuit to reduce noise over a town, so I got into trouble twice, once from the air traffic controller, & again when I returned to my home airport and chief flying instructor!

Great video. I appreciate all of your explanations of everything

@SoCalFlyingMonkey

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

We need to all learn from our mistakes! Thanks for sharing

Thanks for posting this video. Really appreciated it and also shows some of the workload for an ILS flight.

@SoCalFlyingMonkey

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Great video. You’re not alone. I’ve been there too. One would think as much as we stare at the AI that we’d have it figured out by now, but sometimes, especially in the situation like you encountered, I have to stop and really focus on what the instruments are telling me. Practice is the key. Thanks sharing the experience and reminding us not to be complacent.

@SoCalFlyingMonkey

4 жыл бұрын

I don't look at the AI much (almost at all) in VFR flying so I think between that and the HDX being a few months new to me, it messed with my brain.. :)

This was a great educational video and I loved that you kept it REAL.

@SoCalFlyingMonkey

4 жыл бұрын

So glad you enjoyed it!

As a student pilot, seeing mistakes, and how good pilots make them, is incredibly valuable. Thank you for posting this video.

@SoCalFlyingMonkey

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the feedback. I am really glad you found it useful.

Thank you for sharing... I really enjoyed this video and what a breath of fresh air. Someone showing their mistakes so someone can learn....

@SoCalFlyingMonkey

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the supportive comment!

Glad you shared this...never be afraid to admit your mistakes...in this case, sharing them is helpful to other pilots.

@SoCalFlyingMonkey

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful! Thank you.

Great video. Appreciate the honesty. It’s so easy to forget to report things like outer marker when your brain is saturated, and still dwelling on recent missteps.

@SoCalFlyingMonkey

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Yeah I don't know why I spaced on it.

This was really real world stuff. Going in and out of the clouds is more disorienting than solid clouds. That is one heck of a routing. Thanks for sharing.

Thank you for your transparency and vulnerability is sharing this video. I learned a lot.

@SoCalFlyingMonkey

4 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

This brings back memories from when I flight instructed back in that area. I flew from BFL TO OXR on multiple occasions with my students.

Amazing video, and it shows that practice is always needed as IFR rated pilot, I've seen many pilot with thousands of hrs doing similar and worse mistakes, so it's ok.

Great video SCFMonkey- we all make mistakes flying and need to learn from them. IMC will load up your brain fast. Glad you made it back safe.

@SoCalFlyingMonkey

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

Thanks for sharing your flight and lessons learned. Yes, we DO thrive on the stress 😁😁.

Love your honesty in your debriefs mate, thank you

@SoCalFlyingMonkey

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I really appreciate that

@bigmuz_pilot

4 жыл бұрын

@@SoCalFlyingMonkey just subscribed to your patreon :)

Great video, I feel the mistakes or the not so good flight is the best learning experience. It's great to review someone elses, and thank you for the experience.

@SoCalFlyingMonkey

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!