SMOKY CITY TOUR! Flying Around Edmonton in a Cessna 172
Having just completed my Private Pilot's License, I thought it was about time I took a passenger with me (and recorded it)!
In mid-September, smoke from all of the forest fires along the coast quickly brought the visibility down all across the province, but this particular day in Edmonton only brought it down to 8 miles.
That's still well within limits for VFR, and it ended up being quite a smooth day over Alberta's capital city!
DISCLAIMER: This is a non-instructional video and should not be used for flight training purposes. All video footage was recorded with a mounted GoPro or filmed handheld by my passenger.
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FLIGHT INFORMATION
Owner: Namao Flying Club
Aircraft: Cessna 172M Skyhawk II (C172)
Seat: Left
Livery: White with Blue
Engines: 1x Avco Lycoming O-320-E2D
Registration: C-GJJL
Route: CZVL-CZVL
Callsign: Cessna 172 Golf Juliet Juliet Lima
Runway used: 16
Date filmed: September 2020
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Outro song: "Take Flight" by Nyhtian: • Nyhtian - Take Flight ...
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Nothing like hearing yourself on LiveATC to make you feel self-conscious about your radio calls 🙃 I'll talk slower next time lol
@billkempthorne3767
3 жыл бұрын
Wait until you spend a bunch of time on LiveATC to see if you acknowledge a call then forgot or just missed it altogether. Flying humbles us in many ways.
@nicksutherby
3 жыл бұрын
Self-conscious and nervous maybe! But not too fast, nothing wrong with your radio work! Congrats on the PPL
FS2020 is looking amazing
Timestamp 0:26 is probably the closest we (the subscribers) will have to a face reveal.
Been waiting so long for this 🥳
Congrats Alex! Awesome vid! 👍🏻🇨🇦🛩
That looked like one of the smoothest landings ever! Nice job great videos!
Congrats on getting your PPL! Very smooth landing and great views!
Congratulations on your PPL Alex!
Excellent video. I really enjoyed seeing your newly acquired flying skills as well as the views of such a beautiful city. We are so lucky in Alberta to have both Edmonton and Calgary. And of course all of the other towns and cities that make up our amazing province.
Wow this is awesome 👍
I used to fly out of YXD while getting my PPL at the Edmonton Flying Club. It’s a little sad to see the airport all tore up, but things change. I was flying a Diamond DA-20, what a beautiful aircraft. Thanks for the great video.
Nice! I was in Calgary just as the smoke was rolling in. By car: the weather in most of B.C. was impossible. I still stopped by Springbank (marginal VFR) where a couple of determined souls were doing circuits.
Really good keep flying
Another excellent video Alex. As always much appreciated. Can't wait for the next one. Been on Porter yet?
Wow, this is amazing! I've always wanted to get my PPL but never had the time or chance :( Thanks for another great video!
Please fly again over Edmonton in December, I bet it looks like a winter wonderland then!
Even with the smoke I found the views of Edmonton enjoyable. I have at least one still photo of the city from a Fleet Canuck in about 1958. I got my PPL in 1957 with the Edmonton Flying Club and yes, there have been a few changes since that time. The dominant building then, the MacDonald Hotel, is hard to even find in the crowd of newer and much larger ones obscuring it. I flew into Calgary only a couple of times but lived there for around 10 years too so would enjoy seeing it from a scenic flight. At least the Calgary Tower would still be easily identified. Whereas you flew over the old airport to view it under destruction I made a similar flight over the new one to see it under construction. That would have been 1959. So I'd much enjoy more of this type of video.
I landed at Villeneuve last weekend for the first time! Not used to being around controlled or busy airspace.
7 weeks for a PPL is pretty impressive !
Awesome!!!
Congratulations on getting your PPL. That landing? Bread buttered.
Great view of Edmonton. It would have been better without smoke. Very nice landing Alex!!✈👍✈👍
More videos like this one please! Aloha from Hawai'i.
Hey Alex! Congratulations for you PPL, I am also a pilot in Montreal! So next time you come to Montreal let me know and we can go flying over the city 👨✈️
Flew the exact same aircraft for my discovery flight!
nice one👍 it sucks how hazy it is, it’s really bad in denver
Nice
I have been wanting to do a flight like that over Edmonton for a while now, never had the courage to do it yet, Hopefully one day soon I will!
It's funny seeing the optical illusion of the propeller switching directions...🤣
Nice video! I saw my home 😀
Nice trip. Was that the old Pacific Western 737-200 I saw as you were exiting the runway?
Wish I could meet u man an go watch some hockey much love
👍👍 now how much will it cost me, when I come to YYC to visit my niece, to get a flying tour? Seriously, cost of rental, fuel, any ATC charges, and of course the pilot’s time! ✌️🤞 Keep up the great work! Cheers 🍻!
Is that how everyone pronounces Villeneuve out there?
Enjoyable
Edmonton looks like a big city. Never would have known really. Interesting. Too bad you couldn't include text of the tower conversation ... maybe next time.
@bartg7790
3 жыл бұрын
It's bigger than Toronto in land area, just not as populated.
I knew it. How many times a week were you flying!?
Second channel for checklists and run up ect?
What made you think you'd find better leg room in a Cesena?
My former hometown.
What’s not to love about Edmonton?
Congratulations on your PPL. Why did you block out your face with the propeller blade in your Facebook photo? We see plenty of photos of your knees and feet in your trip reports. Would be nice to finally see what you look like! What's the current hourly rental cost for a Cessna 172 in Edmonton? Look forward to the video where you said you would explain why you did your training in Edmonton rather than Calgary. The commuting costs and time must have been significant!
@3:37, you started your turn about 1 1/4 miles from my house, I didn't get to see it😟
Is Villeneuve airport related in any way to Gilles or Jacques Villeneuve, the Canadian Formula 1 racing family?
@viscount757
3 жыл бұрын
No connection.
so it's 11 grand to get the ppl?
Nice greaser at the end! Was the 4500' a hard restriction over the city?
@marsgal42
3 жыл бұрын
Over a built-up area you must fly 1000 feet above the highest building in the vicinity. In Edmonton that's Stantec Tower, 3105 feet (see the Edmonton VTA). Add 1000 to 4105. Round up to 4500.
Very nice Alex, and congrats on the PPL. It it would be cool to see you do flight where you fly in a Cessna as PIC to an Airport then you get in a big jet and go fly somewhere as a passenger. Then come back and fly home. Just an idea a Cheers Dion YT: #dionm01
@marsgal42
3 жыл бұрын
I've done it the other way around: I flew commercially to Victoria a couple of years ago to retrieve my freshly-repaired plane (stranded a couple of weeks earlier with a dead starter) and fly her home.
Face reveal?
I hate Cessna