Banner Towing Basics

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3 жыл бұрын

Hey everyone, it's been awhile since i've uploaded. But i had a really short flight to Sea Isle NJ, total flight was a little over half an hour. In this video I showed what it's like setting up a banner and packin up. At some point I will make a video strictly about making a letter banner and setting it up as well s packing up. Leave a comment on what you would like to see more of!
Be sure to drop a like, comment and subscribe! Plan on making a lot of videos this summer!
#pilot #pilots #bannertowing #shorts #tutorial

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@yootoob8438 Жыл бұрын

This is a true talent thanks for the step by step on how this is done

@captnhutch Жыл бұрын

Absolutely!! Thanks for the comment

@isabellam1936 2 жыл бұрын

This was fascinating! Thank you!

@user-hp8fn1wd7t 2 ай бұрын

Great presentation! I worked in MA for National Aerial Advertising now named AVIAD. Not checking the spelling leads to the EXIT door for pilots.

@yankeetango 9 ай бұрын

Cool! Fam owned a house on the beach in Sea Isle for years. Wish you would have showed more of your flight up the beach...I would have seen our old house!

@esubi 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you this is fun education for me :) btw what is the song? Love the video.

@xxdfoster 2 жыл бұрын

Dude awesome video. Amazing cub

@captnhutch 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!! Yea I love this plane

@Flow-.- 2 жыл бұрын

19 From Wildwood NJ here! Currently finishing up my commercial license and plan on banner towing locally to start my pilot career. Maybe I'll end up working with High Exposure myself

@nigelcarren Жыл бұрын

"Come here". 🤣 Mate, you have a great job... respect! I am currently doing this is miniature for a VERY short film, though my banner is not being towed by a plane. Great video, thank you and best wishes from a French forest. 🇬🇧🦇🇺🇲

@captnhutch Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment!! I’ll tell you it’s great advertising for businesses they do very well from having them flown around

@elliehall938 2 жыл бұрын

My pal and I watched two other videos AND talked to a pilot who does this… and we still didn’t understand. Your video finally made it make sense. 😂 Thanks!

@captnhutch 2 жыл бұрын

Hahaha awesome!!! Unfortunately I wont be making anymore towing videos since I moved on but glad this cleared things up. Thanks for the comment!

@KD8IZD 3 ай бұрын

Impressive how this is done. For years I thought the banner was either let out from the plane or hooked up before takeoff. Also, thanks for the music, found a new one for the playlist… Decidedly very 80s rock ballad sounding.

@captnhutch 3 ай бұрын

Definitely a concept not many people know or think about. A lot of people think we take off with the banner and land with the banner. The drag is unlike anything else I’ve experienced. Typically we come in at about 80 knots nose dive full power, snap and as we reach the top and push over the banner comes up and we typically hit 30-40kts in less than 5 seconds

@alecboucher5984 3 жыл бұрын

Woodbine nice! I fly out of Millville! Woodbine was the first airport I solo'd to

@captnhutch 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome!! I got my commercial out of Millville through Dave. Should maybe stop by this summer and say hey! It’s really cool to see all of this in person

@tobysmith4662 Жыл бұрын

Good work, cheers from Toby (aka Farty Marty)

@tonerman5642 2 жыл бұрын

Love the content and I am looking to do this in the future. I just wanna know how much do you get paid? And what are your work hours?

@captnhutch 2 жыл бұрын

Depends on the company you can expect between 24-35 per hour and fly about 30-40 hours a week

@moiscotv Жыл бұрын

Did you check your fuel cap before takeoff? looked like some fuel came out hahaha

@steel8231 Жыл бұрын

Do you release the banner over the field or just land with it? How much do you make per flight? Is it a company or personal plane?

@captnhutch Жыл бұрын

We have a pull system in the plane to release the hook, depends how many years you have done it and if you’re in a Cessna or Tailwheel. Starting pay was 20/hour Cessna and 23/hr for Tailwheel. It’s company plane

@jadennelson7808 3 жыл бұрын

How long does it take to get a banner rating? Also are you self employed or do you work for a company?

@captnhutch 3 жыл бұрын

So do you have your instrument and commercial license? I work for a company been with them for 9 years been towing for 5 about to finish up and move on though

@jadennelson7808 3 жыл бұрын

@@captnhutch no im just now finishing up my private pilots license, im only 19. I got my college degree first. Im going for instrumental as soon as im finished with my privates. Im just trying to get ahead and decide what steps to take next.

@captnhutch 3 жыл бұрын

@@jadennelson7808 yea definitely get your instrument then your commercial. Best thing to do is somewhat bang out what you need for your commercial while doing your instrument so like the long cross country and other things. The banner training typically takes a week or so depending on the company. Can expect about 5-10 hours of flight training then followed by an oral and check ride exam

@jadennelson7808 3 жыл бұрын

@@captnhutch awesome, I don’t know many other pilots so piecing my future together on my own has interesting to say the least but I think I finally have it planned out. Now I just gotta go do it. Thank you!

@captnhutch 3 жыл бұрын

@@jadennelson7808 neither did I, I was fortunate enough to work at the airport I tow at now when I was 14, got my commercial 1 week after I turned 18. All about studying and pushing for the next thing

@Skiesaremine Жыл бұрын

I am curious if you can just takeoff with the banner hooked?

@captnhutch Жыл бұрын

No you can’t, the main reason being that you won’t have enough momentum. For instance we come in at around 80kts to pick a banner and after the pick and banner is off the ground we instantly go from 80 to about 35kts in less then 30 seconds so you somewhat get pushed back in your seat cause of the instant drag. Landing with a banner is also extremely dangerous because now you have to compensate for about 500+ feet behind your aircraft and must land the plane before the banner touches the ground

@austingamble4497 2 жыл бұрын

Dude how do you get set up doing this ? So cool!!!

@captnhutch 2 жыл бұрын

What the job?

@RAPPLE421 Жыл бұрын

I was going to ask what the hook was you dropped at 6:00 or so but duh, it's the banner hook. Saw you're going Navy...? Holler if ever in Pensacola. I fly right next to the NIFE.

@captnhutch Жыл бұрын

Hahah yea it’s for the banner and I’m actually down here now been here since March. Should be classing up for NIFE in November. If you want message me on IG captnhutch or on here

@RAPPLE421 Жыл бұрын

@@captnhutch Heck yea dude

@jamescarroll6954 Жыл бұрын

Right as you climbed out after picking up the banner, it looked like fuel leaked from your right wing.

@captnhutch Жыл бұрын

Yea, sometimes when we are fully topped off and come in for a banner pick due to the movement that we have some fuel comes out not especially of the seal isn’t the best

@wckoek 2 жыл бұрын

I understand that banner towing is considered more dangerous than glider because of drag. Is there any complications when you slow down or approaching landing? How many hp needed to do this kind of work?

@captnhutch 2 жыл бұрын

To answer your question, landing is normal cause we drop the banner before we land with our hook release. I have a video on it. The company I flew for has mostly 35x65 foot billboards and 40 foot by 85 foot. Letter banners off the top of my head I think no more than 50 characters. For those banners we have 180HP engines. Some companies have 130 but their billboards and letter banners are much smaller

@wckoek 2 жыл бұрын

@@captnhutch I see, there must be a designated point to drop low before you land. Banner towing is a rare sight in my region nowadays

@captnhutch 2 жыл бұрын

@@wckoek since we operate out of so many airports typically solo we just pick a spot over the ground to drop the banner. Biggest issue is the amount of space available and winds. I dropped mine on the runway sometimes and had to land super short, long or have someone who worked at the fbo and take it off the runway

@wckoek 2 жыл бұрын

@@captnhutch which model of plane is sought for this kind of job? I imagine it is fabric kind of light aircraft like Cub, in Europe they use Rallye for towing sometimes.

@captnhutch 2 жыл бұрын

@@wckoek yea almost all the planes we use are super cubs, Cessna 150s and Cessna 172. You really want a Tailwheel aircraft for towing banners

@xray5043 2 жыл бұрын

What happens if the hook doesn't detach before landing

@captnhutch 2 жыл бұрын

We have to land with the banner, super dangerous operation happens usually 3-5x a year. We would fly high above the runway cut the power and land around the halfway point little more than halfway and roll out to the end of the runway

@thecriticalstatepodcast 2 жыл бұрын

What song is this?

@dustinjones2137 Жыл бұрын

“Falling Through” by Particle House

@ryancrazy1 Жыл бұрын

What are you guys looking for pilots? hours? i assume tailwheel?

@captnhutch Жыл бұрын

Instrument and commercial, Tailwheel with about 20 hours is ideal but we also have Cessna available. Depends on the needs to when you apply. Right now I think they are pretty filled with pilots but you can always try and reach out to them. If you have questions on how to reach out let me know

@ryancrazy1 Жыл бұрын

@@captnhutch Interesting, wouldn't have thought an instrument rating would be required. Im working on my instrument rating over at Brandywine in Pa. would love to stop over some day and see you guys work.

@captnhutch Жыл бұрын

@@ryancrazy1 yea well most places for hire want you to have an instrument cause without an instrument if I remember you can go more than 50 miles for hire so it isn’t worth it. I know brandywine we towed out of there a few times. Yea stop over sometime! I won’t be there but it’s at Woodbine airport if you have more specific questions feel free to DM me on Instagram if you have one

@ryancrazy1 Жыл бұрын

@@captnhutch I saw some previous comments said you were starting Navy flight school? hows that going?

@captnhutch Жыл бұрын

@@ryancrazy1 yea I’m in flight school right now. I love it but it’s definitely a lot harder than I was expected on the amount of knowledge we have to know verbatim and concepts. Definitely a challenge but happy to do this route and leave the airlines for now. Airlines will always be there. This opportunity isn’t and it’s always been a dream

@mattdaddy_888 2 жыл бұрын

What aircraft is that?

@captnhutch 2 жыл бұрын

PA18

@mattdaddy_888 2 жыл бұрын

@@captnhutch it's nice I want one some day just to fly around in a simple aircraft without crazy screens and a million buttons, knobs and controls. Fly around with no doors kile a jeep open to the air, accept the FAA might come after me lol

@MojaveNarrows 2 жыл бұрын

2 seasons then to airlines???

@captnhutch 2 жыл бұрын

I flew banners for 5 years. But I’m all done banner towing now. About to start Navy OCS in a week. Got selected to be a pilot. Will graduate in December hopefully and then I start flight training next year

@xxdfoster 2 жыл бұрын

@@captnhutch that's awesome 👍🏻😎

@christianvazquez5260 3 ай бұрын

Hey Ian! Big fan of your videos. I'm currently searching for banner pilots to fly a banner in the Tristate area for promotion for a documentary. I just requested to follow you on instagram, but love to send you more information about the project if you're interested or have any pointers for someone looking to print a custom banner and hire a pilot to fly it. Hope to hear from you soon. Cheers!