Thanks, Christine! - Martin

And I almost beat him to the runway! 😎 - Martin

Glad you enjoyed the videos, including the details of the avionics. - Martin

The C-5 is very cool indeed! I only ever see them at airshows like Oshkosh. Would be nice to fly the Bonanza close to one! - Martin

@@martinpaulyI took a photo of it in the air. It's buried somewhere in dozens of slide carousels. I'll have to find it someday.

@@martinpauly I went through my logbook. It happened on 05/18/1980. According to the remarks in my logbook we held for one hour before we landed. Also I saw that on 05/25/1980 I landed behind a B-17 at FTW where our Bonanza was hangered.

@@smark1180What a fantastic view that must have been!

That's one of the advantages of a light general aviation airplane - the views are so much nicer! (Especially these days when most airline passengers shut their window shades...) - Martin

Thanks, David. The view of the mountains was indeed spectacular. The video footage I recorded hardly does it justice, but it's what I have in addition to the nice memory of the flight. I hope to be back in the area! - Martin

Thank you for the kind words! - Martin

Glad you enjoyed this flight! - Martin

It sure is beautiful out there in the Pacific Northwest, especially on a nice sunny day like it was when I was there. - Martin

@@martinpauly For two summer months In 1975 I worked in Renton at a home for young men, close to the Boeing factory that you glimpsed during approach. Beautiful landscape but not much public transport, missing the bus meant 2 hours waiting for the next one ;-)

From what I’ve seen, the public transportation system today is outstanding in that area. Back then… not so much…

@@martinpauly Glad to hear it's improved! Of course it's half a century later, the world is very different. In my mind it's the same ;-)

Small world - Felts Field sure was a nice experience, including the cafe! - Martin

I can see how a geologist will look at the mountains differently than I do! - Martin

Thanks for coming along! - Martin

Thank you for the encouraging feedback! - Martin

Thanks, Mike. Yes, the weather was beautiful all weekend - maybe a tad bit too warm even. - Martin

Thanks - and I agree, aircraft can help a lot with reporting fires. - Martin

Thank you, Sheldon - glad you enjoyed it! - Martin

Thanks! - Martin

Thanks, Dan. I agree, Mount Rainier is very special! - Martin

Thanks 😎

Thanks, David! - Martin

Glad to hear you enjoyed it! - Martin

Hopefully you can continue to watch both Bruce and me fly! 😁 Thanks for the kind words, and yes, the IO-550 is a great engine! - Martin

@@martinpauly for sure!!! Thanks for being here!

Thanks for sharing the story about your trip - sounds like a great time! "Major disaster"... that's funny! 🤣 - Martin

Wow - that was quite something! - Martin

You sure are a better climber than I am, Rick! Even though I love flying high, I have a fear of heights - not vey helpful for hiking etc. - Martin

Congrats on the hangar! 👍

Thank you for the kind words, James! - Martin

Thanks for riding along! - Martin

@martinpauly oh man, I wish I could! I got my private a couple weeks after my 16th birthday, way back in the 80's. Was full press into my instrument training, and then, well life happened and unfortunately it vectored me away from aviation completely. However thanks to yourself and others, I can ride along vicariously, and it's much appreciated! Keep 'em coming!

Go for it! - Martin

Glad to hear! - Martin

Hallo Frank - freut mich, dass es Dir gefallen hat! - Martin

You bet - thanks for coming along! - Martin

Thanks for coming along! - Martin

Yes, busy indeed - but a fun flight! - Martin

Thanks for riding along, William! - Martin

Thanks, Alan. Yes, the mountains are stunningly beautiful! - Martin

It is absolutely stunning - you'll love it! - Martin

Glad to hear - thanks for coming along! Greeting from Iowa - Martin

Thank you for the kind words, and yes, the area is stunning! - Martin

Thank you 😎 - Martin

Thanks, Randy. It was a fun flight - busy for sure, but the view of those mountains... wonderful! - Martin

Thanks, Ray. Yes, the diner at KSFF was very nice! - Martin

Good on you for reading and watching Bruce's stuff. He knows what he's doing! - Martin

@@martinpauly You too Captain know very well what you're doing and the way you present and explain things make the channel unique.

Thanks, Christopher! I remember the days of VOR navigation - got my instrument rating in 1998 and it was a very different world from today. - Martin

Thank you! - Martin

Not much in terms of mountains around Oskaloosa! 🤣 Welcome to Iowa! - Martin

No, no mountains. I've been here since 1986 and Love it!!@@martinpauly

Thank you, Ken! - Martin

Glad I could include an aerial view of your house 👍 - Martin

I hope to be back soon! - Martin

Thank you! - Martin

My bucket list item is to fly to all of them - I'm almost half-way down the list! - Martin

@@martinpauly I definitely want to do the same. The slow days of 2020-2021 made it pretty easy to tick off LAX and SFO (that ridiculous $261 landing fee though!). So far I've got LAX, SAN, SFO and MCI. Definitely need to get working to catch you.

I live and fly near SEA. They don’t need to cater to GA planes and pilots. There’s are far too many other airports in the area for a busy Class B airport like SEA to need to worry about us. I’ve never had an issue with a transition, low approach, or a landing when requested. The controllers have always been nice, even during the busy times. I have also done things like a Honorable Transfer of Remains (look it up) where I’ve driven a van full of Soldiers up to a gate and stood in formation for a time. The ground controller and staff were awesome.

Welcome to my home town. I grew up across from the airport on the east hill of Kent back when the valley was still farmland. I only left because the Army made me, lol.. I was born in the 70s, my mom and dad worked for Boeing in the 50s, and mom grew up with camouflage on the roof of the Boeing plant to confuse the Japanese that they were afraid would attack during the war. When I left town I went to Friedberg, Germany. I still work for the Army and have an office in Iowa that I will be visiting in late September or early October. Vielleicht können wir etwas zu Mittag essen, wenn ich in der Stadt bin.

@@N1120A Try ATL -- they just love single engine work there. Another tip is to use a radio that has a roof mounted antenna to make sure you don't lose comm with ground / twr.

I wish it was closer, so I could fly there more often. - Martin

Thanks 😎 - Martin

That would be the trip of a lifetime! - Martin

Thanks, that's very kind of you! - Martin

Thank you - glad you enjoyed it! - Martin

Go start flying - you'll never look back! A Patreon contribution helps me, but it does not get rid of ads. To get rid of ads, you need to get a KZfaq Premium subscription. Regards, Martin

And I almost beat the Dreamliner! 😁 - Martin

Tahiti would be nice... but it's a bit far for the Bonanza. I did NOT make it to Reno. I've never been (and I guess now I never will go). Too many aviation events competing for a few vacation days. I keep telling myself this will get easier after I retire, but many who have tell me they only get busier. - Martin

Well, I actually did make it to the Air Races! (Maybe that's why you couldn't be there. ; ) Tragic ending unfortunately, but it was a phenomenal week. I spent the entire weekend in the Pit Area. I was fortunate to be kind of taken under the wing of one of the racers. I even got to help the crew prep the plane for his final race on Sunday (in the morning), which he won! What's on my mind now, is that my dad is leaving tomorrow for Southern Africa. He'll be there a month, and will be bush flying to several Game Reserves in small aircraft. He's a pilot, but won't be doing the flying. Let's hope he has good pilots like you & Guido! We will meet. Eventually... lol Take care -Kenny PS Take the Dreamliner to Tahiti. (Or buy more upgrades for the Bonanza. : )@@martinpauly

Well, maybe, until something fails in flight - then it's great to have backups. - Martin

You are right. - Martin

Go for it! - Martin

I have never paid anywhere near that much. I'm still waiting for Vector to send me a bill in the mail for the KSEA landing fee. Signature didn't charge a landing fee (at some large airports they do). - Martin

It's really not a big deal in the Bonanza. With the landing gear down, it slows down very easily once you take the power out. - Martin

Jim, this flight was only a few weeks ago, in mid August. The seats have sheepskin covers on them. Very cozy! - Martin

Damnit boy...... looking good. @@martinpauly

That's a complex topic... But what I do is fairly simple: - Take-off: Full throttle, 2700 RPM, mixture full rich (at or near sea level) - Climb: Full throttle, 2700 RPM, mixture leaned to maintain the EGT I had at take-off (typically 1300 degrees F) - Cruise: Full throttle, anywhere from 2300 RPM to 2500 RPM, mixture leaned to somewhere between 20 and 80 degrees F len-of-peak (2300 is "go slow" mode, saves a little gas; 2500 is my normal cruise speed) - Descend: reduce power as needed for bumpy air Best regards, Martin

@@martinpauly Thank you for your response. So 2300 will give you a slower airspeed but save fuel. I thought a bigger bite on the prop has less drag. If you compare this to a fixed pitch prop, I thought the purpose of a constant speed was to be more efficient at slower rpm. Engine wear is reduced as well with less rpm. My point was to understand how different RPM and MP still yield the same brake HP but evidently not the same airspeed. Since I’m to understand you haven’t had an overhaul yet, then the A&P mechanic hasn’t presented how much wear and tear your habits yielded. It a curious topic for a video maybe with a mechanic being interviewed and maybe other pilots like your multi engine instructor. Regards. 👍. By the way I’ll be joining you on Patreon.

Thanks, Anthony - it was indeed a great training flight with Bruce Williams. - Martin

No, I didn't make it to Reno. - Martin

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Garmin Pilot is what you are seeing in this video. - Martin

My GI-275 does not have its own magnetometer, so I can't comment on that. - Martin

Thanks, Mike. There is no set deadline for phasing out 100LL, though there is an industry-wide pledge to do so at some point in time, when circumstances are right. What exactly that last bit means is highly controversial, as G100UL offers a perfectly good and certified replacement for 100LL - except the adoption hasn't really started yet. - Martin

@@martinpauly Thank you.

Sure, I could ask for a conventional instrument approach, but if the controller feels that one of the charted visuals works best all things considered, I want to be ready for it. - Martin

NO, but to avoid wake turbulence, you should ask to land long and touchdown past the point where the heavies touch down. There's an A-C for that. I recall my days of taking a Cherokee into LAX, and I just kept speed up to 130 kts at 500 feet over the numbers on those 12,000 ft runways. Still plenty of room to make the mid field high speeds to the FBO

The airport information for KSEA does indeed say that prior permission is required from the FBO to use their ramp, because it is fairly small. I called Signature a few days before the flight and secured permission. Regards, Martin

@@martinpauly OH! I didn't know he meant the FBO. Is there no transient parking at SEA. We did have multiple FBOs in addition to transient parking at LAX.

@@gendaminoru3195To my knowledge, there is no transient parking at SEA other than Signature.

That piece of paper was there to keep my GoPro camera cool, not the GDL52. I have not yet had the GDL52 overheat. - Martin

Actually, Signature has been publishing their fees for a while on their website. They are still often on the expensive side, but at least they have improved transparency. - Martin

John, T268 is basically how I flew over the mountains, from Billings almost all the way to Seattle. - Martin

Hardly any light-GA cockpit has a DME anymore these days. If I had one, the Aspen would show it. But the way it is, it shows distance and time to the active GPS waypoint, because GPS is all I got. And the GPS provides distance information. - Martin

@@martinpauly thanks for the reply. Begs the question that on those ILS charts that stipulate ‘DME required’ are we staying legal with GPS only for our distance info?

@@EtiRats Yes, we are staying legal with just GPS - no doubt about it. The FAA has a record of clearly saying that, starting with AIM section 1-2-3 and AC 90-108. Otherwise the DME radios would not have disappeared from our cockpits. Regards, Martin

Ignoring your choice of words ('adamant', 'infatuated') for a moment, and focusing on the rest of your comment: I enjoy flying to large, busy airports. It is an experience and a challenge which (to me) is fun and rewarding and keeps me sharp. Other people run marathons or climb mountains, for similar reasons - those activities are not for me, but I sure can see why people want to do it. If the goal of my flying was to minimize the burden for air traffic control, then I should quit flying altogether, or at least keep to uncontrolled airfields. I want to be a good team player in working with ATC, but that is not the same as staying away. In many conversations I’ve had with air traffic controllers over the years, when I asked them what smaller GA airports mean for them at busy airports, the responses were along the lines of “be prepared, pay attention to the radio, fly a bit faster than you usually would”. Not once has a controller even hinted that we should stay away from those airports. When the FAA deems it necessary to restrict general aviation operations at an airport, they can do so through a slot reservation system. Currently, DCA and LGA require slots - all other airports in the US don’t. Large events like the Superbowl will see similar measures, temporarily. And even the need for a slot doesn’t mean general aviation is cut out, it just restricts how many GA flights per hour they will accept. For Seattle, the airport FBO ramp is "PPR" (prior permission required); I followed the process and requested (and was granted) permission to use the FBO a couple of days before this flight. Regards, Martin