43 gal/hr, ouch! Great airplane and great pilot, thanks for sharing the flight with us!

That plane is beautiful. Those engines sound like monsters.

What a beautiful aircraft ! Outside and in -- love the panel. Thanks for the talk and the tour.

It was a pleasure flying with you.

Two of my favorite channels together... Thanks for looking up Charley Alpha and having CA on Flying Doodles.. CA is one of my favorite pilots on KZfaq. He does a terrific job!

Great video ! Thanks Bobby, for bringing us along and a big thanks to C.A. for a look at this really nice workhorse ! I got a little bit of time in a 414 long ago, but never a Navajo. Always wondered about the performance differences at the time. Safe skies guys ! 🇺🇸

Thanks for another great flying doodle, Twins are always impressive and the pilots are always very knowledgeable about their airplane

She looks great. I earned my A&P at Colemil working on all his conversions...but the Navajo is my favorite. It's one tough bird. Enjoy my friend.

"Affordable" lol. I hope to one day share the same sentiment.

Thanks for the great video. Brought back memories flying T-28B/C in VT-3 at NAS Whiting 45+ yrs ago. Still miss flying.

what a beautiful plane, thanks for the ride.wish I was still in the sky(medical reasons)I miss my old Mooney.

I had a Piper Navajo Panther and was a great airplane. I flew it all around the Caribbean, Central and South America, and Florida. A fantastic airplane!

Great video, probably my favorite. Keep up the good work!

Love your videos. The best aviation channel that covers every make and model! Cheers from Australia 👍✈

A Navajo with the Panther conversion is one of my dream planes. If I ever hit the lotto, one of my first calls would be to Mike Jones for one of his Lock & Key models.

Hey Bobby thanks for great video bought back a lot of good memories fling one of those nearly 40 years ago

Great video Bobby! Complicated but very smooth! Glad to hear Laura!

Love that Hylas polo, sir. My favorite blue water sailing vessels. Way to represent!

Beautifully rugged, working aircraft. It even sounds tough when it starts up.

Outstanding! Thanks CA Q Tip Props very interesting.

Really enjoyed the video. CA did a great job flying with all the distractions. Great airplane. It was great to hear about the missions profiles, speeds, altitudes, distances. Great vid. Thanks.

I used to get to ride in the right seat of a P Navajo. That and a ride in a Mooney got me to start lessons. That was a long time ago. I really like both channels. Well done

My dream airplane!!! I love those things! Great video as always, love this format!

Great video, love the Navajo and also love the sound of the fuel static line in the background at the start of the video. Makes me feel like I'm there

Was just thinking have not seen any recent videos from Charley Alpha lately and CA pops up on Flying Doodles! It was great to hear the backstory on his company and his family's flying background, they deserve way more subscribers as flying for business is not something widely covered in KZfaq.

I'm glad you got flying back into your videos Bobby. Sorry you had to give it up but most of us would never have met you if you hadn't had a problem.

Love that Laura chimes in. Makes me jealous that I don’t fly anymore and get to live vicariously through the life of others.

Love watching that gear move! Thank you!

Such great videos Bobby; that camera under the tail is spectacular, so clear for the scenery and it's relationship to the plane.

CA sounds like an absolute gent and what a beautiful plane he has!

We flew the Navajo CR in Alaska and it was a workout with constant power, prop, mixture and cowl flap adjustments during aerial tours!

That sound... of those twin 350’s, there is nothing in the world like it, specially at T/O. Love it!

That twin definitely looked stable, seems like there’s no fighting with the wind. 🌬🚫 Great airplane, beautiful landing! 👍🏾

I looked up his company on the polo shirt. The video on his homepage shows him demonstrating the toughness of the instruments he manufactures by dragging the sensor through the mud, running over it with a truck, and shooting it with a shotgun AND a rifle. I'd work for this guy! lol

Nice plane CA. Great video Mr. Doodles. The pilot seems like a great guy.

Great presentation and review! Thanks!

Awesome airplane CA....I started pulling wrenches at Colemil in 1979. Bill Colbert hired me and gave me my start towards my A&P ticket. The Panther was the best conversion.....converted them for over 3 yrs.....even got a little stick time too. :O) Enjoy her my friend. Thanks for the video.

Great you all had fun flying with CA

Landing right on the piano keys great landing thanks for the upload new to your channel hello from Australia

that guy perfectly described my childhood experience with airplanes. learned how to fly via instruments at like age 10

Really nice to see an aircraft to be truly used to improve business! This one looks like a workhorse with nice updated avionics!

You have an informative channel I like seeing the flights.

Excellent video. Great plane and pilot. Thank you both. Safe Skies

Another great video. Great radio work from C.A.

Well Done, both Flying & Video!

Love the videos, be great to see the cabins as well.

Very nice airplane and video thanks so much for the flight.

What an absolutely beautiful video, great airplane.

I love the 3 blade variant it sound awesome and it flew over me yesterday!

I really love these videos you do man! Keep doing what you do! These flights👌 Keep the awesome content coming!

Pretty is for shows.. Rugged is for work! I like his attitude..straight up and to the point, no nonsense pilot. Would love to have him as an instructor.. 😎👍

Nice aircraft! Well done Bobby.

I picked up our companies new Navajo CR at the factory in 1982, on my birthday. Great airplane, loved it. If I hit the lotto I'll get my own.....

A friend flew the same plane and it was a wonderful acft. It's a workhorse, not sexy but probably the best blend of everything wanted for a twin. The Q-tip. Blades are quieter than standard blades.

I've flown the Navajo many hours. Worked my way up from a Tomahawk in 1976. Transition from a Turbo Aztec and it was a nothing transition. What a pleasure to fly. A good friend said they do a nice aileron roll too. Couldn't tell you personally though.

Spent more than 900 hours driving these all over Alaska. A very true and solid workhorse.

Nice vid, thanks Bobby again!!!

Totally cool. Loved it. Thanks. More please.

Cool dude, cool plane... another grate video.... Thanks Bobby!

Great Video... the often overlooked Piper Navajo! I did just subscribe to CharlieAlphaAviation as CA does a nice job at single pilot/autopilot operations! Thanks for the ride ';-)

Nice twin! The engine conversion is a great upgrade but seems to be a thirsty bird!

Beautiful bird! Smooth landing!

Gorgeous bird. Lovely panel!

Another nice video with another cool plane.

Buddy this plane is cool... I like it very much..There is a zebra girl in the back seat. 😯

I love 4 blade props. They just look “right”.

I've Worked on these ,Panthers and Regulars For 38 years.Also Aerostars As a Small A/P ,All the way to Director of maint.Back in the Day working with The DEA in miami. In 1979 thru 1983 We recovered 22 Navajo, Landed,Abandoned. Or off field putdowns.Shes a rugged beast.and by far my Favorite.

I even enjoy that and I was not really there...... Great video!!!

Great demo👍

Most beautiful plane I've ever seen.

Man that Navajo looks sweet!!!

Grea5 video, great aircraft and well done.

As a mechanic and pilot... this guy makes great decisions and understands how to run a business for opportunities and operations... from Arlington Area... I was wondering if I can use his machine to test the optimal sugar content for my drinks... teas, coffee and soda etc...😀

My first job in aviation was at Colmill Ent the birth place of the Panther it was quiet a learning place for a kid just out of the service Love the new avionics but all love the Copilots panel with the king KCS 55 and the KFC 200 Autopilot a Colemill install in many Panthers Yes quite a place to work and the avionics shop had some first class teachers its nice to see the Panther is alive and well and Mike Jones aircraft has it down when it comes to up dates Saw more than one of the Colemill Panthers setting in DEA sells as there performance was quiet good at getting out of dirt runways or that's what i was told Thanks for the video and it looks like you have a first class aircraft as well

Im a sailing doodles fan...now I guess I'm a flying fan too! Nice video Bobby.

I really enjoy your videos you do an excellent job, not to mention I love Navajo's. Would be pretty neat if you could get a video of a Beech Starship.

I flew the Panther, Chieftain, under p135 and loved both. The Chieftain had nacelle tanks for extended range.

The Panther conversion Navajo has been a favorite of multi pilots for years. Drug runners loved it for its load carrying & range. I got my multi from Colemill in one of their converted Barons. All the conversions made the performance on 1 or 2 engines much better. If you need a workhorse with extra safety margins, find one of these.

In 1978, I started my A&P training at Colemil....Bill was quite the businessman for sure. We converted just about every Navajo on the planet it seemed...lol. Love that airplane. Russ Hancock was the chief pilot then and he could make her dance. The strangest thing I remember, was seeing one test ship with a turboprop on one side, and an 8 cyl on the other...sure wanted to see that fly. :O) Wish I could own one now.

I did a lot of 135 Air Taxi in a Navajo Chieftain. Great plane, very solid instrument platform.

Beautiful ❣️ Thanks For Sharing 💞 Happy Safe 🛫

Even without a fancy paint job it is a great looking plane.

Cool vid. The “civilian” model you’re talking about though is the 609. I used to fly out of GKY and saw the V-22’s taxing in the air just like a reg plane taxis on the grnd to the runway; super epic machine

Oh yeah, nice flight, nice bird.

Awesome Panther Navajo, Carl!

Always loved the Navajo. I once wrote a business plan using Navajos for Part 134. Thankfully I got another job instead. :) I still want a Navajo for myself though. Panthers are bestest!

Wow just realized this is the airport right next to my house, KGKY, wow I remember when I was younger me and my grandpa sitting there watching for hours planes take off and land, wow

One of your best video’s Bobby and hats off to CA on an awesome twin. He also shows how GA aircraft are beneficial to some businesses, often forgotten. Thanks, keep em coming!

Nice to see Laura sitting in the back and going along with you Bob!

Great video, great plane!

Nice thing about her,Is rite behind him.Are the Lamar voltage regulators. One carrys the load the other is dialed in ,To two volts over the jumps in to pickup. Most folks freak out at nite seeing glowing hot turbos. But the overhead switches where a real nice treat about her.

Awesome drug runner plane lol 😆 😄 🤣 Ol Barry Seal loved those panther conversions and Q tips 😀

That was the most tv friendly way to put it XD

A friend of mine had one of these years ago before trading up to a Mitsubishi MU-2 turboprop. Nicest 'ho I've ever seen.

One thing he didn't talk about was the folding propellers. Very important and impressive. Those folded prop acts as wings, changing aerodynamics for the better and producing more thrust, therefore more lift.

2500' field is tight for a Navajo! I really hope you never experience an engine failure on takeoff. Love those planes though. Flying the 'ho was one of my favourite times.

Great aircraft, used to fly the Chieftain and the 1040 up in Northern Canada.

IR B4 VR because of growing. That was the best!!!

I really like the pilots clear and concise radio voice unlike some that babble and mumble thinking they are cool

Haha... I love the part about being an instrument pilot first because he couldn’t see over the panel. I completely understand, I was also my dads co pilot growing up and that’s all I could see. Also he use to have me Taxi with the yoke lol. It’s hilarious now that I’m a pilot.