Pod Racing FOR REAL - Flying the CANYONS of the SOUTHWEST

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4 жыл бұрын

A couple of weeks ago we took 25 pilots to Monument Valley Utah and ran our maiden voyage of the "Canyons of the Southwest" flying adventure. What an amazing time we had! There are very few parts of the world that can match southern Utah for its beauty and for the freedom we are afforded as pilots. Join us as we fly in and around the canyonlands and explore some of Utah's backcountry strips!
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@azcountry6064 Жыл бұрын

That is now a must-do flight. I live about 30 miles from the Canyon and am now going to work a route that won't violate airspace restrictions over the Canyon.

@DrCash7 3 жыл бұрын

Now THIS is pod racing!

@TheFinerPoints 3 жыл бұрын

It seriously feels that way

@FallLineJP 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful video! This goes on the bucket list 😎😎👍

@1hilbilly2 2 жыл бұрын

Definitely one of the places on my short list!

@jamessherrill3454 2 жыл бұрын

Love it! I could watch a lot of this lol.

@rackum44 4 жыл бұрын

Very cool

@kpwish31 4 жыл бұрын

Have been listening to your podcast and videos for 10+ years. Thank you for the great information.

@robwhite2282 4 жыл бұрын

Wow. That was amazing Jason.

@TheRenBaron 4 жыл бұрын

One of the coolest experiences you can imagine!!

@briant6333 4 жыл бұрын

It was an AWESOME trip highly recommended and one of those locations that you will have to go multiple times to see and enjoy all there is to see I’ll be back

@martinleicht5911 4 жыл бұрын

GR8 VID !!! 🛩 😷 👍

@WoutervanTiel 3 жыл бұрын

That's great. I wonder if my 50ft glider wings would fit on that 1900ft landing strip.

@nickxidis9571 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful!

@fekete6368 4 жыл бұрын

So cool -- a new destination added to my list!

@ForFunFlyer 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful surroundings over there! 😍

@dak2005vn 4 жыл бұрын

Such a cool place to fly around. Thanks for the amazing content.

@markthibault8579 4 жыл бұрын

That looks amazing! I really like the focus on using standard GA airplanes given that's what I fly for fun.

@salty2561 4 жыл бұрын

I'd love to do one of these trips some day.

@derekwolfe6182 4 жыл бұрын

I can’t wait to participate in that event someday. Looks and sounds amazing!!

@digitalpilot6854 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah where's the sign up link?

@dougherty03 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing!!

@thomaspaeens7553 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome!

@GGBSystems 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome, video, Jason! You really make these trips look so inviting. I'm shooting for next year!

@apolloactual7666 4 жыл бұрын

This was awesome to watch and learn

@billdewahl7007 4 жыл бұрын

I'm about to start my journey to becoming a pilot. Adding this to my flying bucket list!

@smbradford78 4 жыл бұрын

Great video Jason. Great trip!!

@ukpylot 4 жыл бұрын

What a great looking trip, I need to take my Zenith out there

@chrisbowpiloto 4 жыл бұрын

Nice! This looks like a great trip!

@johncollins9745 4 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah!!! Very nicely done Jason, gotta get on one of your trips in 2020!

@jonathanshadmi3208 4 жыл бұрын

How do you know that an aviation video is a good video? A video you can learn from or you say to yourself, I wish I was on the plane now too. This video has them both ... well done!

@gregaleksandrovsky5806 4 жыл бұрын

It was an honor getting to go on another trip! I have become a better CFI by doing these. I hope to go on another! Awesome video!

@steveszanto1581 4 жыл бұрын

Great stuff Jason

@tstanley01 4 жыл бұрын

Dang this is awesome....

@topilot 4 жыл бұрын

Great flying experience and vid, Jason! You have come a long way since your first podcast was published years ago.

@shaunkruger 4 жыл бұрын

I hope to make it down there soon. I was just talking to my cousin last week about flying over canyon lands. We had even looked at hite as a waypoint before turning back up toward kcny.

@justindouglas1744 4 жыл бұрын

Sharing this with my buddies!

@dustyr.647 4 жыл бұрын

I was just at Redtail for a couple of days. Great video

@Dan007UT 4 жыл бұрын

Very cool. Going down to Moab tomorrow. Sorry I missed you!

@HectorWPadilla 4 жыл бұрын

Great video, joining you in one of your adventures will be like being 7 and going to Disney world

@SamSeibold 4 жыл бұрын

Good ole Canyonlands... let me know the next time in the area.

@robertfrowe7119 4 жыл бұрын

I want to do this in my B55. Bucket list stuff!

@faisalsultan892 4 жыл бұрын

wow. this sounds awesome. would love to join in the future sometime... hope low-time PPLs are welcome haha.

@brianpetrow7218 4 жыл бұрын

Very cool.... One question, why so much briefing on the ground with engine running? Warming up anyway, or just reinforcing for demo?

@Tom-tk3du 4 жыл бұрын

Cool! My RV-8 is based at KDRO. Have flown around MV multiple times and the area to the north up to Moab over Canyonlands NP. Incredible countryside around there and only a quick 45 min flight from KDRO. But have not yet been into any of the remote canyon strips...best done with a group. I'd be very interested in joining one of your trips. Subscribed!

@lonememe9674 4 жыл бұрын

Once I get mountain flying experience after a weekend course, I'm definitely putting this place high on my list. Only 300NM direct from KFTG, so ~330NM once you route it safely. Yes please.

@aholmes0024 2 жыл бұрын

Jason - Planning my yearly hike down in the Grand Canyon this December around Christmas. Was really inspired by your video. I have a Turbo Commander 690B and am planning on doing this run on the back from the Grand Canyon. Is there a VFR sectional for flying in the Canyon land Arches and Moab area like there is one for a VFR flight over the Grand Canyon. Any help or suggestion would be appreciated. Great channel by the way love your videos.

@AviationPlus 4 жыл бұрын

I'll be doing this is FS2020.

@simplemanfc3 4 жыл бұрын

So I noticed that you had an about point on you pre takeoff briefing. Do you have a standard distance or what is your process of deciding this point? Also do you have a worksheet or something you could share on what your pre takeoff consists of?

@visstar3335 4 жыл бұрын

What instruments are on that panel? Does the simple panel give enough information? Would you recommend it?

@MichaelLloyd 4 жыл бұрын

Man :( that's just a few hours away (KFMN) by car... 76 nautical miles by air AND I saw Shiprock, which is actually easy to see from very far away from just about anywhere in the 4 Corners. I've been going to that area for decades but always on the ground.

@jeffhiner 4 жыл бұрын

Farmington is a great airport, and there's plenty of stuff to see within an hour's radius.

@MichaelLloyd 4 жыл бұрын

@@jeffhiner I love flying out of Farmington. I finished my BFR there and I felt like I learned to fly all over again. Landing on the top of mesa is "educational" :o) I've done some flying around (not in) the canyons to the east and, of course, looped around Shiprock, then over the NAPI. I haven't made it down to Chaco yet but I will...

@thecessnaflyer6754 4 жыл бұрын

I did my private checkride out of FMN around June. Great airport with great controllers.

@MichaelLloyd 4 жыл бұрын

@@thecessnaflyer6754 I finished my BFR at FMN around that time. I've been flying 7688X a little, not as much as I want to. I went over the NAPI to Chaco Canyon, then over the coal mine and out by Shiprock on Saturday. It was a nice day to fly.

@gadiamit9297 4 жыл бұрын

Great video. How do we sign up for the next trip.

@michaell9811 4 жыл бұрын

Great video thank you for sharing! How did you calculate the abort speed that you used at the halfway point??

@TheFinerPoints 4 жыл бұрын

On the Takeoff? 70% of Vx (or rotation depending on who you ask) On Landing -- wheels down by ... (but it's somewhat strip dependant)

@michaell9811 4 жыл бұрын

@@TheFinerPoints understood thanks so much. Love your videos!

@rocktakesover 4 жыл бұрын

Nice rip @ 3:02

@mikercflyer7383 4 жыл бұрын

Great video amazing country.

@wesleydonaldson5029 4 жыл бұрын

Why does that one big avionics screen look black?

@cd4222 4 жыл бұрын

Why is the Cessna propeller behind the Cirrus turning clockwise? (When looking from the front)

@deanfowlkes 4 жыл бұрын

C D - it's the way the camera shoots the prop at that particular grams per second rate. If you speed up or slow down the prop, it will look as if the prop reversed direction.

@cd4222 4 жыл бұрын

E. Dean Fowlkes Makes sense, Thanks!

@hondacivic3094 4 жыл бұрын

Tatooine

@shevelow 4 жыл бұрын

Was that dirt strip mineral canyon?

@TheFinerPoints 4 жыл бұрын

Drew Shevelow no Mexican Mountain? I think

@waltmanning1446 4 жыл бұрын

How do you apply to be on one of these adventures

@TheFinerPoints 4 жыл бұрын

Walt Manning just sign up first! Visit learnthefinerpoints.com

@dustyr.647 4 жыл бұрын

Why is the PFD not on or dark?

@alecfriedman4330 4 жыл бұрын

If I had to guess, it would be to reinforce the student flying VFR rather than just following the GPS/moving map display. Too easy to fixate on the GPS instead of looking outside. Only a guess, though, and definitely a concern with not having the engine data displayed.

@dustyr.647 4 жыл бұрын

Alec Friedman that would be my guess also, but I would at least like to see engine numbers.

@MichaelCarrPilot 4 жыл бұрын

At 8:22 you mentioned taking a local briefing with a grain of salt, then you basically say you flew through a restricted area. This, at the hearing of locals saying it’s been cold for many years. Could you elaborate on who you called after taking their grain of salt and then double checking with phone calls?

@TheFinerPoints 4 жыл бұрын

Michael Carr I see how it could appear that way. Apart from what made the edit, We had a briefing the evening before from an archaeologist and pilot who flys for the BLM and the Department of forestry. Also looking up the restricted area it is hot only by NOTAM, we checked and there were no NOTAMS. Multiple local sources confirmed it hasn’t been hot in many years.

@MichaelCarrPilot 4 жыл бұрын

@@TheFinerPoints aaaaaand THIS is how you reply to "questioning" by other KZfaq influencers. Thanks for the clear up, it was just a little confusing, especially with the placement of talking about a grain of salt and all. Thanks man!