Great guest and a great flight. I love when people are precise. It was a real pleasure watching Mike work. ....Marks so quiet. 😉

The running commentary reflected the thought processes required to safely fly the plane. Most informative.

A hearty thank you to both of you for sharing. :bow: This was a treat.

Mark, Mike and the crew, Many Thanks!!!

I’ve been flying this Premier IA jet for about 12 months. I have the Pilot in Command Type Rating in the Premier with Single Pilot Endorsement. I enjoyed flying Premiers. I have dialed in to a point I was greasing these jets on for almost every landing. You have to fly these jets by the number. You can’t exceed Vref by more than 10 knots if you don’t want to float forever. It is not a short field jet but I felt confident landing on runways as short as 4800 feet. I refuse to fly these Premiers to airports with runways shorter than 4500 feet when the runways are wet. Biggest drawbacks of flying these old birds are maintenance, payload and range. Parts are getting expensive as they are no longer made. It has 6 to 7 seats but you cannot carry 6 full size adults and fly for 1000 nm. If you carry 6 passengers of 200 lbs or less, you can plan on flying for no more than 2 hours in IFR conditions with IFR reserve fuel.

A fabulous way to spend 45 minutes and burn some Jet-A. What a machine! Mike knows his stuff, which you have to, to keep 30 minutes ahead of the missile, before it bites you on the bum!! Thanks Mark 😀

Great video. Great airplane. Great pilot. The absolute sophistication of this aircraft is only exceeded by the knowledge and skill of this pilot. He makes it look so simple and straightforward. But remember, he's flown over 10,000 hours and has 27 type ratings. Wow. His comment about the differences between the Citation and the Premier are easily placed in perspective by a reference to another of my favorite youtube channels, "Premier1Driver", hosted by an owner/operator who flies his Premier for business and personal use. He comes to the Premier with over 1,000 hours in the General Dynamics F-16! That's probably just about the right background to fly this unbelievable space/time machine. It truly is a controlled missile with incredible capability.

I love the Collins Proline 21.. sure.. the huge Garmin screens are nice.. a lot of information.. but there's something so nice when you're behind the Proline.. it's all business.. clean and professional.. gives you what you need when you need it..

I like the fact that he doesn’t use the brakes unless he has to because they’re expensive. It’s the details that can make a difference.

Really enjoyed this. I was the maintenance superintendent in the Comm Sq when Mather was an Air Force Base. I did the commissioning inspection of the ATC tower. The ASR had been destroyed by a fire and we installed a microwave link to McClellan who shot their radar signal to Mather and we imposed our map over it. For reasons no one seemed to understand there was a bump in the glideslope. The SAC wing commander only flew once a month, would see the bump and climb and be forced into a missed approach, which made him a very unhappy camper. Randolph AFB (TX) would fly a bunch of T-38's to Mather on a Friday, claim "maintenance issues" and then head for Tahoe or SF for the weekend. On Monday, those issues would magically disappear and they'd return to Texas. Mather was the training base for all military navigators.

Mark, Mike and the crew, Many Thanks for taking us along! Awesome video and Mike's knowledge, professionalism & Love of aviation really shines!

Looking forward to that PC-12/King Air Video next ;o) Thanks for the great content! Really informative and enjoyable. Greetings from German Piston World.

The Premier 1a is one of my favorite aircraft, too bad it is no longer in production. Interesting dialog, thanks for the ride.

Great pilot nice vid

Awesome video guys!!! I really enjoyed the focus on the tech and specifics of the Premier 1 and Mikes enthusiasm in running through all the systems and showing her off! Beautiful plane for sure.

This was a very interesting video and aircraft. Mike is one very knowledgeable pilot and very professional. I’m assuming his checklists are electronic and are showing up on the instrument panels. If it doesn’t, he has one hell of a memory and I liked how he was talking through what he was doing during the entire flight. I bet he would be a hell of a flight instructor!

Now that’s a big skywagon

A space ship indeed, what an aircraft, really fantastic! And Mike know's his stuff inside out. Very interesting and cool episode guys!

Very generous of Mike and a great demonstration of a fantastic plane, and a fantastic pilot! Thanks Mark, Mike and Don (the camera guy)!

Enjoyed the uninterrupted flow. The CF fuselage structure increases the available cabin volume by nearly 15% and reduces the weight by about 20% and probably doubles the strength in comparison to a conventional alloy construction.

Your network is your net worth. Knowing people who will take you out in their jet and let you film it all for content is something not many people have access to. Sharing your own experiences is a wild dream for many and a real joy to watch. Go pro make a good camera every other generation. 7 bad, 8 good, 9 bad, 10 good, 11 bad. 12 released soon.

Excellent video, and what an amazing airplane.

a great video . the systems are very much a Boeing philosophy.

Great video. It's always impressive to see a professional pilot at home in the office. Definitely some takeaways that private pilots like me can use when flying much more simple machines.

That was awesome

This makes me miss Greg and 390GM

Mike, you made my whole day!! My last jet was a Premier 1A for just short of 700hr, mostly SP out of KPAE. After 20 years flying Navy jets, and 15 years flying 737s, the Premier was still a challenge to learn and a pure pleasure to fly. Passing up Citations was always fun. Once comfortable, you could make it sit up and speak! Loved the plane but the 2008 economy dump put an end to that. No one is looking for 83 yr old premier pilots now. If you ever get into KBVS, come over to our flight school at Cascade Aviation and have a cup of coffee. Bob

That was one of your best.

G,day from Sydney Australia. Thanks Mark, alittle more knowledge in my memory bank about the Beechcraft Premier 1A with Williams jet engines. * nose wheel locking pin * composite carbon fibre fuselage * single engine capability to maintain a rate of climb * TCAS alert and collision avoidance * Stopped production 2012 * VNAV 'stepdown' It's seriously 'heavy iron' quality kerosene burners! 👼💨

Very interesting and I enjoyed the instructive nature. I enjoy your videos always but you found a guest with a talent for making complexity seem possible to master.

Mark that was awesome spotted where I live off the port side before Folsom came interview

Jolly good show! And yet, I still want that Debonair you showcased...

This was a really cool treat!

Great video Mark, Thanks!

Fantastic video! Very informative. I would love to hear more about Mike's philosophy on instrument interaction/management that he mentioned during the flight. Again, fantastic!

Very impressive. This is a bit different in avionics and performance to the usual stuff. Thank you for showing us this impressive machine.

Stunning. Great video and commentary too. Remarkable machine. The nearest I get to that is programming into flight sim a Lear 45, sketchy wx into Telluride 😉😄👍✌️💜

Real eye opener

Wow very technical aircraft, Thanks for the video

That’s truly amazing content. Completely worth the watch 😊

I think i saw this plane at the FBO the other day! Great content!

We know why Premier 1 Driver owns one these since he flew F16's.

I was very confused about your trip to “Squaw Valley” at only 11,000 feet, because I didn’t know about the town near Fresno. After a bit of ForeFlight and Google searching, I learned about the little town and its contentious, recent name change to “Yokuts Valley.” Your (as usual) very cool aviation video gave me an enjoyable evening learning about California geography, history, sociology, etc! Thanks!

premier is so neat

5000’ ft a min I can climb out of here. “Damn” 😂

This is next level mark

Cool to see something different… Barbie jets are fun! Funny though - the bigger bird you fly for work, the more you miss general aviation and tail wheel days…

As a Canadian we have been metric since the 70s. However in my shop I’m still 99% imperial because most building materials are sold in imperial sizes eg. 4 by 8 plywood. When building a shed or deck I think imperial eg studs on 16 in centres, and buildings an decks are built in 4 foot increments to maximize materials. Our temperatures are somewhat strange as house and outdoor temps are exclusively metric but the water temp in our lake is always imperial. Cooking is mostly imperial. We have a ways to go before we are fully metric.

Did Mike ever tell you what instrument you have in your Mooney that is not in the Premier? Hint: it rhymes with slip/skid indicator. Cuz swept wing aircraft have yaw dampers.

Well that was interesting, and nicely filmed, thanks. I like Mike's explanation of the instrumentation logic, ie whether you look at a traditional 6 pack or full glass, they basically are all telling you the same thing. The presentation is different, but the message is the same, basically how to get from A to B laterally, and with the introduction of VNAV you're offered A to B plus vertical guidance. I think Mark was impressed with the level of automation, (never heard him so quiet!) and by adding auto throttle an even further hands off experience is present. I don't know the Premier aircraft, but looks like no auto throttle here. Also, wasn't sure if this aircraft has a spoiler / speedbrake system, but this is where Mike's gear and flap speed limits and descent profile can all be helped. As for the unanswered question as to what instrument is in Mark's Mooney, not in the Premier, my money was going to be on a Manifold Pressure gauge.......... jets normally show power in percentage of N1 (compressor) speed. Thanks again all, keep up the good work.

Are you going to do a cessna 195 video. Love the classic lines!!!!

Great great video Teo amazing pilot by do way do way I own a jet and a ttx plus a LX7

Greg Mink's channel Premier 1 Driver www.youtube.com/@gregmink has years of videos showing single pilot ops in a Premier 1A .. really the best and only channel that i know of that's dedicated solely to this wonderful aircraft (it has some short videos of the MU-2 he owned before the RA390).. everything said in this video is spot on.. It's a little owner/operator jet that acts and feels like a medium size jet.. they can be purchased right.. just be prepared to pony up for maintenance and repairs.. Beech has always been very proud of their parts.. nothing's changed.. it's the perfect jet for that citation owner when they get the "training wheels" off..

$26,000 a set of brakes??? Is that to replace the calipers pads and rotors? I sit because you have to replace the wheel hub / spindle each time? At least there's no TR's or LE devices... Also wondering, are the spoilers not approved in flight? - while you discussed decent profile and being ahead of the airplane... Did you discuss the cabin in the previous video - I'll look for it. Hope you noticed the painted on window! OH, and the instrument not on the panel was on his control yoke,.... turn & bank ind. [slip] maybe I went to sleep if he mentioned it, or did you fail the quiz and edit it out? :)

The early 2000 premiere i fly in had a hydraulic landing gear failure so the pilot had to pull the cable so that killed the landing gear doors but the catch tray was installed incorrectly so the carbon fiber started delaminating but he loves this jet so much he paid to have it fixed and his son flies it and maybe i will soon

Mike & Mark isn't the initial departure out of STS ?

“There is no such thing as a Premier II”. Only a Premier I and the Canadian export model. 🤣. Cheers!

I really enjoy watching and listening to Mr. Mark. Ole super pilot Mike sounds like he’s the man, and a super over confident snobby prick.

I actually fly in co seat of a 01 premiere unless the owners wife/ pilot's mom wants to set up front

31:05 it's actually 2000fpm until 12000 and then 1000fpm. Nobody doing 2000fpm down from 10k

what are the fixed costs per year of owning this plane?

Mark, what camera are you using that has the heads up display?

I stand corrected it is out of Mather

With all those avionics - what's the box suctioned to the starboard window next to Mark's shoulder?

Now when will Mark get his first jet ?

Is every one impressed with Mike Bigler as much as he is??

Put more fingerprints on the leading edge…😂

That yoke looks small. Does it make it twitchy in the roll?

It's a shame it only has a 1200 nm range. Two fuel stops to go coast to coast? But otherwise, what an absolutely stunning aircraft.

What's was the missing instrument?

I'll bet that guy can't change the oil in his Bugatti. ;-)

Hey I know that guy!

Missing instrument that the Mooney has but the Premier does not: Turn and bank??

This is a Premier 1 not 1Acorrect ?

Turn coordinator?

no flight attendants :(

Well that was different … so was he ….! Stick to our puddle jumper’s 😂

Ask him about the fake windows for the owners ego