Best dad-daughter memories ever; gread job Capt/Dad!

Skyrat crossing herself was priceless

Nice landing, love your video, and the relationship you are building with your daughter!

Omg love the vid my home town is big bear. That air port is where my love of Aviation began:)

Good times for sure. My dad was a Piper dealer back in the 60s and the 70s. I started going with him to the Piper factory in Vero Beach Florida and bring back a half dozen Cherokees at a time. My dad always flew the Cherokee 6s. My first trip back to Spokane Washington I was in 4th grade and I sat on my suitcase the whole way so I could see over the dash. I got thousands of air miles sitting right seat bringing new Piper's back home. Even got to fly home with a new Aztec from Pennsylvania once. Great fun for a young kid. 😎

I like how you keep your video short but full of all the best parts.

I'm also a dad and I can see how fun that experience is for you and your daughter, for sure great memories.

Loved to see your confidence on that landing! Amazing stuff! Awesome video

That was a cool flight with awesome scenery!

This channel is great! I just want you to know that your video style is very inspiring to my KZfaq aspirations

I clicked on the video because my family used to fly our comanche to Big Bear to go skiing for a few hours and then hop back in the plane and fly home. Watching the video left me with a stream of happy tears seeing you and your daughter together. My dad passed away when I was in my late 20s and I don't think I even realized, until watching this video, how much I miss flying around with him, as I was not the biggest fan of the plane at the time! Thank you for sharing this with us!

Special moment I hope I can have moments like those with my son. He is 2 right now and I’ve been getting my ppl!

The more I see videos like this, enjoying the skies with family, the more I want my pilots license.

I just discovered this channel and like it! I like the way you are explaining the cross wind, aproche on the gps map it makes the things loking so much simplier. Keep it this way!

Very cool that you share your love of flying with your daughter. Reminds me of countless Cessna flights with my dad when I was a kid. She’ll always remember these moments!

You do a great job super informative you have a great family and great plane cheers

This is great! Nice job on that landing!

What a cool time. I'm just finishing up my PPL and my 3yr old daughter and 5yr old son can't wait to fly with Dad. Thanks for the preview of coming attractions!! Great cinematography as well!

Absolutely EPIC. WHat an awesome way to spend time with the little ones.

A lot of work on that landing. Good job on the video!

Eric, these videos are very well done. Nice job! It was great to meet you at Truckee this past weekend.

"Sky rat" is quite a funny nickname. :-)

Impeccable radio calls on the way out, navigating that seems like no joke! Fantastic video 👍🏽

Enjoyed many of your videos but think this is my favorite. ❤

4:33 wow, it’s really amazing

Great Video !! Captures the spirit of both of you ! You have a great kid man ! Glad you're taking her out to Adventure. That's what life is about Cheesr Mate !

beautiful channel!! i love your clips and videos!!

I just discovered this channel - seriously awesome content, great job.

Great edit!

Great video and what a nice way to spend time with your daughter!!

Your avionics setup is absolutely superb sir. Your beautiful daughter is a future pilot for sure. Well done.

Great video!

My instructor and I went up there a few years ago with a very small amount of snow on the ground in a C-182P. It was so cool to fly over the lake and drop down the canyon and passing the ski resort with all the chair lifts at the same level. The haze in the basin is such a bummer to have to deal with.

Hey man keep up the good work, student pilot close to PPL out of KCCB it’s nice to see such information dense but aesthetically pleasing videos. Keep up the good work!

That’s awesome creating memories for a life time, big bear is awesome

Good job dad. And even better, making memories with your daughter. Big thumbs up...Also, very nice to see Skyrat make the sign of the cross. It just leaves a good feeling about your entire family.

I jus found your channel. Good stuff!

I love seeing Big Bear landing and takeoff from the air! 1960s-1970s my parents had a cabin in Big Bear, ahead and to the right when you were landing and taking off. Sometimes we'd go to the park just east of the airport, where we could watch as the little planes came bouncing in to land.

I have daughters as well and daddy daughter time is special. Great job DAD!!!

great video.

Your daughter is Adorable!! Be safe out there in the friendly skies!!!

Flew out there last week

I also just discovered and subscribed. Great stuff!

Awesome smiles

Nice videos. A quick ForeFlight tip... after setting your destination in your flight plan page under the edit tab, you can select "procedure" to the right. Next select "traffic pattern", select your runway, type of pattern entry and select "add to route." It creates a nice overlay of the traffic pattern which keeps me from getting to tight or wide at new places. What's nice is ForeFlight knows the direction of pattern for each airfield and it prevents from having to make an arbitrary 45 to downwind waypoint like I saw in your video at 5:30. I use this function all the time at unfamiliar airfields. You may not find this function useful since you have that nice Dynon setup.

I just flew to big bear today. I can't wait to share these memories with my future children.

Great dad and daughter !

Awesome video ,,Subscribed

Although these vids are for entertainment they are very informative. You did an amazing job w/editing and music volume - I know it's kinda your thing right, lol. Also, I absolutely loved the "turbulence vid".

Cool video. Hello from Queensland, Australia.

Great video from an awesome Dad.

Fun to see my "backyard" from a different viewpoint. Autopilot is really something else. I once had the privilege of flying in the cockpit of a 737 for the last 40 minutes of a flight. I was astonished how the pilot just sat there basically looking out the window. Even when he took over the controls, he just turned a switch on the dashboard to drop altitude. Only time I ever saw him have his hands on the controls were the last 5 minutes for the landing. Someday soon I guess pilots will be a thing of the past I guess?

Great video

Great great great channel

Normal Dad: Check out my new can of oil! Him: Check out my new autopilot!

2:15 what I do on every flight. No longer in my hands..

Nice family and journey.

Quite the landing ! One question there’s no Starbucks near you ? HaHa !!!!! Great Channel !

Very cool

That is how flying should be, FUN!

Noticed you do something I used to do with the tow bar. I would pull on the tow bar not the prop. A DPE pointed out that if my foot slipped I might land on my butt or crack the back of my head on the ground. Steer with a tow bar pull on a prop. One of many nuggets he passed on.

You are such an awesome dad!

Great quality videos. Skyrat is becoming a good wingwoman and hopefully she can learn to fly in the plane if she's interested. And I hope she chose skyrat and wasn't named a rodent ..lol! Keep up the good work

Really wished my kids wanted to fly with me...enjoy these moments!!! They grow very quick ;(

I have 3 daughters, and loved this video. I wish I could afford to have my own plane and experience this with my daughters. Good job dad.

Winds were crazy during landing. That had to get the heart rate up fast.

Thanks for the videos... just found your channel. Top notch. I am hopefully picking up my Piper Dakota today actually... fingers crossed. Curious, what video camera did you have in your hand at the end of the video (I assume it is a video camera).

Need to take my kids for a ride one day

She's gona be a pilot ;)

Hello I would like to know how much do cost renovating work of your aircraft

Hey there, loving the videos. What camera do you use for the cockpit view? (the one with the gimbal effect)

Wonderful job on the Cherokee and the opportunities it creates for you and your family. A real inspiration! Would you mind sharing a few of the operating stats of the Cherokee, please? I am interested in your cruse speed as indicated, GPH, your leaning procedure, what type of engine you have. Thanks!

Not a whole lot to do with piloting, but seeing all of this good parenting out there is amazing! :) Want to change the country and world for the better? Be a great parent to your kids, like this family. :)

Do you have a video on the specs of the plane? Curious what engine it has, cruise, fuel burn, etc?

Does SkyRat have a youtube channel ? You guys are awesome !

so did you remove the original vaccum pump?

It’s crazy how now, I was like “oh look the auto pilot is just like my car’s!” When it has always been the other way around!!! I fly on Microsoft Flight Simulator so without auto pilot you always have the yolk in hand? I can’t imagine an airplane not having autopilot! Do a trip to Alabama Hills.

your daughter is future heartbreaker

correct me if I am wrong. I always notice your face turns to red when you close to the ground

Another informative, enjoyable, very well done and entertaining presentation, so please don’t take it the wrong way, but, as a former Telecine Colorist I noticed something immediately. During the introduction, the lip sync is out. I think your work is outstanding but I notice things like that because I used to be paid to. Maybe someday we’ll meet. I fly out of Whiteman too.

It is sort of strange but , an old country song call " Just fishing " by Mr. Trace Adkins did just pop into my mind . I suppose " just fishing " is for the country folks and just flying around is for the rich city folks 😁😁😁 Anyways , it all good , when you can make those kind of good memories with the loves one.👏👏👏🌈🌈🌈

Why "skyrat"... Did you give her that nickname, or was it her own doing? 😂 Great videos, btw!

Your videos make me smile.Great content and well produced. I love how you've incorporated family time with the best hobby in the world! Have you worked on any film projects in Georgia? You look familiar. I'm also full time in the production industry...

Hey, did you tip the fuel you drained out of the tank back in again?

Does Skyrat get nervous on takeoff?

Be careful with Big Bear. It can be a dangerous airport depending on the density altitude.

I am sweating as well, no much time to communicatee

Show her the CAT III auto-landing.

Most memorable Starbucks run?

That’s one expensive chai tee latte...

Very catholic move in the beginning. I very much approve! †

flew for starbucks. why not?

Shouldn't she be called something more endearing than rat? :) like flying squirrel or speed bunny.

AP should be disconnected during turbulence.

if you are not a CFI, is it legal for your daughter to fly the airplane?