I wish I lived closer to Auburn... I'd take my Tiger to see Gary for every annual.

Thanks for creating this - that Tiger is a sweet ride and I appreciate you sharing your experience.

There are at least two legends in this awesome video. Thanks!

Thoroughly enjoyable video. I have spent my adult life flying in the Navy then 34 yrs at the airlines. About to retire and if I buy an airplane it will be a Grumman Tiger. Really enjoyed your entertaining production. Thanks.

Gary is awesome! I always try to stop by and talk Grumman when I am in town. Next time you’re up that way eat at Wings. Then check out that brewery next door!!

Great video of my favorite aircraft.

Danny, come play with us.....forever and ever and ever, great video Bryan!

Great editing. I love the Grumman. Yours is sweet.

I always enjoy your videos. Thanks!

Cool video thanks for sharing. I did the brakes on my plane today, installed new main tires and now just checking out airplane videos... Love your GTN650!

Next time you fly to Auburn try to divert to KLSN either on the way up there or on the way back to home! Lunch is on me!

Hello, here from r/flying, great video and subbed!

Nice video. Thanks for sharing! 👍

Thanks man... Always good stuff

Nice job recording maintenance run.

Excellent Video

Enjoyed the video! My Garmin VIRB XE will start the random shut down when the SD is getting filled up.

Terrific vid. Thanks. Just found your channel. I love your drop-ins (wine swilling tower guy, # of times using "Brake," etc.) Just the best. I know how time-consuming editing vids is, so doubly appreciated... I have lots of time in TR-2 and Cheetah and love the Grummans very much. BTW, the Kanga suits you. I envy your life :-) Tell me, have you tracked down the audio problem? It's better than last year, but still a big diff between intercom and ATC/Advisory calls. Also, I'm surprised after ~2 years you don't 1,000's of subs. Best of luck, keep 'em comin' and THANKS again.

Great video share.... funny, informative, entertaining. Thx!

Very enjoyable 😎

Really nice Tiger...

Great and timely video. This must be serendipity - long-time subscriber based out of CCR and starting to look for a pre-buy mechanic for a '77 Tiger I am looking at on the field. I know you said you're going to have AuCountry do your next annual - I am thinking of engaging them for the pre-buy... What made you go with them That's a haul for you to get the Annual done or just some basic maintenance. Any recommendations of what to look out for when purchasing a Tiger? On a personal note, I flew it in the pattern over the weekend - smooth as butter, loved it! PS: really enjoyed the Oshkosh trip videos...

Very well done video. Enjoyed it.

great video. I wish there were a world renowned grumman shop in arizona...

Owning an air plane as a great thing. BUT having or finding a good mechanic.. is another.

You have found the best Grumman shop in the west, and possibly the world. Gary is the goto guy! If I may, what editor did you use?

Love me a Gruman Tiger. By the way, what is that in the left side, off the pillar? Looks like a GPS?

Loooks like they did a good job for you, it did look a bit sketchy pre repair.👍

New sub here! Love your edits, very creative! Also question, I’m a student pilot and I’m looking to purchase my first aircraft. What would you say about a Tiger? I’m taller so that is also a concern.

Hello, I'm in South Florida, any recommendations for maintenance shops here?

The camera stopping recording could be the SD card. That's a problem I've had a few times anyway..

How much is a typical annual for the tiger?

I fly a172M but i can’t wait to fly a grumman!

🏆🏆🏆

Why no headrests on those seats dont you get neckache

Hi. I'm considering a Grumman Tiger. Any problem getting parts?

Man I thought the 5b was quicker than 115kts ias at 2500 rpm's. Our straight 177 with a O360 and a constant speed prop at 2300/23" indicates 125 kts

Do you have autopilot?

I thought that this article I wrote might help you be a safer pilot, thank you for your videos. ON THE ROAD AGAIN IFR --I FOLLOW ROADS by Cyrus Thomas Imagine being able to say that for the rest of your private flying career, "should my engine ever fail I have a road beneath me". No more wondering if you're poised for a ditching into a lake or the ocean, no more looking for clearings in forested areas, and no more hunting for flat spots in hilly and mountainous regions. Pilots assuage themselves that they are safe because they are always looking for possible landing sites, but they can't resist the temptation to fly in a straight line to their destination...after all that's what planes are for, crow-flying to save gas and time, getting every ounce of utility from the machine as you can. And ignoring safety a little bit? Some pilots follow roads some of the time. They might state that if their engine quits they have a 60% chance of being over a road. Watching aviation videos, I always know when the pilot is not over a road as their right hand nervously alternates touching the throttle and mixture knobs. I propose that with self-discipline the percentage of time we are over roads can be 100%. It's not that difficult. All farmland is interspersed with service roads...so you can relax over farmland...but you might prefer to land on a service road between the farmland itself instead of finding out at 1/8th of a mile before the fence that you've just set up to land in a wine vineyard! Ouch! All mountain passes have roads for cars, large lakes are mostly surrounded by roads, freeways connect all major cities and rural deserted areas are usually traversed by BLM service roads. But get-there-itis is a powerful force. Let me ask, why save time if you love flying? You will only get there sooner and terminate the flight early, robbing yourself of the joy of flight. Flight paths following roads are likely 15% longer than how the crow flies...so a 200$ flight now costs 230$...is it worth the peace of mind? I’ve been flying this way for years and for me it is worth it. I used to fly a Lake amphibian and I always followed rivers (IFR) affording me safe emergency water landing opportunities. Now I'm in an RV12. My wife gives me her full endorsement for the "I follow roads" type of flying. Is there any wonder? If you're receiving flight-following, your air traffic controller probably does not have highways on his radar screen, so unless he lives in the area, then when you tell him or her that you are following the 580 south, they may come back with simply, "stay clear of class Charley and Bravo airspaces" because they may have no idea where the 580 is! It would be better to say, "direct KDVO, direct KCCR, direct KLVK" or rather, "we're flying direct Gnoss Field, to Buccanan, then Livermore". Safe pilots carry Personal Locator Beacons should they crash land in the boonies, be they wooded or desert. They file flight plans so someone will find them. I've read that 40% of the time, for various reasons, ELTs do not go off when they should. Flight Following is a great idea, even when flying the I-land-on-roads method but communication will likely be lost while descending. However, ATC will have a general idea of your location should you be heading downward. I do not own a PLB (Personal Locator Beacon). In an emergency, even if only over a rural road, as I am descending and attempting a restart, I'll tell Flight Following where I am, squawk 7700, activate the ELT and land on a road. Filing a flight plan with Flight Service in order that ATC knows where you are becomes necessary if Flight Following is not available. On my tablet's Personal Flight Planning app, using sectionals, I plan flights from airports to lat/long waypoints, to airports, to lat/long waypoints again, etc... Every line of the flight plan is over a highway or road. Sometimes I have to refer to a road map app. I then can usually find the same roads on the sectional. I save the flight route on-line and then, in flight I use my cellphone mounted to the left window to follow my flight path on the same app, availing the other glass panels for portraying terrain, traffic, weather, direct navigation, closest airports etc. Having the cellphone close to me, portraying my route, is nice because I am often enlarging the map to see smaller roads. I remember the day when I first realized that, should I ever have an off-runway landing, I could be 100% sure there will be on a road beneath me...because I promised myself there would always be one within reach. It was so comforting...it changed my whole reaction to the dangers involved. I've experienced two complete engine failures and fortunately each time landed at an airport. Consequently, I have low faith in engines conceptualized in 1935 and hardly improved since. So, I will now only fly a modern liquid cooled, low CHT engine with a light weight propeller, but that's the subject of a different safety article. Some sight-seeing is compromised by this method of flying, but not all is lost. Flying around mountain tops in the Cascades, for example, is still possible. Even though you might not be directly over a road as you are sight-seeing the mountain tops, know that you just need to be able to glide to a road...but with the IFRoads method you always know where the roads are (due to pre-flight preparation) and your map confirms it. Face it, at least out west, much of our country is barren. Even an off-road landing you can walk away from can put you so far from civilization that you could parish attempting to find help. I almost did die once. After a successful off-road landing in the desert sand I walked for six hours to the remote airport I was flying to, with little water. I had to guess where the airport was. Wished I had followed a road. Show more

Hey your takeoff clearance came after you were airborne lol

So...you meant you would break in your brake pads a Little bit before flight...LOL

Celcius to Farenheit----> Cel Temp x 1.8 + 32 = Farenheit Temp

Sorry; only 8 times. 'Break' does not count as 'Brake'. We know you can do better next time, as the World Record for the number of times someone said (a variant) of 'Brake' in 22 seconds is actually 32! We will expect a better showing in the future. Yes, Gary is a good guy!

How much do you pay for maintenance, fuel and landing fee at the airport. Answer will be appreciated. Thanks for uploading. Keep it up.