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@mohlenair 3 күн бұрын
Great video of a fun day out. So fun to fly some formation with you!
@blueyonder360 Күн бұрын
@@mohlenair Can’t wait to do it again. Lots of fun.
@tshinefield 3 күн бұрын
I was wondering who was going to post a video first. Nice job!
@blueyonder360 Күн бұрын
@@tshinefield it was a fun morning of flying. At least you got there to get some bacon. 🥓
@frankbeck3890 3 күн бұрын
Really like the videos you do a great job
@blueyonder360 3 күн бұрын
@@frankbeck3890 thank you for the kind words. We’ll keep’em coming.
@brucemitchell553 14 күн бұрын
Great idea, nice job, thanks for sharing!
@BumbleBee55R 16 күн бұрын
On my bucket list. Unfortunately, the air space over my area is Class C Air Space...
@blueyonder360 16 күн бұрын
@@BumbleBee55R We had an 8000’ bravo shelf to stay under, a TFR over downtown for the baseball game and a class D airport to the west of where we were maneuvering. Definitely a lot of different airspace to be aware of as well as SA of the other aircraft doing the same thing we were. It was a great experience.
@flywiseman 16 күн бұрын
What a great video, 👏
@blueyonder360 16 күн бұрын
Thanks for watching and for the comment.
@frankbeck3890 17 күн бұрын
Great video
@blueyonder360 16 күн бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it.
@Lee-rp6kk Ай бұрын
You gonna fly or talk it there.
@DonRobinson-le6qp Ай бұрын
I really appreciate you making this video and the others you have made. They are really good and inspirational. Im a retired US Army UH-60 Blackhawk pilot. I retired 21 years ago (2003) and that was the last time I flew a Blackhawk. Ive never been in or ever even flown in any small aircraft. Im retiring permanently in 2 years at the age of 62. I live in Atlanta and Ive been a US postal carrier for many years. I deliver mail to a small aircraft subdivision here called Mallards Landing, and it totally fascinates me everyday Im in there to see Pipers, Cessna's, and various other aircraft sitting in the front yard or in a hanger in the driveway of the homes there...what a cool subdivision!! The aviation bug has come back to me after all these years and Im going to go to flight school here in Atlanta and get my private pilots license The Piper 140 is the aircraft i would like to own, so I hope I get to train in one as well. I have no idea what the transition is going to be for me never even flying in a small plane, and being totally out of aviation for over two decades, but Im going to do it. Thanks for the motivation your videos have given me and I look forward to the day of getting my private pilots license and eventually owning a Piper 140. I would love any advice from you or any of your veteran pilots and subscribers.
@blueyonder360 Ай бұрын
First off, thank you for your service. Secondly, thanks for watching and for commenting. Blackhawk pilot…that’s awesome. Just like being a Veteran, that’s quite the 1%’ers club title not a lot of people can say. How cool, I can only imagine the stories you have of your experience piloting the Blackhawk. I’m also exciting to hear your aviation bug is back and that you’re learning a new skill. The Cherokee 140 is a fantastic, stable platform for training and for building hours. We bought ours from a retired Naval Aviator that was located at KLZU just north east of ATL. I have family that lives in that area too. The only advice I have for your transition is to enjoy every moment of it. I’m not sure what the transition training will be but I can assure you your takeoffs and landings will be a little different than what you are previously used to😉. Best of luck to you in this journey to PPL.
@DonRobinson-le6qp Ай бұрын
@@blueyonder360 Thank you so much!! Keep making those videos
@hackerzol Ай бұрын
I like your twisty throttle and mixture as opposed to my quadrant with the lever on my 140. What year is yours? I have a 1970.
@blueyonder360 Ай бұрын
Thanks for watching and the comment. Ours is a 1966 and the twisty throttle style is called Vernier throttles. They were installed with the Avcon 180hp STC upgrade we have on the engine. I’ve become accustomed to that style of throttle and you’ll see me backing off or doing the twist during approach and landing and setting cruise power.
@frankbeck3890 Ай бұрын
like the video i am based there
@blueyonder360 Ай бұрын
Thanks for watching and the comment. I like to fly into Class D airports to keep up on my radio work with tower controllers and I still got tripped up.
@4viationCentral 2 ай бұрын
So cool! I’m (hopefully) going on my discovery flight in a Cherokee 140 on Thursday! I say hopefully because it got rescheduled 3 times. First and second time was due to weather, third was because the plane was in the shop. Hopefully it will happen on Thursday, right after exams end, it will be fun! Thank you for the video!
@blueyonder360 2 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching. Maybe 4th time is the charm for this one. It’s best to pick a really good day for the discovery flight. You want to make sure everyone is going to feel comfortable and not concerned about bumps. Enjoy your flight
@4viationCentral 2 ай бұрын
@@blueyonder360 yep! Thank you!
@4viationCentral Ай бұрын
@@blueyonder3604th time wasn’t the charm, the plane is still in the shop. It got rescheduled for this Friday, hope it works out!
@4viationCentral Ай бұрын
@@blueyonder360so it was rescheduled for Tuesday, I did the flight, it was SO COOL! I loved it. I got to takeoff and do some cool maneuvers! I’m continuing in flight training! I am so excited to get back in that plane.
@blueyonder360 Ай бұрын
@@4viationCentral that’s awesome. So glad to hear you had a great experience.
@arnaudnicolau2093 2 ай бұрын
wish me luck, first annual in my cherokee 140
@blueyonder360 2 ай бұрын
I hope everything goes well for ya.
@1dullgeek 2 ай бұрын
First: Welcome back to the sky Second: 135 days is a LONG time. Glad you got her back. Unfortunately, I saw something in your video that scares me a little bit. And I feel I have to say something to you. 3:28 I don't see torque plates on engine with two cylinders removed. Search "Savvy Aviation Cylinder Work Risky Business" and watch the video. It's a long video and Mike Busch talks really slowly, so I like to watch at 2x. But seriously, watch the first 45 minutes of that video. If I were in your shoes, I would want to send an email to AOPA's "ask the A&Ps" podcast. Mike Busch is on that podcast. I'd ask them what to do next to make sure the engine is still fine. Honestly, I hope I'm grossly overreacting and this isn't an issue at all.
@hackerzol 2 ай бұрын
You have a bouncy attitude indicator.
@blueyonder360 2 ай бұрын
Good eyes. I have a replacement on order that didn’t get installed during the annual. Since it’s VFR, it’s not a mandatory instrument.
@kolbergone 3 ай бұрын
How do you like that 140?
@blueyonder360 3 ай бұрын
It’s a great training platform and perfect for two people. But if you want to carry four adults and bags for the weekend, this platform isn’t for those kinds of missions.
@kolbergone 3 ай бұрын
@blueyonder360 I have been looking into planes and as much as I like the stability of a high wing Cessna, the Pipers are about half the price, well depending on the avionics. So I have been looking, watching rather, more videos on the small Cherokees. Also seen you're only a little drive down the road.
@blueyonder360 3 ай бұрын
@@kolbergone It’s pretty wild how much more Cessnas cost than Pipers. Both are very stable platforms but leads to the question of if you’re a high wing or low wing lover. We have a great backyard here in Colorado to explore either by air or by Jeep. We enjoy trail riding when we get a chance.
@kolbergone 3 ай бұрын
@blueyonder360 not sure what I am, just beginning this journey.
@staxats96 3 ай бұрын
"i just told him for insurance purposes he couldn't be in the hangar." - the mechanic
@BuildTimeMC 3 ай бұрын
Is it worth it to get a 1967 Piper pa28-140 for $30K just to use to get my PPL and sell it after? Will i be able to make back the cost of the original price plus any maintenance?
@blueyonder360 3 ай бұрын
Good, but tough question to answer. I ended up purchasing 55R when I was about 20 hrs into my PPL flight training. I was having a hard time booking consistent time in flight school planes due to how busy my flight school was at the time. I came across this plane and felt like it was something I couldn’t pass up. And I knew I would be flying it after I got my PPL. In today’s market and not knowing any details of the ‘67 I would say it will retain its current value.
@randybell5461 4 ай бұрын
Way wide on the landing and an errogant apperance on income, why bring it up.
@1dullgeek 4 ай бұрын
I don't know how I missed this video from you. I'm really glad you didn't just rely on the compression but also got a borescope. So many people let compression be the definitive status of the cylinders rather than look more deeply. Given the state of your valves, I think you're making the right call to pull the cylinders. And completely agree with owning a borescope and using it every time the sparkplugs are pulled. Savvy has a video on how to do a standard borescope inspection so that you can build an evolving picture over time. I also had to replace the lord mounts on my 140. The engine mounts alone probably wouldn't have been too crazy, but I decided to also install an engine monitor. If I'd have known that I was going to end up selling the airplane a few months later I certainly would not have installed an engine monitor. Sorry you're going through this. Your airplane is - by far - my favorite Cherokee 140 in existence. I'm actually in the process of writing a video about how much I admire your airplane. Not enough for me to help with the repair costs, though. So sorry. :) Hope the repair costs are within reason.
@blueyonder360 4 ай бұрын
Thanks for the kind words. We really love this plane too and want to make sure we’re doing things correctly, so that we have comfort knowing the next owners will have a sound flying machine.
@jrb8225 5 ай бұрын
Which yolk mount do you have and what size ipad are you using? I ordered the sporty’s ram claw for my cherokee and the ipad clamp was so tight it broke my screen protector, lookin for a good replacement.
@blueyonder360 5 ай бұрын
I use the iPad mini with Pivot case for protection and the Pivot case has a slide on/off connector to the yoke mount. It’s super easy to slide on/off. And I use the RAM mount components that attach to the yoke.
@zainy11 5 ай бұрын
70 mph rotation?
@blueyonder360 5 ай бұрын
Yeah, the book says for a no flap take off to accelerate to 50-60 mph then ease back on the yoke. Our field elevation is 5119 ft. and the book numbers are based off of sea level, so we accelerate a little more before she feels like she wants to fly.
@mohlenair 5 ай бұрын
Great video, appreciate the insight into this process and profession. Also love the “more you know” throw back. Makes me feel like a kid watching Saturday morning cartoons.
@1dullgeek 5 ай бұрын
Fascinating!
@blueyonder360 5 ай бұрын
I thought so too. Mark is very knowledgeable and easy to talk to.
@1dullgeek 5 ай бұрын
@@blueyonder360 It's in the name.
@walterbrown8694 6 ай бұрын
The Cherokees I took dual in during the 1960s were placarded against intentional spins.
@planemaintenance3948 6 ай бұрын
When a tug is hooked to it and the aircraft is being pushed back it’s very easy to exceed the turn limit and bend the horn. I’ve replaced/repaired quite a few of those in my 27 years as a GA mechanic. They can be repaired since it’s just a steel tube.
@blueyonder360 6 ай бұрын
Thanks. It's possible since we've been towed to a hangar after we've left the airport and don't monitor it being transported at times.
@planemaintenance3948 6 ай бұрын
It’s easy to do. I’ve done a few hundred inspections on every type of Piper from a Cub to a Cheyenne. Lots in the Cherokee and Seneca line. Great little airplanes. May I ask why the shop wants to have your engine mount reconditioned? That’s typically done at an engine change. Exterior surface corrosion can just be stopped with a rust converter and painted over.
@blueyonder360 6 ай бұрын
@@planemaintenance3948 I didn’t get a good picture of it but there is a crack at one of the joints that had some corrosion.
@shakey2634 6 ай бұрын
After 40 plus years of flying professionally, now that I’m retired I find flying as a hobby just ridiculously expensive. I’m happy to spend my time touring the countryside on my motorcycle. The challenge of flying can be very gratifying to master and keep proficient! Happy flying!
@blueyonder360 6 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching and for the comment. If you’re able to fulfill a childhood dream then the price tag that comes with it is a little more palatable, but you do have to add an extra 0 onto what you think it will cost versus what it ends up being.
@mohlenair 6 ай бұрын
Great video, although it hurts! These kinds of annuals are such a heart breaker! I hope you get it back soon!
@frankbeck3890 6 ай бұрын
Vector air not a good place they had my plane nine months charge me for things that when you went on my quote, had a really fight with them to get squared away won’t go back there again
@blueyonder360 6 ай бұрын
I’m sorry to hear you had a bad experience with them. From my experience, they have been straight forward with what they have written up on our WO. Certainly a better experience for me than the last shop I was at in the metro Denver area.
@amendippanesar 6 ай бұрын
Man I hope you don't get stung too badly with costs
@blueyonder360 6 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching and the positive thoughts. I will do a full recap video with full cost of annual so stay tuned for that.
@mohlenair 7 ай бұрын
Nice video, good flight! I will always take a 700 FPM climb!
@blueyonder360 7 ай бұрын
I don’t experience it that often, so I too will take it when I can get it.
@frankbeck3890 7 ай бұрын
I like the videos I am based at Erie Grumman Traveler at the hangers
@blueyonder360 7 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching. Keep an eye out for me on the flight line and stop by to say hi. If I’m not flying, I’m likely washing our plane or watching other planes to their thing.
@fatherof2710 7 ай бұрын
Nice job on the edit! Still using IMovie? What camera do you have on the wing?
@blueyonder360 7 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching. I am still using iMovie. Haven’t made the jump to another software. Do you have one to recommend? I use the GoPro360 on the wing. I’m looking to get an adaptor for the tail and use it there.
@weinersnitzelz 7 ай бұрын
Is the rotate then speed gain a high altitude procedure?
@blueyonder360 7 ай бұрын
It’s more of a short field takeoff maneuver. I was just demonstrating that to my passenger. Wasn’t necessary but is a fun way to stay in ground effect after takeoff to gain speed then trade that speed for a swift accent.
@weinersnitzelz 7 ай бұрын
@@blueyonder360 Thanks for the explanation! Great video!
@mohlenair 7 ай бұрын
Ok, loved the video. Yours always make me laugh. So many one liners and I love the dueling cockpit editing. Very nicely done!!!
@1dullgeek 7 ай бұрын
A Cherokee 140 with an O-360 and a constant speed prop isn't your normal 140. Pretty sure if you were racing my fixed pitch, 0-320 140 you'd beat me by a lot on time. That said, I did help out a buddy in his Cherokee 235. He was taking his airplane to an airport 120 nm away for some avionics work. I took off about 10m before he did and he landed 2m before me. It took him a surprisingly long time to catch and pass me, despite going about 25 knots faster. Which raises a question for me: how does this competition work? Is there a handicap system? 12:27 Too bad re: the arrow on short final, otherwise "Request short approach" 13:11 Why not zero flap landing? 27:43 Apparently no handicapping I wonder if what you could do is take the book 75% cruise speed of each airplane and then calculate an optimal travel time there and back and then compare your actual time to the theoretical optimal time. Smallest number wins. Regardless this looked like a lot of fun. I would love to do something like this.
@blueyonder360 7 ай бұрын
I love how much your reply shows your interest level in the competition/video. My little 140 has a little something extra under the hood. The group that participated certainly has some things to think about during our next flight club meeting on how to make things fair. Our sole intention was to get a group of planes together, have the same mission and see what kind of time you can put up, then have a good time at the hangar party afterwards. I jokingly told the group I was bringing a Comanche 250 next year😉.
@ScottLloydMB 7 ай бұрын
First!
@brianggilbert 7 ай бұрын
This is an incredible video. Now subscribed. New 51 yo pilot in training in DE training out of N57.
@blueyonder360 7 ай бұрын
I’m glad to hear you liked the video. Great to hear about you getting into flight training. I’m 46 and have been at it for almost 4 yrs now. We love the GA community.
@mohlenair 8 ай бұрын
Erie International… 😂 Great flight and video! Thanks for taking us along in this goal of all CO GA airports!
@mohlenair 8 ай бұрын
Nice work, enjoyed the flight and video! I’m going to go there too after seeing this. 👍
@blueyonder360 8 ай бұрын
It’s a fun approach/departure as you parallel the highway traffic.
@mozombique2189 8 ай бұрын
Hi, Nice video. Question: Is that a mini Ipad 6? Do you have Wi-Fi or are you using your cellular network? Thank you
@blueyonder360 8 ай бұрын
It is an iPad mini 5 that is linked to ADSB in/out from our transponder. Thanks for watching.
@mozombique2189 8 ай бұрын
Thank you
@KevinNichols-eo7yt 8 ай бұрын
Enjoyed your video, always interesting to explore airports rarely used but yet still open.
@blueyonder360 8 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching.
@fatherof2710 9 ай бұрын
Hello, can you tell me what program/platform you are using to edit your different camera angles together? I also have a 140 and after much trial and error I am able to get the videos from two cameras into Quick, but I don't know how to edit them together the way you did. Thanks for any input.
@blueyonder360 9 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching. I currently use iMovie with my MacBook Pro. It allows you to stack video footage that is synced together and you can choose which view at what timing you want to see.
@fatherof2710 9 ай бұрын
Thank you very much! @@blueyonder360
@neskyz4259 9 ай бұрын
I was flying my Cherokee from Westerly RI to Fort Myers FL and had a similar electrical issue. I declared an emergency with Dover approach and was able to land safely at an airport in DE. Took two days of troubleshooting to discover nothing was wrong (that the A&P could find anyway). He signed off on it, I took off and within 20 minutes the ammeter was at 0 again. I shut off everything nonessential and left the transponder and one radio on. Discovered I could reset the breakers and it would bring the charging system back to life. That lasted all the way to SC. Topped off, flew on to Palatka FL but it was getting dark and didn’t want to chance night flying with a balky charging system. Glad you made it ok!!
@blueyonder360 9 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing. Mine ended up being a classical alternator failure. Yours seems to be a little more complicated. Glad you made it to your destination.
@burningglory2373 10 ай бұрын
My dad just started flying a g450 for his work. While he was in Austin to get typed, I remember him texting me in the middle of the night (while he was studying probably). "This thing has 6 reduntant electrical systems". (2 engines, APU, Backup hydrolic alternator, batteries, emergency batteries).
@blueyonder360 10 ай бұрын
Just a little more sophisticated than our little metal bird.
@burningglory2373 10 ай бұрын
@@blueyonder360 something about not wanting power loss over the atlantic.
@fhturner3 10 ай бұрын
Glad you got it back down without incident! No (further) coffee needed that morning, I reckon! 😂
@blueyonder360 10 ай бұрын
I was definitely on alert for a few hours after without additional stimulation.
@fhturner3 10 ай бұрын
@@blueyonder360 😂🤣
@1dullgeek 10 ай бұрын
Wow! Scary situation. Glad it turned out well. I had my transponder do the same thing when I was holding short before takeoff. But it was at a towered airport and not only did my transponder fail, but so did my COM1. Which made cancelling the flight very easy. Fortunately, I had just enough battery left that COM2 was still working and I could tell tower my issues. My mechanic is on the field and he came straight over. By the time he got there, the battery didn't have enough charge to start the engine. After a bunch of diagnostics, he concluded that the alternator was dead. When I went back and looked at the engine monitor data for the previous 2 flights, I could see evidence of the alternator slowing dying. Bus voltage dropped from about 13.5 a couple of flights before down to about 9 volts on the last flight. But that all happened on the ground. I'd like to think if I were in the air, I'd handle it as well as you did. I'd also like to never have to find out.
@blueyonder360 10 ай бұрын
Something I hope you never experience either. I now have an alternator inop light installed right next to the stall warning light. Since I don’t have a digital engine monitor to see volts, this will alert me if the alternator is not operating as it should. On this particular event, I tried to restart the engine after shutting everything down and the battery didn’t have any juice to get it going. Both magnetos were running fine once they fired up.
@jplfly 10 ай бұрын
136/hr. The first aircraft I owned was a 140. Loved it. In the 70s I was at 65/ hr for around 100 hrs. Times have changed.
@blueyonder360 10 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching. By flying more hours this year compared to last, I am seeing my $/hr come down. I’m also doing oil changes and minor repairs under the eye of the local shop, which helps reduce how much I’m spending on labor.
@mohlenair 10 ай бұрын
Great video and I really appreciated this story. Density altitude is no joke!
@bretkruthoff2361 10 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing this experience!! Great visual example of DA.