Come Fly With Me! In this very special video I put you right in the cockpit for an unforgettable experience. Howard Cooper of Tailwinds Flight Education has performed over 5,000 flights, and he lends his expertise as a flight instructor to take us through everything we need to know about his Cessna 172. We go through a thorough pre-flight check, and Howard describes the controls and instruments in the aircraft. Then we get ready for a flight - taxiing through the airport, you hear the talk with air traffic control, and we take off on a non-stop flight from the Northeast Philadelphia Airport to Wilmington Airport in Delaware for a quick touch-and-go and return to Northeast Philadelphia Airport - all in real time - and complete with mission audio. This is as real as it gets! I hope that you can enjoy this experience even half as much as I did!
Index -
:34 - Introduction
1:34 - Preflight Check
24:15 - Preparing for takeoff
30:23 - Taxiing
40:00 - Takeoff from Northeast Philadelphia
1:08:15 - Wilmington approach
1:10:00 - Touch-and-go at Wilmington Airport
1:32:45 - Northeast Philadelphia approach
1:34:30 - Landing at Northeast Philadelphia
1:35:40 - Taxiing
1:41:20 - Post-flight debriefing
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Index -
:34 - Introduction
1:34 - Preflight Check
24:15 - Preparing for takeoff
30:23 - Taxiing
40:00 - Takeoff from Northeast Philadelphia
1:08:15 - Wilmington approach
1:10:00 - Touch-and-go at Wilmington Airport
1:32:45 - Northeast Philadelphia approach
1:34:30 - Landing at Northeast Philadelphia
1:35:40 - Taxiing
1:41:20 - Post-flight debriefing
Tailwinds Flight Education - https://flytailwinds.com/about/
Join Team FranLab!!!! Become a patron and help support my YouTube Channel on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/frantone
#gopro #flight #mission
- Music by Fran Blanche -
Frantone on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/frantone/
Fran on Twitter - https://twitter.com/contourcorsets
Fran's Science Blog - http://www.frantone.com/designwritings/design_writings.html
FranArt Website - http://www.contourcorsets.com
Thanks for the great video. I used to fly with a friend of mine who had a really nice Cessna. He did all the flying. I wish he had let me fly. I had wanted to fly since I was 5 years old but the the local instructor was an bleep-hole. I should have found another one.
So you were bad mouthing cell phones which I totally agree!!!!!! Whats ironic is mucking around with those damn cameras while guys concentrating with your life in his hands…😯other than that nonsense entertaining content😎
Blancolirio approved i'm sure
The Cessna is my fave airplane in my collection.
In MS Flight Simulator. 😀
Beautiful piece of tech and so easy to handle.
Excellent Fran! How’s your flying coming along?
That was so cool, now i know its not all fun and barn storming , what a great guy.
Fran this is the best small plane flight video: Not a pilot just a simmer…
This deserves more views, Great video, seems like a great teacher too
WOW, so nice!
If you do nothing else, read "Stick and Rudder" by Wolfgang Langewiesche. You'll also stop chasing your needles by remembering that the power/throttle controls your altitude while your tail tail controls your speed.
Welcome to the aviation community. Keep your blue up and your brown down.
From a 30 year licensed pilot, this was great. The class B airspace is a little hectic to learn in but it will make you a better pilot. All the best in your future flying.
how the heck Fran knows all that? Is there anything that Fran doesn't know?
Thanks, Fran! The controllers in this video were a bit of a surprise. I guess I've been spoiled by the professionalism typical in 310 Pilot videos 🙂