How I Got Into Flying and Why I Chose the Super Viking
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- Опубликовано: 5 окт 2024
- Sometimes you just have to get up off the couch and do what you say you want to! We're just cruising along in the Super Viking and chatting about how I got into flying, why I fly, and why I chose the Super Viking.
Tell me how you got started flying in the comments below. I would love to hear your story!
Put off learning to fly as LIFE got in the way, talked about it for years . . .
My wife finally told me prior to turning 60, if you don’t do it now, you never will . . .
PPL @ 60, IFR @ 61, flew to the Bahamas @ 62 and loving it!!!
Only regret is that I didn’t start sooner!
We share that regret!
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Well, you look good for 63 then - HA!
I’ll make the jokes here 😂🤣
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Great video man. The explanation of how and “why” you got into flying gives me confidence to start my own Pilot certificate journey.
Do it!
When you own a Super Viking, you will use it as a yardstick on any other plane that you fly. The only other plane that I would consider is the 235 Cherokee. The 235 isn’t as fast and glamorous but it will outperform a 182 for less money. I’ve been out of flying a while but went to get my BFR in a 172 and I had briefed my instructor on my past Bellanca ownership and he said “you will think this 172 is a kite with a motor on it”. He was exactly correct. If you ever fly a Bellanca, everything else will be a kite with a motor.
Great Video... and really enjoy the reason behind the passion!
Thanks! I can’t wait to get Gus back and start flying again. 8 months is too long!!
i am in my late 20s and really interested in aviation. Once I start making good money at my job, I’m going to start the process. Maybe some day I’ll be able to buy my own plane. I’ve been looking some Super Vikings online and it seems like they are great. Baby steps though!
UNDERRATED CHANNEL!!!!! Beautiful plane!
Awe shucks. If only I were funny 😁
@@wyflyguy114 Dude I am on pins and needles waiting to hear about your most recent trip. When can we expect that?
I think they are working through that footage now. I’m hoping next week may be the first. 😬
G,day WY fly guy from Sydney, Australia.
* thank you for recording the Super Viking single-engine.
* I have researched some performance achievements and construction materials of the plane.
* makes good business sense to reduce staff travel expenditures.
Looking forward to your channel.
O'yes your question.
In short, family
* engineering created a curious interest.
* working in the small rural township with aero club (Cessna 1968 172). Purchased four-part textbooks Author Thom and started reading.
Got a student number and logbook.
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Welcome to the channel! I think you may have more restrictions than us inherit g your license. How tough is it there?
Well I can say this is a true story, cause I am Tony Thornton! Lol
Still super impressed with your short time of getting the PPL, IFR, Commercial and then Twin Certifications!! Weld one!
And stop picking on my 182!!! Lol
Thanks for the kick in the pants! We’ll have to go flying when I’m down in a couple weeks.
@@wyflyguy114 Count on it!
Wanted to fly since I was 7... Finally got my PPL last year at age 38... Went straight to tailwheel after that! Super Viking is on my wish list for a plane to own. For now I'm enjoying flying the Citabria for local fun!
I am still waiting to do tail wheel training. IFR, commercial and multi but tail wheel is hard to find trainers for in our area.
No truer words have been spoken about riding Wyoming bumps. Took my IFR in Casper
It can get rough!
Got my Private in 89, then took an 11 year break. Used my GI Bill to get Comm/Inst/ME/CFI/CFII/MEI in 2000, then picked up my ATP while actively instructing until 2003 at a Part 141 school. Took another break, then got an FO position on the Embraer 170 until furlough in 2008. Now in my longest flying break, but looking at ways to get back in the saddle.
CFI is on my list but I never plan to fly for a living. It would kill me to be without wings though. I hear the airlines are short pilots like never before though. I would thing getting a job as an airline pilot would be fairly easy now. Is that true?
@@wyflyguy114 , it might be true that getting on at the regionals is easier now. However, they do not pay a living wage and living out of a suitcase on reserve 2 legs from your home base is no life for a married guy at 50.
Supply and demand dictates that that will change if they want pilots. Regional pilots should see a pay increase to entice new pilots to come aboard. Its still tough living out of a suitcase though. Maybe corporate pilot?
@@wyflyguy114 Funny thing about aviation, guys will do this for next to nothing to build time for that dream 777 job. Everyone wants that 4 day line where you timeout and get paid to sleep your last leg home, but it takes years of flying reserve and/or bidding the 16 day line with a deadhead to and from your first and last trip. Corporate is good, fractional is nice, but still a slog to build time. My dream job would be Part 135 air ambulance, but you have to put the previous pilot in the ambulance to get that slot! I'll pick it up recreationally someday, maybe do some instructing/proficiency rides on the side. I also make for an awesome radio tuner/ATC communicator! Cool pilot voice perfected just after my ATP ride.....
So I have a few questions I’m getting into flying myself I’ve got to stop the excuses like you said and I’ve always wanted to fly just like you pretty much the same story since I was a kid it was either that or become a truck driver I became the truck driver because it was more economical commercial pilot was out of the question because of the fees. So I absolutely love the belanca then the moony than the piper I love the Blanca because of its style it’s Grace and it’s old-school I’ve always been an old-school guy I’ve always had hot rods anyway the only thing that concerns me is the fabric and wood I remember you taking your plane in for a complete recovering I think it was. How does the fabric wood and paint stand up as opposed to an aluminum air frame there are aluminum planes out there that have been flying for seven 8000 hours and I know because of the big aileron in the back it’s super easy to fly it doesn’t allow for pets and y’all How have you as a family man obviously with your own business I’m assuming from what you’re talking about in the video you know rate as far as maintenance and upkeep because there’s a couple of Blanco‘s that I am totally interested in there’s one in Pontiac Michigan for $67,000 it’s gorgeous from the pictures but it actually needs to be looked at up close and there are a few down in the south that I can also look at I’m thinking about buying one of these as my beginner plane and my trainer and mission plane And weekend warrior plane can you give me some advice from your own perspective please. Sincerely Chris from North Carolina
Pay to get a good one because the cheap ones are a money pit. If cared for properly and hungered the fabric and paint can last decades. Fabric is still used on several airframes. Owning a plane is expensive Per se but worth it if you love freedom. I have never recovered my plane but have been considering a new paint job….not because it needs it, but because I’m super picky and would love to chose the scheme.
Are you using the Bose headset? If so, I've held off buying them because I've heard that they are fairly noisy in a piston propeller driven plane. In fact, one comment I read said that they are only good in jet cockpits. What has your experience been?
They are lighter than the A20’s and give me less chance for headache on long flights. For that reason I sacrifice some noise reduction. They aren’t terrible though. Much like wearing noise cancelling ear buds. Over all though I really like the David Clark over ear noise cancelling and think they are more comfortable than Bose over ear.
Hey man, you said this was your 1st plane after doing all your training in a Cessna172 can you touch on what it was like transitioning to such a different plane, was it a huge learning curve from one to another?
Not bad. I trained and received my HP endorsement in a 182 so not a huge difference. If you get your HP endorsement this is an easy 10 hour transition which is likely going to be required by your insurance anyhow. I received model/make specific training and had it down in a couple hours.
@WY Fly Guy awesome thanks for the feedback.
Another great video! As far as Malibu's as a selection for a new airplane the Malibu and Meridian and matrix all have new skirt issues making them prone to having a nose gear Collabs. I hate to say this about Pipers as I am at Piper Archer owner (N1632H)! But I would be very careful about buying one of these airplanes.
I’ll have to look into that. It’s tough to beat them for an long range plane though.
@@wyflyguy114 that is true. However comment the bonanza a 36 is a load lifting Master and does a fine job. Fair warning though, As I am a member of the American bonanza society!
That and the B36 have definitely been on my radar But the need for oxygen to fly In the flat levels is a bummer. I also want FIKI.
Love your Bellanca’s interior! Tweed headliner!
@@brucesmith4436 I'm not a fan. It's all being redone as we speak. It should be even more eye-catching when done.
Hello. My Luscombe partnership (all lower-time PPL) is considering making the move to a Hi-Perf complex aircraft. Would you recommend the Super Viking? I'm looking for the downside or "gotchas" here; the cost of these are just so much lower than both M20 or newer Bonanza. What's the catch? Thanks!
Find a good solid Viking and you’ll never regret it. Have your Prebuy done by an AP well versed in these planes and continue to us an AP that specializes in them fir your annual. No real gotchas if you buy a solid plane and hanger it.
Your insurance would go through the roof if you started transporting employees.
My insurance company doesn’t care who it is that is being transported. I have had employees fly with me and know several other business owners using planes to transport employees weekly. Maybe my work comp or business insurance company would care but there is no question for that on the applications.
Love the B.S. when people start justifying small planes. Mine burns at least 15 gallons an hour unless I am high as hell and the weather stops a lot of trips, not an airliner, it is a toy!
Your right there is no reason to own a plane except for sightseeing and screwing around. Someone’s a little salty. Here’s an example to illustrate my issue: drive to Jackson 10 hrs at plus $150 in pickup fuel (Truck costs 70k). Same trip in a plane takes 2 hours and lets call it 300/hr wet with a pilot. Even if my time was only worth 60/hr I still did better. This is a quality of life issue that helps me spend more time with my family than driving around the state. Sure trips get weathered out and I still drive at times, but often I have a lot of flexibility so it’s not a bid deal to wait a day or so for weather to clear. I’m sorry you can’t see any benefit in plane ownership but for some of us it works great!
You can totally travel with light aircraft. 15GPH going 200 miles per hour is pretty descent mileage.
You just have to have the skill and experience to fly in less then perfect weather. Most people never get enough time.
You can never justify the cost. But they are not toys.
@@monrow11 I totally agree which is why I didn’t stop at PPL. In the last two years I’ve flown a ton I’m going all the way from private to IFR commercial and now I’m working on multi. Not only that but I’ve done other outside training to become a more competent pilot.
@@monrow11 owned it 20 years, have flown all over the country, lots of mountain flying, and yes i am instrument rated. if you push weather single pilot single engine you will die, youi have no backups and no outs. i figure mine gets about 14 miles per gallon, but who cares that is the least expensive part, mine costs me 7 grand a year before i turn the key, after that just throw your wallet.