Very nice airplane and great flying!! Love seeing the carbon fiber "bump hat" too!! I've always been an advocate for helmets. Back in the early 70's I crashed hard racing superbike's and I still have a Bell Star helmet that saved my life!! I did break my back, but almost everything else is 'fixable' but your noggin!! LOL Yes, I'm paying the price now at 72, can't do the things I used to do and live with a lot of back pain. There was a second hard crash involved with that too. Still here, still smiling! 8) Peace --gary
That was Awesome! It's amazing what you put the plane through to keep it flying and land it at the right time. Thank you, Steveo, and thank you, Warren, for letting us ride along!
Warren has a nice aircraft, very spartan. I've never flown as a civilian, but I have had the opportunity to fly into several airshows for static or some limited demo. When I saw the helmet my first thought was 'roll rate?' but I imagine with the STOL competitions being more popular these days and regulated, the helmet is probably mandatory to participate, and a good idea I suppose when the competition goal is to squeeze every ounce of lift out of the surfaces on take off and land.
I’m pushing forward on the yoke to push the tail up. This allows the plane to accelerate with the wing in a neutral attitude, thereby lowering the drag.
My avatar is moi at twelve years old, picture taken by I'm sure my nervous father, just before I soloed that stearman. On my thirteenth birthday, my father took us out to our cessna 185 skywagon and after some routine takeoffs and landings, that we had already done a hundred times, he got out and told me it's yours, go fly, first time to solo that 185 taildragger. I was shocked, that was his baby, I was nervous, but ready, so for the next 30 minutes, it was perhaps the most thrilling thing that could ever happen to a thirteen year old kid. That was in Israel. Even though it was an uncontrolled improved rock strip, when I got airborne, the local atc, came on and congratulated me, that was amazing and I owe it all to my father. Most of the time, there was only communication when necessary, as they knew my father, knew the plane, the only American Reg. aircraft in Israel at the time, but just the same they kept eyes on us, as where this airport was, Israel was only 6 miles wide. There were hawk missile batteries along that strip, so they knew the comings and goings of everyone. Back then I was infatuated with ww1 aircraft, hence the interest in the stearman. After I landed the 185 after soloing, my father got in, we took the plane up into the cloud cover and he gave me permission to act as though I was flying a slow but neat fighter, diving, climbing into the clouds, doing rolls , lazy 8's anything I felt like. What a birthday present and I believe my father knew the significance of it. With all of the aircraft since then, none has risen to the romance of those two solos. Sorry for the story, that 185 was such a sweet aircraft, we took it all over the eastern Med, never an ounce of trouble, my father was also an A&P, knew his stuff.
i went on thursday the day it got rained out and out of all the planes this was one of the only ones that stood out to me. all the way out in a field far away from the main show. a shame.
I worked for a crop dusting company back in the early 80’s for three summers and would have stayed if it was a full time job with benefits. I mixed the chemicals and put them and supplied fuel for the planes and helicopters and at the end of one season once we were done spraying the potato fields with sprout stop and dinitro and crop oil too kill the vines at one of the remote air strips the mechanic took the company’s super cub airplane too go and drain the water tank for the winter and bring back the pump used too pump the water but anyway it was a day with a strong wind and a cool fall day so he had plenty of lift and he throttled up and did his magneto tests and such and he released the brakes and in the length of the plane he was airborne and went right over the top of the windsock which was on top of a pole not over 100’ in front of him it was wild too see that and I am still kicking myself in the butt for not being able too take the company up on their offer to all employees that for a thousand dollars that they would deduct so much a week from our paycheck they would teach us to fly and provide a plane and fuel required to get our private pilot’s license and I didn’t do it
No harm no foul. In STOL they are only measuring from the main wheels. In a tricycle gear plane all measurements are from the rear tires, and in a Tailwheel everything is measured from the front.
Props to you SteveO for taking your platform to showcase another pilot!
Not the first time he’s done it for me, and he’s done it for many others… SteveO is a legend.
Very nice airplane and great flying!! Love seeing the carbon fiber "bump hat" too!! I've always been an advocate for helmets. Back in the early 70's I crashed hard racing superbike's and I still have a Bell Star helmet that saved my life!! I did break my back, but almost everything else is 'fixable' but your noggin!! LOL Yes, I'm paying the price now at 72, can't do the things I used to do and live with a lot of back pain. There was a second hard crash involved with that too. Still here, still smiling! 8) Peace --gary
This was like a STOL Master Class. Tons of great tips, techniques, and strategies. Thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it!
What a beautiful 180. To see it perform like that against purpose built stol aircraft is.. unreal.
Guessing rossi fan got 46 stickers on fish tank n car appreciate you sharing your moment with us
Came here with the same thought, definitely a VR46 fan.
The doctor 💪🏻
@@WarrenGAviation your both legends good at what you do appreciate your youtube moments
You can't blame a guy for following the GOAT VR46 💛
@@paulfreeman5756thanks for the kind words… although nowhere close to as legendary as Rossi 🤙🏻 keep well bud
Great video by an enthusiastic and talented pilot. Well done! Will be looking forward to seeing your content!
Man I really love the polished finish on this airplane. Nostalgic and clean. Really nice. 😎
Thanks!
That was Awesome! It's amazing what you put the plane through to keep it flying and land it at the right time. Thank you, Steveo, and thank you, Warren, for letting us ride along!
You’re very welcome
So much fun to watch! Love these entertaining yet safe and responsible flying videos!❤🎉
That was cool being in the plane and hearing Warren talk through the process, like dumping the flaps just as you rotate. Neat experience!
Thx Stevo and Warren...that's a beautiful polished i80.
Great walk thru on the stol comp
That was awesome flying with Warren! Love the scenes of the night flights!
Thanks for sharing this Stevo and Warren. Makes me want to go do traffic patterns.
Great video loved it . The 180 is my favorite cessna single I agree with Waren 109%. I ve flown both the 185 and 180
Warren has a nice aircraft, very spartan. I've never flown as a civilian, but I have had the opportunity to fly into several airshows for static or some limited demo. When I saw the helmet my first thought was 'roll rate?' but I imagine with the STOL competitions being more popular these days and regulated, the helmet is probably mandatory to participate, and a good idea I suppose when the competition goal is to squeeze every ounce of lift out of the surfaces on take off and land.
Great Video, thanks Warren and Stevofor showing us a different side of aviation.
Thanks for watching
Time flies. I remember that surge as if it was recently.
Great flying.
We were watching in the crowd. That 180 was my favorite aircraft by far. Beautiful. Also, nice to meet you Stevo!
Thanks for the support. The crowd was awesome
That was truly awesome, thanks a happy for sharing that. It's also something i doubt I'd EVER get to be that close to it all
I’m betting Cletus is wishing he waited to do this before he put the floats on his Carbon Cub. Thanks for sharing Steve!
SteveO…Amazing videography continues to grow and adding more & more…You are an amazing producer of incredible content 👍🏻🤩🌞😎
8:39 Looks like STOL would be a perfect application for Electric Aircraft. Looking forward to an interesting future!
Very cool! Must be a Rossi fan with #46 on the plane. Love the rumble of that engine. What engine do you have in your plane?
Thanks. It’s a Continental O-520.
Those planes are so cool! Those events are so fun to go to👍
That is a sharp ship anyway! I like that look and that helmet is tops!
Keep pushing like that and boom!
I love the Rossi swag, even if I'm more of a FQ20 fan, can't forget the legend Rossi.
Good morning from Minnesota! Fun episode!
Thanks Steve for another video. How was Sun N Fun this year?
Probably the best SNF to date!
Great stuff! Especially love the Rossi sticker!!
COOL PLANE ! Does the prop draft cause the tail to lift immediately as soon as he gives it power ?
I’m pushing forward on the yoke to push the tail up. This allows the plane to accelerate with the wing in a neutral attitude, thereby lowering the drag.
Steve,
Warren is cool, just like you!
Thank you both.
Cheers,
Rik Spector
Great video! That sun looked brutal 😎
Nice ride along! Thanks!
Keep adding videos Thumbs up 👍
Fantastic - the man has some skills!
Sweet sounding engine and a beautiful bird too!
That was a fun event! It was nice to randomly meet you in person on the field.
8:45 Watch the plane in the top right use its warp drive.. They're here.
This looks like so much fun!
This was a great video and will be looking out for Warren-G!
That was a blast to watch. Thanks.
Awesome flying skills!!
Thanks 🤙🏻
Steveo ALWAYS has great videos.
As a fellow C-180 driver I loved it!
Very nice! I was in the stands. It was a great show!
Flying with the number of Valentino Rossi The GP hero of the Italians, 46 is a good tribute to a great man and competitor. Nice flying too.
Just wondering if you could tell us where your helmet comes from? It looks comfortable and well belt. Awesome video by the way.
It’s a Taco Tac Aero Bush Helmet
Thanks!
So Steve, saw the 940 is being sold? Are you getting another new plane to fly or different plane to fly?
I honestly don’t have any idea what the future holds.
My avatar is moi at twelve years old, picture taken by I'm sure my nervous father, just before I soloed that stearman. On my thirteenth birthday, my father took us out to our cessna 185 skywagon and after some routine takeoffs and landings, that we had already done a hundred times, he got out and told me it's yours, go fly, first time to solo that 185 taildragger. I was shocked, that was his baby, I was nervous, but ready, so for the next 30 minutes, it was perhaps the most thrilling thing that could ever happen to a thirteen year old kid.
That was in Israel. Even though it was an uncontrolled improved rock strip, when I got airborne, the local atc, came on and congratulated me, that was amazing and I owe it all to my father. Most of the time, there was only communication when necessary, as they knew my father, knew the plane, the only American Reg. aircraft in Israel at the time, but just the same they kept eyes on us, as where this airport was, Israel was only 6 miles wide. There were hawk missile batteries along that strip, so they knew the comings and goings of everyone.
Back then I was infatuated with ww1 aircraft, hence the interest in the stearman. After I landed the 185 after soloing, my father got in, we took the plane up into the cloud cover and he gave me permission to act as though I was flying a slow but neat fighter, diving, climbing into the clouds, doing rolls , lazy 8's anything I felt like.
What a birthday present and I believe my father knew the significance of it. With all of the aircraft since then, none has risen to the romance of those two solos.
Sorry for the story, that 185 was such a sweet aircraft, we took it all over the eastern Med, never an ounce of trouble, my father was also an A&P, knew his stuff.
STOL is so cool. Good video.
Great footage in the outro! Don’t click out early
Stevo are you going to Oshkosh this year?
Love it! Thanks for sharing!!!!
SteveO, i could throw a stone further than it took to take off 4:28/20:50. quite impressive i must say
Safety first cool helmet, enjoyed the lessons
i went on thursday the day it got rained out and out of all the planes this was one of the only ones that stood out to me. all the way out in a field far away from the main show. a shame.
That storm was gnarly
Sun n Fun and storms have history... Welcome to Florida WX can change in minutes.
what helmet is that? love the vid!
Tac Aero Bush Helmet
I'll ask. What is the door knob above throttle quadrant used for.
That’s where I mount my iPad on cross country flights.
Looks like a RAM mount for a GPS.
That might be the "oh s%$t" handle
It looks like a residential door knob with the interior lock. From a 7 inch phone display.
That 'drone' ha🤣d a man in it and it blew me away. I thought it was a small, remote controlled one
Thanks for the ride
8:40 - more of a helicopter than a plane :D
Looked like a hellacious year for Sun & Fun!
I worked for a crop dusting company back in the early 80’s for three summers and would have stayed if it was a full time job with benefits. I mixed the chemicals and put them and supplied fuel for the planes and helicopters and at the end of one season once we were done spraying the potato fields with sprout stop and dinitro and crop oil too kill the vines at one of the remote air strips the mechanic took the company’s super cub airplane too go and drain the water tank for the winter and bring back the pump used too pump the water but anyway it was a day with a strong wind and a cool fall day so he had plenty of lift and he throttled up and did his magneto tests and such and he released the brakes and in the length of the plane he was airborne and went right over the top of the windsock which was on top of a pole not over 100’ in front of him it was wild too see that and I am still kicking myself in the butt for not being able too take the company up on their offer to all employees that for a thousand dollars that they would deduct so much a week from our paycheck they would teach us to fly and provide a plane and fuel required to get our private pilot’s license and I didn’t do it
in the second landing, ur tail wheel touches the ground first than ur main wheels. does that harm u in anyway?
No harm no foul. In STOL they are only measuring from the main wheels. In a tricycle gear plane all measurements are from the rear tires, and in a Tailwheel everything is measured from the front.
OmG Steveo I really miss you when your in Agni to bro💯
thank Eric :)
Thanks for sharing.
Ever run across Juan Brown (Blancolirio) at one of the STOL competitions?🤔
Been with him at a bunch yes!
The helmet make/model and the new engine for the 180?
Tacaero bush helmet. And it’s a continental O520 🤙🏻
@@WarrenGAviationThank you, Warren! I found it easily after your post.😊
I drove Cessna 180s in the Alaskan Bush for 10 years. They are a workhorse.
Best plane ever made 🤙🏻
Watched the whole thing. Seems really technical.
Hi, Steve! Fantastic!
Murica!!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Hopefully we’ll see Steveo flying in the next video!
That was FUN!
You have to get Vale to come for a ride in the plane. Lol
That would be awesome
Rather enjoyed that 🙂
😂 luv the bike
I love STOL!
Forza Vale ❤
Nice helmet, are you wearing kneepads too?
Helmet, kneepads and a cup 👍🏻
LOTOT... Fly straight ahead.
@1:39, that "drone" looks like it has carted away a man.
Great to see you supporting Tommy Bridewell #tb46 .
It’s Valentino Rossi’s number 🤙🏻
enjoyable.
Hello Steve from Moscow Russia!
Love your vodka Vlad
what kind of helmet is that?
Tac Aero Bush Helmet
So awesome ..
Oooooo, shiny. 😎
Why the F18 helmet?
Because it looks cool 🤷🏼♂️
Man that stallhorn screaming....
What helmet is he wearing? Anybody?
Tac Aero Bush Helmet
I want that helmet
Tac Aero 👌🏻
Fantástico
Rossi fan?
👍
Is there a Rossi fan in the house?
😁
@@WarrenGAviation I'm still pissed at him for getting away with that cheating pass of Stoner at Laguna Seca.
@@tdkeyes1 such a good race!!!
"We like to go real slow in this pattern". Slow at 500 feet is a recipe for disaster.