Bush flying is some of the toughest flying most of us could ever do. When I got my S-12, I spent a couple dozen hours doing nothing but T&Gs on an 800ft dirt strip. 21 in an hour is my record. I've landed in a 20G35kt crosswind in a glorified kite. That was the only time ever wished I was on the ground when flying. Even stalling while turning final was less scary. When I experienced inadvertent flight into IMC in the mountains, I thought, 'I have GPS, ADS-B in and AHRS; I'll be fine if I just trust the instruments.''.
Yes he is an awesome pilot ✈ Blancolirio Chanel [ Juan Browne } is a great pilot as well ! Juan is very informative about all aspects of flying , training, and accident analysis! 👀
@@toolnuts7777 haha that is the second channel I am always watching especially since I found him when Kobe (RIP) died and he explained it well what happened to a non pilot.
I used to do these types of flights. Most were in small twin reciprocals… some turbines ( ie. King Airs, Conquests, etc. A lot of night. ‘ mountain IMC. I was single pilot then. Then I went to the 121 carriers with two pilot operations. I didn’t realize what I had been doing! lol Single pilot ops in the conditions you fly in and I used to fly in… WhEW!!! Scare the Hell out of me. I have ultimate respect for you and your experience! I’d be too scared to go back to that type of flying! You’re illustrating that you’re one of the best pilots out there!! And you’re humble about it! Folks, I’m going to brag on this young man. He is a very skilled and safety conscious pilot!!
I've watched just a few of your video's but today I watched the Pilot Debrief channel with Hoover who covered this video and I believe a few other previous video's. Hoover covers how well you handle bad situations so you can continue to be with us to do another video. I will be watching your video's Ryan and because of Hoover who really got me started on your channel I just subbed as well. I saw bits and pieces of this flight from Hoover but I will now watch it in full. Keep safe and thank you for the flights.
I am a flying enthusiast and have flown few aircrafts for fun. But I learn a lot from you. You have taught many people many things in piloting world. Forgot to mention …Your flying skills are raw. I've been following you for ages since you started your RUclips channel. I have watched almost all your videos' since the beginning of it. I must say , you have unique way of expressing thing. Your attention to details when it comes to aircraft/flightpath/cargo and the delivery are impeccable. Moreover you share information's that are new to many and your videography skills allowing the world to see what you do is uncommendable. You are a great youtuber even while piloting. Cheers! from Dubai
Great video - Just had one point, I know you had the seatbelt round it but I've heard some bad stories of life rafts being carried in the front seat, if they deploy accidentally for some reason they inflate and ram the yoke into a full nose down, with no hope of recovery. Stay safe!
The experience of piloting a modern nicely equipped turbo-prop jet airplane is enough "pay" for most men who love to fly airplanes😇. @@futuremissionarypilotsmech7486
I follow your videos on RUclips. I am a pilot. Was a Cadet Pilot with Air Niugini under the scholarship scheme program, however did further the training and hence funded my training in Sydney. Due to funding, I was not able to complete my CPL and MECIR. Funding has been and issue and now I am 35years old with two kids, 6 and 3, but I still have this dream to one day fly the skies of PNG. Your videos are a big motivation for me. Keep the videos coming. Cheers.
One of the reasons I don't have kids is because I wanted to fly. I became an A&P because I wanted to be a better than average pilot. I bought a RANS S-12 and learned bush flying because it is the biggest challenge in aviation short of joining the Air Force. I'd love to just pull up stakes and go to PNG to be a bush pilot. But I'm 43 and have too many medical issues to get a CPL. At least I can still fly for fun. I also have the option to become a flight instructor through the US FAA Light Sport category. Maybe I can't be a bush pilot in PNG but I could teach others how to land on the side of a mountain. Quality initial basic flight instruction can make a huge impact on the trajectory of a commercial pilot's career and influence how safe they are in the air through the course of their career.
Like videos very informative, I think indigenous Papua New Guinean living in outskirts rural villages in the mountain terrains,valleys,plateaus,surely by now the people you've help knows you personally by name,your service has helped us PNG. God bless you and your family...keep your videos coming. Trupla Pilot ,Thumbs up!
I'm a 60 hour student pilot about to sit my PPL in Australia. Your a huge inspiration. I have learned so much from your vids - I aim to be as profeciant as a pilot like yourself one day. Much respect
Dave from Brisbane, Australia. here. I am an ex-Flight instructor. Good luck with your flying. . No need for me to tell you use a checklist all the time and keep away from cloud. It’s a killer
Scary but cool . I'm a VFR 172 amateur and really admire what you do. You would not survive long in your environment without total professionalism on every flight and you demonstrate that in spades. Thanks for the great video.
Same here. 300 hour 172 and PA-28 "pilot" here, and I've only ever flown in nice VFR. I took a night instrument lesson once, and I said, "Yep, I'll end up dead if I keep doing this." One and done. Scary stuff. Far cry from flight simulator.
Thank you for recording this adventure. It really was a great example of keeping your head when things don't go the way you want. Your planning made the dynamic situations manageable, and your readiness to call a miss kept you in control to give your planning a chance to play out. Great video!
@@jeremybillingham Whether god exists or not is hugely important. Some of those who say yes, fly planes into buildings to punish other 'yes' sayers. Some yes sayers tell young women they should be kept in a dark cellar away from the eyes of decent chritians. My mother said that to my daughter and almost caused a miscarriage. Yes it matters.
When I was flying in PNG the forecast weather was exactly what happened yesterday. So if it started raining and CB`s at 4pm on Wednesday that is what they would forecast on Thursday. Hopefully it has gotten better since 25yrs again.
Beautiful Approach and Landing MBP. Way to maintain your cool and patience and not rushing it. Great departure planning too with the addition of extra fuel.
I can just hear my instructor, "so, when this bad idea becomes apparent, what is our exit plan?" Great job explaining the thought process. Always fun to watch an IRL demonstration of 💩 hitting the fan.
Honestly is there anyone in Papua new guinea who's a native who's out there flying much less instrument approaches in a GA plane? Is this how air traffic works in Papua new guinea? Your talking like your in the US, even saying the aiporrt name + traffic. Is that how it works in other countries too?
@@davidt8087So it is mostly international standard. If you look up ICAO it explains a lot. This is a super complex to sum up in a chat, but since the founding of aviation the world has looked to keep it standardized, commonly safe and available... as available as it can be anyway. The radio telephony can be a bit more diverse, but still relatively in line with a common standard.
@@davidt8087anyone flying under ICAO (so basically the whole world) has to communicate in fluent English. It’s enforced more or less strictly depending on where you are.
I’m one of many, who as a child wanted to be a pilot, now at 54 I know I could never do what you have demonstrated. Courage and commitment to safety at every point. I was digging fingers into my iPad. (Nervous flyer).
I've been out to PNG twice to go scuba diving. Fantastic primitive place. I even considered a 2 year stint dive mastering and co-captaining one of the large live aboard dive boats there, but the life timing just didn't work out. The worst problem is the fact it's a huge malaria zone, so drugs or put caution to the wind. I did drugs (Doxy). But it's an amazing place. I dove from Kimbe to Rabaul the first trip. Dove from Rabaul out to Gasmata and back on the second. It's out there like Pluto. Primitive grass hut villages and the whole bit. Lots of WW-II history which with 5 star exotic diving is why I went. I'd go again in a minute. If you go down in an aircraft there, you are probably gone for good. No roads and thick jungle for the most of it. Read this amazing account of a group of military staff people who crashed out there in the jungle on a sight seeing ride May 13th 1945. It's a great story of survival. Mitchell Zuckoff’s book “Lost in Shangri-La” (2011). Then get on out there and go meet those fantastic stone age Fred Flintstone New Guineaians! Yaba doba dooo!
I remember flying into Mt Hagen and out from Mendi in the Southern Highlands in 1978. The major hazard for pilots then was what they called Cumulus Granitus. Some big hills up there.
"Cumulus Granitus" - like that! PNG certainly certainly has plenty of clouds with rocks in them. I only fly in simmulation but you really do have to know where those rocks are to fly safely. PNG's ATC and air regulation may seem basic but I've come to realise it works. Ryan has patiently explained how the VFR, IFR and vertical clearances work in PNG and after several years of simming in PNG (especially the central mountains) even when in cloud I have a fair understandig of the hidden terrain but above all - GPS. Even so, flights in those areas still make me tense. My dad was a navigator in the RAF in WW2 and operated on interdiction missions over Burma at night with no navigation aids at all. I take my hat off to all you pilots who flew and navigated before the electronic revolution.
I just looked it up & naa. He has that bulky load/tank thing on the bottom. & i think he stated that a Cessna Caravan was his plane in another vid. But we'll see if he replies! @@buddy261983
You can buy the kodiak as a payware aircraft and if you like the caravan you’ll love the kodiak, much more detailed flight model, v fun to fly and replicate the missionary flights ,
My friend, that was an awesome landing considering the weather. You quite a pilot, sir! Love watching you as I love flying and that would have very cool. Fortunately, the landing strip was visible when you needed it! Take care mate!
I'm not a pilot but am the captain of a sailboat, so I appreciate the navigational skills required for IFR and VFR, especially living here in S.E. Alaska. We have some amazing bush pilots who can drop you into a mountain lake, flying a Cessna 206 on floats! Plus, the Alaska Airlines pilots are simply the best! I like how you talk your approaches out, out loud, as well as your preflight check list. I watch the channel for 'Pilot Debrief' and he has mentioned the need to not only do the preflight check list, but to also say it out loud as the pilot is going thru it prior to flight. Thanks for the good flight and entertaining content...
Yes, I was fortunate to team up with Bush Pilot in Alaska. We did the Glacier run out of Spit Alaska. Then up over the top of mountains was a bit on the edge, as if reaching out touching mountain peaks. Quite the experience. With very talented pilot. Cheers
MAY GOD BLESS AND PROTECT YOU ON YOUR MANY TRAVELS, AND KEEP YOU FROM CRASHING, SINCE I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL SO MUCH, AND YOUR ENTHUSIASM, AND YOUR PASSION, AND BECAUSE I WANT TO COME DOWN AND FLY WITH YOU SOMEDAY !!!!!!!!!!! IN JESUS' NAME I PRAY !!!
Very well flown and excellent decision skills from a well trained experienced pilot. Setting a great example especially for younger pilots building time. Well done Ryan 🇦🇺✈️
The equipment you have for this flight is great. Back in the day, we did all of this, sans instrument approach and IFR operations and no radar, no autopilot, etc. This is normal ops, every day, in the life of any professional pilot around the world.
Well done Ryan! You are the embodiment of a safe pilot. GA and even Commercial pilots take note! Do what Ryan does and stay safe stay alive! Bravo Ryan!
Hi Ryan, really enjoyed this trip, edge of seat stuff, I am a retired old school of round dials and paper charts etc, working like a one arm paper hanger, the gear you have onboard is essential for single pilot opps in PNG, I had some friends flying there back in the day and the stories would make your hair stand on end, please keep up the vid's and be safe.😅
Awesome seeing an approach with a missed. Gotta stay cool and just follow the charts. 😊 bravo sir! Clear skies! I’ll be ordering more stuff from your site this week.
Love this video! I've flown IFR in the soup before in real life but doing that in PNG with all its rugged terrain would be something else. Well done eventually making it down.
Thx for showing us a challenging real world situation. As an ultralight pilot, skydiver and scuba diver I congratulate how you exemplify professionalism and confidence earned through training and adherence to procedures.
I'm a serious sim pilot with a G-1000 which I love! Great watching your wonderful videos. Thanks for doing them! Blue skies up (when you can see them)!
I have don some full on Instrument approaches never once had a problem and my plane had at best half the fancy things these guys have . There are places that do make even the best equip plane a challenge to land .
Those kodiaks are built in my town - we get to see them test fly pretty often. Great machines (so i've heard) and they employ a ton of people with good wage jobs. Great flying. Mad props 😅😅
Thank you Ryan for a stressful flight while I was eating breakfast. An excellent video, I also watched this on Hoover’s channel. Very informative for pilots, not so much for old retired quantity surveyors! However, I learn a lot too, especially about managing the flight. All the best from Sydney Australia 🇦🇺
Great flight and most of all great decision making. To many pilots thinking they can make it if they just go a bit lower, calling missed was the right call. Friends of mine are in PNG so thanks for serving the community's out there safely
I have been flying Professionally for 46 years now and I feel like an amateur after watching you fly. Well done Sir!
Bush flying is some of the toughest flying most of us could ever do. When I got my S-12, I spent a couple dozen hours doing nothing but T&Gs on an 800ft dirt strip. 21 in an hour is my record. I've landed in a 20G35kt crosswind in a glorified kite. That was the only time ever wished I was on the ground when flying. Even stalling while turning final was less scary. When I experienced inadvertent flight into IMC in the mountains, I thought, 'I have GPS, ADS-B in and AHRS; I'll be fine if I just trust the instruments.''.
You’re probably the most informative RUclips pilot on RUclips. Thanks for the ride.
Wow, thanks!
definitely one of the best pilots I am watching on RUclips.
totally agree love this guy
Yes he is an awesome pilot ✈ Blancolirio Chanel [ Juan Browne } is a great pilot as well ! Juan is very informative about all aspects of flying , training, and accident analysis! 👀
@@toolnuts7777 haha that is the second channel I am always watching especially since I found him when Kobe (RIP) died and he explained it well what happened to a non pilot.
this is how its done, pilots take notes from master missionary bush pilot..
I used to do these types of flights. Most were in small twin reciprocals… some turbines ( ie. King Airs, Conquests, etc. A lot of night. ‘ mountain IMC. I was single pilot then. Then I went to the 121 carriers with two pilot operations. I didn’t realize what I had been doing! lol Single pilot ops in the conditions you fly in and I used to fly in… WhEW!!! Scare the Hell out of me. I have ultimate respect for you and your experience! I’d be too scared to go back to that type of flying! You’re illustrating that you’re one of the best pilots out there!! And you’re humble about it! Folks, I’m going to brag on this young man. He is a very skilled and safety conscious pilot!!
Some pilots are well suited to this sort of single pilot flying. Most are not. I'd say you are a very lucky person.
@@Lurch-Botyou are correct. I was lucky and blessed. I’ve been retired for many years now. I couldn’t imagine doing it again.
“I see the runway” 🍜 that’s some dang good eyeballs!
LOL... I thought the same
@@1jbegic Hoskins often isn.t easy to spot on approach even on clearer days.
I've watched just a few of your video's but today I watched the Pilot Debrief channel with Hoover who covered this video and I believe a few other previous video's. Hoover covers how well you handle bad situations so you can continue to be with us to do another video. I will be watching your video's Ryan and because of Hoover who really got me started on your channel I just subbed as well. I saw bits and pieces of this flight from Hoover but I will now watch it in full. Keep safe and thank you for the flights.
I am a flying enthusiast and have flown few aircrafts for fun. But I learn a lot from you. You have taught many people many things in piloting world. Forgot to mention …Your flying skills are raw. I've been following you for ages since you started your RUclips channel. I have watched almost all your videos' since the beginning of it. I must say , you have unique way of expressing thing. Your attention to details when it comes to aircraft/flightpath/cargo and the delivery are impeccable. Moreover you share information's that are new to many and your videography skills allowing the world to see what you do is uncommendable. You are a great youtuber even while piloting. Cheers! from Dubai
Great video - Just had one point, I know you had the seatbelt round it but I've heard some bad stories of life rafts being carried in the front seat, if they deploy accidentally for some reason they inflate and ram the yoke into a full nose down, with no hope of recovery. Stay safe!
Oh 😳 never heard about that before. Maybe I'll start putting it behind the front seat
You have a point
@@MissionaryBushPilot Or carry a bloody great knife!
Whatever you're paid, it's not enough! Safe flying, Ryan.
I'm pretty sure he has to raise his "pay" from people who support his mission. Missionary pilots aren't paid employees. 😉
Hi Ryan, would request for your email address if it is ohk with you. Got some important things to discuss with you.
The experience of piloting a modern nicely equipped turbo-prop jet airplane is enough "pay" for most men who love to fly airplanes😇. @@futuremissionarypilotsmech7486
@@futuremissionarypilotsmech7486 Wow, I didn't know that. In that case, I hope more people support his mission 🙂
Ryan you are such a professional pilot with superb airmanship skills - I'm really envious of all that glass! I was a round dial and paper chart pilot.
Not sure I'd be shooting an approach to minimums with steam gauges and a paper chart here in PNG. I love the situational awareness the G1000 give you
I follow your videos on RUclips. I am a pilot. Was a Cadet Pilot with Air Niugini under the scholarship scheme program, however did further the training and hence funded my training in Sydney. Due to funding, I was not able to complete my CPL and MECIR. Funding has been and issue and now I am 35years old with two kids, 6 and 3, but I still have this dream to one day fly the skies of PNG. Your videos are a big motivation for me. Keep the videos coming. Cheers.
One of the reasons I don't have kids is because I wanted to fly. I became an A&P because I wanted to be a better than average pilot. I bought a RANS S-12 and learned bush flying because it is the biggest challenge in aviation short of joining the Air Force. I'd love to just pull up stakes and go to PNG to be a bush pilot. But I'm 43 and have too many medical issues to get a CPL. At least I can still fly for fun. I also have the option to become a flight instructor through the US FAA Light Sport category. Maybe I can't be a bush pilot in PNG but I could teach others how to land on the side of a mountain. Quality initial basic flight instruction can make a huge impact on the trajectory of a commercial pilot's career and influence how safe they are in the air through the course of their career.
Professionally done. Challenging, but within safety margins and always with a back-up plan. 👍
Different flight rules for almost everything.
The mirror in your life vest is called a heliograph and is a fantastic location aid if there is sunshine.
or, if one is lost, you look into it and discover Who is lost.
Like videos very informative, I think indigenous Papua New Guinean living in outskirts rural villages in the mountain terrains,valleys,plateaus,surely by now the people you've help knows you personally by name,your service has helped us PNG.
God bless you and your family...keep your videos coming. Trupla Pilot ,Thumbs up!
I'm a 60 hour student pilot about to sit my PPL in Australia. Your a huge inspiration. I have learned so much from your vids - I aim to be as profeciant as a pilot like yourself one day. Much respect
Dave from Brisbane, Australia. here. I am an ex-Flight instructor. Good luck with your flying. . No need for me to tell you use a checklist all the time and keep away from cloud. It’s a killer
Scary but cool . I'm a VFR 172 amateur and really admire what you do. You would not survive long in your environment without total professionalism on every flight and you demonstrate that in spades. Thanks for the great video.
Same here. 300 hour 172 and PA-28 "pilot" here, and I've only ever flown in nice VFR. I took a night instrument lesson once, and I said, "Yep, I'll end up dead if I keep doing this." One and done. Scary stuff. Far cry from flight simulator.
Excellent job Ryan. I was totally there with you during the fight, approach procedure and landing. Bravo!
WOW! That was some landing! Praise the LORD.
Thank you for recording this adventure. It really was a great example of keeping your head when things don't go the way you want. Your planning made the dynamic situations manageable, and your readiness to call a miss kept you in control to give your planning a chance to play out. Great video!
I'm from PNG and very much appreciate your service there. God bless you and your family.
What god ?
@@SunofYorkDoes it matter?
@@jeremybillingham Whether god exists or not is hugely important. Some of those who say yes, fly planes into buildings to punish other 'yes' sayers. Some yes sayers tell young women they should be kept in a dark cellar away from the eyes of decent chritians. My mother said that to my daughter and almost caused a miscarriage. Yes it matters.
Thanks for sharing the challenging flight through clouds and rain. Glad everything went perfectly and you landed safely.😁
When I was flying in PNG the forecast weather was exactly what happened yesterday. So if it started raining and CB`s at 4pm on Wednesday that is what they would forecast on Thursday. Hopefully it has gotten better since 25yrs again.
Was glued to my seat the entire trip.
Beautiful Approach and Landing MBP. Way to maintain your cool and patience and not rushing it. Great departure planning too with the addition of extra fuel.
Hi from the UK. Fantastic stuff. Your videos makes me a safer pilot.
I always learn something. Thank you for posting.
Great flight. You have excellent skills and great discernment. Glad you made it safely to your destination. 🙏
Calm cool and collected. Another day in the office for this absolute legend! Love watching your videos.
I can just hear my instructor, "so, when this bad idea becomes apparent, what is our exit plan?" Great job explaining the thought process. Always fun to watch an IRL demonstration of 💩 hitting the fan.
Mine also used to remind me regularly that "Take offs are optional, landings are mandatory. If you're in any doubt, don't take off "
@mattyb7736 they have never gotten stuck up there, that is for sure.
Honestly is there anyone in Papua new guinea who's a native who's out there flying much less instrument approaches in a GA plane? Is this how air traffic works in Papua new guinea? Your talking like your in the US, even saying the aiporrt name + traffic. Is that how it works in other countries too?
@@davidt8087So it is mostly international standard. If you look up ICAO it explains a lot. This is a super complex to sum up in a chat, but since the founding of aviation the world has looked to keep it standardized, commonly safe and available... as available as it can be anyway.
The radio telephony can be a bit more diverse, but still relatively in line with a common standard.
@@davidt8087anyone flying under ICAO (so basically the whole world) has to communicate in fluent English. It’s enforced more or less strictly depending on where you are.
I’m one of many, who as a child wanted to be a pilot, now at 54 I know I could never do what you have demonstrated. Courage and commitment to safety at every point. I was digging fingers into my iPad. (Nervous flyer).
You did not appear to be stressed to me at all. You were calm and very professional
Love the way you constantly talk us thru your every move! Best pilot videos ever!
Very intense shooting an approach over water. You made it look easy for sure. Thanks Ryan.
It's more intense shooting an approach over land. Actually he was hamming it up a bit for the audience as the weather wasn't that bad.
Glad you have your emotions in check I was quite nervous for you on that one. Well done!
“My most stressful landing” bros face the entire time: 😐
What a wise, astute, prepared, pilot with a great head on his shoulders...a true aviator.
earned your pay on THAT one. Great job, Thanks for posting and keep 'em coming.
Wow, Captain! That was amazing. That could not have been comfortable 😬 Well played, Sir! 👌🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Congratulations. This is some IMC and you handled it with calm and confidence.
I've been out to PNG twice to go scuba diving. Fantastic primitive place. I even considered a 2 year stint dive mastering and co-captaining one of the large live aboard dive boats there, but the life timing just didn't work out. The worst problem is the fact it's a huge malaria zone, so drugs or put caution to the wind. I did drugs (Doxy). But it's an amazing place. I dove from Kimbe to Rabaul the first trip. Dove from Rabaul out to Gasmata and back on the second. It's out there like Pluto. Primitive grass hut villages and the whole bit. Lots of WW-II history which with 5 star exotic diving is why I went. I'd go again in a minute. If you go down in an aircraft there, you are probably gone for good. No roads and thick jungle for the most of it. Read this amazing account of a group of military staff people who crashed out there in the jungle on a sight seeing ride May 13th 1945. It's a great story of survival. Mitchell Zuckoff’s book “Lost in Shangri-La” (2011). Then get on out there and go meet those fantastic stone age Fred Flintstone New Guineaians! Yaba doba dooo!
That looked easy... sat here in my arm chair! Great video and thumbs up to a real professional.
I remember flying into Mt Hagen and out from Mendi in the Southern Highlands in 1978. The major hazard for pilots then was what they called Cumulus Granitus. Some big hills up there.
"Cumulus Granitus" - like that! PNG certainly certainly has plenty of clouds with rocks in them. I only fly in simmulation but you really do have to know where those rocks are to fly safely. PNG's ATC and air regulation may seem basic but I've come to realise it works. Ryan has patiently explained how the VFR, IFR and vertical clearances work in PNG and after several years of simming in PNG (especially the central mountains) even when in cloud I have a fair understandig of the hidden terrain but above all - GPS. Even so, flights in those areas still make me tense. My dad was a navigator in the RAF in WW2 and operated on interdiction missions over Burma at night with no navigation aids at all. I take my hat off to all you pilots who flew and navigated before the electronic revolution.
The Caravan is one of the most stable planes I've flown in MSFS. Beautiful machine, great views! Stay safe.
Can't deny that. 👍But i think the one he's flying is a Daher Kodiak 100 :)
I just looked it up & naa. He has that bulky load/tank thing on the bottom. & i think he stated that a Cessna Caravan was his plane in another vid. But we'll see if he replies! @@buddy261983
You can buy the kodiak as a payware aircraft and if you like the caravan you’ll love the kodiak, much more detailed flight model, v fun to fly and replicate the missionary flights ,
You are by far the best Pilot channel on RUclips,thank you for sharing
I remember the instrument displays on the PanAm clipper in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey.
And here we are.
Great landing
Major nerves of steel.
What a talented pilot
D#MN! everytime impressive
I've been flying for 0years and 0months and if flying is this easy then I should have NO problem in becoming pilot!
My friend, that was an awesome landing considering the weather. You quite a pilot, sir! Love watching you as I love flying and that would have very cool. Fortunately, the landing strip was visible when you needed it! Take care mate!
"i'm lazy", not the words you want to hear from a pilot. LOL. You are efficient, and not lazy.
¡Gracias!
I'm not a pilot but am the captain of a sailboat, so I appreciate the navigational skills required for IFR and VFR, especially living here in S.E. Alaska. We have some amazing bush pilots who can drop you into a mountain lake, flying a Cessna 206 on floats! Plus, the Alaska Airlines pilots are simply the best!
I like how you talk your approaches out, out loud, as well as your preflight check list. I watch the channel for 'Pilot Debrief' and he has mentioned the need to not only do the preflight check list, but to also say it out loud as the pilot is going thru it prior to flight.
Thanks for the good flight and entertaining content...
Alaska Airlines pilots are the best? What you base that on?
Yes, I was fortunate to team up with Bush Pilot in Alaska.
We did the Glacier run out of Spit Alaska. Then up over the top of mountains was a bit on the edge, as if reaching out touching mountain peaks.
Quite the experience. With very talented pilot.
Cheers
@35:00 Beautiful as the reverser sucks the water droplets back on the windows...
Flying IFR in the US is so much easier. God bless you for all you do. Thanks for another great lesson.
Pretty much the same but more difficult in the states.
It may have been challenging but you were calm and collected and made the landing look easy in awful weather.
What a great pilot. Good work. hopefully narration does not distract you from flying but it's a joy to watch you work. Thank you for the video
MAY GOD BLESS AND PROTECT YOU ON YOUR MANY TRAVELS, AND KEEP YOU FROM CRASHING, SINCE I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL SO MUCH, AND YOUR ENTHUSIASM, AND YOUR PASSION, AND BECAUSE I WANT TO COME DOWN AND FLY WITH YOU SOMEDAY !!!!!!!!!!!
IN JESUS' NAME I PRAY !!!
Stop all caps posting, Jesus Christ ffs nobody cares you're religious.
Always an absolute pleasure catching up with your videos Ryan. Brilliant landing.
Very well flown and excellent decision skills from a well trained experienced pilot. Setting a great example especially for younger pilots building time. Well done Ryan 🇦🇺✈️
so skillful, piloting with that weather, filming at the same time, following ATC instructions, and looking so relaxed.
This guy has real talent
Great video and example of how to fly the approach and be ready to try again so you don't force. Thanks for the learning opportunity!
Appreciate the editing. It catches the attention. Makes it a pleasant viewing experience
The equipment you have for this flight is great. Back in the day, we did all of this, sans instrument approach and IFR operations and no radar, no autopilot, etc. This is normal ops, every day, in the life of any professional pilot around the world.
Thanks for sharing. Enjoyed watching you shooting that low approach in IMC.
Well done !
Well done Ryan! You are the embodiment of a safe pilot. GA and even Commercial pilots take note! Do what Ryan does and stay safe stay alive! Bravo Ryan!
Hi Ryan, really enjoyed this trip, edge of seat stuff, I am a retired old school of round dials and paper charts etc, working like a one arm paper hanger, the gear you have onboard is essential for single pilot opps in PNG, I had some friends flying there back in the day and the stories would make your hair stand on end, please keep up the vid's and be safe.😅
You just Rock. Tks for bringing the word Real into your pilot skills. Crazy well done and a wow
Awesome seeing an approach with a missed. Gotta stay cool and just follow the charts. 😊 bravo sir! Clear skies! I’ll be ordering more stuff from your site this week.
Love this video! I've flown IFR in the soup before in real life but doing that in PNG with all its rugged terrain would be something else. Well done eventually making it down.
What a great video. So much detail and information provided that it makes me feel like I’m right there in the right seat! Beautiful landing!!
Legend! Cool, calm and collected.
Thx for showing us a challenging real world situation. As an ultralight pilot, skydiver and scuba diver I congratulate how you exemplify professionalism and confidence earned through training and adherence to procedures.
It’s flights like these that earn your pay. Well done!
Don't ask him about his pay. You'd likely be very surprised!
It is awesome how you explain everything so well. Appreciate it
The wing cams are awesome! You break it down with precision! Fly safe, Be safe!
Well done Ryan ❤ God bless you 🙏
I'm a serious sim pilot with a G-1000 which I love! Great watching your wonderful videos. Thanks for doing them! Blue skies up (when you can see them)!
Thank you for all your hard work to share your flights with us! Keep the wheels down and your head up high!
Great job! You kept under control and stayed in the pocket of flying the plane.
Good work totally earned paycheck on this flight.
Stressful indeed!! Glad you landed safely.
Nice work my man! That’s how you IFR a Aircraft. Hats of to you. That was a note worthy performance to a rookie like me.. right on!
Thanks again Ryan. Talk about earning your keep. Well done. :-)
I have don some full on Instrument approaches never once had a problem and my plane had at best half the fancy things these guys have . There are places that do make even the best equip plane a challenge to land .
Love your technical details of shooting an approach.
Inspiring. Can’t believe how calm you remained in such a stressful situation. Epic
Sure enjoy your videos. Thanks for bringing us along. Bless you for the work you all do as well.
That was cool about the contents of your vest and the raft over water regs.
Those kodiaks are built in my town - we get to see them test fly pretty often. Great machines (so i've heard) and they employ a ton of people with good wage jobs.
Great flying. Mad props 😅😅
Thank you Ryan for a stressful flight while I was eating breakfast. An excellent video, I also watched this on Hoover’s channel. Very informative for pilots, not so much for old retired quantity surveyors! However, I learn a lot too, especially about managing the flight. All the best from Sydney Australia 🇦🇺
Great flight and most of all great decision making. To many pilots thinking they can make it if they just go a bit lower, calling missed was the right call. Friends of mine are in PNG so thanks for serving the community's out there safely
Dude, that's when skill makes all the difference! WOW!
Hello from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia....Fantastic Instrument Approach and landing in such terrible weather.....awesome.
Great example, doesn’t get any more informative than this. Well done again.👌🏼
That’s How it’s done and you did a awesome iFR approach to land
Fantastic
Thanks for the flight Ryan, great view, great info, super quality, as always.
There are some pretty atolls down there!😍
6:50 Ryan, you didn't reported which runway you were ready on (17L), and I heard the ATC give take-off clearance for 14 Left!
Pilot hebat..jempol untukmu Ryan