Hi all! More info on the aircraft make, model, and specs are listed in the video description. Also, I just wanted to mention that this flight happened in New Brunswick, Canada (just north of Northern Maine if you can imagine that...) and up here, we have a different definition of what an Ultralight is. ULs in Canada can have a gross weight of up to 1232 pounds and require a permit to fly. Google is your friend if you'd like more info on this. ;-)
There's 2 guys here in the states with RUclips channels that fly paramotors and one of them went to 10,000' and the other went to 17,000' (with oxygen)
Not sure who you're replying to or who you got your info from... but as far as I can tell from reading FAR Part 103, there's no maximum altitude for ULs, only airspace restrictions. They can only fly in class G and E airspace. (with certain limitations for E) Class E goes as high as 18 000' so that would be the max altitude as far as I can tell.
@WalterRamjet HeroOfOurNation Not to mention, the Transponder rule. ALL aircraft above 10,000 feet, must have a mode C capability. A lot of fast traffic at 10k.
@@mmatt FAR 91.215 (i) In all airspace at and above 10,000 feet, a Mode C, or S Transponder is required. If this rookie wants to fly that high, he should go through the extensive training that us licensed pilots do. Remember, at 10,000 ft, the speed restriction comes off, and he is the only one puttering along like a model A!
@@mmatt I have no life. I still answer to some Space Shuttle Challenger disaster findings that were asked about 12 years ago. It is not as if we will ever meet. This is not real life. It is just a video sharing network that encourages commentary. If you have no life, such as the subject person or myself, why not answer correspondence that is old. I left a time capsule in a wall of my childhood home. Inside a metal ammo cannister I left a Rubick's Cube, a mix music cassette with the music of the time, all the coins of the year plus a five dollar bill, a Polaroid photograph of the house as it was in 1986, an E.T. Atari 2600 game cartridge, some fossils, buckeye, an old microcasstte recorder with me voicing greetings and felicitations from 1986 in Spanish, French, and English, the keys to a 1979 Chrysler Newport, an old RadioShack crystal controlled scanner with the frequency crystals for the local weather service, 49.890 Mhz, 152.3 Mhz, and 460.5 Mhz. The original front door Skeleton key to the original front door that was put in the attic after the door was modernised is in there also. My favorite thing I left in the ammo box was a handheld pocket LED electronic game called Cosmic 2000. I almost did not leave it because I loved it. But I am glad I did. I have no life. There is nothing wrong with that.
Been there, done that in a Rotax 447 powered Airbike. Yes, things get very small that high up and damn cold! When I saw a Learjet pass under me I decided it was time to get back down with the buzzards.
Flight TS236, an Airbus A330 jet with 306 people on board, ran out of fuel 120 kilometers from where it was successfully landed. Captain Robert Pinché just happened to be an expert glider pilot when he was not an airline pilot. The captain and First officer Dirk De Jager successfully glided the Airbus A330 120 kilometers and landed the fuel starved jet with no deaths.
Thank you for sharing that event. Just read the wikipedia on the incident. Unbelievable! Had no idea a passenger jet could actually glide if need be! The Airbus lost 2000 feet per minute during its glide-approach to the airport. Very intense to say the least! en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Transat_Flight_236
@@gordondeitz7838 While the clothing probably depends on the day, I know the FAA requires supplimenal oxygen for periods over 30 minutes at 12,500 feet or higher. Or for pilots any time above 14,000 feet.
i really liked watching your flight. i had an ultralight myself. it was weight shift. one suggestion i have though. mount a pulley on the wing pillar. then get a longer pull cord for engine start. run the cord from the engine to the pulley mounted on the pillar above your head. that way you can start your engine in flight, if necessary. make sure the pulley is mounted high enough up the pillar such that you can grab the pull cord and have plenty room to pull the cord through a full down stroke. that set up is what saved my butt one time when my engine quit just above a birch forest. i reached up, pulled the cord and got the engine started just as my wheels were starting to brush the treetops.
That's not a bad rig up, but I think flying above dense trees should be treated like flying over open water. If done at all only done at a combination of altitude and terrain that allows you to reach a decent LZ. Just an opinion, and I'm sure both types of terrain are unavoidable for at least some part of the flying population.
queue the guinness cartoon: BRILLIANT! for real. If I ever get an ultralight and it's pull start (it probably will be to save weight for something else like additional fuel)... it darn sure will have the ability to pull start from the seat.
This was, without a doubt, the best and most inspirational video i have ever watched on YT. THANK YOU! Thanks for all that it took to get off the ground, to have the courage to fly that high and to share it with the rest of us that want to do the same one day.
Well done! I'm a former US ultralight pilot and now fly as a Sport Pilot. I've done the 10k footer 3 times in different ultralights, once in a Condor III (think Quicksilver MX) and twice in my Kolb Mark II, both with Rotax 503s. You were perfectly correct in your major observations about the psychological challenge and the cold. I think the psychological part kicks in when we pass through the point where we're no longer flying by ground reference for attitude and have to shift focus to the horizon, though that's just a guess. One time was during a hot North Texas summer and even with a coat and gloves it was darned cold up there! I'm a bit surprised by how many commenters don't understand an airplane's ability to fly without the engine running! During my early flying days a routine fun flight was called the Mile High Glide. Up to 5280 agl, shut it down, glide back, and see how long I could stretch it by taking advantage of any thermals I could find. Great fun! The comment that all regs are the same because of ICAO made me laugh out loud, but in derision. My SP ticket specifically says "Holder does not meet ICAO requirements." It's valid in the US and the Bahamas only, though I'm hoping your country will soon allow it. I live in Eastern Michigan and often fly to the Saint Clair River and look over into Ontario at all those km's and km's of km's and wish I could fly there! I rented a TL2000 (with instructor) near Barrie, ON last summer and had a grand flight. Gorgeous country there! Hopefully some day before age forces me to give up the hobby I'll get to your area and have opportunity to do something similar. All in all, I enjoyed your video and appreciate how well you handled so many critical comments. And I'm very envious of your camera rigs!
Thanks for the comment! I just try to remember that there are many more non-pilots out there than pilots and so I can't expect them to know everything about flying. There are definitely a lot of misconceptions out there!
mmatt you were in perfect control had the airport/runway in sight at all times and there was no danger to people or property . There is nothing wrong with what you did. Do not listen to the neigh sayers keep doing what you love!!!!
Got almost to 10,000 when I was in training with my instructor back in 84. He shut the engine off at 4500 and we played tag with a hawk for a while before he noticed how high we were. Never felt the thermals, but following that hawk got us in them. We finally came down because we were getting cold and it was past lunch time. We ended up getting almost two hours on about 25 minutes of actual engine time.
Good day SIR, IN UNiform. My father was Polish. mother Eastern Moldova (Bessarabia) Great MOTHERLAND. Check eLazair, we Are CANADIAN made 1961. Nice to know you
Ed Guhl I am also Canadian made, Polish father and British mother. Same year in Ontario. Interesting coincidence. I flew north of Pickering with a retired CAF pilot until his ultralight training business went bankrupt. Lots of fun though.
That is so awesome. Thinking about getting rid of the motorcycles and getting an aircraft. I’m an a&p mechanic and have always had a love for aviation.
Yeah! Wow! The third dimension will really light the game up! Also flying all the way to the scene of the crash with a paint ball in your eye will thin out the weekend warriors.
I was so very sleepy and I could not stay awake during video's but your video woke me right up and now I am mentally alert. I love flying. I have flown about a half dozen times in single seat aircraft and once in a Navy Trainer which could fly inverted. Truthfully I always wanted to build an ultralight aircraft.
My brother was a navy pilot. He flew the A7 off carriers. I brought up the topic one time of ultra lights. His thought was "Those people are nuts. Its like flying a lawn chair." And you are at ten thousand feet in one! LOL. Cool video!
Well that just proves that ultralights DON'T just drop like a brick when the engine fails AWESOME this video should be used for training around the world. 😎👍
Native of Bangor here living in the PacNW about 2 hrs south of Vancouver BC. Love your video. Scenery is beautiful. Congrats on 10K AGL milestone and thanks for sharing.
Great video!!! I remember getting to 12,000 in a Piper Warrior on a X Country Solo flight..(1979)..I didn't stay there for long...I didn't have oxygen. On board!! But it was something I will never forget !!!! I loved that little Warrior... ( Somebody crashed it a few years later.)
For my 25th birthday in 1999 i went to 14500ft in a cessna 152 at kissimmee. Amazing. Took me ages to get back down. Revving engine every 500ft on way down to prevent shock cooling. Amazing view though.
Man I was dizzy and weak just watching you. I am not good with heights. I nearly fell off my sofa as I felt vertigo seeing I! . 😀 Great video and brave man. 😀
Enjoyed the video and the scenery. I had my first and only ultra light flight in in 2006 whilst holiday inn in Zambia and spent four days at a resort and booked an early morning flight over Victoria Falls, which was truly breathtaking. Have always wanted to fly one myself and now that I am 75, I had better hurry up! Great video.
Nice video, great deadstick landing super smooth. Hopefully not too far into the future I want to get into this. Just seems like pure freedom. This model seems to be a really smooth flyer.
Cool Beans. I got so far as to owning an Ultralight Engine and Prop. I left the engine in Nashville but still have that beautiful Maple laminated prop. Very enjoyable video. Thanks for not having bugs in your teeth at the end of the video.
I did 5,000 once, Had a friend who did 10,000/AGL. When it comes to everyday fun flying there's no need. It's something everyone should try. Makes you feel insignificant.
I enjoyed the video . I love the envelopes we can push as pilots. We just have to stay focused and recognize limitations of our persons and aircraft. Well done my brother!
After my first solo, instead of the usual 500 or 600 ft., I decided to see what 1200 or so felt like. My plane had no altimeter, so I borrowed my friend's hang glider instrument. I actually climbed to 1300 and it surprised me how long it took to get back down. When I told my friend how high I went, he explained that the altimeter read in meters. I had gone over 4,000 ft. without noticing! At the time, I thought people would be lining up for my autograph. Strangely, it didn't happen.
That is awesome. How long did you train before your first flight? I have talked myself into buying a ultralight so I am looking for some knowledge from new and experienced alike.My dad used to fly (still can just hasn't in a while) and his dad. And my moms dad was a pilot as well.It might be in my blood.
I had about four hours of flight instruction and was told that I was ready to solo. I wasn't very comfortable about that, so a did about 50 hops back and forth along the strip climbing up to a max of about 150 ft. On the highest flight I knew that I was too high to land back on the strip so I had to choose between landing on the field beyond the strip (uncool) or keep climbing. This was how I did my first official solo. The second one was the flight I described on my previous post.
That is awesome.I am now looking for ultralight instructors near me.I was thinking about just trying it, but a little help never hurt anyone. It is hard to find ultralights and instructors around where I live, and very rarely even see any flying. I found a guy selling 2 ultralights for a good deal, but I only want one and he will not separate them. I really want a quicksilver or clone.
@Jack Casey From your comment, I can see that you are sad, bitter person with no sense of humour. Just for the record, in the last two sentences of my comment, I was actually making fun of myself.
Wow, mmatt, you sure have a lot of patience answering some of these questions and comments that are less than intelligent. Really enjoyed the adventure. I am a glider pilot and can relate. So nice to get rid of that noisy engine!
I just stumbled accross this video and it reminded me of back when I was much younger. Im from Columbus, Ohio and im 51 year's old and can remember back when I was in the 12th grade in 1986 and a close friend of mine who's father was a pilot and had been in a passenger plane crash and everyone survived. So he ended up having a handicap leg from the ordeal and was stripped from his pilots license. So that didn't deter him so not only did he buy my friend Craig a ultralight but he also built in their basement a two passenger jet aeroplane that would fly over 300 miles an hour! And back then that was some feat! Well anyway the whole moral of my story is that you or they couldn't get me to go up in one of those things if you payed me. Unless I had 2 parashutes on! But I guess after you fly it a couple of times that you would start to trust it. At least at tree top levels. LoL! But good video and have fun and be careful. Scott from Ohio.
Bro that was sick thanks so much for letting us enjoy the experience with you Im just getting in to the life style and im in for the long hall but with that said again thanks bro hopefully see you in the skyscraper (any mode of aircraft will do lol im sure the community is vast in personal appreciating) lol
I'm saving up to buy an ultra light. For now I've been scrapping copper and other materials and should only take another three months till I can start looking. I was something with a good reputation and a solid used platfom to start out in. I'll never go 10k feet but if I wanted to I want to be able to. Great video. 10k feet would scare the crap creatures out if me! But what a wonderful miles stone for this gentlemen.
Wow great video . I really enjoyed the climb and the descent it must hav3 been pretty cold and I wondered if you would need oxygen. The glide back was exciting . I hope you make more videos so keep safe.
I'm a corporate turboprop pilot but NO ,I wouldn't have the guts to look toward my left or right without a cabin keeping me confined. Like other comments, I TOO was on the edge of my seat,seeing so much "openness" around me,hahaha!😀
At that altitude, regular fixed wing aircraft sightings are likely. By the time you spot them (if you do) it will be too late for both pilots. Without a transponder, no one can see you. Near airports, a jet aircraft might transition through your altitude upon approach to land.
Langley - like so many GA owners and pilot snobs who thumb their noses at ultralights you have no idea of the fun you are missing. And if you only have something like a 150 Cessna or 140 piper just look at the Mooney owner or a twin owner attitude about you.JR - owned a trichamp, a citabria, an AA1B Grumman, a Fun Racer, a quick silver, a bensen gyro, a domnator gyro and a PPC and loved flying them all even when next to snobs and the ultralight community is so much more friendly!
"Oh! I got a text from Scott! Hey there, Scott, guess what! I'm falling out of the sky at 500 fpm! What fun, eh?" And to top it off, a perfect dead-stick landing. Great video, thanks!
I haven't been all the way up to 10K feet AGL, but I have gone to approximately 8000 feet in an ultralight by accident. Back in the Eighties, I flew my Quicksilver MX, powered by a 35 HP Rotax, from Bear Creek Airport near Murrieta California to a mesa about half way to San Diego. I was talked into it by some other ultralight pilots who wanted to make what they called a "carrier landing" on top of a mesa that I was not familiar with. I followed them down and the carrier landings were fun. Thanks to some advance planning, we were able to gas up before starting home. On the way back, I encountered one thermal after another and the Quicksilver kept climbing so high that I finally lost sight of the ultralights I was flying with. My altimeter pegged at 6000 ft and attempts to bring the Quicksilver down with the engine were using up so much gas that I worried I'd run out of gas and have to land up in the mountains, so I just let the thermals keep taking me up. Eventually, I was so high that the only landmark I could make out was Highway 15 . Then, something on my right caught my eye, it looked like a little white marble and I realized that it was the dome of Palomar Observatory. The observatory is at 5600 feet and I estimated that it was 2000 to 3000 feet below me, which put my height around seven to eight thousand feet. I was wearing a ski suit, gloves, goggles and a helmet, so I was comfortable, except for my face. We didn't have convenient ways of documenting flights in those days, like they have today, so I don't have a record of the flight.
@@mmatt It was an adventure, but I flew my Quicksilver MX for 20 years and had a lot of adventures. The most memorable adventure happened when I was a new ultralight pilot. I met an old pilot they called Vern at the Perris California airport in the early Eighties. Vern was a "character" in his late eighties. Vern wore a WWI style leather helmet and claimed to have flown biplanes in WWI, which was possible given his age at the time. Vern wanted me to fly over to the Temecula Valley Balloon and Wine Festival with him, he said it would be fun to get a close-up look at the colorful hot air balloons from the air. I was hesitant, because I hadn't strayed far from the airport at that time, but I finally agreed to follow him. When we got to the festival, not a single balloon was in the air. I found out later that gusty winds had grounded the balloons and the crowd was getting drunk, bored and restless without the air show. Suddenly, Vern decided to land in a big open field next to the festival. I didn't want to land, but I wasn't sure how to get back to the airport without following Vern, so I came down behind him. With the balloons grounded, we were the only entertainment at the festival and what seemed like thousands of bored festival goers came running out into the field to greet us. Vern climbed up on his plane and started waving to the crowd and giving a speech while people were cheering us. You'd think Lindbergh had just landed in Paris! While Vern was basking in glory, I noticed that a line of official looking Jeeps were headed our way with flashing lights and I started to worry. It was the Temecula police and we were in trouble, because it turned out that we landed in a field inhabited by some little field mouse that was an endangered species protected by a California law. The police said we were responsible for possibly killing thousands of the field mice by attracting a large crowd into the field and they refused to let us take off while they decided what to do with us. The cops finally decided to make us completely disassemble our planes and haul them out on trailers as punishment. I was much younger than Vern, so I volunteered to hitchhike back to the airfield to get my trailer and drive it back. I got several rides, but I also had to do a lot of walking, so it took hours to get back to the airport. To my surprise, Vern was having a beer and relaxing in his lawn chair when I got to the airport. His ultralight was tied down and in one piece. He said the cops hung around for an hour or two and then they left, so he jumped into his plane and took off. When I returned to the festival grounds the next day, the cops had returned and they were so pissed off that Vern got away Scott Free that they sat and watched me tear down my plane and load it on the trailer. Then, I had to tow it back to the airport and put my plane back together, while old Vern sat in his lawn chair, drinking a cold beer, and laughing his ass off. About a year later, Vern crashed his plane and died when a sudden wind gust pushed him into the side of a mountain during a landing. He probably died instantly, because the paramedic told me the stick went straight through Vern's heart.
I used to fly a lot with my dad in his PA-34, and cruse flight was usually at 10.000 feet. It’s amazing when I wonder what you have just done. Thumbs up!
I’m so glad u mentioned the feeling of no forward movement because I’m getting use to it now, it’s definitely something u need to get ur body acclimated to and trust instruments! I thought it was me so I appreciate your mentioning it👍🏼 Can’t u use a small solar charger? It may be very helpful keeping a charge, I’d bet u could make a wind generator or very very small generator?
While I was in the navy I took an A4 to 54,000 ft. It was above the service ceiling but the little guy was wanting more. Fuel became a problem and The ship gave me a Charlie time that ended the flight at that altitude. Loved every minute.
I’m a big guy about 350 pounds I would love to fly ultra lights but I think I’m too heavy and too big if you can make any recommendations of the quality of an aircraft that you raise the 10,500 feet I would appreciate any input you have thank you
I really enjoyed taking this trip with you. I watched it so many times and dream about the day that I am going to be flying and flying the same as you. I love your ultralight. I think the beaver is perfect for what I want to do. It seems like a very safe aircraft. I love how you glided down to the airport after you achieved your altitude goal. Thank you for taking the time to do videos for us to watch. I have learned lots from you so thanks again.
Ya know, I don't think them removing the dislikes is all *that* bad. I would prefer they left it in, but it is fun to see humanity just thumbing up a guy having a blast (albeit shivering) in an ultralight.
@@mmatt Btw, something I thought of yesterday is how it goes both ways. Like, people are more likely to click away from someone who might be actually telling the truth out there if their opinion is somewhat unpopular at the time, if they see a lot of dislikes from trolls or haters or people who just don't want to hear the truth. I noticed myself hearing out some people who had actually decent videos recently, even though judging by the comments a lot of people didn't agree. So in a way, I guess removing the dislikes sort've cancels itself out as far as the culture thing goes at least. Just a bit annoying when a video actually *does* suck and you have to waste an extra minute or 5. :P Anywho, always a pleasure with good ol' stick and rudder and a 6 pack. All ya need! Cheers and thanks for the reply. :)
@@mky9227 The best way to live in life is to live it fearlessly. That way at least you can say you lived your life and not that it was lived for you. Bless all.
Pretty cool video indeed! I love it! You just earned another thumbs up ☝ and a subscriber. Where were you flying? You should come down here to south Florida. We have a lot of hot air thermals and you probably could fly even higher. I have a fear of heights, but the only way i will travel is by plane ✈ and i insist on a window seat. Go figure. I would love to fly an ultra light, but not with out a parachute.
Greetings from Orange County California. 3 years late to this party, but since I'm kind of interested in ultralight flying myself I'm looking at a lot of these videos. Very well done video with the various camera locations and great narration. 👍 Really helps the viewer share the experience. At least it did for me. Had me holding my breath a couple of times 😄 Anyway thanks for it.
Hi all! More info on the aircraft make, model, and specs are listed in the video description. Also, I just wanted to mention that this flight happened in New Brunswick, Canada (just north of Northern Maine if you can imagine that...) and up here, we have a different definition of what an Ultralight is. ULs in Canada can have a gross weight of up to 1232 pounds and require a permit to fly. Google is your friend if you'd like more info on this. ;-)
There's 2 guys here in the states with RUclips channels that fly paramotors and one of them went to 10,000' and the other went to 17,000' (with oxygen)
Not sure who you're replying to or who you got your info from... but as far as I can tell from reading FAR Part 103, there's no maximum altitude for ULs, only airspace restrictions. They can only fly in class G and E airspace. (with certain limitations for E) Class E goes as high as 18 000' so that would be the max altitude as far as I can tell.
pjd412 Legal to fly to 17,999’ class A starts at 18,000
@WalterRamjet HeroOfOurNation Not to mention, the Transponder rule. ALL aircraft above 10,000 feet, must have a mode C capability. A lot of fast traffic at 10k.
@@mmatt FAR 91.215 (i) In all airspace at and above 10,000 feet, a Mode C, or S Transponder is required. If this rookie wants to fly that high, he should go through the extensive training that us licensed pilots do. Remember, at 10,000 ft, the speed restriction comes off, and he is the only one puttering along like a model A!
I just love how this dude is still replying to comments 2 years later
I know right...? He must have absolutely no life.... ;-) :-P
@@mmatt XD
mmatt 😂
@@mmatt I have no life. I still answer to some Space Shuttle Challenger disaster findings that were asked about 12 years ago. It is not as if we will ever meet. This is not real life. It is just a video sharing network that encourages commentary. If you have no life, such as the subject person or myself, why not answer correspondence that is old. I left a time capsule in a wall of my childhood home. Inside a metal ammo cannister I left a Rubick's Cube, a mix music cassette with the music of the time, all the coins of the year plus a five dollar bill, a Polaroid photograph of the house as it was in 1986, an E.T. Atari 2600 game cartridge, some fossils, buckeye, an old microcasstte recorder with me voicing greetings and felicitations from 1986 in Spanish, French, and English, the keys to a 1979 Chrysler Newport, an old RadioShack crystal controlled scanner with the frequency crystals for the local weather service, 49.890 Mhz, 152.3 Mhz, and 460.5 Mhz. The original front door Skeleton key to the original front door that was put in the attic after the door was modernised is in there also. My favorite thing I left in the ammo box was a handheld pocket LED electronic game called Cosmic 2000. I almost did not leave it because I loved it. But I am glad I did. I have no life. There is nothing wrong with that.
like you?
Been there, done that in a Rotax 447 powered Airbike. Yes, things get very small that high up and damn cold! When I saw a Learjet pass under me I decided it was time to get back down with the buzzards.
Flight TS236, an Airbus A330 jet with 306 people on board, ran out of fuel 120 kilometers from where it was successfully landed. Captain Robert Pinché just happened to be an expert glider pilot when he was not an airline pilot. The captain and First officer Dirk De Jager successfully glided the Airbus A330 120 kilometers and landed the fuel starved jet with no deaths.
Indrid Cold Look up “The Gimli Glider”. One of the first 767’s was under fuelled, they landed at a disused airport. Captain was a glider pilot.
Thank you for sharing that event. Just read the wikipedia on the incident. Unbelievable! Had no idea a passenger jet could actually glide if need be! The Airbus lost 2000 feet per minute during its glide-approach to the airport. Very intense to say the least!
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Transat_Flight_236
I remember that one, tower was Winnipeg I think
Man, as a regular student pilot, I can't imagine how incredible that must be, gliding down in an open cockpit from 10,000 AGL.
I wonder at what altitude would you need suplimental oxygen, cold weather clothing?
@@gordondeitz7838
While the clothing probably depends on the day, I know the FAA requires supplimenal oxygen for periods over 30 minutes at 12,500 feet or higher. Or for pilots any time above 14,000 feet.
@@Spartan136 👍 cool thanks fo the info.
I watch a LOT of flying videos on RUclips and this was simply one of the most amazing ever...
I really enjoyed that. Thanks for the ride. Really appreciate you taking me along. Cheers. Fly safe...
i really liked watching your flight. i had an ultralight myself. it was weight shift. one suggestion i have though. mount a pulley on the wing pillar. then get a longer pull cord for engine start. run the cord from the engine to the pulley mounted on the pillar above your head. that way you can start your engine in flight, if necessary. make sure the pulley is mounted high enough up the pillar such that you can grab the pull cord and have plenty room to pull the cord through a full down stroke. that set up is what saved my butt one time when my engine quit just above a birch forest. i reached up, pulled the cord and got the engine started just as my wheels were starting to brush the treetops.
That's not a bad rig up, but I think flying above dense trees should be treated like flying over open water. If done at all only done at a combination of altitude and terrain that allows you to reach a decent LZ.
Just an opinion, and I'm sure both types of terrain are unavoidable for at least some part of the flying population.
queue the guinness cartoon: BRILLIANT!
for real. If I ever get an ultralight and it's pull start (it probably will be to save weight for something else like additional fuel)... it darn sure will have the ability to pull start from the seat.
This was, without a doubt, the best and most inspirational video i have ever watched on YT. THANK YOU! Thanks for all that it took to get off the ground, to have the courage to fly that high and to share it with the rest of us that want to do the same one day.
My thoughts exactly
The comments are so recent this means youtube decided to start recommending this video to Everyone who watched things about airplane.
huh?
Well done! I'm a former US ultralight pilot and now fly as a Sport Pilot. I've done the 10k footer 3 times in different ultralights, once in a Condor III (think Quicksilver MX) and twice in my Kolb Mark II, both with Rotax 503s. You were perfectly correct in your major observations about the psychological challenge and the cold. I think the psychological part kicks in when we pass through the point where we're no longer flying by ground reference for attitude and have to shift focus to the horizon, though that's just a guess. One time was during a hot North Texas summer and even with a coat and gloves it was darned cold up there!
I'm a bit surprised by how many commenters don't understand an airplane's ability to fly without the engine running! During my early flying days a routine fun flight was called the Mile High Glide. Up to 5280 agl, shut it down, glide back, and see how long I could stretch it by taking advantage of any thermals I could find. Great fun!
The comment that all regs are the same because of ICAO made me laugh out loud, but in derision. My SP ticket specifically says "Holder does not meet ICAO requirements." It's valid in the US and the Bahamas only, though I'm hoping your country will soon allow it. I live in Eastern Michigan and often fly to the Saint Clair River and look over into Ontario at all those km's and km's of km's and wish I could fly there!
I rented a TL2000 (with instructor) near Barrie, ON last summer and had a grand flight. Gorgeous country there! Hopefully some day before age forces me to give up the hobby I'll get to your area and have opportunity to do something similar.
All in all, I enjoyed your video and appreciate how well you handled so many critical comments. And I'm very envious of your camera rigs!
Thanks for the comment! I just try to remember that there are many more non-pilots out there than pilots and so I can't expect them to know everything about flying. There are definitely a lot of misconceptions out there!
mmatt you were in perfect control had the airport/runway in sight at all times and there was no danger to people or property . There is nothing wrong with what you did. Do not listen to the neigh sayers keep doing what you love!!!!
Got almost to 10,000 when I was in training with my instructor back in 84. He shut the engine off at 4500 and we played tag with a hawk for a while before he noticed how high we were. Never felt the thermals, but following that hawk got us in them. We finally came down because we were getting cold and it was past lunch time. We ended up getting almost two hours on about 25 minutes of actual engine time.
Good day SIR, IN UNiform. My father was Polish. mother Eastern Moldova (Bessarabia) Great MOTHERLAND. Check eLazair, we Are CANADIAN made 1961. Nice to know you
Ed Guhl I am also Canadian made, Polish father and British mother. Same year in Ontario. Interesting coincidence. I flew north of Pickering with a retired CAF pilot until his ultralight training business went bankrupt. Lots of fun though.
Even though this isn't a new video, it's still fun to watch... and it's not my first time. I too have no life. 😁
Your balls Sir, are well fortified.
That is so awesome. Thinking about getting rid of the motorcycles and getting an aircraft. I’m an a&p mechanic and have always had a love for aviation.
You know what the people need. Ultralight dogfight with paintball guns
I'm in.
mmatt this video was so cool, you’re the man.
Yeah! Wow! The third dimension will really light the game up! Also flying all the way to the scene of the crash with a paint ball in your eye will thin out the weekend warriors.
That had to be the most serene 18 minutes of my life. Thanks man.
I was so very sleepy and I could not stay awake during video's but your video woke me right up and now I am mentally alert. I love flying. I have flown about a half dozen times in single seat aircraft and once in a Navy Trainer which could fly inverted. Truthfully I always wanted to build an ultralight aircraft.
My brother was a navy pilot. He flew the A7 off carriers. I brought up the topic one time of ultra lights. His thought was "Those people are nuts. Its like flying a lawn chair." And you are at ten thousand feet in one! LOL. Cool video!
I really like it when you switch the engine off, the peace and quiet with just the wind !
I've done it on my Quicksilver with same engine, a 582 ! Uauuuuu ! Congrats !
The armchair pilots are out in force! Thanks for the video
I let out a big "WOO WHO" at both of your 10,000 ft moment's.
LOL! I'm glad you enjoyed it. :-)
Superb i love your take off & landing & I enjoy very much love from INDIA 🇮🇳 👍
Well that just proves that ultralights DON'T just drop like a brick when the engine fails
AWESOME this video should be used for training around the world. 😎👍
Great video! Being up that high in such an exposed, small plane seems crazy! I love that you can just glide right on down, nice and slow.
Native of Bangor here living in the PacNW about 2 hrs south of Vancouver BC. Love your video. Scenery is beautiful. Congrats on 10K AGL milestone and thanks for sharing.
Congratulations! on your achievement. Great video, multi camera, split screen video with an audio narration make it all the more interesting.
Must be an unusual feeling, being so exposed with no walls or side windows. Just a seat and a 10000 drop below you.
Looks like he just strapped wings and an engine on a kiddy ride at the local county fair. 😂
I actually had butterfly's in my stomach ..... happy for you congrats
Well, if you fall out at 10,000 feet, the good news is you will live longer than if you fall out at 500 feet. :)
Looks like you had a great flight !!
16:10 Me: “Oh no. You’re going to run out of runway”
Ultralight: Lands in 25 yards :-)
I've watched this video several times now and I never get tired of it. Great little plane and I like his laid back style of narrating his videos.
There's no lack of nerve, on your part!!! Not sure I'd do that in an ultra lite!! Well done, though!! You The MAN!!!!
After your video I am defiantly buying one of those!!!!
Great video!!! I remember getting to 12,000 in a Piper Warrior on a X Country Solo flight..(1979)..I didn't stay there for long...I didn't have oxygen. On board!! But it was something I will never forget !!!! I loved that little Warrior... ( Somebody crashed it a few years later.)
For my 25th birthday in 1999 i went to 14500ft in a cessna 152 at kissimmee. Amazing. Took me ages to get back down. Revving engine every 500ft on way down to prevent shock cooling. Amazing view though.
Man I was dizzy and weak just watching you. I am not good with heights. I nearly fell off my sofa as I felt vertigo seeing I! . 😀 Great video and brave man. 😀
Enjoyed the video and the scenery. I had my first and only ultra light flight in in 2006 whilst holiday inn in Zambia and spent four days at a resort and booked an early morning flight over Victoria Falls, which was truly breathtaking. Have always wanted to fly one myself and now that I am 75, I had better hurry up! Great video.
Jeremy White, do it. I'm near 70 and have been getting back into shape. I'm thinking of doing PPG. Seriously, do it.
That was terrifying to watch. Great view from up there and funny commentary. I didn't expect to watch the whole thing, but I did.
I'm glad you enjoyed it. :-)
Nice video, great deadstick landing super smooth. Hopefully not too far into the future I want to get into this. Just seems like pure freedom. This model seems to be a really smooth flyer.
Cool Beans. I got so far as to owning an Ultralight Engine and Prop. I left the engine in Nashville but still have that beautiful Maple laminated prop. Very enjoyable video. Thanks for not having bugs in your teeth at the end of the video.
Looked like a lot of fun Matt!
I did 5,000 once, Had a friend who did 10,000/AGL. When it comes to everyday fun flying there's no need. It's something everyone should try. Makes you feel insignificant.
I enjoyed the video . I love the envelopes we can push as pilots. We just have to stay focused and recognize limitations of our persons and aircraft. Well done my brother!
After my first solo, instead of the usual 500 or 600 ft., I decided to see what 1200 or so felt like. My plane had no altimeter, so I borrowed my friend's hang glider instrument. I actually climbed to 1300 and it surprised me how long it took to get back down. When I told my friend how high I went, he explained that the altimeter read in meters. I had gone over 4,000 ft. without noticing! At the time, I thought people would be lining up for my autograph. Strangely, it didn't happen.
That is awesome. How long did you train before your first flight? I have talked myself into buying a ultralight so I am looking for some knowledge from new and experienced alike.My dad used to fly (still can just hasn't in a while) and his dad. And my moms dad was a pilot as well.It might be in my blood.
I had about four hours of flight instruction and was told that I was ready to solo. I wasn't very comfortable about that, so a did about 50 hops back and forth along the strip climbing up to a max of about 150 ft. On the highest flight I knew that I was too high to land back on the strip so I had to choose between landing on the field beyond the strip (uncool) or keep climbing. This was how I did my first official solo. The second one was the flight I described on my previous post.
That is awesome.I am now looking for ultralight instructors near me.I was thinking about just trying it, but a little help never hurt anyone. It is hard to find ultralights and instructors around where I live, and very rarely even see any flying. I found a guy selling 2 ultralights for a good deal, but I only want one and he will not separate them. I really want a quicksilver or clone.
@Jack Casey From your comment, I can see that you are sad, bitter person with no sense of humour. Just for the record, in the last two sentences of my comment, I was actually making fun of myself.
A flying bathtub...I love it.
I love to watch your flying ...hope maybe one day I can fly like you....from Sarawak
Wow, mmatt, you sure have a lot of patience answering some of these questions and comments that are less than intelligent. Really enjoyed the adventure. I am a glider pilot and can relate. So nice to get rid of that noisy engine!
Wow that was nuts, congrats.
I just stumbled accross this video and it reminded me of back when I was much younger. Im from Columbus, Ohio and im 51 year's old and can remember back when I was in the 12th grade in 1986 and a close friend of mine who's father was a pilot and had been in a passenger plane crash and everyone survived. So he ended up having a handicap leg from the ordeal and was stripped from his pilots license. So that didn't deter him so not only did he buy my friend Craig a ultralight but he also built in their basement a two passenger jet aeroplane that would fly over 300 miles an hour! And back then that was some feat! Well anyway the whole moral of my story is that you or they couldn't get me to go up in one of those things if you payed me. Unless I had 2 parashutes on! But I guess after you fly it a couple of times that you would start to trust it. At least at tree top levels. LoL! But good video and have fun and be careful. Scott from Ohio.
Legend has it he's still floating to this day.
Bro that was sick thanks so much for letting us enjoy the experience with you
Im just getting in to the life style and im in for the long hall but with that said again thanks bro hopefully see you in the skyscraper (any mode of aircraft will do lol im sure the community is vast in personal appreciating) lol
I'm saving up to buy an ultra light. For now I've been scrapping copper and other materials and should only take another three months till I can start looking. I was something with a good reputation and a solid used platfom to start out in. I'll never go 10k feet but if I wanted to I want to be able to. Great video. 10k feet would scare the crap creatures out if me! But what a wonderful miles stone for this gentlemen.
Good job man. Love your enthusiasm!
Wow great video . I really enjoyed the climb and the descent it must hav3 been pretty cold and I wondered if you would need oxygen. The glide back was exciting . I hope you make more videos so keep safe.
Wow he took that thing to its limit. Glad he survived.
I'm a corporate turboprop pilot but NO ,I wouldn't have the guts to look toward my left or right without a cabin keeping me confined. Like other comments, I TOO was on the edge of my seat,seeing so much "openness" around me,hahaha!😀
At that altitude, regular fixed wing aircraft sightings are likely. By the time you spot them (if you do) it will be too late for both pilots. Without a transponder, no one can see you. Near airports, a jet aircraft might transition through your altitude upon approach to land.
Call the faa. Im sure they want to hear you cry about it.
Langley - like so many GA owners and pilot snobs who thumb their noses at ultralights you have no idea of the fun you are missing. And if you only have something like a 150 Cessna or 140 piper just look at the Mooney owner or a twin owner attitude about you.JR - owned a trichamp, a citabria, an AA1B Grumman, a Fun Racer, a quick silver, a bensen gyro, a domnator gyro and a PPC and loved flying them all even when next to snobs and the ultralight community is so much more friendly!
"Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth... and touched the face of God!"
Your getting closer to the moon, keep going
"Oh! I got a text from Scott! Hey there, Scott, guess what! I'm falling out of the sky at 500 fpm! What fun, eh?" And to top it off, a perfect dead-stick landing.
Great video, thanks!
LOL @ falling out of the sky... "oh and here's a picture of it." lol
I haven't been all the way up to 10K feet AGL, but I have gone to approximately 8000 feet in an ultralight by accident. Back in the Eighties, I flew my Quicksilver MX, powered by a 35 HP Rotax, from Bear Creek Airport near Murrieta California to a mesa about half way to San Diego. I was talked into it by some other ultralight pilots who wanted to make what they called a "carrier landing" on top of a mesa that I was not familiar with. I followed them down and the carrier landings were fun. Thanks to some advance planning, we were able to gas up before starting home. On the way back, I encountered one thermal after another and the Quicksilver kept climbing so high that I finally lost sight of the ultralights I was flying with. My altimeter pegged at 6000 ft and attempts to bring the Quicksilver down with the engine were using up so much gas that I worried I'd run out of gas and have to land up in the mountains, so I just let the thermals keep taking me up. Eventually, I was so high that the only landmark I could make out was Highway 15 . Then, something on my right caught my eye, it looked like a little white marble and I realized that it was the dome of Palomar Observatory. The observatory is at 5600 feet and I estimated that it was 2000 to 3000 feet below me, which put my height around seven to eight thousand feet. I was wearing a ski suit, gloves, goggles and a helmet, so I was comfortable, except for my face. We didn't have convenient ways of documenting flights in those days, like they have today, so I don't have a record of the flight.
Sounds like an adventure! Thanks for sharing! :-)
@@mmatt It was an adventure, but I flew my Quicksilver MX for 20 years and had a lot of adventures. The most memorable adventure happened when I was a new ultralight pilot. I met an old pilot they called Vern at the Perris California airport in the early Eighties. Vern was a "character" in his late eighties. Vern wore a WWI style leather helmet and claimed to have flown biplanes in WWI, which was possible given his age at the time. Vern wanted me to fly over to the Temecula Valley Balloon and Wine Festival with him, he said it would be fun to get a close-up look at the colorful hot air balloons from the air. I was hesitant, because I hadn't strayed far from the airport at that time, but I finally agreed to follow him. When we got to the festival, not a single balloon was in the air. I found out later that gusty winds had grounded the balloons and the crowd was getting drunk, bored and restless without the air show. Suddenly, Vern decided to land in a big open field next to the festival. I didn't want to land, but I wasn't sure how to get back to the airport without following Vern, so I came down behind him. With the balloons grounded, we were the only entertainment at the festival and what seemed like thousands of bored festival goers came running out into the field to greet us. Vern climbed up on his plane and started waving to the crowd and giving a speech while people were cheering us. You'd think Lindbergh had just landed in Paris! While Vern was basking in glory, I noticed that a line of official looking Jeeps were headed our way with flashing lights and I started to worry. It was the Temecula police and we were in trouble, because it turned out that we landed in a field inhabited by some little field mouse that was an endangered species protected by a California law. The police said we were responsible for possibly killing thousands of the field mice by attracting a large crowd into the field and they refused to let us take off while they decided what to do with us. The cops finally decided to make us completely disassemble our planes and haul them out on trailers as punishment. I was much younger than Vern, so I volunteered to hitchhike back to the airfield to get my trailer and drive it back. I got several rides, but I also had to do a lot of walking, so it took hours to get back to the airport. To my surprise, Vern was having a beer and relaxing in his lawn chair when I got to the airport. His ultralight was tied down and in one piece. He said the cops hung around for an hour or two and then they left, so he jumped into his plane and took off. When I returned to the festival grounds the next day, the cops had returned and they were so pissed off that Vern got away Scott Free that they sat and watched me tear down my plane and load it on the trailer. Then, I had to tow it back to the airport and put my plane back together, while old Vern sat in his lawn chair, drinking a cold beer, and laughing his ass off. About a year later, Vern crashed his plane and died when a sudden wind gust pushed him into the side of a mountain during a landing. He probably died instantly, because the paramedic told me the stick went straight through Vern's heart.
Well that went from 100 to zero really quick!
Great story though....
Like I always say, adventures are often most fun when they're all over.
I used to fly a lot with my dad in his PA-34, and cruse flight was usually at 10.000 feet. It’s amazing when I wonder what you have just done. Thumbs up!
What an awesome video. Felt like I was flying with you. Hope to have my own ultrasound some day. Thank you for this video.
Cool video! Hard to imagine a Rotax 503 could power the aircraft to a 1000 FPM climb.
Great flight ! 👏👏👏🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
First time I’ve seen wing tanks on an ultralight. Great flight. Lovely weather for a personal best
Congrats on 10k great job.
One of the coolest things I have ever seen. Just the best. Thanks So glad I came across this video.
Jesus must be with you!!! He is the only Way i would be brave enough to do this.. Thanks for sharing, really awesome!!
I’m so glad u mentioned the feeling of no forward movement because I’m getting use to it now, it’s definitely something u need to get ur body acclimated to and trust instruments!
I thought it was me so I appreciate your mentioning it👍🏼
Can’t u use a small solar charger? It may be very helpful keeping a charge, I’d bet u could make a wind generator or very very small generator?
While I was in the navy I took an A4 to 54,000 ft. It was above the service ceiling but the little guy was wanting more. Fuel became a problem and The ship gave me a Charlie time that ended the flight at that altitude. Loved every minute.
I'm envious not only that you achieved 54,000 msl. But also that you got to make a job of flying an A4
It's not about you
Anthony Ellsmore what isn’t?
Awesome! Huw much to get started. To glide was unbelievable!
Awesome bro.... why would anyone give this a thumbs down? Jealousy I guess. :)
I'm jealous.
Great social distancing
Thanks for sharing your flight.
CONGRATS! 10K is cool!
“I don’t know why I decided to get this high tonight” bro I feel you
Totally underrated comment...This should be top comment
😭😭😭
Still one of my Favorites Matt. Always fun watching you fly. The air starts getting thin at 10k
...and you didn't even get pulled over for texting while flying!
U did perfect with out any worry pefectly with engine off , i wss scared😞😜😇
Nice piloting mmatt,, and thanks for video's quality...
That made me kinda uneasy being that high, 😅 looks fun though
I’m a big guy about 350 pounds I would love to fly ultra lights but I think I’m too heavy and too big if you can make any recommendations of the quality of an aircraft that you raise the 10,500 feet I would appreciate any input you have thank you
I really enjoyed taking this trip with you. I watched it so many times and dream about the day that I am going to be flying and flying the same as you. I love your ultralight. I think the beaver is perfect for what I want to do. It seems like a very safe aircraft. I love how you glided down to the airport after you achieved your altitude goal. Thank you for taking the time to do videos for us to watch. I have learned lots from you so thanks again.
Have you considered an electric starter? If you turned off engine intentionally at altitude but needed to restart, you can't with a pull starter...
Being cripple and no longer able to crawl into the "Bix Office" as some friends flying off carriers call it I'll ride with you and log 2nd seat time!
really really enjoyed that. thanks for taking us along
Ya know, I don't think them removing the dislikes is all *that* bad. I would prefer they left it in, but it is fun to see humanity just thumbing up a guy having a blast (albeit shivering) in an ultralight.
I don't like that they removed it either. But you're right, it is fun to see. :-)
@@mmatt Btw, something I thought of yesterday is how it goes both ways. Like, people are more likely to click away from someone who might be actually telling the truth out there if their opinion is somewhat unpopular at the time, if they see a lot of dislikes from trolls or haters or people who just don't want to hear the truth. I noticed myself hearing out some people who had actually decent videos recently, even though judging by the comments a lot of people didn't agree.
So in a way, I guess removing the dislikes sort've cancels itself out as far as the culture thing goes at least. Just a bit annoying when a video actually *does* suck and you have to waste an extra minute or 5. :P
Anywho, always a pleasure with good ol' stick and rudder and a 6 pack. All ya need! Cheers and thanks for the reply. :)
Did anyone else get nervous when he put phone out of plane? 😆
@@mky9227
The best way to live in life is to live it fearlessly. That way at least you can say you lived your life and not that it was lived for you. Bless all.
@@mky9227 thats why you make sure you don't have kids or have to pay a lot of bills
@@mky9227 yeah exactly. I am 22. I am not gonna start with kids until i am 35. If ever at all. The world we live in, it isnt very nice
Wonderful trip. Watching for a second time. Thanks.
Third, maybe fourth time for me... lol
Invest in oxygen equipment and you can take it even higher just to see what the max service ceiling is on your a/c. Good luck
Pretty cool video indeed! I love it! You just earned another thumbs up ☝ and a subscriber. Where were you flying? You should come down here to south Florida. We have a lot of hot air thermals and you probably could fly even higher. I have a fear of heights, but the only way i will travel is by plane ✈ and i insist on a window seat. Go figure. I would love to fly an ultra light, but not with out a parachute.
I'm up in Canada. This flight took place just a few miles from Maine. Glad you enjoyed the video! :-)
Greetings from Orange County California. 3 years late to this party, but since I'm kind of interested in ultralight flying myself I'm looking at a lot of these videos.
Very well done video with the various camera locations and great narration. 👍 Really helps the viewer share the experience. At least it did for me. Had me holding my breath a couple of times 😄
Anyway thanks for it.
Glad you liked it! :-) Go get flying if that's what you want to do. My only regret is that I didn't do it sooner!
What was the total length of your flight? And, what was the temperature at altitude?
10,000’ is your maximum altitude, I think you know that though. It’d be terrible to get hypoxia up there.
10,000 feet well gratulation, my friend I enjoyed every minute of it. Thank you for sharing. Thank you for sharing.
That cockpit looks super sketchy. Like sitting in a tiny golf cart at 10k feet. 😮