Thanks James! Love the videos! I just purchased a 1977 Aztec F and have started my training here in Hawaii. I'll be watching everything you post! Would love to see a video on leaning. This was pretty simple in my little Cardinal but would like to learn about it for the Aztec. Thanks again! Jeff
Hey James another great video! You do a really nice job of explaining single engine shutdown procedures in this one and the thing that I really want to point out is how in many of your videos you do not edit out your errors, you acknowledge them and it gives people an opportunity to learn and to realize that there are no perfect pilots...we might be striving for perfection but we never get there. One thing I always liked to do was to bring a safety pilot along when I was practicing single engine stuff (Not saying for the video)...it was nice to have an extra set of eyes and ears in case something went sideways...someone to help with the radios, checklists etc. (mostly because I was always screwing something up lol). Keep up the great work James. Looking forward to the next video!
Brian I am so sorry for not responding to your comment. I didn't see it until Patrick commented on the video! Yes I am always striving for a perfect flight but I am not sure I have every had one! I really think that a fundamental property of being a good instructor is being able to own your mistakes and use them as teaching and learning opportunities. Some mistakes can have minimal impact upon your flight while others can obviously be very serious! I also use mistakes and difficulties to help me gauge my fitness to fly. I am often flying after long days of work or completing many flights in a day. If I find myself having to check the fuel level more than once or missing items on the walk around its a good sign that I am not in a good metal or physical condition for flying.
Adding to the great comment from Brian - it show that an engine loss in a multi at altitude is a non-issue particularly once the prop is feathered. One really has time to sort out the issue, find an airfield and land. Thx for posting - Great video
Hey good job on pointing out the propeller. I had about 1200 hours in the Aztec and I thought maybe I completely forgot since I haven't found them for many years. I think you learn as much from your mistakes as you do from just general training so I really appreciate your honesty and lack of ego because I think it helps us all learn. It's been so long that I forgot but after you identify an engine failure on takeoff do you feather the prop before mixture cut out? I couldn't remember. I just remember right after takeoff we were taught mixture props throttles all forward and then identify by slowly bringing the throttle of the assumed dead engine back before completely closing it. Then I couldn't remember if you were supposed to bring the mixture completely to lean or adjust the propeller to feather first.
Evidentemente el mito de los motores críticos es una mentira,!!! No sucede nada en el correcto vuelo del avión si se detiene un motor, sea el derecho o el izquierdo
Thanks James! Love the videos! I just purchased a 1977 Aztec F and have started my training here in Hawaii. I'll be watching everything you post! Would love to see a video on leaning. This was pretty simple in my little Cardinal but would like to learn about it for the Aztec. Thanks again! Jeff
Thata very exciting. A fantastic airplane and an amazing location for flying. That's part of the world I would like to get to at some point.
Hey James another great video! You do a really nice job of explaining single engine shutdown procedures in this one and the thing that I really want to point out is how in many of your videos you do not edit out your errors, you acknowledge them and it gives people an opportunity to learn and to realize that there are no perfect pilots...we might be striving for perfection but we never get there. One thing I always liked to do was to bring a safety pilot along when I was practicing single engine stuff (Not saying for the video)...it was nice to have an extra set of eyes and ears in case something went sideways...someone to help with the radios, checklists etc. (mostly because I was always screwing something up lol). Keep up the great work James. Looking forward to the next video!
Brian I am so sorry for not responding to your comment. I didn't see it until Patrick commented on the video!
Yes I am always striving for a perfect flight but I am not sure I have every had one! I really think that a fundamental property of being a good instructor is being able to own your mistakes and use them as teaching and learning opportunities. Some mistakes can have minimal impact upon your flight while others can obviously be very serious!
I also use mistakes and difficulties to help me gauge my fitness to fly. I am often flying after long days of work or completing many flights in a day. If I find myself having to check the fuel level more than once or missing items on the walk around its a good sign that I am not in a good metal or physical condition for flying.
Adding to the great comment from Brian - it show that an engine loss in a multi at altitude is a non-issue particularly once the prop is feathered. One really has time to sort out the issue, find an airfield and land. Thx for posting - Great video
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for the comment.
Hey good job on pointing out the propeller. I had about 1200 hours in the Aztec and I thought maybe I completely forgot since I haven't found them for many years. I think you learn as much from your mistakes as you do from just general training so I really appreciate your honesty and lack of ego because I think it helps us all learn. It's been so long that I forgot but after you identify an engine failure on takeoff do you feather the prop before mixture cut out? I couldn't remember. I just remember right after takeoff we were taught mixture props throttles all forward and then identify by slowly bringing the throttle of the assumed dead engine back before completely closing it. Then I couldn't remember if you were supposed to bring the mixture completely to lean or adjust the propeller to feather first.
Very nice cool calm and collected
Thank you. 🙂
Evidentemente el mito de los motores críticos es una mentira,!!!
No sucede nada en el correcto vuelo del avión si se detiene un motor, sea el derecho o el izquierdo