@@Aerospace_Education of course it is, often on a daily basis. For many of the pilots often receive heroes welcome by many of those remote local communities. Often gifts and food are given to the pilots as a show of appreciation to their service.
Ryan has the best pilot flying vlogs on RUclips PERIOD. He's flying in and out of some of the most dangerous airports in PNG daily and somehow while he's doing this he's communicating every aspect of flying his aircraft, weather, terrain and the people. There is absolutely zero waste of time aspects to his work. It's just all amazing. It's difficult to sum up Papua New Guinea, It's very close to Australia's north but it's a completely wild country where remote village living relies heavily on aircraft. It's a country of incredible natural wealth, beauty and dangers.
Bob, Ryan's videos are simply "seat of the pants" flying. The bush, the weather, the airstrips, amongst other things, combine to make them so, so interesting. Ryan's commentary is always engaging and covers not just flying in PNG, but what he's doing as a missionary pilot with the local communities.
I agree, he also has an incredible professionalism to single pilot flying. He may be doing it for the camera but how he briefs what he's doing is one of the things GA can learn from corporate flying.
Great interview; it makes all the difference having someone who a) has watched the interviewee's videos and b) has an idea what he's looking at, but without trying to put himself front and centre all the time.
Great interview Bob. Ryan is a top guy. His vlogs are so informative they become addictive. Really looking forward to his chopper flying. Thanks for posting. 👍
Great well researched and empathetic interview questions which in turn elicit really interesting and informative response. Thanks for doing this. Ryan and his channel is v professional and top of my list.
Ryan helps put to rest the old stereotype many have of the bush pilot as a seat-of-the-pants-only, reckless, devil-may-care aviator of a few decades ago. What he shows is a safe meeting of training, skills, learned behavior, diligence, and professionalism. And these are combined with native, seat-of-the-pants ability that matters when the situation is going pear-shaped. The same is true of the Kodiak, which combines huge power with just one engine, with an airframe designed for the bush, and with much greater reliability than a piston engine. Combine that with a big dose of charisma and you have a person you'd like to fly with -- but can't, of course, except vicariously. And Ryan makes that happen. One thing that wasn't brought up is that Ryan also reportedly earned an A&P license along his training route. And he's a motorcyclist, which seems to occur so often to pilots....
Good afternoon. Marcus from Barbados. I'm an Aviation enthusiasts and Simmer. Now viewing interview. Thank you so much Aviation Earospace for recognising this amazing Aviator. God rocks through Him.
Thanks Rick. Several of my recent guests have expressed interest in flying a chopper. C.W. Lemoine last week and Nancy Bradshaw in two weeks both have Choppers in their aviation goal lists.
I really like that memory aid. It’s so easy when flying single pilot to take the checklists for granted. Shows a level of professionalism. Thanks for watching.
Ryan's "Missionary Bush Pilot" is really cool youtube channel. Very educational in terms of flight technicalities as well as PNG's culture and geography.
@@Aerospace_Education The bottom line is around the world, especially in bush locations, Jet A is more readily available than AviGas. So turbine engines have taken over from piston engines. I can remember when 206s and 185s ruled the skies in the bush, now its Caravans and Kodiaks. Ryan typifies the professionalism found among the major mission aviation agencies (MAF, Jaars, and Ethnos360). They are the most "by-the-numbers" pilots there are.
I agree with Ryan that GA flying is boring. Learning = great fun, Instrument flying = great fun it goes on but when you get to general flying it really is boring. By the way I love the check list box, could have made one and fitted it to my own aircraft when I had them.
Ya, the checklist box is great. It's so easy when flying by yourself to rush threw a list and miss something important. This give you a tactile and visual feedback. Thanks for watching.
Ryan and Bob, a great interview. Covered imho all the important bits plus some further interesting sidelights. Definitely a really good eye-opener for many, and very much worth sharing. Thankyou and trust you and your families enjoy all that 2021 has to offer.
@@Aerospace_Education Well for a Rookie that was an impressive impression of a very good professional interviewer. :) Really like your thought-processing and choices of what's important to achieve in an interview. Well done! :)
Ryan and other bush pilots in Papua New Guinea (PNG🇵🇬) are heroes for many in the remotest areas.
Literally life and death for a lot. No doubt.
@@Aerospace_Education of course it is, often on a daily basis.
For many of the pilots often receive heroes welcome by many of those remote local communities. Often gifts and food are given to the pilots as a show of appreciation to their service.
Ryan has the best pilot flying vlogs on RUclips PERIOD. He's flying in and out of some of the most dangerous airports in PNG daily and somehow while he's doing this he's communicating every aspect of flying his aircraft, weather, terrain and the people. There is absolutely zero waste of time aspects to his work. It's just all amazing. It's difficult to sum up Papua New Guinea, It's very close to Australia's north but it's a completely wild country where remote village living relies heavily on aircraft. It's a country of incredible natural wealth, beauty and dangers.
Absolutely. It is also a beautiful place. Gotta love the professionalism to do that safely everyday.
I have become addicted to Ryans videos here on youtube.
Ya, they are more than just aviation videos. They have a story that you can really care about. That and Ryan just seems like a great guy.
@@Aerospace_Education Exactly
Ryan is a top bloke, fantastic you tube channel, cheers mate!!!
Ya. Was a lot of fun getting to talk to Ryan.
Bob, Ryan's videos are simply "seat of the pants" flying. The bush, the weather, the airstrips, amongst other things, combine to make them so, so interesting. Ryan's commentary is always engaging and covers not just flying in PNG, but what he's doing as a missionary pilot with the local communities.
I agree, he also has an incredible professionalism to single pilot flying. He may be doing it for the camera but how he briefs what he's doing is one of the things GA can learn from corporate flying.
I watch Ryan all the time
I love Ryan's channel. Nice interview Bob. 👍
Thanks, glad you have enjoyed it. Ryan was a great guest and is an awesome pilot!
Great interview; it makes all the difference having someone who a) has watched the interviewee's videos and b) has an idea what he's looking at, but without trying to put himself front and centre all the time.
Appreciate that Jo. New to this RUclips thing so trying to make videos you all will like while hanging with our CAP core. Thanks for watching!
Great interview Bob. Ryan is a top guy. His vlogs are so informative they become addictive. Really looking forward to his chopper flying. Thanks for posting. 👍
Absolutely. Seems like a great place for a helicopter
Just discovered this guy this morning and I'm hooked. I think I have watched 20 today!
He has such great content and frankly seems like just an amazing pilot. World is better with people like Ryan in it.
Great well researched and empathetic interview questions which in turn elicit really interesting and informative response. Thanks for doing this. Ryan and his channel is v professional and top of my list.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Ryan helps put to rest the old stereotype many have of the bush pilot as a seat-of-the-pants-only, reckless, devil-may-care aviator of a few decades ago. What he shows is a safe meeting of training, skills, learned behavior, diligence, and professionalism. And these are combined with native, seat-of-the-pants ability that matters when the situation is going pear-shaped.
The same is true of the Kodiak, which combines huge power with just one engine, with an airframe designed for the bush, and with much greater reliability than a piston engine.
Combine that with a big dose of charisma and you have a person you'd like to fly with -- but can't, of course, except vicariously. And Ryan makes that happen.
One thing that wasn't brought up is that Ryan also reportedly earned an A&P license along his training route. And he's a motorcyclist, which seems to occur so often to pilots....
I’ve never flown in a Kodiak. At first I thought it was a Caravan. Cool fact about the A&P. Didn’t know that.
@@Aerospace_Education most mission aviation pilots are A&Ps as well. It comes in real handy in the middle of no where. Most agencies require it.
Good afternoon. Marcus from Barbados. I'm an Aviation enthusiasts and
Simmer. Now viewing interview. Thank you so much Aviation Earospace for recognising this amazing Aviator. God rocks through Him.
Thanks Marc. Was a great conversation.
Great podcast. Looking forward seeing fly a chopper.
Thanks Rick. Several of my recent guests have expressed interest in flying a chopper. C.W. Lemoine last week and Nancy Bradshaw in two weeks both have Choppers in their aviation goal lists.
MAF has had the switch box check lists on top of the dash for 20 years now.
I really like that memory aid. It’s so easy when flying single pilot to take the checklists for granted. Shows a level of professionalism. Thanks for watching.
Ryan's "Missionary Bush Pilot" is really cool youtube channel. Very educational in terms of flight technicalities as well as PNG's culture and geography.
You can learn a lot of being a professional pilot from Ryan.
Great interview with a great Man !
Thanks!
One of my favourite RUclips channels. Thankyou.
Thanks Nathan. Was fun to talk with him. He does great work!
The Kodiak 100 was designed to replace Cessna 185s and 206s. Replace avigas with kerosene. It can get into strips the Caravan can't.
It's interesting to see the conversion discussions of engines from avgas to JetA.
@@Aerospace_Education The bottom line is around the world, especially in bush locations, Jet A is more readily available than AviGas. So turbine engines have taken over from piston engines. I can remember when 206s and 185s ruled the skies in the bush, now its Caravans and Kodiaks. Ryan typifies the professionalism found among the major mission aviation agencies (MAF, Jaars, and Ethnos360). They are the most "by-the-numbers" pilots there are.
Ryan is my Homie. We are both from Jackson, Michigan. I love his videos.
Ya, there a great mix of entertaining and yet he's a great pilot showing how to be professional while flying single pilot.
I agree with Ryan that GA flying is boring. Learning = great fun, Instrument flying = great fun it goes on but when you get to general flying it really is boring. By the way I love the check list box, could have made one and fitted it to my own aircraft when I had them.
Ya, the checklist box is great. It's so easy when flying by yourself to rush threw a list and miss something important. This give you a tactile and visual feedback. Thanks for watching.
Thanks for this interview! I stumbled upon it after watching the regular video of Ryan. Great questions! It was so interesting.
Thanks Dan. Glad you liked it. Ryan is awesome.
Ryan and Bob, a great interview. Covered imho all the important bits plus some further interesting sidelights.
Definitely a really good eye-opener for many, and very much worth sharing. Thankyou and trust you and your families enjoy all that 2021 has to offer.
Appreciate the comments. I'm a rookie learning how to interview, but Ryan is just a fantastic guest!
@@Aerospace_Education Well for a Rookie that was an impressive impression of a very good professional interviewer. :)
Really like your thought-processing and choices of what's important to achieve in an interview. Well done! :)
@@nbrettoner I appreciate that. As the saying goes, fake it till ya make it :) Happy New Year
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Thanks for watching
Going from the world's best bush airplane to the world's most rinky-dink helicopter in those conditions is worrying.
I have a feeling he will be awesome at that too!
Spoiler Alert: Ryan doesnt end up flying helicopters.