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Recently had a flight in a Cessna, rolling down the runway on takeoff shit went tits up vibrating so bad I was waiting for the wings to fall off,just a little back pressure was what it took, but for the love of god please if you’re giving intro instruction for a check out let them know. As a pilot it’s an easy fix, as a new flyer it’s fucking terrifying when it pops its head up at 40kts with no prior knowledge.

Great video, also, is that an AMC Eagle SX4 I spy in your garage? Very cool!

Great job. I tried to do the same. Some of my pieces I couldn't save. Do you have plans on touching up the instrument panel?

Nice job Perry. Will be doing the same while mine sits engineless. Will be good practice before the new paint job.

Awesome! I’m sure it looks 100x more shiny and lustrous in person! 🙏🏼💯💪🏼

I am always trying to get better and improve my skills, so if there are any paint correction pros watching this and you have any tips to add, or tips on what I can do better please let me know in the comments. Thank you!

Awesome! 🙏🏼💯✈️❤️

Why are not all pilots licensed to fly IMC? When we get our drivers license we’re expected to drive in fog, snow, rain, etc. But for pilots we offer an license that’s only applicable for VFR?

I saw the sentimental journey just the other day during the tour! Was able to go in it! I didn't pay for the flight but oh my gosh is she a beaut!!!!

Nice work Perry.

I did not take 6:37 for us to say yes - yes you are too old. Haha (Sarcastic, love ya buddy)

I thought I’d already subscribed! Regardless, now I am for sure!

Your paint scheme is my favorite! (You already know that)! 😀

Never to old as long as you have your health, follow your heart. Shit, I should take that advice!

Get rid of the loud background music!! Very distracting!

i am 52. i want to get my IFR and my commercial. i am at 168PIC, 237TT. but i know that i can never fly professionally, but if i had my commercial certificate, i can do pay for flights. and get some income. i wouldnt mind flying a charter gig.. or survey.. I am in CAP, and working towards my MP. i would love to fly that PA38-112.. i have 30 hours in one. and miss it.

Perry go for it

NO!

I say go for it!!! I got my ATP at 42 and have been flying professionally since. I started out in a King Air and have flown Lear Jets, Hawkers and ERJ’s since. I’m now 54 years old and love where I’m at in my flying career. Good luck!!!

Not too many chiming in here yet but I would love to see how the conversation evolves. I’m 4 years behind your age but similar situation. Lots of time spent in and around the aviation industry but never as the pilot lol. The thing I’m continually weighing is the cost to enter the industry and the lifestyle. I’m not convinced my family could deal with with the type of shift work you’re talking about and like any mid journey change of profession it comes with risks that it feels like we just have to accept. Hope to see someone chime in with experience flying for a living starting in the 40s as well.

Hey Perry! My dad used to flight instruct in the early 90s but got out of flying due to there not being good jobs back then. When I was in high school and deciding on being a pilot for a living my dad took me to one of his friends house who flies for Delta and while he was selling me on it he sold my dad on it. He sold his struggling business essentially at cost and decided to get back in to flying at 52 years old. He was a flight instructor for about half a year then flew freight in B-99s and now flies King Airs for our states aeronautics department. He is so much happier now and the 5 years it took to get where he is now then he was during the previous 15 years outside of aviation. I can’t speak for him entirely, but I’m sure he would tell you to go for it, the only regret he has is he didn’t do it 10 years earlier. Best of luck on your journey!

Can I contact you privately?

I am 52 and working on on ASEL Commercial followed by AMEL Commercial. You are NOT too old!

The algorithm brought me here, great content wish you the best of luck 👍🏻 new subbie and fellow aviation enthusiast cheers from Az!!

I've had a commercial certificate since my 20s. I've spent my career working on planes instead of flying them, however. I will be 57 years old soon and just began training for my CFI. I'm going to fly for a living, damnit. I'm going to fulfill my dream. I enjoy maintenance & will likely continue in some capacity, but I was destined to fly & have been told I'm good at teaching. Will I only instruct or will I choose some high-demand job with a revolving door like pipeline patrol, skydiver taxi driver or crop dusting? Is it possible some corporation might give me a nod? I don't know, but the only one who can tell I'm too old for this is my DME, so I'll listen to him.

PERRY, THIS STORY IS TRUE, BUT IT IS NOT ABOUT ME. IT IS ABOUT MY SON My son worked for a major corporation for 30 years and earned his full pension at age 52. One April day about five and a half years ago, he called us up with this proud and bold statement. "Dad, mom, i have just retired, are you sitting down? I, being totally unknowing asked him what are you going to do now.? He said I'm going to become an airline pilot. I was so stunned by this revelation, don't think i said anything for about forty seconds and i think that was that was the longest speechless period of my life. Long story short, he had accumulated about 1500 hours over the previous 23 years and was a part time instructor freelancing out of several different airports He had acquired a 1974 warrior that he also used for instruction and for rent. He qualified for United Airlines training program and made his first flight as an airline pilot about six months later. It does not get any better than that. The only hitch was covid which cost him his job about six months later. He had a rough ten or eleven months but was ultimately hired by delta as the pandemic subsided. It can happen and he is living proof. that seemingly impossible dreams can come true. . I am needless to say very proud of him. He is smarter and much more determined that i ever was in my lifetime and it paid off. Hope you enjoyed this true story.

Awesome! I just went for a flight last Saturday!! July 20, 2024 in Kingston, Ontario, Canada! The guy I saw you spoke with at the end was the SAME GUY on my flight, from Calgary,Alberta!!

Nice job…

Could be better without the music. You know that. But there is nothing instructional here. Flying through clouds. Not very IMCish. But VFRish. Good video quality though.

they can't be kydex molded or 3d printed?

HI, I've been a CFI on the tomahawk for 5 years and I gotta say I definitely learned a lot from this video, Hope to own one myself soon.

Thanks for the great video, Perry. I will be going through this with my Tommy next year. BTW - when I bought my plane this winter, the previous owner had his mechanic install the Sterling nose link I bought, and it definitely improved the nose shimmy for a while, but it is slowly returning. Maybe sometime we can chat off-line on email about the tolerances and shims. You seem like a very capable engineer / mechanic type of guy.

Very cool! Wish I saw this before I turned my hangar into a "smarthangar" with Unifi gear and wifi switches.

This is the first video I've seen from your channel, within about 3 minutes it was pretty clear this particular PA-38 is going to have a great life ahead of it. You love this thing like it's brand new :-) I'm impressed those avionics are still passing the tests some 40 years after manufacture - built to last. Stay safe sir! :-)

Yes! I was the one going to ask about the encoder. Thank you for answering my question. oh yeah, ask your AME if you can give him a "by name" shout out. Thanks for all your vids. Cheers!

nice work!

Great Avionics Shop. Lucky to have one available.

I flu on this plane in 2009 and guys were so brave wonderful guys !

Well, I am speechless, and brought to tears. Thank you for sharing. These are priceless years for you and your son. I am 69 years old, and my father is no longer with us. Today's kids have the advantage of countless pictures and videos to document their lives. I have only a few dozen black and white photos from those years, as film and developing were expensive in those days. You had to hand-wind paper film in the camera and then take it to the drug store to be developed, and wait a week, and pay a fair penny for the results. Anyway, keep the excellent videos coming.

The names and dates written in the B17 make it a personal experience to simply be in the plane let alone to be able to fly in it. I remember the CAF had a 17 near me in 1986 and the first thing that I saw was men who had served in B17s with their families children and grandchildren telling them well you met the others who were in their airplanes and this is where he was as a waist gunner or whatever. I remember coming away with a very different feeling about the whole experience. Then as time passed I ended up knowing several men who were Waist Gunners on B17s. Unfortunately for us time has passed and most of these men who flew in combat and the brave women who flew aircraft to Europe and the South Pacific are gone now. They are truly the Greatest Generation.

Excellent project.

This brings back memories of my dad doing the same way back in the day with me. Priceless man, priceless.

keep it up dad, you are doing a fantastic job!

great dad, may god bless your kid.

There is a fly in in Lethbridge this weekend Alberta air tours

That was fantastic. It goes to show, it is not to early to try to fly. This will be an heirloom video in the future. Thanks for labeling the names of the planes. Till next time, I will keep looking to the sky.

VERY impressive. Good job!!

@planeswithperry we need to do a fundraiser for you to get you a new visor for the PAX side... Also a bit concerned about your iPad position blocking your situational awareness of any other aircraft, it's creating a blind spot for you which could be deadly. I've seen it too many times in midair crash report investigations.

4th circuit was definitely best, oh and you're now current for the next 90 days after the 3rd circuit. 😁