Winter Operations - Cessna Grand Caravan

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  • Опубліковано 6 лют 2025
  • Finally, the first new video of 2022!
    'Winter Operations' is a small glimpse into the operational challenges of flying during Canada's coldest weather months in the C208.
    Filmed on a GoPro HERO 9
    Edited in Adobe Premiere Pro
    Created by
    James Allan
    Music:
    DJ Quads - 'Little Dream'
    Lukrembo - 'Home'
    Link : • lukrembo - home (royal...

КОМЕНТАРІ • 35

  • @andrewcheetham9992
    @andrewcheetham9992 Рік тому +1

    Great video - very interesting! Such a foreign environment for someone who lives in south Texas.

  • @Adien737
    @Adien737 3 роки тому +2

    Man! Amazing video. Keep it up, keep posting nd we watching

  • @Rick-jo1sk
    @Rick-jo1sk 3 роки тому +1

    Awesome video man! Greetings from Brazil!

  • @breakthevsi3774
    @breakthevsi3774 3 роки тому

    Looks cold out there!

  • @432534324643256
    @432534324643256 2 роки тому

    Love it James! Miss you man

  • @HillbillyRednecking
    @HillbillyRednecking 3 роки тому +2

    On my Cessna 208b flight last week, you could hardly see the wing tips from take off to about 6,500 feet, no doubt we were icing up, pilot kept checking the wings…

  • @shoshetts8668
    @shoshetts8668 3 роки тому +2

    Great video and very valuable info for flight simmers. Never Caravan videos is too much.

  • @stoneskipper7625
    @stoneskipper7625 2 роки тому +1

    I love what you are doing. I'm 60 this year. How I failed in life. Wow! Look at you.Good for you. How I would love to fly for a living. Every day up there and not working as a store clerk not worrying who is going to point a weapon at me. Please keep this up, it is inspiring. For me, I can always dream. P.S.Please fix the microphone so we can comprehend what you are describing.
    A Walter Mitty man..

    • @tommytomas-fr3sh
      @tommytomas-fr3sh Рік тому +1

      you are not a failure, as long as you're not serving a long prison sentence, your life is a blessing.

    • @Persojet
      @Persojet 6 місяців тому +1

      I know people over 70 in flightschools. It's never too late to start your passion.

  • @oliveira_matheus
    @oliveira_matheus 3 роки тому

    Great content! 👏🏽

  • @karimnahle3807
    @karimnahle3807 3 роки тому

    Amazing video, loving the content! keep them coming!! :)

  • @texasbeast239
    @texasbeast239 8 місяців тому

    It would be funny if each of your radio contacts included a different remedy for the cold or sore throat, and then you had a care package waiting for you at your final airport. 🤒

  • @madisonromero3529
    @madisonromero3529 2 роки тому

    Great video! Just curious, why were you intentionally low on final? Was the ceiling low and might obscure the vis? I am from Louisiana and not familiar with snow. Just wondering if that had something to do with the low approach?

    • @jamesallan5422
      @jamesallan5422  2 роки тому +1

      Hi Madison - it's a technique we used to achieve maximum runway usefulness. During the wintertime many of the short gravel runways (less than 2,500') we flew into had poor braking action, oftentimes because of lack of plowing or inaccurate weather reporting. A shallow VFR approach to the runway threshold would often afford an extra margin for our landing distances.

  • @flyinter1988
    @flyinter1988 2 роки тому +1

    Amazing video. I’m ppl right now + instrument. Working on my commercial license. I have question - what requirements to become cargo pilot for Cessna caravan? What’s total time should be?

    • @jamesallan5422
      @jamesallan5422  2 роки тому +2

      Hi Mykola - the requirement to fly single-pilot IFR is 1,000 hours TT. If the operation is VFR-only then the bare minimum requirements would be a Commercial certificate, although most companies will require more for insurance purposes.

    • @flyinter1988
      @flyinter1988 2 роки тому

      @@jamesallan5422 thank you for response. 1000 hrs it’s company rules or FAA?

    • @jamesallan5422
      @jamesallan5422  2 роки тому +2

      @@flyinter1988 1,000 hours is a Transport Canada requirement. I'm not entirely sure what the FAA requirement is but I can imagine it'd be similar to Canada's.

    • @flyinter1988
      @flyinter1988 2 роки тому

      @@jamesallan5422 thank you very much. Have nice flight

  • @PeterESSA
    @PeterESSA Рік тому

    Thanks for a very interesting video! Why did you close the right fuel tank on descent? Inbalance?

    • @thud9797
      @thud9797 18 днів тому

      In some planes they say to land on the fullest tank, possible that is the case with Caravan.

  • @naijapilotxmax6006
    @naijapilotxmax6006 2 роки тому

    You need to make more videos, you have the potentials to hit 10k subscribers

  • @naturallyherb
    @naturallyherb Рік тому

    1:50 - what is this black frame on the windscreen for?

    • @TRPGpilot
      @TRPGpilot 10 місяців тому

      Windshield electric anti ice

  • @Noy01
    @Noy01 2 роки тому

    Hello! I have a question! When do I need to turn BleedAirHeatSwitch on or off? What is it for?

    • @jamesallan5422
      @jamesallan5422  2 роки тому +1

      The Bleed Air switch is used to control the cabin's climate, mainly utilizing hot compressed bleed air from the turbine for heating. Generally it should be off during engine start/stop and takeoff/landing.

    • @Noy01
      @Noy01 2 роки тому

      @@jamesallan5422 Understood, thanks for the answer

  • @jonathanrtg
    @jonathanrtg 2 роки тому

    I wonder how heavy is her empty weight?

  • @iain8837
    @iain8837 Рік тому

    Great video, I’ve learned some of your SOP so I can put it into practise on my sim. I noticed you never use the inertial separator on taxi out or takeoff, but opened before approach and taxi in, any reason for not using on takeoff? Is it due to engine/torque/temp limits?

  • @hg2.
    @hg2. 2 роки тому

    How do you brake a plane on a snow packed runway?
    Are those studded snow tires on that plane?

  • @torrencebouchie7832
    @torrencebouchie7832 3 роки тому

    To bad there was cancellations today lol

  • @nicolashernandezcastrocolo1843
    @nicolashernandezcastrocolo1843 2 роки тому

    Do you do some mixture calibration during cruises

    • @jamesallan5422
      @jamesallan5422  2 роки тому +2

      Hi Nicolas - no, turboprops don't have mixture controls like piston aircraft. Instead we calibrate the propeller pitch during various phases of flight.

    • @nicolashernandezcastrocolo1843
      @nicolashernandezcastrocolo1843 2 роки тому

      @@jamesallan5422 thankyou men you are so kínd, have nice flights