Wonderful video!!! We fly a 1947 Champ over @low_lead and know exactly what you mean about no-bounce gear. We joke that you get to land twice on them. They can feel really squishy wheel landing in gusts. Mashing them on to load them up quickly seems best in stiff winds.
@@amywhite375 They are just so fun. Ours is an L-16A with the original military no bounce oleos - those have a crazy amount of travel. I'm so tempted to replace them with bungee gear but committed to keeping this original. Have you ever seen the original no bounce test video? 😂ua-cam.com/video/xfmjtlvK9_s/v-deo.html
Good as they are, I removed the no bounce for ski use. They caused the skis to sit at bad angles, nose in and on a angle unless you use limiter straps to basically prevent the oleo from hitting full length. Conventional gear is better if you use skis and wheels. But the no bounce are good for that drop onto wheels.
@@SyphenHouse Agreed for ski use. Also they are hard on soft tires as the track width changes under load. Fun video of loading them up on grass in ours: ua-cam.com/video/PZ_1jmpElfM/v-deo.html
I'm an older pilot that watches a million flying videos. This is the first video I've seen of yours and it kind of got to me. There is something so unpretentious about your attitude. The video is very well put together - it tells a complete story. And I didn't even hate the music. This whole video is just so refreshing and impressive. You've really got a knack for this. Subscribing and looking forward to more! Going to check out your other videos.
@gawebm I highly recommend going back and watching all her videos in order. We have a true artisan pilot here, and that (pardon the reverse pun) down-to-earth quality permeates all her work.
People make a big deal out of getting a tailwheel endorsement nowadays. When I solo'd a Champ Citabria on my 16th birthday in 1968, I thought tailwheels were the only way to go. Landings and takeoffs felt so natural. I have to thank my instructor for imparting great stick and rudder skills back then. Great video! Thanks for taking us along. Nothing like flying a high-wing Champ! Mandan, SD? ha ha, my mom grew up on a farm near there.
Watched this video with my 5YO granddaughter in prepping her for her first flight in my own Champ 7AC. She was intrigued the entire time. Well done! Thanks for sharing.
I loved your trek across the country in your 152. I wish more people did adventure videos like yours. It shows the fun and excitement of the unknown and what GA aviation should be. Another great video!!!
Always loved the Aeronca Champ. My Dad owned one in the early/mid 60's. N3651E. 1947 Champion he bought from the Pendleton Flying Club near San Diego, CA. We did a lot of flying in that plane. He kept it at Cable Airport. Good memories just like you'll look back on this flight some day. Wishing you a happy flight and gentle skies.
OMG, Amy, you posted a nostalgia bomb! In the late-80's, just after college graduation, I barnstormed my Champ all around North America for a long summer. I met great folks, learned a ton about flying, and had a blast sleeping under the wing in some fantastic places. At one point, pushing against a headwind in Wyoming at full throttle, I recall cruising at 50 feet beside the highway, sharing a laugh with a trucker as he passed me. I've flown a lot of airplanes since then, but the Champ was in many ways the most fun! Thanks for posting.
Hi Amy, I have been following you for 3 years now. I'm a huge fan of your video's. You're a great stick and rudder pilot. I remember several video's ago that you said you did not like being on camera. Hang in there, you have a great speaking voice and are good on camera. I like the tunes and the editing. Please don't wait so long between postings. Jack
Thanks Jack! The everyday grind makes it hard to do regular videos, but airline life supposedly gets better with seniority. I'm already seeing positive changes, such as being able to make this video! I appreciate you following along.
Way back when, My first airplane I purchased was a 7AC champ. Thanks for the Vedic. Brought back many many fond memories. She is a beautiful one. ENJOY. GUY
The first video I watched of yours you were going west in your 150… I grew up literally across the street from KANE… so it was fun to watch the departure scenes “fly” by… great images and thanks for taking us along.
This video was so awesome!! Thank you for taking the time to film and edit your trip to share with us! Hoping I can have even half the level of gusty crosswind landing skills you have someday!
Thank you Stevie!! I’m really glad I took the time to sit down and edit it. It’s not perfect, but I am seeing a lot of people enjoying it and sharing their champ stories and it really warms my heart!!!
HI AMY. I'm an 81 YO guy that went for my 1st ride in a piper tri pacer when I was about 10 years old in 1952. The pilot owner was a very close friend if my Dads and took me up to fly over our house in Forest Grove, Oregon. After that flight I always wanted to fly a plane by myself. At 44 Yrs old I started taking lessons and got my private pilots license at 45. I flew mostly out of Paine Field in Everett Washington and also out of Gig Harbor WA when I lived there for about 3years. I really enjoyed this excellent video of you great adventure in your champ. I'll be checking some of your others as well. Thank you for sharing this!
Amy, you have got this natural authentic no BS attitude, that is so refreshing and different from most others ... and your comments crack me up. Brilliant!
I own 9097B which, like this one, was originally a 7FC but they converted it back to a tailwheel config around 1964. This is true of most of them because the tricycle gear version was not very popular and there are very few of them left that have not been converted. The "no=bounce" gear takes a while to get used to but it can do some amazing stuff. The Champ can be more comfortable if you get a decent memory foam seat cushion, the original was only good for about an hour. Still, it beats the heck out of a Cub.
my first ride in a small plane was in a TriChamp (7FC) … a brand new one. I looked for new for quite a while but they were to expensive at that time. I flew and owned a tailwheel airplane , a Talorcraft model 20 . that was fun flying.
I owned an old 7DC champ with a sick warn out cont 85 back early 70's. It was a pile of junk, rotten fabric, needed restoration, but we flew that thing all over the place, so low at times we could read the road signs. Your video brought back a lot of fond memories of that airplane. Thank you.
Great video Amy. I learned to fly in a 1946 Champ 47 years ago when I was still in high school. My father learned to fly in her, and so did my son. I still own her. 20 years ago, I flew her from Perth to Sydney, a trip of 2,000 miles which took me five days, and some sketchy strips. It was my son's introduction to GA flying and he was just 16.Great little plane.
nice I found this to be so very enjoyable. The Music was so Alive it fit the flight! I never got my private but I still watch flying videos. When I was taking my lessons for private I flew a tomahawk i think it was built by Gruman. Thanks,.
This gal is a kindred spirit for sure! I'm another older pilot who still enjoys pure simple flying in my 1940 Porterfield. Noticed her GPS was indicating 71 kts, same as my ol bird. Low n slow is the way we go. Wish I was her age again I might have made the 1,850 sm trip to OSH this year instead of succumbing to mountain turbulence and turning back. More power to you Amy, and keep that champ flying, don't ever let go of it, you'll regret it. Happy landings young lady
Great video. What an adventure. I have a 7AC and was happy to see you flying the Aeronca properly, low and slow. I love my plane, but they can wear you out. Congrats.
Woodstock is a more practical fun, but not as fun for the pure enjoyment of being aloft above the trees with the window rolled back and the C90 knocking through the air. :)
Amy, what beautiful photo moments WoW shows the story of long distance flying. Well done!!! I've got a chief that's needing restoration.. makes me want to do things .. but I'm not .. thank you for this video it was very well done !! @73 choices .. thanks Ed in Phoenix writes.
I used to deliver Citabrias, Champs, and even a Jodel BB in the late 60's and early 70's. I was 19 when I did my first. Needless to say that was a very special time for me. Amy, you took me back and it feels soo good.Thank you! What a gorgeous Champ!
Many years ago when my Dad first got his pilot's license, he flew a Champ. He told me how much better it was than a Piper Cub because of electric start and other features. Brings back old memories. Thanks for sharing.
Great video! Good job, Lil' Lady! Thank you so much for sharing! I love the Champ and have flown at least three of them and a few of its newer cousins. A lot of fun, to be sure!
First ride was in a champ at 4 years old, 73 now and still crazy about airplanes. Love the old Champ. Qwned a Stinson for 20+ years. I had a hangar at ANE and lived about 1 mile from there. Great video Amy. Such a relaxed personality you have.
Thank you for creating and sharing this video. Really well done (and awesome planning and flying)! It's the first of your videos that I've watched, and I look forward to watching the rest. I trained and soloed in a Citabria (but didn't earn a license) and both of my instructors owned Champs. It was great fun flying vicariously with you. Thanks again!
It was my first time trying licensed music from musicbed. Totally not what I'm used to, but hopefully will allow me to make enough money to buy some new GoPro batteries etc. I'm glad you liked it!
Nice job handling the airplane in the wind, and making a great video! I even enjoyed the music, and I’m 65! You have a great demeanor for this and are fun to watch.
Thanks. This a the first time trying out licensed music instead of pulling copyrighted songs off my personal playlist. I tried to keep it close to the same vibe!
I really like the over the shoulder angle you showed on the landings. Did a good job of showing the ball on the turn coordinator and your matching footwork. Makes me want to jump into a real "stick & rudder" plane like a Champ or Cub.
Thank You.. It was a great trip. I felt like I was in the back seat. I learned to fly in 1972 in a 1946 Champ. It was only 60 hp with no starter. You made my day, again thank you.
I learned how to fly in a 1946 Luscombe 8A. I LOVE tailwheel flying! I've got to say...your landings were very impressive and consistent. I know you criticized yourself on the last one, but all of them looked really nice.
That gusty landing early in your traverse of Montana looked pretty lively. Excellent flying! And then for the Champ to be bedded down with a P-51! So awesome 😎
I’ve traversed your route about 5 times after my family moved to Tacoma from St. Paul, by car/motor home and flown it by airliner a few times. Amy you got the best view of the great planes by small airplane. Thanks for the views.
I took my first flying lesson in a ‘46 7AC at a small field in Boardman, Ohio. The first landing was very challenging but I got it down. I switched over to a Piper Colt. Got my PPL in a Cessna 152. I went off to college at Mount Union in Alliance where I discovered the Aeronca’s were built in Alliance I still like to see them and your video is a great memory refresher. Really nice job editing and including your landings. You have mastered the tail wheel. Bravo!
You are a pleasure to watch as you fly and comment. A friend of my father owned and flew an Aeronca, don't know what model, early sixties where I grew up, among the mountains in Chile. All the best and stay safe.
Awesome video again Amy. Great footage and editing. Beautiful scenery everywhere. Love the P51. The guy at 18:17 ROFL :D The landings in that thing looks pretty hard, your joystick and feet are all over the place. Tiny planes are cool tho, can look down on both sides without passenger seat next to you. Epic adventure, all the way on your own. Great job!
Definitely a lot more work with my hands and feet. Probably a little over controlling when I was coming into W28, but I really wanted to make a good landing. 😂
I don't fly anymore because of my age (83) Had many years of flying . my last plane was a 06 Piper Saratoga 2 TC . Turned it over to my son. GlaStar is a cool ride. Have fun, take care. @@amywhite375
Good flight Amy. I thought it might be a two part video but things sped ahead faster than your true ground speed. That's the second time you got hammered by headwinds on a XC flight.. but not as bad as your two days in Lexington. Wow 11 years and full time... but you still find time for grass roots aviating!
What a fantastic video. I know other have mentioned but I can’t help but agree, that this video captures the true spirit of general aviation. The adventure and the people of this wonderful community. Thank you, from a fellow SkyWesty!
A very nice and interesting video. Spectacular scenery in parts of MT and over the Rockies. I used to fly into many of the MT airports some years ago, I was last in Butte a few years ago. You left from my home base at ANE, I have a 7AC on the very south end of the field. Champs are fun little planes.
Very awesome video Amy, I miss flying with ya! How about a "what I'm doing now video" ? I know you like to be private but your new career path is really inspirational! Take care!
Nice! I just bought a Champion Citabria and I feel the same as you. Just waiting for the weather to improve. Flew 8hrs in January but itching to fly so much more.
Well done! I took a T-cart from North of Charleston SC to VNY in ‘78. Lots of great memories, if I had the Bose back then my wife wouldn’t be yelling at me now. Mebbe next time I’ll go north, the scenery is much better than west Texas. Thanks…
Very nice. Great camera work and nice music too! I once did a cross country in my Chief from Quebec City to Stephenville, NL. It was a trip of a lifetime and your video helps to bring back these memories! Thanks for sharing your adventures.
Incredible!!! Great ferry flight. I’m recovering my Citabria right now and am really jonesing for some low and slow tailwheel flying. This gives me a little goose to get it ready before Oshkosh and take off enough time to make the trip in it from Seattle. Beautiful little champ and great landings!
Ferrying has always been a favorite of mine! Would love to do more, but I have a lot of irons in the fire. Before any Part 91 flying can be done, I'm dedicated to showing up rested and ready for my 121 job, first and foremost!
I've watched this video a couple of times now. I sure am glad you posted again, I really like your videos. It's good content & I think they are very well photographed. My favorite is still the flight when you bought Woodstock & flew back to WA. Thanks again for putting up another video.
Another fun video, thanks for sharing, Amy. "Doinked," I like that; is that a USCG term. Thanks for your service. Thank Eric, too. Old NBC-NCO, here. (and low time PPL) I spent the night in Glendive on a long distance motorcycle ride, to dodge very heavy storms.
Beautiful flight, great video and commentary, got my tail wheel training in a champ and bought a luscombe. Love the champs and old low and slow airplanes. Stay safe
Nice flying young lady! I love long cross country trips in small airplanes. My Wife and I flew our 1978 172 from south Florida to Phoenix, AZ and back. Long trips are always a great adventure. Great video. I enjoyed it.
Thank you for bringing us with you. Loved being back up in a Champ. Beautiful little airplane while not the fastest it was a joy to watch you flying and it reminded me of my learning to fly years ago in SoFla. I was enthralled to see your map. In my day we used a folded chart and marked waypoints.
Wow, what an awesome trip. I'm looking forward to passing my nav here in Queensland Australia and flying my little A22 Foxbat down to my mum's hometown in New South Wales and suprising her. Your trip was inspiring. Thank you.
I just pulled up your video. I will watch it a bit later. My father purchased a new Champ in 1956 I believe. I was 2 years old. So I learned my first lesson in that Champ. I'll add to this note later.... First few minutes have me drawn in...
My brother's Air Explorer troop in Bucyrus, Ohio restored an Aeronca Champ and he did his first solo in it. Brings back lots of memories. Thanks for this. I'm forwarding to him. Hi Gary!!!
Thanks so much for letting us tag along! I never had a license, but back in my commercial photography days I logged a boatload of hours in a Cessna 172. Luckily my high school friend, who owns a FBO did most of the flying with me. He taught me enough communications and approaches that I think I could have landed safely if there was an emergency. I miss those days!
Wow...I've missed your videos, your style is very unique from others, very relatable as a pilot that flies slow : ) Time to catch up on what I've missed. Good to see ya again!
Thanx Amy... It was delight to ride w/ you... envy inducing as it was! I once, in the mid 1970s, was about to go to work for the Billings Newspaper as a photographer. I think at one point all of the photographers at that paper were pilots. One of them has several Coffee Table Books of Aerial pix... Larry Mayer I think was his name. I ended up going to a paper in the NC mountains, and I learned to fly while there. Just retired 3 months ago from Flight Instructing. Happy Landings.
Wonderful video!!! We fly a 1947 Champ over @low_lead and know exactly what you mean about no-bounce gear. We joke that you get to land twice on them. They can feel really squishy wheel landing in gusts. Mashing them on to load them up quickly seems best in stiff winds.
Yep! There is the touch down, then the second settle. 😂 They are wonderful to land even still.
@@amywhite375 They are just so fun. Ours is an L-16A with the original military no bounce oleos - those have a crazy amount of travel. I'm so tempted to replace them with bungee gear but committed to keeping this original. Have you ever seen the original no bounce test video? 😂ua-cam.com/video/xfmjtlvK9_s/v-deo.html
Good as they are, I removed the no bounce for ski use. They caused the skis to sit at bad angles, nose in and on a angle unless you use limiter straps to basically prevent the oleo from hitting full length. Conventional gear is better if you use skis and wheels. But the no bounce are good for that drop onto wheels.
@@SyphenHouse Agreed for ski use. Also they are hard on soft tires as the track width changes under load. Fun video of loading them up on grass in ours: ua-cam.com/video/PZ_1jmpElfM/v-deo.html
@amywhite375 You are, still flying within the suspension's travel elevation, I think.
I'm an older pilot that watches a million flying videos. This is the first video I've seen of yours and it kind of got to me. There is something so unpretentious about your attitude. The video is very well put together - it tells a complete story. And I didn't even hate the music. This whole video is just so refreshing and impressive. You've really got a knack for this. Subscribing and looking forward to more! Going to check out your other videos.
I’m an older non-pilot but a 70 year old Air Force brat I agree with @gawebm great video. 👍
Glad you like it!! I have several similar ones on my channel you may enjoy if you like this sort of thing. Thank you! :)
I agree with those nerds Amy, hahaha, because I am one too. Great job, thanks for bringing us along ❤
@gawebm I highly recommend going back and watching all her videos in order. We have a true artisan pilot here, and that (pardon the reverse pun) down-to-earth quality permeates all her work.
Great work here! Thanks for sharing! New subscriber and can’t wait to watch more of your videos!
People make a big deal out of getting a tailwheel endorsement nowadays. When I solo'd a Champ Citabria on my 16th birthday in 1968, I thought tailwheels were the only way to go. Landings and takeoffs felt so natural. I have to thank my instructor for imparting great stick and rudder skills back then. Great video! Thanks for taking us along. Nothing like flying a high-wing Champ! Mandan, SD? ha ha, my mom grew up on a farm near there.
Loved my 1946 "Air knocker" most fun flying ever. 👍
Watched this video with my 5YO granddaughter in prepping her for her first flight in my own Champ 7AC. She was intrigued the entire time. Well done! Thanks for sharing.
Hope she loves her first plane ride!
I loved your trek across the country in your 152. I wish more people did adventure videos like yours. It shows the fun and excitement of the unknown and what GA aviation should be. Another great video!!!
Thank you very much!
Always loved the Aeronca Champ. My Dad owned one in the early/mid 60's. N3651E. 1947 Champion he bought from the Pendleton Flying Club near San Diego, CA. We did a lot of flying in that plane. He kept it at Cable Airport. Good memories just like you'll look back on this flight some day. Wishing you a happy flight and gentle skies.
I love hearing all the Champ memories! They are really something special.
My father in law restores old birds like this
OMG, Amy, you posted a nostalgia bomb! In the late-80's, just after college graduation, I barnstormed my Champ all around North America for a long summer. I met great folks, learned a ton about flying, and had a blast sleeping under the wing in some fantastic places. At one point, pushing against a headwind in Wyoming at full throttle, I recall cruising at 50 feet beside the highway, sharing a laugh with a trucker as he passed me. I've flown a lot of airplanes since then, but the Champ was in many ways the most fun! Thanks for posting.
Hi Amy,
I have been following you for 3 years now. I'm a huge fan of your video's. You're a great stick and rudder pilot. I remember several video's ago that you said you did not like being on camera. Hang in there, you have a great speaking voice and are good on camera. I like the tunes and the editing. Please don't wait so long between postings.
Jack
Thanks Jack! The everyday grind makes it hard to do regular videos, but airline life supposedly gets better with seniority. I'm already seeing positive changes, such as being able to make this video! I appreciate you following along.
Way back when, My first airplane I purchased was a 7AC champ. Thanks for the Vedic. Brought back many many fond memories. She is a beautiful one. ENJOY. GUY
The first video I watched of yours you were going west in your 150… I grew up literally across the street from KANE… so it was fun to watch the departure scenes “fly” by… great images and thanks for taking us along.
That's cool! Tis a small world for sure. Thanks for following along!
This video was so awesome!! Thank you for taking the time to film and edit your trip to share with us! Hoping I can have even half the level of gusty crosswind landing skills you have someday!
Thank you Stevie!! I’m really glad I took the time to sit down and edit it. It’s not perfect, but I am seeing a lot of people enjoying it and sharing their champ stories and it really warms my heart!!!
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HI AMY. I'm an 81 YO guy that went for my 1st ride in a piper tri pacer when I was about 10 years old in 1952. The pilot owner was a very close friend if my Dads and took me up to fly over our house in Forest Grove, Oregon. After that flight I always wanted to fly a plane by myself. At 44 Yrs old I started taking lessons and got my private pilots license at 45. I flew mostly out of Paine Field in Everett Washington and also out of Gig Harbor WA when I lived there for about 3years. I really enjoyed this excellent video of you great adventure in your champ. I'll be checking some of your others as well. Thank you for sharing this!
What a beautiful little Champ! Great video Amy.
My gosh, it was gorgeous. I miss it! Thanks for watching.
Amy, you have got this natural authentic no BS attitude, that is so refreshing and different from most others ... and your comments crack me up. Brilliant!
Thank you! I’m really glad you liked the video. :)
@@amywhite375 Loved it - Greetings from Munich, Germany
Thanks for the ride, Amy.
You bet! Thanks for watching!
I own 9097B which, like this one, was originally a 7FC but they converted it back to a tailwheel config around 1964. This is true of most of them because the tricycle gear version was not very popular and there are very few of them left that have not been converted. The "no=bounce" gear takes a while to get used to but it can do some amazing stuff. The Champ can be more comfortable if you get a decent memory foam seat cushion, the original was only good for about an hour. Still, it beats the heck out of a Cub.
Beats a cub all day long. All of the fun with twice the comfort.
@pi.actual "the original was only good for about an hour" ROFL!
my first ride in a small plane was in a TriChamp (7FC) … a brand new one. I looked for new for quite a while but they were to expensive at that time. I flew and owned a tailwheel airplane , a Talorcraft model 20 . that was fun flying.
Oh my, now that's what adventure's are made of. Wishing you fair winds and blue skies.♥️♥️🛩️
Thank you!
I owned an old 7DC champ with a sick warn out cont 85 back early 70's. It was a pile of junk, rotten fabric, needed restoration, but we flew that thing all over the place, so low at times we could read the road signs. Your video brought back a lot of fond memories of that airplane. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed! Hard to beat a Champ for having fun.
"somebody put the nosewheel on the wrong end" - sir, this an aircraft, not a shopping cart.
Nose wheels are for grannies. 😂
I wasn't even sure how to reply. 🤣
simple reply is " real pilots have the 3rd wheel in the back". Welcome back to the PNW.@@amywhite375
Great video Amy. I learned to fly in a 1946 Champ 47 years ago when I was still in high school. My father learned to fly in her, and so did my son. I still own her. 20 years ago, I flew her from Perth to Sydney, a trip of 2,000 miles which took me five days, and some sketchy strips. It was my son's introduction to GA flying and he was just 16.Great little plane.
Wonderful story. Champs are great family airplanes in that sense!
Sweet! I remember the 150 days……
You are keeping it old school!
And that is cool! 👍🇺🇸
Oh yeah! Nothing better.
Champ is the all time cutest little thing ever! I took mt PPL in one. Loved it.
They are the best!
Good to see you back.
nice I found this to be so very enjoyable. The Music was so Alive it fit the flight! I never got my private but I still watch flying videos. When I was taking my lessons for private I flew a tomahawk i think it was built by Gruman. Thanks,.
This gal is a kindred spirit for sure! I'm another older pilot who still enjoys pure simple flying in my 1940 Porterfield. Noticed her GPS was indicating 71 kts, same as my ol bird. Low n slow is the way we go. Wish I was her age again I might have made the 1,850 sm trip to OSH this year instead of succumbing to mountain turbulence and turning back. More power to you Amy, and keep that champ flying, don't ever let go of it, you'll regret it. Happy landings young lady
I’m afraid I was only ferrying it. Would love to have one of my own some day!
Great video. What an adventure. I have a 7AC and was happy to see you flying the Aeronca properly, low and slow. I love my plane, but they can wear you out. Congrats.
It's a great plane to remind you that flying is supposed to be fun. Not fast, not efficient, but FUN! After 15 hours, it was evident to me again!
@@amywhite375 Surely not *more* fun that Woodstock, though, right?
Woodstock is a more practical fun, but not as fun for the pure enjoyment of being aloft above the trees with the window rolled back and the C90 knocking through the air. :)
Amy, what beautiful photo moments WoW shows the story of long distance flying. Well done!!! I've got a chief that's needing restoration.. makes me want to do things .. but I'm not .. thank you for this video it was very well done !! @73 choices .. thanks Ed in Phoenix writes.
Hope your restoration hangar is air conditioned! Lol, that might help with motivation!
I used to deliver Citabrias, Champs, and even a Jodel BB in the late 60's and early 70's. I was 19 when I did my first. Needless to say that was a very special time for me. Amy, you took me back and it feels soo good.Thank you! What a gorgeous Champ!
Thanks for sharing! I love delivering airplanes. Especially when it takes me somewhere new.
Many years ago when my Dad first got his pilot's license, he flew a Champ. He told me how much better it was than a Piper Cub because of electric start and other features. Brings back old memories. Thanks for sharing.
I’ll always pick Champ over Cub for comfort. :)
Great video! Good job, Lil' Lady! Thank you so much for sharing! I love the Champ and have flown at least three of them and a few of its newer cousins. A lot of fun, to be sure!
Thanks for a most interesting flight! Being an old (now 84) guy who learned to fly in a J3 Cub this rekindled many memories! Stay safe!
Bob
Glad you enjoyed it!
First ride was in a champ at 4 years old, 73 now and still crazy about airplanes. Love the old Champ. Qwned a Stinson for 20+ years. I had a hangar at ANE and lived about 1 mile from there. Great video Amy. Such a relaxed personality you have.
Nice flight of freedom.
Power on.
I'm watching from Japan.
Thank you for the air-rides, Miss.
Thank you for creating and sharing this video. Really well done (and awesome planning and flying)! It's the first of your videos that I've watched, and I look forward to watching the rest. I trained and soloed in a Citabria (but didn't earn a license) and both of my instructors owned Champs. It was great fun flying vicariously with you. Thanks again!
I forgot to say: I loved you giving a little boop on her spinner : )
The Spokane to Cascades leap is brutal. Never stop betting beat up. And landed at my home airport!! W28!
EVERY. DANG. TIME!!! I have never flown across that stretch of wretched land without being miserable. 🤣
Wow! Fun and so relaxing watching your video, nice music too,,👍
It was my first time trying licensed music from musicbed. Totally not what I'm used to, but hopefully will allow me to make enough money to buy some new GoPro batteries etc. I'm glad you liked it!
@@amywhite375 What can we, as viewers, do to help boost that income?
Nice job handling the airplane in the wind, and making a great video! I even enjoyed the music, and I’m 65! You have a great demeanor for this and are fun to watch.
Thanks for the adventure Love your music.
Thanks. This a the first time trying out licensed music instead of pulling copyrighted songs off my personal playlist. I tried to keep it close to the same vibe!
Thank you Amy beautiful video as always, hope you share more of your adventures soon.😎
Thank you! I’ll definitely try.
I really like the over the shoulder angle you showed on the landings. Did a good job of showing the ball on the turn coordinator and your matching footwork. Makes me want to jump into a real "stick & rudder" plane like a Champ or Cub.
Thank You.. It was a great trip. I felt like I was in the back seat. I learned to fly in 1972 in a 1946 Champ. It was only 60 hp with no starter. You made my day, again thank you.
So glad you enjoyed it!
I learned how to fly in a 1946 Luscombe 8A. I LOVE tailwheel flying! I've got to say...your landings were very impressive and consistent. I know you criticized yourself on the last one, but all of them looked really nice.
Thank you very much!
That gusty landing early in your traverse of Montana looked pretty lively. Excellent flying! And then for the Champ to be bedded down with a P-51! So awesome 😎
Yes it was! These low and slow trips are always awesome. 🙌🏼 More stops=meet more people and see more new places.
I’d love to fly across America that way. There’s a lot more usable airfields with more facilities than here in Australia.
Cool and simple..an unadorned sweetness to the little Aeronca Champion..she's a timeless beauty..what a bird!
I always thought the Champ had timeless lines!
Enjoyed the flight, thanks. Appreciated that you subtitles the airports. Fly safe.
No problem! Sorry about the typo at Glendive. Must have been distracted when typing that one out!
Beautiful scenery, great editing! Thanks for sharing 🍁❤️🛩️
I appreciate that!
I’ve traversed your route about 5 times after my family moved to Tacoma from St. Paul, by car/motor home and flown it by airliner a few times. Amy you got the best view of the great planes by small airplane. Thanks for the views.
OMG what a fun video. Very nicely done. Old champs are not much on bells and whistles, but at least you had a starter!!
I took my first flying lesson in a ‘46 7AC at a small field in Boardman, Ohio. The first landing was very challenging but I got it down. I switched over to a Piper Colt. Got my PPL in a Cessna 152. I went off to college at Mount Union in Alliance where I discovered the Aeronca’s were built in Alliance I still like to see them and your video is a great memory refresher. Really nice job editing and including your landings. You have mastered the tail wheel. Bravo!
Love your videos Amy. Been following your channel since you left the east coast. Keep them coming. Dave
Thank you!
You are a pleasure to watch as you fly and comment. A friend of my father owned and flew an Aeronca, don't know what model, early sixties where I grew up, among the mountains in Chile. All the best and stay safe.
Those Champs are such a beautiful airplane no matter what other airplane is on the ramp my eyes just focus in on the Champ.
Awesome video again Amy. Great footage and editing. Beautiful scenery everywhere. Love the P51. The guy at 18:17 ROFL :D The landings in that thing looks pretty hard, your joystick and feet are all over the place. Tiny planes are cool tho, can look down on both sides without passenger seat next to you. Epic adventure, all the way on your own. Great job!
Definitely a lot more work with my hands and feet. Probably a little over controlling when I was coming into W28, but I really wanted to make a good landing. 😂
I Grew up Flying in a 49 Champ with my Grandfather! The Blue Jay. CF-KBQ Awesome Journey and Video 👍
What great memories!
You ALWAYS have the best music! This is a joy to watch, as always. Thanks for sharing
One of my first planes after i got my ticket. Aronica Sedan 1951 in 1956. What fun...🤠😎👍🛩
I LOVE the Sedan!! I was looking at getting one before I settled on the GlaStar.
I don't fly anymore because of my age (83) Had many years of flying . my last plane was a 06 Piper Saratoga 2 TC . Turned it over to my son. GlaStar is a cool ride. Have fun, take care. @@amywhite375
"Low" and slow across the country. Great memories, thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
Good flight Amy. I thought it might be a two part video but things sped ahead faster than your true ground speed. That's the second time you got hammered by headwinds on a XC flight.. but not as bad as your two days in Lexington. Wow 11 years and full time... but you still find time for grass roots aviating!
There’s nothing better! It was a great reminder that flying is fun for the sake of flying. :)
What a fantastic video. I know other have mentioned but I can’t help but agree, that this video captures the true spirit of general aviation. The adventure and the people of this wonderful community. Thank you, from a fellow SkyWesty!
So glad you enjoyed it!! It was a MUCH needed reminder of some enjoyable low and slow stick and rudder flying.
A very nice and interesting video. Spectacular scenery in parts of MT and over the Rockies. I used to fly into many of the MT airports some years ago, I was last in Butte a few years ago. You left from my home base at ANE, I have a 7AC on the very south end of the field. Champs are fun little planes.
I was born to fly but got sidetracked and had a career in the Navy as a radioman. This is the next best thing to flying. Subscribed.
Welcome aboard! I'll try to put out more regular videos.
Very awesome video Amy, I miss flying with ya! How about a "what I'm doing now video" ? I know you like to be private but your new career path is really inspirational! Take care!
Hope you get back into flying asap!! When you do, keep me updated on your progress; I’d love to hear it. :)
Enjoyed the flying. Thanks!
Thank you!
I just bought a Cessna 140. I am excited to go on some adventures soon! :)
YES!!! Congratulations, that is awesome!
Nice! I just bought a Champion Citabria and I feel the same as you. Just waiting for the weather to improve. Flew 8hrs in January but itching to fly so much more.
Low and slow. I can't imagine a better way to go. Actually see things. I envy you on this trip.
It was so beautiful!
Thanks for another awesome glimpse of your adventures, Amy! Loved it!
Glad you enjoyed it!
We owned an 85hp globe swift when I was young 🌱. I think that you would enjoy that bird. Tests your skills.
I got to fly a Swift from the right seat. Always wanted to try landing one!
I am really appreciating your videos. I show them to students before ground school class starts to remind them of why we fly!
Great to see you back doing a video. 👍
It was a little overdue I agree!
My uncle had an Aeronca many years ago. We lived in different states, so I only got to fly with him a few times. Great memories. Great video!
They are special airplanes for sure!
Well done! I took a T-cart from North of Charleston SC to VNY in ‘78. Lots of great memories, if I had the Bose back then my wife wouldn’t be yelling at me now. Mebbe next time I’ll go north, the scenery is much better than west Texas. Thanks…
Now THAT is a haul!!! I can imagine the adventure was pretty ridiculous back in ‘78. Todays technology by comparison makes it pretty darn simple.
w00T! Been wondering if you were ever going to find time to do UA-cam again -- Love your compilations!
Thanks so much!
Very nice. Great camera work and nice music too! I once did a cross country in my Chief from Quebec City to Stephenville, NL. It was a trip of a lifetime and your video helps to bring back these memories! Thanks for sharing your adventures.
There's nothing like the good old 7AC Champ.
Thanks, I really enjoy your flying and the music. I should have hired you to fly my 172 here..
Anytime! Just let me know!
I like your thinking on fuel, better in the tank then looking when in need.
I love me a full gas tank.
@@amywhite375 I remember the one vid where you had to hit three stops to find fuel. Definitely easier to fly on fuel than air!
Beautiful trip, Amy! Nice to meet you briefly at Oshkosh.
Great video! A trip like that would be amazing!!
Thank you!
Incredible!!! Great ferry flight. I’m recovering my Citabria right now and am really jonesing for some low and slow tailwheel flying. This gives me a little goose to get it ready before Oshkosh and take off enough time to make the trip in it from Seattle. Beautiful little champ and great landings!
Thank you! Best of luck with the Citabria. :)
Just bumped into this video which was absolutely magical! Thank you for doing it Amy
Great job, Amy. A lot of additional work, videoing. Thanks so much for sharing! So is ferrying airplanes a new hobby? Good luck!
Ferrying has always been a favorite of mine! Would love to do more, but I have a lot of irons in the fire. Before any Part 91 flying can be done, I'm dedicated to showing up rested and ready for my 121 job, first and foremost!
@@amywhite375 Absolutely, stay focused. Thanks and fly safe!
I've watched this video a couple of times now. I sure am glad you posted again, I really like your videos. It's good content & I think they are very well photographed. My favorite is still the flight when you bought Woodstock & flew back to WA. Thanks again for putting up another video.
Another fun video, thanks for sharing, Amy. "Doinked," I like that; is that a USCG term. Thanks for your service. Thank Eric, too. Old NBC-NCO, here. (and low time PPL) I spent the night in Glendive on a long distance motorcycle ride, to dodge very heavy storms.
I got the term “doinked” off a meme account called catswithhardhats actually. The owner of the page is a student pilot himself!
Beautiful flight, great video and commentary, got my tail wheel training in a champ and bought a luscombe. Love the champs and old low and slow airplanes. Stay safe
Nice flying young lady! I love long cross country trips in small airplanes.
My Wife and I flew our 1978 172 from south Florida to Phoenix, AZ and back. Long trips are always a great adventure.
Great video. I enjoyed it.
They are the absolute best! I’m glad you enjoyed it. :)
Hello Amy. Another great video and adventure. Thank you for taking us along. I always look forward to your videos.
Thanks! Glad you liked it. :)
Fun video. Brought back memories of tail wheel training in a ‘42 Champ. The fuel gauge was a float on a rod that stuck out of the gas cap.
The first Champ I flew was also like that. It was technically restored as an L-16. Thanks for watching!
Thank you for bringing us with you. Loved being back up in a Champ. Beautiful little airplane while not the fastest it was a joy to watch you flying and it reminded me of my learning to fly years ago in SoFla. I was enthralled to see your map. In my day we used a folded chart and marked waypoints.
Wow, what an awesome trip. I'm looking forward to passing my nav here in Queensland Australia and flying my little A22 Foxbat down to my mum's hometown in New South Wales and suprising her. Your trip was inspiring. Thank you.
Have fun and best of luck!
P51!! My favorite plane!
I tried not to drool on it. 😂
I just pulled up your video. I will watch it a bit later. My father purchased a new Champ in 1956 I believe. I was 2 years old. So I learned my first lesson in that Champ. I'll add to this note later.... First few minutes have me drawn in...
Very nice video of your cross-country trip. The wind was whipping there at one point. Overall, great trip. Thanks for sharing.
My brother's Air Explorer troop in Bucyrus, Ohio restored an Aeronca Champ and he did his first solo in it. Brings back lots of memories. Thanks for this. I'm forwarding to him. Hi Gary!!!
I’m glad you enjoyed it! I’d love to restore one one day.
Love it! That's what aviation is all about. I love my 1948 Champ!
Nice to see you posting again Amy. I love your music selections. The ring looks awesome. Hope to see you again soon.
Thank you! I do love my ring. :)
Thanks so much for letting us tag along! I never had a license, but back in my commercial photography days I logged a boatload of hours in a Cessna 172. Luckily my high school friend, who owns a FBO did most of the flying with me. He taught me enough communications and approaches that I think I could have landed safely if there was an emergency. I miss those days!
Thanks for following along! I’m glad you enjoyed it!
Wow...I've missed your videos, your style is very unique from others, very relatable as a pilot that flies slow : ) Time to catch up on what I've missed. Good to see ya again!
Thanks very much!
Nice video. As a former Citrabria owner I can appreciate your trip. Thanks, blue skys to ya.
A fantastic adventure, thanks for taking us along and seeing your travels makes me regret not finishing flying lessons 25 years ago!
It's never too late to start back up! Thanks for watching. :)
Thanx Amy... It was delight to ride w/ you... envy inducing as it was!
I once, in the mid 1970s, was about to go to work for the Billings Newspaper as a photographer. I think at one point all of the photographers at that paper were pilots. One of them has several Coffee Table Books of Aerial pix... Larry Mayer I think was his name.
I ended up going to a paper in the NC mountains, and I learned to fly while there. Just retired 3 months ago from Flight Instructing. Happy Landings.
Such a cool story! Thank you for sharing it!
Enjoyed riding along,Keep living the dream.
Won’t be long till it’s my bucket list trip in my Piper Arrow.
Currituck NC to the Pacific Ocean.
That’s an awesome goal. Have fun!!