EPIC Flying! GIANT WAVES ON FINAL, ACTIVE VOLCANO... Hawaiian Cirrus SR22 Adventure
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- Опубліковано 24 гру 2024
- If you can't bring your own airplane to a family vacation, you find a cool flight school that will rent you one. So I found Maui Flight Academy, who are not only a flight school, but they specialize in making your flight learning experience a Hawaiian adventure.
Laurence Balter, Founder and CFII, tough me a ton about Angle of Attack indicators and through an amazing biennial flight review we also saw the awesomeness of the Hawaiian natural beauty that is next to none.
On this VLOG you will see Molokai's Giant Sea Cliffs, Lanai's Four Season's Resort, Flying over the active volcano and it's hot lava fields at Hilo, and finally the beautiful scenery of Maui's south coast.
What an experience that was, while trying to film a instructional flying adventure, with the main character being the flight instruction and the flying in itself, the natural beauty of Hawaii took over and commanded to be the main character.
Hawaii, I will be back...
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Nothing like two exceedingly talented pilots flying in a Cirrus aircraft. Now that’s a safe flight for any passenger which I sure wish was me lol. Thanks for another great video.
I loved living and flying in Hawaii while I was stationed there with the USCG. As I was watching you make the approach into Lanai I suddenly remembered having landed there myself during my pilot training. A quick check of my old log and I discovered that was actually my last flight before I had to temporarily stop my pursuit of obtaining my private pilots license. Thankfully in part to your video's I have made the decision to take up that pursuit once again.......20 years later but I'm going to get it done this time. Thank you sooooo much for taking the time to create and share your time behind the controls of such a beautiful aircraft. You're an inspiration and you have definitely stoked the flames of my desire to get back in the air again. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!
Wow. Just wow. This may be your coolest video yet! Who else gets to see so much natural wonder? So breathtaking!
Just fabulous! Thanks for the ride.
This was great to watch and brought back memories for me! I took my (now) wife up with Laurence where I proposed to her on Lanai. And then she flew us all back to Maui with her new shiny new ring. Laurence made the whole event perfect in every way. I cant recommend Laurence enough!
Wow what a great way to do it. Good for you!
I flew with Maui Flight Academy in January just after my first solo in Cali. We did two flights with him and I can’t wait to go back. Great experience and great instruction.
Hello Niko Wings. Loved your video so much I engaged Maui Flight Academy, Laurence Balter to give me a BFR while I am vacationing. It was awesome. Loved it all, learned a lot and agree with you- the views of Hawaii - are breath taking. Thanks for the video and referral to Maui Flight Academy.
I’m glad you enjoyed it while earning that BFR.
One word AMAZING! Thank you for sharing with us Niko. You just keep filling up my bucket list of things to do. LOL! This will be a must do if ever in Hawaii.
Laurence runs a great flight school that combines flying as well as seeing amazing scenery.
Niko, you are the man! wow, just breathtaking ..
Nice landings Niko. The AOA gauge should be standard on planes... great backup to airspeed/VVI on approach in IMC for smaller planes.
Wow - breathtaking scenery, and even an active volcanic lava field.
Getting to join you on your flights is always a huge pleasure.
Thank you so much for sharing them with us Niko.
I could write a whole essay on how amazing your videos are! But, to sum it up. YOUR AMAZING
So breathtaking! great video! We don't get those kind of views in my area ...Lol.
beautiful scenery, nice video, Thanks for the tour, !!
another great video Niko, looking forward to more!
I look forward to the Greece flight. Sounds good. Will watch out for it. Thank you Niko. Fly safe.
Niko..your videos are even more fantastic!!
Amazing. Thanks for sharing. Have been to Hawaii many times, but have not had this adventure. Will definitely check out Maui Flying Academy on my next visit.
Amazing footage Nico.....!
Love your videos! This one was just amazing!
Too cool ! Thanks guys !
Thank you for watching!
Great video Niko! I like you merging Parts one and two together. I'm still having nightmares at night of a voice saying, "CHECK AOA, CHECK AOA, TOO SLOW!" You're flying videos are better than some of the travel ones that I've seen. Keep up the good work.
Loved it as always. Felt like the tour host didn't really care much for conversation, but I liked that you narrated, Niko. Kali spera
Glad you enjoyed it!
Oh yeah, always man. It's so nice to watch your videos. Big fan.
Thanks for this video it was awesome
Epic video! Loved it!
Living the dream baby! Awesome video...very enjoyable.
Thanks Niko, I was totally mesmerized, just kicked back and watched, too bad about the ceiling around the volcano, but all in all still an awesome and fantastic video. Remember please fly safe....Sorry about two comments I left one u got two, no clue
How my two comments got no clue sorry
No worries!
Awesome video Niko we are heading to Kihei Maui for 10 days in October can never get enough of it.
Must be our six or seventh time. We have been to the big island years ago and did the crater rim drive
Amazing.
Epic scenery, diverse terrain, amazing flights, great video ! Makes you think how minute we are in this world. Fantastic Niko ! Regards from homeland.
One more great video from Niko ! Thanks ΓΙΓΑΝΤΑ !!! :)
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Absolutely incredible!!!!!
Deja Vu Niko, a great video even better, just moved it up on my bucket list!! Paul
Thanks again,great flight in Hawaiian Islands
Awesome video Niko! greetings from a pilot friend in Tucuman, Argentina!
Great video! Thanks for making it.
man another place & adventure added to the bucket list, great stuff Niko, thanks for sharing
love the video! we just spent our spring break in Hawaii.
It was spring break for us too, probably same time
cool; those cliffs are gorgeous
What did you think of that AOA indicator? Was that your first time flying with it? Do you think it added value to your flying? Just curious cause I'm not sure if I was sold on it from they little plug you had but I could see how it is/could be an important additional tool.
I think it is one of the most critical tools every airplane should have, including the airlines. It will save lives...
Glad you got there before that volcano blew off just recently! Perfect timing!
Great footage, man. This was great! Thanks again Niko! 👍
Nailed it again Niko!!! ;-)
Looks amazing!
So I would imagine your back home in Florida. Have you ever thought of flying in the UK, New Zealand or Australia? Again I appreciate your time and effort to put the video's together. Fly safe
I will be flying a Cirrus in Greece this summer, when I go to Australia I will definitely fly a Cirrus or something there...
I am watching your channel always.your videos are amazing.
Could you please let me know where they install your waas antennas when you did upgrade to waas.
Since i have sr22 and i upgraded to.but i have and an issue on the final ,it is most of the time downgrading from LPV to LNAV
AeroDiesel handled it for me. They are in Pompano KPMP.
@nikowings I love your videos I’m starting my PPL course next summer. You are such a smooth and precise pilot is there any advice that you could give me before I start courses thank you god speed sir.
I’m not that smooth and precise, the videos are highly edited, but I try my best. Best advise I can give, is stick with it, go fly, learn a lesson with every flight and seek that lesson. God speed to you too!
Niko's Wings thank you so much for your quick response and advice. Btw no amount of editing can take away from your professionalism lol have a great day thank you again sir
Thank you Niko for another great video. Enjoyed the 2nd 1/2. Oh, Did you head home before the earthquake and eruption & lava flows or are you still there? Be careful and keep flying safe.
The flight took place end of March, but let me tell you, it was very active...
Hey Niko, what ForeFlight plane due you use? The premium or something less? Thanks
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why the reupload? any changes? except putting the volcano in? i guess that's gonna get some views so i can understand it still for people who have already seen it it's not so great. whatever more views means more videos so i shouldn't complain.
anyway still a great video :)
Doing the video in 2 parts made the 2nd video a bit too short, combined them into 1 and works better, more content into less than 30 mins.
oh thank you i'll look for the extra content. have a great day :)
Am I losing my mind? I thought this was posted like last week? Why is it showing to have just been posted yesterday?
Re-edited and combined both parts into 1
You are not crazy, lol
Guess I got to watch the whole thing again when I get home! Thanks for the great videos.
Just watch after 15min mark
Niko's Wings Very Nice! Too bad the weather moved in on you over the big island. I guess it’s just an excuse to go back and book another flight! 😉
The sea cliffs at Molokai are the result of a massive landslide where half the island slid into the ocean 1.5 million years ago creating a mega tsunami. There is evidence all around the Pacific Ocean of waves as high as 1000 feet hitting various shores as a result of this tsunami.
The thing is, this is not an isolated instance. You will notice that the largest of the Hawaii Islands is the youngest, the Big Island of Hawaii. As you head west, the Islands get progressively smaller. Every Island in the chain has, at one time or another, had at least one massive landslide similar to that of Molokai. Over millions of years they have shed their land and become smaller and smaller until finally they disappear into the ocean. You can see evidence of all the previous islands if you look at Google Earth. You can also see evidence of recent landslide as their debris fields are visible on Google Earth.
The long line of islands and seamounts is called the Hawaii-Emperor Seamount Chain. It extends from just a few dozen miles East of the Big Island all the way West and North-West to Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula and the Aleutian Islands. Those seamounts used to look like the Big Island in the past, but eventually were reduced to nubs on the sea floor by massive landslides and weathering.
The Big Island is fractured and movement of it's land can be measured. It's possible to take a tour of the fracture and walk in between the two pieces of the Island, the one that will slide into the ocean and the one that will be left. Scientists know where the landslide is most likely to occur, but they don't know when. Humans may not be around when the landslide occurs. When it does occur, it will devastate much of the Pacific coast of Asian, North and South America and Australia and all the tiny and not so tiny islands in the middle.
Just like Santorini 5,000 years ago
@@NikosWings Yeah, kind of. Santorini collapsed into the sea directly because of a plinian eruption. It's thought that the Hawaiian Islands collapse may not involve an actual eruption, certainly not a plinian eruption.
The Sanorini eruption was far, far bigger than any known eruption to have occurred on the Hawaiian Island chain. In fact, Santorini was one of the largest eruptions to have occurred in the very recent geologic history.
In either case, the destruction is massive, as the Minoans can attest.
I would love to visit Santorini someday.
No offense, but going to Hawaii and wasting a second filming the stores and not the mountains, jungle, or ocean and then starting your location montage with it is a little bit nuts.
Yes, the shopping is pretty great (expensive as hell) there, sure, but still man.
That’s a stupid comment