Oroville Update! 12-16 March 2018 + Crosswind Landing
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- Опубліковано 15 бер 2018
- A big picture overview of operations to date at Oroville from the Mighty Luscombe, plus a crosswind landing as more rainy weather approaches N. Ca.
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Sorry for the repost, I grabbed the wrong file....”doh”!
Would we be able to watch you on flight radar 1 day?
No problem
blancolirio Good to see this update. Hoping it wasn't you that's going to be detained in Brazil for a year. Didn't expect that was your type of personality but they never gave any name and the age was about near yours. All I could glean was AA-777 pilot and age. And, we all have our limits of tolerance. :)) Good stick on the landing. Always hated cross wind landing and diverted the little 160 Cherokee many times.
You could be my pilot any day. I'm guessing you were over thinking the landing. It looked perfect to me. You walked away didn't you!
OsakaRose Sakura ....And any landing you can use the airplane again after is a GREAT landing!
Been keeping up with your posts. When the Oroville project began, my father was among the first crews. He drilled and blasted rock for the abutments. We moved every year or so. After the Dworshak dam project in Idaho, we left the west.
Loved going up in my uncles Cessna. Like him, you are an excellent pilot. Uncle flew in Vietnam.
Your candor and honesty is always appreciated. This is difficult to get from a pilot about his own flying. Thank you!
Thanks Don!
My thing was boats on Puget Sound in Washington state, and while parking at or leaving the dock you have to deal with both wind and tides. Some sage advice I received early on with my 31 foot Express Cruiser, twin inboard engines (thank goodness for twins!), was only go as fast in the marina as you care to hit something, and a great skipper was the one who didn't need to call their Insurance Agent during or after the trip! You learn a lot about your boat, yourself, and recognizing wind and tide conditions. Day one with the boat was a horrible mess of a parking attempt with tide running maybe 3 knots and winds of at least 15 knots, fortunately the other boat was not in our 2 boat slip! After that I gradually built up my skill to where I was praised by some experienced boaters in our boat club. So many things airplane pilots do somewhat relates to what boat skippers have to deal with. Both very interesting, and both allow you to see magnificent views from above or on the water. Great video Juan, and loved the scenery as well as the latest activity on the dam.
I must say that I do watch California DWR videos but I always look forward to your commentary. Someone give him a citizen journalist award please.
Outstanding commentary. I have been following you since day one of your broadcast of the disaster and reconstruction. I enjoy the program. Inglewood, California. 🐢🇺🇸🐢🇺🇸🐢🇺🇸
Thanks Juan, good landing! I had a Luscombe when lived in Argentina. You bring me back lovely souvenirs. Thanks
I do love Pete's excellent description of a solidly planted landing...."kablamo". When I soloed many moons ago, it was at Merrill Field in January during a pretty nasty snow storm, which had been brewing and spewing for several days. The runways and taxiways were inundated, with huge berms everywhere. I talked my instructor into letting me solo, as she was going to be leaving for two weeks on a Guard duty. Ceiling 1200 feet, visibility three miles....sorta. She rode around for two T&G's, and had me drop her off at the FOB and told me to get 'er done. As mentioned, the snow was wheel deep in all but the most recent ruts. I got off just fine, but on the first T&G, at the T, I noticed a very strong pull to the right, which took all the rudder I had to correct...I didn't want to hit any of the berms that lined the runway, so I firewalled her (sounds good, but it was a C152...) and easily lifted off and went around again. The second time, it was even worse pull to the right, so I tapped the left brake and skied a bit but in a straight line. I figured the disk brake had froze up on the right side, so I went around again. No way I wanted to call it quits yet! So around again, this time I tried the "kablamo" technique to see if I could break loose that stuck right brake. Nope. I was keeping a few rpm's extra, so I just punched her up and went around again. Three more times. Intentionally Kablamoing that puppy I got my required number of T&G's in, but that darn brake would not let go. Final full stop, I just pressed both brakes firmly as I touched down and let her ski along, which really worked just fine. I was able to steer just fine with the nose wheel and rudder, made it back to the FBO. I came to a stop, and my instructor waved me to park further around the building...and wouldn't you know it..the brake came free just as I started to move! My t-shirt on the wall said "solo in a white out snow storm!"
Thank you for the Orville update. You are the only one to make such complete reports on the subject through out the whole time. BTW thanks for the ride...!
Man I loved everything about this video/report. Getting the best update on Oroville and a flight lesson at the same time. Love this channel Juan!
What a difference a year makes! Thanks for all the great updates.
I really enjoy your channel! Being a model avaition enthusiast I really enjoy the commentary about your flying experiences. Thanks for taking the time to post your vids.
Love getting my aviation fix while simultaneously getting the news. Thanks Juan! 👍
"Ka-blamo landing"...priceless! Glad you're back safe on terra firma. Appreciate, as always, your Oro Dam updates. Thx & take care, Juan! 😎🌈
"The more Firme, the less Terra" lol.
blancolirio Yep! As quoted by George S. Kaufman 😉
Juan,
Thank you for that report/update on Oroville - as always it was informative, comprehensive, accurate, and professional. It is also very appreciated! Glad that you are feeling better.
God bless
Paul
Done like a true professional, it has been snowing hard over the hill and up top since last night!😀
DWR really should write "THANK YOU JUAN" in big letters on the spillway so it is seen from the air!
It's neat to see the landing from the cockpit. Thanks for the show. Oh, and thanks for the Big 'O' update, too.
Welcome back and thank you for the update on Oroville. Excellent to hear you have recovered from the flu. It was a tough one this year. Great landing as well!
Great video "Blancolirio" still keeping tabs on the Oroville Spillway repair with your reports & still living in the City of Oroville . Looking forward to more updates from ya.......Take care
Glad you’re feeling better, we missed you! Thanks for the update!
Excellent report, Juan. The Mighty Luscombe looks fine in the sunshine. Thanks!
Glad you’re back and feeling better. Great report as usual. You never disappoint. Thanks again for the flying lesson.
Exciting stuff - landing-wise. I have complete confidence in the Captain!
Your landing had me on the edge of my seat..!
Juan, nothing better that a B-52 doing touch and go's with lots of cross wind crab!!!!
Always appreciate your time and effort. Thanks
The dam is fine now.
That flying demo.. more please!
Awesome update👍🏻It’s good to see you’re well 👏 Happy St Patrick’s day 🍀
Thanks for the update, and good to see you’re feeling better! Enjoyed the crosswind landing training too!
Great video. Nice to have you safe and sound on the ground again.
Thanks Juan! A good review and update of what's happening on the Oroville spillway. That last bit of rain quite resembled the weather we've been having here in Sonoma County along Hwy 101. We'll get a big downpour and then it will clear up before it happens again! I guess they call them showers, but man, what a shower. LOL
Sorry to hear you haven't been well. Welcome back. Thanks for the report, it's the only one I watch about Oroville.
The flying lessons are quite interesting too.
Oh Juan, you forgot about the green patch! Oh my! ;-) Great update, thanks for sharing!
The damage updates are the main coarse. The flying insights the desert. Thank uou.
Great update Juan, thanks. Nice job on that tricky landing even if you didn't quite like it. As they say, any landing is a good landing if you can walk away from it.
and it's a great landing if you can re-use the aircraft!
One of the great engineering feats ever. Superb film making, Mucho Gracias Juan
and Construction. "One of the great Construction/Engineering jobs ever" Yes Sir
Being an avid MS Flight Simulator fan, I actually enjoyed the crosswind landing discussion more than the report on the dam...!! ;-)
I think the nation's #1 engineering disaster journalist should do a video or two explaining the ABC method of building cable stayed suspension bridges.
Juan I have never flew a plane before but it sure is fun to watch you do it from the safety of my house :)
Love the Oroville Updates.Great job Juan
I am fascinated by the project and appreciate your fine reports. Dave - Wisc.
Thanks for the Vid, allways interesting, I feel the AT-6`s pain! I think it is an excellent quality in a pilot to be self critical, strive to improve and never lapse into complacency, your incident at the gas bar reminded me of my younger days as a motorcycle rider and relaxing too soon after a long ride thinking I was home and crashing in the last block........ lesson learned.
Juan, glad you've recovered from the flu! I'm always AMAZED at the enormity of the dam project when seeing it's size with tiny workers for perspective. It seems overwhelming and nearly impossible, but they get it done!! Thank you for your reports! Love all the flight instruction- a couple more and maybe I can fly a mighty Luscombe too. After all, we can learn ANYTHING on line these days, right? lol ;-)
That's right! Plus some Microsoft Flight Sim time...lol
Excellent vid, thanks so much for the update! Great to see you up in the Mighty Luscombe and feeling more yourself!
When I saw that stepdown feature it occurred to me that with more time they could have build some usable features into that giant slab of concrete. Wouldnt it be awesome to have an ampitheater and some canopies over picnic areas with wheelchair pathways. Things that would be useful but still allow emergency flow without damage.
More time and more money!
I'm thinking we will have a rather huge area of flat but inclined concrete, south-facing, and very near to power infrastructure.
Would this not be a good site to put in a solar power farm? The expected time-between-floodings of the emergency spillway is well over 50 years, and the presence of a bunch of solar panels and cabling will in no way impede the flood-handling features of the construction.
A solar farm will for sure look better than the acres and acres of naked concrete that will be left after this fix.
I'm thinking world's largest skate board park. :)
Great to see you back, Juan.
Ooh, I saw a green spot on the dam as you flew over... (Can't wait for the MSM to start regurgitating that again.) Thanks for the update, Juan. The difference between your intelligent, researched info and MSM is just day and night, respectively. Glad to hear that you got over the flu, as you didn't look too comfy during the phone conference video.
another awesome report juan,thanks for all you do to keep us posted.love the flying segments and knowledge you have, i would ride along anytime
akfirefighter 1 hi, good to see your'e still about, drop in to DM chat for a catch up.
From Oroville, thank you Juan! BTW, I've developed a fear of flying in recent years, but I think I'd be ok w/ you in the pilot seat!!
Thanks for the update Juan, they sure do have a lot of work ahead of them.
Great update and landing. Just last week experienced my first and second missed approaches (as a passenger) when our 777 from LAX tried to land a Haneda (Tokyo) due to high crosswinds. Had to divert and refuel before returning for a successful landing. Exciting (for the pilots as well I imagine).
Kevin Brewer WOW!
My son was in a crab in a Citaborea. I was looking down the center line and he was sitting in front of me. He did not get it straight until just before wheel touch. He had a knack of getting me to say OH s*** when I flew with him
Always appreciate your reports, Juan. Thanks again.
Thank You for the updates!!
Love the video Juan, got a kablamo for little Pete.
Thanks for the great update. I wish someone would plant some Blue Fescue or Red Salvia on that green spot
Great video and update on the construction!
Your updates on the dam are better and a lot more informative than the official DWR videos. Keep it up, I’m quite interested in this engineering project!
good to see you back!
Thank you for sharing your amazing video. God bless you and your family
Amazing! Thx for the update
Mr Brown I love to spend the week with you you're one interesting person.
Thank you for the update.
Another very informative update. The DWR footage is of course great but there is no explanation as to what is actually going on.
The in flight cockpit video from within the Luscombe is always an added bonus!
I look forward to the next update.
Oh no you showed the GREEN SPOT, the sky is falling. Thanks Juan
Glad you got over the Flu OK, been a heck of a Flu season 100 years after the 1918 Pandemic, great report as usual.
Coverage worthy of the project. Damn you're good.
Wonderful and informative as always sir.. Landing looked ok from inside view..
Like landing a candle in the wind, or some such. A valiant effort and what the heck, you can still use the airplane another day.
Thanks for the common sense coverage.
My son was one of the first two guys you saw in the hole when the spillway first failed
thanks for your reporting! boy that landing was a stomach churner!!
Good work sir!
Thanks for mentioning a PayPal link , I was wanting to chip in a little to keep you flying for us :-)
Professional pilot and honest review - it's refreshing. Think we should make the politicians fly themselves to rallies and let Darwin filter the contenders :-))) BB
Great video thank you Juan ....
Any landing you can walk away from is a GOOD one, that's what they always told me when we landing on the icecap of Greenland.
Hope your feeling better a kablamo landing is ok as long as they turn out the way your did. Love pete LOL Thanks for sharing the update. Have a great weekend and God Bless!!!
Ha 30 dollars we would pay more than that in pounds great video great pilot thanks Juan
great video. I especially appreciated the details of a cross-wind landing, why and wherefores. Thanks.
Any chance you could leave those still shots at the beginning of your videos up a second or to longer? I still anxiously await your Orville updates! I miss when there were updates every couple of days! I appreciate everything you do for us viewers! Your videos are very informational and easy to understand!Thanks Juan!
they are in the body of the video too.
Thanks Juan!!
Excellent first season. Keep up the good work and can't wait til season 2. Hope you had fun working with Seth MacFarlane as well.
Thanks Juan
The difference between the way the dam looked before and after reminds me of the aftermath of a historic volcano eruption!!
Good work... the landing was an excellent lesson too.
Just another great video, keep the dam reports coming.
Another fine effort, Juan, thanks. Huge engineering projects are fascinating.
Sadly, most of them merely enable human populations to metastasize even further beyond long-term limits.
As my first flight instructor at Canoe U. told me... Any landing you walk away from is a good one. I know you are the flying bus driver now and the left seat is the preferred but I could never get used to left hand stick, right hand throttle. Thanks for the update. The Dam is coming along and we have certainly had more weather since Monday.
I was watching weather forecasts for NorCal for the last few weeks. it's been cool there and almost every week there has been winter storm warnings, with threats of multiple feet of snow, but then they seem to peter out. I guess it will be another 40 years till we get to see how the spillways handle the big one. Better start conserving water.
Love the aviation videos
Thank you for all the info, Hey I just spotted that green spot on the damn wall l o l
Very informative! Subscribed to your channel!
Thanks......... nice video.. Thanks for serving in our great military. GBYAY
Excellent update Juan. Informative.
Juan is it possible to mount the camera in the plane higher up to view more out the front window? esp during takeoff?
Skud yes, I was thinking the same thing....
Not sure which I missed more, the dam updates, or riding in the mighty Luscombe!
truth
Happily we don't need to make the choice here.
awesome!
Yep, this one works!