One of the best things about your videos is the fact you talk through the procedures, the work flow, the logic and your decisions. I feel like you are tutoring your viewers, and for that I am appreciative. Great airplane, and great co-pilot on the radios.
IFR student here. Your videos clearly present the end result of all that training; including excellent CRM. Thank you both so much! (Can't wait to show this as an example to my wife! :)
@@TheRenBaron Indeed I will good Sir. I’ll be retiring in a few months and plan to make a B-line to that bench. You will most certainly tire of me waving. Thanks for the response and happy flying! Cheers!
You know its funny you mention those benches. When I started at SMO I had a different plane and parked on that side of the airport. There were always folks on those benches..mostly young kids with their moms or nannies who would always wave at me. And I always waved back. When my wife and I got our Cirrus I moved to the other side of the airport to a spot that I could just pull into and out of because the Cirrus was so much heavier and I could not push it uphill into my old spot. But I kind of miss those moments paying a little tribute to the planewatchers.
@@TheRenBaron Indeed. I would usually show up when the Moms, nannies and such were away. I would usually have the area to myself but make no mistake about it I’m a life long plane-watcher and most certainly will continue to be. Who knows, with you giving the kids a wave back, you may have inspired a next generation aviator. If so, as we say in my community “Bravo Zulu”! Translation: Job well done!
3:20 - I'm only 3 minutes in, and really impressed with your wife. Her radio skills are awesome!! 3:47 - Wait a minute!! You now have a full-on co-pilot for this trip. I could see the head-bob to cross-check things like mixture fuel rich, etc. OK... I'll just be quiet now and continue watching. Continued success to both of you.
Thanks for posting Paul. I’m going to make sure my wife sees your comments…particularly the one about the checklists. We’ve affectionately dubbed them “double-check lists”. Cheers-Ren
Outstanding video. I am an 2500 hr instrument rated pilot that flys long cross countries (with my wife) and I am very impressed with pilot and copilot proficiency. The Cirrus is awesome! Production quality is excellent. Many thanks for posting.
I really enjoyed being on this flight with you and your "significant-other-copilot", it was very informative and helpful for a "wanna-be-instrument-rated pilot". I really appreciated you posting your flight plan and read back to ATC...THAT was extremely helpful to me because it made the process a little less intimidating. Thank you for your contribution to the GA community!!
Nice to hear from you Kurt. I'm bummed to hear that they are still working on your plane. Our last stop on the way home was in Monterrey and I thought about our great day of golf at MPCC. Perhaps you need to make a trip to LA and we can play some golf and I'll ride shotgun and let you fly my bird back home. Cheers-Ren
Yeah that was fun! Sometimes though I wish I was the passenger not the pilot so I could take in more of those moments without worrying about how much wake turbulence 2 F-18's leave behind. Not much by the time I landed as it turns out. Thanks for posting. Cheers-Ren
Glad you enjoyed it Georgio. Got some more good ones coming up including one of the highlights of the trip, a flight up the Hudson River and around the Statue of Liberty at 1,500 feet. Thanks for posting. Cheers-Ren
Love how you incorporate your wife into things to get her engaged and interested in flying, was just telling my wife how I saw your video and wanted to do the same. Next time you come up to Seattle let me know and we can fly our SR22Ts together. I'd say we could go play some golf but I am confident you would kick my butt. Thanks for the video
Thanks Doc! It wasn't easy at first to get the wife involved but ultimately I think she came to understand the value in having another set of eyes and ears involved in the cockpit. And now she is doing great! And its lightened my load considerably. And I think she is enjoying it as well. Cheers-Ren
Ren, you did a great job editing. Looked like you guys were busy. Would love to see more after you land too. Must have been an amazing trip. Can’t wait to see the next part. Hope you guys keep flying together.
It Looks so busy up there . Do you guys ever have time to just chill out, have a cup of coffee and just enjoy the flight and chatting about non flight topics while enjoying the view?
Ren! Glad to have you back man! What a great flight! Your wife is really come along and is doing fantastic on the radios. Looks like you guys were getting bumped around pretty good even at 15,000 feet. I got to be honest I’m still working through being tossed around with the summer thermals but watching you gives me hope. All the best Shane
Nobody likes the turbulence that's for sure. But the more you fly the more manageable it becomes. Strange as it might sound I learned to manage my own anxiety about turbulence on the golf course. On days when I took a golf cart out for a quick round of golf I'd close my eyes as I drove down the fairway (not recommended in the trees) and just feel the bumps. And the truth is the bumps I'd feel riding in that cart are more often than not worse than what you feel in the air. So when I find myself in a bit of turbulence I still will close my eyes and imagine I'm in that golf cart. It helps. Cheers-Ren
The editing part is always the most challenging and exhausting...most people don't realize for a 15min video at least 3 hours of editing is required. I kind gave up my YT because of that... glad you put the content and keep showing your adventures! Come up to the Bay Area and we can fly together.
I'm not sure if you caught it later while editing, but the controller didn't say "report turning final," he said "square your turn to final, traffic is..." You were on a 45 degree intercept to final, and he wanted you closer to a 90 degree intercept. Although this language isn't in the 7110.65 (controller version of our FARs), tower controllers often use this to say they need a little extra time build in to your pattern. In this case he was probably thinking you needed a little more time for the wake turbulence from the F18s to dissipate. Good job on the video!
Love your videos Ren Baron! Any chance you could share your kneeboard template? Is that something you made or found? From what I can see it looks nice and thorough
Send me your email addy at renman@renmanmb.com and I'll send you the docs. I'm also just finishing up a video showing in detail how I use the docs and my Ipad to help with flight planning and cockpit info management. Cheer-Ren
@@jgusick No. We had to refill in Knoxville and a little top off in Cedar Rapids on the way to Jackson Hole. We spent a good chuck of time at 15-17K feet. I might be buying a demand conserver for our trip to Oshkosh. Cheers-Ren
One other question, did KSMO get rid of the typical clearance to intercept the 315 radial of LAX? I thought I remember reading they were going to go away from that sometime.
We were indeed. Flying up the Hudson on the way out of town. I'll be posting a video of that and I'll listen for your call sign. Small world huh? Cheers-Ren
@@TheRenBaron looking fwd to that video! Small world indeed. I remember it was quite turbulent - I was having interesting steep turns and thought I could have brought the egg yolk, the oil and make mayo up there with the shaking.
@@micheldelafontaine3630 It actually wasn't too bad for us but we were flying at 1,500 to 2,000 feet. We were headed to Cleveland after the Skyline route and we had to fly much further north than we originally planned to steer clear of some bad weather that was headed east.
Great video! Question for ya. Since you already know you’re underweight; for just an added level of safety, do you use your Weight&Balance screen upon start up? I noticed you don’t use it/show it while filming. Keep flying safe…I really enjoy all your content.
I do reference it from time to time but most of the time I'll do the W&B calculation on Foreflight the night before a flight. Thanks for posting. Cheers-Ren
I have to let you know what I notice and it all is with Cirrus pilots! First thing when they start, that engine is turning at about 1500-1700 rpm, it’s like they are starting a damn jet engine! Do these pilots know they are starting a modern recip gas engine and have no idea what OIL PRESSURE IS? You dont have automatic oil pressure and lubrication on these cylinders and you are metal to metal. Your starting process is right and correct….
One of the best things about your videos is the fact you talk through the procedures, the work flow, the logic and your decisions. I feel like you are tutoring your viewers, and for that I am appreciative. Great airplane, and great co-pilot on the radios.
Thanks so much Christopher. I'm glad you find the videos helpful. Cheers-Ren
That was some great work on the radios, copilot!
The Baroness did great. This time around she went from passenger/tourist to partner in the cockpit. I'm really proud of how she did. Cheers-Ren
IFR student here. Your videos clearly present the end result of all that training; including excellent CRM. Thank you both so much! (Can't wait to show this as an example to my wife! :)
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for posting. CHeers-Ren
Dave Australia here great video. I'm glad of you and not me too much radio work
On my off days I love coming out to the SM airport and sitting in the outside bleachers and plane watching. Nice vid! Brilliant! Cheers mates!!
Well next time you are on that bench and you see a silver Cirrus taxxing by give me a wave. And I'll do my best to make a smooth takeoff! Cheers-Ren
@@TheRenBaron Indeed I will good Sir. I’ll be retiring in a few months and plan to make a B-line to that bench. You will most certainly tire of me waving. Thanks for the response and happy flying! Cheers!
You know its funny you mention those benches. When I started at SMO I had a different plane and parked on that side of the airport. There were always folks on those benches..mostly young kids with their moms or nannies who would always wave at me. And I always waved back. When my wife and I got our Cirrus I moved to the other side of the airport to a spot that I could just pull into and out of because the Cirrus was so much heavier and I could not push it uphill into my old spot. But I kind of miss those moments paying a little tribute to the planewatchers.
@@TheRenBaron Indeed. I would usually show up when the Moms, nannies and such were away. I would usually have the area to myself but make no mistake about it I’m a life long plane-watcher and most certainly will continue to be. Who knows, with you giving the kids a wave back, you may have inspired a next generation aviator. If so, as we say in my community “Bravo Zulu”! Translation: Job well done!
3:20 - I'm only 3 minutes in, and really impressed with your wife. Her radio skills are awesome!!
3:47 - Wait a minute!! You now have a full-on co-pilot for this trip. I could see the head-bob to cross-check things like mixture fuel rich, etc.
OK... I'll just be quiet now and continue watching.
Continued success to both of you.
Thanks for posting Paul. I’m going to make sure my wife sees your comments…particularly the one about the checklists. We’ve affectionately dubbed them “double-check lists”. Cheers-Ren
Outstanding video. I am an 2500 hr instrument rated pilot that flys long cross countries (with my wife) and I am very impressed with pilot and copilot proficiency. The Cirrus is awesome! Production quality is excellent. Many thanks for posting.
Many thanks! Cheers-Ren
Glad to see you “take care of that engine” power management is my pet peeve .
Thanks Roger for noticing! Cheers-Ren
I really enjoyed being on this flight with you and your "significant-other-copilot", it was very informative and helpful for a "wanna-be-instrument-rated pilot". I really appreciated you posting your flight plan and read back to ATC...THAT was extremely helpful to me because it made the process a little less intimidating. Thank you for your contribution to the GA community!!
I'm glad you found the video helpful. Cheers-Ren
I really enjoyed the video. I subscribed and thumbs up! Keep making the videos.
Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it.
Nice team work!
Great CRM 😇. GS 200 plus @ cruise 70% plus can’t beat that
Watching a lot of flying videos as I learn to fly. One of the best videos! Thanks for sharing, very educational; copiloting is awesome as well!
Glad you enjoyed it Surendra. Cheers-Ren
Love the video! SR22T is my dream airplane. I also enjoyed that your wife helped out on the radios. Thanks for sharing
Thanks Elvis. Cheers-Ren
Nice work Steve. Been waiting to hear about your journey. Living vicariously with my bird in tear down!
Nice to hear from you Kurt. I'm bummed to hear that they are still working on your plane. Our last stop on the way home was in Monterrey and I thought about our great day of golf at MPCC. Perhaps you need to make a trip to LA and we can play some golf and I'll ride shotgun and let you fly my bird back home. Cheers-Ren
Great job by Mrs. Ren!
Thank you! She'll appreciate that. Cheers-Ren
Flight of 2 F/A-18s departed right before you landed - that must have been fun to see!
Yeah that was fun! Sometimes though I wish I was the passenger not the pilot so I could take in more of those moments without worrying about how much wake turbulence 2 F-18's leave behind. Not much by the time I landed as it turns out. Thanks for posting. Cheers-Ren
Wow! Awesome concept. Thank you for taking the rest of us on the wonderful journey. Cheers from NYC!
Glad you enjoyed it Georgio. Got some more good ones coming up including one of the highlights of the trip, a flight up the Hudson River and around the Statue of Liberty at 1,500 feet. Thanks for posting. Cheers-Ren
Great video Steve! Kudos to your co-pilot who did an excellent job assisting. Can’t wait to see the rest of your trip.
I'll pass your kind words on to the wife! Cheers-Ren
Well done Ren. Looks like a fun start to the trip.
Turns out this one was the calm before the storm. Literally. Stay tuned.-Ren
Love how you incorporate your wife into things to get her engaged and interested in flying, was just telling my wife how I saw your video and wanted to do the same. Next time you come up to Seattle let me know and we can fly our SR22Ts together. I'd say we could go play some golf but I am confident you would kick my butt. Thanks for the video
Thanks Doc! It wasn't easy at first to get the wife involved but ultimately I think she came to understand the value in having another set of eyes and ears involved in the cockpit. And now she is doing great! And its lightened my load considerably. And I think she is enjoying it as well. Cheers-Ren
Great job Renny and the Mrs. too! Thanks for taking us along for the ride! Take care and be safe!
Thanks, will do! Cheers-Ren
Look Forward the rest of the journey!
Thanks Dan. Cheers-Ren
Ren, you did a great job editing. Looked like you guys were busy. Would love to see more after you land too. Must have been an amazing trip. Can’t wait to see the next part. Hope you guys keep flying together.
We got plenty more to come. The next one starts in the sun and ends in a driving rainstorm. Lots of lessons there.
I love your blog
Thanks Lance. Cheers-Ren
It Looks so busy up there . Do you guys ever have time to just chill out, have a cup of coffee and just enjoy the flight and chatting about non flight topics while enjoying the view?
On the longer x-country trips we get plenty of time to chat and listen to music on XM Radio. It just doesn't make for exciting videos. Cheers-Ren
Awesome job Mrs. Baron!
Thank you! Cheers!
Good flight.
Thanks Jon. Cheers-Ren
Ren! Glad to have you back man! What a great flight! Your wife is really come along and is doing fantastic on the radios. Looks like you guys were getting bumped around pretty good even at 15,000 feet. I got to be honest I’m still working through being tossed around with the summer thermals but watching you gives me hope. All the best Shane
Nobody likes the turbulence that's for sure. But the more you fly the more manageable it becomes. Strange as it might sound I learned to manage my own anxiety about turbulence on the golf course. On days when I took a golf cart out for a quick round of golf I'd close my eyes as I drove down the fairway (not recommended in the trees) and just feel the bumps. And the truth is the bumps I'd feel riding in that cart are more often than not worse than what you feel in the air. So when I find myself in a bit of turbulence I still will close my eyes and imagine I'm in that golf cart. It helps. Cheers-Ren
@@TheRenBaron Thanks man!
Yes! The first video from the trip is up. Been waiting for this =) Awesome CRM!
Thanks Austin. More to come. Cheers-Ren
Great great great video! Love how you include the checklists and the radio work!
Glad you enjoyed it. Cheers-Ren
Ready to start another fantastic video series from Ren!
More to come! Cheers-Ren
Good to see you back!
Glad to be back! Cheers-Ren
The editing part is always the most challenging and exhausting...most people don't realize for a 15min video at least 3 hours of editing is required. I kind gave up my YT because of that... glad you put the content and keep showing your adventures! Come up to the Bay Area and we can fly together.
That's if you actually are good at editing. I wish I was that fast. Watched some of your vids. Cool, ballsy stuff. Cheers-Ren
@@TheRenBaron Thanks.. I also have a SR-22TN so hopefully we get to meet at COPA meeting this year. Cheers!
This is amazing! Please keep uploading!
Thank you! Will do! If you enjoyed this one I think you'll really like the next one. A flight through some nasty weather on the way to OKC. Cheers-Ren
Awesome copilot
Thanks my wife will appreciate that. Cheers-Ren
nice flight.
Thanks James! Cheers-Ren
Awesome video!
I was wondering what kind of notebook you’re using in your knee board? Looks very helpful to keep information organized.
Thanks!
Thanks Dayton. Glad you enjoyed it. Here is a link to a video explaining that doc ua-cam.com/video/zfmhBaJTuv0/v-deo.html
Good one. Thanks!
Glad you liked it! Cheers-Ren
I'm not sure if you caught it later while editing, but the controller didn't say "report turning final," he said "square your turn to final, traffic is..." You were on a 45 degree intercept to final, and he wanted you closer to a 90 degree intercept. Although this language isn't in the 7110.65 (controller version of our FARs), tower controllers often use this to say they need a little extra time build in to your pattern. In this case he was probably thinking you needed a little more time for the wake turbulence from the F18s to dissipate. Good job on the video!
Thanks for the tip Astral. Cheers-Ren
Love your videos Ren Baron! Any chance you could share your kneeboard template? Is that something you made or found? From what I can see it looks nice and thorough
Send me your email addy at renman@renmanmb.com and I'll send you the docs. I'm also just finishing up a video showing in detail how I use the docs and my Ipad to help with flight planning and cockpit info management. Cheer-Ren
Enjoyed it Steve. Nice team work. O2 Sats ok?
Thanks for posting BigGame. And yes the 02 levels in the plane were great. Cheers-Ren
If Stefan Drury ever gets to take his SR22 across the world, you should fly together when his in the US.
I would love to fly with Stefan when he gets to the West Coast. I'm a big fan and subscriber to his channel. It's always good stuff. Cheers-Ren
Got the clubs in the back? 😜
Oh yeah! The way I played I should have left them in the back. Cheers-Ren
@@TheRenBaron Out of curiosity, did you have enough oxygen in the plane for a 2 week trip?
@@jgusick No. We had to refill in Knoxville and a little top off in Cedar Rapids on the way to Jackson Hole. We spent a good chuck of time at 15-17K feet. I might be buying a demand conserver for our trip to Oshkosh. Cheers-Ren
One other question, did KSMO get rid of the typical clearance to intercept the 315 radial of LAX? I thought I remember reading they were going to go away from that sometime.
They did in fact change the departure procedure and made it alot simpler. Long overdue and appreciated by all SMO pilots.-Chers-Ren
Been waiting for this video/series Ren!
Well I hope you enjoy them Zach. Cheers-Ren
Hi, Steve! Were you up around NYC on 5/24 in AM? I thought I heard 8FS on NY APP. I was up in N79AH, a 22 for my BFR.
We were indeed. Flying up the Hudson on the way out of town. I'll be posting a video of that and I'll listen for your call sign. Small world huh? Cheers-Ren
@@TheRenBaron looking fwd to that video! Small world indeed. I remember it was quite turbulent - I was having interesting steep turns and thought I could have brought the egg yolk, the oil and make mayo up there with the shaking.
@@micheldelafontaine3630 It actually wasn't too bad for us but we were flying at 1,500 to 2,000 feet. We were headed to Cleveland after the Skyline route and we had to fly much further north than we originally planned to steer clear of some bad weather that was headed east.
Hey My Friend what app you got on the tablet?
Foreflight
How do you edit, meaning what is your process and what program do you use?
How do I edit...painfully slow with Final Cut Pro X. Cheers-Ren
What’s your thoughts on turbo Vs NA?
All things considered I'd rather have more power than less. Turbo all the way for me. Cheers-Ren
Nice report…however, when doing the checklist, you should do it in a challenge and response method, rather than saying CHECK for all the items
Renne!
Rennie! Now you see why I go with Ren. Cheers Nick.
Your wife is also pilot?
No she is not actually a pilot.
@@TheRenBaron she knows very well radio communication and also the panel 😊
She just kept saying thirteen thousand rather than one three thousand. Drives ATC crazy
Not enough that anybody mentioned it however. She's still learning. Cut her a little slack. Cheers-Ren
Great video! Question for ya. Since you already know you’re underweight; for just an added level of safety, do you use your Weight&Balance screen upon start up? I noticed you don’t use it/show it while filming. Keep flying safe…I really enjoy all your content.
I do reference it from time to time but most of the time I'll do the W&B calculation on Foreflight the night before a flight. Thanks for posting. Cheers-Ren
I have to let you know what I notice and it all is with Cirrus pilots! First thing when they start, that engine is turning at about 1500-1700 rpm, it’s like they are starting a damn jet engine! Do these pilots know they are starting a modern recip gas engine and have no idea what OIL PRESSURE IS?
You dont have automatic oil pressure and lubrication on these cylinders and you are metal to metal. Your starting process is right and correct….
Thanks Roger!