Jimbo, excellent narration. Really enjoyed the details. Flying like that isn’t for everybody. You may not be one of the “pioneers” but you definitely carry on the tradition.
The video is halfway through and paused now while I prepare for the second half by breathing deeply and prying my ass off the seat with a crowbar. Only thing could make this more interesting is having a nest of hornets suddenly appear and hearing you calmly explaining how you swat five at a time between tasks and use their carcasses as skin cream to prevent sunburn.
I have no doubt this job has its share of stresses but man this seems so satisfying and pleasurable compared to my career. I took a heli tour at Franz Joseph glacier when we vacationed in NZ years ago. I told our pilot he was living my dream and to never take it for granted! Living in NZ, flying people in a chopper over the most breathtaking landscapes on earth and getting paid to do so! Amazing! We really loved you Kiwis - Kia Ora from Texas!
wow.. youtube recommended this channel.. simply awesome. Subscribed. BTW - no problem with ascent, I'm from India ,and understood all that you were saying , Lol :). Great video .
Thank you for this incredible flying experience. Of course almost all of what you are showing are the things your are taught to stay away from - at least outside of NZ. I appreciate how you manage these adverse circumstances and perform your job there.
I’ve flown a couple hundred loads in the PAC 750XL in California. One of my three all time favorite aircraft to fly, along with the Douglas DC-9 and my Beech T-34. The Cresco looks like a treat to fly.
The reply to Alexey's question killed it! As you read it out loud, I was thinking: "What is this guy complaining about? Jimbo's perfectly understandable! It's not like he's Australian or so." And then your comment about Oz accent :D
I'm an American pilot and I can tell you that you are one of the most proficient bad-ass pilots in the entire world brother. I bet less than a 1000 people in the entire world could do what you do for a living.
This is so calming to watch, for me at least :) your voice is very calming too, and thank you very much for the insightful commentary! Looking 😡to future videos
Excellent video. My Fletcher time here in Australia looks positively tame. I forgot how rugged my home country is. Great work on the flying and the video both. Keep safe and many thanks.
Cool video and editing! As always, fascinating to hear about the details in your flying, like avoiding poles, your reliance on the instruments, altitude and speed. And absolutely nothing wrong with your accent. I’m swedish and I understand it just fine.
Amazing. This is some incredibly engaging flying, I think I was sat on the edge of my seat the whole ascent and climb out past all the crazy obstacles and threats. Very nifty aircraft too, like a tactical bomber. Reminds of a COIN aircraft. Beautiful mate, fly safe.
Great video and flying. Probably the best videos of topdressing I have seen for a while. Like the bit of humour mixed with what is a very serious business that generally does not tolerate any mistakes. Well done.
Mate of mine used to keep some old orange Vango tent fabirc to wrap around the base of poles n places like that and secure with a length of bungee rope. He'd only wrap the bottom couple of feet but leave the rest of fabric out flat on the ground to increase the visibility looking down from the air. Worked so well the local hang gliding club started doing the same. Orange spinnaker fabric works well too and is very light and compact to fold up. Make sure you peg it down though is the wind blows it away into bushes you're goin to be misled where the pole is.
Just found your channel. Great content. Watched your north to south ferry flight. Brings back memories did my ppl in Hawera, flew to Wanganui a lot. We had access at the time to a Yak52 LIZ in the club. It was privately owned but been sold. Great flying along the coast there mostly uc airspace. Used to seeing you guys around those days.
"This aircraft is capable of carrying a 2.2 ton, though in this instance on this airstrip we have 1.7 ton onboard. I'll show you why as we start our takeoff roll there" Ah yes. You'd need at least another 500Kgs to carry those giant balls.
Great video. Never get tired of this stuff. Spent my childhood with my dad trucking super out to the strips. Had the pleasure of watching & meeting some great pilots from back in the day like Bruce Aitken who I got a nice letter from a few years ago. He is a pioneer & a true legend.
@@JimboBurgessomg when I was a kid(40+ years ago!😢)my friends dad was a pilot for Bruce aitken and I remember getting a very dusty amazing ride in the back of an airtruk over hawera and rural area- facing backwards from memory sitting on a piece of foam!
Very nice work. A lapsed PPL here. Impressive landings especially getting the wheels on the ground while still rolling out from the turn. Had to laugh at the Aussie accent joke. Kinda knew it was coming! Andrew in Oz
FarmSim UA-camr Argsy shared this to his Discord, very impressive and calm sir. Fully understanding the amount of experience that lends to such smooth flight and looks so effortless... You make it look monotonous sir, well done. Cheers from the USA (via the middle east ;) )
one of my favorite flying videos i've seen, excellent narration. i hope any random folks that watch this understand just how gnarly it is that you do this on a regular basis comfortably, this is some serious shit.
I was stationed in Christchurch NZ, with VXE-6 NAVY C-130 aircraft. Both North and South islands look like a big golf course from the air. Beautiful country with beautiful people.
Your videos are the best marketing material the airframer could have… incredible flying skills. I wonder how the air tractor and caravan would perform.
This is great! Some fantastic video editing skills at work, as well as the flying expertise! And the narration is clear and interesting and engaging ... a skill that's not easy to master! I've subscribed immediately!
Bloody awesome mate I went for a ride in a FU-24 here in Aus when I was a kid over my uncles cattle farm it was the best fun with your pants on I reckon😂 cheers matey keep them coming 🍻🍺
Great flying, I love those awesome sloped strips n NZ and I have to admit that more than once I wish I would know all of the farm strip locations to implement them in the MSFS 2020 for some top dressing adventures with the cresco!
That's an awesome video with plenty of great descriptions about everything involved. Loved it, even if We Aussies can't understand a single word you Kiwi's say LOL!
Looks and sounds like you had fun at work. Here in the Colonies or The States folks can’t understand me either, not even my phone. Though not a Texan I grew up with Texans I now sound like one.
Huge props to you dude. I can't imagine flying that low near mountains, with a heavy loaded aircraft, all within that white arc. Phenomenal energy management. I think I would rather take my chances doing single engine over water, suddenly seems less scary when now compared to this!
I'm only 6 hours into flight training for a PPL. Not sure I can fathom ever having the confidence at that AGL to clip those ridges like you do. Keep the dirty side down and the blue side up!
Great videos and great flying. (I like the accent too!). Not very familiar with this aircraft type. To my mind it doesn't win many prizes for looks, but it seems to be an amazingly capable aircraft and certainly gets the job done really well! Stay safe and happy landings from here in the UK!
Wonderful video, good commentary, and top editing. I like the red circles so I could easily understand what you were talking about. Can you please explain the light bar, which I have never seen before. Thank you
I'm happy with your new subtitles Fellow Pilot from across the ditch. 😂 Awesome flight. Feel like I was there. Am interested to know exactly where, so I can replicate in VR in MSFS2020 Sim.
This is some fancy flying dude! There are more events in two loads than I´ve had in 14000hrs worth of an airline career! Hats off to you!
Same thought here buddy... Awesome flying!
Get in a buddy seat if you ever get the chance.
"could have an Australian accent" I have never laughed and be insulted so much at the same time, you absolute legend
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@@JimboBurgess I love your videos, opened my eyes up to another Career choice to work toward after getting my pilots license
Jimbo, excellent narration. Really enjoyed the details. Flying like that isn’t for everybody. You may not be one of the “pioneers” but you definitely carry on the tradition.
Who ever disliked this video wasn’t loved as a child this video was amazing cheers!
Family members of all the bugs he smashed doing these jobs. It's all quite rational really.
The video is halfway through and paused now while I prepare for the second half by breathing deeply and prying my ass off the seat with a crowbar.
Only thing could make this more interesting is having a nest of hornets suddenly appear and hearing you calmly explaining how you swat five at a time between tasks and use their carcasses as skin cream to prevent sunburn.
Haha cheers mate, I really enjoyed reading that comment! 😁
Good humor and informative. Great flying! Thanks.
Awesome video thanks, and great explanation of what you're doing.
Very good 👍🏻😊 Cheers, John.
I have no doubt this job has its share of stresses but man this seems so satisfying and pleasurable compared to my career. I took a heli tour at Franz Joseph glacier when we vacationed in NZ years ago. I told our pilot he was living my dream and to never take it for granted! Living in NZ, flying people in a chopper over the most breathtaking landscapes on earth and getting paid to do so! Amazing! We really loved you Kiwis - Kia Ora from Texas!
Cheers! The west coast is certainly amazing, pretty hard to beat on a good day 😎
wow.. youtube recommended this channel.. simply awesome. Subscribed. BTW - no problem with ascent, I'm from India ,and understood all that you were saying , Lol :). Great video .
Thank you for this incredible flying experience. Of course almost all of what you are showing are the things your are taught to stay away from - at least outside of NZ. I appreciate how you manage these adverse circumstances and perform your job there.
Thanks mate, appreciate it 😎
I’ve flown a couple hundred loads in the PAC 750XL in California. One of my three all time favorite aircraft to fly, along with the Douglas DC-9 and my Beech T-34. The Cresco looks like a treat to fly.
The reply to Alexey's question killed it! As you read it out loud, I was thinking: "What is this guy complaining about? Jimbo's perfectly understandable! It's not like he's Australian or so."
And then your comment about Oz accent :D
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I'm an American pilot and I can tell you that you are one of the most proficient bad-ass pilots in the entire world brother. I bet less than a 1000 people in the entire world could do what you do for a living.
Brilliant stuff as always, cheers!
Great footage and excellent breakdown - loved it!
Great video! Pure flying and no tiktok songs to ruin it. 5 stars!
This looks INCREIDBLY fun.
Absolutley love those vids. It's a pleasure beeing able to watch you work. Keep it up and stay safe. ✈️
Awesome skills man! Always great to watch your videos. Safe skies!
Awesome landing - impressive !
Dude is a hero!!!! What a flight!!!!
Brilliant video Jimbo. Fantastic flying too, loving it!
Awesome stuff as always Jimbo! What an awesome job you have 😎
I really enjoyed this, thank you.
Great flying, great landscape and a really interesting (and relaxing) narration.
That’s some real flying! Really enjoyed your video.
Flying safely, and very proficiently, on the edge. Great job
Some slick stick n rudder work there mate! Great video!
You make ridge and mountain flying in a glider look like child's play. Great watching and equally good flying, thanks.
Great video Jimbo.
Fantastic video and love the narration.
These vids are awesome Jimbo, I grew up in Coromandel and remember the old Fletcher’s doing their thing around our farm.
That looks like a load of fun together with PT6! Good flying!
This is so calming to watch, for me at least :) your voice is very calming too, and thank you very much for the insightful commentary! Looking 😡to future videos
Excellent video. My Fletcher time here in Australia looks positively tame. I forgot how rugged my home country is.
Great work on the flying and the video both. Keep safe and many thanks.
Cool video and editing! As always, fascinating to hear about the details in your flying, like avoiding poles, your reliance on the instruments, altitude and speed. And absolutely nothing wrong with your accent. I’m swedish and I understand it just fine.
Thanks allot Jimbo, love your flying Sir
Thanks mate, appreciate it 👍
Did my basic flight training in Hamilton, NZ. Good to see that beautiful land again!
Awesome Flying Jimbo. Great video's, and nicely edited.
Very cool flying!
A joy to watch, you make it look a lot easier than I am sure it is, great skills!
Cheers mate
Amazing. This is some incredibly engaging flying, I think I was sat on the edge of my seat the whole ascent and climb out past all the crazy obstacles and threats. Very nifty aircraft too, like a tactical bomber. Reminds of a COIN aircraft. Beautiful mate, fly safe.
Great video and flying. Probably the best videos of topdressing I have seen for a while. Like the bit of humour mixed with what is a very serious business that generally does not tolerate any mistakes. Well done.
Cheers mate appreciate it 👍
Nice work. You (almost!) make it look easy.... :-)
Wow! That is impressive.
Nice work as always Jimbo
Brilliant... big shout on your skill in those scary looking hills. Dare I mention an Engine Failure in such a rugged environment, bravo to you..
What a ride Sir!
This seems MUCH more dangerous than a F16 mission in Irag in 2002!
Looks like fun!
Mate of mine used to keep some old orange Vango tent fabirc to wrap around the base of poles n places like that and secure with a length of bungee rope. He'd only wrap the bottom couple of feet but leave the rest of fabric out flat on the ground to increase the visibility looking down from the air. Worked so well the local hang gliding club started doing the same.
Orange spinnaker fabric works well too and is very light and compact to fold up. Make sure you peg it down though is the wind blows it away into bushes you're goin to be misled where the pole is.
Just found your channel. Great content. Watched your north to south ferry flight. Brings back memories did my ppl in Hawera, flew to Wanganui a lot. We had access at the time to a Yak52 LIZ in the club. It was privately owned but been sold. Great flying along the coast there mostly uc airspace. Used to seeing you guys around those days.
I get it, "done and dusted". Awesome video mate!
I’m watching this video while sitting in a PAC 750 waiting to do a flight :)
"This aircraft is capable of carrying a 2.2 ton, though in this instance on this airstrip we have 1.7 ton onboard. I'll show you why as we start our takeoff roll there"
Ah yes. You'd need at least another 500Kgs to carry those giant balls.
bra these ball comments are so stupid
@@possiblyadickhead6653 you have lived up to your name
Stop thinking about pilots balls.
Great video. Never get tired of this stuff. Spent my childhood with my dad trucking super out to the strips. Had the pleasure of watching & meeting some great pilots from back in the day like Bruce Aitken who I got a nice letter from a few years ago. He is a pioneer & a true legend.
Cheers mate, Bruce was a pioneer and a legend alright. A great many of them are. I am jealous to have missed the pioneering days 🤠
@@JimboBurgessomg when I was a kid(40+ years ago!😢)my friends dad was a pilot for Bruce aitken and I remember getting a very dusty amazing ride in the back of an airtruk over hawera and rural area- facing backwards from memory sitting on a piece of foam!
I could watch those landings all day long
Very nice work. A lapsed PPL here. Impressive landings especially getting the wheels on the ground while still rolling out from the turn. Had to laugh at the Aussie accent joke. Kinda knew it was coming! Andrew in Oz
Great Video mate!
wow man, nice flying
This is madness. Excellent flying skills, no outstanding. And your accent is no problem, you are not Aussie…. 🤣😂🤣
FarmSim UA-camr Argsy shared this to his Discord, very impressive and calm sir. Fully understanding the amount of experience that lends to such smooth flight and looks so effortless... You make it look monotonous sir, well done.
Cheers from the USA (via the middle east ;) )
one of my favorite flying videos i've seen, excellent narration. i hope any random folks that watch this understand just how gnarly it is that you do this on a regular basis comfortably, this is some serious shit.
That was great
I was stationed in Christchurch NZ, with VXE-6 NAVY C-130 aircraft. Both North and South islands look like a big golf course from the air. Beautiful country with beautiful people.
Wow New Zealand is such a beautiful country!
Greetings from Finland
Wow, so interesting
Your videos are the best marketing material the airframer could have… incredible flying skills. I wonder how the air tractor and caravan would perform.
I say, this is an exceptional piece of flying! Could take some hours down under to brush up my dull A to B flying over here in Germany.
This is great! Some fantastic video editing skills at work, as well as the flying expertise! And the narration is clear and interesting and engaging ... a skill that's not easy to master! I've subscribed immediately!
Cheers mate, appreciate the kind words 😎
Nice channel, looking forward for new videos. Greetings from Turkey. Have a safe one.
Love watching your videos. I grew up on on a property in the king country and the first ever plane I ever flew in was a cresco with Kevin Ernie.
Cheers. I know Butch well, he's a good friend and mentor 👍
Bloody awesome mate I went for a ride in a FU-24 here in Aus when I was a kid over my uncles cattle farm it was the best fun with your pants on I reckon😂 cheers matey keep them coming 🍻🍺
Leaving that like 👍🏽
You’ve got skills, accent is lovely! Enjoyed your video! :)
Great flying, I love those awesome sloped strips n NZ and I have to admit that more than once I wish I would know all of the farm strip locations to implement them in the MSFS 2020 for some top dressing adventures with the cresco!
Check out the LINZ data service airstrip vector data. They are mostly all there exportable as a .kml file into google earth.
damn this looks like a lot of fun.
That's an awesome video with plenty of great descriptions about everything involved. Loved it, even if We Aussies can't understand a single word you Kiwi's say LOL!
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Love it…Swansea, UK.
I'm on a path to Airline flying, but if I'm being honest with myself I think I'd be much happier doing this! Cool video
Looks and sounds like you had fun at work.
Here in the Colonies or The States folks can’t understand me either, not even my phone. Though not a Texan I grew up with Texans I now sound like one.
Huge props to you dude. I can't imagine flying that low near mountains, with a heavy loaded aircraft, all within that white arc. Phenomenal energy management.
I think I would rather take my chances doing single engine over water, suddenly seems less scary when now compared to this!
This is unbelievable
Watching your VSI as your maintaining your 90 KIAS climb, I can see why your not maxing your payload. Good flying Jimbo. 👌
Cool!
I've done some crazy shit like flying a M2000 as a WSO. But, this looks like next level crazy shit right here ahah
mirage??? french air force?
Woo hoo. Had ZK-LTS in our hanger for maintenance check this week.
I was an apprentice at PAC when it was brand new. Rangikei air services brought it and traded a fletcher in. Ahhh the good old days.
Great video. I live in New Zealand - great to hear a kiwi accent.
Subscribed.
My dream was to fly a Fletcher then Cresco!! Grew up watching them!!
Thank you
I'm only 6 hours into flight training for a PPL. Not sure I can fathom ever having the confidence at that AGL to clip those ridges like you do. Keep the dirty side down and the blue side up!
Great flying, no probs with the accent
Great videos and great flying. (I like the accent too!). Not very familiar with this aircraft type. To my mind it doesn't win many prizes for looks, but it seems to be an amazingly capable aircraft and certainly gets the job done really well! Stay safe and happy landings from here in the UK!
Wonderful video, good commentary, and top editing. I like the red circles so I could easily understand what you were talking about. Can you please explain the light bar, which I have never seen before. Thank you
Cheers mate, appreciate the kind words. Have a hoon on this video, It explains the lightbar 🤠 ua-cam.com/video/Bk2TCU1ky80/v-deo.html
Nice video and great flying mate. Didn't know a Kiwi could do so many things at once :p
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05:06 A Short Approach to a spot. Nice precision short approach.
I understand everything you say and I am a Scot.
Wow! So much to say. Beautiful country! Beautiful flying! Beautiful aircraft! You get paid to do this!? I'm jealous!
Awesome vid thanks Jimbo. Just a Kiwi accent mate!
I'm happy with your new subtitles Fellow Pilot from across the ditch. 😂
Awesome flight. Feel like I was there.
Am interested to know exactly where, so I can replicate in VR in MSFS2020 Sim.
I.e GPS Coordinates of the Farm Airstrip, would be awesome? 😊
(If the owner doesn't mind)