Never cease to enjoy the night landings, always so cool. But thunderstorm cells, a complex swirl of deadly amounts of various types of energy, like polar bears cute fluffy white from a distance but merciless killers up close.
I come back to this video from time to time and go to minute 3:05. The shelf cloud is one of the most beautiful I have ever seen. And the vantage point is to fly for.
This is a great video! Magnificent job! Unless I am wrong, I'll bet it was quite turbulent flying through or around those thunderstorms being it is a fairly small plane!
Looks like 220 knots according to the flight path picture. Cruise should be at 1750 rpm and unless you encounter a strong headwind that can be maintained for descent and right up to approach to landing. In order to maintain adequate thrust at that rpm the prop diameter is large, 7 1/2 feet. That also converts to a maximum drag situation in the event of engine failure so regular and repeated training in single engine operation is a must. Got to get the dead engine feathered ASAP STAT! Still my favorite piston twin to fly other than some round engine birds. Never got there but an Electra or a Beech 18 would have been something. Why stop there? How about a DC3? Ok off to Yellow Knife in Canada to fly for Buffalo Airways. If only I had started this at a young age. Blue skies everyone!!!
In high humidity areas such as Houston, thunderstorms form but relatively speaking do not suck in so much air as storms that form in the upper plains. These storms in Houston are more like florida storms.
Also - The General Rule IS = 'IF You (the Pilot' ) CAN SEE Through IT' (the Thunder Storms'/Clouds' ) THEN You Can Fly Through IT' - & in Such Conditions The Pilot would Notice A Potential for WIND-SHEAR' Before The Entering of The STORMS'/CLOUDS' & Possibly Turn Away Safely &/or CLIMB' OVER The Clouds'/Storms' Level' - &/or Take A 'Chance' IF You have The Altitude' UNDER The Aircraft' > ??? GOT IT YET ??? Shalom >
When the storms are not in the dissipating stage (raining) but at the end of the lifting action you can get quite close without getting beat up too bad.
if i may ask, what altitude were you flying at? the cells are quite a bit higher than you were were you at 9,000 or so??? anything above 10 grand requires supplemental oxygen just wondering what you were at when you went through the saddle back
It’s actually above 12500 crew has to use after 30 minutes above 14000 it’s mandatory for the crew and above 15000 passengers have to be offered it but don’t have to use it . But this is a pressurized Cessna 421 C no oxygen required
For "tactical" thunderstorm nav airborne radar should be used,along with eyeballs.Downlinked radar should not be used owing to delayed aquisition time.
cojones grandes to thread the needle that like between two developing storms....my 45,000 hr airline capt father would have said "live to fight another day".
my god!! whine whine whine you are in a twin engine aircraft with geared piston engines of course they are going to resonate and the props ARE in sync obviously YOU are a non-pilot did it ever occur to you that the camera is recording resonating sounds not heard in the cabin by the crew?? SWEET JEESUSS
@@williammoses6232 No not Tom. Yes I flew twins including a 421B for a coal company in WV,KY and OH. Also flew Aztecs, a Navajo and co-pilot on King Air. Restored a Cessna 150 and an Apache 235, great old bird. Don’t fly commercial anymore after heart surgery. Taught SEL and MEL and IFR as a CFII. Loved it all but love retirement too. Always synced my props, just part of normal flight ops.
Like you were never ever in a million years even once too low...or too high. I was on a Southwest 737 that was too low and then too high on the same approach. Nearly ran off the runway. I didn't know you could take the final turn off that fast. 737 can really corner.
Ahh, another armchair pilot. Always there to critique anything they can on youtube in order to feel 'educated' or 'professional'. Hopefully by now, you've at least learned the difference between a VASI and PAPI? If not, please don't comment again until you do.
cool storm. cool ship. love the sound of the engines purring.
Never cease to enjoy the night landings, always so cool. But thunderstorm cells, a complex swirl of deadly amounts of various types of energy, like polar bears cute fluffy white from a distance but merciless killers up close.
I come back to this video from time to time and go to minute 3:05. The shelf cloud is one of the most beautiful I have ever seen. And the vantage point is to fly for.
Those are called "sucker" holes. Sometimes when you get through them, there is no way out on the other side. And the hole has closed up behind you.
This is a great video! Magnificent job! Unless I am wrong, I'll bet it was quite turbulent flying through or around those thunderstorms being it is a fairly small plane!
Beautiful IO-520 sound.
Thanks for sharing. God bless
Nice navigation between the storms.
Wow! That's putting the thread thru the needle
Nice job
you flew into this nice plane from the agnle I see it in
WAO ,nice video !!
No prop sync?
At least 20 miles from any storm, which means 40 miles between them. Hail can be thrown out miles beyond an anvil.
Sadly that’s not how real life works lol
i wish planes were stable enough to handle thunder clouds.
Beautiful but scary)
Cool!!!!!!
Ideally!!!!
How many rpms? Those geared moters turn over so slowly 1700 rpm how fast where you going ?
Looks like 220 knots according to the flight path picture. Cruise should be at 1750 rpm and unless you encounter a strong headwind that can be maintained for descent and right up to approach to landing. In order to maintain adequate thrust at that rpm the prop diameter is large, 7 1/2 feet. That also converts to a maximum drag situation in the event of engine failure so regular and repeated training in single engine operation is a must. Got to get the dead engine feathered ASAP STAT!
Still my favorite piston twin to fly other than some round engine birds. Never got there but an Electra or a Beech 18 would have been something. Why stop there? How about a DC3? Ok off to Yellow Knife in Canada to fly for Buffalo Airways. If only I had started this at a young age. Blue skies everyone!!!
How can you fly so close to the thunderstorms? I thought there would be massive up and downdrafts and other turbulences?
In high humidity areas such as Houston, thunderstorms form but relatively speaking do not suck in so much air as storms that form in the upper plains. These storms in Houston are more like florida storms.
Also - The General Rule IS = 'IF You (the Pilot' ) CAN SEE Through IT' (the Thunder Storms'/Clouds' ) THEN You Can Fly Through IT' - & in Such Conditions The Pilot would Notice A Potential for WIND-SHEAR' Before The Entering of The STORMS'/CLOUDS' & Possibly Turn Away Safely &/or CLIMB' OVER The Clouds'/Storms' Level' - &/or Take A 'Chance' IF You have The Altitude' UNDER The Aircraft' > ??? GOT IT YET ??? Shalom >
When the storms are not in the dissipating stage (raining) but at the end of the lifting action you can get quite close without getting beat up too bad.
Wish I had turbines on the 421 I used to fly,,,,,, great flying airplane with the tip tanks,,,,,,,,,,,6 fuel tanks 180 gallons best I remember
Turbines? So a Cessna 425.
Not a good idea flying that close to a line of thunderbumpers. You lucked out.
if i may ask, what altitude were you flying at? the cells are quite a bit higher than you were
were you at 9,000 or so??? anything above 10 grand requires supplemental oxygen
just wondering what you were at when you went through the saddle back
It’s actually above 12500 crew has to use after 30 minutes above 14000 it’s mandatory for the crew and above 15000 passengers have to be offered it but don’t have to use it . But this is a pressurized Cessna 421 C no oxygen required
For "tactical" thunderstorm nav airborne radar should be used,along with eyeballs.Downlinked radar should not be used owing to delayed aquisition time.
exactly right, how many retards have to get killed before this is understood
cojones grandes to thread the needle that like between two developing storms....my 45,000 hr airline capt father would have said "live to fight another day".
not cojones grandes, pendejadas grandes
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synch the props already!!!!
Oh my gosh YEAH!
my god!! whine whine whine you are in a twin engine aircraft with
geared piston engines of course they are going to resonate and the props ARE in sync obviously YOU are a non-pilot did it ever occur to you that the camera is recording resonating sounds not heard in the cabin by the crew??
SWEET JEESUSS
@@williammoses6232 was this addressed to me?
@@UncaDave is your name iom ibach????
do you fly
@@williammoses6232 No not Tom.
Yes I flew twins including a 421B for a coal company in WV,KY and OH.
Also flew Aztecs, a Navajo and co-pilot on King Air. Restored a Cessna 150 and an Apache 235, great old bird. Don’t fly commercial anymore after heart surgery. Taught SEL and MEL and IFR as a CFII. Loved it all but love retirement too. Always synced my props, just part of normal flight ops.
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That's right,,,,, between the towers......if there's room.....ha ha ha stay away from zero temp.....that's where the lighting runs
A good, safe, SMART pilot, never attempts. You go or no-go. And you were way to low on final. The vasi gave it away.
Like you were never ever in a million years even once too low...or too high. I was on a Southwest 737 that was too low and then too high on the same approach. Nearly ran off the runway. I didn't know you could take the final turn off that fast. 737 can really corner.
Ahh, another armchair pilot. Always there to critique anything they can on youtube in order to feel 'educated' or 'professional'. Hopefully by now, you've at least learned the difference between a VASI and PAPI? If not, please don't comment again until you do.
@@bro9479 lol