So nice to see one of your maintenance people. You might not see each other every day, but you are a team. He trusts you to fly the airplane and you trust him to keep it running.
I used to take perverse pleasure in hauling the mechanic who worked on the plane, on its test flight. They are definitely thinking of a different checklist than the pilot is. "I'm pretty sure I tightened that fastener on the prop governor -- if I could just remember doing it..."
@@jwm6314 LOLOLOLOL indeed. I haven't ever known a mechanic who works without a checklist, maintenance manual, and the aircraft logs. And I haven't known one who ever carried them with him on the first test flight. LOLOLOLOL yourself.
Wow, how exciting to see Gifsen with you on this flight. I worked side-by-side with him as a volunteer for two weeks in 2017 at the Goroka NTM hangar where we made frames for windsocks and modified a King Air medevac stretcher to fit into the Kodiak, among other tasks. He looks like he is doing very well. Please tell him John from California sends greetings and blessings.
Love watching your uploads from northern New South Wales, the work you do looks like it's making a real impact to the remote communities throughout PNG, well done :)
0:30 Ryan: Watch NG come up over 35% Gibson (to himself): It's actually 34.6459%, but close enough..." 7:38 - Gibson: Yeah. Close the inlet. Cleaning out bird guts takes forever.
Great seeing an essential mechanic riding up front!! Too often, their left far behind the scene!! Nice flight, keeping under the weather!! Getting 8-12" of snow here, this afternoon!!! Can't get under that stuff!! Great bike riding terrain! 360 camera doing a great job!!
Thanks for the 360 camera shot of the waterfall! That looks beautiful. And a shout-out to Gibson: thanks to you and your colleagues for keeping Ryan flying because honestly, if the planes don't fly and Ryan starts driving a bus for a living, I am outta here. ;-)
Hey Ryan, Gibson was as cool as ever flying with you. Oh by the way, your riding skills are on point. I watched a couple of your off road videos. Awesome!👏
Betty was a bit worried towards the end of taxiing :-) Love it Ryan You make it look so easy! Just like a Pro Golfer or Snooker player! Calm as yer like !
Two things I absolutely love about this episode 1. Gibson riding up front.......cool 2. The down shots of the terrain you're flying over....awesome Is Gibson ex PNGAF? And if so did he train in Australia, specifically RAAF Wagga? I trained with a lot of top blokes from the PNGAF when I was there at Wagga training myself back in 81/82
That is awesome that you added him in your video. I'm just wondering since he is a specialist on fixing the craft, would he be able to fly the plane also
I was always wary about flying an aircraft straight out of maintenance after having to land a 210 from 10,000ft with a cabin full of smoke, fortunately onto a country airstrip in Western Australia. After I shut down and got away from the aircraft, along with my passenger, the smoke slowly dispersed. It turned out that someone had not secured the wiring harness in the engine bay. By vibrating against the airframe, the insulation had worn away and the wiring had been exposed to the airframe resulting in a short circuit. Apparently the smoke came from the frying insulation. In retrospect, I should have suspected the quality of the maintenance when during the walk around before departure, I had to get a LAME to replace an inspection cover missing from the under side of the right wing!
Ryan.. thank you for your videos... this one is very interest low altitude, maintenance gentlemen with you means something .. secure and the cameras awesome 360 looks good.. great job !!! as always All the best !!! :)
Hi just to let you know my son uses commercial 182s/ 206 to fly out to jungle strip s where his ministry with a tribe is here in Colombia , I just saw a video of a crash landing Happened about two weeks ago he wasn't in it of course but was one he hired sometimes. Makes us Glad for the training you guys have. Also more of a trust in the Lord for me/ wife as our son serves
Does the NTM on Gibson's shirt stand for anything like Maintenance? Great to have a front seat passenger with you and the 360 views add a new dimension. Thanks Ryan and hi Gibson.
Ryan, I thought I heard you say 6,000, but the view on your video looked more like 600 from the tops of some of those 'hills'. 😉 The low level flying is quite entertaining, and probably more exciting for you and your passengers. You did not seem to have much turbulence - maybe you should do that more often.
Ryan, in order to save tires, NTM pilots used to land the C-185s and C-206s just before the pavement (in the grass) at the Goroka airport. Are there still pilots who still practice this? Great video! Thank You Gifson for your service too!
No, we don't do that. The mindset in our department is a lot different than it used to be. I grew up in that save EVERY penny old missionary mindset and HATED IT. Thankfully we have moved out of that.
I was interested in this flight as our church (faith Baptist Church, Morgantown WV) supports a medical missionary there, Rachel Langendorfer. I am almost ready to purchase MSFS2020 and was glad to hear i could do a sim flight there.
Hi Ryan: I counted at least 7 camera angles in this video. Making these videos must be a mammoth job. I have a few questions for you please. 1) Do you do your own editing or do you have a team working with you? 2) If you do your own editing, what software do you use? 3) Does your editing program handle the multicam editing well? 4) Can you give us a rig rundown on your cameras and setups, eg mounting and camera settings? 5) Can you give us some info on the computer specs that you're using, WRT RAM, disk space and processor? Thanks and please keep these great videos coming. As a fellow aviator I really enjoy them.
I use premiere Pro. I normally use 8 cameras. The most time consuming is syncing the audio so all the cameras are time synced correctly. I do my own editing. It takes 2-4 hrs to edit a video in full. I do have a video in the next few weeks coming where I share my camera setup. ..as far as computer specs, I have no idea. It was a very fast laptop 3 years ago, I need a new one these days.
Just, the flight simmers don’t stake their ass as you do: no mountain waves, no turbulence, no wind shear 😉 BTW I’ll definitely check out your Patreon page shortly Ryan.
RAN, HI nice to see your mechanic flying with you , nice fellow, , someone asked if he does fly. Not s if some A&P guys, have an endorsement to taxi planes, but@ EWR. ( NEWARK NJ ), there was a serious incident, a tech, did some work on the THROTTLE QUADRANT, @ a gate, night time , so next morning someone went to recheck, somehow, HE did NOT noticed the throttles were @ 100%, started the engines, plane went INTO THE TERMINAL, far enough in that both leasing edge cuffs were SO DESTROYED, THEY WROTE IT OFF, that was CONTINENTIAL, , anMD80, one of my AVIATION sites had so many photos , it was really bad, bo not know if any one was fired over that issue. Cheers 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Always a good sign when the mechanic takes the first check ride after service with you :) Also, really like how you're working in more of the new 360* exterior camera angles from wing and tail - great views and high resolution. Not so sure about the 360 replacing the instrument panel cam (sony?) on the yoke - the resolution of the panel display isn't as good.
Thank you for taking us along on your return flight. Some of your trips make me happy I'm sitting at home just watching. When your moving around at ground level what kind critters lay in wait. Is Crocs or snakes and do you have a problem with malaria. And what do you use to prevent it. Thanking you again take care.
Thankfully we don't have issues with malaria at the altitude we live at...that's more down in the low lands. Same with crocs. We do have a few very poisonous snakes around.
IFR also stands for "I Follow Roads" (fwiw, these are clearly not IFR conditions, just made me think of it). I hope we see more of Gibson - hey to Gibson!
ESP...I was going to ask you to fly up the Kompri valley over my old school site to Henganofi next time you flew back from Aiyura and you did it with out me asking!! Tenkyu tumas,yupela namba wan tru!
Aiyura I visited back in the late 60's, (Near Kianantu). I remember the incident where a worker was killed when sand slumped in when digging the foundations of a bridge support. ...If that was the Kafetina secondary school you flew over at 6.54 then that would be the site of my Primary T school I started back in the late 60's. Its the only straight stretch of road for miles
I would love to see a comparison of the Kodiak and Caravan, within the context of operating in PNG. I expect the Kodiak to be a better STOL aircraft than the Van, sacrificing a bit on payload. As soon as you go for seriously sloped runways of ~1,500ft I would think the Kodiak is the best suited.
Ryan, do they coat/treat the windshield with an aquaphobic solution? Noticed there were no windshield wipers on the Kodiak, and water droplets simply runs off from the propeller wind.
Are your 3D cameras gyro stabilized to the horizon, or do you set a reference in post production so that the software keeps the view smooth and level? That was cool having Gibson aboard.
When the maintenance guy looks that chilled, it tells you he knows he's done a good job!
So nice to see one of your maintenance people. You might not see each other every day, but you are a team. He trusts you to fly the airplane and you trust him to keep it running.
Gibson is a lucky guy getting a front seat ride.
I used to take perverse pleasure in hauling the mechanic who worked on the plane, on its test flight. They are definitely thinking of a different checklist than the pilot is. "I'm pretty sure I tightened that fastener on the prop governor -- if I could just remember doing it..."
@@jwm6314 LOLOLOLOL indeed. I haven't ever known a mechanic who works without a checklist, maintenance manual, and the aircraft logs. And I haven't known one who ever carried them with him on the first test flight. LOLOLOLOL yourself.
Two consummate Pro's here, One in his piloting ability the other who ensures he is able to do it safely.
Very true
You know you are watching a professional when they make what they are doing look easy and so smooth.
Many thanks
The work Gibson does to keep the aircraft not only in the air but SAFE is really appreciated! Keep up the great work guys you are one in a million.
Wow, how exciting to see Gifsen with you on this flight. I worked side-by-side with him as a volunteer for two weeks in 2017 at the Goroka NTM hangar where we made frames for windsocks and modified a King Air medevac stretcher to fit into the Kodiak, among other tasks. He looks like he is doing very well. Please tell him John from California sends greetings and blessings.
Wil do John 👍
I'm sensing a new series, "flying with gibson"
Yes please!
Thanks for these vids. I grew up in PNG in the 60s and 70s, they bring back a lot of memories.
Your 360 degree camera's are great Ryan!
Gibson is a true mechanic.... he was GLUED to the gauges on engine start and shutdown....:)
I was waiting for Gibson to pull a screw out of his pocket after take off , look at it for a moment, then look at you and say “Uh oh.....” 😂
lmao
Love the admonition, "Maneuver as Required". A great life-lesson!
Gibson, thanks for keeping Ryan safe!
Besides always enjoying the flying, the low altitude guided tour was an added bonus Brad, nice going !
Love watching your uploads from northern New South Wales, the work you do looks like it's making a real impact to the remote communities throughout PNG, well done :)
Thanks 😊
I'm just a guy that loves seeing things from PNG again, where my parents were missionaries. :D Say hi to MAF and CRMF for me!
0:30
Ryan: Watch NG come up over 35%
Gibson (to himself): It's actually 34.6459%, but close enough..."
7:38 - Gibson: Yeah. Close the inlet. Cleaning out bird guts takes forever.
Gibson & Ryan...........I feel a series coming on here. The low level route was great to see and the 360 visuals are super. Thanks Ryan.
Great seeing an essential mechanic riding up front!! Too often, their left far behind the scene!! Nice flight, keeping under the weather!! Getting 8-12" of snow here, this afternoon!!! Can't get under that stuff!! Great bike riding terrain! 360 camera doing a great job!!
Gibson sat there thinking "shit, did i properly secure that bolt on the wing?"
Thanks for the 360 camera shot of the waterfall! That looks beautiful. And a shout-out to Gibson: thanks to you and your colleagues for keeping Ryan flying because honestly, if the planes don't fly and Ryan starts driving a bus for a living, I am outta here. ;-)
Hey Ryan, Gibson was as cool as ever flying with you. Oh by the way, your riding skills are on point. I watched a couple of your off road videos. Awesome!👏
Thanks.
Man that was excellent vision of PNG and actual flying.ive subscribed, awesome channel
Betty was a bit worried towards the end of taxiing :-) Love it Ryan You make it look so easy! Just like a Pro Golfer or Snooker player! Calm as yer like !
"Paved roads arent really my thing"
Spoken like a true Pilot lol
A bush pilot :)
Roads? Where we're going we don't need roads.
Great flight, I am happy for Gibson he enjoyed it. Thanks for having all of us along
Two things I absolutely love about this episode
1. Gibson riding up front.......cool
2. The down shots of the terrain you're flying over....awesome
Is Gibson ex PNGAF? And if so did he train in Australia, specifically RAAF Wagga? I trained with a lot of top blokes from the PNGAF when I was there at Wagga training myself back in 81/82
No, he got his training working with our mechanics over the past 20+ years
@@MissionaryBushPilot thx for the swift reply
Cool to see a passenger experience the awesomeness of bush flying.
That is awesome that you added him in your video. I'm just wondering since he is a specialist on fixing the craft, would he be able to fly the plane also
I would think unlikely, as A&P's are a whole specialty to themselves. But... having one aboard is priceless.
No, he has not flown the plane
Gibson is cool!
Love the cams especially the one pointing inboard on the port side.
I'm based in Lae.... great to see parts of PNG which I've never had the opportunity to visit
Awesome Landscaoe and a Fun Flight and the mechanic came along.
Nice new 309 camera view, another ace video, thanks.
Will be really interested in seeing the difference between the two aircraft. Safe travels.
I was always wary about flying an aircraft straight out of maintenance after having to land a 210 from 10,000ft with a cabin full of smoke, fortunately onto a country airstrip in Western Australia. After I shut down and got away from the aircraft, along with my passenger, the smoke slowly dispersed. It turned out that someone had not secured the wiring harness in the engine bay. By vibrating against the airframe, the insulation had worn away and the wiring had been exposed to the airframe resulting in a short circuit. Apparently the smoke came from the frying insulation.
In retrospect, I should have suspected the quality of the maintenance when during the walk around before departure, I had to get a LAME to replace an inspection cover missing from the under side of the right wing!
Your passenger the first 1/4 of flight: “you talking to me?” Love the new frames. Will be checking out your merch
It would have been a great opportunity to have Gibson tell us his “story”.
Missed opportunity😟
I need a second pair of headsets, our is broken
Would be cool if Gibson show us his workplace. Maintenance on these aircrafts is very interesting :-)
New to your channel. On a binge now. Love your videos thank you
Glad to see you back on business, and nice meeting Gibson. Thx for sharing.
I love the 360degree cam on the left wing and the rotating tail came. You have a good feel for that Kodiak. I enjoy watching your videos
Thanks for watching
Great vid as always ! Nice landing !
Thx
no short cuts for you, always professional and by the book. So enjoy your videos.
Glad to hear it
I'm enjoying the new 360 camera shots. I know it's extra work in post, so I appreciate it. It's always pleasant flying with you.
Glad you enjoy the new cameras 😊
Awesome video, I love all the new different perspectives!🤗👍
Gibson would so be me - excitedly filming from this amazing point of view 🤗👍
Ryan.. thank you for your videos... this one is very interest low altitude, maintenance gentlemen with you means something .. secure and the cameras awesome 360 looks good.. great job !!! as always All the best !!! :)
Could tell Gifsen enjoyed the ride.
I Like GIbson,he is a Quiet Man.
Hi just to let you know my son uses commercial 182s/ 206 to fly out to jungle strip s where his ministry with a tribe is here in Colombia , I just saw a video of a crash landing Happened about two weeks ago he wasn't in it of course but was one he hired sometimes. Makes us Glad for the training you guys have. Also more of a trust in the Lord for me/ wife as our son serves
Great video so nice to see PNG most interesting 👍
Laying in my bed in Dallas Tx
Don't know zip about flying.
Love every episode. Good to nap to. While you work
That's great video of you on the bike! Gives you more content to keep people engaged!
Thx
Great flying and commentary. You could of sealed it saying something to Gibson at the end. Missed opportunity.
I like riding along!
For what it’s worth, Aiyura is on MSFS. It’s a decent representation, better than Goroka, but the elevation is 5300 instead of 5100.
Yeah, Goroka is horrible.on Fs2020
love the new 360 cameras on the wing .
Sobering to hear “Terrain 500” from time to time. Thanks for the ride.
Thanks for watching
Aiyuru has changed a lot since August 1969 when I first visited the airport.
Does the NTM on Gibson's shirt stand for anything like Maintenance? Great to have a front seat passenger with you and the 360 views add a new dimension. Thanks Ryan and hi Gibson.
NTM is the company that Ryan flies for. It's an aviation missionary/ministry organization.
@@josephpak4277 Thank you Joseph. Stay well.
@@sionehefa3458 @Joseph Pak blogs.ethnos360.org/ryan-farran/tag/missionary-pilot/ this is actually the company that ryan is flying for :)
NTM = New Tribes Mission. Hence why the registration marks on their aircraft are P2-NT
@@salto1994 Thank you Gregory. I will read the blog now. Stay well. It looks inspiring already.
Amazing how much it looks like Scotland from the air.
nice one, good job Gibson
Ryan, I thought I heard you say 6,000, but the view on your video looked more like 600 from the tops of some of those 'hills'. 😉 The low level flying is quite entertaining, and probably more exciting for you and your passengers. You did not seem to have much turbulence - maybe you should do that more often.
6000 MSL.
Ryan, in order to save tires, NTM pilots used to land the C-185s and C-206s just before the pavement (in the grass) at the Goroka airport. Are there still pilots who still practice this? Great video! Thank You Gifson for your service too!
No, we don't do that. The mindset in our department is a lot different than it used to be. I grew up in that save EVERY penny old missionary mindset and HATED IT. Thankfully we have moved out of that.
Ryan
You didn't post a video today. Hope you're ok.
All the best Shaun of NYC
I'm switching my posting days to Sunday and Thursday at 11am est
I was interested in this flight as our church (faith Baptist Church, Morgantown WV) supports a medical missionary there, Rachel Langendorfer. I am almost ready to purchase MSFS2020 and was glad to hear i could do a sim flight there.
If you're going to try a Caravan then you also need to try one of those PAC 750s that parks at the next hangar in front of you.
That's a good idea. I hadn't thought of that.
Thank you for sharing
Another awesome video. Shame that Gibson didn't have a headset to join the conversation.
Yeah,I need to purchase a spare
Hi Ryan: I counted at least 7 camera angles in this video. Making these videos must be a mammoth job. I have a few questions for you please.
1) Do you do your own editing or do you have a team working with you?
2) If you do your own editing, what software do you use?
3) Does your editing program handle the multicam editing well?
4) Can you give us a rig rundown on your cameras and setups, eg mounting and camera settings?
5) Can you give us some info on the computer specs that you're using, WRT RAM, disk space and processor?
Thanks and please keep these great videos coming. As a fellow aviator I really enjoy them.
I use premiere Pro. I normally use 8 cameras. The most time consuming is syncing the audio so all the cameras are time synced correctly.
I do my own editing. It takes 2-4 hrs to edit a video in full.
I do have a video in the next few weeks coming where I share my camera setup.
..as far as computer specs, I have no idea. It was a very fast laptop 3 years ago, I need a new one these days.
Hi Ryan. Pretty sure i rode my motorbike past there in the 70's. Is that where the international school was? Cheers Ian
paved roads and runways not your thing. love the 360°. Happy Holidays, be safe!
Just, the flight simmers don’t stake their ass as you do: no mountain waves, no turbulence, no wind shear 😉 BTW I’ll definitely check out your Patreon page shortly Ryan.
Thanks Ryan, nice flight....
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RAN, HI nice to see your mechanic flying with you , nice fellow, , someone asked if he does fly. Not s if some A&P guys, have an endorsement to taxi planes, but@ EWR. ( NEWARK NJ ), there was a serious incident, a tech, did some work on the THROTTLE QUADRANT, @ a gate, night time , so next morning someone went to recheck, somehow, HE did NOT noticed the throttles were @ 100%, started the engines, plane went INTO THE TERMINAL, far enough in that both leasing edge cuffs were SO DESTROYED, THEY WROTE IT OFF, that was CONTINENTIAL, , anMD80, one of my AVIATION sites had so many photos , it was really bad, bo not know if any one was fired over that issue. Cheers 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Bummer
That brought back some memories.
this channels my fav, Steveo #2, P1D #3
Wow thanks!
Always a good sign when the mechanic takes the first check ride after service with you :) Also, really like how you're working in more of the new 360* exterior camera angles from wing and tail - great views and high resolution. Not so sure about the 360 replacing the instrument panel cam (sony?) on the yoke - the resolution of the panel display isn't as good.
Yeah, I don't did that on this flight. I hated having the camera there. I felt it blocked my view
Nice video would be interesting to see the difference between those two aircraft.
Hopefully I can make that happen soon
Muito legal esses videos, parabens.
Action man Ryan living the dream...enjoy age soon catches up with you....
Yeah it's always around the corner
Thank you for taking us along on your return flight. Some of your trips make me happy I'm sitting at home just watching. When your moving around at ground level what kind critters lay in wait. Is Crocs or snakes and do you have a problem with malaria. And what do you use to prevent it. Thanking you again take care.
Thankfully we don't have issues with malaria at the altitude we live at...that's more down in the low lands. Same with crocs. We do have a few very poisonous snakes around.
@@MissionaryBushPilot I read that there is some kind of poisonous bird. The article did not provide details. Is there such a bird?
IFR also stands for "I Follow Roads" (fwiw, these are clearly not IFR conditions, just made me think of it). I hope we see more of Gibson - hey to Gibson!
Also stands for "I follow rivers" & "I follow railways"
ESP...I was going to ask you to fly up the Kompri valley over my old school site to Henganofi next time you flew back from Aiyura and you did it with out me asking!! Tenkyu tumas,yupela namba wan tru!
Glad it worked out for you
Thank you for sharing.
Aiyura I visited back in the late 60's, (Near Kianantu). I remember the incident where a worker was killed when sand slumped in when digging the foundations of a bridge support. ...If that was the Kafetina secondary school you flew over at 6.54 then that would be the site of my Primary T school I started back in the late 60's. Its the only straight stretch of road for miles
I would love to see a comparison of the Kodiak and Caravan, within the context of operating in PNG. I expect the Kodiak to be a better STOL aircraft than the Van, sacrificing a bit on payload. As soon as you go for seriously sloped runways of ~1,500ft I would think the Kodiak is the best suited.
We will see.
Mechanics rule number one. Never be in the plane on the first take off after a service!😎
Or be the pilot who has to do the first flight either 🤣
@@MissionaryBushPilot There have been brand new Cessna aircraft with bucking bars sealed into the wings!
Been a A&P mechanic almost 40 years. Number one rule is to fly "your" airplane if you can. Pilots, left unsupervised tend to break them lol
is getting routine now watch a Bryan video, open MSFS2020 and fly over Papua or wherever with IVAO app.
What's your other channel, Ryan? As a dirt bike and dualsport rider, I'd love to see some of that content.
Search for Moto Mangi
Cool
Doo you have any publicly established routes? I would LOVE to follow your flights on MSFS2020. It would be a fantastic challenge! Thank gou
Superb!!how I wish I would be one of your passengers 😊.God Bless always..
Maybe some day
Awesome videos man. Quick question, I'm new to the aviation community. Are bird strikes common in general? How common are they around PNG?
You know those valley’s well, good job. At terrain gets me nervous now. At 400 hours never gave it any thought. Prefer FL 370 now.... getting old .
It's no longer called being super chill, it's just called being Gibson. 🙂🤙
Ryan, do they coat/treat the windshield with an aquaphobic solution? Noticed there were no windshield wipers on the Kodiak, and water droplets simply runs off from the propeller wind.
We clean it with pledge furniture cleaner which works like rain-x
Watching all the way from Ghana 🇬🇭
Are your 3D cameras gyro stabilized to the horizon, or do you set a reference in post production so that the software keeps the view smooth and level? That was cool having Gibson aboard.
Yeah, the 360 cameras are more or less fixes on the horizon, but I can move them around in post production