I dont think I wasted 36:20 mins of my life. That was totally enthralling from start to finish. Im only a sim flier and now feel I might stay that way.
Wonderful video of JFK. Brings back many memories. Landed there many times flying a Beech 99 for a commuter airline (Monmouth Airlines). Our "terminal" was the old TWA terminal accessed by walking around all of the baggage carts!!!! In those days there was a short (5000') general aviation runway no longer used. Thanks again.
What a busy and amazing flight Martin. And you handled it all, including holding, magnificently. Great job! Thanks for another great and educational video.
Seeing the iPad live map made me understand and learn a lot, especially your ATC comms. Also, nice of you to share the cost for our information. Thanks for sharing.
Excellent footage and very educational. You’re vlogs are highly professional and I eagerly enjoy sitting back relaxing and enjoying the flight. Thank you.
Martin, thanks for the video. This past year I finally got back flying on a regular basis after having only logged 13 hours or so since picking up my ticket back in 2006. While working on my flight review back in April, I finally had a chance to hit up a Class B airfield (DTW), and while it was admittedly a slower time for them, it wasn't bad as I expected. This video definitely has me interested in flying into other larger airports once I have my instrument rating knocked out (which I just started a couple weeks ago).
@@martinpauly Suppose I could mention now (I pulled this video up as a result of a conversation I'm having) I took my ride and got my IR at the end of last October. Makes flying - even on clear days - much easier.
Great video going into JFK. I would like their heard the controller audio until touchdown. Very impressed, that was a great video! Your wife seems to be a very cool and collected copilot.
Very well done video. $45 every 8 hours!!! What !!! Man that is a killer. I fly my P35 into Oakland several times a year both IFR and VFR. Always got great service from ATC and tower. This year they started landing fee of $45, FBO parking $20 per night. Handling fee waved if buying gas. Still nice Bay Area airport to use and close to Bart system. Love your narration of video. Very good and informative. Cool accent too.
Thank you, Robert. With these fees, going to (and parking at) large airports is just a very occasional treat for me - but I do enjoy it immensely. Regards, Martin
That was a fun flight! Light IFR, a great iconic airport, and a bit of an IFR challenge (hold at a DME fix), and the family was there to enjoy it with me. 👍
Alright, watching that was a lot of fun, and I fly in and out of a lot if different airports. Never anything as big and as complicated as JFK. I flew OVER JFK once in my Mooney and flew into SEA TAC in my 172. A piece of cake compared to your experience. Thank you so much for sharing. You even included the early turn off. Very noble. I knew it was a good decision to subscribe to your channel. Well done Mr. Pauly. Keep up the great work and thanks for sharing.
No promises on the date of the video release, but the recording for the next bit airport is already done. For now, I'll just say it was a very large and busy airport, even by JFK standards.
Great video. Nice to see the hold instructions "in the real world." Now you've gotta fly somewhere where you can get a DME arc so you can complete your IFR bucket list ;-). Also, I love the professionalism of the NYC controllers. I fly in that area about 2-3x per years and always am very pleasantly surprised how nice these guys are.
I just saw your comment from 3 months ago, must have missed it previously... Yes, DME arcs - I have flown them, but I think they are going the way of the NDB approach. With GPS and SBAS/LPV approaches, who needs DME arcs? I see a return of arcs in RNP approaches, but I am not able to navigate those with my Garmin 530W. I agree with your NYC controller comment. The whole northeast, really. I did not have any issues whatsoever during this trip, everybody treated me nicely and professionally.
Another 5 star video Martin. I equally enjoyed the second cross country from your touchdown point to the GA Terminal. Having Foreflight (or Garmin Pilot Safe Taxi which I use) seems indispensable for orientation at new and particularly large airports even though your taxi route was rather straight forward...........literally. These videos are enormously instructive for me as an instrument student as the biggest fear I still have (concern really) is the anticipation of unexpected ATC instructions at just a point where overload would occur from saturation. Watching your videos encourage me to believe I'll eventually be able to master it. Thx again.
New subscriber and what a great video! As an instrument student, seeing the holding pattern visually was a great touch! Well edited and the quality is awesome! Looking forward to more content!
Great video, Martin. I don't think I'd try for JFK now, although I flew out of there for many years as an 747 captain. Retired many years, and these days I'm learning a lot about the Avidyne 550 in my TB-20 (out of KGFL), so I followed your flight on the iPad simulator for this flight. Great practice, and setting up a hold a the 8nm fix was a very good exercise. I'd love to have you along for a few instructional flights.
wow that holding instruction tho.. pretty challenging for the GA pilot who rarely gets them outside of the training environment. Excellent learning opportunity.
Well, for not holding in almost 20 years, and never because you had to, you lucked out with a really simple hold! I've also not held since IFR instruction, and would've broken out in an instant, cold sweat at the mere mention of holding instructions!
That was awesome Martin! I've had the option to fly into some big airports in my Cherokee, but I always find a smaller, less busy place. I'm very impressed with your confidence and proficiency. My youngest daughter lives in NYC, and I will probably fly into 47N and rent a car. But I got to fly into JFK with you! Thanks again. Wundervoller Flug.
No kidding, William! Of course, on the few occasions that I get to fly into such a large airport, taxiing is a big part of the fun and excitement. So I'm not complaining. :-)
"Diah Pahk" (aka 'Deer Park' : ) LOL Another fantastic video Martin! Great job and very professional!! FYI: the female ATC @ 3:45 said "and when you have a second, I want to go over your route and see what was issued to you." You mentioned in the previous vid that on this trip the ATC was harder to understand. Yeah, I was going to say that in the NE, it's probably the accents, and the speed at which they talk. ; )
This was the first time I have watched one of your videos, and it was excellent. I was impressed by your professionalism as well as that of the controllers. In fact, I was struck by how courteous the NY area controllers were, despite their near ferocious reputation, perhaps undeservedly so.
Hi John, thank you for your kind words. This trip last summer was only my second time out to the east coast, and we covered New York City, Boston, Martha's Vineyard, and a couple of smaller places, all over roughly two weeks. Not once did I have an issue with ATC, everyone was very helpful - my only difficulty in that regard was that some of the controllers speak quite a bit faster than here in the Midwest.
he understands and speaks english which is a big plus regarding the controllers being nice. also he didn't slow from the 250 knots assigned by boston center which is a big nono to get out some of the ferociousness. with all the vectoring they really don't like people slowing especially without saying so. 150 to 160 knots on final is quite acceptable for the ILS they normally assign 180 knots to 5 miles out. if you want to get an impression of the controllers in the area may i recommend www.liveatc.net/search/?icao=jfk especially 125.7 which is the main approach frequency for JFK. from my listening i must say JFK tower and especially ground are more likely to get ferocious compared with approach. approach gets annoyed and stressed but mostly that's it. tower and ground (which is a different ATC unit) have some controllers who can get quite angry. but if you are stepped on literally every transmission it gets very tedious. the frequency wasn't overly busy also so that's a plus :) the reason for the hold was probably the weather rolling in and a corresponding runway change (he checked VOR/DME 22L i believe after first hearing the ATIS) that's often used together with VOR13L landing and departing 13R. switching to the ILS22L means LGA can't do certain departure/approach patterns because the VOR approach course is further east compared to the ILS.
Martin, i took my flight school training on long island and flew between jfk and lga a few times going to allentown x country solo flights. Always in touch with atc and no transponder. Keep these videos coming. Safe travels.
In the 1980’s I did the same thing in a Piper Archer in an night landing after which the landing light burned out. If GoPro recording was available then, the playback it would have produced a real thriller for GA enthusiasts. Additionally, in 1983 the landing fee at Washington National was only $3.00 and overnight tie down $4.00 which then was cheaper than long-term auto parking. Those were the days.
I was waiting for Kennedy Steve (now retired, and probably newly retired when you flew in) to tell one of the airliners to 'give way to the top 2%, you! LOL The landing fee wasn't nearly as bad as what I thought it would have been, but the parking was kind of nuts. Nice video, Martin.
Ah bummer, you got rerouted and put up a graphic just over acquidneck island in RI. I saw you had UUU as part of your route, I was looking forward to seeing Newport from the air.
Yes, holds do happen - thought this was a first for me in almost 20 years of instrument flying (granted, only as a hobby). I was sure glad I had practiced them every now and then when the New York controller gave me one for real.
OMG landing fee is ONLY $25??!! I'm amazed they have avgas. I got my licence at Teterboro airport. Always wanted t land at JFK and Flushing airport. Great video Thanks.
Thanks. Yes, the landing fee was absolutely OK at JFK. Parking is a different story; I probably wouldn't stay as long on a future trip there as I did this time. - Martin
Fantastic! Almost a thriller with that hold and then the max speed localizer approach. I lived in that part of the country for a few years and hated it but do wish to fly around there sometime. Looking forward to the next video.
Interesting that you say that. I've been flying all over the US for twenty years, including several of the largest airports. I've never been turned down. The worst I remember was back in 1999 I went to St. Louis, back when that was the TWA main hub, in a Cessna 172. I was told to expect a 45-minute wait in a hold. I said "ok". In the end they worked me in right away, no hold. And very few airports in the US require a reservation today for GA these days.
Great video as always Martin. As a current instrument student, your videos have been a great way to observe real world IFR flying. Would you mind sharing how you navigated the DME hold? Were you using the distance to DPK on your GPS, or did you maybe set up a user waypoint?
Thanks, Zack. For this hold, the math was easy enough just looking at the distance to DPK. In this case I received the hold instructions rather late when I was almost over the fix, so there wasn't much time to do anything but that. Good luck for finishing your instrument rating! Regards, Martin
Excellent job. Pretty expensive to land JFK!! Just as FYI you can land in NJ and save a lot $ and still enjoy Manhattan by rental car. MMU, CDW, TEB in the north and 39N, 47N in the South of NJ.
Well, yes and no. Landing at JFK was not bad, but parking was very expensive. What I probably should have done (to save some $$$) is to fly to JFK first, but then quickly move the plane over to Teterboro or one of the other GA airports nearby.
Hi Martin, Enjoyed following your flight to JFK. Neat work! Have you ever flown into Oshkosh? during the EAA week? That plug lead must have been driving you crazy. Trust you were able to get that repaired in due course. I was an avionics man all my working life and got to diagnose mag noise many times. Even had that happen in my C33 at times. John.
Thanks, John. Yes, I was in Oshkosh just this year, spent the whole week there for the first time. I made a video recently explaining why I had not been there before ("RAGBRAI vs. Oshkosh"). The ignition noise has been gone for a while. Complete replacement of the ignition harness solved that problem, as you can hear in my newer videos. Regards, Martin
I love her East Coast accent. The Vinyad! Incredible video Martin. It’s stressed me out just watching it. Did you practice anything before you embarked on the trip or did you do incredibly intense training or planning so that you could handle all of this?
Wonderful video ! The use of charts in the bottom corner was excellent and great for situational awareness as we watched the video. I have flown into JFK hundreds of times with my airline, but this seemed far more stressful. Great job. BTW, what headset do you use, and is it as good as the Bose A20 for noise reduction?
That video had just about everything - very much looking forward to the outbound leg! what nav software are you using on the iPad? didn't look like Garmin or Foreflight.
Hi Raymond. I was using an EFB app called "WingX" at the time. It's been somewhat neglected by its developers in recent years, so I I've been using ForeFlight, and am currently learning Garmin Pilot as well. Regards, Martin
Hi Shariq, you did not miss it - this was an IFR flight, so no clearance was needed to enter the Class Bravo airspace. That only applies to VFR flights. On my other Kennedy video, the one where I take off, I departed VFR, and you can hear the Class Bravo clearance while still on the ground from Clearance Delivery.
Bob, sorry about the delay - for some reason I jut now saw your question. You can think of "Class Bravo" airspace as airspace around the nation's busiest airports, where aircraft flying under visual flight rules need an explicit clearance from air traffic control to fly.
"Caution wake your behind a 757" in a bonanza after a dme arc hold in the crazy NYC class bravo airspace of JFK, wow talk about a pro. Great Job sir.
I dont think I wasted 36:20 mins of my life.
That was totally enthralling from start to finish.
Im only a sim flier and now feel I might stay that way.
Wonderful video of JFK. Brings back many memories. Landed there many times flying a Beech 99 for a commuter airline (Monmouth Airlines). Our "terminal" was the old TWA terminal accessed by walking around all of the baggage carts!!!! In those days there was a short (5000') general aviation runway no longer used. Thanks again.
What a busy and amazing flight Martin. And you handled it all, including holding, magnificently. Great job! Thanks for another great and educational video.
Seeing the iPad live map made me understand and learn a lot, especially your ATC comms. Also, nice of you to share the cost for our information. Thanks for sharing.
You are very welcome, and thanks for the kind feedback.
- Martin
Great job, great comms. Brave man flying in to there.
Thanks, Andy.
- Martin
Awesome video. The hold over Long Island with graphical representation is a tremendous training aid.
Thank you, Rory. Glad you liked it!
It was nice flying with you Thanks....
Love the wave at 27:30
I wonder if the other crew could see me...
Regards, Martin
Outstanding piloting job and video creation!
I was surprised by no need to make a reservation.
Thanks for the education!
Thank you, David.
Only very few airports need an IFR reservation these days. LGA is one of them, JFK is not.
- Martin
Nice approach , Nice Flight . It's very instructive !
Merci, Olivier. It was a fun flight!
Best regards, Martin
Great video. I love the ipad overlay, very very helpful. You have by far the best Beech content on YT, thanks for sharing!
Thanks for the kind words!
- Martin
Martin, another great video your attention to detail, flight, taxi and video.... bravo!
Thanks, David.
- Martin
I love all your videos. I like the fact that you are not afraid of large airports. Keep it up.
Thank you, Alan. I hope one day I can land at all the Class Bravo airports. They are fun!
- Martin
Excellent footage and very educational. You’re vlogs are highly professional and I eagerly enjoy sitting back relaxing and enjoying the flight. Thank you.
Thank you, Sir.
Martin, thanks for the video. This past year I finally got back flying on a regular basis after having only logged 13 hours or so since picking up my ticket back in 2006.
While working on my flight review back in April, I finally had a chance to hit up a Class B airfield (DTW), and while it was admittedly a slower time for them, it wasn't bad as I expected.
This video definitely has me interested in flying into other larger airports once I have my instrument rating knocked out (which I just started a couple weeks ago).
You are welcome, Jason, and good luck for getting your instrument rating.
@@martinpauly Suppose I could mention now (I pulled this video up as a result of a conversation I'm having) I took my ride and got my IR at the end of last October. Makes flying - even on clear days - much easier.
Great video going into JFK. I would like their heard the controller audio until touchdown. Very impressed, that was a great video! Your wife seems to be a very cool and collected copilot.
Thank you, Mark!
Beckey has flown a lot with me, and we enjoy the trips in the Bonanza together. She's a great copilot!
- Martin
Awesome! what a crazy airspace to fly into. Well done sir!
Once again simply wonderful. Thanks for taking us on your journey.
Wow! You took on the crazy airspace with a lot of confidence - I'm impressed!
The procedure turn off that VOR might have overloaded me Martin!
That was espectacular,good job staying cool at all times, Follow 757 6 miles ahead Wow
I used to flight out of KFRG ,Thanks for share Captain
Nice to see you in my neck of the woods. Passed right by my home field (KFRG). Great job.
You've been to some awesome places in that Bonanza! Thanks for sharing!
Wing-rockin' cool and... flying a hold is rare these days. I flew into Kennedy VFR for kicks in a SR20 years ago. Good times!
Thank you, Sir! And I enjoyed your video of the fireworks over New York on New Year's Eve - that must have been spectacular from the airplane!
@@martinpauly It sure was, thanks!
Very well done video. $45 every 8 hours!!! What !!! Man that is a killer. I fly my P35 into Oakland several times a year both IFR and VFR. Always got great service from ATC and tower. This year they started landing fee of $45, FBO parking $20 per night. Handling fee waved if buying gas. Still nice Bay Area airport to use and close to Bart system. Love your narration of video. Very good and informative. Cool accent too.
Thank you, Robert.
With these fees, going to (and parking at) large airports is just a very occasional treat for me - but I do enjoy it immensely.
Regards, Martin
great video Martin....
That was a fun flight! Light IFR, a great iconic airport, and a bit of an IFR challenge (hold at a DME fix), and the family was there to enjoy it with me. 👍
This is great! Thank you so much for putting so much work into this with the subtitles, iPad screen, and additional commentary.
You are welcome, oicfas4523. Glad to hear you liked it.
Alright, watching that was a lot of fun, and I fly in and out of a lot if different airports. Never anything as big and as complicated as JFK. I flew OVER JFK once in my Mooney and flew into SEA TAC in my 172. A piece of cake compared to your experience. Thank you so much for sharing. You even included the early turn off. Very noble. I knew it was a good decision to subscribe to your channel. Well done Mr. Pauly. Keep up the great work and thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the kind feedback. I hope to visit a couple of more Class Bravo airports in 2019.
Best regards, Martin
What a trip! i was glued to my screen! More please! An always so well explained!
No promises on the date of the video release, but the recording for the next bit airport is already done. For now, I'll just say it was a very large and busy airport, even by JFK standards.
Really enjoyed your video. Bet you slept good that night. A LOT going on. A pleasure to watch. Thanks
Great video. Thanks for posting the prices. I always enjoy seeing how much it costs to land at these big "public" airports!
Great video Brave Soul Martin!
Another great video. I'm working on my ATC comm work right now so I find the "on screen text" very helpful.
Great video. Nice to see the hold instructions "in the real world." Now you've gotta fly somewhere where you can get a DME arc so you can complete your IFR bucket list ;-). Also, I love the professionalism of the NYC controllers. I fly in that area about 2-3x per years and always am very pleasantly surprised how nice these guys are.
I just saw your comment from 3 months ago, must have missed it previously... Yes, DME arcs - I have flown them, but I think they are going the way of the NDB approach. With GPS and SBAS/LPV approaches, who needs DME arcs? I see a return of arcs in RNP approaches, but I am not able to navigate those with my Garmin 530W.
I agree with your NYC controller comment. The whole northeast, really. I did not have any issues whatsoever during this trip, everybody treated me nicely and professionally.
Great job all around. Very informative. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks, Jeffrey - glad you liked it.
Hi Martin... "Great Video... I enjoyed making the flight with you"!
Thanks, Jim! :-)
Regards, Martin
Another 5 star video Martin. I equally enjoyed the second cross country from your touchdown point to the GA Terminal. Having Foreflight (or Garmin Pilot Safe Taxi which I use) seems indispensable for orientation at new and particularly large airports even though your taxi route was rather straight forward...........literally. These videos are enormously instructive for me as an instrument student as the biggest fear I still have (concern really) is the anticipation of unexpected ATC instructions at just a point where overload would occur from saturation. Watching your videos encourage me to believe I'll eventually be able to master it. Thx again.
Thanks, Blake. And you'll get there, with time and practice - like we all do. Good luck for getting your instrument rating!
Thank you for sharing really enjoyed the video.
Thank you, Bill. Happy to hear you liked it.
- Martin
Excellente video worth every penny. I wish I would fly like you.
Thank you, Ricardo.
Great job Martin! I admire your confidence flying IFR into JFK. I fly a 2003 A36 ...would love to make that trek someday!
Go for it, Mark. Do it on a nice VFR day and not during peak hours, and it should be a fun experience.
Great experience. Thanks Martin! Is good to see how the charts are updated. Now the notation for QD was changed to Q4.
Well done, nice video. Thanks !!!
Thanks! :-)
- Martin
New subscriber and what a great video! As an instrument student, seeing the holding pattern visually was a great touch! Well edited and the quality is awesome! Looking forward to more content!
Great video, Martin. I don't think I'd try for JFK now, although I flew out of there for many years as an 747 captain. Retired many years, and these days I'm learning a lot about the Avidyne 550 in my TB-20 (out of KGFL), so I followed your flight on the iPad simulator for this flight. Great practice, and setting up a hold a the 8nm fix was a very good exercise. I'd love to have you along for a few instructional flights.
Great video Martin, and awesome flying. Thanks for sharing!
Wow, that is a great video. Would love to fly into JFK one day as well.
Go for it, Matthias!
wow that holding instruction tho.. pretty challenging for the GA pilot who rarely gets them outside of the training environment. Excellent learning opportunity.
Thanks, Johnny. You are right, holds are so rare that when they DO happen they can be a handful. :-)
- Martin
"Jupp, no problem" :)
Mal wieder ein Spitzenvideo, Happy Landings!
Danke, Phil.
Well, for not holding in almost 20 years, and never because you had to, you lucked out with a really simple hold! I've also not held since IFR instruction, and would've broken out in an instant, cold sweat at the mere mention of holding instructions!
That was awesome Martin! I've had the option to fly into some big airports in my Cherokee, but I always find a smaller, less busy place. I'm very impressed with your confidence and proficiency. My youngest daughter lives in NYC, and I will probably fly into 47N and rent a car. But I got to fly into JFK with you! Thanks again. Wundervoller Flug.
Well done, great video.
Thank you, George - glad to hear you like the video.
Another great video. Good job
Thanks, Travis.
Great video, Thanks
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!
- Martin
The taxi at Kennedy was almost as long as the flight
No kidding, William! Of course, on the few occasions that I get to fly into such a large airport, taxiing is a big part of the fun and excitement. So I'm not complaining. :-)
Martin Pauly
What is the taxi ing speed limit
I was thinking they should have just had him land down there LOL
Excellent video and great job with NYC airspace.. I used to fly out of HPN and only transitioned through the airspace on my way to CHS :)
Thanks, Joe - glad you enjoyed the video.
- Martin
"Diah Pahk" (aka 'Deer Park' : ) LOL
Another fantastic video Martin! Great job and very professional!!
FYI: the female ATC @ 3:45 said "and when you have a second, I want to go over your route and see what was issued to you."
You mentioned in the previous vid that on this trip the ATC was harder to understand. Yeah, I was going to say that in the NE, it's probably the accents, and the speed at which they talk. ; )
Thank you very much for helping me decipher that, Cousin. The NE accent and (probably more so) high speed of speech is something I'm not used to.
This was the first time I have watched one of your videos, and it was excellent. I was impressed by your professionalism as well as that of the controllers. In fact, I was struck by how courteous the NY area controllers were, despite their near ferocious reputation, perhaps undeservedly so.
Hi John, thank you for your kind words. This trip last summer was only my second time out to the east coast, and we covered New York City, Boston, Martha's Vineyard, and a couple of smaller places, all over roughly two weeks. Not once did I have an issue with ATC, everyone was very helpful - my only difficulty in that regard was that some of the controllers speak quite a bit faster than here in the Midwest.
he understands and speaks english which is a big plus regarding the controllers being nice.
also he didn't slow from the 250 knots assigned by boston center which is a big nono to get out some of the ferociousness. with all the vectoring they really don't like people slowing especially without saying so.
150 to 160 knots on final is quite acceptable for the ILS they normally assign 180 knots to 5 miles out.
if you want to get an impression of the controllers in the area may i recommend www.liveatc.net/search/?icao=jfk especially 125.7 which is the main approach frequency for JFK.
from my listening i must say JFK tower and especially ground are more likely to get ferocious compared with approach.
approach gets annoyed and stressed but mostly that's it.
tower and ground (which is a different ATC unit) have some controllers who can get quite angry.
but if you are stepped on literally every transmission it gets very tedious.
the frequency wasn't overly busy also so that's a plus :)
the reason for the hold was probably the weather rolling in and a corresponding runway change (he checked VOR/DME 22L i believe after first hearing the ATIS)
that's often used together with VOR13L landing and departing 13R.
switching to the ILS22L means LGA can't do certain departure/approach patterns because the VOR approach course is further east compared to the ILS.
Great video and very instructive.Thanks for this lesson!
Glad you liked it, MrMazz35.
Oops sorry, watched the end of the video and got my answer. Nice flight.
Good, you found the info. All in all, not too bad (by large airport standards) except the steep parking fees.
Martin, i took my flight school training on long island and flew between jfk and lga a few times going to allentown x country solo flights. Always in touch with atc and no transponder. Keep these videos coming. Safe travels.
Thanks, George - you, too.
amassing confidence in your ability ! i would fly with you any day
Thank you, Bryan.
- Martin
Great video!!!
Thank you, Nikola. I have nice memories of this trip and our visit to New York City.
- Martin
I once complained about a $150 parking charge, after seeing this, not anymore. Over $650 to park!??! Geez
Yes, parking is big $$$ at some of these big airports, unfortunately.
- Martin
Great vid and thanks for sharing! I was stressed for you - quite the workload, in IMC conditions, for a single pilot and you made it look easy!
Hi Damian, thanks - glad you liked the video.
Do you fly, too?
Only in the sim world. One of a couple dreams I haven't followed...yet (hopefully!). Watching your JFK departure vid now. Thanks for the reply!
My advice is: Go for the real thing if this is one of your dreams!
Only thing missing was Kennedy Steve! Good job with some fairly complicated instructions. Taxi was nearly as long as the flight. :)
I agree, Kennedy Steve would have been the icing on the cake on this flight!
In the 1980’s I did the same thing in a Piper Archer in an night landing after which the landing light burned out. If GoPro recording was available then, the playback it would have produced a real thriller for GA enthusiasts. Additionally, in 1983 the landing fee at Washington National was only $3.00 and overnight tie down $4.00 which then was cheaper than long-term auto parking. Those were the days.
einmal mehr ein großartiges Video. Ich brauche jetzt nicht eigentlich mehr selber zu fliegen... LG Marc
Hallo Marc, das waere doch schade, wenn Du nicht mehr selber fliegst. Freut mich, von Dir zu hoeren!
Great stuff! Your channel is a refreshing find after having just watched some videos of a certain NorCal Twin Cessna driver....
Glad you like the videos, Curt. I'll be making a few more this year.
Great video! You got a new subscriber sir!
Thank you, Sergio. Glad you liked the video!
I was waiting for Kennedy Steve (now retired, and probably newly retired when you flew in) to tell one of the airliners to 'give way to the top 2%, you! LOL The landing fee wasn't nearly as bad as what I thought it would have been, but the parking was kind of nuts.
Nice video, Martin.
Oh man, talking to Kennedy Steve would have been the icing on this (already delicious) cake. :-)
Wow, yours are bigger than mine. Well done!
Thanks :-)
New subscriber..... Nice, clean video. Thanks
Glad you liked the video, and thanks for subscribing, Bud.
I hope you'll enjoy some of my other videos, too.
That was well done captain!. I fly out of Linden.. not too far from JFK and a quick train ride to the city. Subsribed.
Thank you, Johnny - glad you liked the video.
My old stomping grounds. Flew out of FRG. Use to use deer park to announce inbound to airport. Loved to take friends up all the time.
I wish it was closer to home for me. Would love to go visit more often.
- Martin
Well done sir!
Just what you want to hear in the clouds, caution wake turbulence from a 757 in front of you.
Nice flight very busy controllers.
Thanks
You are right! 😁
(But the spacing was good, and the wind helped.)
- Martin
Ah bummer, you got rerouted and put up a graphic just over acquidneck island in RI. I saw you had UUU as part of your route, I was looking forward to seeing Newport from the air.
That was impressive, you obviously know your stuff. Seems like you navigate better in the air than on the ground :)
Guilty as charged! :-)
i'm guessing your autopilot was a big help
great flying
I can’t count how many times I’ve heard pilots say ATC =never= gives hold instructions like that! :D
Yes, holds do happen - thought this was a first for me in almost 20 years of instrument flying (granted, only as a hobby). I was sure glad I had practiced them every now and then when the New York controller gave me one for real.
Made it look easy! :)
That was FUN!
Thanks - glad you liked it.
OMG landing fee is ONLY $25??!! I'm amazed they have avgas. I got my licence at Teterboro airport. Always wanted t land at JFK and Flushing airport. Great video Thanks.
Thanks. Yes, the landing fee was absolutely OK at JFK. Parking is a different story; I probably wouldn't stay as long on a future trip there as I did this time.
- Martin
Fantastic! Almost a thriller with that hold and then the max speed localizer approach. I lived in that part of the country for a few years and hated it but do wish to fly around there sometime.
Looking forward to the next video.
Great video thank you for sharing your journey with us. How much is the handling fee if you don't get fuel?
Geez, got lucky letting them approve that flight plan. In the early 2000s I tried several times to try to get into tampa intl. They usually reject it.
Interesting that you say that. I've been flying all over the US for twenty years, including several of the largest airports. I've never been turned down. The worst I remember was back in 1999 I went to St. Louis, back when that was the TWA main hub, in a Cessna 172. I was told to expect a 45-minute wait in a hold. I said "ok". In the end they worked me in right away, no hold. And very few airports in the US require a reservation today for GA these days.
Nice video, what is the secret of memorizing all the complicated instructions of the CT?
The secret? Practice, I guess...
- Martin
Should have told them you only want to park there, not purchase. But I agree, doing it once like that would be worth it.
Right. :-)
Wow this was exciting to watch ! Thanks for sharing, loved it :)
Thank you very much - glad to hear you liked it.
They hold you above KISP to sway you into landing there or at KFRG, where you can get a train to nyc.
Maybe that was the plan, yes.
- Martin
Great video as always Martin. As a current instrument student, your videos have been a great way to observe real world IFR flying.
Would you mind sharing how you navigated the DME hold? Were you using the distance to DPK on your GPS, or did you maybe set up a user waypoint?
Thanks, Zack.
For this hold, the math was easy enough just looking at the distance to DPK. In this case I received the hold instructions rather late when I was almost over the fix, so there wasn't much time to do anything but that.
Good luck for finishing your instrument rating!
Regards, Martin
Excellent job. Pretty expensive to land JFK!! Just as FYI you can land in NJ and save a lot $ and still enjoy Manhattan by rental car. MMU, CDW, TEB in the north and 39N, 47N in the South of NJ.
Well, yes and no. Landing at JFK was not bad, but parking was very expensive. What I probably should have done (to save some $$$) is to fly to JFK first, but then quickly move the plane over to Teterboro or one of the other GA airports nearby.
Abraham, I have already had this $$$$$$$ conversation with Martin after he went to DFW. He does it for sport, no matter the cost! :-)
Hi Martin, Enjoyed following your flight to JFK. Neat work! Have you ever flown into Oshkosh? during the EAA week? That plug lead must have been driving you crazy. Trust you were able to get that repaired in due course. I was an avionics man all my working life and got to diagnose mag noise many times. Even had that happen in my C33 at times. John.
Thanks, John. Yes, I was in Oshkosh just this year, spent the whole week there for the first time. I made a video recently explaining why I had not been there before ("RAGBRAI vs. Oshkosh").
The ignition noise has been gone for a while. Complete replacement of the ignition harness solved that problem, as you can hear in my newer videos.
Regards, Martin
Might want to slow down when they told you to expect a hold. No use rushing to the hold :)
I love her East Coast accent.
The Vinyad!
Incredible video Martin. It’s stressed me out just watching it. Did you practice anything before you embarked on the trip or did you do incredibly intense training or planning so that you could handle all of this?
Wonderful video ! The use of charts in the bottom corner was excellent and great for situational awareness as we watched the video. I have flown into JFK hundreds of times with my airline, but this seemed far more stressful. Great job. BTW, what headset do you use, and is it as good as the Bose A20 for noise reduction?
Wow that parking fee was steeeeeep.
Yes - not something I would be able to do for regular visits, that's for sue.
That video had just about everything - very much looking forward to the outbound leg! what nav software are you using on the iPad? didn't look like Garmin or Foreflight.
Hi Raymond. I was using an EFB app called "WingX" at the time. It's been somewhat neglected by its developers in recent years, so I I've been using ForeFlight, and am currently learning Garmin Pilot as well.
Regards,
Martin
That was amazing, I was just wondering when you would recieve the cleared into the bravo from ATC, perhaps I just missed it in the video?
Hi Shariq, you did not miss it - this was an IFR flight, so no clearance was needed to enter the Class Bravo airspace. That only applies to VFR flights.
On my other Kennedy video, the one where I take off, I departed VFR, and you can hear the Class Bravo clearance while still on the ground from Clearance Delivery.
Martin I'm not a pilot please explain what is Class Bravo airspace ? Thank You !
Class B en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airspace_class_(United_States)
Bob, sorry about the delay - for some reason I jut now saw your question. You can think of "Class Bravo" airspace as airspace around the nation's busiest airports, where aircraft flying under visual flight rules need an explicit clearance from air traffic control to fly.
B757 one of the worst to be behind for wake turbulence lucky you!
Yes, the 757 is bad in that regard, but it was six miles ahead of me, or roughly three minutes at my normal approach speed.
- Martin