I like any instructor that's gonna tell you what you did wrong and why, instead of just biting your head off. Let me bite myself for it, and then tell me it's alright because we'll work on it.
I just love pilot training. No defensiveness. No ego. Just everyone's there for the same reason: recognize that we're not perfect, practice to improve, embrace all criticism, and never stop learning.
Everything about this is great...the cinematography, sound, people, plane! I was right there with you working on those landings. I can't wait to do floats myself. Also really like the comment about a smooth touchdown does not equal a good landing. So true. Thanks again, Steve, for sharing this amazing content!
There's more than one NTSB crash investigation with a multi-thousand hour ATP who couldn't be told what to do by anybody. The sad part is that they usually take several people out with them, as well.
Reminds me of a bit of wisdom that has stuck with me throughout the years. It's about mindset and willingness to be humble with your achievements and to bask both in your shortcomings and the struggle to overcome them. Someone who stops learning 10hrs and keeps doing the same thing for the next 100 hrs will most often be outdone by the person who was willing to learn for 11hrs. FlightChops has stayed humble and been actively learning this whole time and that's why even at 600 hrs he flies like he has a LOT more hours under his belt. Truly an inspiration.
What a beautiful piece FlightChops! Makes me want to move to Alaska and start flying (from scratch of course). Thanks for producing footage from the past, we all need this right now. Cheers!
Well done, Steve. You will just enjoy float flying more and more as time goes on. Don’t seek out much more, just more locations. The Beaver is a beautiful machine and time allows for appreciation.
FlightChops you said you have about 600 total hours. I was wondering about what your break down is. ie duel tailwheel complex multiengine IFR or whatever thing you might like to track and why. Could be a good trip down memory lane episode. Great video thanks.
This series has to be one of your best. As a pilot who no longer flies you have whet my appetite to get back in that seat. The beaver is such a beautiful kerosene canary. Alaska looks beautiful. Hav3 fun, fly safe and keep doing what you’re doing.
I took my 1st float plane ride this summer in Alaska off of Prince of Whales Island. We went to a floating home in Thorne Bay. It was an amazing experience. Flying in a beaver Built-in 1955 was amazing.
What a great video. The beauty, the Beaver and the instructors just suck you in. I have a large wing span radio controlled Beaver that I absolutely love. Thanks for the great experiences on this series of videos.
Unfortunately I lake the eloquence to properly describe just how awesome this series has been. This episode is no exception. Float operations are in my opinion the pinnacle of aviation and here it is being joined by a willing and studious pilot and one of the finest instructors I’ve seen. Thank you for sharing this experience with us.
What an amazing instructor. If he teaches I might just go up to Alaska when this covid ordeal is over and learn from him. Too many instructors watch you about to a make a mistake. Grab the controls. Tell you the mistake but don’t explain why it’s a mistake and it’s effects. They don’t teach you how to correct it or what the effects could be. Not saying instructors shouldn’t step in when it’s a safety issue but when learning in a controlled environment it’s nice.
Just want to say that the Beaver in general and that Beaver in particular are beautiful aircraft, inside and out. I'm sure that big P&W radial is a treat to fly behind, too.
Great video, Steve! I’m also just over 600 hours TT, and am somewhat envious that you had the opportunity to check out on one of the iconic airplanes of all time! As a Canadian expat in Texas, I can identify very much with your experience here! Really looking forward to the rest of the series!
Some of my best memories of living in Alaska as a child was with my Father, landing on Lake Hood, Sand Lake, and at Ted Stevens Int'l. Thanks for allowing me to relive those first days of me getting the flying bug again.
It’s so nice to see people who have the opportunity to do this in life. I’m not a pilot but the first thing I would do in preflight prep is pray for fair winds and a clear head. Wish I could fly along and thanks for this video and taking us along for the experience. Amazing process in an amazing machine. God’s speed
I've added this training to my bucket list. I was fortunate enough to visit lake hood a few years back, what an amazing place. The thing I want now more than anything is to bring my 3 year old boy back there so he can experience it.
Thanks Chris - yeah it pained me to sit on this content for so long, but it was 3 TBs of raw footage, and I needed to have the time to give the edits the love they deserve!
Great video and great landings. Awesome! Loved it and you have a fan in Rio de Janeiro - Brazil. Loved your videos and inspire many many pilots to be great pilot. Thanks for share!
I thoroughly enjoyed this video! I have a few hours in an amphib Beaver in Palm Coast, FL and then finished up my rating at Brown's in the Cub. The Beaver is such a wonderful, cool, airplane. Thanks very much for sharing! Excellent stuff!
Excellent Flick! My God, what a tremendous airplane! Learned a lot from this. Flightchops, after watching you do your thing I have to agree. You are gifted, you are an excellent pilot. And this is a great instructor. Assertive yet not invasive.
Another fantastic video Steve, the video ended and I was like "wtf already". The instructor seems like a top chap too his instruction style is fantastic, maybe one day I'll be able to head out there myself and train to fly the beaver with him. Hopefully I am going to be sorting out my tailwheel differences training in a few weeks...as long as we don't end up in another hard lock down situation. I look forward to the next instalment.
This video was very informative, had my full attention the full 20:40 minutes. Thank you, for sharing once again. The 'Left Seater' seems to make the plane an extension of his body, the DHC-2 Beaver is the best airplane (in my opinion), for this type of travel, whether it be for business or Recreation. Happy Landings!
He says it perfect...water grabs those floats. Be ready for that stick back on touch. You don't want to get that weight forward...game over! Enjoy the beav!
Legend has it that the De Havilland Beaver design was based upon a lot of input from experienced bush pilots; they got the plane they wanted; it's perfect.
Thanks - I'm lucky to have had a lot of widely variable experiences in a short amount of time - my stick and rudder is pretty ok... Procedures and systems management are things that I can still struggle with due to lack of over all experience.
@@FlightChops Come to Port Elizabeth next year. Would love to meet you Steve. There is quite a bit to see here. Plenty of wild life reserves within an hours drive from here. 43 Flight school is an hour and a half drive from here. Largest flight training establishment below the equator. Regards
@@FlightChops All the way, baby! As an aeromodeller, I get a lot of information from my full-size brethren. It's all stick and rudder to me. Blue skies and fair winds, Steve. P.S. How's the build going? Any progress?
@@richarddarlington1139 Cool! And yeah - check out the current instagram story for a teaser of the next upcoming build vlog. we're picking colours for the interior!
@@FlightChops I'll assume you've nailed down the all-important colors for the exterior. I don't do much on social media so, I'll wait for you to post the vlog here. Looking forward!
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The instructor is such a gem. Praising when you need it, being critical in a constructive way... lots of knowledge. I want to go train with that guy.
Awesome - Yes - Martin is great! The pandemic slowed down their plans to launch APEX, but watch for them to start accepting bookings soon.
FlightChops if only the borders would open! Haha
I like any instructor that's gonna tell you what you did wrong and why, instead of just biting your head off.
Let me bite myself for it, and then tell me it's alright because we'll work on it.
I’ve known the guy (and flown with him) since 1985. He is an exceptional pilot and instructor.
@@FlightChops I can't wait. I don't care how much it costs, I want to do this program.
I just love pilot training. No defensiveness. No ego. Just everyone's there for the same reason: recognize that we're not perfect, practice to improve, embrace all criticism, and never stop learning.
With a good instructor and student like this it's a beautiful thing to watch!
Everything about this is great...the cinematography, sound, people, plane! I was right there with you working on those landings. I can't wait to do floats myself. Also really like the comment about a smooth touchdown does not equal a good landing. So true. Thanks again, Steve, for sharing this amazing content!
Love the paint scheme on the beaver.
I love that quote about smooth landings not meaning good landings
Fascinating..looks like so much fun. You were probably exhausted afterwards. 😊
Congratulations...your films give me the pit of my stomach feeling I get when flying with a CFI. You capture the shots and the emotion....perfectly.
I really appreciate that feedback Simon!
He's a dang good instructor. Props!
Motors.
600 hours, i was expecting few thousand. Sometimes mindset is more important than just experience
There's more than one NTSB crash investigation with a multi-thousand hour ATP who couldn't be told what to do by anybody. The sad part is that they usually take several people out with them, as well.
As Martin said, he made sure that every one of them was a learning experience. 600 hours of training do make an excellent pilot...
Any landing you can swim away from is a good landing.
😜👍
Haha good one
😂😂
But if you can swim back into it the next day, that's a great landing!
Hopefully nobody has to swim for it in an Alaskan lake.
Reminds me of a bit of wisdom that has stuck with me throughout the years. It's about mindset and willingness to be humble with your achievements and to bask both in your shortcomings and the struggle to overcome them. Someone who stops learning 10hrs and keeps doing the same thing for the next 100 hrs will most often be outdone by the person who was willing to learn for 11hrs. FlightChops has stayed humble and been actively learning this whole time and that's why even at 600 hrs he flies like he has a LOT more hours under his belt. Truly an inspiration.
That smooth deep radial sound makes the whole video sound awesome
What a beautiful piece FlightChops! Makes me want to move to Alaska and start flying (from scratch of course). Thanks for producing footage from the past, we all need this right now. Cheers!
It's not as expensive as most people think to just get a light sport license.
Well done, Steve. You will just enjoy float flying more and more as time goes on. Don’t seek out much more, just more locations. The Beaver is a beautiful machine and time allows for appreciation.
Lucky fella you are. That's one beautiful Beaver you're flying there sir
FlightChops you said you have about 600 total hours. I was wondering about what your break down is. ie duel tailwheel complex multiengine IFR or whatever thing you might like to track and why. Could be a good trip down memory lane episode. Great video thanks.
This series has to be one of your best. As a pilot who no longer flies you have whet my appetite to get back in that seat. The beaver is such a beautiful kerosene canary. Alaska looks beautiful. Hav3 fun, fly safe and keep doing what you’re doing.
I took my 1st float plane ride this summer in Alaska off of Prince of Whales Island. We went to a floating home in Thorne Bay. It was an amazing experience. Flying in a beaver Built-in 1955 was amazing.
That is hands down the most beautiful beaver I've ever seen! Great video :)
What a great video. The beauty, the Beaver and the instructors just suck you in. I have a large wing span radio controlled Beaver that I absolutely love. Thanks for the great experiences on this series of videos.
Its not the amount of hours its the quality of hours! ..Awesome Job Steve..
Thanks!
"It's not the years, honey, it's the milage" - Dr. Indiana Jones, 1936.
Unfortunately I lake the eloquence to properly describe just how awesome this series has been. This episode is no exception. Float operations are in my opinion the pinnacle of aviation and here it is being joined by a willing and studious pilot and one of the finest instructors I’ve seen. Thank you for sharing this experience with us.
One of the best teaching vids - with a great instructor who knows that aircraft like no other - in some incredible scenery. Well done, sir.
Beautiful day for that wow! Beautiful airplane too
What an amazing instructor. If he teaches I might just go up to Alaska when this covid ordeal is over and learn from him. Too many instructors watch you about to a make a mistake. Grab the controls. Tell you the mistake but don’t explain why it’s a mistake and it’s effects. They don’t teach you how to correct it or what the effects could be. Not saying instructors shouldn’t step in when it’s a safety issue but when learning in a controlled environment it’s nice.
Just want to say that the Beaver in general and that Beaver in particular are beautiful aircraft, inside and out. I'm sure that big P&W radial is a treat to fly behind, too.
Just something magical about radials coughing as they turn over and then burst into life. Could watch radials start all day....
roadsweeper1 Nice beaver,
-Leslie Neilson
Fantastic! I got my float rating over 25 years ago, no money to continue, this takes me back. Very good instructor, Mine was a bear!
Great video, Steve! I’m also just over 600 hours TT, and am somewhat envious that you had the opportunity to check out on one of the iconic airplanes of all time! As a Canadian expat in Texas, I can identify very much with your experience here! Really looking forward to the rest of the series!
Some of my best memories of living in Alaska as a child was with my Father, landing on Lake Hood, Sand Lake, and at Ted Stevens Int'l. Thanks for allowing me to relive those first days of me getting the flying bug again.
It’s so nice to see people who have the opportunity to do this in life. I’m not a pilot but the first thing I would do in preflight prep is pray for fair winds and a clear head. Wish I could fly along and thanks for this video and taking us along for the experience. Amazing process in an amazing machine. God’s speed
I've added this training to my bucket list. I was fortunate enough to visit lake hood a few years back, what an amazing place. The thing I want now more than anything is to bring my 3 year old boy back there so he can experience it.
I can't believe this is only 45 min away from me! Apex float rating here I come!!!!
That engine start sound is awesome!
Imagine going for training 2 years ago and just now putting it online. Thats alot of work thats going into these and we can tell! Awesome stuff
Thanks Chris - yeah it pained me to sit on this content for so long, but it was 3 TBs of raw footage, and I needed to have the time to give the edits the love they deserve!
Great video and great landings. Awesome! Loved it and you have a fan in Rio de Janeiro - Brazil. Loved your videos and inspire many many pilots to be great pilot. Thanks for share!
The Bushmaster is amazing...period.
This is the airplane that I never knew I needed in MSFS 2020.
Would be cool to see more seaplane options, but the Icon is still a blast to fly .
My goodness, what an experience and what an airplane! Thanks for sharing it with us, Steve.
Happy to share!
Two things have combined to make float/seaplanes irresistible to me. Tales of the Gold Monkey, and TaleSpin.
Talespin! YES!
"Tales of the Gold Monkey" I had to google... and I was intrigued :P
Talk about a bucket list item...Love that Beaver!
Nice Beaver
Could have titled this one: "There's nothing like a well trimmed Beaver"
- it would have totally applied... but also, just no.
@@FlightChops lol
Thanks! I just had it stuffed! (obscure reference 😃 )
@@FlightChops I've always preferred a nice little well groomed landing strip myself.
@@SmittySmithsonite lmao. Love naked gun
I so enjoy living vicariously through you, Steve!
Happy to share :)
Love this series! Thank you so much for all the work you put in to share this with us Steve!
Great to watch.The relaxed manner in which information was passed on and positive re enforcement from the instructor was fantastic
Very nice video thank for publishing
So good, Steve. Thanks for sharing.
Oh man, I really LOVE this series! Keep up the good work, for me it's your best one yet!
Wow. He gave you some great kudos! Way to go!
Just amazing. I love this instructor. Respect from UK :)
Looks like so much fun. A flight in the front of a R-895 powered Beaver is on my bucket list.
Awesome!.... Love the mighty Beaver. It’s such a nimble aircraft and a true joy to fly 👌🏼
You have insanely good quality content for the amount of subs u have....this is better content that people with a million can manage
Feedback appreciated :)
I thoroughly enjoyed this video! I have a few hours in an amphib Beaver in Palm Coast, FL and then finished up my rating at Brown's in the Cub. The Beaver is such a wonderful, cool, airplane. Thanks very much for sharing! Excellent stuff!
Worked on them for years but never had one airborne myself..... Good job 👍
The shots by the peaks were breathtaking! it also helps to have such a gorgeous classic airplane to add up. Amazing Work!
Excellent Flick! My God, what a tremendous airplane! Learned a lot from this. Flightchops, after watching you do your thing I have to agree. You are gifted, you are an excellent pilot. And this is a great instructor. Assertive yet not invasive.
Another great video Steve! The wide range of experience you have would make any pilot envious
I absolutely love the DeHavilland Beaver and Alaska. Great landing. The last landing was the best
Better call a mechanic..... I think you busted your Fun Meter ...
Nice work. Glad you are getting theses videos put out for us to watch
great episode ! I'm a big fan of Beavers. BIG. Fan. Of. Beavers.
Beautiful cinematography.
I just love this series, Steve! Well done! 👍🏻
;)
Amazing content again. Just pure flying content for the real avgeek :)
Awesome - thanks!
Great instructor. Really great content.
Sweet training video! Excellent instructor!
What a beautiful spot! Great footage, Steve, and NICE flying BTW. 👍😎
Thanks 👍
Another awesome video brother 👏 👍 🙌 👌. I love watching how you bring your passion to aviation for all of us to enjoy and experience it first hand.
Great coaching, great knowledge sharing.
Awesome video steve. Martin sounds like a wealth of knowledge!
absolutely fascinating, great video , definition of a great instuctor, a beautiful airplane and great scenery !
Lovely vid, great flying Steve. Loving these episodes.
Wow what a great video
Excellent pilot with so few hours, amazing.
Thanks a lot!
Man, I love beavers!
Fantastic video! Thanks!
Another fantastic video Steve, the video ended and I was like "wtf already". The instructor seems like a top chap too his instruction style is fantastic, maybe one day I'll be able to head out there myself and train to fly the beaver with him.
Hopefully I am going to be sorting out my tailwheel differences training in a few weeks...as long as we don't end up in another hard lock down situation.
I look forward to the next instalment.
Martin is shy to watch the videos - so I will pass this comment among - he will appreciate it.
This video was very informative, had my full attention the full 20:40 minutes. Thank you, for sharing once again. The 'Left Seater' seems to make the plane an extension of his body, the DHC-2 Beaver is the best airplane (in my opinion), for this type of travel, whether it be for business or Recreation. Happy Landings!
The different aspects of aviation is incredible.
That looked really fun :)
I flew in a beaver as passenger, a very memorable day. This is very very cool.
Final landing was beautiful!!
He says it perfect...water grabs those floats. Be ready for that stick back on touch. You don't want to get that weight forward...game over!
Enjoy the beav!
You are living my dream - thx for sharing it
Haha. Sorry - and glad to share it :)
“I love my TBM 850!!”
Steve: “That’s so cute...”😏
Great stuff. So interesting to watch. Thanks! Looks like you had a ball and the CFI was very cool,and had some great tips and explanations!
Happy to share, and glad you enjoyed it!
Amazing shots in the mountains!
Some of the planes Kenmor Air has built just make me slobber like a Bull Dog. Such a great, great plane.
This was very entertaining
he is an excellent teacher
Legend has it that the De Havilland Beaver design was based upon a lot of input from experienced bush pilots; they got the plane they wanted; it's perfect.
Great video. Wow, I can’t believe you have 600 hours. The way you fly is like pilots with thousands of hours.
Thanks - I'm lucky to have had a lot of widely variable experiences in a short amount of time - my stick and rudder is pretty ok...
Procedures and systems management are things that I can still struggle with due to lack of over all experience.
Love this channel. Greetings from South Africa
I am so sad I didn’t get to go there as I had planned this year :(
@@FlightChops Come to Port Elizabeth next year. Would love to meet you Steve. There is quite a bit to see here. Plenty of wild life reserves within an hours drive from here. 43 Flight school is an hour and a half drive from here. Largest flight training establishment below the equator. Regards
Absolutely stunning images, Steve.
And I'm only three and a half minutes in.
Awesome! How far did you get? I let this one go pretty deep and a bit into the nerdy details.
@@FlightChops
All the way, baby!
As an aeromodeller, I get a lot of information from my full-size brethren.
It's all stick and rudder to me.
Blue skies and fair winds, Steve.
P.S. How's the build going? Any progress?
@@richarddarlington1139 Cool! And yeah - check out the current instagram story for a teaser of the next upcoming build vlog. we're picking colours for the interior!
@@FlightChops
I'll assume you've nailed down the all-important colors for the exterior.
I don't do much on social media so, I'll wait for you to post the vlog here.
Looking forward!
That's incredible!
Wow, that’s amazing
that was awesome!
dang that must be so much fun. I'm so jellies
Just noticed the 337 in the background of the hanger shots, in a nice scheme too. I want it!
Me: "That wasn't my very best landing". Instructor: "Don't worry; the fire will go out soon because we're sinking"