A BEAUTIFUL FLIGHT TO DULUTH IN THE BEECH 65 QUEEN AIR!
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- Connor an I bring my dad along on a quick up to Duluth and back.
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I served with your son a few years back. Can to see his doing well and has facial hair😀
Yeah, he's a little scruffy these days!
Thanks for taking us along!
Our pleasure!
I’m sure everyone knows the answer to this but I can’t help myself. Know what the difference is between a King Air and a Queen Air?
The Queen Air has jugs. I crack myself up!
I am so stealing that!
@@KerryDMcCauley lol
Not a lot of queens airs out there, would love to hear those twin 400 hp engines!
They do sound sweet!
A camera view from behind of the panel would have made this video really interesting
I'll have one for the next flight.
I used to work on these QueenAires at Bemidji Airlines, back when they still flew scheduled passenger service. The IO-720s were robust, but keep your cooling baffles in good condition. The rear cylinders were prone to heat damage, especially exhaust valves and valve guides starting about 150 hours before scheduled overhaul.
Great aircraft though, enjoy!
One of my best friends flies for Bemidji. Good operation and great planes.
Funny, after years of restoring WWII aircraft damaged and a beautiful exotic Beech 43 Staggerwing that bellied in, I ended up nicknamed Baffling Idiot, Where every aircraft needed major makeover of new baffling.
Like you say, quite critical as the ends of cylinders do move around just enough during heat phases, to stress mounting holes of baffling. Let alone scrubbed to death on cowlings.
I wasn't there at the time, but some aircraft were special built to go missionaries in Africa,
Pilot landed in Iceland to refuel, and on take off he lost entire jug, and crashed in the ocean, which was more than likely caused by baffling issue.
Cheers
Vectored to “thataway.”
Your Queen Air is not going to be a Hanger Queen then Kerry.
Heck no! I hope Connor is still flying it when it gets to be 100 years old. If there is still 100 LL by then of course.
@@KerryDMcCauley It might be electric by then! 😅 How many seats in that plane, by the way?
It's rated for 9 but I only have 6 seats.@@igclapp
Fun! I'm based at 21D over in the condo hangers. You also flew right over my favorite MN airport DYT. Skyharbor is the best
Flew the Beech 65-B80 Excalibur in the Caribbean in the 90s. 1500 feet strips and St Barth, no problem. Such a lovely aircraft to fly. I believe it was sold to the US around 2008 after the company folded.
So glad to hear someone took one into St. Barth because I want to do that with mine! I got checked out there in a Bonanza 10 years ago and wanted to go back ever since.
@@KerryDMcCauley It was no problem at all even before the hill was lowered and the final approach slightly flattened. With that soft landing gear it just settled down. We used to fly Princess Di there on her 'escapes' 😂.
Used to be YT videos of V2-LDO landing, but they're gone now. Saw this of a Beech 200. Never saw one there. Like you said, one needs prior training/certification before landing in SBH, hence most operators are commercial.
I did see a Conquest 2. He landed after several go-arounds, only to put the main landing gear struts through the wing!
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@@wadadli4sun I'm not too worried about the landing. I was only concerned about getting out of there but the book says it should be fine.
@@KerryDMcCauley Yup, no worries at all even on the rare days of using Rwy 28 for landing.
If you want to hear a beautiful plane, can't hardly beat the Beech 18 as far as I'm concerned, which isn't too far I guess. I wonder if I've seen this one over Superior?
I love the Beech 18. I jumped out of them a lot back in the 80's.
Cirrus aircraft used to give tours or the Duluth plant on Wednesday's at noon. Call to confirm.
II need to get up there and do that.
Hey love the content! Just wondering why you press the mic to talk to others in the video and to the camera vs talking on the frequency?
It's not a hot mic. Hit the push to talk half way down and you're on intercom.
Belly mounted cameras, really enjoyable to watch. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it
Oh its an easy runway I fly out of there many times
I've been there a few times in my 182. Super nice airport.
What’s the fuel burn on the ole girl?
All of it! 48 GPH at full throttle.
I flew one of these back in the day. Typical Beechcraft quality build.
I've flown just about everything, and Beechcraft aircraft are just the best!
@@KerryDMcCauley I especially liked flying the B-18
@@jamesstephenpeyton3305 I have aa lot of jumps out of the Twin Beech. Love that plane!
Kerry, will you be bringing her Majesty down for Sun n Fun ?
Probably.
Great video. Do you have ADS-B on "the old girl" ?
Yes I do!
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Thanks, I'll check it out.
Hey Kerry, watched the Dangerous flights series a few years back, really enjoyed it and you were my favourite in that series. Glad you made a youtube chanel, loving the content. Best regards from Iceland.
So glad you liked the show!
Fly up to KBRD some day I’ll buy pie.
Been there many times!
👍✅ loved the exact course instructions to your "copilot" gimme that-a-way 🤣
You don't want to get to technical with the younger generation.
Straight in can be convenient, but when traffic is landing ahead of you, by entering downwind, you can gauge your pattern length, base and final. Thus, you may avoid a go around. Beautiful plane! May I ask how much your hangar is per month?
Nothing, that beautiful hangar is mine.
@@KerryDMcCauley I pay $1,200 per month for a small t hangar here in se florida!
Holy cow! That's crazy! I charge the local flight school less than half that for space in my hangar.@@davidmangold1838
just got dangerous flights great read thanks the Queenie looks nice
Glad you enjoyed it!
Your Queen Air looks proper plush inside. Suede roof liners?
Sort of like Suede I guess.
@@KerryDMcCauleyThose 8's do sound amazing, btw, but if you make some serious cash from YT, I'd spoon a couple de-tuned TPE's in there. 😋.
Really great aviation video! Education, entertainment, and good views of the home landscapes. Great work! Thank you for doing this content!
Glad you enjoyed it
Thanks for sharing I was just wounded if you were still in touch with the pilots and guys you met while filming those ferry flights you did back in the day ? Cheers Paul
Yes I am. I head to Utah once a year to visit Cory and Pete, and I saw Marcio just last year at Sun n Fun.
I flew many hours in an Excalibur Q/A (T-bone too)years ago…awesome plane to fly!
It sure is!
First item on engine out checklist: 1) Find something soft and cheap.
Great videos thank you Kerry!
Glad you like them!
I'm still trying to understand your go around ....
Why he clearly said livestock on the runway that might not have cleared away. I would have made the same decision. No shame in going around.
If it’s not lookin good coming down, remember that you can always go around!
There was a woman in a Cessna 172 landing in front of me after shooting an RNAV approach. She most likely would have been off the runway by the time I landed but there was no reason to push it. Besides, it gave me an excuse to do some low level maneuvering, which I like!
Every approach you should plan and rehearse a go around. Only land when EVERYTHING is as it should be. Once in a 767, I didn’t review the g/a procedure. Had to do a last minute g/a, and it was a cluster fxxx🤪. Never again. In retirement, I tool-around in my 1947 straight 35 bonanza.
@@davidmangold1838 I'd just gone over go arounds with Connor the week before, so I had that going for me.