I’ve got to give you thumbs up as you are one of the better backcountry aviation videographers. I’ve said it before but I like how you provide commentary and tips on the various strips you visit. I also appreciate you are safety conscience and don’t stage phony emergencies and drama for viewers like some of the other channels.
Excellent video.....location, narration, and editing. It’s great to see good, practical flying and not the extreme flying some of the others on UA-cam post. There are some fun places in North Idaho if you ever get up this way.
very, very awesome. I've not seen the american side of the rockies but northern bc by commercial flight and by car- it- never grows old- sitting at the window on a commercial plane- i would look down on the lands passing beneath, longing for a chance to fly in, land, explore, fish, hunt and forrage- eventually leaving . So beautiful scenery to be shared, but in first person - you are a very lucky man ! Thankyou for the post, rest assured i will be following and watching closely- not at your flying capabilities but the scenery so few have a chance to experience first hand. :) Many thanks for sharing this
Thank you for the video. Nice seeing Idaho which is so much different then flat Illinois. Take care be safe - hope the family and you are doing good. 'Spin'
Great job! I really enjoy the flying and your general camera work. But it would have been nice if you could show more of the items of interest surrounding the strips - like the Cougar cabin etc.
Beautiful start that just kept on going - useful too! Never knew Vines was supposed to be a little bit secret, pretty sure it's been in quite a few YT's!
Great video!! one of the best narrated vids ever. Wished we had spots like that here in Colorado, our starting elevations are at 5-6000ft by the time you get to this terrain you have had to go above 14,000ft but most aircraft don't have the power to get out. That's where a turbo engine comes in. Would love to get to Idaho but as farmers and big game hunters there just isn't enough time. How is the new plane coming? been watching for new vids!
I grew up in Boise and of course when I became involved in full scale aviation I had to move away. But I dream about flying a Zlin Savage Norden with a turbocharged Rotax 915 iS up front out of Boise just about every single day!
Hey Bryan(please, do you spell your name with a 'y' or an 'i' ? I hate to misspell people's names), I noticed that the fabric along the top of your wings along the ribs is distorted, kind of rippled. Did the original builder goof when attaching the fabric to the wings? I don't know. Maybe all fabric wings distort some on top. I've never seen the top of my Stinson wings in flight. Stinson guy.
When I saw Soldier Bar in the title I went slightly nuts, Bryan....well....the going nuts part was when I landed there in my 1950 Bellanca 14-19 Cruisemaster - a low wing, four-place retractable gear classic taildragger - a long time ago. Did it after reading of another Bellanca triple tail pilot doing it. We met up once and acknowledged it was *not* the best aircraft for that. 😅 😂 Let's just say your airplane was a bit more suitable. Looks different...a fire perhaps? But I digress. What an OUTSTANDING video!!
I feel I should add a couple of points here in the interest of safety. Although the original Cruisemaster was an *extremely* capable aircraft, with a unique airfoil (the Bellanca B), wide-span flaps deployable to up to 46 degrees giving it an absurdly low stall speed, a high-performance six-cylinder engine (originally a Lycoming 0435 usually rebuilt with high compression pistons) pushing a brute force Hartzell Hydromatic controllable pitch prop, fewer than 100 were made. Few are still flying. Cooling was a huge problem. Cylinder head cracking was too common. Parts for the otherwise sturdy retractable gear, are rare esp. the power pack. I would *never* suggest that *anyone* pursue these aircraft today, much less for that purpose.
@@BlueBaron3339 Very interesting! A few years ago a guy landed a Mooney retract at Soldier, he of course was quite familiar with his aircraft needless to say.
@@portnuefflyer That's funny because I used to not think the world of Mooney pilots, though Al Mooney was a genius. But then I was based for a time at a truly rough grass airport in TX and got to know some *outstanding* Mooney pilots there. 😉
@@BlueBaron3339 This pilot was also an Air Force pilot, F-16's I think....., but just a great (obviously) all around pilot. The first time I went into Soldier in my fat tired LSA plane, (piece of cake for it) I didn't know about the rubber belting there (for erosion purposes) and had the thought that it may have been closed, and was steel! Departing, hugging the canyon wall, I found myself face to face with a billy goat, who was not bothered by me at all, we just eyeballed each other and went on our ways.
@@portnuefflyer That's hilarious...the goat I mean! My departure was less than smooth...more a plunge really. 😳 But Bellanca pilots - original Bellancas that is - have always been...different. As one put it, "I'm not an *airport* guy. I land where I want. I land where it's interesting. Sometimes I meet people with guns." Nowadays I prefer sane people....which is why I love Bryan's videos 😉
What type of emergency/survival/tools (gear) do you keep on board in case you get stuck? (if you were flying alone, or would you in terrain like this?)
Excellent video Brian! One day would be awesome to do this, almost called you to chat about flying but I am sure you are busy. Send me a personal message if that is ok. :-)
Hey man, not sure if you’re a Reddit user or not, but I started a subreddit dedicated to Kitfox (r/Kitfox). Your videos would be very welcome over there. Would you mind if I posted links to your build videos?
I would love to camp at all of them, but I need to learn one before I go in fully loaded for a camp out. This hopefully helps introduce people to them so that they have a better ideas of which ones are good for just that.
Nice aircraft, and I like that helmet -sharp.
Thanks for sharing. Nice country to fly in albeit in some cases quite challenging with short runways.
Outstanding! Thank you for sharing. 😎
Our great God has sure given us an amazing country. Thank you for the very cool (and also quite challenging) flying...beautiful!
Very well done. Thanks for taking us along. Those views never get old.
Beautiful country and great video, thanks for sharing Bryan.
Beautiful, rugged back country Idaho. Spectacular flying. Thanks
Never gets old watching you guys fly in that beautiful country! 👍🇺🇸
Beautiful country!! God has blessed America. I hope he continues to bless us in these troubled times ! Great video! Thanx
Dang if Idaho doesn't have some of the most amazing back country that the good Lord ever put together .... Thx for the ride along....👍👍
I’ve got to give you thumbs up as you are one of the better backcountry aviation videographers. I’ve said it before but I like how you provide commentary and tips on the various strips you visit. I also appreciate you are safety conscience and don’t stage phony emergencies and drama for viewers like some of the other channels.
Excellent video. You did a great video and your narrative was exceptional. Thank you!
Great narrating and great camera work.
Beautiful country!
Excellent video.....location, narration, and editing. It’s great to see good, practical flying and not the extreme flying some of the others on UA-cam post. There are some fun places in North Idaho if you ever get up this way.
Great Video! Good to see you got to do some flying!
Stunning scenery. We don’t have anything that really compares in the UK. I would enjoy camping on some of those strips
very, very awesome. I've not seen the american side of the rockies but northern bc by commercial flight and by car- it- never grows old- sitting at the window on a commercial plane- i would look down on the lands passing beneath, longing for a chance to fly in, land, explore, fish, hunt and forrage- eventually leaving . So beautiful scenery to be shared, but in first person - you are a very lucky man ! Thankyou for the post, rest assured i will be following and watching closely- not at your flying capabilities but the scenery so few have a chance to experience first hand. :) Many thanks for sharing this
Great video!
Nice Cinematic Open... Always enjoy your videos brother
Very well done Bryan 👍👍👍👍👍
Great video Brian
Very nice, thanks for the tour.
outstanding flying/video/narrating/editing thank you and please keep up!
Spectacular, thank you for sharing.
Great video thanks for showing us Vines!
Thank you for the video. Nice seeing Idaho which is so much different then flat Illinois. Take care be safe - hope the family and you are doing good. 'Spin'
My gosh man that was awesome and so well put together!
Makes me wanna break out my fly rod. Great Video
Wow is all I can say ! Beautiful ! Thank you for a great video 😊
Great job! I really enjoy the flying and your general camera work. But it would have been nice if you could show more of the items of interest surrounding the strips - like the Cougar cabin etc.
Thanks for posting this, great video of good flying.
Dude that opening was epic!
Nice work man! Good seeing you up there
Awesome video on my bucket list !!
Man I live in Boise area, wish I could've hitched a ride. Awesome man!
Beautiful start that just kept on going - useful too! Never knew Vines was supposed to be a little bit secret, pretty sure it's been in quite a few YT's!
Great video!! one of the best narrated vids ever. Wished we had spots like that here in Colorado, our starting elevations are at 5-6000ft by the time you get to this terrain you have had to go above 14,000ft but most aircraft don't have the power to get out. That's where a turbo engine comes in. Would love to get to Idaho but as farmers and big game hunters there just isn't enough time. How is the new plane coming? been watching for new vids!
I grew up in Boise and of course when I became involved in full scale aviation I had to move away. But I dream about flying a Zlin Savage Norden with a turbocharged Rotax 915 iS up front out of Boise just about every single day!
Brian, super video!!
Hey Bryan(please, do you spell your name with a 'y' or an 'i' ? I hate to misspell people's names), I noticed that the fabric along the top of your wings along the ribs is distorted, kind of rippled. Did the original builder goof when attaching the fabric to the wings? I don't know. Maybe all fabric wings distort some on top. I've never seen the top of my Stinson wings in flight. Stinson guy.
When I saw Soldier Bar in the title I went slightly nuts, Bryan....well....the going nuts part was when I landed there in my 1950 Bellanca 14-19 Cruisemaster - a low wing, four-place retractable gear classic taildragger - a long time ago. Did it after reading of another Bellanca triple tail pilot doing it. We met up once and acknowledged it was *not* the best aircraft for that. 😅 😂 Let's just say your airplane was a bit more suitable. Looks different...a fire perhaps? But I digress. What an OUTSTANDING video!!
I feel I should add a couple of points here in the interest of safety. Although the original Cruisemaster was an *extremely* capable aircraft, with a unique airfoil (the Bellanca B), wide-span flaps deployable to up to 46 degrees giving it an absurdly low stall speed, a high-performance six-cylinder engine (originally a Lycoming 0435 usually rebuilt with high compression pistons) pushing a brute force Hartzell Hydromatic controllable pitch prop, fewer than 100 were made. Few are still flying. Cooling was a huge problem. Cylinder head cracking was too common. Parts for the otherwise sturdy retractable gear, are rare esp. the power pack. I would *never* suggest that *anyone* pursue these aircraft today, much less for that purpose.
@@BlueBaron3339 Very interesting! A few years ago a guy landed a Mooney retract at Soldier, he of course was quite familiar with his aircraft needless to say.
@@portnuefflyer That's funny because I used to not think the world of Mooney pilots, though Al Mooney was a genius. But then I was based for a time at a truly rough grass airport in TX and got to know some *outstanding* Mooney pilots there. 😉
@@BlueBaron3339 This pilot was also an Air Force pilot, F-16's I think....., but just a great (obviously) all around pilot. The first time I went into Soldier in my fat tired LSA plane, (piece of cake for it) I didn't know about the rubber belting there (for erosion purposes) and had the thought that it may have been closed, and was steel! Departing, hugging the canyon wall, I found myself face to face with a billy goat, who was not bothered by me at all, we just eyeballed each other and went on our ways.
@@portnuefflyer That's hilarious...the goat I mean! My departure was less than smooth...more a plunge really. 😳 But Bellanca pilots - original Bellancas that is - have always been...different. As one put it, "I'm not an *airport* guy. I land where I want. I land where it's interesting. Sometimes I meet people with guns." Nowadays I prefer sane people....which is why I love Bryan's videos 😉
I miss Idaho
Beautiful
Great video work !
Awesome!
Nice video editing Bryan. I will try my hand at editing my Idaho footage. Someday maybe it will be half as put together as yours.
Looks like you had an awesome trip.
Nice man...
Great video! Well shot good info. Thank You!!
Stunning!
Very cool! Middle fork of what river?
Salmon
Who makes the helmet you are wearing?
Skycowboys.
What sort of attachment do you use to attach the camera to the rudder.
Just a GoPro helmet mount.
Awasome view..
What type of emergency/survival/tools (gear) do you keep on board in case you get stuck? (if you were flying alone, or would you in terrain like this?)
I fly with at least 1 or 2 other airplanes, I carry a survival kit and an InReach locator. First aid kit, food, water, sleeping bag and the basics.
What did you use for a camera?
GoPro Hero 7’s, Insta360, iPhone 8 and Nikon DSLR
Thanks
Do your wife and kids like to fly? Do you just not film when flying with them. I've noticed you fly solo in videos.
Wife not so much but the kids and I fly together a bunch, but I don't do the cameras much when I have passengers.
@@BowenAero gotta train the kids to run the cameras, especially if they have a good eye. ;)
They are learning, but not publish quality yet.
Here is my youngest's first video. ua-cam.com/video/ljrNUvdyUVg/v-deo.html
@@BowenAero it's a good start, he needs a steady cam, or a gimbal though.
Practice practice practice. :)
Beautiful country, not as inhospitable has Alaska. But if you are not prepared just as deadly.
Excellent video Brian! One day would be awesome to do this, almost called you to chat about flying but I am sure you are busy. Send me a personal message if that is ok. :-)
Code yellow aircraft 😀😀
Hey man, not sure if you’re a Reddit user or not, but I started a subreddit dedicated to Kitfox (r/Kitfox). Your videos would be very welcome over there. Would you mind if I posted links to your build videos?
Go ahead. I’ll have to check that out, I’m not a current user.
Project Kitfox awesome. I’ll start sharing your videos there. I love following along with the build!
Bagging airports is the biggest problem, set a spell, enjoy the area, leave tomorrow.
I would love to camp at all of them, but I need to learn one before I go in fully loaded for a camp out. This hopefully helps introduce people to them so that they have a better ideas of which ones are good for just that.