Hallo Fred, I watch all of your Films with enthusiasm and joy. Here in Germany I fly my rounds with a Storch (flysynthesis) with a Rotax 582. I don't have the time for tours like you do. But you are a role model for me. I thank you. My name is Peter
Thank you Peter! Nice to hear that you like my films - even the long ones... I really don’t see myself as a role model but If I can provide some inspiration to other pilots I feel I have succeeded. The Storch is a great machine, you could do really nice trips with it!
This one was on the music list for the takeoff from Cassagnes at the end of the film but didn’t make the final cut ua-cam.com/video/Io3F-N87IUg/v-deo.html
Thank you Spike, glad you like my films! And yes, it is a great way to see the beautiful country. Don’t miss my films from the alps, including Mont Blanc!
I cant remembe the last gime i watched a 1 hour movie on youtube all the way to the end without skipping.. great content, my sons and I really liked it. It was well worth the long wait ;)
Bonjour, et tout d'abord merci pour cette vidéo même si celle ci vous est à la base destinée . Votre avion est sublime, j'envisage moi même de passer le brevet ULM pour acheter un Avid et l'équiper STOL. Encore merci pour toutes ces images et de nous faire découvrir notre beau pays et votre machine . Bien cordialement
Merci beaucoup pour votre très gentil commentaire. Ça fait vraiment très plaisir. Un nouveau film, sur le Grand Prix de France de cette année (deuxième edition, le premier était en 1983..!) est en préparation… Je vous souhaite bonne chance avec le brevet d’ULM et des beaux vols!
Awesome Fred... Loved the Ocean view, the art of flipping bread, the feather touch landing, disappearing in the clouds... just to name some of the moments...
Thank you John for your comment! If you liked this one you might like the the last one as well, very much the same look and feel… ua-cam.com/video/PChrX9zqloo/v-deo.html
You can fold the wings on the Avid Flyer and most are sold a trailer… so nearby should not be a criteria when searching. I don’t know if importing from the US is complicated but they are not that hard to find.
hello Fred Et oui me voilà de retour , Je viens de découvrir ton passage à St Estèphe , super sympa . J'ai surtout apprècié , la prépa de ton petit déj , surtout la veille ou en arrière plan de ta vidéo tu semblais pétrir le pâte pour sa réalisation . C'est quoi ta recette ? Comme toujours et comme tu sais le faire , de très belles images . Je vais la partager sur notre Page FB Très beau montage , Merci pour le partage . Peut-être à une prochaine fois ....... W
Hi Fred! Another good video from the trip. I watched the movie twice in a row! Very nice details. Storage space for canisters, cameras including stabilization, Pilsner beer, one stick and one pedal, which made more space for boxes, baked bread in a pan, still a white shirt, Kievprop ... and so on and so forth ... I like yours movies Frede! I was already looking at the route I would take to follow you on my plane. It's a long way ... but that's why it's a challenge. Great! Thank you once again. Cyril from Avidgroup...
Thanks Cyril! Glad you liked it. I like your comments! The right seat pedals are still there behind the box (bolted to the floor and replaced with a ski shoe holder in the winter...), the stick is removable with just a push pin. Fly safer, hope to meet you soon on an altisurface somewhere...
Thanks for commenting - that made me find your channel. Beautiful - I love Ireland and it is on my list of places to fly to. It is not that that far away and there are some nice UK bits on the way to avoid too much water...
@@martinjnee3986 I did write a sentence about the new pain of exiting and entering the Eu but removed it... it will be a pain but I’m sure it will work out and they will let us pass...
fantastic! may I ask if you have another plane flying with you? I can't figure how you get all the great views of you in the plane in motion! (that would have to be one hell of. a drone, lol)
Hello Fred ! Merci pour cette magnifique balade à 360 degrés ! Si tu planifies de nouveau ton projet, et si tu fais une escale sur l’aérodrome de Vannes-Meucon, nous irons bien évidemment te saluer. Cet aérodrome se trouve en fait sur la commune de Monterblanc où nous habitons . Michel & Brigitte
I just found your channel and your fantastic videos. Now even my slightly "francophile" better half can enjoy flying videos. Love the music as well. I wonder though, what is your home airport? Greetings from the Norwegian mountains :-)
@@fredstork Kult! Artig å notere seg flyplasser og fly litt rundt i MS Flight simulator i en kitfox :-) Frankrike ser ut som et fantastisk land å fly i. Ser frem til neste video!
I never watch a 1 hour video on UA-cam, but yours really caught me in front of my screen. Beautiful sceneries, beautiful captures, very nice editing and a great trip! That's the way I love general aviation! One question: what was the mysterious plane (s there was one in the hangar too) in Marmande?
Thanks - a very encouraging comment! Yes... it is not the standard 8 minutes UA-cam talking heads video so I’m always surprised when someone sees a long one to the end... The little jet I locked on to in Marmande is a MicroJet 200. A french trainer that turned out to have some really bad flight characteristics in some situation and was rapidly abandoned. You see 2 of them in the film and I think they said they had a 3rd in a crate. With only 4 built, including the prototype, that is an almost complete collection... The article here says it was abandoned due to lack of interest but the guys at Marmande said it was dangerous. A true curiosity in any case. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microjet_200
Thanks Thierry! I’ll be happy to come back to Gap. About the tailwheel I have now changed for a electric scooter wheel (26€ at Amazon) that is more reliable... The Matco wheel has a too low profile and is known to be bad...
@@fredstork Hi Fred. Could you please send me a link to the Amazon electric scooter bike you replaced? I would order it for my Raven too. Thanks Cyril.
@@p.g.261 la roue du scooter: www.amazon.fr/L-faster-gonflage-Alliage-Scooter-pneumatique/dp/B071VHR6BC/ref=sr_1_9?__mk_fr_FR=ÅMÅŽÕÑ&crid=2FM0U4PJ98FOH&dchild=1&keywords=roue+6+pouces&qid=1617016495&sprefix=Roue+6+%2Caps%2C190&sr=8-9
@@fredstork Thanks so much. Just a quick note. I wanted to know what is your propeller? And what is the reduction rate on your engine? I would like to mount the same propeller on a 582 gearbox C 3.47. Thank you and see you soon at Tallard Airfield. Thierry.
Bonjour Fred je me présent je m’appelle Alban 34 ans et passionné depuis toujours d’aviation. Je suis actuellement élève pilote ulm basé à lflz feurs chambeon .je tien a vous féliciter pour vos vidéos et l’esprit que vous y apportez. J’aime votre vision de l’ULM et je dois vous dire que depuis que je suis votre chaîne, je suis littéralement tomber sous le charme de votre machine. J’aimerais vous convié durant les beaux jours à lflz pour papoter avion et profitez de votre expérience de pilote et propriétaire autour d’un petit barbecue. Si mon invitation vous intéresse faites le moi savoir . Cordialement un jeune pilote avec des rêve plein la tête.
Merci pour les compliments, invitation et felicitations pour la decision de passer le brevet! Feurs n’est pas tres loins (je suis á LFKP) et je suis déjà passe plusieurs fois. Je vous propose de me trouver sur FaceBook.
Thanks! Built from kit in France back in 91, I bought it (flying) in 2006, replaced the Rotax 523 by a Simonini Victor 2 in 2011 and did a complete rebuild of the entier plane around 2015
By default it is alway French - because… France… At many smaller airports it might even be “French only”.. Here the AFIS would accept English as well. I know a lot of people love the sound of their own voice and include the actual conversations but it is rarely interesting and I prefer to have the conversations from the movie “Airplane!” As a running joke in my films…
@@fredstork thanks Fred! I thought so but wasn’t sure. In Canada we use primarily English but aux Quebec they use both, but primarily French. I appreciated your humour with the Airplane ATC sound bites, it is one of our favourite movies. Keep up the good work!
Magnifique film bravo 😊 dommage que tu sois tout seul c'est bien mieux si tu serai avec quelqu'un je critique pas mais pour moi l'ulm c'est mieux a deux
Nice video Fred. I didn't see where you store the portable ironing board or steamer that you use to keep the wrinkles out of those white shirts. The camera effects are improving 🙂
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Hallo Fred, I watch all of your Films with enthusiasm and joy. Here in Germany I fly my rounds with a Storch (flysynthesis) with a Rotax 582. I don't have the time for tours like you do. But you are a role model for me.
I thank you. My name is Peter
Thank you Peter! Nice to hear that you like my films - even the long ones... I really don’t see myself as a role model but If I can provide some inspiration to other pilots I feel I have succeeded. The Storch is a great machine, you could do really nice trips with it!
Great system for storing fuel containers and baggage! Tres bien!
Tack för underhållningen.
Tack själv!
Cowboy solitaire.... and a long way from home..... (poor lonesome cowboy...)
This one was on the music list for the takeoff from Cassagnes at the end of the film but didn’t make the final cut ua-cam.com/video/Io3F-N87IUg/v-deo.html
Superbe. J'aurais bien aimé voir un court point météo au début montrant la perturbation et le plan d'en faire le tour
This is my Sunday morning coffee video. Love it .
Hope to have my Kitfox flying soon .
Thank you for your kind comment Carlos!
Aviator's Rhapsody ! Superlatives abound. Thanks.
Magnifique !! On rêve de faire la même chose. Merci pour le partage !❤
@@RenaudColmant Merci Renaud!
Отличное путешествие👍👍👍😎
Thank you, yes it was a great trip! Not the one I had planned, but it turned out nice in the end…
What a beautiful way to see France!
Thank you Spike, glad you like my films! And yes, it is a great way to see the beautiful country. Don’t miss my films from the alps, including Mont Blanc!
@@fredstork Thanks Fred, I’ll be watching all your works!
I cant remembe the last gime i watched a 1 hour movie on youtube all the way to the end without skipping.. great content, my sons and I really liked it. It was well worth the long wait ;)
Thank you! I don’t know how encouraging it is to get this kind of comments!
Great video. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you so much for making this film. I loved it very much. A big HELLO from Conroe, Texas. And no I do not own a ranch or farm, just a KITFOX 2.
Hi Jose! Thank you for your kind comment! Fly safe!
Bonjour, et tout d'abord merci pour cette vidéo même si celle ci vous est à la base destinée . Votre avion est sublime, j'envisage moi même de passer le brevet ULM pour acheter un Avid et l'équiper STOL. Encore merci pour toutes ces images et de nous faire découvrir notre beau pays et votre machine . Bien cordialement
Merci beaucoup pour votre très gentil commentaire. Ça fait vraiment très plaisir. Un nouveau film, sur le Grand Prix de France de cette année (deuxième edition, le premier était en 1983..!) est en préparation… Je vous souhaite bonne chance avec le brevet d’ULM et des beaux vols!
Awesome Fred... Loved the Ocean view, the art of flipping bread, the feather touch landing, disappearing in the clouds... just to name some of the moments...
Thanks Guru! You are always too kind in your comments.
Thank you Fred for sharing this with us very beautifull impressions. I have seen this video several times. Please share more of this with us.
Thank you John for your comment! If you liked this one you might like the the last one as well, very much the same look and feel… ua-cam.com/video/PChrX9zqloo/v-deo.html
Magnifique vidéo, bravo pour le montage
@@ericruffat5067 Merci Eric!
Grande Fred. L'essenza del volo. Grazie per aver condiviso.
grazie mille Jordan!
if only I could find one of these for sale around my area montreal
You can fold the wings on the Avid Flyer and most are sold a trailer… so nearby should not be a criteria when searching. I don’t know if importing from the US is complicated but they are not that hard to find.
hello Fred
Et oui me voilà de retour ,
Je viens de découvrir ton passage à St Estèphe , super sympa .
J'ai surtout apprècié , la prépa de ton petit déj , surtout la veille ou en arrière plan de ta vidéo tu semblais pétrir le pâte pour sa réalisation .
C'est quoi ta recette ?
Comme toujours et comme tu sais le faire , de très belles images .
Je vais la partager sur notre Page FB
Très beau montage , Merci pour le partage .
Peut-être à une prochaine fois .......
W
Really nice Fred, from prop to tail !
What a great country France is to fly in.
Hi Ken! It sure is. Even if the weather was not on my side this time it is normally more reliable than in the UK. Come and fly with us!
Well made, great editing! Love the Avids! Had a Speedwing for a while.
Quand la poésie prend son envol.
Magnifique !
Bravo! and thank you!
Hi Fred! Another good video from the trip. I watched the movie twice in a row! Very nice details. Storage space for canisters, cameras including stabilization, Pilsner beer, one stick and one pedal, which made more space for boxes, baked bread in a pan, still a white shirt, Kievprop ... and so on and so forth ... I like yours movies Frede! I was already looking at the route I would take to follow you on my plane. It's a long way ... but that's why it's a challenge. Great! Thank you once again. Cyril from Avidgroup...
Thanks Cyril! Glad you liked it. I like your comments! The right seat pedals are still there behind the box (bolted to the floor and replaced with a ski shoe holder in the winter...), the stick is removable with just a push pin. Fly safer, hope to meet you soon on an altisurface somewhere...
Great production/editing....nice to feature the shadow!
Thanks Craig!
It was bound to be a great day when I saw you had uploaded a video. I thoroughly enjoyed it and will do so again. Well done.
Wow, that is a very nice comment! Thanks, glad you liked it, it is not easy to captivate an audience beyond the statutory 8 UA-cam minutes!
@@fredstork 8 minutes of your stuff is just enough to piss me off.
Beautiful film Fred, very nicely done. Bravo!
Thanks Ian, I really appreciate the comment!
A very beautiful film with stunning images. Bravo!!
Not to mention the guest stars!
I wish my kitfox 4 could make it to France Direct. I need something with longer legs🙂
Thanks for commenting - that made me find your channel. Beautiful - I love Ireland and it is on my list of places to fly to. It is not that that far away and there are some nice UK bits on the way to avoid too much water...
@@fredstork but will they let us in to the UK now😂. Wish our weather was a little better, May, June are the months to come, dries months
@@martinjnee3986 I did write a sentence about the new pain of exiting and entering the Eu but removed it... it will be a pain but I’m sure it will work out and they will let us pass...
An absolut amazing video, high quality and entertaining. Love the Avid and your flying. Take care buddy.
Thank you - I’m amazed by the very positive reception of this very long film!
fantastic! may I ask if you have another plane flying with you? I can't figure how you get all the great views of you in the plane in motion! (that would have to be one hell of. a drone, lol)
Magnifique ! Quel beau film ! Salutations de Belgique (EBZH)
Merci Dries!
Very cool Fred.
Thanks TJay!
Hello Fred ! Merci pour cette magnifique balade à 360 degrés ! Si tu planifies de nouveau ton projet, et si tu fais une escale sur l’aérodrome de Vannes-Meucon, nous irons bien évidemment te saluer. Cet aérodrome se trouve en fait sur la commune de Monterblanc où nous habitons . Michel & Brigitte
Merci à tous les deux, Ça fera un grand plaisir de vous revoir!
@@fredstork Nous aussi sommes à Vannes dans l'air park où nous pouvons te loger, toi et ton appareil, à bientôt Fred?
@@alainrac56 Avec plaisir Alain!
@@fredstork nous aussi aimons partir camper avec le MCR, et je crois que nous avons des amis communs!
I just found your channel and your fantastic videos. Now even my slightly "francophile" better half can enjoy flying videos. Love the music as well. I wonder though, what is your home airport? Greetings from the Norwegian mountains :-)
Hej Lars Erik! Jag bor nära Grenoble och har mitt plan på ett litet flygfält mellan Grenoble och Lyon. Kul att du gillar filmerna!
@@fredstork Kult! Artig å notere seg flyplasser og fly litt rundt i MS Flight simulator i en kitfox :-) Frankrike ser ut som et fantastisk land å fly i. Ser frem til neste video!
天空太美了
The sky is the most beautiful place to be...
I never watch a 1 hour video on UA-cam, but yours really caught me in front of my screen. Beautiful sceneries, beautiful captures, very nice editing and a great trip! That's the way I love general aviation!
One question: what was the mysterious plane (s there was one in the hangar too) in Marmande?
Thanks - a very encouraging comment! Yes... it is not the standard 8 minutes UA-cam talking heads video so I’m always surprised when someone sees a long one to the end... The little jet I locked on to in Marmande is a MicroJet 200. A french trainer that turned out to have some really bad flight characteristics in some situation and was rapidly abandoned. You see 2 of them in the film and I think they said they had a 3rd in a crate. With only 4 built, including the prototype, that is an almost complete collection... The article here says it was abandoned due to lack of interest but the guys at Marmande said it was dangerous. A true curiosity in any case. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microjet_200
If you ever go through Tallard airfield, I will be happy to fly with you in your AvidFlyer and exchange about the TW
Thierry
Thanks Thierry! I’ll be happy to come back to Gap. About the tailwheel I have now changed for a electric scooter wheel (26€ at Amazon) that is more reliable... The Matco wheel has a too low profile and is known to be bad...
@@fredstork Hi Fred. Could you please send me a link to the Amazon electric scooter bike you replaced? I would order it for my Raven too. Thanks Cyril.
@@p.g.261 la roue du scooter: www.amazon.fr/L-faster-gonflage-Alliage-Scooter-pneumatique/dp/B071VHR6BC/ref=sr_1_9?__mk_fr_FR=ÅMÅŽÕÑ&crid=2FM0U4PJ98FOH&dchild=1&keywords=roue+6+pouces&qid=1617016495&sprefix=Roue+6+%2Caps%2C190&sr=8-9
Du tête le diamètre extérieur des roulements c’est du 24 mm et facile a sortir et remplacer avec des roulement adapte a l’axe
@@fredstork Thanks so much. Just a quick note. I wanted to know what is your propeller? And what is the reduction rate on your engine? I would like to mount the same propeller on a 582 gearbox C 3.47.
Thank you and see you soon at Tallard Airfield.
Thierry.
awsome. what do you have for a power plant in the plane?
I have a Simonini Victor 2, it is 2 stroke with 92hp
Reminds me of a little Piper Vagabond. Cool bird you have there. Can you still get Avid parts from anywhere?
Bonjour Fred je me présent je m’appelle Alban 34 ans et passionné depuis toujours d’aviation. Je suis actuellement élève pilote ulm basé à lflz feurs chambeon .je tien a vous féliciter pour vos vidéos et l’esprit que vous y apportez. J’aime votre vision de l’ULM et je dois vous dire que depuis que je suis votre chaîne, je suis littéralement tomber sous le charme de votre machine. J’aimerais vous convié durant les beaux jours à lflz pour papoter avion et profitez de votre expérience de pilote et propriétaire autour d’un petit barbecue. Si mon invitation vous intéresse faites le moi savoir . Cordialement un jeune pilote avec des rêve plein la tête.
Merci pour les compliments, invitation et felicitations pour la decision de passer le brevet! Feurs n’est pas tres loins (je suis á LFKP) et je suis déjà passe plusieurs fois. Je vous propose de me trouver sur FaceBook.
amazing video! Did you get your avid as a kit? what year and model is your avid?
Thanks! Built from kit in France back in 91, I bought it (flying) in 2006, replaced the Rotax 523 by a Simonini Victor 2 in 2011 and did a complete rebuild of the entier plane around 2015
Es ce que ATC en francais ou en englais?
By default it is alway French - because… France… At many smaller airports it might even be “French only”.. Here the AFIS would accept English as well. I know a lot of people love the sound of their own voice and include the actual conversations but it is rarely interesting and I prefer to have the conversations from the movie “Airplane!” As a running joke in my films…
@@fredstork thanks Fred! I thought so but wasn’t sure. In Canada we use primarily English but aux Quebec they use both, but primarily French. I appreciated your humour with the Airplane ATC sound bites, it is one of our favourite movies. Keep up the good work!
10:44 le petit prince...
Great association!
Magnifique film bravo 😊 dommage que tu sois tout seul c'est bien mieux si tu serai avec quelqu'un je critique pas mais pour moi l'ulm c'est mieux a deux
Путешествовать одному? 😢
Yes, most of the time. But this year I was a part of a larger group, the film will be out soon…
Too bad that the Avid is out of production.
They are not that hard to find second hand, parts are being produced (avidkitplanes.com) and maybe even new kits in the future.
@@fredstork I'll keep an eye on it. I think the design of the ridge runner from boondox aviation is pretty similar too.
Nice video Fred. I didn't see where you store the portable ironing board or steamer that you use to keep the wrinkles out of those white shirts.
The camera effects are improving 🙂
@@tenlittleindians You are spot on, the working name of the film was “The man in the white shirt”...