The Hundred Dollar Hamburger Flight to Catalina

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  • Опубліковано 22 гру 2024

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  • @477BravoJuliet
    @477BravoJuliet Місяць тому +2

    It amazes me that you can see America all the way from Catalina :)

    • @MartyMitchell92660
      @MartyMitchell92660  Місяць тому +1

      You have to be able to see about 4 feet in front you. Haha.

  • @waynesmith-zh8in
    @waynesmith-zh8in 4 місяці тому +3

    your co-pilot has a smile that won't quit...

  • @MrClevet3
    @MrClevet3 3 роки тому +4

    Incredibly AWESOME and well conducted flight! I sooo hope your young passengers embraced their experience and understand their evolution in life, is truly in their own dreams and efforts.

  • @tomlewis2477
    @tomlewis2477 3 місяці тому +2

    This was really fun! You're a great pilot, Marty.

  • @arrowpilotii8397
    @arrowpilotii8397 4 роки тому +5

    Great video. Great video.. I am a pilot too and truly enjoyed how patient you were and let the kids fly.

  • @allanbartlett123
    @allanbartlett123 3 роки тому +7

    The grin on people’s faces when they take their first ride on a small plane is priceless.

  • @chuckmartin5773
    @chuckmartin5773 5 років тому +3

    That is sooo awesome!! The look on their faces is what makes it so great! Love sharing aviation with people, especially our young people! Thanks for sharing

  • @oosinc
    @oosinc 5 років тому +3

    Always a pleasure seeing your flights Marty

    • @MartyMitchell92660
      @MartyMitchell92660  5 років тому

      Thanks Orlando!

    • @oosinc
      @oosinc 5 років тому +1

      @@MartyMitchell92660 You are welcome.
      PS I flew to VAX two week ago with my CFI. Was good.

    • @MartyMitchell92660
      @MartyMitchell92660  5 років тому +1

      @@oosinc I think you meant AVX, cool. Nice place to visit.

  • @dr.chrisfragiskatos8341
    @dr.chrisfragiskatos8341 5 років тому +2

    What a fun video, thanks again for taking the time and effort to share it with us.

    • @MartyMitchell92660
      @MartyMitchell92660  5 років тому +1

      Dr. Chris Fragiskatos Thanks for watching and thanks for your comment Chris. Maybe see you in San Diego someday.

    • @dr.chrisfragiskatos8341
      @dr.chrisfragiskatos8341 5 років тому +1

      Sure hope so Marty, Id love to buy you lunch and check out your plane 😊

  • @district5rookie
    @district5rookie 4 місяці тому +2

    i really enjoyed this, more inspiration to get my ppl!

  • @LesGainous
    @LesGainous 2 роки тому +2

    Your "First Officer" had a smile on her face the whole time! Priceless! 😁

    • @MartyMitchell92660
      @MartyMitchell92660  2 роки тому

      Yes, fun flight for all.

    • @LesGainous
      @LesGainous 2 роки тому +1

      @@MartyMitchell92660 I probably also had an ear-to-ear smile flying this weekend with you guys and Henry. 😊

  • @adamyoung6733
    @adamyoung6733 Рік тому +1

    Beautiful trip. Perfect takeoff and landing. Greetings from Poland .

  • @Antoine-Zim
    @Antoine-Zim Рік тому +1

    That’s really fantastic. I’m flying VFR on FS2020 and having so much fun discovering the world. I’m saving to get my PPL. The approach to Catalina is beautiful. Greetings from NZWN Wellington, New Zealand

    • @MartyMitchell92660
      @MartyMitchell92660  Рік тому

      Good luck with your PPL. Lots of wind in Wellington. That will make you a good pilot. Thanks for watching.

    • @Antoine-Zim
      @Antoine-Zim Рік тому +1

      😱Yeah, we called our city Windy Welly.few pilots told me, if you learn to fly in Wellington, you can fly anywhere.

  • @Sovereign_Citizen_LEO
    @Sovereign_Citizen_LEO 4 роки тому +2

    God I love UA-cam. Brilliant video. My Dad used to play that song when I was little and took me to Catalina as a kid also (1970s) by boat.

    • @briane173
      @briane173 Рік тому

      I'm dating myself but we used to race our sailboat almost every weekend from Long Beach to Catalina, from April to October every year -- back when the Grumman Goose seaplanes were running. I never did get a chance to go to Catalina by seaplane; THAT would've been an adventure. But flying to AVX or even one of the helo excursions to Avalon is the next best thing.

  • @Pilot_Dad_Adventures
    @Pilot_Dad_Adventures 5 років тому +2

    Nicely done! After watching this I'm going to fly down from Northern Cal to visit Catalina Island!

    • @MartyMitchell92660
      @MartyMitchell92660  5 років тому +1

      Great! Let me know when you'll be there and I'll fly over, say hi, and have a famous cookie!

  • @draconian45
    @draconian45 2 роки тому +3

    Awesome video. My friends told me they have some really good buffalo burgers at Catalina airport.

    • @MartyMitchell92660
      @MartyMitchell92660  2 роки тому +1

      Yes, they're very good. The ordinary hamburgers are good too.

  • @shable1436
    @shable1436 2 роки тому +3

    We used to do the Bahamian hamburger run, actually best seafood you ever had in your life. We probably have been to a dozen airports scattered around the islands in my dad's Mooney growing up. Those places felt like paradise after you land and you feel like your in a different world, in a different time, and you'd expect a pirate ship to be anchored in the lagoons. It steels your heart and makes you want to turn into a hermit crab

  • @ryankenyon5010
    @ryankenyon5010 2 роки тому +1

    This is on my bucket list. Next time I'm in Southern California, hopefully!

  • @trade_design23
    @trade_design23 Рік тому +2

    LOL - around 2:45 he says - it's smoking hot today, gonna be around 85 degrees on the island. Yeah, so - I live in N. Texas, it's just now rolling into August 2023 and it has been around 104 degree highs for over a week now. Globally, hottest year on record.
    How things change.

    • @MartyMitchell92660
      @MartyMitchell92660  Рік тому

      Pretty funny. I guess I did say that. It's hot for the island, not for N. Texas.

  • @asarangan
    @asarangan 4 роки тому +2

    You did a very nice job keeping the banks shallow and descent rates slow and constant, especially with new passengers to feel safe and comfortable. I hope they came back for more flying.

    • @MartyMitchell92660
      @MartyMitchell92660  4 роки тому

      Thanks Andrew. Yes, they were happy with the flying experience.

  • @Parr4theCourse
    @Parr4theCourse 4 роки тому +3

    Great flight, I wanted to make it to Catalina when we were the a few years ago and didn't have the opportunity!

    • @MartyMitchell92660
      @MartyMitchell92660  4 роки тому +1

      Hopefully you'll be back again soon to make the flight. Always a fun trip over.

  • @concentricaviationllc4569
    @concentricaviationllc4569 5 років тому +1

    Marty, another great video. The video quality and clearness is exceptional. You have a great airplane, and have a wonderful area to fly in. I have my ASEL rating, so at least I have that "one up" on you! If you want a real adventure, get your float plane rating in Alaska! What a blast, and you also get some mountain training at the same time!

    • @MartyMitchell92660
      @MartyMitchell92660  5 років тому

      I need to do that someday. As you mentioned in your later comment, you meant to say ASES rating.

  • @TJKillip
    @TJKillip 2 роки тому +1

    What a thrill for these girls; seeing Catalina for the 1st time and flying in. I recall the excitement of taking the Catalina Express ferry over to the Jazztrax Festival back in '97 and seeing the Island slowly appearing out of the mist. Never gets old either.

    • @MartyMitchell92660
      @MartyMitchell92660  2 роки тому

      Catalina is like being away on a distant vacation, but it’s only 15 minutes away.

    • @TJKillip
      @TJKillip 2 роки тому +2

      @@MartyMitchell92660 only by plane-from L.A.; a little farther from Phx., but such a contrast- Avalon feels likes an Italian seaside village and honestly losing some of its charm- tearing down historic cottages and replacing with fancy-pricey hotels that will start to price middle-class Americans out. Love the natural areas though.

    • @briane173
      @briane173 Рік тому +1

      @@TJKillip One of the first things I noticed going back to Catalina vicariously through Google Earth. Avalon isn't quite the cozy hamlet I knew in the 60s. I'm shocked that CIC allowed all those condos to be built above Descanso. Two Harbors I think is ok for a LITTLE development yet; but I think Avalon has reached its limit. The mooring field alone has doubled in size from when I used to sail there, which makes it pretty sketchy to moor there on a crowded weekend -- on anything larger than about 30 ft.
      Would love to sail back to Catalina at least a couple times; but no boat and I'm getting a little old for sailing -- not impossible but I'd have to bring a crew. I think taking Catalina Express would suck some of the fun out of it. Wouldn't mind one of the helo rides I guess. But ideally I'd like to sail there. When I was a teenager I'd race to Catalina almost every weekend from April to October. Some of the funnest times of my life.

    • @tomkillip9912
      @tomkillip9912 Рік тому +2

      @@briane173 I just saw this reply; don't use this email much any longer. Sounds like have great memories of Catalina as a youth. Mine started in '97 attending our 1st Jazztrax concert and always enjoy going back- unfortunately have only been back 10 times since then but always enjoyable though we've heard from friends that Avalon is changing; demolishing cute gues lodging bungalow's, putting up fancy hotels, eateries to the point regular folks won't be able to afford to experience this wonderful island. Catalina Express now up to +- $77 one way- per person. Sailing over would be amazing. I always enjoyed parasailing and hoped to get back over this October but looks like next year for a Big BDay celebrations during the Jazz Festival Take care

  • @budowens6478
    @budowens6478 Рік тому +2

    Just found you on UA-cam, awesome video man.

  • @projectpacer
    @projectpacer 4 роки тому +3

    Not sure how I got to this channel but cool flight. Was waiting for the burger but only saw one shot at the restaurant, looks like great place to eat. I have been to catalina only once with a friend in a 152 but did not make it to the port and eat, we just kind of hiked around and flew back. I have some E35 time, wish we had flown that, would have made it much faster as the 152 was a little pokey.

    • @MartyMitchell92660
      @MartyMitchell92660  4 роки тому

      Sounds like a fun trip. A bit longer in a C152, but that's ok. We ate in town (Avalon) but I often eat at the DC-3 Cafe at the airport. Good food and great atmosphere.

  • @OLDBD1
    @OLDBD1 5 років тому +2

    Nice ! Awesome.

  • @redriders7149
    @redriders7149 3 роки тому +1

    What a great video. Start to finish, thank you. As a young Marine at Camp Pendleton i would take family and friends from Papillion Nebraska to Catalina whenever they would come visit.

    • @MartyMitchell92660
      @MartyMitchell92660  3 роки тому +1

      Thank you. Glad you enjoyed. Hopefully you gave your visitors a ride over in one of your LCAC's :)

  • @hotprop92
    @hotprop92 2 місяці тому

    Nice plane, very tidy and charming passengers. BTW, it's not often that after flying with another pilot I would want to go with them a second time, a tip of the hat to you sir, well done and with all that distraction.
    Has it ever happened that there's no room left on the ramp to park a plane on some beautiful day?

    • @MartyMitchell92660
      @MartyMitchell92660  2 місяці тому +1

      The usually have parking left on the infield (dirt/gravel).

  • @joshuastavos4376
    @joshuastavos4376 11 місяців тому +1

    Bravo Bravo!

  • @h2oski1200
    @h2oski1200 5 років тому +2

    nice lookin paint job. also great vid.

  • @StefBelgium
    @StefBelgium 2 роки тому +1

    Hi Marty, your copilot had a big smile all along that video! I m pretty sure she ll be in aviation soon if that s not already the case since this video was shot!
    Could you make a video next time about how you fly the traffic pattern in your Bonanza? Such as what are ypur MP, RPM settings, speed, flaps and gear down? Would be great and useful.
    Cheers from Belgium.

    • @MartyMitchell92660
      @MartyMitchell92660  2 роки тому +1

      Thanks Skyhawk Heavy (oxymoron). She's not a pilot yet, but hopefully some day she will be one. Sure, I'll try to make that video sometime soon. Cheers!

    • @StefBelgium
      @StefBelgium 2 роки тому +1

      @@MartyMitchell92660 thanks a lot Marty. My UA-cam name comes from the fact that I did mention on the radio one day for jocking "skyhawk heavy" and the ATC controller just cracked up on the radio 😅

  • @MarioLoco03
    @MarioLoco03 Рік тому +2

    Where did you fly out of? I have to do a dual cross country soon and I think taking my instructor out for a burger on catalina would be a good trip.

    • @MartyMitchell92660
      @MartyMitchell92660  Рік тому +2

      I'm based at John Wayne KSNA. Sounds like a good plan. You'll be able to get a Catalina checkout from your instructor, something many flight school require prior to sending you there solo. Be advised the landing fee keeps going up, so be prepared with a wad of cash. Good luck and enjoy your flight.

    • @MarioLoco03
      @MarioLoco03 Рік тому +1

      @@MartyMitchell92660 Ah John Wayne, out there near Newport. I will be flying out of Brackett KPOC. How long was the flight for you to Catalina?

    • @MartyMitchell92660
      @MartyMitchell92660  Рік тому +1

      @@MarioLoco03 About 15 minutes.

    • @MarioLoco03
      @MarioLoco03 Рік тому +1

      @@MartyMitchell92660 excellent. Thanks for the info.

    • @Flygaljae
      @Flygaljae Рік тому +1

      Hey! I’m thinking about also flying my instructor to Catalina for my dual cross country next week. Departing from Riverside. Piper Archer. Any suggestions?

  • @chuckm1320
    @chuckm1320 4 роки тому +5

    I was there today.... no one mentions the $35 landing fee! And the restaurant was closed, and no shuttle. What a rip off!

  • @joshuastavos4376
    @joshuastavos4376 11 місяців тому +1

    Cool!!!!!

  • @StevenYoungcaptual
    @StevenYoungcaptual 4 роки тому +3

    I remember when landing fee was $3.50. Now it’s $35.00. Nice video👍

    • @MartyMitchell92660
      @MartyMitchell92660  4 роки тому

      Thank you. Yep, the landing price keeps going up. I remember when it was $10. You can become a member of the Catalina Aero Club for around $210 per year, all landings free.

    • @chuckm1320
      @chuckm1320 4 роки тому

      @@MartyMitchell92660 I know! $35, restaurant was closed, and no shuttle, ...and attitude from izod dork....

    • @briane173
      @briane173 3 роки тому +1

      @@MartyMitchell92660 Can I take a wild guess that they're hiking fees to help defray the cost of the new runway surface?

    • @MartyMitchell92660
      @MartyMitchell92660  3 роки тому +1

      @@briane173 I'm sure they could cite many reasons, new runway, higher expenses for the employees, you name it. Seems like everything it going up.

    • @briane173
      @briane173 3 роки тому +2

      @@MartyMitchell92660 Well, whatever the reason, the resurface was the best thing they've done there in the past 30 years. That asphalt, pothole-ridden runway must've been murder on landing mounts.

  • @MrSunlander
    @MrSunlander 7 місяців тому +1

    So, four years later. Did she get into aviation? Fun flight.

    • @MartyMitchell92660
      @MartyMitchell92660  7 місяців тому +2

      Not yet, but it's never too late :)

    • @MrSunlander
      @MrSunlander 7 місяців тому +1

      @@MartyMitchell92660 Keep 'em flyin', Skipper!

    • @GrimshawAviation
      @GrimshawAviation 4 місяці тому

      I was wondering the same! lol

  • @GrimshawAviation
    @GrimshawAviation 4 місяці тому +1

    What are the current landing fees these days out there, do you know? Do they waive the fee if you buy fuel? LOL dunno if they even have fuel tho...

    • @MartyMitchell92660
      @MartyMitchell92660  4 місяці тому +1

      I believe it's around $38 single engine and more for twins. You can buy an annual Catalina Aeroclub Pass for around $210. Free landings with that.

    • @hotprop92
      @hotprop92 2 місяці тому

      I flew to Catalina around about 1980. The island was in view from my window in Manhattan Beach, everyday that it wasn't fogged in. BTW, the original KING KONG from the 1930s, fogged in and all, was shot on Catalina Island.
      My roommate rented a Citabria out of Torrance. I think the landing fee at AVX was less than $5, iirc. Even that was too much for my roomie, a notorious tightwad, he tried to get around paying. They blocked him with their p-u truck until he paid.
      What I remember from the landing, he came in very high and slipped it a ton with an uneventful touchdown. Last time I heard anything about him, he became an A-6 driver. Go Navy and count your change.

    • @MartyMitchell92660
      @MartyMitchell92660  2 місяці тому

      @@hotprop92 Yes, I think you're right, it was around $5 back in the 80's. I first flew there in 1983. They ran a tight ship, no one left before paying the piper. I also have a view of Catalina from my house in Newport Beach. On those clear days, once I see the island, it reminds me that it's time to go there and get a cookie.

  • @Bill4LE
    @Bill4LE 4 роки тому +1

    I'm based out of ACI West and see your plane all the time. How's the wing?? :(

    • @MartyMitchell92660
      @MartyMitchell92660  4 роки тому

      Not good. It will be quite a while until she's fixed. Thanks.

    • @Bill4LE
      @Bill4LE 4 роки тому +1

      @@MartyMitchell92660 bummer! I heard briefly what happened. What a freak thing. Regardless, I hope you and the family are safe right now. Hope to see you at SNA in the future.

    • @MartyMitchell92660
      @MartyMitchell92660  4 роки тому

      @@Bill4LE Likewise. Be safe.

  • @jamesmorton7881
    @jamesmorton7881 2 роки тому +1

    Used to drop - into Meadowlark Field for a burger back in 1977 in a Grumman American AA1B.
    Very cool. learn to fly

    • @MartyMitchell92660
      @MartyMitchell92660  2 роки тому +2

      I too have landed there many times back in the 80's. They had a $2.00 landing fee, or you had to buy something at the cafe, so I just bought a $0.50 Mounds Bar each visit. No landing fee!

  • @bsmith8950
    @bsmith8950 3 роки тому +2

    We used to go to Catalina Island in 1980's when I was getting my CPL (H) at Long Beach LGB , for lunch ( Buffalo burgers) hopping straight over usually in a Piper Warrior 161 . Was always a good test of judgement hitting the numbers as the runway wasn't that long . Unfortunately in those days there were no iPhones or small digital cameras to record one's adventures. We also used to practice landing on the unmanned oil rigs off the coast. I don't remember paying any landing fees in those days

    • @MartyMitchell92660
      @MartyMitchell92660  3 роки тому

      Yes, those were the good ol' days. Must have been cool to land on those oil rigs. Can't do that in my plane!

  • @alecanogarza
    @alecanogarza 2 роки тому +1

    Just by watching your passenger’s face since the moment you started the engine on, I guaranty she’ll find the way to be a pilot

  • @xgtiguy
    @xgtiguy 3 роки тому +2

    Looks like the ladies had a great 1st flight to cat island. They didn't look nervous at all for the 1st time in small plane. Catalina is a beautiful place to go.

  • @dezmondweghe2588
    @dezmondweghe2588 4 роки тому +2

    Good man' - Great flight & the girls are very happy too - Women make very good Pilots' - especially with all the new tech' making it more physically able than before' - love the 'Red-hair' - one of my favourites' & lots in my family too - have fun & Shalom > ?? >

    • @MartyMitchell92660
      @MartyMitchell92660  4 роки тому +1

      Thanks Dezmond. Always fun to fly and even better with good company.

  • @lukelucas68
    @lukelucas68 3 роки тому +4

    I wish it was still only a hundred bucks!

  • @surferwaite
    @surferwaite 3 роки тому +2

    @marty I love that the controller knows you!

    • @MartyMitchell92660
      @MartyMitchell92660  3 роки тому

      I guess once you go there a hundred times, they get to know you. :)

  • @shreddder999
    @shreddder999 2 роки тому +1

    Why not just base your airplane at an airport that has a cafe?

  • @concentricaviationllc4569
    @concentricaviationllc4569 5 років тому +1

    I meant "ASES" rating!

  • @paulo7200
    @paulo7200 5 років тому +1

    your daughters are lovely!

    • @MartyMitchell92660
      @MartyMitchell92660  5 років тому

      Just friends, but yes, lovely.

    • @mellokeith
      @mellokeith 4 роки тому +1

      Marty Mitchell I was thinking those were nieces... in this day and age I’m afraid to be alone with other people’s kids. I was a teacher in the late 90s and early 2000s. We were actually taught in college not to be alone with students... actually made me paranoid about it. Glad to see that isn’t the norm in the real world. Hoping it won’t be too long before my wife and I can get a plane and do the $100 burger run 😁. I earned my pilots license in the 80s and I’ve only done one...😒. BTW, enjoyable video.

  • @markusjoseph5256
    @markusjoseph5256 3 роки тому +1

    looked like Fun

  • @weidles
    @weidles 4 роки тому +1

    THEIR,S AN RICH AMERICAN OVER THEIR. HOPE YOU ENJOYED YOUR BURGERS. GOOD JOB FLYING AND TEACHING YOUR KIDS.

  • @WoutervanTiel
    @WoutervanTiel 3 роки тому +1

    I want to be like Marty

  • @TwisterKidMedia
    @TwisterKidMedia 4 роки тому +2

    burgers airplanes and 2 pretty girls. If you need a co-pilot, I take my check ride here in a few months ;)

    • @MartyMitchell92660
      @MartyMitchell92660  4 роки тому +1

      Good luck on your check ride. Hope it goes well for you.

  • @georgestephenson3469
    @georgestephenson3469 4 роки тому

    Seems like neither you nor your lovely young passengers were wearing harnesses or seat belts. True?

    • @MartyMitchell92660
      @MartyMitchell92660  4 роки тому +2

      Everyone was wearing seat belts. My plane doesn't have shoulder harnesses though. You can see Christina removing her seat belt at ua-cam.com/video/sntJ-kQYgy0/v-deo.html

  • @nl6261
    @nl6261 4 роки тому +3

    It’s unbelievable to me in an age of collapsing ice shelves and heat waves just beginning from the burning of fossil fuels, that people get in a personal aircraft and fly around for no discernible reason.

    • @UnicycleIdiot
      @UnicycleIdiot 4 роки тому +14

      You’re right, let’s just ban all forms of travel to save the icebergs that aren’t actually melting

    • @13tucker45
      @13tucker45 4 роки тому +4

      Discernible reason isn't required last I checked... that being said, honing your skills is important in aviation which translates to- go fly

    • @TwisterKidMedia
      @TwisterKidMedia 4 роки тому +1

      spoken like a moron. General aviation carbon footprint is absurdly tiny compared to charter jets and 100 other things. Be a loser somewhere else

    • @TwisterKidMedia
      @TwisterKidMedia 4 роки тому

      @@UnicycleIdiot climate change is real but general aviation is not a major factor for carbon inputs. This dude is just a whacko

    • @BaxterRoss
      @BaxterRoss 3 роки тому

      You can’t discern it? That says more about you

  • @rogersmart1766
    @rogersmart1766 3 місяці тому +1

    These controllers need to slow the hell down ! Gets to be an addiction . (Pilot/ controller )

    • @MartyMitchell92660
      @MartyMitchell92660  2 місяці тому +1

      I don't find it to be a problem. Takes a while to get used to it, but after that, it's fine. Like learning a new language.