Where to fly to get to key west
Cessna 172 Island Flying! - Miami & Key West - SNF19: Part 4
spent so many nights living out at sea
that my heart is gone bacon everybody
who was close to me
all stayed on dry land so now I'm
driving back gonna in the state blast I
just gotta feel slumping not gonna wear
to the morning because I'm just gonna
change my mind
I don't wanna change my
right here
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I would walk away from this
I would walk away from the spot
photos
my best friend an apologetic taxi says
to karlova Marisa and I flew eight zero
nine nine one from Texas to Florida for
the annual Sun n fun fly-in and aviation
Expo or through with the expo and the
fly in and now we're gonna go have a
little fun and relaxation with our
friends Chris and Cameron Chris is known
as angle of attack on YouTube and
Instagram he's an incredible
photographer on Instagram and makes
great flying videos in the Alaskan
backcountry on YouTube keep my pressure
off this nose will patience patience
patience those trees are coming up and
then let that airplane zoom up through
that boundary layer above the trees go
check out his stuff and give them a
subscribe and a follow I'm very glad we
were finally able to collaborate on a
project after being friends for so long
we start the day here at ATP jet center
in Daytona Florida where we have a fun
day of flying planned ahead of us well
depart Daytona as a flight of two and
request a low approach over the shuttle
landing facility at Cape Canaveral this
is the runway where the Space Shuttle
used to land then we'll continue in
formation all the way down the Atlantic
coast of Florida towards homestead where
we'll take a break and fuel up then
we'll proceed in formation down the
island chain to Key West it's gonna be a
good day shameless plug for my East
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got the black hat look at the the beige
colored hat what do you like a fan club
or something
instructor instructor teacher student
yes and blind guy blind tech what do you
prefer here's a defensive line tech also
a pilot do you fly for career by working
on your CFI awesome
Cameron hasn't even started pre-flight
yet we're done we're packed cameras are
rigged we're done with pre-flight Chris
is just like you're just ready for
I have a panel similar to Josh's I did
this last year took it up to Oshkosh it
was done right before that in 2018 and
essentially where I saw it for the first
day yeah so we've kind of got a mimic
panel a little bit but anyway we're
gonna pre-flight get down with this day
down to Key West gonna be pretty awesome
time good people what your model is a
certainly this is a 1983 P model okay
pretty awesome and you've got the d TJ d
2j 160 horsepower and it's got a power
flow exhaust system on it it's pretty
cool
you're gonna outrun me we'll see what
happens that's right we briefed up the
formation procedures and positioning to
be sure all of our corners were covered
and there was no ambiguity of what was
gonna happen then we fired up the
airplanes and got our clearance as a
flight of two
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oh my god but there's stuffy that is
it's one of the only time instead of
Skyhawk looks big
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looking good man you got my good side
like that
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[Applause]
I don't really care about our altitude I
don't really care about our airspeed
he's watching he's watching that all
right all I'm making sure is that of
coordinated and that he's where he needs
to be as far as being at my windshield
okay I'm keeping a pretty much right
above the camera okay I'm gonna go left
headache one four zero zero one four
zero on your wing I believe I see the
runway
I feel we're on the outside of the turn
o matic power rolling out of the turn
off the decreasing power see how we kind
of caught up with it first second third
we did yeah gotta anticipate it and you
got overdue to make the power change
before it's necessary that way we have
time to bleed off the speed for just a
brief second one not
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oh so cool
what's your indicated eighty oh my god
this is incredible it's just just unreal
and she looks good it's so cool man
incredible I'm really glad we slowed
down enjoy the moment really cool really
really cool oh that was so cool
oh my gosh that's beautiful yeah Wow
after doing a low approach over the
historic runway at Cape Canaveral we
made a beeline for the Atlantic Ocean
and we intercepted the East Florida
coastline to follow it southbound and
tight formation and this flight reminded
me how amazing formation flying can
really be
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so just briefly if you can't come
forward a little bit and then cut them
down quite a bit
I basically won you're the airplane
against the water beautiful right there
right there
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all right I got what I needed this is
beautiful yeah let's switch it up now
I'll come around your backside all right
let me know when you're creepin up with
my left I'll watch for you and we'll
change roles I've got flexural unit of
power and I'm Larry you're way
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right rudder power dive deeper at the
slip
up sted Skyhawk flight of to clear the
runway at home step high-five
your first formation flight good job yes
you did not prepare me for how awesome
that is
we just did some pretty pretty amazing
formation flag to last them three hours
yeah we just stayed with it was that
three hours it was about 30 minutes
right so so we're uh we're pretty happy
with it but we're on the ground here
we're gonna to get topped off with fuel
just to be safe and soft some batteries
in the camera so we can grab some really
good footage out over the keys the
island chain leading down to Key West
which is up next it's hard to believe
again better I know it's getting better
shares Cheers
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all right all right engine looks good
car speeds why there's $45 50 55 there's
60 and we're off fire four point oh my
gosh just feel so cool on your way
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we really could've asked for a better
day to do this this is unreal
okay check out this really blue water
that's pretty awesome dude sometimes you
can see turtles and stingrays actually a
sea turtle right now
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alright y'all on the switch yeah that's
good alright we're gonna go and switch
yeah we're gonna go underneath
and we're going to get to his left side
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all right we're cleared for right
downwind four zero Niner all right right
now look for d0 sign or do they want us
to maneuver for that now
they said direct Neela all right we're
gonna drop back the whole form up on you
all right you'd have like control I got
you guys like a toast colonel and up for
runway Niner jen86 helicopter whiskey
approved all right free landing real
landing brake spill test good pressure
landing light on it's off autopilot off
its off feet built Orion since I'm
strapped in I'm strip them makes your
best power all right car viewed on
heartbeats on periscope idle
Cheers I get a cheers even without a
pineapple
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so first time aviation 101 has
collaborated with an angle of attack
that's right
and I must say this is probably one of
the coolest days of flying I've ever had
right Cameron formation in and of itself
is already super cool but it's very
mentally draining if you're I mean
you're staring at the other airplane the
entire time you're very focused making
teeny tiny little corrections on power
rudder everything's a day seems short
yeah I guess it seems like it seems like
we didn't do much today we conquered
almost all the Florida we're gonna go
from Daytona the southernmost point
today 10 out of 10 would do it all over
again
absolutely awesome
you'll just have to excuse the poor
audio my camera just died the battery I
guess I have a bad battery what did you
think of today I'm still processing it's
something that was on my bucket list and
I didn't even know it was right I know
it's like I've never been to Key West so
this it was definitely a new experience
for me flying over the whole East Coast
of Florida and everything only four
hours of flying about four hours of
flying you know what it felt like 40
minutes it felt like 40 minutes exactly
with all the formations it's just it was
absolutely phenomenal so whatever today
is day eight day nine I think it's day
nine of our trip from Texas best day so
far of this trip it was one of the best
days of flying yeah well you what a
scenery to do it oh my god the turquoise
aqua colored blue water the whole way
they're gonna get a water if they don't
get eaten by a shark and and then we got
reservations it's some really nice
dinner place Cameron made the
reservations so we don't know what it is
I don't know but hey at this point I'm
with some of the best friends that I
have in my life and I don't care and I'm
gonna put the camera down I'm gonna
clock the clock out for the day and
we're gonna have some fun
life's good last ragu the farmers
through the trees fo God boy that was
jason smith so many nights living out at
sea then my heart is gone bacon we went
down to the marina and took a boat to
sunset key which is a residential island
just off the shore we went to latitudes
which is a great restaurant on the
northern edge of the island the next day
we all met for breakfast at the hotel
and we set out to explore a bit of the
island before heading back to the
mainland later in the day I'm actually
gonna save the next day for a part 5
because the departure out of Key West
deserves its own explanation basically
there were bands of thunderstorms moving
through which played with our
decision-making and I want to talk about
what went into that decision making and
what I would do differently if I could
do it all over again be sure to
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proficient we'll see in part 5 thanks
for watching the whole damn town has
been waiting for the day when you would
come back here there was dancing and
talking and steaks on the grill and I
think that I will be
all right
