G1000 Cessna 206 Turbo: Melbourne to Everglades City

[atpchase]

Listen to that Turbo purr!

[abhiginimav]

sounds so much better than 172sp in every aspect! im jealous! im based up in KEVB flying those things :D

[n654pd]

@abhiginimav Gotta love the sound of a 6 cylinder! We're flying over EVB pretty often headed northbound. If you ever hear N17386 on approach, it's me!

[abhiginimav]

@n654pd doing my IR checkride tomorrow morning, if you hear N1318Q (or any epic callsign with a brit accent) its me :P

[n654pd]

@abhiginimav Ah, shame, I'm flying in the evening tomorrow around 7-8pm...would have been funny to hear each other! Good luck on the checkride!

[abhiginimav]

@n654pd thanks buddy, well im going to start timebuilding and commercial in a twinstar soon, so ill keep a listen for you! :D

[RyanEssaf123]

i like the low rumble at startup

[n654pd]

@RyanEssaf123 Awesome sound, isn't it?

[rickyguti]

the pilot went through every single cloud he encountered... I wonder why. btw heavy turbulence at 4:50

[n654pd]

@rickyguti We were on an IFR flight plan, as we are on all of our flights, so we were on a set course. If clouds were there that weren't convective or otherwise not preferable, we went through them. We don't go out cloud hunting [: The turbulence wasn't too bad, it's just hard to hold the camera still sometimes while getting bounced around. [:

[rickyguti]

@n654pd lol ur right.. great vid

[redcarpetphotography]

Thanks for posting such a beautiful video!

[biggestMetallicAfan]

I love flying thru clouds man, gets pretty bumpy thru some of them tho.

[stimpymedic]

poor little bird...meet big bird!

[fokkerkiller]

Hello: I wonder what kind of camcorder do you use?

Is a High Definition camcorder?

[n654pd]

Hey there,

It's nothing special. Just the video mode on the Canon SX 100 IS point-and-shoot camera.

[RichinBoca]

@n654pd Question for you...I plan to buy a 206 w/G1000. I have been talking to flight schools to get my private licence... should I train on the G1000 or learn on steam gauges first?

Thanks

[n654pd]

@RichinBoca The transition from steam to G1000 is much easier than vice versa. With that being said, if you are planning to buy a G1000 aircraft, you may as well just train on the G1000. It's an incredibly simple yet complex system.  Anyone can operate it's basic functions, but some of the more advanced functionality will take some time to get used to. You may as well use your training to get ahead of the game. It wouldn't hurt either, though, to do the first few hours in steam then switch.

[RichinBoca]

Great Video... I am torn between getting a new 206t or a Cirrus SR22 Turbo... any thoughts?

[n654pd]

I'll send you a PM.

[AirCanadaPilot]

Great video, loved every moment of it :)

[berzerken]

Nice video & nice plane :)

[BeechSundowner]

I like how you sequenced this video. Near bird strike at 8:05!

[namezero111111]

Yeah that's why we flared a little long to avoid that thing!

[EightCharlieFox]

Wow, that's a nice set-up...

[jonny2387]

nice landing. this is a super fun airport to land at.

[namezero111111]

Yeah, the weather wasn't too bad, but fortunately our storm season will soon be over and replaced with a period of nice weather followed by low IMC during our winter nights.

[AussieMirage]

Hey J - your best video yet, very art deco at the start son !!! You throwing out the challenge ?? See you coped a bit of weather on route, my storm season is just about to start here in Australia. Sept through March - so you will see some storm videos in my Mirage over the coming months. Nice video mate.

Cheers

T