Tag: KBVY

Video: Flying with the GoPro Hero2 HD in a Piper Arrow IV

In this video you will see me flying the new Piper Arrow IV at my flight school to Skyhaven Airport in Rochester, NH with two HD cameras. A GoPro Hero2 and a Flip Ultra HD.

Before my flight, I had a ground lesson on cross-country planning. The video starts out starting up at BVY which taxi clearance. We taxied to runway 16, did our run-up, and then made a left turn out to Skyhaven. Before taking of you will see a Piper Apache-Geronimo land before us. After the left turn out, we climbed to 2,800ft (ceiling was 3,000) and headed to DAW. You will see us flying over Portsmouth Airport on the way there. We entered the 45* left downwind runway 15 at DAW and made a full stop landing, parked and shutdown to meet my friend Derek there. After that, we departed Skyhaven and made a right turn out to head back down to Beverly. As you can see for a short clip in the video, we encounter some Cessna traffic very close to us! We made a straight in runway 16 and made a full stop landing. At the end of the video it shows us shutting down the aircraft. Again, there are two HD cameras in the cockpit, a GoPro Hero2 and the normal Flip Ultra HD. On the takeoffs and landings the views are alternating. It was a great day to fly but a bit windy!

The aircraft is a 1981 Piper Arrow IV and it’s tail number is N8378B.

Enjoy the video!

-Sam

Video: Flying in a 1962 Piper Apache in Beverly, Massachusetts

In this video, you will see me flying with a CFI in my flight school’s 1962 Piper Apache at Beverly Municipal Airport.  It was supposed to be a normal day of plane spotting but when I went down to the Beverly Flight Center for a quick visit, a CFI invited me to go flying with him. And, I actually did get some flying time as well to put in my logbook! Me and Greg, the BFC Flight Instructor I flew with, took off using runway 27 and made a left downwind departure.  We went out to Gloucester, did a simulated engine failure on one engine, and then came back for some pattern work.  When I wasn’t filming, that’s when I was flying. It was an unexpected flight but I had a great time!  The reason why the CFI was sitting in the left seat was because that’s where the only breaks were.  There were no breaks in the right seat so if I was to sit in the left seat, the CFI would not have control over the breaks in the right seat.  But that’s only in this particular Apache.

It was odd flying a 1692 Piper Aircraft coming from Piper’s that are in their 80’s and 90’s.  Some differences are the trim, which is located on the ceiling of the plane and you have to twist it to go up or down.  Second, the yokes are shaped like a square and the push to talk button is an attachment to the aircract because when it was made, it did not come with a PTT button on the yoke.  This Piper Apache had it’s engines converted to two 180hp engines instead of 160hp engines changing the name of the aircraft to a Piper Apache-Geronimo.  The aircraft’s tail number is N4462P.  It was fun getting some twin engine flight time!

Like my YouTube page for facebook by clicking here!

Go to my YouTube channel and subscribe by clicking here!

– Sam