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