Moving Across the Country in my 70-Year-Old Airplane! Michigan to California Part 1

i've lived in michigan my whole life and in today's video that's about to change we're starting a three-day trip flying the bonanza all the way from michigan to california on day one we'll fly from ann arbor michigan to wichita kansas with one fuel stop at kilo 52 in monroe city missouri on day two we'll fly from wichita kansas to phoenix arizona with two fuel stops first in amarillo texas and second in albuquerque new mexico on the third day we'll take off from phoenix and land at two on charlie's new home in camarillo california i've never done a long trip like this and i am so excited to take you all along for the ride so let's go [Music] [Applause] let all right so this is the packing situation i have about 30 pounds in the baggage compartment and then the rest of the stuff is in the back i didn't want to put too much stuff in the baggage compartment because i'm obviously going to be up front and i also have my backpack and there's a duffel down [Music] all right it is a windy day out there seat belts are good doors and windows latched circuit breakers checked in electrical switches are all off except for beacons and nav lights the avionics we're on the left-hand for indicating lifting all of our tanks are full cow flaps are open carpets off mixtures rich prop auto for forward throttle two turns keys are on both the ipad set let's do it clear some noise canceling on and amios master's coming information delta one four five three zulu observation wind two niner zero at one five gus two five visibility one zero sky clear below one two thousand bonanza five nineteen delta ready for taxi for a southwestbound departure bonanza two one charlie runway two four taxi via alpha two four texas via alpha two one it's a little cloudy and it's definitely very windy rather have it windy on the take-off than the landing though so oh this is going to be my last take off out of here for a while it's like still just kind of starting to hit me that this is happening like crazy so fuel selector we're on the fullest tank in the fullest tank we have full ball and full flight controls correct all right prop is down and waiting to come back up in the meantime tags are good carpet is in an engine instruments so fuel is good oil temperature pressure both get the grain fuel pressure is good fuel flow is good that came back up as expected manifold pressure looks good suction is good throttle back to idle turn our taxi light off my instrument is checked and set your speed is good agitator indicator is up altimeter is set coordinator is level lighting indicator is accurate vertical speed is zero that all looks good suction's good over there again radio transponder we want to be on tower doors and windows close the latch flaps are up and i to kilo 52 it's in kansas called monroe city at we'll start with 4 500 and i'm a type bravo echo three five financial two on charlie rogers stand by for squad and two charlie i said it's in kansas it's actually in missouri 52 in there for you at 4 500 and squawk 4 1 1 6 and departure frequency is 118.95 squawk 4116 departure 118.9 or 521 charlie annaber tower bonanza five niner two one charlie holding short runway two four ready for departure southwest bound bonanza five nine or two one charlie and arper tower runway two four cleared for takeoff on course approved win three two zero at one five two seven runway two four clear for takeoff on course approved two one charlie and uh this is my last flight out of here i'm moving to california so i just wanted to thank you guys i learned to fly here uh three years ago so thanks for everything you guys do nan's a two one charlie roger and uh you're welcome and have a great flight thank you here we go big old crosstalk correction in there air speed slowly coming alive temperature pressure we'll go ahead and bring that prop back into one charlie contact detroit departure 118.95 for a vfr flight following have a great day 108.9 or 521 charlie have a good one detroit departure bonanza five niner two one charlie one thousand nine hundred climbing four thousand five hundred people with the clouds bananas high dense alexander 2986 2986 alert traffic uh one or two o'clock and three miles southeastbound up indicates 2 300 type unknowns looking for traffic to and charlie uh traffic at site two and charlie charlie roger i uh radar contact uh four months west of the ann arbor airport position tax too charlie everything is looking good and we took off at about 11 25 so we'll switch fuel tanks in about 45 minutes we're actually gonna level up here approach bonanza five nine or two and charlie just to let you know i'll be leveling off here at two thousand eight hundred five number two one charlie thank you i'm hoping that these clouds rise or just go away everywhere in kansas and missouri was uh clear in a million so hopefully that happens soon that would be nice great lakes approach on 118.65 118.652 and charlie have a good one great lakes approach bonanza 592 on charlie three thousand two hundred great lakes approach bonanza five niner two and charlie three thousand two hundred collected eight point nine or five [Applause] great lakes approached bonanza five niner two and charlie three thousand two hundred detroit approached bonanza five niner two and charlie i tried calling great lakes on 118.65 but uh haven't heard anything back on them charlie rutgers one two seven point three two one charlie thank you approach bonanza five niner two one charlie three thousand one hundred november five ninety one charlie great lakes approach good afternoon jackson altimeter [Applause] charlie maintain vfr had above 3500 for traffic uh 10 miles northwest to your position of skyhawks southeastbound at 3 000. but it is a 502 on charlie unable due to the cloud cover and november 21 charlie roger november 2-1 charlie turn right heading up three two zero vectors for traffic right heading three two zero two one charlie two one charlie contact street league approach one one nine point two one one point two five nine or two one charlie have a good day thank you enjoy your weekend thanks great lakes approach bonanza five niner two one charlie 3000. 299 or five five nine or two on charlie so we have exactly three hours to go we'll say it about this altitude until we get to the clear area then we'll climb up to either four or six thousand five hundred fifteen minutes until we're going to probably switch tanks here i just remembered i have a coffee so my day just got like ten times better guys this is crazy it's done ann arbor is done like i'm done there so you're probably wondering why i'm moving to california and i have an answer for you i've lived in michigan my whole life i grew up in the grand rapids area on the west side of the state and then i went to school in ann arbor at university of michigan i graduated in may of 2020 and in september 2020 i was supposed to move out to northern california to work for the company that i work for now and i also interned in california for them in 2019. the plan has always been to move back out there because i do work in tech so that's kind of like the place to be and if you're curious i do mobile app development for a software company in california but obviously i did not move to california in 2020 because covet happened and we've all been remote and we're still working remote they're still letting like very limited people into the office and i honestly like i have no desire to go back to the office anymore working from home just gives me so much flexibility to do things like this i still wanted to move to california but i am in desperate need of some sunshine this winter i swear every michigan winter just gets worse and worse and worse so i picked southern california because the weather obviously i also have a ridiculous amount of friends at the airport i'm moving to and it's really all over socal i have a ton of friends and there's a lot more flying that goes on and it's a really great place to have an airplane so i'm really really excited to be moving out there i already have a it's not an apartment it's like a little house and i also have a hangar out there which is super exciting because it's hard to get hangers out there i really do love michigan and i'm super sad to be leaving it hasn't really hit me yet seriously is underrated like especially during the summer but for now it's just time for something different we've got a long ways to go all right we've burned eight gallons out of the uh left tank here so i'm gonna switch to the ox skill flow looks good [Applause] and let's turn that on i realize that i haven't talked much about being a software engineer on my youtube channel if you follow my instagram which you should i talk about it a little bit on there but i went to school for computer science engineering i went to the engineering school graduated with an engineering degree and i've always been interested in mobile app development so that's just what i'm doing now when charlie traffic eleven o'clock three miles eastbound altitude in case two thousand seven hundred types unknown two and charlie has the traffic in sight no factor there's a two one charlie roger contact south bend approach one one eight point five five one one eight point five five two and charlie have a good day south bend approach bonanza five niner two one charlie three thousand we're about to pass south bend we're also up to like 3600 now hope that the clouds kind of rise up so we can actually follow the vfr uh altitude rules okay it's time for the pumpkin cream cold brew it's so good if i spill this on myself i'm gonna be so bad what's your two point five two one charlie have a good day chicago center banana five nine or two one charlie three thousand seven hundred for five minutes to enjoy the chicago center welcome to thank you three zero zero seven three zero zero seven five nine two one charlie thank you really a giant high pressure system moving through i guess i am extremely lucky there is a giant high pressure system moving through the whole country planned this trip a few weeks in advance took time off from work and ended up getting probably the nicest weekend of the whole fall to be able to do this i have never done a long solo trip like this i have done some long trips with friends though i did go alone on purpose by the way like i do have friends i know you guys see me flying alone all the time and you're probably like uh if i didn't do it this time i probably would never do it so logistically a lot of my clothes are in here and then a lot of like airplane parts my camera gear and this yeti cooler in the back that has all my snacks i'm again so lucky one because of high pressure system and two because my mom is driving my car and i have a two-door jeep wrangler so it's not like not like a comfortable car to be in my mom is driving my car out to california last night my parents came to my apartment building in ann arbor and helped me pack up everything i will actually arrive on the same day that's kind of why i'm taking that extra day in arizona on this trip so that i arrive at the same time as her and plus it'll be fun we're starting to cruise along a little bit faster here we're doing 132 and we're doing like 135 indicated all right five nine or two one charlie contest chicago 123.75 one two three point seven five five nine or two on charlie have a good day i don't remember who he told me i'm talking to you chicago center bonanza five nine or two one charlie four thousand four five nine or two in charlotte the center on chicago three zero zero two three zero zero two two one charlie i got about five gallons left in the aux tank and we're gonna go up to six five november uh five nine or two one charlie what's your cruising hopefully uh cruising altitude will be six thousand five hundred two one trailer number five let's switch to the right tank now and we're watching our fuel pressure and fuel flow both look good so we switched the right tank at night i do remember 500 charlie have a good one peoria approach bonanza five niner two on charlie six thousand five hundred and five nine or two one charlie peoria approach bloomington altimeter three zero one zero three zero one zero five nine or two charlie we are just passing off of bloomington illinois we have about an hour left until our fuel stop today which is kilo 52 it's in missouri it's called monroe city i wasn't really sure where to stop for fuel so i asked on my instagram story one person suggested this airport the fuel was cheap and sounds like this place is really just run by people who love general aviation i wanted to stop at one untoward airport and i'd rather do it today charlie changed my frequency one two five point eight what do five point eight two one charlie finance of five nine or two one charlie checking in on one two five point eight and uh five nine two one charlie peoria pro terry altimeter three zero one three all right we are passing peoria now and we have like 15 minutes left right one charlie contact springfield approach one two six point one five one two six point one five two one charlie have a good one approach bonanza five niner two one charlie six thousand five hundred and uh five ninety two one charlie springfield approach for customer three zero one four three zero one four two one charlie i passed through two moas here in a couple miles and one of them starts at nine thousand so we're at six thousand five hundred not a factor and the other one is six thousand feet so also not a factor finance if you want charlie contact kansas city center one two seven point two seven one two seven point two seven two and charlie have a good one kansas city center bonanza five niner two one charlie six thousand five hundred finance at the five nine two one charlie kansas city center of the clinton trees one eight three zero one eight five nine kilo charlie wow well the most interesting things i've seen so far are some clouds there's a river down there that's it we're still running on the right tank right now i'll switch to the left before landing we'll just listen to this airport's weather weather wind two niner zero f one zero gust one eight visibility one zero clear below one two thousand pull the power back even more i'm going to switch back to the left hand now oh this is the mississippi river kind of cool they're officially west of the mississippi there's some glider activity up here it looks like so we'll just keep our eyes peeled for that and we've got about 18 miles to go we're gonna stay on the left tank we're indicating the left tank our lights are on our runway options are nine and two seven so we're gonna take seven obviously bonanza five nine or two when charlie has monroe city in sight i think you forgot about me switch to the c-test and squawk jfr winner of city traffic bonanza five nine or two in charlie about eight miles northeast of the field we'll be overflying the field for a left downwind of my two seven monroe city saturn altitude is about one thousand seven hundred or stop get excited winner of city traffic bonanza five niner two one charlie six miles north east of the field over flying field for a left downwind runway two seven monroe city i see like where the airport i think is oh i see it now okay monroe city traffic bonanza five niner two one charlie three miles north of the field over flying a field for a left down one two two seven minute city let's get the gear down it'll make it a little bit more stable here's coming down down and down good and prop is off speed we can bring it back to pull forward it's on auto gas is on the left take it to king left hand under carriage light indicator mixture full rich pop forward auto and seat belts adjusted a lot [Music] so [Applause] [Music] oh oil pressure's good temperature's good bye [Music] fuel selector is on the fullest tank we're indicating the fullest tank flight controls [Music] rim set for takeoff good mixtures rich throttle is coming up back back drop manual and down good and back up fuel is good oil temper pressure both in the green fuel pressure's good egtc ht as expected fuel flow is good and suction is good over there that came back up and manifold pressure is good throttle coming back air speed is good attitude indicator is up altimeter is set vertical speed is good and that is correct and turn coordinator looks level flaps are at zero that's neutral lights are on radio we're on one two two point eight and the city center is one two six two two five there we go that's in okay doors and windows good good lights are on okay gas is on the fullest tank indicating fullest tank undercarriage light indicator mixture full rich profit forward auto and seat belts adjustable locked and we are going to be a left turn out of here bye [Music] winrar city traffic bonanza 5 9 or 2 on charlie back taxing runway 2-7 for departure university so this airport was awesome i got here and they gave me biscuits and gravy and blueberry muffins so like kind of the best thing in the world even better than i expected it to be so thank you to whoever gave me that recommendation yeah this was great so thank you winner of city traffic bonanza five niner two one charlie departing runway two seven federal city a little bit of a crosswind correction here air speeds coming alive too much pressure both of the green those people were awesome all right gear is up confirmed props coming back mineral city traffic bonanza five nine or two with charlie making a left turn out to the southwest at departing area up in our city thank you for stopping by thanks for having me we are on our way to wichita that airport back there is what general aviation is all about let's get some flight following here kansas city center bonanza five niner two one charlie vfr request is that five nine or two one charlie but it is a five night or two on charlie's about four miles southwest of hilo 52 airport 2200 climbing 4 500 request flight following to wichita we're 2-1 charlie roger uh with wichita airport stand by two on charlie two one charlie one one two six one one two six at airport is india charlie tango charlie number two on surely radar contact five miles southwest of the monroe city airport downturn altitude is three thousand one hundred two charlie charlie rogers i just went to the airport monroe city in missouri i get there and all these people come out to greet me they help me do my fuel they've watched my youtube videos before so i go into this room and they have biscuits and gravy from a fly-in earlier that day and they put my youtube videos on on the tv like it was so funny they were all so excited and i was so excited you know you don't get that when you stop at big airports the airport i stopped at was kila 52 monroe city in missouri if you get the chance you should go thank you to dell i that was the best experience i could have asked for so a great first stop on what is going to be a super long trip for me we're about an hour and 59 away from wichita we're at 4 500 feet and we are still on the left tank we'll switch over to the aux tank here in a few minutes it seriously just seems like there's nothing in every direction it's so crazy box tank looking good number five [Applause] yeah so my composite radar is showing green over here but there's not a cloud for sky so not really sure what that's about like does it look like there's rain out there no it doesn't november five niner two one charlie contact dance approach one two three point nine or five one two three point nine five two and charlie there's kansas city okay i've never been over here before so i i didn't even realize that we were that close kansas city center bonanza five niner two one charlie four thousand five hundred november five founders two one charlie camp city center hello main champions number three two zero two four may take me apart charlie we're 120 miles away and just under an hour to go all right in a few minutes here we're gonna switch from the aux tank to the right tank super exciting i know let's switch it i could literally be in nebraska or iowa right now and i wouldn't even know november five down our two one charlotte contact city center one two zero point two one two zero point two two one charlie see yeah yeah kansas city center bonanza five niner two one charlie four thousand five hundred five nine two one charlie kennedy hello what's your turn three zero two seven three zero two seven five nine or two with charlie which starts the airport information hotel two zero five three zero wins two pictures under visibility one zero [Music] approach one three four point eight five one three four point eight five two one charlie cm wichita approach bonanza five nine or two on charlie 4 500 and we have hotel demands our christian skyhawk 59er 2 and charlie wichita approach maintain vfr at or above 4 000 expect runway 1 9 or left maintain vfr at or above 4 000 expect one night or less and it is bonanza 592 finally almost there get hype all right let's switch to the left tank just because it has the most fuel so there's a bunch of airspace that we have to watch out for i'm not sure if they'll vector us around it or how that works so i guess we're going to find out bonanza 2-1 charlie use caution there is quieter activity in your area today i see one target at your 11 or 12 to 11 o'clock and five miles maneuvering type and altitude unknown they were last reported around 4 500 but they changed pretty quickly looking for the traffic five niner two and charlie thanks for the heads-up bonanza 2-1 charlie additionally there is traffic 12 o'clock and 4 miles 3 200 indicated appears to be descending for jabbar i'll have lower once you pass them bonanza 2-1 charlie the priest called traffic no factory you can resume own navigation and altitude for runway one niner left nav and altitude for one minute or less charlie thank you bonanza two one charlie contact tower one one eight point two we'll see you one point two two one charlie thanks wichita tower bonanza five niner two one charlie inbound for runway one-niner left there's a 592 in charlie wichita tower runway one end left clear land money traffic one month one under left to put a land 502 with charlie so we're on the left tank we're indicating electric we're gonna stay that way we'll go pretty fast here once we get closer we will slow lower down and drop the gear prop and auto runway is fight just a one one goal we try to run away one night left clear land falling traffic bonanza five month long all right number two looking for nine three one one go all right here's coming down we're clear to land gas is on the left tank underneath we have the light indicator is down mixture's full rich prop is coming full forward auto and seat belts adjusted a lot get some trim in and here in a minute we'll work some flaps in as well gas is on the left tank we're indicating the left hand undercurrent light indicator makes your full range pop forward auto and seat belts adjust along [Music] gases on the left side kind of getting left take under courage light indicator makes your full rich pop forward auto and seat belts adjustable block chest in one one golf that banana traffic now about a half mile final year 50 knots faster all right [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] we made it to wichita taxiing to signature now hopefully they in fact do have a car for me we'll see thank you guys for coming along on this flight hopefully the second video is posted pretty shortly after this and hopefully the rest of the trip goes smoothly i hope you enjoyed coming along for the ride be on the next flight bye [Applause] [Music] [Applause] you

Channel: Stevie Triesenberg

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Id: TKASMw9b9B4

Length: 26min 43sec (1603 seconds)

Published: Thu Dec 16 2021