Hangar 9 MB339 v2-Justwingit's first time flying a turbine!!

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Aug 31, 2026
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AI GeneratedA flight instructor guides John Cohen through a series of maneuvers and landing practices with a high-performance turbine aircraft. The session focuses on aerobatics, throttle management, and precision landing techniques, highlighting the aircraft's exceptional responsiveness and flight characteristics.
Alright, so our friend John Cohen is going to do this fish hookup, see how it goes.
Gear's coming up.
And then flaps up.
Got it?
Yep, you got it.
Alright.
Man, it's getting easier.
Why don't you get a couple of your little beavers out and we'll practice the crank as well.
Invert the aircraft.
Coming off the throttle.
Give him just a little bit of elevator pressure, not much.
I don't want to fish hook the bottom.
Yeah, nice.
I mean this plane is so responsive and so...
It does very deliberately.
It does exactly what you do.
100%.
And stays there until you tell it otherwise.
Pitch it up.
Do a nice slow roll.
Which this thing does effortlessly.
You do a loop and you do some pattern work.
That's why I'm talking, like this is it.
But it's just so fun to fly.
Now I can see why I love this thing so much.
Wings level.
Pull on the coals.
Man, you're backing up the throttle.
Yeah, a little smaller than I would have liked.
I probably should have kept going a little while.
You should have started on the throttle a lot sooner.
Yeah.
Because it takes a lot for you to lead.
Now that time I did experience that throttle a lot.
Yeah, so you can try it again.
Okay.
Okay, so go up to 3 quarter right now.
You got it.
Get it scooted up a little bit.
Yep.
And then once you're level, then go to full.
You got it.
Full.
Now you're close to it.
Now we're pulling.
Pulling.
I'm getting some elevators.
Now we're off the throttle.
You could have gone even bigger than that.
Oh, yeah.
I was actually feeding in elevator to make it nice and round.
Wow.
My heart's going because it's exhilarating.
It's just the freedom of flight.
It's a flight.
All right, so come back to idle.
Yep.
And kind of just coast downhill.
Go to half flap in your base turn.
Okay.
Half flap in.
Okay.
Go ahead and cycle your gear.
Gear is coming down.
And then we'll just do like a gear check break as you come over the field here.
Roger that.
Dead calm right now.
So if we can come from the right, land it up, whichever you prefer.
That's about it.
Looks like I got the gear.
Looks like I got flat.
You did.
All right.
A little bit.
So that's a pretty decent power setting for a pattern.
Mm-hmm.
I'm about 40%, 50%.
Yeah, you can come off a little bit.
Okay.
Just to maintain that descent rate.
Mm-hmm.
Because it will sail past you if you're too high.
Okay.
All right.
So go ahead and go to full before you turn base.
Okay.
Come out of the power.
Okay.
Way high.
You can chop it.
It's chopped.
Yeah.
All right.
When you're going to spool up, it's going to take time.
So be prepared for that.
So just do this as an approach.
Approach.
You got it.
Back in the power a little bit.
That's a good sail.
What did it go where?
60% now?
You tell me.
Just to get it moving.
You tell me.
And then you can back out of it.
Okay.
There you go.
So back out of it some more.
Got it.
Okay.
So that's a good height.
Yep.
But you're going to have to come out of the power a little sooner than last time.
Okay.
So go ahead and go to full flap.
Full flap.
I'm out of the power and then full flap.
Go ahead and chop it right there.
Okay.
We're chopped.
And let it sink down.
Yep.
Don't keep holding it up.
Yep.
Let it sink down to the runway.
Okay.
And it's going to have plenty of speed.
You're not going to need any throttle with that approach.
Now let the nose come down.
Let it come down.
Okay.
There you go.
Oh my gosh.
Did I just...
Did I just do a touch and go?
Yeah, you did.
By the way, that was crummy.
I want it...
I want it right now at stake.
But that one's crummy.
I did not maintain center line.
I'm going to dock myself for that.
Talk me through these.
It's a little tight.
So next time...
Can you see how you're angled this way?
I do.
So go ahead and put full flap and give it a little bit...
Get the nose down.
A little bit of power.
There you go.
But it's starting to get slow, right?
Yeah.
I saw that.
I was like...
I even caught that.
I was like, oh, I don't like that.
Let it sink down the runway.
Then pull it off about a foot up.
Nice.
I am.
I'm...
Whoa.
Why is it sliding?
Because you're sucking the brakes.
Oh.
Sorry.
That's all right.
I'm sorry.
I'm fading one minute.
Okay.
I didn't...
Yeah.
I apologize for that.
All right.
So go back to half flat.
Half flat.
And taxi down just before the X down there.
You got it.
There's good.
Like that.
So full brake.
All right.
Full brake.
So hold the brakes.
Go to about half throttle.
Let it spool up.
Flaps up.
Bring the paddle.
I think the gear's up.
The gear?
Yeah.
A lot of time, I guess.
Oh, shoot.
All right.
Oh, it's buzzing.
Yeah.
All right.
Gear's coming down.
Gear down.
I'm off the throttle all the way.
Going...
I'm bringing it in half flat.
Go ahead and go to full.
Go to full?
Yeah.
Full flat.
It's looking good.
Let it sink.
Zero power.
Off the power.
Zero power.
Off the throttle.
There you go.
You're nice and lined up.
Let it sink down to the runway.
Let it sink down.
Let it sink.
Tell me when to flare.
Let it sink.
Good.
That's all right.
There you go.
Okay.
Thanks.
You have a problem doing that?
Yeah.
Oh, my God.
Sprint.
Bentley.
Bentley, my wingman, helped me through.
Bentley, my little wingman.
Yeah!
Right here.
Wow.
I'll tell you what.
This airplane...
Yeah.
Thank you, Brent.
You did a good job, man.
Yeah.
You're watching...
And Ali, if you're watching...
Okay.
My first turbine flight.
And so all those watching, I'm telling you.
This plane right here.
Okay.
Plus...
But Ali and the crew at Horizon Hobby, they've really knocked it out of the park.
This is an incredibly flying airplane.
She responds immediately to whatever you command it to do, whether it's a loop, a roll, what
have you.
Just amazing.
Thank you so, so much.
Sure.
Thank you.
All right.
Hope you guys liked it.
See you in the next one.
