THE PLACES WE GO WITH OUR KITFOX ✈ ✈ ✈

What's going on guys? Finally, finally, we have severe rain and ice in California. Very, very unusual. So today, I was on a flight, I'll show all the places we go around here and all the spots that we like to come. And in addition to that, we'll put the gear for some testing and make sure that it's working okay. I like to go to places that are familiar. So I know what to expect and I know how the gear is going to react. Anyway, so I figure I'll take you guys on a day of exploring the backcountry here on the Northern California. So let's go! All right, so here's a spot just checking out and make sure there is nothing there, no animals. And it's a little bit of a tricky place because it's uphill, there's a bunch of down drafts. The air seems to be pretty smooth, so it's all good. Let's call this place number one. And the scenery here is just amazing, just beautiful. All right, get that in sight. Gotta go full flaps. And there's no go around in this place here basically. If you want to do a go around, you gotta go really early. It's one of my favorite places to come, honestly. It's one of the most challenges for me in the beginning. There's no way I can land here. It's too short, too steep, too hilly, too many hills around. Start to slow down here. Feel nice and stable. It's pretty uphill. Gotta be careful with the down drafts right about here. Just like that. Oh yeah. Let's go all the way up there. Saw some snow, looks like. I'll park right here. Check it out. I'm still so amazed at how well this gear is working out. I touched down there and it's almost like I didn't feel anything. And I have come here many times and I know when you touch down, it's a little bit of a rough side. Here's a little bit of snow right there. We don't get to see snow all that often, so it's kind of a big deal for us. Yeah, as far as scenery goes, this place is the most beautiful of all the places we go. They all have their own beauty, but because of the hills and because of the area, this is very secluded. There's really not much airplanes coming here and not a lot people wanted to come here. Yeah, so this is the end here of the runway to give you guys an idea of this slope. It's not too bad, but yeah, it's one of the most beautiful places that we fly to and I love coming here and kind of reflecting things. One of my favorite things to do is just kind of sit down here and think about things and watch nature. It's pretty amazing what the aviation lets us experience. Anyway, so I'm gonna head back to the Kid Fox and off to spot number two. All right, so here's the rain. Pull up, pull up. Lady won't shut up. Oh, there's geese. Come on, buddies. Let this thing drop pretty good now. Oh yeah, like Owen just flew by us here. We're gonna park right here. There you go. That's spot number two. Let's go check it out. All right, here's the lake and we have Owen coming in for landing. Let's see if we can catch his landing. Nice. Man, this place is just amazing. Look at this. Let's go up. This is where we typically land and it's pretty nice and smooth. And lake right behind us. Just the scenery is just amazing and the day. Today is just an incredible day. So tell me about your Kid Fox. It's a two. Oh, it's a two. I thought it was a four. It's pretty close to an ultralight. It's got a Rotax 582 gray head. So the old Rotax. Yeah. It's a pretty simple plane and it weighs something like 480 pounds. So it's basically twice as less as mine because mine is 860. Wow. And you have, well, you don't have a 100 horsepower. You have a 65 supposedly. Probably more like 55. Wow. But it does the same thing. It's a little slower. It does. I cruise at 75. All right, so since we're here, might as well play. All right, that was pretty fun. You go flying by yourself and then people show up. So we get Steve show up on the aerotrack and then we have the Ranz as well there. The aerotrack, man, this plane is really nice. It's amazing how light it is. This thing is pretty sweet. It has the big tires on it. It's a Rotax 912. All right, so the guys decided to eat lunch at the lake and I want to explore a couple of more places. So this is my ultimate test because it's only so wide and it's basically the width of my old gear. And now with the new gear, I haven't landed here before and I'm six inches wider. And this is perfectly a good test for me to know if I can actually touch down here or not. I can't be wrong in terms of how I touch down because there's a slope on both ways, left and right. So yeah, this is not a place to mess things up. And then there's cows all over the place and goats and posts. So you just need to pick your place perfectly. And I think I kind of have an idea where I want to touch down there. It's pretty long, so you can't run out of space. It's just very, very narrow. And the wind is about seven knots crosswinds right now. So definitely need to have my happy feet here. So let's see if we can do this. So I have about eight knots of crosswinds here. And there's a big sign there. And we're going to pass that sign. This guy here, am I right? And then I just need to line up. I'm a lot wider. All right. It's so beautiful. But yeah, I was, my old gear was basically where the gravel area is. And I'm just a little bit wider. But so here, there's slope here. I don't know if you can really see the slope. And there's slope this way. So yeah, definitely you get happier feet, pretty aware of what's going on. But also one of my favorite places to come. This is the deep water channel. And we have permission to land here, basically anywhere in the levee. Beautiful. Yeah. I mean, this is the spots that we like to come in a day like today. Nice. And it's, the winds are pretty nice here. It's not too bad. And I think there's one more place I want to take you guys to, which is gorgeous. Clarksburg, which is an airport private, just south of Sacramento. It's a great place to learn if you've never been on a grass runway. It's a first, a great first one to go. Yeah. Here's the levee. Give you the 360. And I think Jeff is going to join me. Hopefully he can come and we can meet over Clarksburg. All right. So let's go Clarksburg. Yeah. Clarksburg has even an ID. It's November 1-3, for those that are interested in going there. And it's underclass Delta airspace. So you got to talk to Sacramento executive tower just to let them know what are you trying to do? They were going there. No big deal. Hello, executive tower. November 1-7, 1 kilo kilo. We're 14 miles to the south. We're landing Clarksburg and we have Yankee. 1-7, 1 kilo kilo. Roger. Altimeters 2 niner, niner, niner. The wind is calm. And just give us a call when you leave. Yeah. I'll let you know. Thanks. 1 kilo kilo. Hey, Alex and Jeff, are you up? Yeah, I'm up. Where are you be? I just text you. I just departed the levee and heading to Clarksburg right now. Oh, cool. I'll join you. Yeah, come over. What frequency were we using for Clarksburg? 2345? Yeah. And I just talked to tower and 19-5. I just let them know. You might want to give them a call as well. Yep. I'll do the same thing, man. I'll see you over there. All right. Sounds good. All right, cool. Jeff's coming too. So we're going to land at Clarksburg. I think that's going to be it. That's going to be our last spot. And I mean, we have so many more, so many other places, but there's so much time during the day that we can do this. So the winds are blowing west to east. So we're going to land facing the west. I always like to fly over the runway to make sure there is no equipment there and there's no puddles, things that we, you know, we see in the last minute before flare if you don't do a pass over. And Clarksburg facing, and then you can descend. All right. So the windsock is showing me. It looks calm. It looks pretty calm. There's two windsocks there. All right. So we're going to... Clarksburg traffic at Red Cliff Fox crossing over the field. And we're going to be joining the left traffic for Clarksburg. Second launch of flaps. Runway 27 is clear. Clarksburg traffic, the Red Cliff Fox turning base to final 27, Clarksburg. All right. As you see it, it's kind of a crooked approach. There's trees on both sides and there's a wire, electrical wire that goes on top of that. So I need to clear that. I love coming here. And this approach is even cooler. All right. So here's a three. And we just clear that. And then we can just come down like this. Clarksburg traffic, Yellow Cliff Fox over the river, entering a 45 to left downwind for 27, Clarksburg. I love landing here. Oh, that's so smooth. We're going to land along here and let you space, Jeff. Okay, cool. How is it? Is it muddy? No, it's just a little wet. Cool. I can't feel any bump with the new tires and gear. So I don't know if it's bad or not. And Clarksburg traffic, Yellow Cliff Fox on a midfield left downwind 27, Clarksburg. All right, let's get Jeff's landing. All right, that's Clarksburg. Our last spot for the day. And here comes Jeff. What's going on, Jeff? This is great. Smooth as silk here. How are you doing? Good. How are you? Good to see you. Good to see you. Oh, man, your kit Fox is one of the nicest out there. Honestly, look at this. Yeah, I love it. Look at my new cameras. I got a camera here. Oh, nice. I took your advice. Now you get a post it. Well, that's the next thing if I can figure out how to do it. I know that's the biggest challenge. And you have you have this for over a year now, right? No, I've only had it since May 31st. OK, so it's going to just coming up. Yeah, you'll be pretty soon. Wow. How are you liking it so far? I'm going to love it a lot more if I do something with a landing gear upgrade. Man, I'm loving it out here. You get the carbon fiber thing, which is awesome. And I get big tires. Yeah, this Fox is super nice. And check his panel out. His panel is the nicest panel ever. Look at this thing. It's a GTN6750. Now he has an iPad in there and the Dyno Advanced flight deck. That is super sweet. All right, fellas, I think that's about it. I am going to play a little bit more with Jeff and head home. Hope you enjoy. I'll see you guys in the next one. Bye.