Cirrus SR22T Flight to Telluride - In Over Our Skis

Follow our adventures flying with our two poodles around the country and beyond. This episode takes you to Telluride Colorado, home of one of the most dangerous airports in the U.S.

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- We fly for business and exploration. We use our airplane to visit our favorite places in (and out of) the country with our two dogs Baxter and Doll. We love aviation, our passion is to learn as much as possible and share the experience with others. I am an Instrument Rated Private Pilot with High Performance Endorsement.

- We unexpectedly lost our first rescue dog and the love of our life, Pip at 14 years old to liver failure in mid 2024. You will see her in our first several videos. Our love of dogs and ability to transport them allowed us to form “Pip’s Rescue Wings” an animal rescue charity (pending 501c3 status). Together with rescues across the country, we transport man’s best friend out of kill shelters and other life threatening situations to a safe haven. 100% of the proceeds from Pip’s Rescue Wings goes towards the Rescues we are helping. All flight and operational costs are covered by us personally. Please consider adoption before purchasing a puppy and please spay/neuter your pet.

- I am not a CFI, A&P or IA and our videos are not for instruction purposes, but entertainment only. Each video is intended for our own personal documentation of life experiences and flying improvement. Do not use any of our video content as instruction on how to fly an airplane. To properly learn how to fly you must visit your local accredited flight school.

[cport]

“They forgot the chocks” 🤣😂🤣😂😂🤣🤣 That’s 100% on you there, Jake!!

[mitchlong]

You guys are amazing. Really enjoy the content of your videos. Thank you so much.

[chrispbacon]

I used to work the ramp at Telluride.
The airport is one of the most beautiful and challenging airports in the States. The town itself is Magical. The skiing is challenging, tiring and amazing. 100% recommend T-ride to everyone. Unfortunately you have to be ready to spend an unbelievable amount of money for a stay in town. Mountain Village is just as expensive but that being said worth it.
Anyway nice job on the decision making, going around 2x and then trying a different set up for approach 3. I’ve seen some of the craziest takeoffs and landings there. Diverting to Montrose or Durango is always an option. Good job guys!

[JustinH]

Fun video to watch! Look forward to some more videos hopefully soon. Love the interior of your SR22T. Looks like you have a G3 so I am assuming you had the interior custom refinished? Who did you use to refinish the interior?

[nottoolatetofly]

Great video! Thank you for making it. I have a question though... How did you get through that cloud layer on the way home without an instrument rating? It looked pretty solid en-route, as well as at the destination.

[NikosWings]

The SR22 requires full flaps for any conditions. But I understand you had to deal with a special situation.

[Cortes]

Great video, subscribed! Telluride looked beautiful. Out of curiosity, how many hours do you have? I'm a pretty low time pilot still and flying into there looks daunting to say the least. I think you said you didn't have your IFR cert? How did you get through that solid looking deck around the 27-28 min mark of the video?

[erichchan]

Great video. Nice flying. Beautiful commentary, views, and reviews. Stay safe and Happy Landings!!! 😊

[JasonSpasoff]

Great video, beautiful city, and awesome production quality too! When it comes time to purchase my first plane, I'm torn between the sr22t and a Diamond DA50. How have you liked the sr22t so far?

[universlmind]

Great fun! We fly with our dogs too in our Baron. What are the oxygen “masks” and ear protection that you use for your dogs? Thanks.

[LimaFoxtrot]

Tiny point of clarification at 5:33, you can't "legally fly the instrument approach" if you're not (1) instrument rated and (2) instrument current. What you did was fly a VFR practice approach -- which isn't an approach technically.

[lostgriz]

Good stuff! How many hours do you have at the time of this video? Makes me kinda want a Cirrus.

[mutchler]

Figured this channel had 100k+ subscribers. Glad to be here early🙌🏻 Great video!👏🏻

[tesladrivingdad]

Producing video content is tough work and thank you for taking the time to do so! You guys did awesome. And sorry about the bad comments here, because people are a-holes. I will say, as an experienced pilot, the chalk conversation misses the point. The amount of times that FBO will not only forget the chalk but also not put the fuel cap on properly is definitely higher than 0% (even if rare). Unsure of your checklist protocol, and I understand it’s as super cold, but generally the fuel gets checked when the lights get checked during the initial electronics checklist. You just never know how that third party might damage your plane after fuelling. I personally would much rather fly with the confidence that I was the last person to touch the plane and while it’s so so so rare that something goes wrong, if someone does something on the outside of your plane, there’s no way to fix it when you’re in the air. From my time in aviation, this is where mistakes happen. Small mistake, not checking fuel before starting the engine. Small mistake, rushing by not wanting to get outside the plane because the engine is already on. Small mistake, call HBO to remove the chalks. Each step increases your odds of failure 0.0001%, and at the wrong time, that won’t be in your favour. Sorry, I don’t want to be another rando with an opinion and again you guys deserve a billion credits for producing a video! Just yeah, that stuff worries me personally.

[BaxterretxaB]

How do you get rated to fly into known icing? Never heard of that being a thing. Your plane can either handle it or it can’t. No actual rating just for ice

[convectivesigmet]

I really like this couple, their cool plane, their commentary, their video quality, and especially their Poodles.

[ScottBrunjes]

Great video. What is max demonstrated crosswind on SR22? Crazy landing at Telluride !

[zacharynorman]

Nice video! Just found your channel. Fellow Cirrus pilot. I’m curious, what did you mean in the beginning YOU were not rating to fly into known icing? Do you mean because you didn’t have an instrument rating? Have you since received it?

[rehcyfm]

"the lineman forgot our chocks" lmao its okay to admit you forgot them instead of displacing blame. 91.3 and all

[Erik-rphi]

Nice video, I did a Dual Sport dirt bike ride, 6 days of peak passes in CO, We road through Telluride.
Not IFR pilot and on top of cloud deck, them below it. How was that worked?