Family Vacation in the TBM 850 Flight | Panama City Beach, Florida from San Antonio, Texas (4K UHD)

Join my family as we fly the TBM 850 from San Antonio, TX (5C1) to Panama City Beach, FL (KECP). Yes, traveling with kids is hectic, but I am grateful to have an awesome copilot wife that always keeps the "cabin" under control...

As a Cirrus pilot/owner, it's a game changer having the pressurization and capabilities of a turbine aircraft such as the TBM. I share this video to inspire all aviators looking to step up their flying!

Thank you for watching, and feel free to reach out for any suggestions, comments or questions!

CHAPTERS

0:00 - Packing Up the House, Mission Overview
0:18 - Lookingforhigher Channel Intro
0:55 - Starting the Beast
3:55 - Takeoff from Boerne Stage Airfield (5C1)
8:20 - Picking Up Light Rime Icing on Climb
9:55 - Cruise Performance TBM 850
11:00 - 1,800 RPM Technic
12:25 - Positive Identification of a Chem Trail "Chemtrail"
14:09 - Arrival & Landing into Panama City Beach, Florida (KECP)
14:55 - Family Beach Montage - Swimming, Bikinis, Night Life, Shark!
17:05 - Time to Fly Back Home - Takeoff
21:00 - Weather Radar, Navigating the Storms
24:15 - Explaining Weather to Melissa
26:17 - Melissa Discovers the "Sucker Hole"
27:15 - Pretentious Stay-At-Home Husband, Aircraft Broker Type
28:10 - Landing

The History of Socata TBM (now Daher TBM)

The SOCATA TBM (now Daher TBM) is a family of high-performance single-engine turboprop manufactured by Daher. It was originally collaboratively developed between the American Mooney Airplane Company and French light aircraft manufacturer SOCATA. In fact, "TB" stands for Tarbes, France where Socata was located, and "M" stands for, you guessed it - Mooney!

The design of the TBM family originates from the Mooney 301, a comparatively low-powered and smaller prototype Mooney developed in the early 1980s. Following Mooney's acquisition by French owners, Mooney and SOCATA started a joint venture for the purpose of developing and manufacturing a new, enlarged turboprop design, which was designated as the TBM 700. Upon its entry onto the market in 1990, it was the first high-performance single-engine passenger/cargo aircraft to enter production.

Shortly after launch, the TBM 700 was a market success, which led to the production of multiple variants and improved models, often incorporating more powerful engines and new avionics. The TBM 850 is the production name assigned to the TBM 700N, an improved version of the aircraft powered by a single Pratt & Whitney PT6A-66D. In March 2014, an aerodynamically refined version of the TBM 700N, marketed as the TBM 900, then the 910 with standard G1000 NXi. The 930 arrived by 2016 with the G3000 flight deck, which was replaced by the 940 with autothrottles and autoland in 2019. As a crescendo in 2022, the magnificant TBM 960 has arrived, with the Fadec-controlled PT6E-66XT P&W engine (5,000 TBO). Daher TBM has become a powerhouse in business and personal aviation, around the globe with these impressively performing aircraft.

If anyone has any questions on the TBM, aircraft ownership, or purchasing your first plane (to include a high performance pistons like a Cirrus), I'd love to hear from you, as my full time job is brokering aircraft at Mason Amelia. Feel free to reach out to me, and please subscribe, like, and share.

Thanks for watching. Enjoy!

-Jesse

#daher #dahertbm #tbm #tbm850

[ItsJustPreVR]

beautiful family & aircraft brother, blue skies stay safe

[DjWesRolan]

That’s our coastal effect storms you see. We get them every day when it’s warm just about. Most local traffic hugs the coast then cuts up to ECP. You should see the banner planes. Those pilots are amazing.

[SterlingCreekProps]

Love the 850! Cool video, Jesse! 🤙🏼 Also, cool tip I recently heard on proximity to t-storms is instead of the general 20 miles away, it’s a better idea to stay 10 miles away per every 10k’ of vertical development.

[ParrtheCourse]

Nice video….
TBM is such a capable plane!!
I flew recently through one and call that a “key-hole”

[joedylenz]

Hey! Next time you’re at ECB don’t forget to tell Tyndall what a great job they’re doing!

[brycerodgers]

im a new flight instuctor at texas skies at 5c1 love to see the tbm's fly in!

[AaronDMcMichael]

Hey man! I am right down the road from you in Brownsville, TX. If you ever come to South Padre Island, brother I wanna ride in that plane!!! nice stuff!

[chadharrison]

I have been working at Tyndall AFB for the past few years in the effort to rebuild to be the most tech advanced, largest military base in the world. .. About two months ago I was working on the flight line in about the dead center location. I cant remember the reason I was looking at my Flight radar 24 app on my phone but the only plane close was a Honda Jet. It was was flying at 3000 AGL on a direct intersection to my location on the flight line so I knew he was not on approach.. As soon as he got right overhead of the military runway he made a hard left and flew directly to ECP and land on 34 straight in. Also his N number did not show up until after he landed. I looked number up after it displayed. It wasn't military it was private own fpm Knoxville TN . My question is how did that plane fly into military airspace a 3000ft? I watch 16's, 22's and 35's take off all day and do unrestricted climbs and this is the only civilian plane I have ever seen in that airspace. Great content BTW I subscribed!

[DjWesRolan]

I live here! I want a ride next time! 😂

[JH-tkoi]

Whoa- did you move up to a TBM? Nothing sounds cooler than a turbine spooling up. Congrats!

[jimbarnard]

nice video.... you might need to get some more training as i never heard you say anything on your checklist that dealt with that "BACK WING THING" good thing your wife was there

[AVR]

Just moved from Boerne to PCB then back to good old Boerne

[REPR]

It’s all so awesome it makes me not like you

[bbat]

Not many people take family vacations like that

[kyleh]

Sorry, couldn't tell if you were being sarcastic about the chemtrails to make fun of your step mother. Are you a believer?

[ImGrootSimulations]

you came to my town im a Uber and Lyft driver

[CAPTAIN_JERRY]

common southern sky aviation is better lol

[OfficeAutomatedcom]

Nice video to watch while I eat my Saturday morning oatmeal! I appreciated the technique talk on the power settings as well as some of the weather avoidance talk. Nice going. You may know a friend of mine who operates a flight school at Boerne Stage. Casey. Keep up the good work! (not easy to fly the planes, manage the family and film it all at the same time!)