#66 Flying a 1983 Piper Chieftain to Corona Airport

0:00 Intro
0:28 Takeoff
1:20 Airplane Overview
7:01 Landing at Corona
8:00 Outro

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[robertgolden]

Fantastic airplane I’ve got about 2000 hrs in Navajo’s charters but mostly part 91 corporate. Chieftains and Panther conversations. That KFC autopilot is damn near bulletproof. Thanks for sharing.

[Thunderbirdsforever-]

Well another one of my long winded stories, but in 1968 I was working at an FBO in Charleston South Carolina. The evening I was working saw the arrival of two major recording artists who were doing shows that night in Charleston. There must’ve been about 2000 very exciting African-Americans as well as some other folks mixed in, when a Learjet arrived and taxied up to the ramp. No question about who that belong to you because his picture was painted on the tail! And the registration number was November 123 JB . It was James Brown! And he went over to the fence to work the crowd crowd he was such a decent human being and so appreciative of his fans. After he loaded up in the limousines and headed out for the venue he was playing, we heard over the intercom that a Chiefton or Navajo landed and was on the way up to the ramp. That aircraft was light yellow and white and had a tweety bird on the tail. Across the side of the fuselage was written in script “Conway Twitty” . Back in the mid to late 60s anybody who wanted to you could just drive onto the ramp. And that’s exactly what happened with Conway Twitty and the James Brown people. One thing I found very amazing was the size of Conway Twitty‘s drummer! This guy must’ve been 300 pounds! Now you have to remember 300 pounds back in the mid 60s was a big giant obese person. Today 300 pounders are everywhere, hell you might be married to one. Everybody took off to do their concerts in their respective venues so I was working and have the opportunity to hang out with the flight crew of Mr. Brown and Mr. Twitty. James Brown’s pilot was a guy named Doug Bell. I believe he owned the plane . The two guys that were flying Conway Twitty and his band explained to me they were Oklahoma National Guard pilots and they were moonlighting for Conway Twitty. Later on that night Mr. Brown and Conway Twitty and his band all arrived about the same time. There had to be more than 4000 Black people holding onto the fence and going hysterical at the sight of James Brown !

[mustang]

Great memories as a child in the 70’s. Space available, my dad would let me fly along on business trips and the company pilot would watch me….I thought he was a god! The company started with an Aztec then eventually moved up to a Chieftain.

[airbaker]

Flew those years ago at Ameriflight. Kind of like an SUV of twins....great flying airplane. Brings back memories.

[Taliyon]

The Chieftain is a tremendous aircraft. There are a lot of people who give them a bad rap. Usually from those who felt trapped from their dreams of flying iron for money, grinding away in clapped out commuters.

It's a bit like driving an old sports car. Honest capabilities, with a fussy personality, that gets blown away by contemporary design. Yet, you can round trip it through hell with assured success. It just demands you respect its few needs.

They're still out putting in the hard work... Because after all the factors are equated, it's hard to beat.

Thanks for taking us for a quick trip, Rich! I hope you find it a good home.

[nickdean]

Thanks for mentioning the VG kit in this video Rich, much appreciated, and yes the increase in GTOW is 368, N471VA also has the landing weight increase kit installed bringing the max landing weight up to 7368.

[smokendt]

Brings back lots of memories of freight flying and being in conditions that NO ONE should ever put themselves in, , she got me home every time. I learned how to say NO while flying this type of airplane.

[tantalumCRAFT]

Love the old, big, Piper products. Our club's got a '67 Aztec, outside of a 530 it's basically as it looked in '67 but man I love flying that thing. Fast enough (170 ktas) and will carry anything. I'd love to own a chieftain. Cheers from MYF

[hoski]

never knew they fit that many seats! I'd take most of them out, maybe put a fold out sleeper couch or a mini kitchen/grill and make a true camper/RV out of her! not for 300k though lol.

[Agwings]

When I was an A&P for an Air Taxi operator in Alaska, the Chieftain was my baby, it was affectionally called the Tundra Taxi. When ever we had a complex or expensive problem to sort out with the other aircraft, the Navajo was always out there, carrying the work load in Bush Alaska.

[TIOS]

Cameo of my airplane early in the video. Another nice video, keep ‘em coming.

[THELIFEOFPRICE]

Another nice video man! I’ve been flying in a Cheiftan with panther upgrade lately and it’s a pretty good plane 🛫😎

[bruceabrahamsen]

Have over a thousand hours in a cheiftan. Also suffered a major engine failure departing kewr. Made it back around to 4r with no problem.(once the flames went out). Built like a $hit brick house.

[KimWentworth-ye]

Wow, That was a nice short field landing. You were able to just put her down quickly.

[flybouy]

I flew a Chieftain with 15 gal extra fuel in each nacelle tank. Also flew a Navajo Panther with Q tip props and 350 hp engines. Gives about 12 knots over the Chieftain. P-135,

[SI-lgvp]

I flew the Chieftan for several years flying high value freight from Seattle to Bay area airports. Nice to fly even in bad weather.

[AccessAir]

I would love to buy this aircraft and put into scheduled airline service in our small community. This aircraft would be perfect for the route that I would be looking for. Lovely aircraft!!

[ericwest]

Great video and a great airplane. It’ll be off the market soon.

[deanmerculief]

The Navajo is still earning its keep here in Alaska. They have even landed on the ice runway in the Bering Sea during the winter season. They fly out of here in - 30 degree weather. A lot of the villages western Alaska, the Aleutian Islands, Northwestern Alaska and the Northern Villages too. I have flown on them in just about any kind of weather that you could throw at them and they just keep on flying.

[brianb]

And another great video Rich! No time in the Chieftan but cool machine!