Vision Jet Trip from Illinois to California (FUEL CONSERVATION, FBO PLANNING, PERFORMANCE)

It’s always a fun opportunity to fly with your Dad somewhere, especially across county! On this trip we flew a Vision Jet from Chicago to California (KSNA). You’ll remember my dad from our TKS system video!

It was really cool to fly and have a good time with him. There were a few scenarios that we had to work through. Hopefully you can bring some of these thoughts to your flying in a scenario that could be similar!

Thanks so much for watching!
- Al

[johnmurphy]

Great video. It’s been 40 odd years since I last flew. Still miss it heaps. Enjoyed your vision and commentary. Thanks for Australia

[billkinzler]

Father-son Vision jet time-priceless!
Approach speed and picture only slightly faster than SR22. What a spectacular airplane!

[andre_tasubsurface]

The sights from the cabin of the CF90 are unmatched, truly amazing. Some jets much more expensive do not offer those visuals. Great video, thank you for sharing.

[philipgledhill]

I Alan hope you and dad are well and enjoying life to the full. What a beautiful day for you. Nice to here you had a brilliant day with dad.i hope you bought him a breakfast. Take care happy days phil. 👍🇬🇧🤘

[deanprice]

F70 that’s my neighborhood. Always love watching planes come and go.

[barbarae.allison]

Really enjoyed watching your video, Al. It's been a true privilege to watch you go from the little kid who just wanted to learn to fly, then witness the support of your family to get you educated (including Arkansas!), and now to see you evolve a wonderful career for yourself. Cheers to you Al. You make me smile.

[scratchbuilder]

Appreciate all the details you ad.. it’s all interesting

Thanks for posting this

[anwerabdallah]

the black color of the jet is beautiful.

[teeguerazo]

Firstly, it touched my heart to see your old man flying with you, and listening to your mom's honk as well. Thanks on that. I really like your videos and look forward to meeting you anytime soon. One only complaint: since I am learning with each Cirrus Vision video first, it is extremely hard to focus on any particular area of the Garmin 3000 because the camera is too nervous and does not stay still so I can peep on the settings along with your explanations. The rest is great. Congrats and hello to you and your dad from Miami, FL and through the Internet universe of Youtube...

[TheFlightLevel]

Very cool finding your channel! Nice to see the walk around! A truly impressive jet! Such a clean looking panel. Just an amazing sunset. Great descriptions too! You seem like a very down to earth guy and that is amazing! Blue skies!

[brianjohnson]

Congratulations on the promotion Al! I can only imagine the joy flying the Vision Jet must bring. And to be able to fo it for a living is great! Once again, congrats!

[marinegunner]

Great job, Al. Your videos are excellent; interesting AND informative. You are obviously intelligent and articulate with great instructor ability. Well done on taking your dad with you. He clearly enjoyed it, especially letting him fly left seat. You’re a good son and a credit to your parents.

Your highly interesting focus on operation of the Vision Jet is so good that I could probably fly it even though I’ve never even seen one in person. This makes your videos extra valuable. It’s so absorbing that it’s almost like being there in the cockpit with you.

The Garmin glass is excellent, isn’t it? In a couple of more generations, you’ll just climb onboard, strap in, check to see that your flight plan was loaded properly, push the start button and request precision to taxi. Kinda like driving your car. It’s almost like that now. Amazing. When I learned to fly there were no glass cockpits. It was analog instruments and navigation using paper charts and mechanical flight computers. The term “stick and rudder flying” was real. It was great fun but I wouldn’t go back. I know a lot of guys like old stuff but not me. I’ve owned some awesome cars in my life but none of them are even close to my new Denali. Spare me from the old stuff.

Anyway, I like the Vision Jet but your videos are better. 😎👍👍

[tomoch]

Great video Al, good luck out west! I’ll never forget my first flight with you in a G6 SR 22, blue skies buddy!

[og]

You and your dad looked awesome flying right you and pops .

[nighthawk]

Very cool trip! How do you find the fuel consumption over-all? The last leg Santa Monica to John Wayne is about 40 miles, that took about 40 gallons?

[elkstalker]

That brings back a memory of my dad and I flying from DeKalb IL to Daytona Beach FL. I needed some cross country time for my commercial and he had time off. Weather wasn't the best when we left so he came along. When we landed he talked to ground and referred to us as United (can't remember the tail #), ground came right back with United # taxi

Good times, was back in 89.

[griffinbaum]

Big Dan! What a great video, Al. Keep up the great work!

[kennethmckinzie]

Al, your dad did an amazing job of landing. As I sat in front of my computer monitor at home, I didn't feel a single vibration! As one famous flight instructor taught, "If your passengers can feel it, then you've done something wrong!"

[thomasmackel]

I enjoyed following you on this journey west. Best wishes for success in 2022.

[NikosWings]

Hey great video. Why would you have such a short hop of 400NM to LNK and not go direct to Denver?