4K | Pilot's View | My First Landing at Aspen In Bad Weather

Challenger 300 landing at Aspen (KASE), descending through thunderstorms and winds gusting on final. Filmed with the Hero 9

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0:00 - Descent
10:26 - Approach Set Up
14:04 - Visual Approach
17:31 - Final
19:46 - Taxing

[Pachyzookeeper]

I remember as a lyft driver i drove a pilot from KDEN to Aspen and he inspired me to want to go into aviation, and he told me how challenging this approach can be with the mountains, windsheer and everything else you could think of, but he talked about it like an old sailor in the 1600s and his love for the sea.

Now i live in Wichita Ks working for Textron building the Longitude and im now doing groundschooling getting ready to take my written before starting to fly!

[Awstars]

guarantee the captain started with "hey man just fly it like you want too"

[IrishDave]

This is the first time I've watched any aviation landing on YouTube and genuinely felt the stress of the approach. Great job man. I bet the relief when handing over to captain after landing for taxi was nice.

[lucaas]

Awesome landing, well done! Would you be okay with me featuring a part of this in my series Weekly Dose of Aviation? Of course you will be credited both in the video and in the description. Thanks!

[brpark]

You were working hard on that landing.. Holding a lot of speed but thats way better then not having enough... good job dude.

[balusbartrader]

I think this will make interesting material for discussion in the next CRM recurrent

[penaestradaxp]

Wow, the fight in the final was breathtaking!!! Nice landing, my friend, that's why I'm not afraid of flying, because I know that there are incredible people in command piloting!! I board and soon fall asleep!!!

[MinutesofAviation]

Great job, that didn't look easy! May I feature this approach and landing in one of my next episodes? Of course with a link back to your original video. All the best to you!

[xXThegoldenkeyXx]

Anyone talkigna bout their"poor crm" just doesn't understand whats going on. This is probably the most challenging approach in the USA + the weather was shitty. I thought they handled this greatly, and any pilot would be nervous for this approach. THe Captain told him "No need to explain just go" because he wants him to soley focus on flying the airplane. Great video!

[aviate]

WOW! That was incredible! Lots of communication between pilot flying and pilot monitoring. Love it! This will be an invaluable resource for me while getting familiar with the CL650 in Xplane 12.

[amineamin]

What an approach and what a landing !!!, keep it up buddy

[FL_J]

Nice job, definitely a high workload approach. Can see the winds shift over the highway, from a stiff crosswind, slight tailwind, and then calm. That's common when you have winds out of the west on final. The blue "Anti Ice Fault" and ATC calls right at transition level made for a nice distraction from setting the altimeter. One thing that stood out CRM wise, I got the impression @13:00 and again @13:40 that the PF was expecting a right 360 to join final approach. But the left seat guy knew otherwise, so was prompting for early gear and flaps straight to 20°. But maybe not.
Speaking of the approach, ASE isn't the place to be loading the FMS visual. Especially with the default 3° glidepath in the box. Just load the LOC DME-E and request that (straight in). It is used more than the current RNAV-F approach. That way you have vertical guidance up to the FAF. Then when you report the field in sight (hopefully at or before DOYPE), join the PAPI. No need to dip below it and get 4 red (it looks steeper than usual, as it is a 3.5° PAPI, but can still make the same turnoff). Plus, with the approach loaded in the FMS, you have a missed approach ready if you get told to go missed. And hopefully a late go-around was briefed, as you don't just fly the published procedure at that point. Oh, on final, forget the "follow the highway and fly down the valley stuff". When tower said "line straight up on final", they say that for a reason. Opposite direction traffic off of RW33 is often on the LINDZ departure procedure that wraps around the final approach course for inbound traffic to RW15. The Challenger does great at Aspen, especially with the ability to use spoilers with flaps. Just don't mess with tailwinds > 10 kts! Not sure if you have the optional multi-scan radar, but that is a big improvement. Again, nice job dealing with a busy approach in the weather.

[DW-odjx]

That was Awesome! Aspen is no joke. Good job on the landing!

[Shardith]

I appreciate a pilot who says stuff like that is "fun"

[johnsenetto]

Nice job right seat lol that was fun. Good deal. Crazy wind in the valleys. Lots of fun!! Gotta love it.

[seralyncampbell]

Thanks so much for uploading this. It was informative and also kind of entertaining. My heartrate genuinely shot up before you touched down watching that yoke acting like it was having a seizure. But wow- great job!!

[pillarobert]

You are the best, always quality and professionalism!

[watsongaming]

I work at a ranch in aspen near the airport. It’s really cool to watch the planes come in for a landing. I’ve seen some spectacular approaches.

[johnwalkowiak]

Incredible what humans can do when trained extensively at a particular skill.

[JonnyKlausmeyer]

I don’t understand why people are complaining about CRM in this instance, especially for it being your first time into this challenging airfield. I thought he did a great job coaching you and making you better. This is par for the course in aviation when you’re doing something really hard for the first time. Very nice job for your first time, too! Love this channel, thank you!