Mountain flying tips -- This isn't Florida anymore! - MzeroA Flight Training

Nice job! But you have to come to Switzerland and experience flying over the Alps.

Mountain flying vs flat lands is like the difference between driving in the city versus driving in the country or highway.. Can you imagine flying some of the canyons in Colorado or Alaska, where the mountains are too high for you to climb out of in a single engine? Where I live here in New Mexico mountain flying would just another day at the office, But here there is a lot high desert so there’s plenty of flat spots to land.

Cessna 172?

Hahaha... that's not mountain flying, that's mountain avoidance flying! Hahaha. To qualify as mountain flying you need to be flying significantly below the nearby mountaintops and ridges. I'm sorry for laughing, because there's nothing wrong with mountain avoidance flying. But they're different. Hahaha.

Love the header lol

Just completed this flight as my second cross country from P19 to Sedona. Amazing flight. Lots of up/down drafts on a clear day with scattered clouds. Bumpy but awesome flight.

When flying in backcountry or mountains, take a "spot tracker" or personal locator beacon.

What you call anchor point, in the fire service we call trigger points, when xy and z line up, we pull the trigger and fallback to this location, point etc. we call anchor points a place where you stay put that fire can't get you. So for me being a pilot as well I call it "trigger point" not anchor but the concept is the same

I once drove Steven's Pass over the Seattle Washington State, for a medical conference scheduled as part of CEUs, that were require for a med techs. We were at the summit of the pass, when I just chanced to look up and flying through that narrow pass, was a Republic RC-3 Sea Bee, howling low and tipping one wing up, through that narrow gap. He had to be no more than 700 feet above that mountain, with part of that altitude already invested in that notch which made the route of the highway. I said to myself, "What a fool, as he should have been like at least two thousand over it". I looked at that guy in the little dull colored, blue plane and figured he had more nerve that common sense. I'm thinking oxygen and all that, guess he/she felt that they didn't need any?

Which is why I fly at 10000 feet on my way from Benson to Sedona. And yes I can go direct.

I just looked at the sectional for a direct route from KSDL to KSEZ. To better understand, can you share your actual route?

You should stop by Taos NM. Beautiful mountain flying here!

Neat - I have been using anchor points but just calling them checkpoints. I recently went out on a night VFR currency renewal flight and I had set checkpoints for myself at several stages of the flight (if I don't feel comfortable taxiing, flight scrubbed... if I takeoff and get disoriented, flight scrubbed... if I'm in the pattern and looking off towards my direction of flight seems to intimidating, flight scrubbed... etc). Had zero issues on the flight and had a great time on it, but those anchor points were definitely on my mind *just in case*.

Signed up for your online ground school (for IFR rating though I'll probably go through your VFR stuff and see how it differs from Sporty's) and just wanted to say the free videos like this one were a huge factor in my deciding to give you a shot. Keep 'em up!

I grew up flying in WV so finding a emergency landing spot is no joke.

You should come back in the summer when it's scorching hot. That vsi can jump pretty quick

SDL to SEZ is a fun quick trip, but there is plenty of risks. Just leaving sdl with all the jet traffic is enough to scare you silly. See is my favorite place to go in this great state.

Helicopter mountain flying... now that is the challenge lol

You could've followed the I-17 north or followed the Verde River valley north of Lake Bartlett instead of making a huge detour to the east of Roosevelt lake.

lol did this flight this morning

I’m still trying to get my PPL mountain flying kind of scares me, but it something that I will have to learn to go visit the grandkids, looking forward to more videos about this subject

Done my hour building out of Chandler, Arizona. Absolutely loved it but before doing any mountain flying definitely do a check out with an instructor. Often done the flight to Sedona, fantastic views and interesting airport

Hey Jason and Hunter! I'm a student pilot in Phoenix. Thanks for making another great video! Learning a lot so far.

love the videos. Come to south carolina to fly some warbirds with me!

I'm currently training out of A39 (just south of Phoenix) and have been wanting to eventually make the trip up to Sedona after I pass my checkride (still a while away). I'm still going to have to look at what it will take to actually train for the skills to do the trip, probably after my initial Private training is done. Tips on where to learn those skills would definitely be appreciated! Thanks for the great content, and hope you enjoy your trip out here!

I live in British Columbia and mountain flying is a way of life. I did the flying school's mountain checkride after my PPL and did more mountain flying training in northern California. Mountain flying is amazing, but you must be prepared for it.

Hello Jason, Another great video. I am in Colorado the amount of accidents due to mountains is way to much. It is important that people educate themselves about the dangers associated with mountains and the effects that they can cause.

I've done that trip and it never gets any easier. Always looking for a way out. Always evaluating my options. Good views but always on guard where things are. Teaching my students where and what to do so they can do this one day. Good videos. Hope one day I can meet you Jason. Keep up the good work