Powered by Invision Community. They are both air traffic controllers. We had him modify our early C340 and I got the chance to fly his Lycoming turboprop powered C421 before it was certified. 2019 by 310 Pilot. Cessna 310 pilot Thornton has been flying for more than 20 years privately. The plane, a 747-400, . In 2021, Kevin M. Thornton was an Air Traffic Controller at the Federal Aviation Administration in Elgin, Illinois. You get more clicks on your aviation YouTube channel if your wife is hot. Single-engine service ceiling | 7,400 ft The 310 has a better useful load, and I think its better looking, too. CURRENT MARKET VALUE: $140,000, Specifications Copyright 1996-2023 AR15.COM LLC. So many people talk about an airplane needing to have a mission these days, but guess what the mission can be fun.. You might be interested in our You've disabled JavaScript in your web browser. He switched the right fuel tank selector to the auxiliary fuel tank, but despite his attempts, he could not restart the engine. -Pilot -Controller -Hunter -Country boy -Family man www.youtube.com/310pilot Posts Tagged Every week, Sky, Penny, Clipper I bet you forgot Clipper and the Songbird came out of the clear blue western sky to take us on all kinds of thrilling adventures. He agreed to let me come over any time I wanted, and be as involved as I wanted. But the next day, if youre in the soup, you might want all of that stuff.. Whos the pilot? Bailey asks, noting that the general aviation population includes airline pilots with 20,000 flight hours who fly on weekends for fun and beginners with fewer than 100 hours of experience. a good guy. I only have a few hours in 310s and 340s a long time ago. Fantasy is the correct spelling. Since then, weve added more cameras to give viewers added views, he said. It will go down as you gain experience. People ask me about flying I tell them ". You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue. Vortex generators on this airplane are an amazing thing, he said. I assume as long as all AD's are complied with it is an airworthy engine? All performance figures are based on standard day, standard atmosphere, sea level, gross weight conditions unless otherwise noted. It had enough seats, but when we actually filled them we werent able to put enough fuel in the tanks to go anywhere, he said. A twin-engine Cessna 310 plane carrying Rep. Hale Boggs (D-La. I have less flying experience than most pilots, but I have flown a wide range of aircraft and know how to check fuel in all of them, properly. She truly adores aviation and is always looking to further her knowledge and achieve her goals. When Im doing power off landings, Im descending at about 5 degrees, or an 11:1 glide. All the current cylinders have compression readings above 75 after more than 1,000 hours of operation, he noted. 2023 Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association. Airplanes and hangars are hot right now, so I doubt they will have any trouble getting asking price for both. ). Worst investment I ever made despite the love I had for flying it. Display as a link instead, three js roadmap. Get the FlightAware App for the best flight tracking experience on your device. I thought I read a post about them moving "off grid" out to the country somewhere? Proudly created with Wix.com. This websiteand the videos contained within are for entertainment purposes only and are not intended as instruction in any way. Well, it depends on what the logs show whether the lawyer is doing the right thing or not. The newest study I could find on this question was one released in 2010 by the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board, and the results were mixed. The Socata has a state-of-the-art Garmin G1000 glass cockpit. Ahhh, the memories. Join me as I fly my Cessna 310 around for fun. I had learned that they typically have longer/healthier lives than the -520s and would be a bonus to our budget., The only downside was the owner hadnt flown much, he added. a good guy. Jan covers a variety of subjects, including defense, for publications internationally. The 310s hangar queen status meant there was a list of items that needed attention in short order. (Kevin, Jaime and 771BC's YouTube channel is listed in Resources. One Comment. Sold between 1954 and 1980, the six-passenger twin-engine plane is a classic general aviation aircraft. Paste as plain text instead, Since then, Thornton's salary has increased to $184,142 in 2021. AR15.COM is the world's largest firearm community and is a gathering place for firearm enthusiasts of all types. Cabin length | 8 ft 7 in Why it's cool to be a pilot: "First of all, the feeling of freedom, of being your own eagle at one with the plane-- leaving all your problems back on the ground and looking down at the stunning.But look at the detail of the nose gear and mains.. cz . Then I noted that a 3 degree descent to the runway is a 19:1 slope..I dont know of any powered aircraft with a 19:1 glide ratio. 2. . VA (design maneuvering) | 150 KIAS After doing a lot of research and getting the opinions of other twin Cessna owners, the Thorntons contracted Hawk Aircraft Services in Zephyrhills, Florida. Airplane, $330,000.00. Images. That was repaired, as well. Right after acquiring her, I decided to take advantage of the new digital PFDs on the market to increase safety and redundancy. The biggest performance improvement came when Bowman switched to the 300-horsepower IO-550s under the Colemill STC; the upgrade is now available from Mike Jones Aircraft in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Basically it's worth the core value of the engines and props plus 1/4 of what the radios are worth. NTSB performed statistical analysis on manufacturer records and also reviewed activity survey data and accident investigation records between 2002 and 2008. Click here. Individuals can subscribe for $20. VNO (max structural cruising) | 183 KIAS When we looked at it and it was all white, from a visual perspective there are some things that look cool, Bowman said, like the tail and the tip tanks. Guam has controllers, right? Pretty much every Friday afternoon, they take me, and over 125,000 other subscribers, along on some of their family adventures. Guam has controllers, right? Some of the technologies are automating tasks once performed manually. His cruise speed also increased, to 203 knots. I hope you are planning to get another air craft cause I know you both love to fly and we love watching you. On long trips we typically stop at 1,000 miles or five and a half hours, whichever comes first.. Before we came up with this one, we probably looked at 50 other schemes. You're a power user moving through this website with super-human speed. Most recently, the Thorntons upgraded their 20-year old Garmin 530w/430 GPS navigators with an all-Avidyne stack. OUR Cessna 310 and Hangar For SALE!?!? When we bought it, 771BC had a nice 100-foot paint job. It was a cheap spray over, and since it wasnt stripped down properly, it was flaking off at a pretty rapid rate, he said. I transferred schools from the University of Georgia to West Georgia so I could fly the Skyhawk as often as my savings allowed., By the time I turned 19, I was a CFI/MEI, Thornton said. Over the years, and more than 7,000 flight hours, Bowman rebuilt the original Continental IO-520 engines, upgraded to Hartzell three-blade propellers, then upgraded the engines to Continental IO-550s with the Coleman supplemental type certificate conversionand, subsequently, rebuilt those engines. Having been in the Air Force as well as a jet engine mech I couldnt wait to see your next videos. I believe that as far as general aviation, if you want to get into a twin, this is the way to go, he said. And Kaminski was very accommodating while the Cessna was being painted. Power loading | 9.7 lb/hp Guess we were thinking if it's only putting in $10-$20k it would be a good deal, but that probably isn't close to realistic. The pilot was conducting an instrument flight rules flight along a route that he had flown frequently in the months before the accident. Total sale prices $445,000.00. He is an award-wining aviation journalist and aviation artist. If not, all bets are off. Takeoff distance over 50-ft obstacle | 1,700 ft This is from my memory. Some of them were hideous, he said. Its easy, because they let me cheat: I have a checklist! But, at the time, I didnt see the STC for our airplane, so I bought a GoPro camera instead and started filming our flights. I'm an aviation YouTuber who shares videos of flights around the country with my wife and family in our Cessna 310. Too many nice aircraft out there to bother with a dog. In Drapers opinion, the 172 remains the best flight training aircraft in the world. The design is now certified by the FAA for poor visibility instrument-flight-rule conditions, which means instructors can train beginners and also experienced pilots who want to earn their IFR rating. Privacy Policy. We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. I knew I wanted a Q model because it had the larger cabin, but shorter nose so it would fit into our hangar, he said. Recommended TBO | 1,600 hr In fact, over 44,000 models have been produced by Cessna and their partners as of 2015. Thornton already had about 500 hours in twin Cessnas and he really loved the sleek twins looks. Mooneyspace.com I was initially thinking, he was at 250 ft, on final and couldnt make the runway.! While the bigger engines burn more fuel per hour, he said his overall consumption actually dropped because hes going faster, spending less time en route. He's at c90, ain't no one getting out of there unless they hardship). Early on we would rent a nice Turbo Saratoga. The private pilot reported that during approach to land at the airport in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, about 250 feet above the ground, he ran the right tank dry and the Cessna 310s right engine lost power. 2023 Flyer Media, Inc. All rights reserved. Annie - @pilotannie. Were biased by the looks of this. Walk away from this deal, it's got too much going against it. Id like to change the slope of the windshield, but I cant do that.. I towed banners up and down Blacks beach for a few years. Theres no big bills, only a bunch of little bills, which I can handle, he explained. Back then my dad owned a 172 based at Falcon Field (FFC) just outside of Atlanta, he said. Their video seems very dark, and I hope that things are OK with them. The main tanks are the tip tanks. The Melbourne, Florida-based avionics makers IFD550 also has a built-in attitude reference system that detects changes in aircraft pitch, roll and yaw, replicating the function of the vacuum pump-driven attitude indicator common in analog cockpits. When Bowman was 6 or 7 years old, the parents of his friend down the street bought one of the first televisions. That plane would bank down, and he would catch the bad guys. [ARCHIVED THREAD] - 310 Pilot is no more?! Your email address will not be published. The aircraft was specially modified to carry the 10,000 kg of equipment required by the supergroup for their massive world tour. Do these pilots climb behind the wheels of their cars and head out on the highway on a trip without checking the gas gauges? Plan B was to join the Air Force and become an air traffic controller. Just to be curious, why can't an engine without logs be overhauled? It pioneered the signature tip tanks, boasting a short, rounded nose and squared-off vertical stabilizer. They were really into thisnot just a little bit. Both designers and painter Kaminski pushed back, offering suggestions, Bowman said. Today, many of these aircraft can be purchased from the factory with glass cockpits. 310. plane into a pile of parts. For now, avionics such as those that monitor weather and alert pilots to the presence of aircraft nearby that may pose a risk of collision remain optional, but some aviators worry that FAA could issue new requirements on top of the 2020 mandate that nearly all aircraft must carry Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast radios to transmit their GPS locations and identities. With that said, the work is never really done. Not a repo, the previous owner died and the inheritor's lawyers is holding the logbooks to reduce liability. The Bowmans flattened the paint schemes curve on the nose to deemphasize that hump, then used the computer to match the curve on the engine nacelles. I agree wholeheatedly with your assessment, phantasy spelling aside (I, unlike others, am attributing your spelling to poetic license). VS1 (stall, clean) | 76 KIAS Last year, the Aircraft Electronics Association reported that business and general aviation avionics manufacturers surpassed $3 billion in sales with over half of sales generated by fitting digital avionics to airplanes originally produced with analog electro-mechanical flight instruments. Cruise speed/endurance w/45-min rsv, opt fuel (fuel consumption) Your link has been automatically embedded. Single-engine ROC, sea level | 370 fpm out of [ yes, I know he had 1 engine running, and should have added power and completed the landing. Mike Goulian is a renowned air show performer, a U.S. Thornton explained that one of the highlights of his time at OHare was the opportunity to spend three summers working as a controller during EAAs Oshkosh AirVenture. As far as operating costs, and the payload, and the quality of the airplaneI think I have a great deal, he said. Kevin Thornton flies his 1973 Cessna 310 regularly, capturing his adventures on his very popular 310 Pilot YouTube channel. Theres nothing else Ive found to pour money into., Bowman estimated hes invested about $300,000 into upgrades of the 310, not including the engines. Feature, July 2020 Mike Collins, AOPA technical editor and director of business development, died at age 59 on February 25, 2021. After stripping it to bare metal, the airframe was inspected and some minor airframe work was repaired as necessary. Since they're selling both the airplane and the hangar, sounds like a move out of Chicagoland (and beyond 310 range from the continental US). There are a few reasons this might happen: To regain access, please make sure that cookies and JavaScript are enabled before reloading the page. This plane without the logs is worth less than $0 because they are going to have to pay someone to dismantle and truck it away or continue to pay storage fees. Empty weight | 3,417 lb Arent you Mr Perfect. Plus, the VGs add another 75 pounds to the max gross weight, which is great when you have a growing family.. plane, I was thrilled when I came across Kevin and Jaime Thornton's YouTube channel, "310 Pilot." From biennial flight reviews to Bahamas vacations, Kevin and Jaime have been kind enough to take me, and nearly 35,000 other subscribers, along on some of their family flights. Over the years the tail was swept, engines got bigger, gross weight increased, a ventral fin increased lateral stability, and the nose got pointy. they're asking 335k, I'll save everyone the clicks. Some are too orange and some are too maroon. Kaminski added mother of pearl to red paint. Sold between 1954 and 1980, the six-passenger twin-engine plane is a classic general aviation aircraft. Your email address will not be published. He rolled his eyes., TYPICAL DELIVERED PRICE: $149,500 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1OOhyB8flQ. Thorntons airplane came from the factory with a Cessna-made Nav-o-matic autopilot, but he upgraded it to a modern digital autopilot from Genesys Aerosystems of Mineral Wells, Texas. You will find exactly that exploring her Instagram. Hes been trying to schedule the installation of a touchscreen Garmin G500 TXi since last fall, but his avionics shop was swamped. An ex-Army helicopter pilot who regularly flies a Cessna 172, Draper says the famed four-seater the most popular single-engine aircraft in history with 44,000 built and counting is now offered with Garmins G1000 NXi integrated glass cockpit because its what our customers want.. Its absolutely beautiful.. Im more relaxed because Im safer.. The skills, training, attitudes and risk tolerance of general aviation pilots are so diverse that its difficult to determine their influence on how pilots use analog or digital flight instruments. Do I need three GPS and synthetic vision to go fly in the backcountry? he asks rhetorically. This website uses cookies. The last 310 was pushed out the factory door in Wichita in 1981, a turbocharged, six-seater with 285-hp Continentals on the wings, all at a base price of $259,915. They won't even let us look at them. All Rights Reserved. Thornton says hes safer in part because he upgraded his 310 with an Avidyne IFD550 digital touch-screen flight management/GPS navigation system. Many fiberglass and plastic parts were replaced, as was the hinge to the cabin door. Unfortunately, 9/11 put a stop to that. Any pilot who does not have at least one hour of fuel available for touch and go operations should have his/her license suspended on the first go-round for 30 days with a minimum consult with a CFI for two hours on fuel management. Bowman is a big fan of his ECi nickel-coated cylinders, and a believer in borescoping them during inspections. We work hard to keep our advertising relevant and unobtrusive to create a great experience. Since this is a youtube cliff hanger I feel the need to speculate where this is headed. And that's not even getting to the airframes. If they are not "up to snuff" and the plane gets sold as anything but scrap, then indeed, there may be some cause for his actions. As for starting and maintaining his popular YouTube channel 310 Pilot, Thornton explained that it all began as nothing more than the desire to share their familys love of general aviation. As long as pilots have proper training and dont rely too much on the automation of modern pilot aids, I think they absolutely enhance the enjoyment of flying, he says. Discussion in 'Flight Following' started by eman1200, Dec 17, 2021. Want more information about this aircraft? Starting at the top, 771BCs full Avidyne upgrade includes an AMX240 audio panel, IFD550 and IFD540 touchscreen FMS/GPS navigators, FlightMax EX500 MFD, APX322 ADS-B Out remote transponder, and the SkyTrax 605A ADS-B capable Active Traffic Advisory System. 1-selling GFC autopilot sales platform, Straub notes. Use tab to navigate through the menu items. wcmt podcast. Air Force Pilot Landed Damaged A-10 Using Only 'Cranks and Cables'. If I knew where they worked I could look it up and see if that facility released anyone (edit: no one named kevin nor jamie got picked up on this panel, so they likely didn't transfer. Cessna 310. Computer-designed stencils were used to align the complex curves. VNE (never exceed) | 227 KIAS Ha ha! The industry standard flight tracking platform for business aviation (BA) owners and operators. The entire airframe was fully alodined to prevent corrosion, Thornton added. Henning is correct, run for your life. Comprehensive flight tracking to enhance your FBO operations and increase sales. Not ready to become an AIAA member yet? A third-party browser plugin, such as Ghostery or NoScript, is preventing JavaScript from running. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Not a bad lineage. Join me as I fly my Cessna 310 around for fun. Here we go again with yet another story of fuel management issues. I have a different characterization: brainless personal behavior. I told him I had this 310 that had been in the family for years, and I want to make it the best 310 in the nation, Bowman recalled. Im certainly not a wealthy person, but Im not going to miss a meal. If you've ever watched Kevin and Jaime ( 310 Pilot) on YouTube you know that they put together some of the best flying content on the web. He says modern pilot aids have absolutely increased the enjoyment he gets flying his airplane. You can help us keep FlightAware free by allowing ads from FlightAware.com. It's an I model. 310 Pilot: Episode One. The information contained in this record should be the most current Airworthiness information available in the historical aircraft record. Quickly purchase historical reports delivered via email. But I always wanted a 310, he said. From looking at prior AD's, it is basically looking like a full disassemble of the engines is required, plus replacing quite a few unknown parts. We spent weeks on this, Bowman said. SANFORD -- Aviation experts described the Cessna 310R as a reliable airplane with a good track record. Your donation here helps to pay our bandwidth costs, emergency funding, and other general costs that crop up from time to time. Seats | 6 According to the Summer 2014 edition of Aircraft Bluebook Price Digest, a typical used price for . Cessna 340. Published as an educational tool, it is intended to help pilots learn from the misfortunes of others. VY (best rate of climb) | 107 KIAS I generally plan for 12.5 gallons-per-hour at around 60-percent power. The private pilot reported that during approach to land at the airport in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, about 250 feet above the ground, "he ran the right tank dry" and the Cessna 310's right engine lost power. Credit: Kevin Thornton. Dang, that price has come down quite a bit. Powerplants | (2) Continental IO-520M, 285 hp ea The avionics you choose shouldnt complicate an airplane you fly for stick and rudder enjoyment.. They also are selling the plane as parts/repair, so will require getting a new airworthiness certificate. Why one hour? For instruction . But if you took a seat in Thorntons 310, youd notice that many of the round dials and gauges it came out of the factory with nearly 50 years ago have been replaced with flat display screens featuring the latest in computerized pilot aids. A 310 is 2 men 2.5 days to disassemble and load and probably $4.50 a mile or more to haul (I got $3 a mile over a decade ago with fuel around $1), plus expenses. VYSE (best single-engine rate of climb) | 98 KIAS Like a Corvette, he laughed. Wingspan | 36 ft 11 in For instruction please contact your local flight school. In preparation for the paint job, he flew to see Ken Kaminski, president and owner of Flying Colors Aviation in Benton Harbor, Michigan. His grandfather was a pilot, his father flew helicopters in the Army, one uncle flew F-15's in the Air Force, and another was the Chief Pilot for the Coca Cola Company. Unfortunately, I think sometimes manufacturers are trying to sell airplanes as cross-country platforms, even when thats not what they were first designed for, Goulian says. (You must log in or sign up to reply here. You can buy a good one with all the log books, low time engines and a glass panel for less than it's going to cost to just get the paperwork squared on this one. The agency says that could be due to the proliferation of glass cockpits and mobile devices computer tablets and cellphones with flight planning, weather and traffic-monitoring software. Maybe they are moving to a bigger city and it just makes sense to sell now. View the daily YouTube analytics of 310 Pilot and track progress charts, view future predictions, related channels, and track realtime live sub counts. You will receive an email every Friday morning featuring the latest chatter from the hottest topics, breaking news surrounding legislation, as well as exclusive deals only available to ARFCOM email subscribers. This makes a substantial safety improvement flying a twin-engine airplane, and it increases the useful load.. AVSIM is staffed completely by volunteers and all funds donated to AVSIM go directly back to supporting the community. From hunters and military members, to competition shooters and general firearm enthusiasts, we welcome anyone who values and respects the way of the firearm. View N771BC flight history By becoming a patron, you'll instantly unlock access to 43 exclusive posts. Don't know squadoosh about the plane, but the atty should be sued by the estate heirs. It was the first twin-engine aircraft that Cessna put into production after World War II. Don't have an account? VFE (max flap extended) | 140 KIAS 1954-1980. Its never done. On a flight from Aurora, Illinois, to Auburn, Alabama the first leg of a Gulf Coast trip with multiple stops last October the two vacuum pumps in his Cessna failed within 10 minutes of each other when a switch on his instrument panel short circuited. He was a gifted writer, editor, photographer, audio storyteller, and videographer, and was an instrument-rated pilot and drone pilot. Learn how your comment data is processed. Youve got to still have the [Piper] Cubs and [Aeronca] Champs with no electrical system and simple instruments and be able to operate freely about the national airspace system, he adds. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Fuel capacity, w/opt tanks | 166 gal (163 gal usable) 996 lb (978 lb usable), Performance I owned a Baron for 15+ years . Ron Draper, the president and CEO of Textron Aviation, oversees three of the most iconic brands in aviation Beechcraft, Hawker and Cessna. We really liked the tail and the angle of the tail relative to the fuselage., Checking out in a 310 while his new purchase was in the shop, Bowman was surprised by how difficult it was for him to land. Walton, New York/Injuries: 1 Fatal. I could take off, push the autopilot on as soon as I get to 200 feet above ground level and then not touch another thing until I flare to land.. Length | 31 ft 11 in I shot multiple instrument approaches with no vacuum pumps legally, Thornton says. Dale has been a licensed pilot since 1974 and has flown more than 40 different types of aircraft. Right now I could push a button and send a flight plan from my iPad to my airplane, Thornton says. Jaime calls it my happy face.. The only thing I ever saw down there were people who should put on clothes -- a lot more clothes. When it was all done, pretty much everything was brought up to better-than-factory condition by Hawk Aircrafts craftsmen. GAMAs annual report for 2019 includes FAA activity survey data indicating that the average hours flown by a general aviation aircraft in a year increased from 111 hours in 2010 to 121 in 2018. You will probably have to get another copy of the STC from the STC holder, and that may cost you some. Look out the window. Others see positives for just about any aircraft. The new autopilot relieves Thornton of hours of flying by hand which can be exhausting on a cross-country trip. Indeed, there were 173,080 active private pilots in the United States at the end of 2019, according to FAA data. Isnt that more fun?. Thats where I fell in love with the twin Cessnas.. It was the 223rd 310R off the assembly line. Sign up here. Yeah pretty weird. VSO (stall, in landing configuration) | 67 KIAS. If youre thinking about a Cessna 310, he offers these suggestions from more than a million and a half miles of flying over 34 years: He also captured the imagination of John Bowman, then a youngster in Wichita, Kansas. Sold between 1954 and 1980, the work is never really done last fall, but his. Bad guys too many nice aircraft out there to bother with a dog all types him modify early! 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