Another video from the FlyingMAir YouTube channel.

Join me for the third part of my cross-country flight from McMinnville, OR back to my summer base in Malaga, WA. In this video, I turn left from the Columbia River and begin a flight up a valley toward Yakima. By this time, the wind is fierce and the helicopter is being bounced around in turbulence. I fly in valleys, over forested areas, and across the hilly grasslands of the Yakama Reservation. I talk some and tell a few stories, but at this point I’m pretty sick of flying and just want to get there. Headwinds and turbulence that force me to slow down make the flight grueling, despite the blue skies and scenery. This is a very long video and although I like to keep them short, I didn’t want to cut this one in half. Audio is from direct connection to the intercom, so you can hear radio chatter and me narrate the flight and make radio calls, plus dialed down volume of the helicopter’s engine/rotor noise. I included a bit of “nosecam” video, too.

Here are the videos in this series. I’ve already published videos that cover the last part of this flight, which was done a few days later:

McMinnville to Yakima, Part 1: https://youtu.be/6x6XY3-uZjo
McMinnville to Yakima, Part 2: https://youtu.be/3mmyOMzN0Ls
McMinnville to Yakima, Part 3: https://youtu.be/eaYIAFirT4o (this video)
Yakima River Canyon: https://youtu.be/1HZi_UHjK0I
Kittitas to Malaga: https://youtu.be/cRuUhyCQWMA