Another video from the Flying M Air YouTube channel.

Join me and fellow helicopter pilot Dave as we fly from Falcon Field in Mesa, AZ (FFZ) to Sedona, AZ (SEZ) along the Salt and Verde Rivers and through the Verde River Valley. I’ve cut this hour+ flight into multiple parts, each highlighting a specific area of our flight. In this video, we begin at Bartlett Dam on the Verde River and fly right up the river, over Bartlett Lake, Horseshoe Lake, and the river itself. You’ll also get to see one of my favorite back-country dirt strips out in the desert. The autumn colors are on display along the river, but everything is dry and desert-like. The video ends when we break out of the canyon into the Verde Valley just south of Camp Verde. Along the way, you’ll hear our in-cockpit conversation about what we’re seeing, along with quite a few conversations about flying and owning/operating helicopters.

Dave is an airline pilot who was working through his helicopter rating. At the time of this flight, he was a private helicopter pilot; he got his commercial helicopter rating a few weeks later. Dave and I split the cost of this flight; I flew to Sedona and he flew back.

Many, many thanks to channel members and Patreon patrons. It’s your membership dollars that made this flight in Arizona possible.

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