Audio engineer Monty explains how he went from flight simulator to flight lessons and bought the Piper Archer II N2222B from YouTuber Kinsey.
What the video covers
Written in our own words. It only describes what the video shows and says.From flight sim to flight lessons
Monty is an audio engineer from Nashville and a new pilot. In this video on his channel Hold Short, he explains how he ended up buying a Piper Archer II. Until recently he had no interest in aviation, but about a year ago he watched a single flight simulator video and the hobby grew quickly from there. Before he ever flew a real aircraft, he built a flight simulator rig on a rolling desk in his home studio, so he can switch between music work and the simulator. He also connected the simulator to his Dolby Atmos system for a full surround sound field. He then booked a discovery flight at a local flight school and started taking lessons once a week with his instructor Connor.
Buying N2222B
Monty had been following the YouTube channel of Kinsey, who flew with the same Dynon avionics he used at his flight school. When she posted that she was selling her Archer, registered N2222B and known as Two-Two Bravo, he could not stop looking at it. After some back and forth he flew to Las Vegas to see the aircraft, ask questions and have a pre-buy inspection done. Kinsey walked him through the aircraft, the avionics and the systems. After the inspection he made a formal offer and bought the aircraft. He says buying an aircraft as a first-time owner is an in-depth process, but he does not go into the details in this video.
Ferry flights, interior work and a hangar
The aircraft did not fly straight to Nashville because the interior was in rough shape. A ferry pilot, Megan, flew it from Las Vegas to Texas for the interior work. What was planned as ten days took two months. Megan then flew the aircraft on to Nashville. Since the purchase, Monty has also had panel upgrades, engine work and paint touch-ups done. Without a hangar the aircraft was tied down at first, and because Kinsey has close to four million followers, people regularly came to look at it on the ramp. Once he found a hangar, he no longer had to tie the aircraft down every night or worry about the weather. He plans to focus future videos on actual flights from the cockpit.
