Keeping up with the quality of your videos as always Stef! If you wanted to go to the effort of making more videos like this, I think everyone would appreciate it. You're the only KZreadr who can make a 16 minute flight worth watching!

@StefanDrury

Жыл бұрын

Thanks mini2, that's great to hear.

Hi Stefan. Love the video! I was the BOM Aviation forecaster working that day for Victoria. (I issued the Airmet that was announced by ATC for the unforecast TSRA.) Have to say I love your attitude and the way you talked through your decision process when encountering changing and unforecast weather. (It was a pretty tricky day, particularly with the Avalon Airshow still going on!)

@StefanDrury

Жыл бұрын

Hey Karl, thanks for the message. Firstly thanks for all the work you do getting information for us pilots, very much appreciated. But yeah what an interesting day hey. Did you find the weather changed faster than originally forecast or was that just how I saw it from my perspective? Thanks again.

@karlbrunckhorst

Жыл бұрын

@Stefan Drury it definitely changed faster than expected and made for a busy day when it didn't quite go to plan. From memory, initially, the storm risk was more significant in the west of the state during the afternoon, as I thought the thick mid-level cloud extending over the Melbourne basin ahead of the coldfront was too stable (lacked any strong lift and instabilty) to cause any storms until later in the evening. Obviously, it didn't quite work out that way, which is why we issue warning products like AIRMETs and SIGMETs to alert everyone about unforecast or more serious weather conditions! Just wanted to share my enjoyment of your videos, and in this one, i was particularly excited to hear your really good thought process about thinking through/troubleshooting how to deal with weather en route.

An 'ol glider pilots tale: Rain isn't always indicative of descending air. If you have big drops, it's probably ascending air, as the water drops have to be heavy enough to fall through the updrafts. If it's misty fine rain, that's you're on the descending side. Saying that, if fibreglass gets hit by lighting it tends to explode, so we keep our distance from the real dark clouds in Aussie!

That aaaah and sigh of relief upon landing after a challenging flight. We've all been there! Goes to show that in GA, there is no such thing as an "uneventful flight". Loved this video!

Thanks for posting this. As a pilot with a fresh shiny new IFR rating and a deep and abiding respect for thunderstorms, getting insight into your tactical decision making is helpful and appreciated. Also good to see interactions with Australian ATS, most KZread content is American, which is different. Sometimes the journey is the story.

Love your videos. Keep'em coming!

Great video! It’s interesting to see how different aircraft react to storms I think I would prefer being a bigger aircraft rather then a small one going through a storm. Keep up the good work mate love watching these videos

Thanks for sharing this!

Great video - love to see / hear the in-flight comms and decision making

Hi Steph, Long time watcher, first time comment. I love that you can appreciate what you have, and what you have had to work for to achieve what you have, and still be humble. Continue with it. Dave

@StefanDrury

Жыл бұрын

Hey Dave, thanks firstly for being a long time supporter of my channel, it's appreciated. And thanks for the comment, that means a lot. All the best, stef

Great work as always Stef!

@StefanDrury

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Ben

Thanks for posting this, flying around Australia is on my bucket list!

Loved this video Stef!

@StefanDrury

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Bruce

well i am so glad you decided to film that one. i was waiting for you to land somewhere when you saw the lightning and wait for it to pass... love your vids Stefan

Such a pleasure to watch really enjoyed this one!

Fascinating. I'm glad you did share this vid.

I really enjoyed this video, thanks for uploading it!

Randomly checked my flight radar last week or so and seen you just pulling into Moorabbin! Glad you got in safe love watching your videos! Keep up the great work!!

What a wonderful video Stefan, thank you so much!!! Firstly, a great lesson on never assuming anything about the Infinite Multiverse, it is ever ready to surprise you... That weather looked quite ominous and scary, not at all surprised that your heartbeat shot up... My favourite bit was your very important comment about smiling, especially when under the most duress... This, I believe is a hugely important life lesson for ALL, under all of the worst life circumstances... The act of smiling, whether genuine or forced, produces a cascade of biochemical reactions that include the release of endorphins, our bodies natural feel good chemicals of choice; that will immediately reduce stress, heart rate, panic fog

Really interesting video and thanks for posting. Keep up the good work!

Really good vid I like these ones

This was definitely a good video for underscoring the importance of pilot decision making. Much appreciated and well flown.

@StefanDrury

Жыл бұрын

Thanks milk-it, I appreciate the feedback.

@milk-it

Жыл бұрын

@@StefanDrury Pleasure, Stefan!

Nice one, it's always good to see how forecasts can sometimes be very very wrong.

Hi Stefan, Great Video. Watching the decision making process of weather flying is something i wish more youtubers did, this helps novice pilots as well as avid GA pilots!! Great Video hope you film more of these :)

@StefanDrury

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Frank, much appreciated and glad you enjoyed it.

Honestly I hope you can fly in good weather but this one was pretty awesome. Make more random flight videos 😊

@StefanDrury

Жыл бұрын

Haha, noted, thanks Dave.

Makes a video about not wanting to make a video and ends up making a really interesting, brilliant video. Nice one, really enjoyed that.

That was cool stef, nothing turned into "something" 👌

Love this video such a real life look into the cockpit during tricky flights. It’s not all blue sky flying every day! Well done!

@StefanDrury

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Shane, I enjoyed sharing this one so I appreciate the feedback.

@duncanm6589

Жыл бұрын

Top stuff Stefan, you certainly had your hands full. Very impressive with all your electronics. Thanks for showing what you thought would be a stock standard trip. Clearly far from it. Well done.

What a great viddy, Stef! And all because you didn’t want to make one… At 0:21 something very nice to see! I thought my airfield (EHHV, Hilversum in the Netherlands) was the only one with tie-down cables in the parking area. We seldomly used them as we only parked there during the day - at night the aircraft are safe in a pre-WW2 steel hangar.

A classic example of recording video for something that you think will be boring turning into something interesting. Some of my favorite videos, that I have made, I thought would be one thing and turn into another, which makes for a good story. Good job Stefan.

Next term I get to to my pilot training I’m so excited

This style of content is exactly what you need to stay on. 😊

Hi Stefan, I love watching your videos and they are always amazing to watch. I have a video idea, the Lilium jet is quite cool and I think it would make great content but this is up to you to decide. Keep on making exceptional videos, from anonymous fan.

Awesome video. Nice to see the bird back in the air. 👍🏼

Found your channel today. Loving your adventures

@StefanDrury

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Fred, welcome to the channel!

Amazing video woow... i had to get stand up and clap for that landing, woooww, tense, ......and thank you for the Eliud Kipchoge mention, receive love from Kenya 🇰🇪

@StefanDrury

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, not sure I've ever had one of my landings applauded so that's appreciated! And hello back to Kenya, I'm a big EK fan.

For a video about why you don't always film, that was, a really good one. Sometimes, a story about just flying is just as interesting as the rest

G,day Stef from Sydney. I appreciate the videos in VH-EYZ especially the IFR waypoints and weather service on tablet or notebook (IT). 🌏🇭🇲

Agreed it was a good one. My heart rate was elevated as well. Half way through instrument training and mostly terrified. Hope it gets better.

Excellent video, reflecting the reality of GA pilots in IMC condition. My last real IFR flight was approach with a ceiling at 400ft AGL. You remain focus on the tasks up to the very end! No time to look around (not that their is much to look at).

One of your better videos. Got to see your thought process.

Excellent Vid. Can see the concentration when it's getting darker. Great,lessons to learn. Thanks 😂

Hey Stef, you should come up to Cairns again maybe even fly EYZ up the coast?

Another brilliant video. Just discovered your channel. Currently addicted. Loved the uk ones. Used to live near elstree. Visited Shoreham last month. I don’t fly in real life. But by coincidence have flown your uk routes in flight sim. Guess I’m going to have to watch all your videos and recreate them in the sim.

@StefanDrury

8 ай бұрын

Thanks Keith, glad you're enjoying the videos and welcome to the channel.

I flew around where you were earlier in the same day crazy how quickly it developed

@StefanDrury

Жыл бұрын

Yeah it was blue skies and CAVOK on the forecast then it changed very quickly. Lots of aircraft diverting. Hope you had a good flight Joshua.

Awesome vid as always Stef! Question for you, do you ever scroll through FR24 during cruise to see who’s around you? Or is it sorta like being on ur phone and driving and looked down upon?

Just recently your videos and enjoying them very much. Especially appreciative for you taking time out to mark World Pride. All those cars honking was fantastic. Thank you!

@StefanDrury

11 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and welcome to the channel. Great to have you here in the community.

Love the video stef great editing and excited for the new videos for 2023 any new series perhaps coming to the channel???

@StefanDrury

Жыл бұрын

Well I'm trying not to make big announcements on the channel these days but yes there is a new aviation series coming in 2023. Filming next month.

@Pegion_journey

Жыл бұрын

@@StefanDrury i wonder what thats gonna be...

Click! The milkshake dust cover 🤣

@StefanDrury

Жыл бұрын

Yeah it's awesome hey, I love it. Made by Vertigo Covers in the UK.

had a great chat with you while refueling your aircraft at Bankstown that day! shame i didn't make the cut LOL

Thanks

@StefanDrury

11 ай бұрын

Hey John. sorry I only just saw this now. Thank you so much for the super thanks. You really didn't need to but your support is very much appreciated.

Glad you got inspiration from Eliud Kipchoge!

Hey stef hope , to maybe see you at the Barossa Air show in SA 16th April. Perhaps..you could fly there.

Nice perspective Stef would've definitely been bumpy.

I recognize that look at 6mins, it's a million scenarios racing through the brain. Been there, done that, and have a story to tell.

@StefanDrury

Жыл бұрын

Ha, you know it! A fair percentage of my flights are spent staring into the distance contemplating my options!

Was on a flight going the other way at 37000 feet. We had to deviate towards Batemans bay because of a huge storm cell over canberra

@StefanDrury

Жыл бұрын

Interesting, thanks for letting me know that. I wasn't sure how high the tops were but I definitely remember big cells over the Canberra area.

Video Idea(you don’t have to actually do it just an idea) Try and fly around Australia around the coast. Also nice video really like how open you are with your YT community

@StefanDrury

Жыл бұрын

You know it's further round the coastline of Australia than Sydney to London right? That would be a fun video series, but a very long one!

@sippydog90gaming38

Жыл бұрын

Very Long indeed!

Make more vids like these thank you

The altitudes aren’t referring to terrain and obstacles, it also refers to radio communications and nav aid reception. So the terrain safety might actually be lower. It’s not MSA it’s MEA

At 2:29 you had the new Western Sydney airport (WSI) just below you.

@StefanDrury

Жыл бұрын

Yes I was hoping to fly directly over it but was given the turn a bit too early. I could have waved at the team I met down there last week!

Thanks for the video Stef. Do you sometimes encounter issues with clearances via AKMIR (see the flight plan requirements for Bankstown departures)?

As they say " expect the unexpected" !! Jerry

If you're ever in Sydney in good weather, could you possibly do Victor 1 and video it?

@StefanDrury

Жыл бұрын

I've flown that many times when I did my training in Bankstown, but yeah would love to fly V1 again one day. I'll add it to the list, thanks for the suggestion.

Very nice video Stef, as always keep it up. Just need to comment on CAVOK, clearly the TAF was really wrong that day. You´re not wrong in your statement in anyway, but my instructor heart wants to clarify it.. :) CAVOK does not equal clear blue sky. CAVOK = No clouds below 5000ft and vis more than 10km (and no CB or sig.wx) So, If you have clouds at say 5500 ft and vis of 11km, it´s still a really gray and dole day, but it´s cavok. And flying VFR with 10-11km of vis is like flying with a grey grey wall in front of you :)

Nice I’m starting to get my licence now

@StefanDrury

Жыл бұрын

Awesome, I hope you enjoy your flight training.

Good vid Stef, Question - out of curiosity, who names the air space sectors, eg: Harro ?

Eliud Kipchoge, Kenya represented 👏🏿👏🏿🤝🏾🤝🏾

@StefanDrury

Жыл бұрын

Yes, I love Eliud! 🇰🇪

for those of us who have been here long enough back to the fly daily days we like the 25 mins of nothing but flying mate :P

Nice

@StefanDrury

Жыл бұрын

Thanks

Great video, but you should wear a Swiss Watch pal..

Why don't the fam join you if you're flying to the same place?

@StefanDrury

Жыл бұрын

They'd booked their flights already and I decided to fly up and join them. Also my wife doesn't like small planes but I do fly with my daughter.

Hi Stef just wondering why you didn’t get a gfc500 autopilot during the avionics upgrade?

Hey @stef, given you have a plane that can fly up in the low 20's, how come we don't see you going up higher?

Good decision making.

Obviously make what you want / prefer but it's funny that you don't like making « boring » pre-flight through shutdown videos because I love those and am generally more interested in them than most of the ones with more of a story

Just outta curiosity wouldn't it have been cheaper to fly together in EYZ? Specially since the flight was delayed

Have you tried Foreflight yet ?

@StefanDrury

Жыл бұрын

I saw Foreflight were advertising to Australian pilots now they have support for this region, but I haven't looked at it myself. I mainly use Garmin Pilot as it interfaces with my avionics but also use AvPlan EFB here in Australia a lot.

I just watched a passebger flight across part of Siberia @ -25C in an AN-2,no heat in the cabin.What are those people made of?Although well wrapped up,none of them were wearing gloves....................................................

Do you have a button in your plane that your able to press that starts recording the cameras and audio at the same time?

@StefanDrury

Жыл бұрын

That's a good question, but no it's a separate audio recorder and camera that I sync up in the edit. I made a video of how I make these videos here if you're interested: kzread.info/dash/bejne/do6fttyepLO9ptI.html

@mrkermit707

Жыл бұрын

@@StefanDrury alright thanks, just wondering as I hate having to sync up audio and you do it perfectly

Hi Stef, maybe a silly Q however im not sure, Why not fly above the clouds ils? sorry if this is silly still in my ppl journey. Cheers

@StefanDrury

Жыл бұрын

Hey Greg, no silly questions in aviation, ask away. My reason for not going higher was based on aircraft performance. I could see some of the storms towering well above where I could climb EYZ to. I was safer (in my opinion) being low so I could see where the showers were falling rather than trying to outclimb the storms and getting stuck IN the clouds. A pressurised aircraft that could get up to say 20,000 feet would have had a much easier day, but for me where it gets hard to climb much above 12/13,000 feet, I felt it was better to stay low and visual to the ground.

Good video! Just another boring flight LOL. And lots of radio work and piloting stuff which of course I liked a lot.

Is it at all possible to livestream a flight Stef? Or is that illegal?

@ujinxedit

Жыл бұрын

I don't mean to speak on behalf of Stef but I felt inclined to answer this question in case he doesn't as it piqued my own interest! Perhaps with a producer onboard. I doubt Stef does more than move the odd camera around mid-flight as he did in this flight to show another angle. Not the best idea to have a distraction such as live-streaming while piloting an aircraft. I don't believe any legalities exist with regards to live-streaming specifically, however, to the best of my knowledge, pilots are prohibited from using mobile devices (which Stef would need to use to manipulate things like camera angles, share iPad screen etc) during take-off, landing and any non IFR segments of the flight. Theoretically, one could plan a mostly IFR flight and manage the live-stream inside that segment, but as this video demonstrated, shit can hit the fan pretty quickly, necessitating the minimisation of distractions. A passenger could effectively produce the live-stream and that would make for interesting viewing, however, unless you're a pilot or want to be one, most of what Stef leaves out of his videos is quite monotonous. If you see this Stef please correct me if I'm wrong!! Cheers Zac

@rbrosz

Жыл бұрын

I can't speak to anything about Australian regulations, but in the US I think it would be allowed on a private flight. The problem is, how are you going to livestream it? Cell reception above one or two thousand feet gets pretty terrible, and the signal wouldn't be good enough for streaming video at a quality anyone would want to watch. Maybe if you had an aviation version of a Starlink terminal, but those are fairly large and you'd have to make some alterations to the aircraft to mount it - if it would even fit. Your best bet would probably be a microwave transmitter like news helicopters use, and send video to a computer on the ground to handle the streaming. That equipment is pretty expensive and you'd need a license to use those frequencies. If you wanted to track a cross country flight, you'd need enough ground stations to be in range of one through the entire route. Basically, the technology to livestream from the air in a small airplane isn't really there yet for individuals. Maybe someday there will be cheap miniaturized Starlink-like services, but right now I think you'd struggle to find something that worked for less than six figures and it would be really complex.

Another Ausi view of a "storm" that's basically virga.

let me point out the place you store the pencil,, one unfortunate up/down draft could have lasting consequences...

Nice click baity title 😂 But not needed for, watching all of your content… btw, what is the source of your weather data, ADS-B?

@StefanDrury

Жыл бұрын

As I'm always trying to improve and serve my audience fairly, I'd be keen to know what you feel is 'clickbaity' about the title. "The stormy flight I nearly didn't share" is both accurate and descriptive - 1) It was a stormy flight, and 2) I wasn't originally intending on sharing it but then I did. Both aspects (stormy weather and not sharing content) are discussed in full in the video. I'm happy to be called out if people think I'm doing something wrong, but would be keen to hear your reasons for calling this "clickbaity". Asked with improvement in mind, nothing else, thanks, stef

@coenkuijpers1800

Жыл бұрын

@@StefanDrury first of all the content covered the title, that’s for sure. I also put in a smiley, because I didn’t perceive it as annoying or that you trapped me into watching the video, not at all. But when I read the title I thought that you had almost crashed. That’s all. 😉

@StefanDrury

Жыл бұрын

Ah ok, I see how you can take that from it. Like I said, always learning, so thanks for the feedback. Also sorry I didn't answer your weather question - that data comes from the 4G connection to my iPad, we don't have ADS-B IN here in Australia, only ADS-B OUT.

Don't film the next one again!

@StefanDrury

Жыл бұрын

Haha, wilco!

chiken nuggets

It's just water bro

I did not want to do it.....but I wanted the ad revenue in the end and this clickbait video title proved too tempting.

your commercial makes me doesnt watch your videos. Its good but sometimes i skip your videos due to the prolonged time

Clickbait. Weather wasn't that bad...

Cheers for the bit about the pride parade! Im trans and I cant tell you how cool it is to see someone who is an ally in the aviation community :,)

@t.p.mckenna

11 ай бұрын

Totally agree. Go Kalashnikov!!

@StefanDrury

11 ай бұрын

It was a great day in Sydney, perfect weather for the parade as well. Proud to share it here on the channel.