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  @gdotone16 күн бұрын

  the seating position does not look comfortable. is it?

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  @buyaute10 күн бұрын

  G'day Steve, thanks for the great Aus content, not enough of it. Are you PPL or CPL?

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  @mitchellirvine890316 күн бұрын

  Love the channel. Looking forward to more Videos soon hopefully

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  @chrisclarke782825 күн бұрын

  Sat on the tarmac 15 minutes using diesel and playing with instruments.

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  @7877912 күн бұрын

  Diesel ?

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  @deldridg28 күн бұрын

  Watched a DA62 fly over me the other day out of YSBK. Beautiful craft in the air and reminds me of my flying days. Perhaps when the kids leave home I'll get back into it. In the meantime, some good vicarious living to be had through wonderful productions like yours! Many thanks and cheers from Sydney - David

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  @gumballdarwin2330Ай бұрын

  No fuel challenges?

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  @aurangzebahsan1Ай бұрын

  HI steve, I am also a flight instructor in the HUnter Valley region. Just want to know what App you use for your flight. Looks fancy

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  @diamondairtaxisАй бұрын

  Hi there. I use ForeFlight. It’s only been available in Australia for a year or so but I really like it. Very popular overseas.

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  @adamshort347Ай бұрын

  Hey Steve! Love the videos. What prompted the use of foreflight over ozrwys or avplan? Suspecting it has something to do with the Garmin interface??

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  @diamondairtaxisАй бұрын

  Hi Adam. Yes it interfaces direct with the FlightStream 510 Garmin avionics so you can send flight plans across via Bluetooth. I used Avplan previously but I really just prefer ForeFlight. It also does all your load and performance calcs including OEI. Just a nice app.

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  @adamshort34727 күн бұрын

  ​@@diamondairtaxis @steve Love it - the technology is making things better and better; and I love the business idea - all we need now is an electric diamond! If you're heading down south, feel free to drop by Nowra - HMAS Albatross YSNW usually un-restricted on the weekeneds - it would be great to meet you and to catch up for a coffee! Or If you're looking for pilots ;)!

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  @supersavagegodgaming6888Ай бұрын

  i want to get my cpl to start a air taxi business too Im very inspiring by your videos and professionalism doing Aviation im doing a online ground school course now. in canada

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  @diamondairtaxisАй бұрын

  Great. I’m getting close with the App to enable flight bookings. We are in early testing phase…

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  @ontheroadaustralia-soleman19112 ай бұрын

  Great flight.

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  @diamondairtaxisАй бұрын

  Thansk

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  @ontheroadaustralia-soleman19112 ай бұрын

  great video Steve, thanks for sharing.

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  @diamondairtaxisАй бұрын

  Glad you enjoyed it

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  @PendeltonWhiskey2 ай бұрын

  Thank you for posting this video and letting me fantasize a bit

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  @diamondairtaxisАй бұрын

  Any time!

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  @guido.demedici2 ай бұрын

  Love your videos, but please cut the music. It destroys the entire experience.

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  @diamondairtaxisАй бұрын

  Thanks for the tip. I might cut it back

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  @bennetterfieldunplugged2 ай бұрын

  Loving your content 😀 thank you

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  @diamondairtaxisАй бұрын

  Glad you enjoy it!

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  @Mattymoneyboy2762 ай бұрын

  Awesome vid Steve! Hope you're well!

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  @diamondairtaxisАй бұрын

  Great. Thanks again for watching

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  @peterhall66562 ай бұрын

  When you did the fuel calcs did you include headwind assumptions on way out and on way back to Coffs if you couldn't land. You had some pretty heavy headwonk/sidewing going to Launceston from memory.

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  @diamondairtaxisАй бұрын

  Yes ForeFlight factors in the forecast wind thankfully!

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  @mwilliams21012 ай бұрын

  I saw X42 in the hangar at BK, great looking machine. Thanks for sharing this voyage!

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  @johnstaring32102 ай бұрын

  I have flown commercial several times, but have also done over 100 return trips via road since 1970, Perth to east coast (mostly to racing circuits) but would love to do the trip in a light aircraft, preferably overland for the scenery. Great video thanks. Am a bit surprised at how busy a pilot actually is.

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  @diamondairtaxisАй бұрын

  Great. Yes it’s busy in stints but there are long periods of downtime to enjoy the scenery on the longer flights. Short flights are the hardest!

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  @northernandyboy2 ай бұрын

  Air taxi idea is good but not sure how reliable weather info is 15 days out.

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  @diamondairtaxisАй бұрын

  Time will tell!!

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  @northernandyboy2 ай бұрын

  Awesome video! I did my basic in a da40. Very nice aircraft.

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  @dannyb73712 ай бұрын

  That was a perfect simulation Steve, you even set up an incoming call and camera fail to demonstrate the high workload and distractions you can expect in these situations... 👌👌

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  @diamondairtaxisАй бұрын

  Haha. Exactly!

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  @glennwatson2 ай бұрын

  I was up at Griffith about a month ago flying from MB, they have a all brand new club room upgrade there that looks great.

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  @diamondairtaxisАй бұрын

  Yeah. The terminal is good too

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  @ontheroadaustralia-soleman19112 ай бұрын

  Great video Steve.

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  @diamondairtaxisАй бұрын

  Thanks 👍

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  @johnhaeren1932 ай бұрын

  Thanks for sharing your thoughts and planning process along the way. I enjoyed watching your journey. Cheers.

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  @diamondairtaxisАй бұрын

  Thanks for watching!

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  @aaronk48422 ай бұрын

  Hi Steve, Absolutely love your vision of the flight taxi service. I live in Sydney as a Sole Trader specialising in sales. I know a lot of people that would benefit from this service and would love to have a chat. Please feel free to reach out, cheers. Aaron

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  @diamondairtaxis2 ай бұрын

  I’d love to discuss. My email is [email protected]

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  @aaronk48422 ай бұрын

  @@diamondairtaxis Done, you can delete the comment if you like. If nothing comes through, it may have gone straight into the spam folder from an unknown email. Cheers.

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  @shawnedwards53692 ай бұрын

  It may sound mad, but I quite enjoy flying in actual IFR.

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  @diamondairtaxis2 ай бұрын

  Me too! IMC conditions are far more challenging and I find it more rewarding!

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  @shawnedwards53692 ай бұрын

  If I was going to fly in that kind of WX, it'd be in a DA62. I'm working on whether the 42 or 62 will work better for my mission. I'm considering Angel flights, so there's a balance between ingress and safety for my particular mission. Any thoughts on those two?

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  @diamondairtaxis2 ай бұрын

  Both are excellent aircraft. The DA62 is substantially larger internally with a higher useful load. It all depends on your mission. I’ve flown both and they are very nice to fly!

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  @BenState2 ай бұрын

  what happens if you need a shit?

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  @diamondairtaxis2 ай бұрын

  You hold it or land!

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  @josephdagher82013 ай бұрын

  How did you find the DA 40 Steve have been thinking of going from an Archer2 to one how has your experience been??

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  @diamondairtaxis2 ай бұрын

  The DA40NG (Jet A1 burning diesel engine) is excellent. I’ve not flown the Archer2 but you should do a trial flight of the DA40NG. I love the bubble canopy and associated visibility. It’s amazing.

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  @paulcoote30943 ай бұрын

  First time viewer. Excellent video. Your a very competent pilot.

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  @diamondairtaxis2 ай бұрын

  Thanks for watching!

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  @Real_19683 ай бұрын

  i have to fly my old musketeer from wedderburn to perth next holiday

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  @diamondairtaxis2 ай бұрын

  It’s a great flight… a bit long though

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  @Real_19682 ай бұрын

  @@diamondairtaxis the longer it is the more hours i can get towards my ppl

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  @annihilannic3 ай бұрын

  I flew VFR into Canberra late last year and also had a bit of trouble spotting it (on a clear day!)... I think Canberra ATC know that and I can almost imagine them looking at each other knowingly when they ask if you have the field in sight ;-)

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  @diamondairtaxis2 ай бұрын

  Haha. “Knowingly” I like it.

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  @markcorboy85283 ай бұрын

  Enjoyed the ride thanks.

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  @diamondairtaxis2 ай бұрын

  Glad you enjoyed it

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  @Tgaguy333 ай бұрын

  Love this idea, since discovering the DA62, I was thinking of doing the same. luxury air taxi type flying, all about convienience. keen to explore the possibilities.

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  @diamondairtaxis2 ай бұрын

  Exactly! Let’s see how things go over the next few months

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  @jvisser573 ай бұрын

  A good tutorial on cockpit flow and procedure. Reminds me in the early 2000s flying a Seneca III in an east coast low from BK to PMQ, torrential rain from door to door with a 600' cloud base at PMQ. Just about to do a missed approach when the runway became visual. In those days I had a flight director, HSI, Garmin 450, radar and autopilot - no glass, and six levers to play with, eight including the cowl flaps. What a difference 25+ years make - the DA62 is a very similar aircraft to the Seneca III in both performance and capacity (though the Seneca's range sucks in comparison), but due to all the electronics and glass vastly easier to fly, and dare I say vastly safer. NO PAPER!!! 👏 (and no updates 👍)

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  @diamondairtaxis2 ай бұрын

  Great comment. And yes I agree the technology makes the flying much safer. Flying the baron is far more challenging! I’ve not flown the Seneca but I imagine it’s similar to the baron.

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  @briansmythe30003 ай бұрын

  Nice Job Captain , Glad Ya Didn"t Have too Ditch in Bass Straight 50 Mies out at Sea I Suppose You Feel More comfortable Flying over Land Do You ? At least you know you Could Land some where If someting wen"t Wrong Im supprised How Far you Fly above the Clouds , But I know nothing about Flying, I Would Be Hugging the Tree Tops just Incase LOL

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  @diamondairtaxis2 ай бұрын

  Yes I’m glad about that also! Flying over land generally provides more options for a forced landing. Unless it’s mountains!

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  @navaho54303 ай бұрын

  They hide everything in Canberra especially where your tax dollar goes cheers.

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  @diamondairtaxis2 ай бұрын

  Haha!

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  @johnisley45783 ай бұрын

  Can happen and has happened to all of us Steve. Flown into Canberra many times, especially in the late 90's, If visual in marginal conditions I always looked for Lake Burley Griffin and I knew the AP was due east of that. What was hard in the past was my 3 year contract in the outback mainly night runs. Cheers mate keep up the good work.

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  @diamondairtaxis2 ай бұрын

  Great tip on using lake burley griffin. Thanks for watching!

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  @H3xx1st3 ай бұрын

  Wow! Thank you for the ride along.

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  @diamondairtaxis2 ай бұрын

  Thanks for watching

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  @navaho54303 ай бұрын

  2 birds with one prop.

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  @diamondairtaxis2 ай бұрын

  Yeah not bad!

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  @navaho54303 ай бұрын

  Hey it's still raining cheers.

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  @navaho54303 ай бұрын

  It is a beautiful place to visit had 10 days there, looks like Neds beach is still full of fish cheers from Moruya.

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  @diamondairtaxis2 ай бұрын

  Thanks. Yes it’s amazing. I’m hoping to return in coming weeks in the DA62. Nice to have 2 engines this time!

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  @TheAussiePipe3 ай бұрын

  Great work Steve. Beautiful machine, looks perfectly suited to your mission purpose. Love your methodical thinking and aways staying well ahead of the aircraft. Videos are top quality as well. In my experience it’s always harder than you think it’s going to be to capture quality video and audio in aircraft. Cheers, Mark (YMMB)

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  @diamondairtaxis2 ай бұрын

  Thanks Mark. Yes the cameras always overheat or switch off for some random reason adding to the challenge!

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  @tronas85153 ай бұрын

  Why are your strobes on before taxi?

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  @diamondairtaxis3 ай бұрын

  Diamond aircraft do not have a red beacon. So the white strobes are the anti collision lights. Part 91 MOS 26.22 requires anti collision lights to be on immediately after engine start until shutdown. This is also consistent with the aircraft checklist.

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  @csm64993 ай бұрын

  Good stuff Steve. How did you put the delays (with hourglass) and runways (11C) in the foreflight flight plan? Thanks

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  @diamondairtaxis3 ай бұрын

  It’s easy in FF. On map view you select a waypoint and “select altitude/speed/time”. The runway can be selected from the same menu or I normally select runway from the flights page “departure” -> “takeoff”

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  @nantyffin3 ай бұрын

  That is a great video. Really interesting. I shall subscribe!

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  @diamondairtaxis3 ай бұрын

  Awesome, thank you!

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  @johnisley45783 ай бұрын

  Just recently subscribed, love your vids Steve, Operated from YMEN for many years, great work. Cheers John.

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  @diamondairtaxis3 ай бұрын

  Great thanks for subscribing! I enjoy flying into YMEN. Lots of food and coffee within walking distance of the airport! And an ILS!

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  @robinhilliard3 ай бұрын

  Hi Steve, just wondering why the tower gave you the clearance at the holding point and not the run up bay? (I haven’t done a departure into class C from Bankstown yet, but this seems different to what I’ve read).

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  @willwood19103 ай бұрын

  been fairly common at bankstown since the third runway (11L/29R) opened back up, pretty sure its usually just dependent on how busy the airport is because ive been cleared direct to the holding point doing both CTA and OCTA departures.

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  @diamondairtaxis3 ай бұрын

  Normally you receive the clearance in the run up bay, however in the 62 I skip the bay and taxi straight to the holding point so I either get it mid taxi or at the holding point

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  @damienr12243 ай бұрын

  Really enjoyed that one Steve. It was great to see how you handled all the challenges in this flight - pressure of a weather change, passengers, a choice between a possibly iffy visual approach and delayed ILS, a challenge seeing the runway (CB is difficult, especially in poor viz), directed to less than ideal parking (CB needs to do much, much better in GA parking).

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  @diamondairtaxis3 ай бұрын

  Great feedback, with lots of good observations. Yes it was very difficult to see on that day! And yes the parking at CB is always very limited… not ideal

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  @andy1may3 ай бұрын

  just found your channel . .. enjoyed it will be watching more .Giday from NZ

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  @diamondairtaxis3 ай бұрын

  G’day! Hoping to fly across the Tasman sometime in coming months

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  @theaustralianconundrum3 ай бұрын

  @@diamondairtaxis Subscribed. Haven't flown YSSY>YPPH since 2009. Now after retirement and saying goodbye to Part 121 after 40 years.... Your video certainly shows how immensely more "interesting" it is flying the same route in hops compared to the non stop FL380-400 "version". Fantastic video. Happy flying sir.