07:40 That subtle smile coming back home is definitely why we travel. Great video Stef! I’m a CFI but never flew more than 250nm from my home airport. This really inspires me!!
Great Video Stef! While I haven't done any flying like that I appreciate the need to keep pushing beyond the boundaries to keep you current & prevent you taking procedures for granted. It's great to hear someone else expressing that feeling.
Wow Stefan - as somebody who flies a C182 from an airfield near London in the UK and who has flown across the Aegean, over (or should I say through) the Alps and across the icy-ish wastes of the Scottish Outer Hebrides, I take my hat off to you for doing the East Timor Sea. Bloody hell - isn't that the one with all the giant crocs, endless sharks and other horrors just waiting to eat you up when/if the fan fails? And to do it single-engine, in part without comms, takes some guts.
LOL! Icy wastes of the Hebrides! My childhood memories of summers there are of sunburn and endless hot days, nights that never actually get dark. Unless you were there in December, of course, dark until nearly 9am, pitch black at 4pm, howling gales, but seldom all that cold... compared to New England where I live now.
Morning, it must be a great feeling flying in your own plane, plus you have the whole of Oz too. To fly to Timore on your own is another great achievement, next it will be the Arctic crossing 🙂. From a ground bound follower thanks for the adventure. Regards Richard 🇬🇧
@@StefanDrury Hi Stefan. Great video of the big ocean crossing well done! One question I have is how does one get hold of some Garmin fly caps like you were wearing.
I used to be a frequent flyer between Jakarta and Melbourne but since Covid I have not visited Australia again. When you spray that disinfectant (?) I can smell it through the screen! It smells like some sort of Ammonia and I agree it's horrible. The cabin crew on commercial flight usually sprays those cans 30 minutes before landing in Australia, they usually sprayed from both of the aisles (on a widebody jets). Great video Stef! Looking forward to more adventures.
One tip if you really want to get a position report to ATC when out of VHF range is to try and contact another aircraft (especially high flying aircraft with greater VHF range) to relay for you. As in "Any aircraft this is XXXXX for relay to Brisbane". If you can't raise anyone on the ATC frequency then go to 121.500 MHz (International Distress Frequency) and do the same. Airliners are required to maintain a listening watch on 121.500 MHz on long overwater flights. Hope this helps and enjoyed the great video. PS Another tip when working stations at the limit of VHF range is to lift the squelch (accept the hiss for a while) which suppresses weak signals.
I’m 5 mins in and I know it’s going to be a great video. Curious what your friend does in East Timor? Why didn’t he come back? I reckon NZ might be a fun trip for your second international trip! Maybe next year if you don’t go around the world yet, you could plan a sneaky flight to Singapore for the Grand Prix
He stayed a few extra days out there for business then flew home commercially. Nice suggestions for future trips as well, have you been reading my emails...? 😉
Congratulations mate, Great to see you testing your experience and knowledge abroad with EYZ! Always enjoy your journeys, hope to see you in Tamworth sometime soon. James
Great videos on thus adventure! I have Australia and East Timor on my bucket list! I am a pilot in learning here in the Boca Raton area. Hopefully we can cross paths one of these days! Thank you for sharing you aviation travels!
Great job in pushing yourself and following all the correct procedures, even repeating the important ones when you landed in DRW. You've got to get Nico Down Under and take him over to...Tasmania. We just don't have the Caribbean a short hop away.
Great video! Loving this series. Couldn't agree more about self doubts and how doing more challenging flights like this help you tackle them! 100% my experience too.
Hey Stef, have been watching your channel for a while now. EYZ is a beast! Congrats on the international flight, and appreciate the documentation of it. 🙌🙌
first coment im literaly watching this 1 minute after the video got posted, love the video's keep it up. My dream is to be a pilot ad i've been watching your videos to learn everything!
Congrats on another great video Stef. This series shows some of the , I think, necessary preparations for your around the world trip. It is much better to prepare to fail than to Fail to prepare. Looking forward to more of this.
I have to say that your editing skills are amazing.... I had to rewatch the first episode just to have that "PREVIOUSLY ON STEFAN AWSOMENESS" then watch this new one... amazing work, can't wait for the next episode
0:58 made me cringe. I get that spraying fuel on the tarmac is a thing in other parts of the world - it was how we did it here when I learned how to fly 25 years ago... but if you get caught doing that here now, you'd get at the very least a stern talking to or in certain places a fine.
G'day Mate, love your channel. What kind of plane is Victor Hotel Echo Yankee Zulu? I'm glad that you were able to make the trek to East Teamore from Melbourne solo. That must have been a massive accomplishment. Years ago, boats were the main source of transportation between countries. One such navigator was Joshua Slockam who sailed alone around the wrold in his sloop called The Spray. And yes, he visited Australia as well during his travels. My home country is Canada and we're bordered by USA and Mexico. So, if you were to take your aircraft from Canada's east coast and go south for a long while, you'd be in America. In fact, a four-hour direct flight from Halifax will take you directly to Orlando Florida. Two hours will take you to New York and I'm aware that Qantas has operations from JFK international airport. Love Qantas by the way, I'd love to come and see your country.
@@StefanDrury how does it feels at top when flying alone ..above and gazing the blue ocean .. what are things in your mind.. hope if you want to share that experience?
chucking the avgas onto the ramp would get you a nice little fine in California... and it's not really good for the ground water. Just take a sample and look for the water separating from the fuel. Water is heavier so it'll settle at the bottom.
Trouble is what happens if there is a lot of water at the bottom of the tank, ie if the fuel is contaminated, and you drain nothing but water. Then you won't see any separation. The evaporation test is a good way to ensure what you've drained is fuel and not water. It's how I've been taught and what we do here in Australia.
yes for the avgas technique but make sure you are on a fueling pad when doing so. Many countries have enviro laws and doing this on a non designated surface can get you in trouble
Hi Stefan, i've been flying from Dili to Darwin under my X-Plane 12 sr22 simulator. It's quite a long way. over 3hrs flying time. Isn'it a bit bothering? (Alain , from Reunion )
There is one thing I’ve been wondering about with all these long flights close together is fatigue management. How do you ensure you are getting enough rest and recovery time?
You certainly get more focussed at monitoring engine temperatures and pressures. But ultimately the aircraft doesn't know if it's over water or land, so you have to treat it as another flight.
Brisbane Centre looks after the North “1/2” of Australia, and Melbourne centre does the Southern 1/2 for enroute operations, until his aircraft is closer to Darwin.
Respectfully, what do you do for a living? I’m just curious how you’re able to afford to fly like you do, I don’t know how expensive it is down under but I’ve found it to be pretty dang expensive in the States. Great vid!
Honest question here since you are flying over water for a long time do you have a life vest and life raft in case the unexpected occur. seen other channels the pilots had them when they fly over water. plus i do not know the rules in your part of the world.
Yes absolutely. I have a life raft on the back seat and was wearing a life jacket for the entire flight. That's per the regulations but I would do that anyway. I'm making a "how to" video with a lot of technical details about these flights at the end of the series, that will cover emergency equipment as well.
@@StefanDrury Thank you for clearing it up. Great vids and I really do learn a lot from them! Keep up the great work and safe travel son your next adventure!
Michael has worked with the Dili Airport authorities to ensure Avgas is available for pilots like myself. I'm making a "how to" video at the end of this series which hopefully will help other pilots do trips like this themselves.
You can't be in class A airspace but I'm guessing that extends down to FL180 over the Timor, so he was probably fine in VFR. Stef has instrument rating anyway so with a flight plan filed he'd be allowed up there anyway 😅
It's these sorts of activities that inspire me to become a pilot (lessons and instruction in process for my rpl at the moment). I'd love to take on one of these adventures, especially as I'm based in Victoria like yourself. An interesting idea that came to my mind is this: Why stop at East Timor? Why not continue towards Singapore?
My family are travelling overland from the UK to Australia to see family this year and the hardest part is getting from East Timor to Darwin. Does anyone know of any body who charters small propeller planes? We are not made of money but the three of us could pay roughly 800 AUS dollars each if it was possible...any suggestions gratefully received!
I love Stefan's videos, I may be biased being a Australian viewer but he is just so in depth and shows all sides of his aviation adventures.
07:40 That subtle smile coming back home is definitely why we travel. Great video Stef! I’m a CFI but never flew more than 250nm from my home airport. This really inspires me!!
3:35 I reckon that was "continue trying... contact Brisbane" Really enjoying this series!
Good ears mate
Great Video Stef! While I haven't done any flying like that I appreciate the need to keep pushing beyond the boundaries to keep you current & prevent you taking procedures for granted. It's great to hear someone else expressing that feeling.
Wow Stefan - as somebody who flies a C182 from an airfield near London in the UK and who has flown across the Aegean, over (or should I say through) the Alps and across the icy-ish wastes of the Scottish Outer Hebrides, I take my hat off to you for doing the East Timor Sea. Bloody hell - isn't that the one with all the giant crocs, endless sharks and other horrors just waiting to eat you up when/if the fan fails? And to do it single-engine, in part without comms, takes some guts.
LOL! Icy wastes of the Hebrides! My childhood memories of summers there are of sunburn and endless hot days, nights that never actually get dark. Unless you were there in December, of course, dark until nearly 9am, pitch black at 4pm, howling gales, but seldom all that cold... compared to New England where I live now.
Morning, it must be a great feeling flying in your own plane, plus you have the whole of Oz too. To fly to Timore on your own is another great achievement, next it will be the Arctic crossing 🙂. From a ground bound follower thanks for the adventure. Regards Richard 🇬🇧
Feels illegal to be this early
Illegal high-five ✋
Tell me about it! Just finished watching the other two as I came across them today and this one came just in time!
@@Josh_T_Drums thanks Josh, hope you’re enjoying the series
Amazing series! 👍🏼
@@StefanDrury Hi Stefan. Great video of the big ocean crossing well done! One question I have is how does one get hold of some Garmin fly caps like you were wearing.
Good on you buddy - I'm glad somebody is doing something interesting!
I love your videos, they really made me 100% want to be a pilot
I used to be a frequent flyer between Jakarta and Melbourne but since Covid I have not visited Australia again. When you spray that disinfectant (?) I can smell it through the screen! It smells like some sort of Ammonia and I agree it's horrible. The cabin crew on commercial flight usually sprays those cans 30 minutes before landing in Australia, they usually sprayed from both of the aisles (on a widebody jets). Great video Stef! Looking forward to more adventures.
What is that disinfectant about? Never seen that before!
@@fox111qc Apparently it's to kill insects so flights arriving from "third world" countries won't contaminate Australia.
@@fox111qc probably to stop invasive insects between countries
One tip if you really want to get a position report to ATC when out of VHF range is to try and contact another aircraft (especially high flying aircraft with greater VHF range) to relay for you. As in "Any aircraft this is XXXXX for relay to Brisbane". If you can't raise anyone on the ATC frequency then go to 121.500 MHz (International Distress Frequency) and do the same. Airliners are required to maintain a listening watch on 121.500 MHz on long overwater flights.
Hope this helps and enjoyed the great video.
PS Another tip when working stations at the limit of VHF range is to lift the squelch (accept the hiss for a while) which suppresses weak signals.
Good to see your mate stayed. I thought it was the old '2 goes to over, one comes back'.
Another amazing story! Thank you for sharing
Great flight. Whilst there wish you'd gone further to Indonesia. Perhaps on your next expedition up north
I cannot lie, I gave a thumbs up when Milkshake took pride and place on the dash!
You have no idea how long I’ve been waiting to see this video. So excited to watch it.🎉
I’m 5 mins in and I know it’s going to be a great video. Curious what your friend does in East Timor? Why didn’t he come back?
I reckon NZ might be a fun trip for your second international trip! Maybe next year if you don’t go around the world yet, you could plan a sneaky flight to Singapore for the Grand Prix
He stayed a few extra days out there for business then flew home commercially. Nice suggestions for future trips as well, have you been reading my emails...? 😉
Loving these videos - great bit of vicarious living thanks
Keeps these flight videos coming....so interesting...especially the behind the screen video coming up. Cheers mate
Congratulations mate,
Great to see you testing your experience and knowledge abroad with EYZ!
Always enjoy your journeys, hope to see you in Tamworth sometime soon.
James
I'm loving this little video series as well as all your others Stef! They're helping to ease the Aussie homesickness while I'm in the UK a lot.
Great videos on thus adventure! I have Australia and East Timor on my bucket list!
I am a pilot in learning here in the Boca Raton area. Hopefully we can cross paths one of these days! Thank you for sharing you aviation travels!
This is amazing! It's like Echo Yankee Zulu another character in this adventure!
Well done and great vid. Thank you, Stefan -
Great job in pushing yourself and following all the correct procedures, even repeating the important ones when you landed in DRW. You've got to get Nico Down Under and take him over to...Tasmania. We just don't have the Caribbean a short hop away.
Great video! Loving this series.
Couldn't agree more about self doubts and how doing more challenging flights like this help you tackle them! 100% my experience too.
didnt expect myslef to be watching this but hey enjoyed the whole trip! Would love to do this
Thanks Sean, glad you're enjoying the series.
Found your channel today, loving the videos and the adventure! Cheers from Sweden :)
Hey WilliamFredrik, welcome to the channel and thanks for subscribing. Can't wait to get back and visit Sweden again one day soon, beautiful country.
Great video!!! Always love following the great stories you post. Keep it up!
I'm looking forward to as much flying and x-country "nitty gritty" as you care to share in your next video!
Great video buddy! Pushing myself to start with that first step in earning a license!
Your video did certainly help.
Hey Stef, have been watching your channel for a while now. EYZ is a beast! Congrats on the international flight, and appreciate the documentation of it. 🙌🙌
He Steph, great video again. Would love to see you visit Narromine NSW some time.
first coment
im literaly watching this 1 minute after the video got posted, love the video's keep it up. My dream is to be a pilot ad i've been watching your videos to learn everything!
Thanks for being here early Glen, great to have you here.
Congrats on another great video Stef. This series shows some of the , I think, necessary preparations for your around the world trip. It is much better to prepare to fail than to Fail to prepare. Looking forward to more of this.
Great video! This definitely makes me want to buy my own plane and maybe fly around the world in it one day 😮
Bloody brilliant!! Thank you!!
Really, really enjoyed video. Thanks.
I have to say that your editing skills are amazing.... I had to rewatch the first episode just to have that "PREVIOUSLY ON STEFAN AWSOMENESS" then watch this new one... amazing work, can't wait for the next episode
Congratulations Stef 👏👏
And here I thought planning Glasgow to Bruges was a big deal... good on you!
Must've been epic and scary to do this solo! nice one!
0:58 made me cringe. I get that spraying fuel on the tarmac is a thing in other parts of the world - it was how we did it here when I learned how to fly 25 years ago... but if you get caught doing that here now, you'd get at the very least a stern talking to or in certain places a fine.
absolutly love your content! always look forward to the new videos
Thanks Tristan, I appreciate that
To be rich, to fly your own plane. Oh well maybe in the afterlife. Thank you for your videos it helps the poor that is i to imagine.
Great insight
G'day Mate, love your channel. What kind of plane is Victor Hotel Echo Yankee Zulu? I'm glad that you were able to make the trek to East Teamore from Melbourne solo. That must have been a massive accomplishment. Years ago, boats were the main source of transportation between countries. One such navigator was Joshua Slockam who sailed alone around the wrold in his sloop called The Spray. And yes, he visited Australia as well during his travels. My home country is Canada and we're bordered by USA and Mexico. So, if you were to take your aircraft from Canada's east coast and go south for a long while, you'd be in America. In fact, a four-hour direct flight from Halifax will take you directly to Orlando Florida. Two hours will take you to New York and I'm aware that Qantas has operations from JFK international airport. Love Qantas by the way, I'd love to come and see your country.
As always… awesome!
Great video.. waiting for next chapter
Thanks for following the series Neeraj.
@@StefanDrury how does it feels at top when flying alone ..above and gazing the blue ocean .. what are things in your mind.. hope if you want to share that experience?
I think at 3:33 he said "Roger, continue trying, contact Brisbane"
Good Video Stef ❤
Thanks Sean
chucking the avgas onto the ramp would get you a nice little fine in California... and it's not really good for the ground water. Just take a sample and look for the water separating from the fuel. Water is heavier so it'll settle at the bottom.
Trouble is what happens if there is a lot of water at the bottom of the tank, ie if the fuel is contaminated, and you drain nothing but water. Then you won't see any separation. The evaporation test is a good way to ensure what you've drained is fuel and not water. It's how I've been taught and what we do here in Australia.
Love your work!
Excellent video, well done..
You know you've been staring at Garmin for a long time when instead of saying "Darwin" you say "Darmin" on the radio :)
Good video Stefan.
Thank you
great videos
yes for the avgas technique but make sure you are on a fueling pad when doing so. Many countries have enviro laws and doing this on a non designated surface can get you in trouble
Welcome back to Australia :)
Part 91 when it came into force in Australia has a higher ceiling without oxygen anyway to match the US.
Great Vid! When is the round-the-world kicking off?
Get a Sat phone … worked well for communication with ATC when we went to Norfolk Island
Good job.
you should come back to aldinga in sa. i saw a video where you went there. it is a good airport or goolwa which is another good airport
Hi Stefan, i've been flying from Dili to Darwin under my X-Plane 12 sr22 simulator. It's quite a long way. over 3hrs flying time. Isn'it a bit bothering? (Alain , from Reunion )
There is one thing I’ve been wondering about with all these long flights close together is fatigue management. How do you ensure you are getting enough rest and recovery time?
The spray. The spray, the whole way?? Guess the O2 helped that!
Great video! Does EYZ have a HF antenna in the event you were to take it into oceanic airspace (ie. to New Zealand)?
Good question, but no there is no HF on EYZ and I have no plans to install one. It's pretty complex and intrusive on the fibreglass airframe.
nice vid mate!
Thank you
Great video again. What’s the whole thing with the spray and not opening the door? I’m confused.
Great video. How difficult is it to get you oxygen supply re-filled?
that is so-low of you to leave that old guy in east timor!
That must have been scary flying over all that water with only 1 engine!
You certainly get more focussed at monitoring engine temperatures and pressures. But ultimately the aircraft doesn't know if it's over water or land, so you have to treat it as another flight.
I had a heart attack at 4:29 😂
Can I be a pilot if I have one sided deafness? And I can't hear extremely high pitches at all, but speech range in the good side is fine and normal.
What is the thing you sprayed in the cockpit ??
Excuse my ignorance, but why are you calling Brisbane when heading to Darwin?
Brisbane Centre looks after the North “1/2” of Australia, and Melbourne centre does the Southern 1/2 for enroute operations, until his aircraft is closer to Darwin.
Stef if you could see another aircraft on TCAS or visually would you try a relay for ATC?
Yes good call, that actually happened to me over the Outback on the way up to Darwin. But the radios were pretty quiet over the Timor Sea that day.
Just wondering. How much one needs to pay for landing rights or ground handling charges if there's any?
Nice one. Thanks Stef! What was total fuel use?
Good reason to fly a Diamond - Jet A1 - 😉(don't hate me, I love your vids 👍🏻)
Ha, no Jet A1 gives you a lot more refuelling options for sure.
Wait, how does an airport not have av gas? Isn't that the standard aviation fuel?
Hi Stefan can you fly to Bangkok But if you can’t it’s okay.
Never be afraid to skip talking to us if you need to concentrate on the flyling :D Aviate - Navigate - Communicate - Content Create.
Have you tried Flighty yet ?
I think they said 5 seconds of spray not 10!
Respectfully, what do you do for a living? I’m just curious how you’re able to afford to fly like you do, I don’t know how expensive it is down under but I’ve found it to be pretty dang expensive in the States. Great vid!
I am curious to know the mechanics of how the oxygen is produced that a pilot breathes above 10,000?
Pressured Oxygen in a bottle with release valve 😇
Honest question here since you are flying over water for a long time do you have a life vest and life raft in case the unexpected occur. seen other channels the pilots had them when they fly over water. plus i do not know the rules in your part of the world.
Yes absolutely. I have a life raft on the back seat and was wearing a life jacket for the entire flight. That's per the regulations but I would do that anyway. I'm making a "how to" video with a lot of technical details about these flights at the end of the series, that will cover emergency equipment as well.
woooo im early but epic video
What’s the spray you used at the start of the video?
It's the insecticide spray, I talk about it in at the start of the previous episode here: th-cam.com/video/wFfRdJz4XuM/w-d-xo.html
@@StefanDrury Thank you for clearing it up. Great vids and I really do learn a lot from them! Keep up the great work and safe travel son your next adventure!
How did your friend manage to arrange a delivery of Avgas to the airport?
Michael has worked with the Dili Airport authorities to ensure Avgas is available for pilots like myself. I'm making a "how to" video at the end of this series which hopefully will help other pilots do trips like this themselves.
You passed another Cirrus coming the other way from Singapore to Darwin on your way over to Timor.
Any idea what the registration was of the other Cirrus?
Hi Stef, I thought you couldn’t be in the flight levels if VFR?
My guess is he was using QNE when over the water without any service being able to give him the correct pressure.
You can't be in class A airspace but I'm guessing that extends down to FL180 over the Timor, so he was probably fine in VFR. Stef has instrument rating anyway so with a flight plan filed he'd be allowed up there anyway 😅
was it all VFR?
It's these sorts of activities that inspire me to become a pilot (lessons and instruction in process for my rpl at the moment). I'd love to take on one of these adventures, especially as I'm based in Victoria like yourself. An interesting idea that came to my mind is this: Why stop at East Timor? Why not continue towards Singapore?
Can't be good breathing that spray in??
❤️ (What else is there to say?)
U.S. Customs don’t mind if you open the door but you do NOT get out of the plane until they say so.
A dumb question, if you need to go to the toilet, what do you do?
you don't
My family are travelling overland from the UK to Australia to see family this year and the hardest part is getting from East Timor to Darwin. Does anyone know of any body who charters small propeller planes? We are not made of money but the three of us could pay roughly 800 AUS dollars each if it was possible...any suggestions gratefully received!