DA20 ferry flight Day 2: dawn to dusk across the country in a small airplane - alone! 

If I could offer a suggestion to make ferry flight videos a little more interesting, just maybe a look from over your shoulder at the panel or over the cowl from time to time would break up the single fixed camera viewpoint. No one is going to get tired of looking at you but as long as you’re taking us along, please let us see some of what you’re seeing as well. Thanks for posting.

I'm NOT a pilot but I "LOVE" aircraft. I'm an old(er) guy and it was always a dream but an unrealized dream. Thank you for sharing your flights and the processes. Even if I never learn to fly, I'm learning the language and methods by watching and listening. It's the next best thing! Thank you SO very much. There are many channels I follow and I recently found and added yours. May your skies always be clear and the wind calm. Thanks again !!!

Just stumbled on this channel and I have to say, it's my favorite aviation channel right now. Very back to basics and I love your sense of humor and attitude. Well done!

You are setting a great example on how to fly safely.

Great video. I love your calm nature in flight, checklist call outs, radio calls, and cockpit Management. I learn the things I do right in the diamond, the things I can do better, and the things I’ve never done and should through your posts. Safe flight, Hayley. I’m a big fan. 😊

That last landing has a cool view of a tall shadow of the plane.

Love it!!!

Great video Hayley! You are perhaps the only pilot I’ve ever seen smile while announcing a 40kt headwind 😮 Not having an autopilot for such a long flight is tough but keeps you on your toes especially when you’re by yourself. The 40 is the sedan, the 20 is the sports car! Nice snack haul for the final leg, cup holder for your coffee? The plane’s shadow as you touched down in San Angelo was amazing, I hope you caught that. Right seat was a bit crowded but thanks for taking me along 🤗 BTW…love your “radio” voice!

Liked the shadow of your plane off the left wing. San Angelo has special memories from AF days.

The visibility from the Diamond is just amazing. I enjoy your videos, a lot, your love of aviation really comes through. Looking forward to more. 🌷

Great Video, inspiring to get flying. Also its interesting this loose of Layers, keeps watching the Video till end :-)))))

There's nothing like flying parallel to an interstate into a headwind and watching the cars pass me! ALSO, it was way cool seeing your plane's shadow as you touched down!

Loving the videos, you are Gorgeous smart with a good sense of humor.

Would enjoy seeing more of your ferry flights, cheers and Happy Holidays!

I did a pair of discovery flights in a DA 20 when I was taking soaring lessons. That was almost 20 years ago. I think it was a great trainer. And fun to fly.

I got the privilege of flying a Jabiru from Central Cal to Redwing MN in one day. I had a 11 hr flying day, it was fantastic! Fun flight you made with that nice DA 20. Thanks for taking us along!

Well done! I dig the long haul pro tip: gummi worms and coffee. If you come back through Nashville again say hi! Enjoyed meeting you last year for a sec and getting shown around the rockstar Diamond.

Ardmore has some good mom and pop restaurants. Thumbs up 👍

I love flying but dang that was a long day! Stay safe and thank you for my flying fix for the day!

Great fun flying with you!

Hello Hayley, My congratulations once again on your brilliant flying by your DA 20 ferry flight across the country. You will be a successful pilot Hayley someday

Great job

Great "greaser" landings, Hayley! Especially that tricky crosswind in MO. Thanks for taking us along!

You did a great job

Great video..

Great Video Hayley and happy holidays with love from Liverpool UK.

thanks for answering the comment I gave, I am not a pilot but enjoy watching the the view from videos like you are making thanks for the nice videos

Good morning from Minnesota! Great episode it was super fun to watch your Shadow come in and meet you at the runway on your last Landing

Very well done, Hayley. Keep them coming.

Enjoy your flight and happy birthday to your grandma!

quickly becoming a hugh fan of yours , even though I’m not a pilot, and I love your level of professionalism. Clearly it shows how much you love your piloting and “ferrying”career! Kudos to you Hayley. I’ve always been drawn and fascinated W aviation, however, at 68 yrs (young) I most likely will only get as close to flying in a simulator. :). Keep making your awesome videos please . And hope one day you can find your way to PWM (Portland, Maine USA). :)

Yay for Naples and your grandma. I grew up in Naples :)

Thanks Haley!

Nice video, seems lot of fun :)

Thanks for the trip and nice flying! ✈️

Another great video Hayley. Merry Christmas to you and your family.

Hayley…..nice video and all your landings were so smooth. Wish I could have flown with you. Thanks for sharing.

Just started watching your videos - love it.

Great Flying! Great video!

Great accomplishment and a great video.

Thanks so very much for sharing your experience and your nice trip and please keep on making your videos and as always fly safely

Good conversation and excelant landing

Another great video

Great video, great video production…

Nice, well done.

really cool footage and vlog! I'm a fan and a subscriber :)

Awesome flight

I love these small airports in the middle of nowhere USA. Near my home is Greybull,Wyoming and Cowley. Cheaper fuel than home field. Really cool at sunset. Not a sound. Bighorn mountains in the background . No where else in the world has so many small municipal airports. Canada, Australia and New Zealand have them. Hope they’re still here in 100 years.

Hello Hayley. Your Day 1 video did a much better job to show the audience the transitions of different terrains and the approach at each airport. Future pilots can use that video to learn a lot about flying VFR, as going around the weather, but using a some IFR flying technics to increase safety. Regards.

Enjoyed your video and in particular, your landing at our small airport in San Angelo. I know a few students of ASU who attend Skyline and I have watched them flying as I play golf near the airport.

Excellent vlog, it was very enjoyable. In the future, you may consider a forward-view camera too. Maybe you could include a little information about the airports you visit, especially neat little facilities. You might mention the runway length and width and a little something, with images of the facility itself. I love flying into these little airports when I fly cross country but I leave time to chat a little to the staff. Neat stuff. Keep up your work.

Like Hayley's comments...

The deicing reminded me of when I tried to help scrape frost off of a composite wing with a credit card! The humidity was such that the cold wing refrosted as fast as we scraped it off! Alcohol much better!! It's a bit mind-boggling that that teeny layer of frost completely kills lift...🫨

Very nice video. Thanks for sharing this awesome experience. You make me want to fly a DA20. In the future I'd like to see some video of the panel and view out over the cowling (hand held cell phone video when the workload is low, would be fine). Years ago I stopped at KSJT in a C150 on my commercial long cross-country.

Ardmore was a regular stop for us when I was a kid. We would camp and Lake Murray.

Hope to see you at Frontier airlines in the near future!

Excellent video! What great weather to fly in. . . It’s even more impressive watching you go effortlessly through your checklist flows without reading them - is that all committed to memory and does that confidence come from being a commercial pilot?

I liked that you knew why the rpms were lower climbing out of your fuel stop. I aborted a take off as a student pilot during a solo because I hadn't been taught that you don't make full rpm while dragging a plane down the runway. LOL Keep up the good work!

Wish we had got to see more of the trip.

My longest flight may have been from east of Tampa Florida to Colorado Springs. That was in an RV-6A with two-axis autopilot. I generally cruised over 10,000' to get smooth cool air and less chance of other traffic. I did have supplemental oxygen which I used often.

27:15 "how do you hear?" "say again?" well, that answers that question 😆

Sorry for having a headwind most the time, it's difficult in a DA20 .... you managed great 😀

Loved your content, and yes please see if you can a camera pointing forward and to the panel. Have fun and safe travels

Hi there Hayley. Fun watching you fly! I am really impressed with your greaser landings and thorough , not rushed, use of the checklists. Do you visually check the free travel and position correctness of flaps for both wings on your pre-takeoff check?

Loving these videos Hayley, I'm enjoying catching up on all these cool trips. Thanks for taking us along 🤙

What is this magic? That thing flys without coffee? What? :)

Wow! That approach at KADM looked rough! Turbulence is one thing I'm not a fan of.

Very nice videos with nice smiles. Hayley.your description is very interesting. It is suggested to occasionly make a change by showing the outside of the plane by tilti ng camera in different positiins instead of keeping it fixed at one position all the time

Hi Hayley, I am new to your channel and enjoying it. I agree with one of the comments of having a camera looking at the panel once in a while would be nice. BTW have you met ferry pilot Micke Lang he flies from the factory in Austria. Safe travels. I hope you will have more frequent videos.

We get to enjoy flying with you as you ferry planes from the manufacturer in Canada to the States. Thank you, but that always raises the question, how do you get back to Canada? Do you fly on a commercial flight? If so, it has to be a bear getting from the small airports where you deliver to an airport major enough to have significant commercial traffic schedule. Do you have a passport from Canada or is it from the USA? You are going to fill up that passport with rubber stamps with two for each plane you deliver across the border. I have to say, yours is probably the most interesting aviation channel on the internet! Keep up the good work!! Ignore the trolls which love to discourage every interesting channel on the internet!! Please do not let them discourage you!! Keep recording! Keep editing! Keep publishing! Keep up the good work you have been doing!! Your fan base is counting on you!! T H A N K Y O U ! ! !

Awesome videos. I love the commentary along the flight. Why do you play music as you approach landing???

Great videos. I'm enjoying this ferry flight. What are your thoughts on the use of flight following for longer XC flights? I know it's optional, just curious as you mentioned monitoring guard and I'm curious about your experiences with flight following vs guard as another layer of safety on these flights.

Are you aware that when you cross the state line into Oklahoma, you are REQUIRED to sing the song "Oklahoma!" for us? It's in the FAA regulations!!

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I'll be your passenger, Always wanted to learn how to fly 14 year military aviation service tech at CFB Cold Lake

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“Long-ass wings” - that’s an industry term? Happy Holidays Ley.

you might like a charging stick for your phone, I got mine from amazon, lots to chose from

Plane looks slippery lol ..ur handling it smooth like a waffle

I’m new to your channel

Is this your favorite plane in this segment? I was just looking at some of Diamond's other models. Autopilot seems like a must have.

Going to Bentonville Arkansas from Lexington and flew over StLouis?!?!

How did you get in to doing ferry flights? I’m wanting to do that. I’m retired from the army after 26 years on active duty. I have no desire to fly for the airlines. Would love to do ferry flights as a side gig in retirement. Taking my commercial check ride on 4 Jan. Did entire commercial in the DA40 - I love this plane.

Did you fly VFR, whole flight ??? ps- loved the music!

You mentioned 'Fuel Burn' but you don't mention indicated GPM very often during the flight legs.

If only I had a girlfriend that flew planes. Pretty chill and informative when learning cros country flying and obeying the airspace rules. Is she a Longhorn or Aggie? Grandpa was in Civil Air Patrol. Uncle was my instructor.

if you come to ca stop at ksbd

With the music playing at that volume, I couldn’t understand either the controller or you.

What do you think is the hardest question/part while doing the private pilot’s written exam?

Do you always fly solo or do you fly with any passengers?

Excuse us, there is ALWAYS weather!

I see you are flying VFR does that mean you don't have your IFR ticket or was it just faster, I found out the other day you can get your commercial without being IFR as long as you have the hours in

Can you put the link in here for the flight school?

you used ckeck iest good

Does this plane have an heater

Hayley, are you mixing IFR and VFR during your cross country ?

What is your go to music while flying

when you fuel the plane your self is there something that grounds the plane to prevent a spark.

I’m kinda shocked this new diamond wasn’t optioned with auto pilot or even a USB to charge your electronics. Idk..

do you train pilot ?