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I flew solo across the Timor Sea 

Stefan Drury
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Flying a single engine airplane over the Timor Sea I lose radio signal a few hundred miles off the Australian coast. See the flight, hear ATC calls, and watch how I fly from East Timor to Darwin in this flight vlog.
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@stumasters1022
@stumasters1022 Год назад
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.
@kamevlr
@kamevlr Год назад
Feels illegal to be this early
@StefanDrury
@StefanDrury Год назад
Illegal high-five ✋
@joshthomasdrums3944
@joshthomasdrums3944 Год назад
Tell me about it! Just finished watching the other two as I came across them today and this one came just in time!
@StefanDrury
@StefanDrury Год назад
@@joshthomasdrums3944 thanks Josh, hope you’re enjoying the series
@ttnkqy2857
@ttnkqy2857 Год назад
Amazing series! 👍🏼
@advanbri
@advanbri Год назад
@@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.
@junhyuklee2225
@junhyuklee2225 Год назад
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!!
@stephenwalker3072
@stephenwalker3072 Год назад
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.
@cageordie
@cageordie Год назад
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.
@GolfonFlying
@GolfonFlying Год назад
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.
@yrguitar1
@yrguitar1 Год назад
Great video!!! Always love following the great stories you post. Keep it up!
@stevegalanis2895
@stevegalanis2895 Год назад
Love your work!
@edenhunter9904
@edenhunter9904 Год назад
Good on you buddy - I'm glad somebody is doing something interesting!
@techreview8661
@techreview8661 Год назад
You have no idea how long I’ve been waiting to see this video. So excited to watch it.🎉
@generickiwi
@generickiwi Год назад
I cannot lie, I gave a thumbs up when Milkshake took pride and place on the dash!
@tophatter15
@tophatter15 Год назад
Bloody brilliant!! Thank you!!
@jazkrackers
@jazkrackers Год назад
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. 🙌🙌
@davidmatchett2947
@davidmatchett2947 Год назад
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.
@GriffonVoid
@GriffonVoid Год назад
I love your videos, they really made me 100% want to be a pilot
@jimmythetrumpet3632
@jimmythetrumpet3632 Год назад
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.
@Trizza84
@Trizza84 Год назад
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.
@headsbrainmode
@headsbrainmode Год назад
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
@davevanbeers6944
@davevanbeers6944 Год назад
As always… awesome!
@trevorduncan9635
@trevorduncan9635 Год назад
Keeps these flight videos coming....so interesting...especially the behind the screen video coming up. Cheers mate
@gavinsullivan9015
@gavinsullivan9015 Год назад
Loving these videos - great bit of vicarious living thanks
@NikosWings
@NikosWings Год назад
Another amazing story! Thank you for sharing
@tristanlifshitz7368
@tristanlifshitz7368 Год назад
absolutly love your content! always look forward to the new videos
@StefanDrury
@StefanDrury Год назад
Thanks Tristan, I appreciate that
@akshats
@akshats Год назад
Great video buddy! Pushing myself to start with that first step in earning a license! Your video did certainly help.
@steini6771
@steini6771 Год назад
Well done and great vid. Thank you, Stefan -
@wayneschenk5512
@wayneschenk5512 Год назад
Great insight
@t8312
@t8312 Год назад
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
@PubliusNaso
@PubliusNaso Год назад
3:35 I reckon that was "continue trying... contact Brisbane" Really enjoying this series!
@manunathan12
@manunathan12 Год назад
Good ears mate
@D989501L
@D989501L Год назад
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 🇬🇧
@hugelavalava
@hugelavalava Год назад
Congratulations Stef 👏👏
@markarm51
@markarm51 Год назад
Really, really enjoyed video. Thanks.
@Glyrez
@Glyrez Год назад
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!
@climpy69
@climpy69 Год назад
Love your content mate, such awesome adventures
@StefanDrury
@StefanDrury Год назад
Thanks Climpy, I appreciate you watching
@happywilliam1
@happywilliam1 Год назад
Found your channel today, loving the videos and the adventure! Cheers from Sweden :)
@StefanDrury
@StefanDrury Год назад
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.
@faisalsultan892
@faisalsultan892 Год назад
Must've been epic and scary to do this solo! nice one!
@IT-sq5rj
@IT-sq5rj Год назад
Good to see your mate stayed. I thought it was the old '2 goes to over, one comes back'.
@AshleyWincer
@AshleyWincer Год назад
Excellent video, well done..
@glenonyango9660
@glenonyango9660 Год назад
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!
@StefanDrury
@StefanDrury Год назад
Thanks for being here early Glen, great to have you here.
@AvSeb-
@AvSeb- Год назад
Great video! This definitely makes me want to buy my own plane and maybe fly around the world in it one day 😮
@abhinavmaliakal3679
@abhinavmaliakal3679 Год назад
This is amazing! It's like Echo Yankee Zulu another character in this adventure!
@ResmeN
@ResmeN Год назад
Great flight. Whilst there wish you'd gone further to Indonesia. Perhaps on your next expedition up north
@benfrost5317
@benfrost5317 Год назад
He Steph, great video again. Would love to see you visit Narromine NSW some time.
@QFWP
@QFWP Год назад
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.
@fireflyrobert
@fireflyrobert Год назад
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.
@newbleppmore7855
@newbleppmore7855 Год назад
great videos
@007knick
@007knick Год назад
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
@StefanDrury
@StefanDrury Год назад
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...? 😉
@seanbrown6711
@seanbrown6711 Год назад
didnt expect myslef to be watching this but hey enjoyed the whole trip! Would love to do this
@StefanDrury
@StefanDrury Год назад
Thanks Sean, glad you're enjoying the series.
@tomdchi12
@tomdchi12 Год назад
I'm looking forward to as much flying and x-country "nitty gritty" as you care to share in your next video!
@neerajs1988
@neerajs1988 Год назад
Great video.. waiting for next chapter
@StefanDrury
@StefanDrury Год назад
Thanks for following the series Neeraj.
@neerajs1988
@neerajs1988 Год назад
@@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?
@Asirsean
@Asirsean Год назад
Good Video Stef ❤
@StefanDrury
@StefanDrury Год назад
Thanks Sean
@DeadReckoner
@DeadReckoner Год назад
And here I thought planning Glasgow to Bruges was a big deal... good on you!
@OldFliersGroup
@OldFliersGroup Год назад
Good video Stefan.
@StefanDrury
@StefanDrury Год назад
Thank you
@rimmington01
@rimmington01 Год назад
Welcome back to Australia :)
@Simleybob
@Simleybob Год назад
Great video again. What’s the whole thing with the spray and not opening the door? I’m confused.
@09shadowjet
@09shadowjet Год назад
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.
@fox111qc
@fox111qc Год назад
What is that disinfectant about? Never seen that before!
@09shadowjet
@09shadowjet Год назад
@@fox111qc Apparently it's to kill insects so flights arriving from "third world" countries won't contaminate Australia.
@WayStedYou
@WayStedYou Год назад
@@fox111qc probably to stop invasive insects between countries
@tonycook2347
@tonycook2347 Год назад
Good job.
@flyingdownunderQLD
@flyingdownunderQLD Год назад
Nice one. Thanks Stef! What was total fuel use?
@dabguy0018
@dabguy0018 Год назад
nice vid mate!
@StefanDrury
@StefanDrury Год назад
Thank you
@pengo369
@pengo369 Год назад
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.
@theVtuberCh
@theVtuberCh Год назад
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?
@Kiwi_Pilot
@Kiwi_Pilot Год назад
Great Vid! When is the round-the-world kicking off?
@gravitysdaughtr
@gravitysdaughtr Год назад
woooo im early but epic video
@JohnVK5JAK
@JohnVK5JAK 11 месяцев назад
Great video. How difficult is it to get you oxygen supply re-filled?
@Jack-ub8kc
@Jack-ub8kc Год назад
Great video! Does EYZ have a HF antenna in the event you were to take it into oceanic airspace (ie. to New Zealand)?
@StefanDrury
@StefanDrury Год назад
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.
@PhantomPlays48
@PhantomPlays48 Год назад
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
@dentonw6ir0qf15
@dentonw6ir0qf15 Год назад
I think at 3:33 he said "Roger, continue trying, contact Brisbane"
@CherylWiggle1390
@CherylWiggle1390 Год назад
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.
@impulseaviation253
@impulseaviation253 Год назад
Stef if you could see another aircraft on TCAS or visually would you try a relay for ATC?
@StefanDrury
@StefanDrury Год назад
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.
@frankiecampos8909
@frankiecampos8909 Год назад
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!
@Tom-lw4sx
@Tom-lw4sx Год назад
That must have been scary flying over all that water with only 1 engine!
@StefanDrury
@StefanDrury Год назад
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.
@TomCook1993
@TomCook1993 Год назад
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.
@StefanDrury
@StefanDrury Год назад
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.
@macedonranges
@macedonranges Год назад
Get a Sat phone … worked well for communication with ATC when we went to Norfolk Island
@glennwatson
@glennwatson Год назад
Part 91 when it came into force in Australia has a higher ceiling without oxygen anyway to match the US.
@Nogapniba
@Nogapniba Год назад
What is the thing you sprayed in the cockpit ??
@loremaable
@loremaable Год назад
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 )
@kickass122112
@kickass122112 Год назад
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
@ya_hya
@ya_hya Год назад
that is so-low of you to leave that old guy in east timor!
@ariesguy0382
@ariesguy0382 Год назад
Just wondering. How much one needs to pay for landing rights or ground handling charges if there's any?
@joelvanleeuw5144
@joelvanleeuw5144 Год назад
was it all VFR?
@The-Filmguy
@The-Filmguy Год назад
Good reason to fly a Diamond - Jet A1 - 😉(don't hate me, I love your vids 👍🏻)
@StefanDrury
@StefanDrury Год назад
Ha, no Jet A1 gives you a lot more refuelling options for sure.
@Vousie
@Vousie Год назад
Wait, how does an airport not have av gas? Isn't that the standard aviation fuel?
@emgtvlogs
@emgtvlogs Год назад
I had a heart attack at 4:29 😂
@randc47
@randc47 Год назад
The spray. The spray, the whole way?? Guess the O2 helped that!
@ninjaroo882
@ninjaroo882 Год назад
How did your friend manage to arrange a delivery of Avgas to the airport?
@StefanDrury
@StefanDrury Год назад
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.
@smallbeginning2
@smallbeginning2 Год назад
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.
@pigehdhddjd
@pigehdhddjd Год назад
Hi Stefan can you fly to Bangkok But if you can’t it’s okay.
@yournamehere7182
@yournamehere7182 Год назад
Have you tried Flighty yet ?
@Eltoca21
@Eltoca21 Год назад
I am curious to know the mechanics of how the oxygen is produced that a pilot breathes above 10,000?
@dtsh4451
@dtsh4451 Год назад
Pressured Oxygen in a bottle with release valve 😇
@kieranedwards5347
@kieranedwards5347 Год назад
Excuse my ignorance, but why are you calling Brisbane when heading to Darwin?
@brotherblonde
@brotherblonde Год назад
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.
@gorionzorander2943
@gorionzorander2943 Год назад
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.
@StefanDrury
@StefanDrury Год назад
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.
@ILiveInTrees
@ILiveInTrees Год назад
Hi Stef, I thought you couldn’t be in the flight levels if VFR?
@pavelsmolin849
@pavelsmolin849 Год назад
My guess is he was using QNE when over the water without any service being able to give him the correct pressure.
@scocking0
@scocking0 Год назад
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 😅
@kevinkauffman8825
@kevinkauffman8825 Год назад
What’s the spray you used at the start of the video?
@StefanDrury
@StefanDrury Год назад
It's the insecticide spray, I talk about it in at the start of the previous episode here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-wFfRdJz4XuM.html
@kevinkauffman8825
@kevinkauffman8825 Год назад
@@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!
@wildfire8341
@wildfire8341 Год назад
What did you spray in your cockpit?
@StefanDrury
@StefanDrury Год назад
Hello, I talk about the spray at the start of the previous episode here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-wFfRdJz4XuM.html
@marsgal42
@marsgal42 Год назад
❤️ (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.
@pcoussa
@pcoussa Год назад
Can't be good breathing that spray in??
@olliew8286
@olliew8286 Год назад
What was the spray?
@StefanDrury
@StefanDrury Год назад
Hey Ollie, I talk about the spray at the start the previous episode: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-wFfRdJz4XuM.html
@katelights
@katelights Год назад
Never be afraid to skip talking to us if you need to concentrate on the flyling :D Aviate - Navigate - Communicate - Content Create.
@Doofenshmirtz1088
@Doofenshmirtz1088 Год назад
Why did he spray the cockpit and then sit in it?
@StefanDrury
@StefanDrury Год назад
Hey Murad, check out the start of the previous episode, I talk about the spray there: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-wFfRdJz4XuM.html
@GlensHangar
@GlensHangar Год назад
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.
@thespacedingoking
@thespacedingoking Год назад
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?
@WayStedYou
@WayStedYou Год назад
I think they said 5 seconds of spray not 10!
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