Part 5 - Iceland to Greenland Ocean Crossing Flight over the North Atlantic in a DA62.
The biggest General Aviation flight I’ve ever flown! Austria to Canada.
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In this multi-part series, the largest #generalaviation project in FlightChops history, ride along with us as we team up with the Diamond Aircraft ferry crew and act as pilot flying on delivery of a new DA-62 light twin aircraft from Vienna, Austria to Diamond Aircraft’s Canadian base in London, Ontario Canada.
In this fifth episode of the series, we’re again packed into the survival suits in the DA62 and first real part of the Atlantic #oceancrossing from Iceland to Greenland. Micke is following behind in the DA42, allowing us to bird dog for weather using sophisticated weather radar and Garmin avionics fitted on the DA-62. This flight was #IFR but we were above the main cloud layer for most of the journey. Arriving in Greenland we had a little fun on the visual approach and nearly called a go around to do it again (joking!). We were hoping for a clear approach to see some of the scenery and managed to get down low enough to see the start of the glacier at the beginning of our descent..
View the full playlist of this series:
• Atlantic Ocean Crossin...
Micke’s latest episode (which expands on why we’re wearing immersion suits):
• DA42-VI ATLANTIC CROSS...
ForeFlight was along for the entire journey providing all our charts and flight planning tools. Their international capabilities are a must have for any pilot, let alone those flying through six countries in one day.
During my DA62 familiarization flight at Diamond Aircraft’s base in London, Ontario prior to departing for Austria, I tested the Bose ProFlight in-ear headset; I already knew it was comfortable, but I wanted to see how the active noise canceling held up, and it was impressive - I am not surprised it is what Micke wears exclusively when flying Diamond Twins (which are admittedly quieter than most regular piston powered aircraft).
As the journey unfolds, we will continue to release more awesome extended/raw exclusive footage to Patreon supporters.
Keep an eye out as we release each #oceancrossing episode back to back over the coming weeks!
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I am a "weekend warrior" private pilot, I fly for fun with no intentions of going commercial. I have had my PPL for over 15 years, but still consider each flight a learning experience - I generally take detailed notes after each flight to remind myself what went well or what I could do to improve.... Having GoPro cameras to record flights like this is invaluable. I find these self analysis videos very helpful in my constant quest to improve, and am happy to share. Feedback is invited; however, please keep it positive.
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10 мар 2022
