Stefan Drury
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I found a way to fly again!
I received some positive health news this week so I decided to try and get some flight sim practise in to remind of how much I enjoy flying around Melbourne. I also need to practise flying a Cirrus SR22 G6 to have a refresher in the avionics and cockpit layout before a trip that's coming up. So today I'm firing up X-Plane 12 and doing some flight sim practise.
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Why you can't call yourself a pilot anymore
zhlédnutí 25KPřed dnem
I've been grounded. I can't fly. So what do you do, and what do you call yourself when you can no longer do the thing that defines you? I talk about my situation, what I've been doing since I've been grounded, and why I think I can't call myself a pilot anymore. More about me and my adventures: stef747.com Behind the scenes, photos, and more video content: stef747 Music by Epidemi...
Landing at an RAAF Base at the Worst Possible Time
zhlédnutí 72KPřed 14 dny
Facing bad weather and a restricted military airport as we fly to RAAF Point Cook to watch my friend complete a historical aviation achievement. Nobody else was flying today, you'll see why when you watch this video. Follow the flight, hear ATC radio calls, watch us as we try and land at a restricted airport in bad weather, and see Michael Smith complete his circumnavigation of Australia 100 ye...
My 5-Hour Aviation Adventure With No Planning!
zhlédnutí 15KPřed 14 dny
I haven't travelled since my operation, so I bought a random air fare to this Australian city. I tour around the city, trying to find interesting things to see and do in the short time I have there. Note this is not a paid advert for SkyScanner, I just used their search function to find some cheap last minute flights. More about me and my adventures: stef747.com ✈️ GET EXCLUSIVE FLYING CONTENT ...
My First Flight Back After Brain Surgery
zhlédnutí 25KPřed měsícem
Flying a Cirrus SR22 at sunset over Melbourne, my first flight back since brain surgery. Watch us flying around the bay, over container ships, across to Melbourne's CBD and around the city at sunset on My First Trip Back. Hear ATC radio calls, watch the take-off and landing, and see inside the cockpit on what was, at times, a DIFFICULT 1st Flight Back on the Job. More about me and my adventures...
Visiting 747s in their last resting places
zhlédnutí 31KPřed měsícem
Where are all the 747s now, and how can you see them? Here are some of the 747s I've been to recently and others around the world that you can visit today. If you love the 747 like me I hope you'll find this tribute to the Jumbo Jet interesting, and hopefully you'll be able to go visit some of the 747s around the world as well. ME: stef747.com MY GEAR: stef747.com/gear/ 📸 Behind the scenes, pho...
Life as a pilot after brain surgery
zhlédnutí 53KPřed měsícem
It's done! I had brain surgery to remove a tumour - here's my experience of brain tumor surgery, see how the operation went, what happened in hospital, and what my future looks like for me after the tumour was removed. It's great to be Back from brain surgery. There are some details of my operation and brain tumour pathology that I've chosen not to include in this video as I want to keep some a...
Our last crazy adventure before saying goodbye to EYZ
zhlédnutí 60KPřed 2 měsíci
My last flight in my Cirrus SR22 - I go out with some friends for a final day of aviation fun in Australia. We fly out of Melbourne to a local airfield for a coffee, then head West over bushfire affected areas to a regional airport for lunch and to watch the gliders before flying home to Moorabbin Airport. This will be the last flight I do before having an operation on a brain tumour, but I'm h...
Flying the BRAND NEW Qantas A220
zhlédnutí 41KPřed 3 měsíci
Onboard the NEW Qantas A220 operated by QantasLink. See the new Airbus A220 aircraft, the economy / business class experience, the new cabin interior, and find out how you can fly on this new aircraft as Qantas introduce them to new services this year. I'm flying from Melbourne Tullamarine Airport to Canberra and back to try out the new Qantas Airbus A220-300 aircraft replacing the existing Boe...
So, I have a Brain Tumour
zhlédnutí 112KPřed 3 měsíci
I have a sad health update - I have a brain tumour. Here's what it means for me as a pilot, whether I'll fly again, and what's going to happen next. Not the usual happy/silly video adventure that I usually like to post, but I wanted to be honest with you and share this change in my life. Thanks for all the support that everyone has shown to me so far. If I can use this video to just encourage a...
Flying to the World's SHORTEST MOUNTAIN
zhlédnutí 20KPřed 4 měsíci
A challenging landing on a TINY dirt strip at a deserted Australian airport to climb the World's SHORTEST Mountain. Departing through Melbourne's Class C controlled airspace, hear ATC calls, watch a low-pass inspection of the narrowest gravel strip I've tried landing on, and see how I fly to rural Australia in my Cirrus SR22 to visit this record breaking mountain. Aircraft is a Cirrus SR22 G3 f...
Recharge your social battery with this pilot trick
zhlédnutí 18KPřed 4 měsíci
After a few busy social weeks I go for a flight to recharge my batteries and enjoy the solitude of private aviation. See the 2024 Australian Open from above. Filmed in a Cirrus SR22 G3 in Melbourne, Australia. Aircraft is VH-EYZ flying from Moorabbin Airport around the Melbourne skyline. ME: stef747.com MY GEAR: stef747.com/gear/ ✈️ GET EXCLUSIVE FLYING CONTENT ✈️ JOIN the channel today, get EX...
Aviation Apps you NEED in 2024
zhlédnutí 169KPřed 5 měsíci
FREE aviation apps you can download today if you like aviation. These help you plan flights, help you during a flight, if you're a student pilot and want to learn to fly and on the ground after a flight. Whether you're a seasoned pilot, a plane-spotter, or simply fascinated by the world of flight, these apps will provide you with entertainment and/or information, from real-time flight tracking ...
Aviation's BIG change on YouTube in 2024
zhlédnutí 65KPřed 5 měsíci
Aviation and flying content is changing on CZcams. Here are examples of videos I do (and don't) watch, with some channels I think are worthing taking a look at for 2024. This is a special end-of-year video as I reflect on the ever-evolving landscape of aviation and flying content on CZcams in 2024! I take a bit of a dive deep into how CZcams is changing the way we share and experience aviation ...
My wife's unusual aviation request
zhlédnutí 46KPřed 5 měsíci
My wife's unusual aviation request
THIS finally solved my iPad Mini issue
zhlédnutí 18KPřed 5 měsíci
THIS finally solved my iPad Mini issue
This was NOT the ordinary flight I expected...
zhlédnutí 29KPřed 6 měsíci
This was NOT the ordinary flight I expected...
Garmin's NEW PILOT WATCH has this brilliant function!
zhlédnutí 24KPřed 6 měsíci
Garmin's NEW PILOT WATCH has this brilliant function!
Adding a MAJOR UPGRADE to my Pilot License!
zhlédnutí 26KPřed 6 měsíci
Adding a MAJOR UPGRADE to my Pilot License!
Spending 64 DAYS on a plane!!
zhlédnutí 18KPřed 6 měsíci
Spending 64 DAYS on a plane!!
What it’s like INSIDE Sydney's Newest Airport
zhlédnutí 130KPřed 7 měsíci
What it’s like INSIDE Sydney's Newest Airport
The risks I took landing on this island
zhlédnutí 32KPřed 7 měsíci
The risks I took landing on this island
Garmin Cockpit Upgrade: how does it all work?
zhlédnutí 20KPřed 7 měsíci
Garmin Cockpit Upgrade: how does it all work?
I wish I knew THIS before flying in the UK
zhlédnutí 34KPřed 8 měsíci
I wish I knew THIS before flying in the UK
Our mountain flying trip went wrong
zhlédnutí 17KPřed 8 měsíci
Our mountain flying trip went wrong
If I miss my slot, I can't do this flight
zhlédnutí 19KPřed 8 měsíci
If I miss my slot, I can't do this flight
I can’t legally leave this UK RAF base
zhlédnutí 71KPřed 9 měsíci
I can’t legally leave this UK RAF base
Fighter jets fly low over famous Australian beach
zhlédnutí 350KPřed 9 měsíci
Fighter jets fly low over famous Australian beach
Inside the invite-only launch of a new A350
zhlédnutí 19KPřed 9 měsíci
Inside the invite-only launch of a new A350
My humbling experience flying around England
zhlédnutí 136KPřed 10 měsíci
My humbling experience flying around England

Komentáře

  • @ViralBlasts
    @ViralBlasts Před 10 hodinami

    Christopher Lansell is the creator of this.

  • @thegrantfang
    @thegrantfang Před 11 hodinami

    Good to see you flying again! I hope that there will be more content on learning to fly, went to Moorabin the other day hoping to give it a try, so many schools to choose from and I was clueless

  • @copperfield3629
    @copperfield3629 Před dnem

    Absolutely rapt to hear the health news and that they seem to have got it all.... Good on you Stefan, enjoy living again 👍

  • @user-dm2qh6sf7x
    @user-dm2qh6sf7x Před dnem

    God save the King of Australia and fhd the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.... And rhe why would any proper Australian like rhe bloody YANK Mustang..... The SPITFIRE sas a great plane dor Australia and for our motherland....and it did save the motherland.... More so, how can you ever compare fhat yank crap to the amazing MERLIN engine..... Mustangs were shit... 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇬🇧🇦🇺🇬🇧🇦🇺🇬🇧

  • @philipdenner8504
    @philipdenner8504 Před dnem

    The Spitfire is not just a better fighter and all round aircraft in its time it was streets ahead of anything else and the mustang never became anything till it got the Spitfire engine fitted to it.

  • @krisraps
    @krisraps Před dnem

    Electric Costs Money, There Is No Such Thing As 0% Anything Unless Its A Rock On A Ground :D

  • @deanwalker2682
    @deanwalker2682 Před dnem

    I don't have a cirrus but I have a low wing Tecnam and you can come flying with me anytime.

  • @mattsa
    @mattsa Před dnem

    As I live in Williamstown and VHBOB flies over sometimes then Mustang it is 👍🏼 And I get to go to Mike Smith’s cinema ‘The Sun Theatre’ in Yarraville 🩵

  • @TAProductions2021
    @TAProductions2021 Před dnem

    Question: Do any other dwarf planets exist on the scale such as Haumea or Eris?

  • @jdsmort
    @jdsmort Před dnem

    I agree Spitfires were superior in all but one aspect... Mustang's had a much greater range... Mk lX spits would beat a Mustang in nearly everything else. However my favourite is still the Mosquito

  • @Thecoolestname37
    @Thecoolestname37 Před 2 dny

    You need to get on Vatsim! Vatsim wil change your sim experience!!!

  • @SWR112
    @SWR112 Před 2 dny

    And that’s nothing watch a clip of MS flight sim 2024. It’s just amazing but you’ll need a monster PC.

  • @brissiAU
    @brissiAU Před 2 dny

    Msfs 2020 in vr, imo incredible.

  • @alvincheng809
    @alvincheng809 Před 2 dny

    Look how far you’ve come! Reminder fly digital? And renting aircraft from the aero club?

  • @brucehewson5773
    @brucehewson5773 Před 2 dny

    memories, I did some flight training out of Point Cook in early 70's.

  • @fitzyholden1036
    @fitzyholden1036 Před 2 dny

    Mustang.

  • @Caleb-qr6lo
    @Caleb-qr6lo Před 2 dny

    Sad that you have to use a sim, but if you want to make your experience immersive, improvements in VR have really made sims feel realistic. X plane 11 and 12 have support for it and so does msfs.

  • @haydenblades9349
    @haydenblades9349 Před 2 dny

    Pilot, mountaineer, and now simmer. Next thing You'll be buying an airport or racetrack.

  • @sammiriston
    @sammiriston Před 2 dny

    Point Cook is an aware base meaning it is barely an air base and only a p-51 mustang is kept there by the 100th squadron [and 4 AAFC planes] :)

  • @kalvinnoble488
    @kalvinnoble488 Před 3 dny

    Hiyazz Stef, from Eastern Canada! I know where you are coming from. I lost my pilot's medical (private and commercial) back in Jan., 2003 due 2 moderate brain injuries received from a bad wintery auto accident that almost killed me. Now, I suffered an acute clot-based stroke on the evening of Mon., Feb. 12, 2024, that has affected my right peripheral vision in both eyes but mainly my right dominant eye, and, has affected my balance somewhat. I figure now my chances of ever getting my pilot's medical back is extremely slim. I miss flying very much. I am daily reminded of what I enjoyed doing, since I live a 15 minute walk from the airport at home. I still have bouts of depression, stress, anxiety and such, mainly from the stroke. Keeping active in other activites, like work around the house, phyical exercise and hobbies, does help a lot. Thanks for sharing in what you when through and how you manage it. Glad to see you came out ok from your brain surgery. Kalvin N, former Pilot

  • @jgnderitu
    @jgnderitu Před 3 dny

    So happy to hear about the good news you received about your health. Best wishes from Kenya!

  • @frankvanderhulst926

    Thanks for the video. I hadn't noticed the "Route Planning" button in Windy before (which is skipped over in the video -- that's what brings up the VFR/IFR/etc menu). However, the really useful "weather during the flight" stuff is blurred out... you have to pay for "Premium" Windy to get it. Likewise 10-day forecasts. :(

  • @Norry218
    @Norry218 Před 3 dny

    Dragging wing tips on the runway Stef, you are out of practice. Great to hear the good news. All the best for getting back in EYZ and getting back in the sky.

  • @hkng2776
    @hkng2776 Před 3 dny

    I first watched your video in 2020 just before the COVID lockdown started. Your videos inspired me to start flight training in June that year. Now I'm a PPL pilot. Thanks very much.

  • @sithlordofoz
    @sithlordofoz Před 3 dny

    Spitfire every day - much sexier aircraft. British style and pernach v American look at me. The Mustang is a Kadashian.

  • @NikosWings
    @NikosWings Před 3 dny

    Reminds me I need to put my sim rig back in order

  • @CaptainQ2607
    @CaptainQ2607 Před 3 dny

    It's been six months. Where is the last part? Really enjoyed the videos ❤

  • @MattFenlon
    @MattFenlon Před 4 dny

    Seems like a lot of in-cockpit admin! Makes me glad to have learnt to fly on the west coast of Canada; took off from an international so plenty of big boy airport practice for when you need it, but if you don't want to talk to anyone for a bit, you can nip off to the mountains and you don't have to talk to anyone. The landing procedure puzzled me though. I thought you just pulled the landing handle in a Cirrus. 😜

  • @Old_Git_Gaming
    @Old_Git_Gaming Před 4 dny

    MSFS on Xbox game pass would have cost you less for a month would happy to share a 14 free trail with you and no its not some scam

  • @naeemsiddiqui1116
    @naeemsiddiqui1116 Před 4 dny

    Are you well enough to drive you can look at the RAAus route and some really nice lightsports options around ?

  • @mirkashim7383
    @mirkashim7383 Před 4 dny

    man US people enjoy everything good

  • @miha867
    @miha867 Před 4 dny

    Thank u for the honesty, gives me hope for myself 🙏

  • @HossainSiddiqui
    @HossainSiddiqui Před 4 dny

    Love this episode!

  • @HossainSiddiqui
    @HossainSiddiqui Před 4 dny

    Glad to see you back. Wishing you full recovery and want to see you in the sky soon!

  • @HossainSiddiqui
    @HossainSiddiqui Před 4 dny

    I was there as well on race day 1 and the race was cancelled due to 1 person got Covid-19. It was an awful feeling.

  • @andrewmack4830
    @andrewmack4830 Před 4 dny

    Hope you can get your medical back ASAP, and without difficulty. Thanks for a good video

  • @bigfelladave7897
    @bigfelladave7897 Před 4 dny

    Great news Stef.

  • @kevintengvall4642
    @kevintengvall4642 Před 4 dny

    very well said mate, I haven't flown a plane for 40 years but lately have been thinking about trying again. 6 years ago I had an aortic dissection and was medically retired, I have only just come to terms with that, like you I'm a lucky bastard. all the best mate.

  • @Barnyg84
    @Barnyg84 Před 4 dny

    I thought you were already back fully fit to fly mate, all the best buddy. I had a 3 month medical suspension here in the UK recently- thankfully it was Winter and the Wx was dog-water! Best feeling ever getting the medical back, straight to the airfield I went!

  • @MicahsRants
    @MicahsRants Před 4 dny

    Great setup. I use Rokform in my lifted 4x4 I absolutely love the strong magnets and its extremely sturdy!

  • @reallynotpc
    @reallynotpc Před 4 dny

    Stefan, can I just remind you that in X-plane there is a lot you can do to tinker with control sensitivity. Also, spend some of what you are saving on avgas on the best controls you can find. I expect you know all that anyway. Look forward to seeing you at the real thing soon! PS - a bit of rest has left you looking a bit younger somehow.

  • @sadbucket
    @sadbucket Před 4 dny

    you should reach out and collab with other aviation CZcamsrs would love to see you go up with someone like trent palmer in a bush plane for instance.

  • @b_dvo
    @b_dvo Před 4 dny

    Stef this video makes me so happy. If you're ever in Chicago hit me up and a skyline tour is in order on me!

  • @Bgriffbass
    @Bgriffbass Před 4 dny

    Went flying today for the first time in two months just to do some laps in the pattern. So rejuvenating. hope you can get back in the left seat soon

  • @digital_aviator
    @digital_aviator Před 4 dny

    Dude, MSFS with a Pimax 5K or 8K or even the new Crystal and you'll love it, makes flying a sim so much like the real thing.

  • @AustNRail
    @AustNRail Před 4 dny

    Did you get the CV19 vax and are now injured?

  • @daleboulton1169
    @daleboulton1169 Před 4 dny

    Great news Stefan!

  • @markalkinani6720
    @markalkinani6720 Před 4 dny

    hi Steff I strongly suggest if you want to practice your radio transmission you should use Vatsim its helped me allot with my flight training

  • @jnroz5588
    @jnroz5588 Před 4 dny

    What great news Stef!!

  • @rustyknight6190
    @rustyknight6190 Před 4 dny