Flying a single-engine plane to the Arctic Circle
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- čas přidán 10. 05. 2023
- Flying a single engine plane to Scotland and beyond on an Arctic flying adventure. See inside the cockpit, hear ATC calls, watch how I fly across the UK to our first stop on this huge flying trip.
We depart East Midlands Airport and fly IFR (Instrument Flight Rules) across to the top of Scotland to Wick Airport (EGPC). The aircraft is a Cirrus SR22T registration N123VP.
Thanks to Philippe Polman at Echelon Air who helped make this trip possible. If you want to learn to fly in the UK, hire an aircraft, or do a trip like this, check out their website: www.echelonair.com/
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Can we get a counter going on the number of times we hear any part of Echo Yankee Zulu??
My guess is high teens…
@@StefanDrury Not sure where is colder at the moment. YMAV / YMMB or EGPC???
Felt like coming home seeing the windpark approaching Wick😂
I know this is gonna be a good one Stef!
Keep up the good work!
WOW, I am SOOO excited for this one!
Fantastic! Super excited for this series!
This sounds so exciting, can't wait for more!
Awesome Stef! Really enjoyed, glad your able to travel international again and film more videos!
Thank you, great to be back here again.
Great video... excited to see next part! 🛫🛬
Love a new flying adventure, Stef! You really leaned in to not over committing to a specific destination 😂. As a pilot, I love hearing and seeing what your initial plan is, and how that changes over time based on what encounter. Hope you can share more of the big picture in the next part! Thanks for taking us along with you.
Great stuff brill to see u both back flying together
Brilliant video. Lookong forward to see the rest.
That’s so awesome!!! Can’t wait for the next video Stef
Great video Stef. Can't wait for the next installment! Glad you were finally able to get away.
Love this!
Always love watching your videos, Drives me to work harder on my RPL.
awesome, looking forward to living vicariously through you Steph!
LOVE this! Just placed an order for a new SR22T GTS as well and thrilled seeing this kind of epic trip while anxiously waiting for my own plane to be built. GA aircraft can open some amazing doors! Thanks for taking us along on this journey 🔥
Awesome!
awsome, just what i'm planning to do next year. I will enjoy following you on your adventure, and as always fun to watch video. Excellent
This is going to be an awesome, looking forward to the next one!
Nice flight - too cool Stef!
Philippe and Stef, a love story for the ages! You two always seem to have such fun together 😀
I'm excited to see what's next Stef!
more crazy fun videos with Phillipe, this is going to be a fun series
Awesome Mate have a great flight, i cant wait for the next video!
Thank you Craig, episode 2 is going to be a good one, I'll get it out soon...
It begins! Love these big travelling series. Generally less clickbait and just more interesting flying stuff. Looking forward to it all.
Good seeing you both together again… great chemistry! (I learned to fly at East Mids) 👌👍
great to see you in the UK
what a super adventure! I hope to do this one day soon
Good work Stefan. I can see you ticking off flying in many interesting countries.
Best buddy movie ever. Love to see you guys having another adventure.
It’s good to be back with my snack-bearing wingman.
Drew, your a legend mate.
Great video Stef! These multi-parters are always a treat to watch.
Thanks Kevin, glad you’re following the journey.
Except that it left me dying to see parts 2.3.......
Jerry
Looks so amazing
Scotland is incredible, and the scenery gets more fascinating as the trip goes on.
Looking forward to the next video, this is a really cool idea for a video series and will definitely be watching every video.
Thank you mini2flyer, lots of big flights still to come…
Absolutely awesome to see you embarking on some fresh big adventures!
Thanks MadMoo, this is such a fun trip.
So beautiful and so inspiring. Love that part of the world.
Yeah the highlands were beautiful, Scotland is a lovely country.
Good stuff!
Having been in that area albeit mainly on thee ground I commend you in your aims and endeavours. Go well. [Melbourne]
Wow. I think I asked you to fly around this area many years ago for a CZcams series. Places like this just seem so appealing to me. You get 10 internet points if you can pronounce the name of the volcano you may or may not be trying to see. Thanks for sharing this adventure Stef. So cool. (cold) 🥶🥶
Thanks for following along as always Mike. I'm not even going to try and name the volcano, too many l's and j's in the name and I'd butcher it. But yes it's the one that you're thinking of, the one that erupted and shut airspace down back in 2010.
Saw a turbo the other day at Hars museum at Albion Park (obviously some local volunteers plane). Great to have those extra few options!
I love your videos stef
Love how the previous video was all sunny in Australia, and you come home to the UK and the videos all grey and depressing :’)
Nice
Top video Stef. Looking fwd to the rest, says me , sitting here watching this not far from your home airport.
Thanks Duncan, give Melbourne a wave for me. I can travel the world but I am so lucky to call that city home.
We love drew
He's a great guy, the whole team at Far North Aviation are great. There's a bit more of them in Episode 2.
Hello from east Midlands
Nice adventure. A long way from home mate.
Yeah that’s true, but always happy in and around airports. They’re basically my home at the end of the day!
Great video Stef can't wait to see the rest of the series. Although where's Milkshake?
Don’t forget lookout! Flying in Scotland with lenticular clouds around means possible gliders, not all of which will be using Mode S. In the UK, gliders can fly into cloud and only need to make a call on a cloud flying frequency.
Hi, shame I didn’t know you were coming to part of the world, would have loved to meet you! All the best Stef have loved watching your videos and guess what partly because of you I have started flying again. Richard
That's great Richard, it's really humbling to think I had some part to play in you getting airborne again. I wish you all the best with your flying.
Ooooh . . . Polar Bears, Volcanoes, Geezers and other cool stuff! Looking forward to more fun northern hemisphere flying shenanigans!
It’s such a fun adventure, a polar best sighting would be amazing hey? Thanks for following the journey.
@@StefanDrury at just over 50 years young, I'm starting to consider getting my pilots licence, and I appreciate that you're sharing your own journey, as it is providing some inspiration. Have an awesome time, and safe landing!
This is going to be a great series!!
A deconfliction service and Philippe said is very restrictive. You have to request if you want to change headings/levels and the controller will make best effort to achieve 5nm laterally and 3000ft vertically against unknown traffic. They can reduce vertical separation if they co-ordinate with other controllers tracks or their own.
As Philippe said it makes for a high workload for the controller especially with windfarms (the rotation is detected by the primary radar (no height info)), large flocks of birds and even weather. It can lead to you being vectored all around the sky to avoid "traffic" that may not even be there. but if you call "traffic in sight" then the controller can remove the separation against that track/contact.
Good intel, thanks Jonathan. Yeah we chatted about it a bit more off camera as well. Interesting the 4 levels of service in the UK, doesn't take too long to get used to them though. I appreciate the comment, thanks.
Guess you are going to Iceland? have a good trip man
I choked on my coffee when you said geezer hahaha
Oh yes, the short first video to set the scene. 🍿out, sitting in my comfy chair tonight hoping you'll have loaded the next sector. Will be looking in the half time break of the Friday night AFL game to watch. Good to see you used the correct call sign most of the time. Did many ATC have issues with your accent?
Thanks Lindsay, yes this is a taster of what’s coming next. Can’t wait to share the next few episodes. And no issues with ATC at all, they’re really accommodating and helpful over here so really had no problems adjusting to the UK procedures.
Great video as always! Looking forward to see more from the trip! And I'd love to learn more about the radar service. That seems to be very different than in the US. It seems like you weren't on an IFR flight plan even though you were going in and out clouds?
Yea the four levels of service appear to be unique to the UK. But this was an IFR flight, a lot of it wasn’t in IMC though.
Right by my house, wish I could’ve came up and met you
Awesome! It was to be expected that you would get confusing callsigns at the beginning, so used to EYZ haha
First I read antartic: Wait, can you fly private there? In winter?
Then I read artic: Holly shit! He flew EYZ to the UK hahaha
Ahh damn, had I known you were in Wick I could have recorded the landing.
Shame, I was quite happy with that one!
Fantastic!! I did a short trip with a friend who owns a Cirrus . Only cross channel to France, Calais, Le Touquet and back , but what a great experience. I envy you but I do wonder how you cover the costs of this ..How do you pay for a trip like this? How much does it cost?
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I see Stef upgrading to a turbo soon…😉
They’re annoyingly versatile…
Nice easy tail number Stef, instead of N555555555
Haha, yes a lot easier to say. But it’s just such habit to say “EYZ”. I’ll get better at that during the trip hopefully.
Great change to flying Aussie. Did you have to do more flight training/qualifications to fly UK?
It depends on the aircraft country of registration. As I have an FAA license I can fly an N-Reg aircraft anywhere in the world. My CASA license gives me the same for VH-reg aircraft. So if we were in a G-reg (UK) aircraft Philippe would have to have been pilot in command.
Basic Service IFR in IMC is that the right thing todo?
Great vid Stef! Also did you make a vid when you saw that whale?
Yes he did on 14th July 2022 titled “Whale spotting in this tiny red plane”
Thanks Elwynne, love it when the community helps each other like this. You're the best.
great video Again Steff thanks mate, please help me. The letter P is pronounced as papa you pronounce it as papaaa. What is your thoughts
Come on over to Canada Stef - polar bears, Northern Lights, glaciers, icebergs... and this Geezer will fly around with you in C-FMVU.
Haha. Flying in Canada would be fantastic I bet. Really good for your weather and mountain flying skills too. Gotta pay off this trip first, but thank you for the offer!
@@StefanDrury Come anytime! We'll fly North to towns that are fly in access only, I'll cook the inflight snacks.
@@StefanDrury And while you're at it, stop in Alaska. I'd be more than happy to take you up float flying and land next to a glacier and icebergs, or if it's in the winter land on the glacier.
Hello Stefan from Sydney AUSTRALIA
Would you be able to tell me the year model of the SR 22T.
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Finally!!! A serious trip to get see whales with Philippe!! Happy hunting!! 🐳🐳🐳
Haha yes, here’s hoping we spot whales and other wildlife on this trip.
Instructor: So why do you want to get your CPL?
Me: So I can try spot whales and polar bears and eat snacks while cruising high above the North Atlantic.
Love your work Stef
Haha, not bad reasons if you ask me! Thanks Jack, hope your flight training is going well.
Destination Svalbard?
🤷♂️ Tune in next week... :)
First time I've EVER heard “Squawk conspicuity..” Had to google it, 7000. Is that like 1200 VFR ?
Yes same as 1200 for “squawk VFR” in Australia. But VFR in the UK is 7000.
For Stefan's flight, under IFR rules, it would be squawk 2000, not 7000.
Love this!!!! Looking forward to more. Hearing the Scottish ATC reminded me of this amazing SNL skit with James McAvoy: czcams.com/video/UGRcJQ9tMbY/video.html
Love this !