Thank you !!!

Vielen Dank, fliegt sich auch fantastisch - ein richtiger "giant leap"! 🤩

The approach and landing in Portoroz is also available ;-) kzbin.info/www/bejne/q4aqfI2aeNWigbc

During Cruise at FL160 the DA62 burns 15.5 gallons/h with 80% power and an IAS of 140kts, which is 182kts ground speed. When your reading was 190ks GS, we had a tailwind component of 8kts ... ;-)

@@wolfgangkarner This is nice. Why did you leave Diamond DA62 and opt for Piper M600? Yet it seems Piper M600 has more expenses in terms of Fuel, Insurance, and Landing Fees. I sent you an email. I hope you got it. In case you didn't, kindly give me a reply. Many thanks, sir.

@@juliusouma4474 Julius, thx for your questions. Well we changed to a Piper Meridian more than 3 years ago because we are travelling a lot with little kiddies. If you want to cross the Alps - as we often do - you have to fly higher than 11.000 feet, therefore you need oxygen canullas during flight. It is of course impossible to wear these for two or four year old kids. So we needed a pressurized cabin an more power to travel at an appropriate speed. As the Kiddies are getting heavier and you need more luggage the Meridian doesn't offer enough payload to travel for two hours. he solution is a M600 ... ;-) ... and it is so much cooler to fly a turbine than a piston twin - although the DA62 is the best and coolest plane of its class ;-)

@@wolfgangkarner Thanks so much for your reply. You Inspire me so much. And because of that, I sent you a private email. I am not sure if I used the correct email address though. If it is correct, you may attempt to reply. For the Piper M600, what is the average Fuel burn rate per hour at about 75% power setting, and what speed do you get in this new and nice Machine? In My country and the neighboring countries where we travel frequently, we don't have very high mountains. On average, Domestic and regional Flight levels of 10,000 feet are quite fine.

You mean the former DA62 ? She was sold more than 3 years ago. The actual Meridian D-FLVL went to Brazil ;-)

Ist es wert, es mal auszuprobieren auf dem Backseat in der Marchetti. Die Cuban 8 Squadron in EDMA bietet es an ;-). Markus war richtig geflashed !

If you don't speak English you can't get pilot license. Usually all communication will be in English. Tower communication with gliders or VFR-flights can be made in German (local language). IFR communicaion always is carried out in English. Tower communication which is not relevant for other aircraft can also be held in local language, for instance you need some ground handling service, etc.. If you want o talk to another pilot about things that do not concern others, you may communicate in your own language too ...

@@wolfgangkarner Ah my bad, I was trying to say what if someone don't speak "German" (If they did their flying from US or somewhere else) But yeah appreciate you explaining that! DA is my favorite btw ;-)

@@manassrivastava9103 Of course you have a point here! But all the german communication was "internal" between the tower and us with no relevance to any other traffic - or between our PIC and the jet pilot ;-) ... We often do have the same feeling you had, when we fly to Italy or France where some of the ATC communication is in italian or french - and we don't understand the context ;-)

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Thank you! Well this instrumentation is pretty much standard with modern turboprop aircraft nowadays. Even modern piston engine aircraft use Garmin1000 actually ;-)

oh yesss, I'm very much looking forward ... G3000 and auto throttle - and hopefully useless - SLS 😁

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Glückwunsch! Schöner Flieger😃.

@@stephanmohr6999 Danke, ich werd's ausrichten°

Ja, weil's ein Upgrade gibt - die VL ist jetzt in Brasilien unterwegs. Eine M600SLS wird die Meridian ersetzen, die Maschine wurde schon rübergeflogen und leicht nachgerüstet (DME, etc). Sie wird grade D-registriert (D-FIII) und wir hoffentlich endlich in 2 Wochen damit fliegen zu können ;-)

Danke für die Rückmeldung! Ich flieg die M500 im MSFS mit der D-FLVL Lackierung. Dann muss ich wohl in Zukunft schauen das ich eine neue Lackierung finde 😊

THX, appreciate your commet ! Google had blocked me from my channel without any reason. After 1 year now I managed to reactivate my channel :)))

I didn't ever start recording ATC as it is prohibited in Germany - believe it or not. It's stupid ...

Thanks for your emotional feedback! Keep on realising your dream - it is worth it! Best regards towards downunder ... I love your country very much and spent a lot of time there !

I understand your point, but you couldn't hear our previous communication as it is not audible on the video. We definitely know what all the buttons and switches are made for ...

I is a Meridian, almost identical to the M500. We updated the G1000 to G1000NXi so it is a M500 ;-)

Hi Berndl! The Meridian is a 2014 and she was equipped with the G1000 and we made an upgradtowards G100NXi. By the way: We sold the Meridian and bought a M600 in the USA which is currently under a complicated registration process in Germany. We hope to fly for the first time in mid of November. The new M600's call sign will be D-FIII ... Delta Fox dripple India :)))

Yeah, turn on de ice boots without ice can kill you soon or later, it is just used when you see ice formation, if you turn on before ice is forming, you can make it useless...

The lights won't kill him, but stall heat and de ice system can cause a very bad situation.

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Compare it to a C172 or any other piston aircraft - it is not so noisy. Due to the lack of a pressurized cabin, you certainly hear the engines much better. That's why you wear noise cancelling headsets, so you really feel very comfortable and relaxed in flight ;-) .... and the iPhone's microphone is pretty sensitive too ...

Hi Lemmi, leider hatte mich KZbin/Google OHNE GRUND gesperrt. Erst seit heute kann ich meinen Channel wieder benutzen. Ich lade heute noch einiges hoch ... nichts ganz Neues weil wir die Meridian mittlerweile verkauft haben. Aber wir haben eine M600 gekauft und werden nach der D-Registrierung bald damit unterwegs sein und Videos produzieren. Sie wird gerade auf "D-FIII" zugelassen ;-)

It is not an action movie! It documents a real impression of what is going on in IFR flying with a piston twin at or near the maximum altitude. It is interesting for PPL pilots etc. , maybe not for you ...

Sorry for my late response which might be useless for you meanwhille! I was blocked by KZbin from my channel without any reason. Now I was able to reactivate my channel. To your questions. Our Meridian from 2014 was originally equipped with G1000 and we upgraded to G1000NXi two years ago - we invested about 60.000 $ and it was worth it. I think you would have to spent much more as you have to fully change the instrumentaton and wiring. But maybe you could get a return on investment after you sold the plane one day. We flew several times with avidyne suite before we got the D-FLVL and we of course preferred the G1000 as it is much more like a modern airliner instrumentation ;-) BTW: We sold the Meridian meanwhile and purchased a M600SLS. We hopefully will finish the German registration process within the next weeks. D-FIII (Delta Fox dripple India) :)))