Atlantic Crossing Flight Prep + DA62 Familiarization - Series! Ep One

Part 1 - DA-62 familiarization and Flight Prep for North Atlantic Crossing.
The biggest #generalaviation Flight I’ve ever flown! Austria to Canada.
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In this multi-part series, the largest general aviation 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 the Canadian base in London, Ontario Canada.
In this episode we get familiarized with the DA-62 prior to heading to Diamond Aircraft’s factory in Austria where we meet with Martin and Micke and get some further training on the DA-42 that Micke will be flying in tandem with us back to Canada.
During our initial “big briefing” as I’m calling it. we discovered a great deal of the flight will be IMC which presents a great opportunity to further refine my #IFR flying. We relied a great deal on ForeFlight for the mission planning and as a backup throughout the journey.
I also made a point to test out over-the-ear and in-ear headsets while getting familiar with the DA-62. The Bose ProFlight in-ear headset ended up being incredibly comfortable and the noise cancelling was far superior to what I expected was possible from an in-ear set in a piston aircraft.
As the journey unfolds, we will release some awesome extended footage to Patrons between each consecutively published episode.
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[@valuedhumanoid6574]

I am a huge diesel fan. Their efficiency, performance, reliability and simplicity (relative) are all great. Having them on a GA aircraft with that level of automation is just the top shelf. And knowing guys like these are involved with building your plane is also satisfying. You know it's done right.

[@delirium3181]

Phrases I never expected to hear on this channel: "A Eitrige und a 16er Blech". Love it. And the video.

[@MickeLang]

hahahahaha😉

[@TheKevintegra19]

Translation?

[@Luke-me9qe]

16:01 and the "16er blech" is referring to the beverage you would expect to go with that meal

[@micahwest4481]

I love Diamond. I love how they are at the front of aircraft engineering and safety. Super excited for this series.

[@Hyperious_in_the_air]

just wish their twins didn't cost the same as a 5 year old turboprop...

[@MentourPilot]

Very cool Steve! Feeling my GA nerves starting to twitch now. 😂 Looking forward to the series.

[@FlightChops]

Thanks my friend! Let's get you up in a warbird when you're in Canada next :)

[@MickeLang]

Or you visit us at Diamond😉 Du är välkommen☺️

[@MentourPilot]

@@FlightChops Absolutely!! That would be so awesome.

[@MentourPilot]

@@MickeLang That would also be AWESOME!

[@GaryMCurran]

@@FlightChops I want to see that video!

[@marialang7179]

This is my boy 😁 🛩 Looking forward to the next episode 😁 and next time I will do the sightseeing 🎶 ⛪ ☀ Greetings from Vienna ☀ Micke Mama 🤗

[@elainethorne4344]

Greetings from Steve's Mama😅

[@FlightChops]

The moms have met! Look out! :)

[@sandybanjo]

Yes, I heard "common rail",?????? Diesel!!!!!! I had a Jeep Liberty CRD on diesel, so hence. Wow, what an airplane!!!!! Great instructor!

[@ProfSimonHolland]

brilliant....i was on the edge of my seat... your structure and editing is awesome.

[@FlightChops]

So glad you enjoyed it Simon :)

[@VideographerExperience]

The automatic run-up was impressive. +Wow, the stick looks a lot like Battlestar Galactica! "Bidi bidi bidi what's up, 'Buck?"

[@GlenAndFriendsCooking]

Great job Steve! Thanks.

[@greenmonkey7305]

If I could only afford this plane.

[@marijnjc]

This is gold! already my favorite series to watch in 2022!

[@dandersonjr]

Great start. ready for ep. 2

[@dilligafdude9434]

I love Diamond's aircraft. "Welcome to Canada." FlightChops: Thanks man. I live here.

[@FlightChops]

Haha - yeah - I think Martin was enjoying the irony.

[@RT10Viperman]

Awesome..! Keep us updated and God speed..!

[@justfabulous3941]

He goes in and orders a Eitrige und a 16er Blech. What a lad xD

[@MickeLang]

😜

[@justfabulous3941]

@@MickeLang Du host in Buckl Brot vagessn :P Macht Diamond eigentlich Werksführungen?

[@MickeLang]

@@justfabulous3941 hahahha, ja machen wir aber derzeit natürlich nicht :/

[@YYChinook]

WOW........Thanks for this experience

[@Acewhip]

Love the ending... "Here is an active volcano..." 😂

[@FlightChops]

Thanks for watching to the end :)

[@garysorenson4398]

That'd be an absolute blast! I've always loved the DA42, and now the 62! I'll be looking forward to each episode!

[@VlastimirStankovic]

Ah, shame I missed you - greetings fom LOXN!

[@robdotcom71]

I like Micke and Martin. Great video... thanks for sharing

[@robdotcom71]

The automatic RUN-UP is fantastic....

[@MickeLang]

Thanks😁

[@robdotcom71]

@@MickeLang You'll have to deliver mine to Australia. All I need is that every illusive lotto win. :)

[@parrotraiser6541]

I am just totally jealous. That is a really impressive machne. You have gone so far beyond me, I'm just staring wistfully at the horizon.

[@jannepeltonen2036]

Really looking forward to seeing this trip!

[@jackbrasier-creagh9139]

This series is going to be AMAZING

[@windhover294]

Really looking forward to this!

[@tylerc8273]

I'm just gonna say, I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS SO MUCH

[@fiedlertimify]

Those engines really look like a game changer in the workload for flying single pilot multi. Excited to learn more about the airplanes on your trip!

[@paulcarstens2601]

Well done Steve. I’d say you earned your way onto the crew!

[@GustavoRodrigues]

More than incredible footage, Steve! Thanks!

[@mattwalters3304]

I worked at the FBO you see in the beginning - your arrival intro Canada! Cheers to Frobisher Bay Touchdown Services!!

[@MickeLang]

great service there☺️

[@anemazoso]

So cool! Can’t wait to see the rest!

[@josephsener420]

What great footage of Vienna. Thanks for the great work!

[@llukas0906]

Yeeess!! I am so hyped for the Series!

[@therish7169]

Of course he’s happy and enthusiastic, he has landed an amazing job!😄

[@MickeLang]

😁😁😁

[@bran756]

Brill,as always waiting to get outdoors ,persistin down here in sw England, cheers.

[@stuartmcloughlin]

Superb video Steve! Great stuff!

[@FlightChops]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@cummaudo]

Mate that was awesome. Excited for the next episode!

[@lockedin60]

I would have to say that Vienna Austria has to be one of my bucket list places. At least you gave us a culture flash though your purpose was the flight and prep.

[@charlesrocks]

That was lovely.

[@FlightChops]

Thanks Charles

[@JustinSeara]

3:50 it sounds like a TDI Golf with an exhaust 🤣

[@cmscoby]

I've been looking forward to this video. I'm jealous you are flying my dream plane!!

[@DanS-dc5vu]

I loved these last two videos they are great. Really reminds me of when I first discovered this channel a few years ago.

[@adampap5598]

Excited to watch this Steve! Love these productions.

[@ruifo]

Great job Steve. Looking foward to it!

[@jannepeltonen2036]

Ah, Vienna! Built to be the capital of an empire - now the capital of a middle sized Central European country. It really is quite an experience. Also, Diamond airplanes are cool. Expect when they're not. I'm a member in a club that has a DV20 that mostly works and a DA40 that mostly doesn't; lastly, a piston blew through its cylinder and the crew had to land on a field. Luckily, and thanks to the skill of the pilot, nobody was hurt and the airframe didn't sustain any damage, so a new engine it is (again), and maybe next summer she'll fly again :-P

[@ovis1]

Ah, how much I love it to see two of my favourite channels merged, and all of a sudden the canadian roaming around in my home country! Awesome video!

[@kurtisf3366]

Great job on this one, looking forward to the rest!

[@johndemerse9172]

Fantastic video and adventure for you Steve! Cheers from CYYB

[@dickfitswell3437]

"Controlled dehydration." Lmao. Never heard that before. I'm gonna use it eventually

[@FlightChops]

Can confirm it works! I normally can't go 3 hours without needing to pee - but I followed what the guys did in terms of "fluid consumption" for this trip, and managed to never even be uncomfortable for any of the ~25 hours logged - in some cases it was ~5 hours before I saw a bathroom.

[@Victordamus98]

Vienna is a gorgeous city. Modern and classy. Great video! Love the Diamond aircraft.

[@Arcadiez]

Been waiting for this since i saw the crossing on micke's insta.

[@robgreene1776]

Martin and Micke are atop my short list of fave Aviators on KZbin, glad to see you joining them for a trip ! Fly ON !

[@zachary3352]

Excellent content as always, Steve! Thanks for letting us follow along.

[@FlightChops]

Thanks for following along Zachary!

[@billbrisson]

what an amazing adventure!

[@cptairwolf]

what a gorgeous aircraft the DA62 is.

[@psjasker]

Watching on my big screen - the editing on your videos is tight. That really makes this interesting and enjoyable.

[@JakeArey]

Can’t wait for the rest of this one

[@FlightChops]

Me too - I guess I better get back to editing :). I feel a bit like I am hanging off the front of a train building the tracks - such a massive edit here, I haven’t been able to get much of it done in advance.

[@timotheethibault3223]

He is soooooo fast using the garmin panel whahhhhhh

[@GregiiFlieger]

Best video yet...

[@SmittySmithsonite]

Man, that is one NICE aircraft! Immediately fell in love, lol. Those engines are a work of art! Looks fast, too. Austria is GORGEOUS, too! Thanks for sharing that! You're a lucky man, Steve! Can't wait to see the cross country part. Hope you and the family had a great Christmas and a Happy New Year! 👍😎

[@FlightChops]

Appreciated!

[@user-yh5dc8ve8e]

I'm glad you got to visit the town I was born in and where these beautiful aircraft are built, Wiener Neustadt!

[@LiamDennehy]

Yep, pretty exciting!

[@tadeuszlufik]

One of the coolest vids youve had too date. Love the plane and the mission you undertook. Thanks for sharing!

[@FlightChops]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@PavlosPapageorgiou]

What an awesome adventure!

[@EpsilonGaming7]

I'm so excited to start my multi training in the DA42. It is just such an amazing plane.

[@SternLX]

Man it's been decades since I visited Vienna. Thanks for sharing your footage of it. That city is timeless it seems, looked the same as it did when I was there in the mid-90's.

[@TechOttawa]

Cool flight in a cool plane! Loved every minute!

[@MK-yg9po]

Great watching you fly the DA-62 out of CYXU....my home airport.

[@FlightChops]

You're lucky to have that as your home base!

[@oscarmedek7744]

Just started my CPL on diamond aircraft... Loving every minute of it so far!

[@TheKevintegra19]

So much information...I’ll have to watch several more times...

[@ChrisB257]

This is epic Steve - can't wait for part 2. :)

[@FlightChops]

Working on it now :)

[@colinkobel2868]

Wow, incredible story!

[@jrhusney]

Been watching your channel for a long while now-your storytelling and editing were just top notch. So excited for the rest of this series!

[@FlightChops]

Thanks so much!! This sort of feedback is greatly appreciated as I do put a lot of energy into the post production end of things.

[@fearnsey8800]

Love Vienna been about 12 times but never for more than a day !! Hope you enjoyed it, breakfast is usually amazing in Austria !!! Love the Diamonds, graet adventure, I can not believe how far your flying has come since I started watching you, great content as always

[@MadeiraAirport]

Fantastic video

[@123fockewolf]

The DA42 is similar in the flare it is very speed stable which allows for a longer flare without loosing lift! I have done about 50 landings in it. I must say that I have never not greased the plane its just to easy to fly! Even in gusty crosswinds! Beautiful machine! I love that you enjoy the da62!

[@FlightChops]

Yeah - it’s amazing how easy they are to fly.

[@KE-ql1ll]

I do my training at the DFC. And I really wanted to see you guys when I was flying this is so wonderful!!

[@pjcraney]

watched the other crossing the pond video they did - love those guys - that must have been a great trip !

[@Gudsteinn]

I watch many of your videos and I enjoyed every minute of this one. Well done Steve! I specifically like when you landed at my local airport in Reykjavik at the very end of this video where I did my PPL lessons

[@mikelumbreras4903]

Wonderfull! Great d performance and an amazing team.

[@jakobmaulat]

So cool you were here in Austria. I learned to fly "next door" at LOAV, Vöslau right next to LOAN, Wiener Neustadt Ost, Diamonds headquarters and I just went hiking the other day right next to the old train bridge Micke showed you. Hope you had a good time in Austria! All the best from Vienna! Glück ab, gut land! (That's the Austrian way of saying "always the greens!")

[@SwedishVFR]

The green flight academy that will start here in our city just got their brand new pa28 today. That one had been ferried from America. It’s amazing when you think about it, looking forward to this series!

[@MentourPilot]

Awesome! I’ll have to come up and have a look at it. 👍🏻

[@SwedishVFR]

@@MentourPilot That would be a lot of fun, so much interesting aviation things will happen here this year! You would be very welcomed.

[@blakebrothers]

Great video and very cool aircraft!

[@michaelmartin5453]

Wow. So excited for this series. Congratulations on your flight Steve.

[@FlightChops]

Just sent out the rough cut of episode 2 for sign off :)

[@freddielaker2707]

I can only do this in flight sim these days...... but I do love the DA62.

[@LMays-cu2hp]

Looking very nice.

[@Ficon]

Looking forward to the rest of the films with your production and narration quality!

[@AndrewMccravy]

flying my dream plane the 62! looking forward to the series!

[@sdfsdghhjjf3880]

Lovely !

[@peteranderson7497]

You lucky bugger!!! (Australian slang 🥴😆😬). What a great adventure. A Diamond DA62 or DA50 RG would be my lottery winning first buy 😁😆👍.

[@FlightChops]

Agreed

[@ralfballis498]

Very cool and very cool sight seeing tour guided in Vienna!

[@taildraggaah]

@FlightChops They just fly real sweet and make pilots look good with the landing. Earlier in my career I ferried airplanes across the Atlantic so this brought back some memories. Great video!

[@FlightChops]

For sure - even in tough conditions it was hard to not have a great landing in the DA62 when I followed the numbers and techniques that Jarred explained.

[@davecrupel2817]

That wrap-around cockpit window is a weakness of mine. I absolutely *love* that feature, asthetic-wise! Can't begin to imagine how pricey it is for a replacement, though

[@goatflieg]

Wow... what an episode. The fact that it only covers pre-training, factory tour, Vienna and Austrian check out really illustrates the immensity of the experience. I bet you're glad you have as much footage as you do; I'm sure so many aspects of the experience literally and figuratively flew by. You have a rich treasure chest of archives with which to relive it all. I've never seen Vienna, but I have looked down on Salzburg from the Alps above Berchdesgaden, Germany; I'd love to see more. And the DA62; what an incredible aircraft... especially those engines! This is the first time in my life I find myself lusting to own a twin engine aircraft. So glad this trip is being presented sequentially; can't wait for the next episodes. As for my airplane, pretty much ready for first engine start, but don't want to do it until the intersection fairings are complete. It's really hard to work in an unheated hangar in Michigan right now; slowing me down a bit... but I keep inching closer.

[@Redchrome1]

Hey @goatflieg I've been watching your build on mykitlog and wondering when you'll do your first run! You're almost 4000 hours into your build and haven't turned the engine over yet! I thought maybe you were waiting for a refresher with Bruce Bohannon. Keep up the good work! That air intake is a thing of beauty, but I don't think I'd have the patience for it.

[@goatflieg]

@@Redchrome1 There are a lot of reasons for the high hour count, mainly due to being a first time builder. I want to make sure the first engine run is close to the airworthiness inspection and first flight. It's ready but I don't want to run it, then let it sit for months again. The Bruce Bohannon refresher will come immediately after first flight (with qualified test pilot) and then I'll take over Phase 1 flying.

[@Big.Ron1]

I learned in the originals. DV-20, DA-20, & HK-36 with about 130 hours in them combined. I really like Diamond Aircraft both as a pilot and mechanic and cant wait to get my medical back and fly the new diesel aircraft. Thank you for this. I am officially jealous. Be safe.

[@steffenballe4285]

I love this plane.. It's a masterpiece of beauty and engineering.

[@richardtyrer]

Great video, well explained. Congratulations on the fantastic achievement 👍

[@MickeLang]

Hey I know you ;P

[@shermansherbert2570]

I always wanted to, but I may never be a pilot, however I feel like one watchings these videos. So great they way you do these. (Maybe someday, never say never, but crazy sleep disorders and flying aircraft don’t mix well for now 😆)

[@MickeLang]

You can do it!💪🏼☺️

[@GaryMCurran]

Thanks Steve! I'm definitely looking forward to this series. IF I was current, IF I had the money, a DA42 VI is the airplane that I would like to own. I'm single, so don't need a whole bunch of seats on a regular basis, the fuel economy is fantastic, it's always nice to be able to buy Jet A for less than 100LL, and I think it's just an amazing airplane. The DA62 has that EFIS backup, but I really would love to see if the -42 would get the Garmin GI-275s as back ups, to replace the three analog gauges up at the top. An ADI, HSI and MFD would be great for back up. I'm looking forward to watching the rest of this, and seeing the long, overwater flight portions and how it's done.

[@pistolpete6321]

Very cool!

[@merak0044]

WoW! Nice plane! Nice trip!