DA-42 VI Flight Vlog From Busy LA to Stunning Scottsdale Arizona!

I hope you all enjoy this flight vlog from busy Los Angeles airspace to a stunning arrival at sunset into the infamous Scottsdale airport.
Please note:
- I am not an instructor and these videos are not intended for teaching.
- All checklists are complete and videos are edited for time.
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[@JRGarage]

Another banger👏 Love all the camera angles!

[@TheBestWill]

JR - Enjoying your aviation channel! Very curious if/how your aviation activities works as a business model.... both from a KZbinr perspective and/or otherwise.

[@westcoastflyer]

Thank you!!

[@Valantir]

Canadian Airline pilot living in Scottsdale. You're a solid pilot man. Some of the best use of comms and automation I've seen on youtube. very professional. Keep up the good work

[@westcoastflyer]

Thank you sir!

[@DrLumpy]

You departed my boyhood home, landed my retirement home. Beautiful job. Ceeya!

[@johneshoffnerjr9823]

Seeking perfection or emulating those who do the same is a good thing! It will help to keep you alive. You have the foundation of a professional pilot, your judgement, to date, has served you well. I also see the value in how Max performs, anyone who doesn't, should think twice about this business. Keep it up!

[@westcoastflyer]

Yes! Thank you!

[@ArizonaAstraLLC]

18:06 God this is my favorite part of landing at Scottsdale airport, that final turn with that whole view What an amazing video

[@Sebastopolmark]

GREAT flight. Could not pick a better time for landing. First time watching, very professional AND polite to the controllers! !! !!!

[@westcoastflyer]

Thank you very much!

[@clarencewiles963]

Night flight is always good 👍

[@boli4203]

Enjoyed that. What an airplane. Appreciate all the cam angles and editing (and overall quality).

[@westcoastflyer]

Thanks a lot!

[@buckbuchanan5849]

Really enjoy your channel. You’re absolutely solid on everything I’ve seen so far! Keep up the great work.

[@westcoastflyer]

I appreciate that! Thank you sir

[@johnwalters878]

Blaze you are living the dream. It sure helps being the only pilot with both planes. Your parents must be proud! Stay on your grind!

[@westcoastflyer]

Thank you so much! Really appreciate it. Take care!

[@CarlMims]

Impressed with your pilot skills and video skills. Some of the best.

[@westcoastflyer]

Much appreciated!

[@steini6771]

First time watching and this was great! Thank you -

[@westcoastflyer]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@TS-kh7qn]

Beautiful flight Blaze. You talk to us like we are along for the ride. Thanks! See you around the airport.

[@westcoastflyer]

Glad you enjoyed it. See you around!

[@mmichaeldonavon]

I loved your flight. What a perfect airplane, and IMHO you few it perfectly. That's a lot of airplane to drive around, but you did it seamlessly. As an, shall we say, older person, I never completed my IFR or Commercial training - everything but the check rides, and that's what counts, right? :-) That was a 100 years ago. Thank you for allowing us to fly along with you. Thanks, N6395T, my EAB, but the Arrow was always my favorite little GA plane. :-)

[@westcoastflyer]

Glad you enjoyed it, thank you very much!

[@enriqueduprat7215]

Enjoy seeing my city from the air. Nice video.

[@westcoastflyer]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Darrin67]

Awesome. I've never seen that paint job on any Diamond. Must be super custom.

[@westcoastflyer]

We got it how it was…however not sure if the original person customized it. Only had about 50 hours on the aircraft when we got it.

[@MarkSnop]

Great video thanks for bringing us along.

[@westcoastflyer]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@juniortavarez167]

Your videos are just awesome. I know you mentioned you learned from citation max but honestly i’ve been learning a lot just from watching you. Im on my way to getting my private’s so thank you! Great videos, even better planes!

[@westcoastflyer]

Great to hear! Thank you so much, I really appreciate it. Best of luck with your PPL!

[@mrkc10]

Another great video. I thought your comments on Citation Max showed true professionalism and your level of flying. I’m currently doing my commercial training @SAC and thoroughly enjoy your videos. I’m always impressed with your single pilot/IFR Skills…twin diamond is a fast machine. Nice job brother 👍🏻

[@westcoastflyer]

Wow, thanks a lot! I appreciate it. Best of luck on your commercial and see you around NorCal!

[@touchandgomx]

Beautiful plane, greetings from Mexico. Excellent video👍

[@westcoastflyer]

Thank you very much!

[@randymcmeekin1955]

I was thinking how much you sound like Citation Max during your takeoff - which means you are an outstanding pilot. Great video, thanks for the amazing content.

[@westcoastflyer]

Wow, thanks! I really appreciate it.

[@Badge-vo7hq]

I say Blaze is a legend in the making

[@westcoastflyer]

You’re too kind

[@Tow69er]

Great flight young man, Stay safe and God Bless

[@westcoastflyer]

Thanks, you too!

[@Steve42098]

Cool video! Your landing looked awesome

[@westcoastflyer]

Thanks a lot!

[@ehvisuals]

Absolutely digging this content! Subbed and can’t wait to watch along while I try and knock out as many ratings as possible this year!

[@westcoastflyer]

Hey I appreciate it!! Good luck with the ratings

[@henrymullin1836]

Awesome video bro. keep it up

[@westcoastflyer]

Henry thanks bro!

[@joeglennaz]

I love flying over Phoenix at night! It’s fun to fly over to falcon Field from Scottsdale for dinner taxi right up to the restaurant and fly back low level in the Scottsdale right over the center of the airport. Make a left down wind for three.

[@westcoastflyer]

You’re right on that! Night flying is the best. Take care!

[@joeglennaz]

@@westcoastflyer thanks! I love your video. Thanks for sharing all this with us. I got my private license at Phoenix sky Harbor and I just could not wait till my night training it was a thing I wanted to do the most. Then I flew the diamond star out of Scottsdale for several years. Another place I absolutely love going to Sedona. It’s one of my favorite places to fly that is such a beautiful place and the airport is you probably know is on a Mesa with 500 foot drops at each end of the runway. i’ve also done a couple of the Helicopter tours there it’s amazing. They hover 1000 foot up sheer cliffs and you can still see the pottery and the ladders at the Indians used to use there as they lived in those cliffs 1000 feet up from the canyon floor. It’s just so beautiful there, when I see that it speaks to me and tells me there is no way all this just happened by random chance. It’s impossible that’s just my belief but anyway, thank you again.

[@takl23]

If you carry a pulse ox, please make sure your radial pulse matches or is very close to what the prob reads😊

[@TheBestWill]

Very much enjoying your trips and videos! Like you mentioned, style/presentation a little like Citation Max, who coincidentally flies out of Westchester, NY, which is where I earned my Private. Excellent video and sound quality, good camera angles, and good coverage of flight details (departures, procedures, etc.). I recently sold my Diamond DA40 after earning my IFR and Commercial in it and flying round trip across the U.S. twice in it.... loved that plane! My hope - get a DA42 in the next year or so. Keep up the excellent work! Would love to hear more about where you're going with aviation.... just for fun, or commercial pilot aspirations, what certificate(s) you're working up to, and how it fits into your other career/business activities. Again, great job!

[@westcoastflyer]

Thank you for watching! I’m a student, part time SR22T corporate pilot, and full time waterskier and time builder for future jobs. Bigger corporate jets would be the goal. I hope you get into a DA-42 soon!

[@Bupkus68]

Great content. Beautiful plane, and great for your mission of shuttling back and forth to AZ. What is your “aspirational” airplane that might be next?

[@westcoastflyer]

Something pressurized!

[@planensimpleben7246]

Really like your call outs and CRM - Single Pilot skills. Are you able to share your aviation journey with us? Thanks, and look forward to more of your videos, especially in the DA42-VI 👍

[@westcoastflyer]

Thank you! Solo at 16, licensed 17, 18 commercial and IFR. Now multi engine commercial time building for future jobs!

[@edwardszane]

Excellent

[@westcoastflyer]

Thank you so much 😀

[@persistentone3448]

It was a bit difficult to follow the Scottsdale approach until you were lined up to the runway. Other than that, perfect video. You are living the dream!

[@MickeLang]

Two things: 1: Be aware that you’re not allowed to use the YD separately, only with AP on☝🏼 2: Which SN is that? Would like to know if I flew that one over😅

[@MikeKobb]

Very enjoyable video! Question for you, Blaze: how tall are you? You seem to have plenty of headroom. Last time I sat in a DA-42, it was kind of tight for me but I think the newer ones have a redesigned canopy.

[@westcoastflyer]

5’8” Safe flying!

[@jackmccallum3835]

Great videos!! Was there a right base/left base mixup by tower on this approach?

[@westcoastflyer]

Thank you! Not that I remember…on me end at least. I forget what ATC was dealing with though maybe someone else! Got busy.

[@Kim-cn5bl]

Very beautiful flight! Can u recommend pilot school where I can handle DA42 in West US

[@westcoastflyer]

Yes at KAUN a genetleman named Tim can help you. [phone]

[@garrettklaus9385]

You really should have at least 100K subscribers. Great Videos. its awesome that youre flying the twin star now. Is it your twin star? or do you just rent it to build time?

[@westcoastflyer]

Thank you! Family’s aircraft, I’m the only one who flies it though. Thanks for watching!

[@grantbrown7594]

I really loved your video man! I’m a student pilot, and it’s videos like these, that are so helpful. What is the pad that you take your notes on?

[@westcoastflyer]

a.co/d/a6v5DVu

[@cantstandtheestablishment4004]

Just found your channel. Very nicely done video. I will check out some others.

[@westcoastflyer]

Awesome, thank you!

[@MadRabbit92]

Is Scottsdale ATC ( at 15:17 ) the guy you always hear on those funny KZbin Shorts? He sounds so familiar. 😂

[@westcoastflyer]

I’m not sure?? Who is that guy I’m curious now haha

[@malamuteaerospace6333]

KSDL an its 4 degree glide slope...

[@DJW411]

Great vid. Please try and get a cockpit mic. Be nice to hear the aircraft

[@westcoastflyer]

The aircraft is dead silent! They are Mercedes diesel engines and they make no sound. You can hear here in there this buzzing sound in the background from my audio cables, that’s the engine sound. Pretty wild

[@ronkeith7912]

Can you share your departure clearances? Great Vids! SR22T pilot

[@westcoastflyer]

Thank you! In the video ATC tells me the clearance and then I read it back. Did you want me to like show it?

[@ronkeith7912]

Yeah. It would be fun for me to go back and fly your departures on my sim.. not all of them just the long complex ones. Good practice for me!

[@RazorsBane]

Hey Blaze, what are you using to write on in your video? I'd like something useful like that when I fly. Thanks in advance, have a good one!

[@westcoastflyer]

a.co/d/a6v5DVu

[@johnmcevoy6635]

curious , is the Space X Departure NOT in the Garmin 1000. if it is , why did you have to set your HSI to 230 manually ??

[@westcoastflyer]

I don’t have to set the 230° manually but I do for situational awareness. The Garmin Perspective + (g1000) does have the space x departure and it will tell you where to go…it was there in the video. Thanks!

[@johnmcevoy6635]

@@westcoastflyer thanks for the reply

[@antoniog9814]

Do all Arizona folks pronounce Quebec as K-bek? I've never heard that before.

[@flyashish]

What are you writing the ATIS on? is that a drawing tablet or something doesn't look like an ipad. Please let me know what that is.

[@westcoastflyer]

www.amazon.com/dp/B08L7X1RM7?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

[@flyashish]

@@westcoastflyer ty!

[@flyashish]

@@westcoastflyer do you use the 10 inch or 12 inch version? I’m guessing 10 is better

[@chuckgibbons9731]

What’s up with the dancing on the rudder pedals?

[@westcoastflyer]

Ha just saw that. Yeah i don’t know I guess I don’t like sitting still on these longer flights!

[@milesgrishman5542]

Great hearing you on 127.4 up in SAC. What do you do for work?

[@westcoastflyer]

I’m a student, part time corporate SR22T pilot, full time waterskier and time builder for future jobs:) Talk to you on 127.4!

[@goosesniperoutdoors2765]

do you fly for a company or do you own the plane?

[@westcoastflyer]

Family’s aircraft.

[@goosesniperoutdoors2765]

Lucky! @@westcoastflyer

[@MarkSnop]

What is your IG?

[@westcoastflyer]

Blaze Grubbs