How we flew Australia's BUSIEST Air Route

[@generickiwi]

Stef, you could film yourself walking to the shops and it'd be an enjoyable watch. I love escaping to the skies with you, thanks so much for taking us all along, even us Kiwis!

[@StefanDrury]

Ha, that’s a nice thing to say. Thank you 🙏

[@jkrillz6571]

I second this, the way you storyboard these videos is great, and a walk to the shops would be the same I can feel. Love from NZ!

[@robdotcom71]

It's pointless going to the shops at the moment... all the shelves are empty due to omicron.

[@AudioTones67]

Yeah, Stef just has a way about him. Enjoyable to watch and imparts a sense of calm when he's in EYZ.

[@40fly55]

Hey Stef. Mate, I have been watching for a number of years now and I absolutely love the content you put out. This is absolutely one of my favourites. Seeing your daughter and yourself have such a rad time enroute back to Melbourne is so awesome. Bloody legend. Thanks again for everything you do for the avition community - it is greatly appreciated.

[@StefanDrury]

Thanks 40fly, yes these are the special times being able to share experiences with those we love. Thanks for taking the time to write that comment, it's very much appreciated.

[@cejay67]

I love your videos and especially the relationship you have with your daughter. So touching to see. I’m booked Cairns to London late April to pay my respects to my mum who died last year in the UK. I’m hoping some of the madness dissipates and it settles down a little. I’m a runner and will get a 50km trail race in as well during my short stay. Take care and keep the videos coming.

[@StefanDrury]

I'm very sorry to hear about your Mother. I wish you all the very best for your trip back to the UK.

[@dominics7677]

Nice vid. I don't think anyone ever gets sick of that moment you break through clouds into blue sky...passengers or pilots.

[@sactu1]

I heard you checking in with CBR approach as I was returning in the Mooney from Ballarat. 'Hey! I know that callsign!!'

[@maddes1812]

Thanks for reminding me of the beautiful time I had in Melbourne two years ago, Stef! Been following along since and you encourage me to come back and go flying down under one day. Next time I will not hesitate to do the license conversion. Cheers from snowy Germany!

[@StefanDrury]

Hope you get to come back to Australia again soon and do some flying here. It’s such a beautiful country to see from the air. Thanks for the support.

[@maddes1812]

@@StefanDrury You always show me in your stunning videos! In the meantime, I explore Europe‘s scenery ;-)

[@davidhunt3808]

A special thing to go flying with your parent !! My father was a commercial pilot and I got to fly with him on a few occasions always enjoyed it . I am sure your daughter loves it and maybe she will catch the aieroplane /flying bug like I have had all my life . Great video !!

[@VHMMP]

As a former night freight pilot, I rarely experienced those wonderful daytime cloud breaks. Nice.

[@marsgal42]

That Dad smile at 8:38 says it all. I stayed close to home in summer 2021 putting the first hours on a freshly rebuilt engine. A vicious fire season didn't help. It's up to us to make 2022 all we want it to be.

[@billpugh1597]

Thanks Stef, I really enjoyed this vid. My daughter turned 16 this week, I'm looking forward to taking her for a flight like this when I get my passenger endorsement.

[@StefanDrury]

Thanks Bill, happy birthday to your daughter. I hope you get to fly together soon, that's a big proud parent moment.

[@LDGoodman]

Literally having tears watching this vlog! Soooo good!!! Sooo cooolll!!!!

[@ThomasIF]

Hey! I can see my house in this video! Maybe one day I'll spot you flying over Canberra, when you go to Sydney again! Or maybe even spot you landing here :) Great video as always Stef!

[@nq6417]

One of my favourite videos Stef. Your interaction with your daughter is good. Great dad award for you mate

[@StefanDrury]

Thank you, I appreciate that.

[@andrewwardlaw]

Thanks to KZbin's algorithms I've just stumbled across your video. Great video, excellent editing. Now I get the fun of going back and watching others. 👍👍

[@tomwills9058]

It gives me so much drive to continue and pursue my goals and dreams in life (pilot), and learning from you is such an inspiration for the young and upcoming generation of people like me.

[@GameKingFaiz]

The cloud break! 🤩

[@tomwills9058]

It makes my day when you upload

[@Dhrruvv]

Love from India 🇮🇳 Keep up the good work and stay safe 🙏🙏🙏

[@xjohnno]

I'm slowly getting there Stef! 2022 is my year of learning to fly! Quick shout out to Base Aviation for this! Awesome video again can't wait to join you in the skies...

[@BonJoviMad100]

All the best with your flying journey, I started last year after putting it off for a while. (I started back in 2020, but started going for my Recreational Pilot Certificate in December)

[@lachlanmcmahon6070]

It's amazing how busy the Melbourne to Sydney and back to Melbourne route is. Love your videos stef and keep up that great work

[@damiendavis5151]

Thanks mate. Such an inspiration. About to sign for my first AC! Solid IFR platform. I am watching and learning and becoming ever more excited! Thanks for sharing Stefan!

[@StefanDrury]

That's awesome Damien. Many congratulations on your purchase, hope you have a lot of great adventures in it.

[@sactu1]

What are you buying mate?

[@deanadamedge]

Thanks again Stef! Can’t wait to resume my ppl training here in Vancouver. These videos put fuel in my tank!

[@rustyknight6190]

Got to watch you (on flightrader) arrive and departure Sydney, caught me be surprise .... wish I was flying, the drive was SOOOO much fun . Save flying

[@spiro5327]

Hope you and your daughter enjoyed your time in Sydney. Haven't been to the city in quite a while. Thanks for the very entertaining flight Stef.

[@majakk7462]

Notification squad! Keep up the great work Stef!

[@StefanDrury]

Love it, thanks for the support Majakk 🙏

[@ammuka]

One of your best episodes to watch. Thanks for sharing.

[@Aerialphotovito]

Great video mate , that view on top never ever gets old . great job on this

[@bryan.meijer]

Great video Stef

[@gtmako]

thx, this is one of your best videos

[@jamieclothier2289]

Loved every minute of it Stef. I haven't flown an aircraft since 2009, and I vicariously live my life through the likes of you, and another favourite, steveo1kinevo. Like many a story I presume, work life and family consume any extra time for flying. Hope to return to the skies in the very near future. I would love my young children to experience the true joys of flight. Keep it up, and Happy New Year.

[@glennwatson]

+1 for someone who enjoys the technical details.

[@pilotpeego1820]

Excellent video! Hey Stefan, Happy New Year to you and your family. I wish you good health prosperity, and happiness. ✌️

[@robdotcom71]

It's always good to see charts. Great flight Stefan.

[@flyingark173]

One of your best videos yet! I love the additional technical details. Thank for sharing Stef!

[@davidmatchett2947]

Lovely to see you and Junior Pilot out flying over our beautiful country. If you ever head over to WA I would love to meet you and see what you think of my state from the air. Thanks for the great content Stef.

[@truenopintii]

wonderful, thanks for the video!

[@Nae395]

Great Viewing Stefan and Daughter :)

[@guillaumefo]

always love your videos Stef, thank you !

[@AndrewTurnerRyan]

Really enjoyed this Stef, great to escape even just for a bit.

[@stewartabel]

Brilliant. I've followed you for a while, this makes me even more committed to my flying lessons. I use the cirrus in Flight sim 2020 all the time and i have Cesna 172 lessons booked. Thanks for your sharing and inspiration!

[@oscarmedek7744]

Fantastic vid Stef, absolutely loved it

[@Flywithhamdan]

Hey Stef , you should definitely do a flight across the tasman all the way to nz. Over the snow capped mountains. Gonna be awesome 👌

[@1995trento]

Great video thanks mate. Just had a thought, perhaps adding flight date: XX/XX/XX in your descriptions might be cool for reference of other pilots and viewers in general. Cheers!

[@paratyshow]

Tks Stef for the great videos and the inspiration!

[@fdmaviation]

Been looking forward to your latest video! Been binge watching them for a few days now

[@StefanDrury]

Thank you, enjoy the flight

[@fdmaviation]

@@StefanDrury loved it, you've reignited my passion for aviation, I'm going for my PPL later this year and it's all your fault! 😉

[@StefanDrury]

@@fdmaviation sorry not sorry 😂

[@AviationActionYSSY]

Merry Christmas, I hope you have a good new year and let’s hope 2022 is better for all of us. Always great to see you flying out of YSBK. Looks like you parked in the Falconair/AOPA/flight school hangar, is this correct ? Great video as always, keep it up !

[@locky1764]

Awesome Video Stef! Great to see, keep it up.

[@davidrobbo9116]

Fantastic video Stef had a smile from start to finish and really enjoyed the extra radio calls. Can’t wait to see what you have installed for 2022 👍

[@pokemonguy6579]

Great vid Stef. Savor those moments...

[@StefanDrury]

Absolutely right, special memories.

[@dannyarmstrong2066]

This exact flight is actually the goal I’ve set for myself to achieve originally for Feb 23, but I’ve pushed to Dec 23 due to the madness. This video makes we want it even more! Id love to know how long this flight took? And also how much from a cost point of view was for the fuel etc? Of course it’s not about the money haha but good to know some rough numbers. Thanks again for the awesome content! :)

[@ADF_Cable]

Thanks mate! Great vid and I fo, always enjoyable 😎

[@jbmatey3072]

Great video as usual ... I wonder what your view is of Trevor Jacob’s video is ???

[@Aussie_Pilot]

Hi Stef. Just watched your video. Interesting how little IFR procedures differ between OZ & US. You showed a departure route out of Bankstown, which was great. We can choose NOT to do a SIDs if we want to here. Can you in OZ? Also, we have to get our clearance before taxiing and usually have a clearance void Time if not airborne by a certain time. Love popping out of the clouds. Awesome every time. Thanks for the video mate.

[@grant-little]

Another great video Stef. Cheers for all the effort it takes to record and edit these! Cheers!

[@jdm2092]

Another great video

[@x1achilles99]

Cool video. The reason why Australia has such a busy air route is because there is only one commercial airport in each big city. If you counted all the traffic going from, say, San Francisco Bay Area to Los Angeles area it'd be 8 times SYD-MEL traffic. LA has LAX, BUR, SNA, ONT, LGB alone. All busy commercial passenger airports. SF has 3 busy international airports.

[@roysvilla]

Happy New Year Stef...greatvideo of you and your lovely Daughter having such a wonderful time. Nice to see the sunshine 🌞 down there too! Have a fab 2022 and lots of air miles 👍.

[@tomdchi12]

Breaking out on top is the big thing I'm looking forward to when I get to instrument! Any Packets on that playlist? Ohh... it's that city designed by Chicagoans Marion Mahoney and Walter Burley Griffin! As much as you put in more technical stuff in this video, it's also a beautiful video and a nice slice of a day with your kid. Great stuff!

[@Combatants1]

Love your videos. And they have a new achievement, my son loves to watch and say aeroplane Everytime :)

[@shalindadissanayake2158]

Always love your vids 🙏

[@PHX787]

Stef youre a good dad!!

[@sam8603]

Great video Stef! Can definitely see that Junior Pilot gets her humour from her father, (Sorry to disappoint Jacqs)

[@jucava00]

Great video as always. Do you use Garmin Pilot? Perhaps a video on how you integrated you EFB while you're flying.

[@SpectrumGeeks]

Thanks for the time and effort you put into the videos Stefan, and for generally sharing content. I have just started my PPL here in the UK and appreciate even more the time and complexities involved on aviation videos. Thanks so much. Happy New Year and all the best for 2022.

[@svlamancha9877]

Hi Stef. Great episode. I fly with my Daughter as well, it’s great to have her on the transponder codes and radio frequencies. She is about to start the AOPA Flying Companions Course. Something you guys might consider? Make great content👍

[@IvanHoz]

Fantastic video! Glad to see you leaving the run-up bay as we were taxying in!

[@StefanDrury]

Was that you that wished me a good flight?

[@IvanHoz]

@@StefanDrury haha yes. I remember that was the best weather the whole week and would make a perfect IFR day!

[@StefanDrury]

@@IvanHoz Thanks for wishing us a good flight mate, that was really kind. Yeah a proper IFR day, but very nice on top of the clouds. Hope you had a good flight as well.

[@IvanHoz]

@@StefanDrury My student was so happy that we can go to training area again after a week of study. Hope can see you in BK or CTAFs soon!

[@alvinzichan]

nice video and cheer up

[@kushalraj]

It’ll be pretty cool to see your daughter get her PDL and fly solo on your channel or Instagram! You’re the coolest dad 😃

[@StefanDrury]

Not sure she wants to learn to fly, but never say never, I’m hopeful she does. As long as she keeps flying with me I’ll be happy.

[@OscarHines]

Hi Stef, great video. I was wondering, what’s the highest altitude you’ve flown in EYZ? I hope in 2022 aviation starts to come back to its former glory, as it’s sad seeing the lack of air traffic. I’ve been on a 10 day scout camp in Elmore, I’ve just gotten back. The weathers a little nicer up there compared to Ballarat (Maybe even a little too hot), but at night I’ve been able to see the aircraft fly over coming to Melbourne. Hopefully there will be even more this time next year. Cheers.

[@23Hello]

The Beachcraft B200 Ambulances on Flight Radar are good to watch. Every-time a plane passes by there is this urge to know what it is. Btw those clouds and view are cool.

[@sir-jj3552]

Ripper Stef, really enjoy listening to the procedures, how what’s n why’s. Stef did you ever consider a PIFR rating or do your specific departure and destinations require a full blown IFR rating?

[@StefanDrury]

I did consider it, but the full IR gave me all the departure/approach procedures and Night VFR in one go so for my needs it was worth the extra training.

[@Anton-fv9hl]

Hi Stef. Great video and thanks for sharing technical aspects. Just a question. What was the weight and balance app you were using. Thanks

[@Formula1Fail84]

One is VIDP to VABB in the top 10 I guess flown that a few times (as a passenger)

[@lyntaylor4131]

Thanks for sharing, I started watching your amazing videos a few years ago... initially to be honest because you look so much like one of our sons who is in Western Australia. I love seeing Australia by air, and coming along for the ride. I've only been over a few times (another Kiwi 🤗 )

[@StefanDrury]

Ha, thanks Lyn. Nice to know I have a doppelgänger in Western Australia!

[@lyntaylor4131]

@@StefanDrury you sure do... spitting image lol 😆

[@TheeScottyMac]

Do you often fly out on Port phillip bay? Waiting for the day I'm out on the jetski and spot you flying

[@bro031]

Awesome video thanks and keep up the great content, also have you ever taken the cirrus up to its absolute ceiling height? If so what height is that ?

[@jamesmurphy7442]

Tuffnell park 🤣😂 we probably went to the same school in Holloway. Small world.

[@qantas902vg4]

Hey mate lovely vid, how old is your daughter she looks 16 or so but once again great video

[@kirstym960]

Great vid stef and JP! Does anyone know if there are good plane spotting points around MBW? I miss seeing them!

[@fluffysamuraicrusader7957]

So the world of travel is very relaxing to watch, have you ever considered filiming with a go pro just out the window and uploading un edited flights, for people who just want to enjoy the skies

[@northernriverstransportvlogs]

Nice video with some very nice shots. You are extremely lucky to have your own aircraft, you can go anywhere. I am stuck with just the train and the car!! How do you set up those cameras that are on the wings?? Brilliant video once again.

[@StefanDrury]

Thank you, yes I don’t take for granted the privilege it is to be able to do this. I made a video on my camera setup on the channel, here you go: m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/eovOha2bqbWKrNE

[@northernriverstransportvlogs]

@@StefanDrury I will check it out. Thank you, I am running out of angles to use in my photography!!

[@WIngsWithoutBarriers]

I do remember on those long legs when my papa was sleeping that I would just monitor the aircraft for him (dw it didn’t happen on those busy legs)

[@declanmyers8064]

Cool to know you flew over me in Canberra 😂

[@SJF15]

What was that you pointed to and said its available now if you want it?

[@jibba0202]

Stefan licking windows again😛

[@blucklightfoxartinnovation9357]

stefan great work i l will love to meet you stefan ;)

[@michaelmccormack2460]

How long does it take you to get from Melbourne to Sydney in your Plane

[@davidvigar9723]

Hi Just like to know what camera set up you are using when filming on the wings and in side the cockpit. Cheers David Vigar

[@StefanDrury]

Hey David, I made a video on that here: m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/eovOha2bqbWKrNE

[@lifehorse07]

Which ipad you used?

[@howardwilliams7399]

How long does it take you to fly from Sydney to Melbourne in your plane.

[@moover123]

Australia should build a highspeed train between Sydney and Melbourn.

[@cheng-alvin]

In the ATC call at 2:47, it's very confusing, the controller said, climb 2 5 thousand which could be read as 25000ft or "to 5000ft"

[@StefanDrury]

A good point, however they said the right thing - if they meant 25,000 feet it would have been said as "climb to FLIGHT LEVEL 250" as opposed to "climb to FIVE THOUSAND" for 5,000 feet. Here in Australia our transition altitude is 10,000' - anything below is an altitude, above is a flight level. This avoids the confusion that otherwise would occur.

[@cheng-alvin]

Btw I am also from Melbourne and going to learn to fly at Morabin, looking forward to see you around!

[@enthusiastictraveller]

Hey Steph. What camera did you use for recording the wing POV

[@StefanDrury]

It’s a GoPro Hero Max.

[@enthusiastictraveller]

@@StefanDrury How do you get the battery to last so long ?

[@juliusplayz6960]

Hi stef, I was wondering, do u have to be really good at maths to become a pilot

[@michaelmccormack2460]

What about Atlanta in the US it is 4 run ways

[@malcolmoldham1121]

I liked ATC (I assume) asking if you had a good flight - so Australian

[@jdmerrit]

You should almost never use GPSS mode with the DFC 90.....use NAV mode.

[@haydenblades9349]

Your brother isn't Dangar Marine is he?

[@josephdixon6453]

I am not too sure if people agree with this but.... "Above the grey clouds there will always be a blue sky waiting for you".

[@TritonTv69420]

Duuuude!!!!