IT'S DONE! First flight in my new cockpit

[@generickiwi]

Never in my life prior to finding your channel Stef, would I have ever thought I'd miss seeing someone fly their aircraft, and derive such joy from seeing their return! The fact you speak "pilot speak" and also explain things to us laypeople in understandable terms, I feel I should almost be part paying for the fuel each flight. Truly a joy to join you on your journeys my friend.

[@StefanDrury]

That's such a nice comment, thank you. I'm not a natural born aviator, not from an aviation background, maybe that helps me talk about it in that way. I basically treat KZbin as me talking to my friends in the pub anyway :)

[@cairnsaviationvideography]

It’s amazing to see EYZ in the air again that cockpit redo was totally worth it!

[@Darcy_prince]

Congrats Stef, The hard work that has led up to this point, oh my i cant imagine. Huge congatulations!

[@StefanDrury]

Thank you, I’m very humbled to be able to fly EYZ again. It’s been a long road, but it’s great to be back.

[@ThunderAppeal]

Douche bags.

[@JohnnyChinch]

Very slick!!! Enjoy it Stef

[@masonsmall1740]

So exciting! Absolutely love the upgrades, congratulations on the ambassadorship!

[@GolfonFlying]

EYZ is looking great! Thanks for the great reveal! great to see you back in the air!

[@davidmatchett2947]

Hi Stef. Great to see EYZ back and that cockpit is awesome. I bet you are pleased with the result.

[@AdamSaxton]

Great to see EYZ in the air! Love the upgrades!

[@fletchhh9207]

Yipee! Glad to see you back in the skies again.

[@shehanbn24]

You can’t fake the excitement you see in this video! It’s so nice to relate to how it feels to fly again after a while! Great stuff Stef!

[@lukeshannon6535]

Lovely to see the nose of my plane in one of your vids! Love your work Stef

[@xbrules]

Dash looking great 👍 well done, Stef!!! Looking forward to you next adventure in EYZ!!! Cheers

[@tombuck]

Absolutely stunning. Congrats on the awesome upgrade 🙌

[@antonynaude3372]

congrats on the new panel upgrade, looks very nice.

[@aviatorjoe4153]

You're a class act, Stef!

[@spiro5327]

Job well done Stef. New panel looks fantastic, and will make flying way easier and more enjoyable than ever. Thanks mate

[@BrynPrice]

Great to see the genuine excitment you have for this build getting to this point. Looking forward to more flight videos in the next few months

[@GiuseppeBasile]

Good to see you flying again Stef, always exciting to have new tech.

[@peterbrett7000]

Good to see you back up in the sky.

[@dayvideo64]

Great to see you up again with the new displays! Good video!

[@jshbontjer]

Must be a great feeling, to enjoy so much luxury! Enjoy it now (and hopefully on your not cancelled around the world trip 😀) Congrats!

[@OscarHines]

The new cockpit looks so sick! It’s been great seeing beginning to end. Thanks Stef, have a great day!

[@sangeerth_c]

Nice to see this content back again. The way you speak to ATC really helps me prepare for my career.

[@leifekstrom1828]

Hey Stef, the upgrade looks fantastic! It’ll be just what you need for that much delayed round the world flight!😉 You might need to look at the settings on your camera’s though, that flicker might get a bit annoying for some viewers on your longer flight vids.

[@Peacewind152]

"I'm not going to make you wait." *endures 45 seconds of suspense* Dammit Stef! Lol. Congrats dude. That cockpit is absolutely a work of art. I hope you and EYZ have may more wonderful adventures together.

[@CalBart42]

great to see you back in the air...

[@davefrommelbourne1237]

Congrats Stef looks awesome! Worth waiting for.

[@kevincollins8014]

I absolutely love the new panel Stefan! It was most definitely worth the wait and I'm sure it was for you as well. You should get many years of service from it hopefully. As always thanks for sharing the great videos with us all and blessings to you and your family.

[@pilotbsinthesky3443]

Congrats! You look so happy back in the air. I’ve taken a little break this year also, I can’t wait to get back to regular flights.

[@stewartabel]

Amazing! Thanks Stefan. I was inspired by your videos, i have my first Cessna 152 flight next week! I'm learning for PPL. Thanks Stefan

[@Michael-oy3pz]

Well done Stef, the new set-up looks fantastic ✈️👍

[@randc47]

Those upgrades are slick!

[@marvinsmith4322]

A lovely aircraft before the upgrade, now an awesome aircraft, nice one Stef

[@lumpypaterson5989]

Going to be soooooo worth it !

[@simonadamson9261]

This is something I need. Congratulations Stef, fantastic to see.

[@CHARLESCRANFORD]

EYZ back in the air! I am guessing that you left the protective film on the Garmin screens until the dash has the batman stripes done. Peeling the film off would make a good Instagram reel ..... a peel reel. And once again your video makes me miss living in Melbourne, where if you don't like the weather, you just wait 15 minutes.

[@airkingflyer3515]

Welcome back to the skies Stef. New dash looks and functions amazing 🤩

[@mikercflyer7383]

Very cool setup nothing but the best. Safe travels

[@DownunderAviation]

Hey stef cockpit looks amazing love the customization wonderful first flight once again in EYZ

[@lou2737]

Looks fantastic! Cheers for another great video

[@justchillin8086]

Looks good Stef

[@NikosWings]

Dude congrats! That GI275 is sick…

[@JulianJ]

Finally, love it and I am looking forward to the upcoming flights

[@johnha01]

Congratz!!!! She looks amazing!

[@FlyingDarkLord]

Congratulations! Glad to see that you are now benefitting from all the hard work that goes with running a KZbin channel! 🥳👍🏼 Having just started my own aviation channel I now appreciate that it’s not as easy as you make it look 😮

[@benjaminfox7105]

Heya Mate, congrats on the hard work on EYZ !!! Awesome to hear she's back in the air! Plus, the Garmin tech looks awesome! Have fun!

[@AmuthanVethanayagam]

I thought you were going to say EYZ is now fully electric :P Congrats Stef! Great job!! Hardwork pays off!!

[@davevanbeers6944]

Nice too see you back in the air! You must be so happy? 😎

[@matt_cycling]

Super congrats Stefan! 😃😃 That is AWESOME 🤩🤩 Greetings from Buenos Aires 👋👋

[@dwgustaf]

Awesome to see EYZ alive in her element again! :-)

[@FamilyFlyouts]

Congratulations, that looks great, i'm very envious!

[@samtiley7856]

Great Stef, love the look of the new set up!

[@tangerinealarm]

Looks great. Hope you can sort the frame rate on the GoPro / refresh on the screens, the two refreshing at different rates was a little distracting.

[@Jeffzzzaus]

Excellent, looking forward to seeing more of EYZ and Garmin. :)

[@SimonAmazingClarke]

Nice to see you airborne again.

[@liftcreator]

Great work team and can't wait to have more EYZ content coming up! Congrats on the ambassadorship, they've got some really nice tech! Imagine if you'd gone RTW with the old panel and then got this installed. It's definitely going to help if and when that's in the pipeline again (and all trips in between!).

[@Jack-ub8kc]

Amazing Stef!!! Cannot wait to see more of EYZ on the Channel! Congrats mate and cheers

[@Oglongs]

I see you getting around a fair bit in this aircraft, work just up the taxi way. Looks awesome the upgrades

[@GamesandGopros]

Yay! EYZ is in the air! I'm very happy for ya Stef :)

[@GameKingFaiz]

Avionics look awesome! 💯🔥

[@FranksMSFlightSimulator]

I got excited to see your excitement! Great step towards around the world!? Cheers.

[@gauthiertrackoen3556]

Hello Stef, I Wash looking forwards to see your new cockpit, it’s fantastic You are lucky to fly again I’m still waiting for my parachute…in France the delays are very long (8 months from now…) hope you enjoyed your stay in France, I would have loved to meet you !

[@mattd4616]

Great stuff Stef

[@jamesreecewilson]

For the viewers....... Please Stef. Give us a rough cost to upgrade. Love ya vids and always keep a look out in the sky's for you.

[@Coops777]

Thankyou for sharing Stef. It looks absolutely amazing!

[@perrymelenhorst6941]

HELLO! Great upgrade

[@jimjernigan3670]

Beautiful. That setup puts the G1000 txi suite to shame. Looking forward to getting the same setup someday. Hope you can find a different shutter speed that’s more compatible with the displays so we can enjoy them more on future flights.

[@JonMcG]

kid with a. new toy , know the feeling all too well 😁

[@TheFinalMB]

Looks like a great setup :):) can’t wait to see more of it hiding away in the foreground of your vids when you take it up in the sky

[@mikeyswingsacrossthesky2244]

Are we having an official unpeeling video? She looks superb with the upgrade you must be chuffed to have her back. When in close up the screens are stable on the wider cockpit camera the screens flicker is there a technical solution to this? Looking forward to seeing more flights soon.

[@cyklopPL]

Looks great!!

[@BohdanMelnychuk]

Haha, I suppose you need to tweak the camera frequency for those displays :) Nice to see you flying again :)

[@rickwiggins283]

Looks great! On a lighthearted note when my A&P hands me the bill for install I'll say: "Look I don't have the funds to pay, but on the bright-side these instruments will last me for years!"

[@Balthazar744]

I'm excited. I've already liked the video and am now making a comment but I haven't even hit play yet. I cant wait to see EYZ fly again.

[@StefanDrury]

Haha, thanks Andrew. I appreciate that.

[@MattyCrayon]

Awesome upgrade. Congrats on both the upgrade and becoming a Garmin ambassador 👍

[@StefanDrury]

Thank you, it's a very proud moment for me to be asked to work with Garmin. Would never have expected that 5 years ago when I started posting on KZbin.

[@MattyCrayon]

@@StefanDrury Hard work pays off. Keep up the great work 👍

[@arvidnordenberg5635]

Have been waiting for this, finally I get to see more of the beautiful australia from your channel 😄

[@StefanDrury]

Yes! Lots of flying adventures in the remainder of 2022, but the first may not actually be in Australia…

[@jmrotsaert]

Brilliant!

[@danshelly2028]

Good day for cubism. Would have said hi but you were with the family. Thanks again for the vid.

[@StefanDrury]

Ha, thank you Dan. That means a lot to me actually, hope you enjoyed it too. If you ever see me without family be sure to come say hello.

[@ivaniuk123]

Beautiful

[@LancastrianScot]

Love it! Most impressive demo. That's impressive kit. Happy to be a fellow Garmin user - well, the micro-mini version of yours, which sits on the front of my bike . . . . !

[@DeadReckoner]

Congrats, Stef! She's a beauty! I'd still love to fly together if you're ever in Scotland 😎

[@crimson02138]

Beautiful panel, Stef. Congrats. One quick note: I saw that you used GPSS on the DFC90. You can just use NAV instead. I never use GPSS on my DFC90, neither do all the CSIPs I fly with.

[@MaxxEastick]

Oh wow, the flight I spotted on flightradar? cool. I'm not a real pilot (My dad was though, me, I am simulator and RC) but I have a Garmin watch and love it, it has been my favourite out of quite a number of watches over the years. That panel though looks totally neat. Visually it looks so easy to look at and read than a noisy bunch of dials.

[@mainemarin6758]

Well done. it must have been difficult waiting for the work to be completed.

[@StefanDrury]

It was a long journey, frustrating at times, but the end result is something I'm really happy with and grateful for.

[@yacahumax1431]

So you the gtn 650 is also a full navigation computer? wow. So you have 5 computers. DANG. Looks amazing. Congrats.

[@marioandreou3653]

Nice Cockpit! love you work. Can you please do a video on the running cost of your plane?

[@morre6748]

Great to see you in the air again! I’m wondering if you can lock the GoPro frame rate to the G500 frame rate so that they don't flicker 🤔

[@paultaylor9939]

Not been here for a while great panel upgrades looks great 👍 and great vlog you do it very well all the best Paul in the UK 🇬🇧

[@StefanDrury]

Thanks Paul

[@faisalsultan892]

looks better than the G6! Congrats Stef! You're gonna have to do something for the screen flicker for your YT videos. Perhaps use a polarizer filter ?

[@reallynotpc]

I've missed this!

[@Zalaniar]

0:28 Oh cool, so you're giving anyone who really wants it a key to your airplane! Thanks man! On a more serious note, I'd recommend you to check out some of DeviantOllam's videos about key duplication from photos and then remove that scene from the video.

[@tinothepilot]

Awesome news, Stef! Enjoyed the video, but you know you can take the plastic off the screens, now. Lol

[@StefanDrury]

Tune in next week to find out... :)

[@ethan.A3]

Love Garmin avionics in all 3 and soon to be 4th plane i fly. P92 analogue gauges with GPSMAP496, SL-40, GTX328. P2002 analogue with GNS430,gma347,GTX328. P2008 mk1&2 with Glass 2x G3X touch,GMA 345, Garmin radio and transponder,2 GI 275 etc. And soon P2006T mk2 with full glass g1000 NXI suite etc.

[@johnathanasiou9284]

Congratulation Stef & the new Garmin flight instruments are looking awesome!. My only "worry" is the standby instrument redundant power source should you lose the main displays. Now it's time to get more practice in, configure up the displays to have the moving map on the middle displays or exactly how you want them. Does the Garmin come with TCAS so you know where reported ADS-B traffic is?. As for the Red stripe, rather than waiting for a paint shop you could always look at say a thin strip of Red T-molding which they use on old arcade machines which is not just very durable & mounts via a centre groove routed into the panel & T-molding stuck down into the groove. Can't wait to see more EYZ flights & a super, awesome achievement!

[@johnj4395]

The GI275 as a stand by instrument has an installed internal battery that lasts for 60 minutes.

[@wahyudiapandi5585]

Becoming a pilot needs an expensive investment, but the outcome I believe is a giant fun and experiences. Love to see such amazing people who had opportunity to fly for the airliner or just for their private plane. They deserved it! Btw Love this channel a lot ☺

[@StefanDrury]

Thanks Wahyudi, it's great to have you here on the channel.

[@drfaus454]

Nicely done! I’m getting a pair of 275s in my arrow to remove the vacuum instruments, really looking forward to the extra functionality. Time to enjoy the sky!

[@StefanDrury]

I think the 275 might be the hero of this upgrade. It’s such a great bit of equipment, I feel bad calling it a “standby”.

[@mr.ginnationfunlifestyle3891]

@@StefanDrury but I suggest two 275 right next to each other. I think only that is a true redundancy in black out situations like no upper Screens working. Then you need one 275 for the horizon heights and speed and another one for navigation and further data. Only having one 275, to switch around all the time in bad weather, makes me a bit scary. I always don’t understand the one GI 275 solutions for such situations??? To me it needs two!

[@classicraceruk1337]

Rain? What’s that Stefan!!! The new panel looks great, might take a bit of getting used to in IMC.

[@StefanDrury]

I’ve done a few more training flights with my instructor to get used to the avionics before real world solo IFR, but I’m already feeling really comfortable with everything.

[@Simleybob]

Great video! Congrats on getting her back in the air again, we all are very happy to see her. One question, though do you /can you have synthetic vision on the PFD? it looks like you can? Thanks.

[@ADVBrett]

Looks bloody good mate. Nearly makes me want to get back into flying.........nahh

[@becsterbrisbane6275]

Finally! I'm amazed you still remember how to fly, lol. It looks great btw :)- so when's that round the world trip?