Strong TURBULENCE in SMALL PLANE over the Alps

[@NikosWings]

That’s a lot of turbulence but you handled it like a pro

[@StefanDrury]

Thanks mate, bumpy for sure but the views were worth it.

[@xtremegamer4574]

Yes!! I loved it take love💝

[@pilotjoe5848]

just started my flight training and getting my first taste of a little turbulence right after takeoff, I puckered up real quick! You handled this like a pro, great work. Hopefully I will get to this point some day. I've started a VLog on here of my flight training to show what its like from step one... Hopefully I progress smoothly! Cheers!

[@BaronPilot]

I was excited for you and nervous all at the same time!

[@mariofachinsky5639]

Great video! I flew on a C152 to Ushuaia (the southernmost city in Argentina, South America) from Rio Grande, Tierra del Fuego. I got to cross the Andes with low ceilings, so I chose to fly eastbound searching for the suitable clearance as the mountains came lower, a 50+ minutes detour... finally after crossing, I resumed towards the west over the Beagle canal. Winds were 30/40 Kt from the northwest coming over/thru the mountains, so moderate to severe turbulence cought me all the way to the destination. Ground speed was 32kt, there were nowhere else to land but my destination 25 minutes ahead. It was like rowing in oil while being punished by Rocky Balboa ... a very exciting and unforgettable experience. Good job Stefan!

[@supercat380]

These pilots are calm, collected and professional in this challenging flight....well-done!!!

[@billnicholson2470]

Beautiful and exciting as always. Thanks to you both and fly safe!

[@StefanDrury]

Thanks for watching Bill 👍

[@CyrilDeretz]

I saw your trip on Flightradar24 and was wondering why you had these 180 loops, now I understand... well done you two

[@LukeCrisp]

Incredible video Stefan. The views are amazing and the camera facing into the cockpit gave great perception of how choppy it really was. Great flying... Awesome!!

[@StefanDrury]

Cheers Luke, thanks for riding along with us.

[@1andonlyBL4CK0UT]

as always, this has been an amazing video. very calm and relaxing to watch, even with the turbulence. and views like this are the exact reason I have decided to get my pilot training in Austria.

[@rsa2hi]

I‘m doing SPL and still nervous during turbulence and fighting with that fear that plane will be falling apart. Lowering speed under VA is the correct thing to do. Very good!

[@ryanhargreaves1502]

Hi Stefan! Great video as always. On Friday, it was my birthday and I did my first solo and whilst I was preflighting the aircraft to go I saw N55557 taxi right past me, I did smile to myself thinking about the adventures it had been on. Anyway thanks for the gread video Stefan

[@StefanDrury]

Happy belated birthday Ryan. And a huge congratulations on your first solo, that’s a flight you’ll never forget. Well done mate. So I’m guessing you soloed either on the Isle of Man or Gloucester?

[@ryanhargreaves1502]

Stefan Drury nope I’m based out of Biggin, however they don’t allow solos there due to the jet traffic, so I went to a nearby grass airfield in headcorn. Also thanks for the (yet belated) birthday wishes, the solo was amazing and definitley something I won't forget :D

[@dadetato]

It's so amazing watching you flying over my head in this video... The day you landed in Venice I was flying at my fly school 10km far from you... So proud having you here in Italy. Hope you enjoy our skies 😎

[@dadetato]

I forget to thank you for what you share and teach us all. As you can understand I'm doing my license and your videos are so inspiring.... Many many thanks!

[@mojogrip]

The joy of flying around mountains. My palms would be sweaty too.

[@derkiwi151]

Hey Stefan. I did a mountain flying course around the Southern Alps in NZ and got to experience what mother nature can throw at you. I found the flights mentally knackering so I know what it's like. Not necessarily a lot of fun, but great experience (oh and my hands got a little sweaty at times as well!)

[@flyingwithchris2723]

Brilliant. I don't think I would have liked that turbulence. When I started sweating and went a bit quiet my instructor knew I was in a pensive state!

[@ViperDriver22]

Good job man, you don't see this type of aviation video often! It's awesome! Thanks for sharing.

[@bs2502]

I'm a nervous flyer but with you guys I would feel fine. Awesome.

[@PlanesTrainsEverything]

Great video and superb flight. I could feel myself bouncing around just watching it.

[@dubirl09]

Great video - even felt uncomfortable watching as you passed through the turbulence but you handled it like a pro !

[@marsgal42]

Good stuff! Here in British Columbia mountain flying training is the first thing most people do after their PPL.

[@hellosiri1483]

Laura Halliday we do mountain flying training during ppl (Bangladesh)

[@benrobertsbrown487]

Learning so much in this series. Thanks Stef

[@HR3EEE]

Ty for posting this. We've all been there. Great job!

[@JetStreamDream]

I've been watching a couple of weeks now and I must say. I enjoy your videos and the effort you put in them. Happy flying..

[@StefanDrury]

Thanks Dennis, appreciate you following along with the adventures.

[@garydell2023]

That was a lot of turbulence. I've said it b4 I personally don't mind turbulence especially when I'm holding a cup of coffee. Good job. Fly safe.

[@PrivatePilotFlightVlogs]

This is my favourite video of yours so far dude!!!! Super jealous of your trip!! 👌🏼

[@StefanDrury]

Thanks so much, yeah it's been an awesome trip so far. Still some fun flights to come...

[@Aphova]

Couple of weeks ago flew over the Alps in an A321. Not a nervous flier and been through my share of turbulence without worrying but on that occasion I was genuinely afraid the pilots wouldn't be able to maintain control with the way the wings were dipping. Just watching this gives me the chills. Well held :)

[@1100BFK]

Nick Yatracos yeah but a couple of weeks ago it’s was quite stormy around the alpes go check the flight Kosovo to Geneva really bumpy.

[@RoryOnAir]

Great video, amazing scenery and some good laughs. Fabulous!

[@spiro5327]

Probably a bit nervy with those speed humps but i guess you just have to ride it out. Beautiful views and Philippe knows how to keep that Cirrus looking immaculate, good on ya Philippe. Thanks Stef

[@Juhujalp]

Great flying and great editing as always. That turbulence in the mountains... phew I'd be happy to have caps onboard even if everything it does is ease my mind. Have fun in Venice! I wonder where your trip will take you next. But I guess I will just have to wait to find that out.

[@StefanDrury]

Thanks Juhuja, still editing the trip but yes lots of adventures still in the can from Venice and onwards.

[@jameshyatte7230]

Wow the turbulence ! Great job on flying thru it .

[@UtahsHighlander]

Love the video. Thank you for sharing the adventure and learning!

[@StefanDrury]

Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed that one too.

[@mikeyswingsacrossthesky2244]

You both handled the fantastic! Phillippe was super cool which I think probably helped you through the turbulence and helped keep you calm and confident. I guess these conditions do not exist back home and so underline the skill you have flying the Cirrus.

[@StefanDrury]

Absolutely - his calmness (and singing which I cut out from this particular video) definitely lightened the mood. Awesome fun to fly with.

[@TWCHHK]

You should fly around the Swiss Alps with passes at 9000+ feet. One piece of advice. Always approach ridges at a 45° angle. Like that you can always turn around should there be clouds behind the ridge (as an example). Never approach a ridge or pass at a 90° angle. :-)

[@chasejohnson7820]

Are you stupid 90 degrees is straight up

[@christian-gu5oq]

@@chasejohnson7820 that’s not what he’s talking about

[@rossbrumby1957]

Fascinating! Would happily watch a 2 hour flight over that scenery. Very good descriptive commentary for us who know nothing!

[@annsanimationaddiction8024]

Flew an hour trip over flat land, just very windy. We only had one pair of headphones, so the pops got the headset, and I was more of a passenger. So so much turbulence, with little hearing. Watching to comfort me lool

[@twilliams8041]

Such confidence in their one engine flying machine

[@craigwillis3372]

Great stuff again Stef and I can imagine after all the flying you have done in many places this would have been amongst the toughest given you are VFR and looking for the best tracks through the Alps...bit different to flying over Ayres Rock !! (Uluru..sorry) Magnificent scenery all the way...reminds me of a flight I did from Rio to Santiago...about 4 hrs and at least 2 hours of that is over the Andes...bloody amazing! Hope Milkshake was strapped in during the "rough bits"....well done mate!!

[@skypuppet9]

I can just feel the instability of the air by looking at the clouds in this video. Great for thermals but with too much wind makes it turbulent!

[@zeberdee1972]

Cool video . those mountain up drafts and down are quite severe !!! . As a non pilot its good to see that even you seasoned pilots dont enjoy turbulence either , so its not just me . I can see though how easy it could be for it all to go wrong if you dont plan and know what your doing . When I used to fly gliders my club used to go to Wales and ridge ride , always got told about the pilots that got it wrong and ended up on the wrong side of the ridge and lost lift . At that point they could only fly down this valley to a lake !!! . And rather a wet landing !! , as far as a I know there are not any float Gliders lol . Thank for the good video .

[@JamesWoodrow]

Well done, Stef - RESPECT!

[@StefanDrury]

Cheers James 🤜

[@foxiedogitchypaws7141]

how did Milkshake feel is the question we all wanted to know. Absolutely BEAUTIFUL scenery. Thanks for sharing, fly high and safe.

[@tallman11282]

This is the important question. I hope Milkshake handled the turbulence okay.

[@larryfletcher32]

I hope milkshake milk didn't turn to whipping cream

[@joymadya1686]

Good job man. Flew in similar conditions yesterday. Not the most comfortable flight for sure!😄

[@paultaylor9939]

Outstanding guys cheers

[@TheFlyingVLOG]

What was the wind direction with that severe turbulence? I remember once flying North to South commercially, and we changed level 5 times due to the bumps. Had all the passengers strapped in for the duration.

[@O_Dingo77]

Can I give two thumbs up? One for Stef for sharing this grand content, and one for Philippe wearing shorts?

[@adrianpearce4010]

Amazing Video Stefan

[@kaitak8451]

I love this series of videos! Please keep em coming. Always sad when the video's ending cause I have to wait for the next one :O :)))

[@StefanDrury]

Haha, that's a nice comment. I'm busy editing the rest of the trip, still lots more of Euro flying to come. Thanks for watching.

[@randc47]

Wow, absolutely beautiful flight!

[@simostravels8030]

All I can say is WOW! And awesome!.... stay safe guys.👌👍

[@benmcd66]

Great experiences! Enjoying seeing the challenges of European flying.

[@StefanDrury]

Cheers Ben, thanks for watching.

[@Taz-Alba]

Beautiful video keep it up

[@stevies.1975]

‘Yeah! It’s bumpy’, he says with a smile on his face and then grips for dear life onto the grab rail.... 😂😂😂 Handled amazingly well though! Hope milkshake was safely packed away for that flight.

[@StefanDrury]

Milkshake was safely strapped in, we were keeping a clean and free cockpit for this one - that was part of the preflight.

[@clifftotten7609]

Woah,...I felt my stomach squeeze when watching that turbulence. I'm not a pilot (maybe some day) but nice job anyway!

[@robertg5393]

great video, Stefan!

[@StefanDrury]

Thanks for watching Robert 👍

[@jasontipton8430]

god what a gorgeous place to fly

[@Gaming_with_MacAU]

That turbulence can eat a fat one.....handled like a champ Stefan!

[@StefanDrury]

Cheers George, and thanks for watching.

[@zak2397]

I LOVE your videos. Keep up the amazing content

[@machtrebel2317]

Umpa ... bumpy ... ups ... ouch 😀 but you made it. Great fun to watch. I am going for my Alps introduction in July and to LOIJ as well.

[@gauravdhande3954]

Both of you were amazing! Your conversion made the video extra interesting. I recently came across james asquith's video where he lands in a forest, also check that out!

[@ReveDePiloteACBB]

Just below cloud base on a summer sunny day in the mountains plus mountain wave :( why do you do that to yourself ;))) you did great!

[@StefanDrury]

I must really love planes or something, sucker for punishment! Thanks for watching.

Hab mich dabei erwischt, wie ich die Muskeln beim zusehen angespannt habe 😂😂

[@deibertmichael]

2 were so nervous you made me nervous!

[@mhmedbadra1986]

You handled like a pro , amazing views tho

[@andreask9382]

Thanks a lot for that video. Would be interesting to see the weather briefing of that flight.

[@StefanDrury]

I don’t generally record those aspects of the flight, suffice to say it really started about 4 days before the flight, narrowing in as weather forecasts became more accurate, and involved a fair amount of time at the airport before the flight talking to the local operators and studying weather / webcams of the passes. We had lots of escape options and plan b’s.

[@andreask9382]

Stay safe!

[@astronaut77]

Had a similar situation flying from Camden to Orange and had to turn back because it was as well cloudy everywhere probably broken at A50

[@adamc.7795]

They should be paving over those mountains next year and making some parking lots so all good.

[@Julian_Stony]

Your vlogs are improving even more, always loved them! I’m gonna fly the SR20 for a longer time this summer, so you know, if I may record the ATC just by plugging the iPhone to the headphones via adapter without the expensive GoPro adapter? I’ve already seen your videos about this topic, but couldn’t find any cheap alternative on the internet, maybe there is none.. Cheers

[@derwahnsinnige4807]

yea the alps are very dangerouse sometimes, we had a lot of deadly accidents with helicopters here !

[@dr.andreaswagner6717]

So small the world!! Happy to see you routing over my home province in Austria! As a rather new but elderly pilot i would avoid flying under these circumstances.....🤢 but you both did it very well! Greetings to milkshake, hope, she had a safe place! ;)

[@StefanDrury]

Thanks Andreas. Yeah I doubt I’d have done that flight on my own, but from an experience point of view, and for the scenery, it was just invaluable. Milkshake loved it too, I think she enjoyed seeing all her alpine cow friends from the air.

[@simoneferrari3177]

Wow

[@StefanDrury]

Bumpy hey?

[@simoneferrari3177]

A lot yah crazy. fantastic video

[@davidebortoluz8823]

My home town airport! Awesomeee 😊😊🙌🏻🙌🏻

[@pepitaflyparamotor7796]

Nice job

[@stephengochman7049]

Bravo

[@skatas122]

Far Out! Says Stefan. Bumpy hey...lol.

[@nsw72]

That was some chop! Almost had me reaching for the barf bag.😂🤢

[@Raymondvanderploeg]

Hi Stefan, your video’s are a reason for me to find more about flying through the Alps later this year or in 2022 myself. Looking on this video, what do you recommend for someone who is not expierenced with flying in these areas? Kind regards

[@JodelFlyer]

Great video Stef. It showed Philippe at his best, cool and calm coaching even when it got really very 'busy' and you did brilliantly and the scenery was wonderful. Have you had a chance to look at the clips I uploaded of your presentation at Aero Expo? Hope it met with your approval?

[@RyanLoHQ-lv8yq]

Wow does smaller jets will have more movement during severe turbulence? Can they counteract them? Just wondering...........

[@brentgalye2936]

I have seen 6000 plus fpm in a Blanik in wave... Same in the tow plane to. Know what lumpy conditions are.

[@rikspector]

Stefan, Is it beautiful but bumpy, or bumpy but beautiful? Not unlike a day being partly sunny or partly cloudy. I didn't see any white knuckle flying , but then again you were there , not me. I would have loved it! As usual, Philippe was relaxed and grinning, most of the time. Cheers, Rik Spector

[@msahakim]

You see during the turbulence even the flight instructor is clenching his hand holding the overhead grab handle and the ipad while maintaining a normal conversation to calm the pilot. That is scary when the instructor even quite nervous.

[@dutchygirl]

Looks like an awesome flight and the scenery is just fantastic, but very bumpy indeed. Did you hit the canopy with your head?

[@StefanDrury]

Yeah clocked a little bump to the head from that one wave. Nothing serious, but not the most pleasant experience.

[@dutchygirl]

@@StefanDrury Ohhh Stef, It most certainly didn't look very nice, but I'm glad it didn't give you a bad headache. Is it because of the high closing seatbelt in the Cirrus and not fixing your lap into the seat? I have never seen high closing seatbelts like the ones in the Cirrus and was wondering about this for some time (because of Nico's videos). Had a very bumpy ride myself lately, but the lap belt/harness (DV20) kept us well in place. Will post my video of that ride one of these days overhere.

[@Choko-Boko]

5:40 a second of 0 gravity: check.

[@mwilliams2101]

Really awesome video Stef, truly. Thank you What product does Philippe use to clean the airframe?

[@StefanDrury]

Thanks Matthew, I can’t recall what he was using. If he finds this comment I’ll let him respond.

[@petelainas1153]

Hi Stefan. I noticed the cover to the ballistic chute handle was left open, is that standard practice over mountains? Great vid.

[@StefanDrury]

Hey Pete, it’s actually standard on all flights. We always remove the cover but have the placard available, which is why it’s stuck in that way.

[@pacman73c1]

We don't have that problem here in Florida LOL

[@cmdmd]

Priorities: 1. Keep wings level 2. Hold Altitude (reasonably) 3. Watch Speed during wind shear. You'll live.

[@tarekchebaro]

every nav over alps in switzerland means feeling sick for me, actually not a fan of turbulence

[@rnzoli]

Nice, zero G's and all that stuff lifting and falling everywhere. I hate it :) When the airiplane seems to fall away from me :) geeze. But there is no time to whine and moan, got to get the attitude and speed correct. (On a related note, I don't think that the severe turbulence SIGMET for FL370-400 was really due to mountain waves. Looking at the cumuliform clouds on your route (as opposed to the lenticular shaped in strong mountain waves), there wasn't enough wind speed for that turbulence to stretch up from 6000-9000 ft AMLS to FL370. More likely the airliners were affected by a jet stream this time.)

[@macedonranges]

Slightly bigger Mountains compared with our Hills in Australia .....LOL

[@timfly767]

To hell with that!

[@antonsurviyanto5896]

when turbulence like that, the wings turn unbalance or not Sir?

[@karlsandin4515]

Anton Surviyanto what do you mean ? Whenever one wing is higher it will generate more lift

[@antonsurviyanto5896]

@@karlsandin4515 I mean is it dangerous for small plane can flip? or small plane can handle severe turbulence..Thank you

[@karlsandin4515]

Anton Surviyanto it is possible, however that is usually associated with wake turbulence rather then mountain waves etc

[@matthieud0]

Whaou !

[@calinpapuc2243]

Thanks for Russian subtitles

[@jonathanirons231]

What does Philippe say at the end is “not so nice”? I played it 5 times but couldn’t get it ;-)

[@icy_swoosh]

I think he said "I don't think they mowed the lawn recently"

[@jonathanirons231]

@@icy_swoosh By jove I think that's it ;-) Thanks!

[@nankervisj]

@@icy_swoosh I run a lawn and landscape company in Melbourne where Stefan is based (I fly out of MBW too!) and when I went to Geneva last year one of the first things I noticed was they were a bit selective with where they mowed in some places lol. I'd go out and mow the airstrip but unfortunately I think it would be a little far for me and my zero turn mower to go ;D

[@DrDickrknevitt]

Where’s Milkshake? She would have been living up to her name.

[@dmitrijandreew283]

А я думал на нём нельзя на траву садиться. 👍

[@thumper248]

Who wants to hear a joke?...... Cirrus pilots. Hahahaha!

[@SeemanRammstein]

Why ? I don't get it.

[@SA-co5sm]

*austr*-al-*ia*

[@StefanDrury]

I keep typing “Australia” by mistake...

[@mattwoody1089]

Anything to cause the plane to pith down