Sunrise ULURU scenic flight | Outback EP10

[@BluStoned]

I am a professional in the video production industry, and I can categorically say that Stef has some of the best editing out there for a small KZbinr. It just goes to show how film-making as an industry is so easy to get started in. Todays episode was great Stefan, absolutely loved it!

[@StefanDrury]

Thanks Nicholas, I appreciate the kind words. This episode was a heap of fun to a) film and b) edit, so I'm glad you enjoyed watching. Cheers, stef.

[@AusFlightSimmer]

Yep totally agree, you see effort he put into the vids :)

[@sendesilva1857]

those shots of uluru are absolutely insane!!

[@NikosWings]

Your close ups of Uluru were breathtaking, and your music choice added to the drama, you successfully transferred the emotions of the moment to your audience, I could not help to feel the awe of the sight and get emotional, I’m sure it was incredibly emotional for you. Thank you for sharing this blessed place with us!

[@StefanDrury]

Thanks Niko, it was a really special flight, I'm so glad I could share it with everyone here on KZbin.

[@stevies.1975]

I have to agree with the sentiment here....

[@stewartwilkinsonsnr]

Seeing the Rock from the air and with great music to accompany the views, my verdict Breathtaking ✈️

[@StefanDrury]

Thanks Stewart, really appreciate that.

[@JodelFlyer]

Great episode Stef. The early morning shots of 'the rock' were stunning and your choice of music was superb and made for a very effective combination.

[@philipmead3575]

The music as you're flying around Ularu is just spectacular, I've watched this entire series a few times and this part always gets to me

[@jonkirk2822]

Absolutely loving watching these videos. Studying for my PPL/CPL whilst watching these videos, definitely makes studying easier. 100% my favourite aviation channel on KZbin.

[@StefanDrury]

Thanks Icarus FPV, great to have you following along with the trip and good luck for your P/CPL studies.

[@roysvilla]

Wow...having flashbacks.. superb stuff my friend👍

[@nsw72]

Mad Max country! Yesss! Another super instalment, Stef.

[@swedishkev]

Terrific Stuff Stef. I agree immensely with others, Your filming and editing is getting better and better. Very professionally put together and some nice music, when its needed. Your living the Dream.

[@garydell2023]

Really appreciate your videos, the time spent on editing them and I'm still amazed that your wife let's you fly off on these jaunts. Fly safe & keep current.

[@StefanDrury]

She is the biggest supporter of my trips compared to anyone, without her I would never be able to do trips like this. So actually it's not so much a case of her letting me, it's more her motivating me to challenge myself even more. I'm very lucky in that respect.

[@Lafayette80.]

I've done that scenic pattern many times. Thanks for taking me back down memory lane.

[@StefanDrury]

That’s so cool, I really enjoyed flying it, glad to have you riding along.

[@kestrel5065]

Great series Stefan and some excellent shots, Thanks

[@jcee6886]

Your best video yet. Visual and audio. Cinematic

[@Bentz5000]

Drury, you've outdone yourself here. Safe travels bud. Keep it up.

[@StefanDrury]

Thanks Bentz5000 👍

[@pacmusic08]

One of your best! Absolutely loved this episode. Thanks again!

[@StefanDrury]

Much appreciated Paulie, thanks for watching and leaving that comment.

[@julz9261]

Another Great video Stefan, love how the wife saves the day gold got love that.

[@StefanDrury]

She's the ultimate ground support crew!

[@acromatt]

Well done on the jumper! Great series thanks Stef.

[@StefanDrury]

Haha thanks, took a while but was worth it in the end!

[@gervers]

Great vlog again! Gotta love the Mrs for sorting out accommodation!

[@StefanDrury]

Thanks gervers, not the first time she’s saved me!

[@keithsmith4059]

Wow excellent ... much better than screaming past The Rock on a 73 :)

[@fynnjackson8416]

I’m only young and I’ve always had a love of flight ever since I remember when ever I hear a plane my heads always to the sky and during things I need to focus on I still find my head looking into the sky and I’m lucky that I have a Dad who takes me to air shows and the airport to watch the airplanes taking off and landing aspiring to be those pilots but as pilot training is expensive my dad says I can’t do it unless I get a job but even then I’m going to need a good job and I’m not that old so a good job is hard to come by so I love watching these videos that make me feel like apart of the cockpit along for the ride and It makes me smile watching these videos and I could only dream for more

[@randc47]

Another fantastic video Stef!

[@stevies.1975]

Stunning views again. Brilliant video. So glad you included the Olga’s although that segment was extremely brief... 😟😟😟 And such a great soundtrack too. I definitely want to see Ayers Rock and the Olga’s from the air as well as the ground. This outback series has been amazing. One of the best travel ads for Australia.

[@realbudgiesmugglertwohatsb2611]

Fantastic easy to watch its like your there with you from the comfort of my campervan.. Everyone should share your posts you ROCK dude nice work...

[@FloydBromley]

Great episode, I've been enjoying the series and look forward to the next episode

[@StefanDrury]

Thanks for following the adventure Floyd.

[@sharonanderson7831]

your flight vlogs are addicting Stefan

[@loremaable]

Really nice , absolutely perfect visually and technically !

[@Combatants1]

Great episode Stef, Absolutely impressed with the speed you are cranking these out. The views are amazing

[@bendav]

Never heard of the Olgas! Another beautiful sight to see - they just keep piling up!

[@stephenbishop7959]

A bit late on this, but the name is out of date. Until a few of decades ago the two features were called Ayres Rock and the Olgas. Then they switched to the traditional aboriginal names of Uluru and Kata Tjuta. It's kind of odd that the OP used the correct term for one, but the out of date version for the other.

[@60frederick]

Stefan, your flights are giving me the feeling to come to Australia one day and to go "discovering"! Thank you for sharing your video with us!

[@StefanDrury]

I really hope you get to do that one day Frederick, Australia is such an amazing country and I'm really lucky to live here and fly around places like this. Hope you achieve your goal and get down here someday in the future.

[@davidwebber4589]

You are very fortunate to be able do do that. What an amazing sight!

[@StefanDrury]

Absolutely, I am very grateful for the chance I've had to do this whole trip, and this flight was a real highlight.

[@AusFlightSimmer]

You have me hooked on this series :)

[@StefanDrury]

It's great to have you following the adventure. Thanks, stef.

[@andrewstorm8240]

Great video - well you do have the blue mountains

[@StefanDrury]

Let's be honest, they're Blue Hills compared to the rest of the world!

[@rbrdly]

Beautiful, Stef. Here... have a 'like'

[@StefanDrury]

Thanks. Have one back on your comment 👍

[@joeirwin6212]

Great vid, love the series

[@seanlander6936]

Great Ep! The only thing missing is that William Creek is the worlds only Fly-in-Fly-out bottle shop. Oh, and Griffith is big on the drug trade too...

[@istevecomau]

The Broken Heel Festival is on!! 👠👠 I was there last week just before

[@StefanDrury]

Yes I found that out when I arrived into Broken Hill. It was a really cool vibe there, huge party happening in The Palace Hotel, though there were a few hungover patrons at breakfast the morning I left!

[@InflightAviation]

Have been loving this series Stef, It is so amazing to see a part of Australia from a pilots perspective, and you make it even more enjoyable! MASSIVE like!!

[@StefanDrury]

Thank you, I've really loved sharing some sights of our beautiful country with everyone. I like showing Australia off to the world.

[@TheRahuligan]

Been waiting for this one! Absolutely loving the scenery on the journey so far, really making me feel like I have to come down and visit Australia. Looking forward to the next episode!

[@StefanDrury]

Thanks Rahul, and you should absolutely visit Australia, it's such an amazing and unique country. I'm sure you'd love it.

[@pilot_evan]

Loved the score for your Rock Scenic!

[@StefanDrury]

Nice piece of music hey Evan. I've been waiting to use that one for this very flight. Thanks for watching mate.

[@jamesleicher]

how did i miss these during lockdown? you been around lol very nice

[@bsbowring]

Another awesome video, thanks Stef! FYI - similar to Ayers Rock - Uluru, the traditional Aboriginal name for The Olgas is Kata Tjuta. The whole area is classified as the "Uluru Kata Tjuta National Park" :)

[@SyriusStarMultimedia]

I’m going to copy your flight around these sights in my simulator. Thanks for the video!

[@trentrouillon1732]

Loving these videos mate 💪🏼

[@lyndonmaher]

Awesome video today

[@StefanDrury]

Thanks for watching Lyndon, glad you enjoyed it!

[@richardclark2414]

Amazing gotta get me one of those flying contraptions lol.

[@sunshinecatcher8779]

I would love to fly into broken hill when I was a child the Royal flying doctor series always my dream job

[@lawboy777]

Awesome. I lived at William Creek back in 2000 for 10 months doing Lake Eyre scenics in C172/206/210s for Wrightsair. First commercial job that set me up for Qantaslink. Videos are bringing back so many great memories. Cheers buddy!

[@StefanDrury]

That's so cool, would be a fun place to live and work for a while. Everyone at Wrightsair was really friendly to me there, apart from joking to me that fuel was $10/litre, that made my heart jump! Congrats on the QLink job, hope to fly on one of your planes one day.

[@lawboy777]

Yeah back in 2000 there were 12 pilots jammed into the 'Whitehouse' as it was known directly opposite the apron. We manually pumped fuel out of 44G drums and if it rained the runway turned into a lake! Loved every moment. I'm a Q400 skipper these days based out of Sydney. If I see you on a manifest I'll come say hi....

[@ldn0607]

Mate hats off to you, what an amazing series. If you ever need a cameraman look no further i got you covered :)

[@tonycook202]

Another great leg of the trip Stef! I really enjoyed the Rock and also you got to see the Marree Man. Seems in very good condition after 20 years

[@StefanDrury]

I’ve wanted to see that from the air for a while so yeah was great to fly past it.

[@MyPoopoo2]

Some locals in the area went in with a dozer and redid it, only about 12 months ago. They nearly got in trouble for doing it.

[@musicalaviator]

When the analog UHF television was turned off in 2014, one of the towns that got a federal government grant to convert to satellite TV was Mintabie. Contractor I worked for went into the place to install about 80 odd satellite dishes for tv in private homes. Also, pronounciation from the locals is Mint a-bee. Some of the kids at the glorified homeschool there made a song about it, should be up on youtube. Living in Mintabie song.

[@barrysheridan9186]

Superb video, especially the shots of Ayres Rock. Thanks for posting, but I have to say I prefer the green of England.

[@StefanDrury]

England was a similar colour when I flew over it a few months ago 😀

[@thatsabadmiss]

Loving this series Stefan. I'm a few hours away from doing my PPL skills test so I'm soaking up plenty of flying videos at the moment! I'm heading down under in December to spend Christmas with my family in Wollongong - hopefully I might be able to get in the air from Albion Park for a scenic trip! Keep up the good work.

[@StefanDrury]

Thanks Michael, I used to fly to YWOL quite a lot when I did my training out of Bankstown. It's very cool that you have the QF 747 based there now.

[@thatsabadmiss]

Looking forward to a tour of the museum - I've not been there since 2010 so I've not seen the 747. I'm training at Liverpool Airport in the UK and spending my first Christmas in Oz this year (my other half is an Aussie). I'm hoping to be PPL qualified by the time we come over so I can do some flying myself.

[@cirruscapo]

Stef, your on a roll, I have really been enjoying this series, and you're over 17K Subs now... Congrats...

[@StefanDrury]

Thank you Robert, I'm humbled by the growth and loving making stories like this to share.

[@GunniesLetsFlyVFR]

That footage of the rock is amazing. Ive only seen it from 36000ft. The Qantas pilot did a left then a right circuit so everyone could see it. Amazing. :)

[@varunak3940]

Wowww 🤩🤩 Super brother 👌 From India 🙏🙏

[@spiro5327]

Fantastic view of the Rock and Olgas, love the accompanying music. It might help to remove seat belt before removing top. Thanks mate

[@h0ll1s]

So this time when you hop out of the plane you actually don't know where you are going to stay the night?? XD Graet videos, loving it!!

[@Peter_Carroll]

Another great video, was surprised to see a sealed airstrip at William Creek, I guess with being close to lake Eyre there is a growing industry in scenic flights.

[@StefanDrury]

Thanks Peter. Yeah there’s a company called Wrightsair that operated scenic flights out of William Creek. But most people were using the dirt strip on that day with that strong South Westerly.

[@MyPoopoo2]

They saying lake eyre going to fill up this year with the rains in Qld. The bird life is incredible as well as the colours. If you haven’t seen it with water in it I’d recommend it.

[@Mike7478F]

Sweet vid.

[@burntoutelectronics]

There is nothing like landing right next to Ayers Rock. To bad ya didn’t do it

[@TheEasyridermatt]

i have been watching this great series {& all your other videos} & have loved every second of them stef,keep up the great work mate.We going to have to call you the "malcom douglas of the air" soon haha

[@StefanDrury]

Haha, thanks Matt. Though I'm probably a little more Russell Coight...

[@autum71]

Great Video

[@StefanDrury]

Cheers Mohamed 👍

[@craigobrien5098]

Class video

[@StefanDrury]

Thanks for watching Craig, glad you enjoyed that.

[@garydell2023]

I've been meaning to ask, how is the new prop working for you? I appreciate the video's, your time and I'd like to thank the Mrs's., for allowing you to experience this and share it with us. Fly safe.

[@StefanDrury]

Hey Gary, I just uploaded a video with some thoughts on the 3 vs 4 blade prop. Hopefully that answers some of your questions, stef

[@jeetts59]

Another great video, so well edited. Did you fly over ayers lake? When it’s got water a wonderful sight

[@user34274]

I fucking love this channel.

[@jcee6886]

I love Australia ❤️

[@StefanDrury]

Me too! 🐨👍

[@ipthomas6173]

The vlog is great, the flight is great, all those stuff are just simply amazing...….I'm just wondering how do you keep the GoPro charged while filming a 2-3hrs trip???

[@caerleon9176]

I rode a motorcycle across Oz. William Creek was one of my stops, be nice to get there again without suffering the corrugations lol

[@StefanDrury]

I've driven over those in a 4WD in the past. That was pretty uncomfortable so I can imagine it's pretty gnarly on a motorbike.

[@almeida1968]

Hi Stefan. That is an amazing trip. Thanks for sharing. How do you pay for fuel and landing fees?

[@robertzandonadi4247]

Hi Stefan, just wondering if by any chance you are related to a Tom Drury who was a DCA Examiner of Airmen in Brisbane back in the 70's.... Been subscribed to your channel for over a year now and loving your content and style, keep up the good work.

[@StefanDrury]

Thanks for subscribing and following along with the trip Robert. But no I don't believe I am related to any other Drury's here in Australia. However it's not a particularly common surname so there could be a connection somewhere perhaps, but not that I know of. I'd have to consult my Dad's family tree to be sure...

[@davidgraham370]

Does melbourne centre cover the whole of Australia? It's just a wee bit weird cos where I live, Glasgow, to get from there to london you need to contact glasgow centre, manchester centre then london and then tune to the tower (don't know for sure though my friend is a pilot who does this route regularly i'm not a pilot) Also, how come you always do a left turn before landing on final?

[@CallOfTheSyren]

No, there is an imaginary line that runs through the middle (roughly) of Australia. South of the line is controlled by Melbourne Centre, and north is controlled by Brisbane Centre. Stefan goes over this in his video at the ATC tower. And the left turn would be the turn from the Base leg of the circuit to the Final leg. A lot of airports use a left circuit pattern.

[@MarkCrompton007]

Hi Stef. Thank you for the videos, it is inspiring to see documentary of your adventures. So much so I think about doing the same to share my flying adventures. I am based out of Brisbane, completed my ppl only 3 years ago, for the purpose of doing trips just like this. We have a big beautiful country and there is so much to explore. I have already clocked up many cross country trips, the most recent to Birdsville for the Big Red Bash. Can you provide any pointers to good resources in setting up video/audio kit and learning to edit? Aviation specific to I guess?

[@StefanDrury]

Thanks Mark, I've got a video coming out soon on my top learnings from the trip and have a lot of pilot / planning tips in there. I am overdue to do a recording gear video as well, I'll get onto that soon I promise. My setup has changed a fair bit since I made the last video so yeah it would be good to share that with the channel. Coming soon, I promise...!

[@MarkCrompton007]

Stefan Drury Thank you and I look forward to seeing it. Safe travels.

[@stacatalina1]

Thank you. JJ

[@pokemonguy6579]

Does your SR22 have the SatPhone option? I mean, you got accommodation at Broken Hill...

[@StefanDrury]

No SatPhone, the message from my wife who booked the accommodation was received through a regular 4G connection to my phone.

[@twoflyinghats]

The Olgas?? Kata Tjuta if you don't mind! Respect!

[@nateisnotemo]

Loving this series of videos! Just wondering, how much would a trip like this cost in terms of plane costs (hire, fuel, etc)?

[@182driver]

What prog are using for storms and weather?

[@rickybaba6507]

hello brother hope u doing fine i have couple of questions 1- whats the year and model of ur plane ? 2- Is it a piston engine or turbo ? 3 what is the difference in piston and turbo engine and which one is better ? 4- i am planning to buy one but where i live its -30 to 40 all the time ... what do u suggest ? thank you i will be waiting for ur reply

[@rmk7641]

Thanks!

[@TREVORDAWSONTHD]

Hope you got a room to stay at in Broken Hill. I guess heading for Griffith you'll be seeing more civilisation as you get closer. A lot of flat country in between.

[@robdotcom71]

I'd love to so laps of Ayers Rock with a paramotor.... that would be fun.

[@domxuanquang]

Is there any geological relation between ULURU and VALLEY OF FIRE, NEVADA, USA?

[@GunniesLetsFlyVFR]

Im from Leeton .. the next town ... :)

[@rickybaba6507]

and whats ur cruise speed ?

[@paulalbers1935]

The fires Stefan are made by the indigenous Australians cultivating the land

[@Daniel-hc2yi]

👍👌

[@StefanDrury]

👍

[@jordanryan673]

Does KJN have air conditioning?

[@StefanDrury]

Yes, which has been really useful during this trip I can tell you!

[@iamskoza]

Where is the man on the ground?

[@MyPoopoo2]

South Australia place called marree. He is called the marree man.

[@scotty11782]

Thanks Stef, YAYE-YWMC-YBHI

[@jwcorcoran9838]

12:08 for a surprise

[@itsmePassport]

For us in our beds here at home a drone would have been better. Please go back and do it again with a drone and go closer. Thanks.

[@sebby101]

The people of Mintabie were forced to move out of their town because of government redesignation into APY group indigenous land holdings. Media put the nail in the coffin on the town with reports on crime and drug trade which was also true to a certain extent. Some residents stating that it may have taken 10 hours for police to get to the town since it was so remote and long dirt roads to get to it.

[@stivi739]

Pronounced minta bee..currently a petition to keep town open

[@ashsmitty2244]

$1M Dollars in a small town? I guess opal mining is my future! 😅