Can a LIGHT PLANE make it to BERMUDA?!?!

Can Austin make it all the way to Bermuda in a single engine Lancair Evolution?
An emergency landing on an aircraft carrier HAS happened in real life - story here.
www.quora.com/Can-a-civilian-...
Try it yourself in X-Plane 12 - available now. x-plane.com/
/ xplaneofficial

[@michaelstanley6947]

for an actor, Austin makes a very good computer programmer 🙂

[@vaderkevin3528]

You just have to love this guy for the amount of excitement and Passion he puts into his Job

[@alwinbutscher2791]

vielleicht auch nur Show, ich hoffe nicht, wir werden sehen.

[@vaderkevin3528]

@@alwinbutscher2791 either way. Its entertaining:)

[@bird.9346]

@@alwinbutscher2791 Eh, he seems genuinely into it. Hes replied to my emails within minutes lol

[@vaderkevin3528]

@@confuseddad2865 if we wouldnt have MSFS you wouldnt even complain about it. You gotta see that xplane isnt going the exact same way as msfs goes. In my eyes its two different things. I prefer xplane over it

[@bird.9346]

@@confuseddad2865 Since msfs is such a great sim, why do you feel the need to constantly justify yourself using it?

[@jmorv8866]

Can we get Austin his own show on Discovery?

[@jeddis92]

Interesting fact an O-1 Bird Dog (a modified Cessna 170) landed on the aircraft carrier USS Midway at the end of the Vietnam War. It was carrying a South Vietnamese Air Force Major Buang-Ly, and his family escaping from Vietnam.

[@ToddStewartColeman]

I love the "you got lucky... he uses X-Plane and his sister got sued by a patent troll, so he knows who you are..."

[@HollisterMotorsport]

I've never played any X-Plane games and I only casually play MSFS 2020. But I've been watching Austin's videos for years. You can always hear his passion for any subject he's talking about, hence why I listen to him despite having no involvement in aviation myself. As a long time hardcore sim racer myself, I wish each of the major sim racing franchises had such a charismatic, heavily community interactive figurehead like Austin!

[@wootle]

Love Austins enthusiasm and his knowledge is incredible. What an amazing instructor he would be! Cant wait to get XP12!

[@Sim737Pilot]

This video series will be a great benefit to XP12 users. Thanks for all the added info!

[@RatedFlexxxxxx]

How so? This is just as lame as the Xp12 announcement video

[@_sierra_kilo]

@@RatedFlexxxxxx Average MSFS fan?

[@Karuiko]

9:22 "You don't own this ship, the taxpayers do!" Gotta love it.

[@simmer-tech]

He must have been the son of John and Marta King in a parallel dimension! The way he explains everything is amazing.

[@FlightSimmerX-Plane]

LoL You have made my day Mr. Austin, sir. Now I know why you put A LOT of carriers around the lands. Love you man.

[@christopherhadsell9049]

This is why you gotta LOVE X Plane!

[@sturisa]

Very funny Austin, enjoyed the video, really like XPlane and N44X is awesome!

[@Aleksandar6ix]

It's nice to finally see you fly Austin! But that dark cockpit with the giant frame pillars makes me feel claustrophobic just looking at it. haha.

[@kasm10]

You never cease to amaze! And such an amazing teacher to boot. Ty sir

[@TheCaioKyleBraga]

Haha for a moment I really thought you were flying to Bermuda. But something was off from the get go and eventually you found that yourself! Great video.

[@shewolf5155]

Austen. I am such a fan you and X-Plane !! :)

[@chassmash8903]

No FAA Inspectors were harmed during this filming..... 😄

[@mxcollin95]

Hilariously awesome and unique video…well done boys! 👍

[@bwc1976]

Brilliant as always!

[@sunknight3828]

Austin Meyer is such a goat

[@The-Night-Wolf]

I love the Lancair, I've actually fueled your guys planes iirc, you made some trips up to an airport I worked at last summer. We also had a customer with several of them. Great planes.

[@adamsalyer]

This is great I am excited for more videos like this… informative and entertaining!

[@johnmarek8985]

Great Austin, waiting to see you operate other aircraft in your new series. Cheers.

[@deanlawson6880]

Excellent!! Nicely done!

[@trungtractrungnhi2316]

Mr. Myer, you are a GENIUS!

[@mogumogu3686]

Ahhh....this is soooo good... Excellent film. Bravo....👍👍👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@Mrgabrielgmachado]

This is the video I didn't know I needed to watch!

[@maxvogan8183]

Good job Austin. Really funny. Love that R - Evolution !

[@anthonyvallillo422]

Both at the airline and the Air Force we had to file an alternate for any single runway island airport. And in the case of Bermuda it is, as you say, back to the good ol' USA. Unless, that is, you can buy a surplus Navy aircraft carrier, and make that your alternate, anchored a few miles offshore. That way you wouldn't get the sass from the Air Boss. Also, now I understand where all of my XPlane dollars have been going!!

[@CessSim]

So cool. Great stuff Austin....

[@BO-dc4xg]

This was fun to watch! Thank you:) Love your enthusiasm along with educating:) So if we could only get 2-6 aircraft carriers to sit between here and Hawaii (2250 nm), so lots of people could fly there! (Maybe 2 next to each other so their could be a back ups airports!) There could be hotels/entertainment/etc like big cruise ships! That would be a fun trip!

[@rb_-zc9nv]

Excellent sketch good sir!

[@mobiushelitime]

Austin was actually shot down on final by the carrier's air defense system...Thumbs Up!

[@AndreasSebayang]

The rendering of the Austin Meyer character is pretty good in X-Plane 12. 🤓

[@josephhaas7413]

N844X is a gorgeous, high-performing PERFECT airplane! I found my new dream airplane because of you!

[@gxlbiscuit]

I see a buncha dudes in hats spinning around to move the plane.... (turban engine) "tunak tunak ... da da da"

[@skinnyTheCat]

Just Brilliant!! hahaha thanks for this one! :)

[@KerboOnYT]

When you turn the nerd dial to 11

[@simflightpro]

Incredible team , incredible products, the future is XP12! 👍🏻

[@flightvision]

Hey is that the new X-Plane sitcom? :D

[@Modrunner69]

Can't stop laughing. Love X-Plane and your surname. Cheers and greetings from Germany.

[@rigger41]

To Austin: You're ridiculous. Keep up the good work

[@anjinsanx44]

Entertaining n educational!

[@RBEmerson]

Ironically, I /sailed/ to Bermuda and, due to WX, almost had to divert (well, delay arrival into St. George). The Ford wouldn't have helped then. Congrats for an amusingly instructive vid.

[@BotanistOnDuna]

That part where he said he needs to file use ford as his alternative got me cracking

[@tom95521]

Flies to Bermuda and finds out they don't have a supply of jet fuel for his return flight.

[@WarrenPostma]

This is hilarious and awesome.

[@b0bl00i]

Hi Austin! How well does gliders work in the latest version? I'm looking for a replacement for Condor 2 but I'm worried the support for ridge, wave and thermals might not be properly supported.

[@jdshemp]

Get world wide satellite scenery like the other sim,and I am on board!!!

[@finnmacdonald9542]

what drugs did i take holy shit

[@aviatorb77w]

wow, such a beautiful aircraft! amazing xp12 model too ofc!

[@ParagonGreeny]

This is great

[@pilothound1582]

Awesome vid 😅🤘

[@quantumac]

Austin, please, never change! You da man!

[@HornetAviation]

Make another but idk in a f14 tomcat

[@luftbilderhd]

Very well done and fun to watch! 😊 Is the name of the aircraft a pun or a reference to the good old rally car "Lancer Evolution"?

[@Tylercm262]

It's a model of aircraft. Look up Lancair

[@the-matrix-has-you]

This is why I bought XPlane 11 and 12. This guy has the passion to make it better and better. But he lacks the Dev team of Microsoft when it comes to scenery but flight modeling XPlane 11 or 12 is the clear winner! MSFS is a Scenery Simulator not a Flight Simulator!

[@mxskelly]

As someone who's been around piston engine planes mostly, seeing you spin the propeller by hand made me hella nervous lmao

[@topilot]

You are a genius Austin! What a great and amazing video and even if you used X-Plane to pull it off, it was still a thrilling ride. Being a CFII&ME long time instructor you might want to get my five star book: "Teaching Confidence in the Clouds". In fact if you send me your info I will send you a signed copy. I can't say enough about how X-Plane has advanced my admiration of what you have done with developing X-Plane to what it is today.

[@nickyboi7964]

Can you fix the wingflex and dark cockpit instead

[@benredburn]

I'm from bermuda! Very interesting airport and a great place to see aircraft.

[@James_Loves_Planes]

4:35 his reactions are so funny lol😂🤣

[@garymountcastle6657]

Lived and worked in Bermuda. Unfortunate that you were denied landing permission. Was hoping to see some of my old stomping grounds. Oh well, back to Google Earth.

[@EricWestphal]

Loved it! Lucky for you they have kerosene on the carrier. I'd be out of luck with my Bonanza (but I have a 1400nm range so I guess I could file Charleston as my alternate...).

[@theopendoor3716]

Are we talking about a single engine over open water?

[@epictetus8028]

Haha nice video!

[@thehighwayman78]

Hahah, that was awesome! :)

[@tyleranimated2334]

just for the title, I will fly it to Bermuda.

[@gabrielepierattelli3948]

A monument for that man PLS. 😁

[@ClayCaviness]

WITH YOU

[@chassmash8903]

😅😅😅 Austin goes Hollywood, gorgeous!

[@ericsample9818]

My mac mini won't run X plane 12. But After coming under the sway of Austin's Enthusiasm, I will get a PC from X force! Plus I live 6 minutes from Beta! (Alia now in X plane 12!)

[@MrJohnnyDistortion]

But,,,what about that triangle thingy dood dad?

[@timothyjones7280]

I wonder if you can land a lancair evolution airplane on the deck of a aircraft carrier that is 1100 foot long?

[@LucasVitorFonseca]

I think we have to incorporate notam in the Xplane and phraseology for rádio communication.

[@bombaso5539]

Ok .... cheese everywhere but funny. Thanks lol

[@FritzWeinrebe]

It also worked on my nerves when he used Oh instead of zero. When I realised he is joking I just laughed.

[@simwirx]

0:14 I like how, as he begins to talk about Power, he innately enters into a Power Stance! :)

[@wilmermorales5773]

Great Austin,

[@hxn1_]

bro just became swiss001 irl

[@Paco_Gaepedores]

What a beauty ❤

[@bxchris]

well this was an experience

[@juteint4068]

Super cool and the plane is too much.!!!

[@shaneand4]

A trip to Bermuda from Columbia is like driving from Anderson to Columbia lol

[@FritzWeinrebe]

I had a friend who attempted this flight. He and his PC mysteriously disappeared.

[@imaner76]

You sir, are beautifully bonkers.

[@bearlemley]

The only dual engine failures I have ever had have been behind Pratt and Whitney engines. (I had a lot of engine failures as a manufacturer’s test pilot years ago) Also since Bermuda is a single runway I have never flown an aircraft to this airport without having enough fuel to go to an alternate. Disregarding weather, the flight in front of you can block the runway at anytime (like the genius in this video).

[@ohwell2790]

Where and when did these dual engine failures happen? Plane type, location ,engine, out come? And as far as a plane that has over a 2,000+ plus 45 minute reserve range what airplane was that ? A lot of engine failures? How many exactly? BS

[@carloscruz7317]

Only thing missing was the boss giving you a number to call

[@olderyan]

Hi Mr Austin, would you mind have a VR series on Xp12? It’s really not satisfying at the moment 😮😮

[@CanadianTexaninLiguria]

Next time leave from Hatteras genius.

[@cheems0]

where's the part ı'm Iookıng for?

[@evidenceplz]

Leave the FAA inspectors alone!

[@captmel_mshelia]

That's awesome @austinMeyers. Please keep up the good work. However, for those of who fly exclusively in VR, XP12 is almost impossible to enjoy, as per the lighting issue and shaky visuals. We are Still stuck with XP11 VR flying for now, despite the fact that most of us VR flyers in Xplane also own the XP12 (from day 1 for that matter). Please @Xplaneofficial, we are looking forward to improvements on XP12 VR. Please keep up the great job Austin and the great team at Laminar research 🙏

[@hansadler6716]

Austen for president.

[@Adamsappletechsupport]

Get Austin to be the advertising for the Lancair Evolution

[@xcplpilot1126]

Amazing. More of this please. :D

[@dpet7756]

10:14 how do i get this view?

[@James_Loves_Planes]

X-plane mobile is wat i have x-plane 12 is wat i want and wil get even if i don't have pc yet i am saving money for a pc So i can see the beuatiful work That has put in the sim Keep it up

[@mikhailjairnisbett441]

Don't try this in a non jet or you're gonna be stuck cause we don't have Avgas haha

[@TheFinalMB]

I’m surprised you were cleared to take off with the sheer weight of all that cheese you’re carrying :ppp That look down camera, “I don’t need luck” had me laughing way harder than it should have.

[@RodBauer]

Hilarious Austin!