AROUND-THE-WORLD PART 1: Challenging the open Atlantic crossing from Canada to Portugal in a DA42

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AROUND-THE-WORLD PART 1: Challenging the open Atlantic crossing from Canada to Portugal in a DA42

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Wolf Reichenberger

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North Atlantic most direct crossing for small aircraft, from St Johns Newfoundland to Lisbon via the Azores

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@lornachatwin9508 6 жыл бұрын

What an adventure! 👨🏼‍✈️👩🏼‍✈️🌎🌍🌏

@lucianobianco3254 6 жыл бұрын

I like your style. Great video

@picktube34993 4 жыл бұрын

That's a good mix of adventure as well as flight and communication technicals. Enjoyed every minute of it.

@andrewriedel4446 5 жыл бұрын

Nice video, the audio needs a little work though to be a little more consistent with volume. Thank you for sharing.

@wolfreichenberger9121 5 жыл бұрын

Agree Calgary Dispatcher... I use Windows Movie Maker, not always perfect.

@andrewriedel4446 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the replay Wolf, what is the next phase? Are you making your way back to North America?

@wolfreichenberger9121 4 жыл бұрын

@@andrewriedel4446 as you saw, we circled the globe, via Russia and Pacific

@Mikeb8134 3 жыл бұрын

great stuff!

@hangingaroundbytato5360 5 жыл бұрын

Great video!!!

@pintjoao 6 жыл бұрын

great job !!!! from Portugal

@wolfreichenberger9121 6 жыл бұрын

João Costa Pinto muito obrigado Sr João. Adoramos Portugal!!

@airmechanical7163 6 жыл бұрын

Excellent !! Great video!

@Goldpill2445 2 жыл бұрын

Good

@ahmadsamadzai8255 3 жыл бұрын

I'm available for adoption as a son or just company on your flights. Very cool sir. You are my hero.

@wolfreichenberger9121 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, very nice comment!

@autum71 6 жыл бұрын

Great video

@mrnice88x 3 жыл бұрын

How much fuel can you carry? Awesome flight log!

@wolfreichenberger9121 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks. 50G main tanks, 25G Aux plus 66 in a collapsible fuel bladder on back seat.

@mrnice88x 3 жыл бұрын

@@wolfreichenberger9121 very cool! What was your GPH? I travel to the acores and I want to get a plane that can travel there!

@toddpeterson5904 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing! I would love to do something like this. When I see these adventures, it makes me wonder how much it costs and how they afford it. I think this plane is about $500k, and would probably cost $20k in operating costs, plus all the months of hotels, food, etc.

@wolfreichenberger9121 3 жыл бұрын

Hello Todd, you're about right for buying a good recent DA42. It is a relatively expensive plane to buy, but more modest in operations, and good resale value. Ops is on average $50 fuel per hour (160nm), and 10-15,000 every year for maintenance.

@toddpeterson5904 3 жыл бұрын

@@wolfreichenberger9121 Hi Wolf. Thank you for sharing this and your amazing videos. It's a beautiful plan with that brilliant panoramic view. I hope one day I'll be able to do something similar!

@Ray-rt3yh 2 жыл бұрын

I've always wanted to fly, but I have colorblindness. I heard I can get a private pilot license even with my condition. I've been playing Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 and it has the diamond DA62. I've successfully accomplished this, but I went the Greenland-Iceland-uk route. I would love to do this in real life, but there is so much to line up to make it happen. I know the DA62 pretty well. Just have to learn all the NAV/COMM components. And then there is the money aspect of buying the plane. The range on the diamonds is awesome. I'd most likely go for the DA42 as the DA50 is probably more than I'll make in my lifetime. Thanks for sharing this video, it will keep me motivated to get there someday.

@wolfreichenberger9121 2 жыл бұрын

All my encouragement to do it yourself, go for it!! Count on my advice once you're ready. For the money, yes, it is not cheap, but you may find sponsors. see what those guys from Switzerland did recently: www.diamondo-earthrounding.com/

@louissanderson719 2 жыл бұрын

Greta video! Is this your personal aircraft?

@wolfreichenberger9121 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, it was! (sold)

@Dave-df1vu 10 ай бұрын

i have made this trip befoe in my cessna 340 where is your submersion suit and life raft?you are lucky i always make the trip by myself. i do not have a gf or wife so however my dogs are good copilots.i take a lot of power naps lol these new glass panels are amazing as the new auto pilots. it is a fun trip cept i go farther north, but i also have deice and a hot windshield i getup and walk around the cabin going to make the trip to ireland in may

@mvanphilips 3 жыл бұрын

You didn’t wear the manditory (orange) life suits flying over the Ocean. Why not?

@wolfreichenberger9121 3 жыл бұрын

Good question. 14 CFR § 91.509 - Survival equipment for overwater operations - does not require it. With 2 engines, and sufficient single engine performance, only fuel management is, in my view, a significant risk factor for ditching. I always manage fuel to keep my main tanks close to full, so if my spare tank system (pumps, or fuel lines) fail, I can make it to nearest land. My backup is my Marine radio, to find and talk with ships, in case you need to go down. Last, not least, all my long overwater flights were in summer, and mostly warmer latitudes.

@deltamikepilot 3 жыл бұрын

Vielen Dank für´s mitnehmen! :-) #Hankosh

@PortugalHolidayVillas 3 жыл бұрын

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@exsium 4 жыл бұрын

WOW! How much experience (flight hours) do you need (or recommend) to attempt something like this?

@wolfreichenberger9121 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent question! I don't think simple hours of flight matter, it is the relevant experience. Start longer cross-country flights, cross-border flights (get accustomed to bureaucracy), over-water flights, until you feel "ready for it". Emphasis on fuel management, emergency planning, oceanic navigation (coordinates rather than waypoints), HF radio op. Every pilot can do it!

@jcrudele 3 жыл бұрын

Great video! Thanks for sharing. How did you connect the turtle tank to the airplane fuel system to feed the fuel in flight?

@wolfreichenberger9121 3 жыл бұрын

A little pump station (2 pumps, can pump with one if 1 failed) behind the seats, and professionally installed fuel lines to main tank.

@jcrudele 3 жыл бұрын

@@wolfreichenberger9121 Great, Thanks!

@collieri 4 жыл бұрын

Willing to bet it was harder controlling the volume of the playback than actually flying this route. whisper, whisper, whisper.. SHOUTING.. SHOUTING

@andymckee53 5 жыл бұрын

Was the oil access flap fully closed on the Starboard engine on the first flight - it looked partially open to me?

@wolfreichenberger9121 5 жыл бұрын

Andy McKee very well observed! Those oil check doors receive some airflow in the DA42, so they open a small gap. I normally put a duct tape over it for longer flights, but forgot here. Diamond corrected this issue in the 42VI, and the 62 models.

@andymckee53 5 жыл бұрын

OK. Thanks for the info. Love the Diamond Twins. Great video BTW.

@PagyBio 4 жыл бұрын

Nice video! Parabéns! Percebi que também falam português! Wow! What was the flight's cruising altitude? How did you manage to fly without oxygen?

@andersongeorge4653 4 жыл бұрын

u only need oxygen above fL14000

@rainerzufall689 5 жыл бұрын

I still wonder if two engines are beneficial for these kinds of trips. Did you calculate your range on one engine? On conventional twins I think flying on one engine reduces your range since the remaining engine has to consume a lot of gas for cooling with the high load it has. And often the altitude can not be maintained. These restrictions might not apply for these engines. Do you consume more or less fuel per NM flying on one engine?

@wolfreichenberger9121 4 жыл бұрын

Hallo, if one engine had failed middle of Pacific, 1000nm from nearest land, I could have flown it on one single engine to safety, very slow, but ok to maintain altitude, and avoid watering

@nmnmnm35 4 жыл бұрын

whats the headset you are using?

@ik6088 2 жыл бұрын

Great video. HF radio was not required for this trip?

@wolfreichenberger9121 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, correct, HF needed. We used at beginning, but requested switch to Satphone after first communication, which was granted.

@ik6088 2 жыл бұрын

@@wolfreichenberger9121 fantastic thanks for the quick reply. I saw in your other video that you throw a dipole out the window. That’s one half of the dipole antenna but where’s the other half? Is it the body of the plane?

@wolfreichenberger9121 2 жыл бұрын

@@ik6088 yes, grounded to the metal frame of the airplane.

@ik6088 2 жыл бұрын

@@wolfreichenberger9121 Fascinating, thank you. Did you power the tuner and HF rig from the plane, or external battery? Did you transmit at 100 watts or was it less? And was the mod necessary to open up the transmitter to non-ham freqs? Thanks so much!

@wolfreichenberger9121 2 жыл бұрын

@@ik6088 Hi I K, you're a ham radio amateur? External 12V batteries (2), 100W, and mars mod.

@paulmoncton 2 жыл бұрын

Much easier than via Greenland/Iceland ?

@wolfreichenberger9121 2 жыл бұрын

No, much longer over water (over 1200nm), but milder weather!

@michaelcramerichliebemeinl5150 3 жыл бұрын

What type of plane is this?

@wolfreichenberger9121 3 жыл бұрын

Diamond DA42

@charliebowman785 4 жыл бұрын

Does the lady can fly the aircraft?

@wolfreichenberger9121 4 жыл бұрын

yes, in an emergency she could land it .... we trained for that

@davidpearn5925 3 жыл бұрын

What average GS ?

@wolfreichenberger9121 3 жыл бұрын

About 170kts including tailwinds

@dci762striker 4 жыл бұрын

No survival suits?

@wolfreichenberger9121 4 жыл бұрын

Good question. In a single engine, definetively a must. In a twin, the probability of a watering becomes remote. From my studies, only cases were fuel starvation. Which serious planning can really prevent I believe

@userDFboeing 4 жыл бұрын

with the additional tank, whats the maximum range ?

@wolfreichenberger9121 4 жыл бұрын

Normal cruise, regular tanks = 900nm plus reserve. The full 66G bladder tank adds another 800nm (=1700nm). Plus the 25G bladder used across the Pacific, another 300 = 2000nm total ... But more if reducing power ...

@userDFboeing 4 жыл бұрын

Wolf Reichenberger and you were not above the MTOW?

@wolfreichenberger9121 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, you need a Form 337

@userDFboeing 4 жыл бұрын

Wolf Reichenberger okay I see and I have one last questions, did u buy the aircraft or it’s possible to rent it for like 3 months or something, the time needed to do a world trip basically ? (Because I checked on some website and the price of a da 42 isn’t below 340.000$ which is pretty expensive

@wolfreichenberger9121 4 жыл бұрын

@@userDFboeing I bgt the aircraft... would be possible to rent for shorter flights, but not intercontinental..

@gregjohnson720 5 жыл бұрын

I sure hope that he refueled with avgas because the sticker on the back of the fuel truck said Jet!

@wolfreichenberger9121 5 жыл бұрын

Actually, no, my DA42 has the AE300 Austro engines, using JetA1 or Diesel....

@gregjohnson720 5 жыл бұрын

Wolf Reichenberger Interesting Herr Reichenberger. Boa viagem

@marcs990 3 жыл бұрын

It’s ok. All diamond aircraft can take both types but obviously everyone uses JetA

@ricardosegoviaaliaga8493 3 жыл бұрын

Diésel?!! Like trucks

@phillip1115 2 жыл бұрын

It to bad you audio is so terrible.

@MAGApepe 6 жыл бұрын

:))

@rablakli 3 жыл бұрын

First I’m not an aviator...... but why don’t you just stop one engine, you would save a lot of fuel.... that’s what we do all the time in shipping.

@wolfreichenberger9121 3 жыл бұрын

Hello Sailorman! ;-) No, unfortunately, if you fly with one engine, the aerodynamics change drastically, as the plane yaws (pushes) to the side of the dead engine, and you have to correct for it (otherwise you would fly on a circle), and you lose a lot of your performance. The way to save fuel is simply to reduce power, but on both engines together.

@rablakli 3 жыл бұрын

Ok, thanks for the explanation