Especially as a fresh PPL owner ,It's abit scary to know that you are all alone now and there is no instructor sitting next to you anymore!

Hey Stef. That lalala song was stuck in my head for the entire labour and birth of my daughter today. Haha! Too catchy. Epic vids, epic trips, happy landings pal!

Honestly Stef, you could package these vlogs onto a DVD, and sell them for a worthwhile cause, they are that well made!

Loved the description of fear, as a glider pilot, you’re constantly anxious to find the next thermal, and whenever I get out of gliding distance from two airports I get extremely nervous, but learned a) as long as you have a plan B for an outlanding, everything is going to be fine and b) Angst doesn’t help. At least in most of the cases. P.S. love the “airtrip”👍🏼

4:28 - Really great overview of fear - my acronym is "False evidence appearing real", but all other acronyms work equally well. It's useful to inform the 12% of our mind, using logic/reason, that "fear doesn't exist." That may temper the rest of the 88% of our mind (the subconscious) that is butting in. What's interesting is that 88% of the mind, as it relates to fear, is a defense mechanism that is protecting your body and your emotions. This is the world of known negative associations from the past, and potentially not about the truth. Stefan: All of your planning, plan B's, talking thru things, monitoring systems, talking to milkshake, flight and training/recurrency experience, are countering the inner-talk. When you can recognize that the 88% is just there to help out, you can let it go, and continue flying. The 88% will then relax and chill out, because of your confident decision to be "Pilot in Command". One piece of trivia. When we're born we have two in-built fears - fear of falling and fear of loud noises. As that relates to aviation - great! For me, while flying around New York and Los Angeles Airspace, the magic answer was verbalizing the checklist steps out loud. The running flow of "structured anticipatory action; with my control inputs; with expected measurable response" is what calms the subconscious mind - it's all about control. I really enjoy your videos, and have fun looking up GoogleMaps to see where you are!

Welcome to Darwin Stef! I hope you enjoyed your stay and survived the heat!!! Safe travels!

I loved the comment died at 25 and buried at 75 (or whatever) I heard one the other day something along the lines of, what happened yesterday is history and called the past, what happens tomorrow is yet to come and is the future but make the most of what happens today as it is special gift to us and that is why it is called the present. I have been following Mike's Instagram and listening to his Southern Sun book and great to hear you talking about meeting up. Did you read the additional comment I added about watching again with my dad on his new smart Tv and the brilliant detail coming through, especially on that back camera? Looking forward to the next one Stef.

Your so much better than Sam Chui! By far my favourite KZfaqr! Superbly put together!!!

Thanks Stef - really enjoyed this series so far and congrats on your journey, probably fair to say a bit easier in an SR than in a B.E.2 but nonetheless a great achievement so well done to you and Milkshake!

3:37 I completely agree even I get scared sometimes when flying even though I know I’m 99% safe

very nice. It is fun to read about those adventures of yesteryear

what an awesome story. i love aviation history and thinking about the guys that paved the way for the rest of us.

The camera showing rotation to takeoff, and transition to landing is AWESOME. 😎👍

Welcome to my home town! Hope you don't wilt too much in the heat. Nice Cirrus you've flown in on too - wish I could check one of those out up close.

Welcome to Darwin. Interesting to see Wrigley & Murphy's landing place in a suburban street. This is the wet season so be careful out there. Thanks Stef

I enjoy your blogs , thank you

I was the controller who made you turn around on TWY Y when you departed. Awesome footage.

Hard to believe I was standing at the waterfront in early May this year. Love Darwin. Did not get to the memorial site. And it only took 4 hours on the 737-800 in business. Great video. Cheers.

G'day from Thailand. Enjoy your videos...spent many hundreds of hours 30+yrs ago flying outback Oz...no GPS, no, or very few navaids (NDB'S), no autopilot, WAC chart and E6B prayer wheel for navigation. Comms on HF....but at least we had comms.....now you're "lost" without some ATC center talking to you. Keep them coming...love seeing the outback from 8000ft again.

Stuart Highway is a good alternate. Many WW2 strips along the way.

Great advice

Fantastic video Stefan. I totally agree with you about managing fear by building contingencies. Good stuff!

Hey Stef. I have loved planes and flying on them since I was a little boy. The sound, sight and smell of jet fuel would give me butterflies from excitement and still does to this day except, from about twenty something I developed this irrational anxiety when flying and have not been on a plane for over 15 years. Thanks to guys like you I don't miss out completely on keeping up with aviation in general. When you said "don't die at 25 and be buried at 75", damn, what a wake up that gave me...I have allowed this fear to waste years. Time to do something about it. Your awesome.

Love the aviation history stuff Steff...what pioneers and how brave were they to do this!! Well done mate and glad Milkshake was strapped in for the landing in Darwin !! Looking forward to your next enthralling episode as always!!

Instrument flying single seat is a lonely and challenging undertaking..BTDT.. you are doing great!. Love your vids Stefan.. Hello from the States..GooseF16

Historical information and flying! What could be better.

Interesting video thanks, that old landing zone in Darwin was very interesting friend o mine owns a house that backs onto there, I knew about the landing ground but had no idea of its significance to Territory Aviation history! Nice video well shot congrats D

great words of advice pilot! good stuff!!!!!!!

I've really loved this latest series of videos Stefan. You are inspiring a lot of people to follow suit. Keep them coming!

Awesome journey. Enjoyed this so much Thanks👍

IDK dying at 25 and being buried at 75 sounds like there was a good story to go along with it. I am down for going out like that.

"Fear is the mindkiller......." Sorry for the gratuitous Dune reference, Stef but it's a great point about harnessing fear and making it useful. Well done on the trip so far. Aside from being entertaining, it's also been really informative. Cheers, mate.

Great video Stef. You should do a part 3 on fear - "Don't fear military & class C controllers"

Amazing flight over the desert of NT.

Your downwind take-off on 11 to capture your shadow in the climb out and the left turn giving us a view of Tennant Creek township showcased your cinematic thinking as most pilots would have taken an intersection departure off 07 with a quick left turn to join track, missing the visual opportunity for the great view. Well done!

Glad to see you made it safe n sound

Thanks for talking about your fears as a pilot Stefan. I'm planning on learning to fly one day and I've had a few lessons already. I love flying but I always have this fear which is hard to explain to people. Love your videos mate. Love from the England.

Well done Stefan. Thank you for sharing your journey.

"I've already got my bags", classic!

Your videos are most enjoyable and interesting. Thankyou.

There is something so interesting about that red soil. I am just so used to the brown here where I live in the US

Cheers from Canada, Stef! Bumped into your channel when looking up Uluru, yesterday. One day later and I must have watched 2 dozen of your vlogs. Great job all around! Sub'd, and I'm not even a pilot, nor planning to be.

Great video Stefan! You seem to nail the simple, nice and important aviation high lights.

I think its time you think about a record breaking world flight! Bring it on Stefan ! 👌🌏👍

so strange just before take I was aware of a fly buzzing around the flt sim hobby room ,, I warned him out or you are coming too for the ride , haha another grande upload many thanks

Fear? Nothing like a little wind shear on late finals to make you pucker up! Great video. YMER

Finally some storms in your vlogs ! :D Your videos are very informative and confidence inspiring, really like this channel !

Cool, cool video man!!!! Stoked that you've visited my hometown.

You are still doing very good videos Stefan, advanced Merry Christmas to you and your family !

Congratulations on an epic flight!

Binging your videos the whole day already, great stuff man! Just subscribed as well!

Very cool panning with the wing GoPro 👍🏻👍🏻

Appreciate your insights

Good points about fear!

Nice one Stefan. Great coverage. Enjoyed the landing site at 23 Giles. Who would have known that was there still. Brilliant.

Great job as always

Enjoyed watching while doing flight planning for my PPL test tomorrow!

Enjoyed this series mate 🇬🇧 🇦🇺

Great images from new cameras.

Hey Stef, really great channel you are having there! I've been following your journeys for a year and a half now. Great content and always enjoyable to watch. Would be nice to put more details about the flight on the screen though. Maybe overall flight time, average speed and fuel consumption for instant. Have a great day! Love from Slovenia.

Really good video Stefan. I'm just starting to get organised to get flying. Really want to make it to commercial but the whole thing is a bit daunting even though it is a dream of mine.

Hi Stef. I must thank you for the suggestion to look into Ludovico Einaudi. You are a great pilot and I am now subscribed. Hope to enjoy many more of your videos.

Nice one Steff and good to get a mention - I fly out of GOSPORT in the UK!

Thank you for watching the video.

Congratulations on the 50k Stef!

Especially with your first initial silo

Fear equals respect .

Hello Stefan! I`m following your channel from some time and i like it very much. It is the first time I write some comment to you and I hope you eventually read it. Your "tribute trip" is inspiring, spetially to remind aviation history. Your present series reminds me some other I saw a few months ago from a Mexican/american CFI based in south Texas (US) named Eddie from Eddie Aviation Services. He flew from Texas to North Carolina in a ferry flight and uploaded some footages from Cape Hatteras were the Wright Brothers made their first flight 115 years ago. I humbelly suggest to visit his channel and watch those videos. I wish you and your family Merry Christmas and a happy 2020 and also so much soft landings as takeoffs. One question though ¿ what happend to your 4 blade proppeller you changed erlier? From a great aviation enthusiast to an amazing pilot I will like to send you a great hugg from northen Patagonia, Argentina. I apollogize for my english writing since it is not my main lenguage - it is spanish).

Talking safety, and a video idea if ever needed, maybe you could talk about what's out there in GA re safety. The Cirrus has got to be a great example of a GA aircraft with safety systems. (if you've already done this, forget I was here, you didn't see this post)

Congratulations Stefan,well done and really enjoying the series. My goodness me that is some remote outback you have over there. Talking of fear, you are absolutely right in your advice, I have been there a couple of times myself. You are so right in that it makes up your game. Enjoy Darwin and look forward to the rest of the series. Stay safe and keep it blue side up with "tailwinds"😉😉

Really liked the rearward facing camera angle on takeoff.

Awe man. A leaky bag is the worst. 😬

When we go on road trips and we go pass tenant creek we lock all the doors and windows lol.

Was there a lot of traffic at Darwin when you landed? Interesting to see if you got into any jetwash from the jets landing in front of you and how you combat that :) Excellent video as always Stef! I just read your blog/website, love the content on it!

As a pilot since 1957, the task of driving a car is significantly scarier.

Next episode you should set up a guessing game where you try to guess the altitude of the leg!

Looks amazing, how does the fires effect you.

Hi Stef, love your videos. What camera do you use on your wings?

As much as I dont like the look of those sticks, I'd rather have one to have two hands on for precision. Those cirruses are growing on me. They are slick looking.

Is there any noticeable difference between the RAAF operated darwin tower to an airservices operated tower?

HOLD UP, 6:13, Gosport, England? I live there 😂😂 Wow, amazing video as per usual, Also you may like to know that would've been what is now called Lee on Solent airport and not only do I live there but the college I go to owns that airport, Its a small world

nice video mate , when ATC terminated your radar service and you were alone for all that time , did you hear any chatter on the radio or was is a case of strooth , I am alone out here .. ?? .. bet you liked to hear the ATIS coming in on the freq .. Nice videos , keep it up and safe flight back home from Darwin ..

3:14 If you look out the window you can see that the terrain hasn’t loaded in yet

Hi, I am in Australia. I am a doctor who is learning to be a pilot. Had my stalling lessons the other day. Can you recommend a flight simulator for home with your recommended gear like a yolk pedals etc

Definitely Subscribe to Stefans channel. His videos are always fresh, exciting and of course educational.

How much water do you carry with you when flying in such remote locations?

Do you ever have the camera mounted to the dome light come off? I tried mounting there and the lens started coming off sending the camera and light cover to the floor. As always, great video.

Do you have an EPIRB?

Hi Stefan!

Being that you are all upside down there, how do you stick to the ground when you land? Do you use magnets?

How do u record the ATC radio stuff from the headphones

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Is that an open glove compartment on the right of the dashboard above the air conditioner control or an empty space for more gear?

Hey Stephen was thinking about you over here in the US there saying Australia has a bad with the fires I just wanted to checking in on you and make sure you were okay let me know you're doing fine I'm not just a subscriber you know I'm a fellow creator and I haven't seen anything from you in a while let me know you and your family are okay please

Hey mate anything you need from us please let us know how we can help. Seeing some pretty disturbing videos from the fires Your aviation family is ready to help Can you give us update and maybe ways to help ?

2:57 a lot of criminals like that as well

5:25 YOU WILL....

Flys like getting free flights

why would you be scared...flying over highway one and you have a parachute...not like your in the middle of the Gobi desert

Not afraid of flying. Only afraid of dying in a flying machine.