Thanks for all the responses so far. Check out the channels in all the comments below, add your own favourites, and let's grow these communities together. As promised in the video here are the channels I watch the most: - Niko's Wings (fellow Cirrus pilot and one of the most generous guys you'll ever meet) - Steveo1Kinevo (one of the originals, and I want an eScooter race with him one day soon) - The Flying Reporter (professionally made and fun to watch flying videos from the UK) - Trent Palmer (amazing visuals and he lands on the side of mountains, that's pretty cool) - Mojo Grip (if you like home builds, he's building his own Sling TSi) - Becki and Chris (adventures in helicopters and great design/filming tips) Outside of aviation I also really like: - Thomas Heaton (landscape photography and someone who also loves nature and exploration) - Currently Hannah (fellow Aussie traveller with amazing cinematography and fun stories) - MKBHD (not that he needs more followers! but a great presenter and great tech content) - Kai W (photography reviews and tech vlogs) - Sarah Dietschy (tech, visuals, and very creative vlogs) - Matti Haapoja (photography, tech, and vlogging) There are many more channels I watch, but those are the ones I pay attention to whenever they upload. stef 👍

Excellent video! My favorite channel is Stef’s channel of course...

Missionary Bush Pilot is another excellent aviation channel that follows Ryan who flys all over Papua New Guinea to and from some really interesting places. Top bloke... another Stefan... a “good people” 👍😀

My favorite KZfaq channel is Stefan Drury.

I think my favorite would be 310 Pilot. I like the casual feel of their content which makes it really relatable.

Great video Stef. You explained everything, so clearly!

Thumbs up for all your channel content, infomative and interesting as always.

Honestly Stef I do think your channel is up there as the best. It's a very honest and humbling view of aviation. Plus its the not just the flying, its you as a person and your values that I subscribe to. Great video tips by the way! Cant wait to start sharing my flying journey too :-)

The tips you gave in this video are really helpful. Thank you for taking the time to kinda show what it takes to create these videos. I don't think some people realize the hours and days it takes to film and edit even a 10 minute video. This sorta puts things into perspective.

Hi Stefan, I would just like to say that you’re a great inspiration to all pilots. I love your videos and pretty much convinced to get a Cirrus maybe in the future by your confidence on your videos and love for aviation. It’s not the first time that I comment and in fact you’ve responded. Since then, your videos have just gone better. Thank you very much!!!✈️

Thank you so so much for this. Most appreciated. I will go ahead and make this a reality

Thankyou Stefan for the tips and tricks you use for your KZfaq channel.👍

Really well explained!!! Thank you.

Thanks for sharing Stef, very informative video.

Favorite Aviation - Stef (of course) - stevo1kinevo - Trent Palmer - Grant Baker (he's new to youtube and a local pilot to me. really looking forward to seeing his channel grow) - Citationmax In General - Goonzquad (2 kids having a blast being successful. you've got support them) - Hand Tool Rescue - Jay Bates - RR Buildings

I dont plan on starting a youtube channel, but i really apricate this video. Ive spent way too much time trying to get good videos of my flight training. This was incredibly helpful.

My favorite KZfaq channel is definitely you Stef! Your great quality and consistency makes your channel a great place to watch general aviation, and is full of helpful videos. All I can say is keep it up😀

Very useful and inspirational. Tks

Great help thank you

Yours is one of my favourite plus Drone film guide and trip in a van

Very educational for any video making. Well done.

This is well done and vary helpful

Thanks for the advice Steph, made my first flight video on this channel the other day and will definitely use your tips in future vids! :D

...plus talent/creativity of the pilot. Stefan, you excel !

Thanks stef, it is been quite helpful. As always you are fabulous ❤️

Fantastic video! Having tried to get audio 'right' in a plane, the information you have and provide is a huge help. Thanks very much, and keep up the great video's! I've only gone through your video tip and Longreach videos so far, but very much looking forward to exploring the rest of your channel.

To be honest, my favourite channel is yours because there is no drama and the not professional feel to your video makes me feel that we are the same and not like you are someone special 😊

Just found your channel. Started flying at Bankstown airport 40 years ago. Now fly NE USA. Found this video very informative. Haven’t filmed my flights except for the occasional one for my own or family’s pleasure. Love the audio description. Makes total sense. My favourite aviation KZfaqrs are 310 Pilot, Mike Goulian and Corporate Pilot Life. Thanks for sharing your adventures.

Thanks Stefan, stubbled across this video while looking for inspiration to restart our channel - Great info, Thanks...

Fantastic Info Stefan.. I am almost on my check ride and very excited to learn and start making videos..

really informative and awesome video as always.. on the verge of starting my youtube vlog, nice advice on the single camera starting out! keep up the good content

thanks for all the vids stef youve inspired me to become a pilot at such a young age

Props for emphasizing audio. Often overlooked but you are 100% right about the importance of audio quality. When you think about it, audio is the only part of film/video watching where you experience it the same way you would in real life.

Love Steve’o and Niko’s channels, P1D, Flightchops and Martin Pauly also. What sets Stef’s channel aside in my opinion is the degree of honesty and candor which he conveys in his videos. A real, open, safety-conscious private pilot who is fully aware of the risks associated with not flying as often as some of the other guys (who mostly fly, at least in part, for business) and is also maybe a bit more « in touch » with the average non-US private pilot in terms of everyday concerns. Love your channel Stef, keep up the good work. Can’t wait to see your around the world adventure if that’s still on the cards.

STRONG WORK AS ALWAYS!!

I love your contents as well as your style! a part from all the airline reviewers, I love the Missionary Bush Pilot channel! cheers from Switzerland

Picking a favorite KZfaq channel is like naming your favorite child, I can’t. I love them all, many for different reasons or aspects. Thanks for the tips, enjoy your videos! I try to imitate something from each of you guys.

This is a fantastic break down! The GoPro hero 9 has an incoming update this month for the Microphone adapter, as that was broken with the last firmware update! Love the videos! Fly safe!

Great video Stef very informative great to see you back in the plane.

Wow thanks for a great topic and honesty it really helps, super helpful content as always 🇿🇦

Thanks for sharing. Makes it easier to know what direction to take with gear etc. I'm looking at doing some youtubing again. Sounds like i will need to invest in sound

Great video Stefan! For audio, I use an inline cable from Nflightcam, it plugs in to the headset jack and splits the output between the headset and to the audio input of a GoPro. It capture all the radio and intercom chatter. Works great, and no problems synching audio to video at all!

I have 3 favorite channels for different reasons. Your channel, The Flying Reporter and 310 Pilot. I like your videos because you share a lot about the things around the flying (like this video). I like The Flying Reporter because he shares great stories about flying in Europe (which I can relate more to) and 310 Pilot for their videos about flying to different places and doing fun stuff.

That was a very good one. Thoroughly enjoyed it.👍👍👍

Great tips Stef. Yes I agree good audio is so important with KZfaq videos. I’m liking ‘One World Flyer’ at the moment he’s sometimes funny with his airline reviews.

Great video Steph, love the 360 video and the way you can pan the video. 👍

Thank for this great video 👍🏻

Stefan... thank you so much for your content. This video has helped me a lot. I started my own KZfaq channel called BPM@TPA. Kind of a fusion of my two passions... techno and flying (Beats Per Minute @ Traffic Pattern Altitude). Lol. It’s still in its infancy... as is my flying. I’ll be using some of the tips and tricks you outlined in your video. Thanks again!

@Stephen Drury!!! Thank you - I needed the Line leveler tip...GoPro handles it, in a piper.. DA40 not so forgiving into the direct audio recorder

Flying Reporter, Lew Dix, Jodel Flyer, Fly8MA (by far the best instructional channel)

You give great tips on flight things

Niko's wings got me back into aviation after I stumbled on his channel last year. Since then I've found and routinely enjoy Steph's channel, Aircraft Academy, and Trent Palmer. I've also enjoyed watching MojoGrip develop his channel and hone his content.

I'm starting a new KZfaq channel. I found this video extremely helpful. Thank you for making and posting it!

Hi Stef, Thoroughly enjoyed another video of yours been watchinf alot of catchups of late, as always love ya work! My fav aviation KZfaq channels are yours and Nikos Wings. Cheers

Honestly Stefan this has become my favorite channel. I am in the process of finishing ground school here in the US and have just signed a contract to buy a 2012 SR22 G3 NA which we are picking up in a few weeks. That will be what I learn to fly in and a lot of the reason I chose to even consider a Cirrus to learn in was your channel. I really appreciate this episode because I have been thinking about filming the journey of learning to fly and these have been great tips. Thank you - God bless you and Merry Christmas!! Bart

The tip about the 3 hand claps at the start of a video was useful, thanks for sharing. Jerry

I enjoy your channel as well as Aviation 101, 310 pilot, and since I’m new to flying, a student with only two flights under my belt, I enjoy the instructional videos from Flying8MA. I’ll read the comment for other suggestions. Be safe

My favourite KZfaq channels are quite diverse. You asked about flying so let's start with travel channels. Obviously, I love your channel so "Stefan Drury" first... but after that in no specific order... Those would be the inspirational "Kara and Nate" who are currently travelling the USA following 4 years visiting 100 countries; not flying at the moment, but they'll no doubt be back when they can. I really enjoy watching "Wingin' It! Paul Lucas" who has a really diverse forms of transport that he uses and goes on so many wonderful journeys. "Premier 1 Driver" is always a good watch, and I love that such a successful businessman makes the time to share his love of flying. "Life in the FL" is next... he's so great how he goes into detail of explaining all his flight planning, weather analysis, and massive respect for him managing to do low passes at EWR-LGA-JFK in his RV-8 during the early COVID-19 pandemic. Finally (but certainly one of my preferred travel channels) is "Geoff Marshall" who is such an amazing advocate of train (& tube) travel in the UK. Beyond that I really enjoy "Tom Scott", "Mark Rober" and "JerryRigEverything" (although only really his non-teardown videos). Finally, my one real dirty pleasure is your fellow countryman "Drain Addict" from Sydney - his videos are addictive!!! Watching you throughout lockdown has inspired me. I once flew solo in a glider as a teenager and now I'm hoping for flying lessons for Christmas!

Great video with very helpful tips and insights. Thanks for sharing. Not aviation related but travel-based, I’m really enjoying the channel Daneger and Stacey: a Kiwi couple who normally travel the world but are currently exploring their own country because of the pandemic. Can’t wait to visit NZ one day. 👍

Stefan Drury channel has become my favourite channel. The story Line is real, flying is real I love it. I am PPL pilot and owned Rockwell Commander. I did not come across your you tube videos when you visited London I would have loved to on tour. Keep up the good work

Love your Chanel Stef. You are truly exceptional., I have watched for a long time but not commented before. I always get something out of the videos you post.

your definetely my favourite

This is the video I have been looking for, for a while. Glad I stumbled across your channel, subscribed! Safe flying!

Hi, totally agree with your mounts in metal as much as possible. With a mount I am using each part pretty much has a safety back up. Though just have beware some these metal cases are only holded in on the back by a spring I prefer not just rely on one safety system. Some ball mounts are wrapped by plastic again i did not use them.

Thanks!

The timing is really good. I'm looking at recording a new series for CAP where we are going to be in the airplane for our orientation flights with our cadets. This helped a lot. Thanks!

You are the top KZfaqr I know that makes me want to get a Cirrus! 🛩

I like watching videos of airliner pilots and their experiences, like Captain Joe, 74Crew and Swayne Martin. I also enjoy pilots who fly smaller planes, like Missionary Bush Pilot, steveo1kinevo, and of course you! I also am subscribed to many more aviation KZfaq channels, and I am very grateful for all the information each of them provide me.

I'm in the U.S. and love your content.

Awesome Video Mate. Definitely this channel by far is my favourite nothing beats seeing an your videos. If I had to name another Chanel I would have to say either Mentour Pilot or Captain Joe. Looking forward to more aviation adventures in 2021.

Small aviation channel checking in👋🏽 Thanks for the tips and tricks!

Awesome Stefan!!! I am a fairly new subscriber and I am really enjoying your videos!! Some of the best on YT. Other videos that are my favorites are 310 Pilot and especially Juan Brown. Keep up the great work and I look forward to watching all of your videos! Tom from B.C. Canada

Starting from the top, my favourite KZfaq channels are, 1. Stefan Drury - I am a Sri Lankan loving Australia so much, and I miss there so much when I am back in my country (Have visited there 5 times between 2018 and 2020 and waiting patiently to get a student visa to Australia and start flying for a CPL) so for me to have a better look at Australia, I always visit your channel. Also the other special thing, Your flights start from Moorabbin airport, Which is a special airport in my life, Did my first helicopter pilot lesson there, Did my first fixed wing flying lesson there and Also the best experience I had so far in my life; Skydiving, That flight did also took off from Moorabbin. Your videos consist of lot of information and knowledge. Being the owner of an aerial film making and a drone service providing company in Sri Lanka, I like the way you compose, script, concepts and post process all these videos. There is a really good content there on each of your videos. There's not a single video that I left half watched on your channel. Some day, it is also one of my dreams to start a aviation KZfaq Channel when I start flying. So it is not just aviation that I learn from this channel, But some pretty good guides and tips about how to become a better KZfaqr ( More than a KZfaqr, I see this channel as an Academy). I can clearly see you're not doing this just for the sake of doing a channel, There is enthusiasm, Passion and dedication. (I think they are the key things for success right?) I got more than enough gear to do all the recording and editing, But I just don't have a plane anywhere close to me yet. So I am kinda stuck at the moment with this covid 19 situation. Thanks to your videos again, I'm just one click away from Australia. From all of the videos I have watched from your channel, I still watch the series of the outback trip repeatedly. Some videos, I have watched more than 5 times. I have overflown Australia during my trips to Melbourne, But that was from 40,000 ft above. First time I flew to Australia was the first time I flew on an Emirates Airbus A380 (got an upgrade to business class as well! one of the best surprises so far), I couldn't see what I wanted to see from the aircraft (Intended that I'll be able to see Ayer's rock with sunrise from up there, but things were looking so tiny from up there LOL! - So here comes your outback series! Got what I need to see. There's a lot more to tell but, May be we'll catch up someday. Until then keep doing good stuff as usual! and Good luck! 2. Aviation101 - Just Amazing! Lots of lessons, information, creativity..... Loving that channel too! 3. Swayne Martin - Creative and interesting! 3. Steveo1Kinevo - Awesome! Very interesting stuff. Other Aviation KZfaq Channels I don't miss watching, Angle of Attack Pilot Bambi Missionary Bush Pilot Live from the flight deck Backcountry Pilot Becki and Chris Captain Joe Apart from Aviation, "Ozzy Man Reviews" is my favourite!

Thanks for the great content. You are my favorite aviation channel. Your background in Aus looks similar to Africa where I am. Other channels I like is Trent Palmer, Mat Grüttemeyer and Blancelerio.

Ace content as ever Stef. Shout out to Jason Miller at The Finer Points as a recommended channel.

My favourite youtube aviator is you stefan!!!

Of course, my favorite channel is your channel :o) When I subscribed to the channel, there were only 3,000 followers. It's so nice to see your channel grow more and more and the videos keep getting better and better. Stay healthy!

Excellent and useful tips and tricks. Useful as I start trying to do videos too. Still miles away from yours. Your channel is the only one I subscribed as you have the same dreams as myself, to do a round the world fly. I will possibly eventually do it. Fingers cross, i'll be going to Argentina for a two weeks flying trip there end of February, from Buenos Aires to Ushuaia and back.

Damn thanks Stefan! This video was really helpful for me since I want to start making videos aswell as soon as I pass my PPL! :)

Hi Stef Thank you for answering my ND-filter question. I just had my Rockwell Commander 112A in the annual/100h service. They installed the same wing mount as you have (including all the EASA Papers). However, I hope that tomorrow the weather will be fine for a check flight with the GoPro 360 on my wing. Looking forward for more beautiful videos of your flights. Best regards, from Switzerland. Alain /Pilot GJ

Stef....great episode. My fav channel is THIS ONE!!!! But also really enjoy MalibuFlyer and Premier 1Driver as well Seriously, my wife thinks I’m nuts by I’m always talking about u..... wonderful stories, personable guy and great tips for flying. Thanks.....oh and forgot nikoswings.

JesseFlies was my favourite. He doesnt do videos anymore I believe, he got a job on an airline, but I loved watching his Phenom 300 videos. Really professional and skilled pilot.

Great tips! My favorite flying channel lately is Angle of Attack.

I’m sure every pilot has had a thought of creating a KZfaq channel 👍 great video!

Hi Stefan. Great channel. I use a GoPro link cable made by NflightCam that saves all the audio editing. There are many excellent channels out there but one I have been really enjoying is Amy White. A young woman who has flown across the States in a Cessna 150 and many other adventures. keep up the excellent work.

My favourite channel is Your channel “Stefan” and your a fellow Aussie but I also like Martin Paula, Aviation 101, Angle of attack, Flight chops, Missionary bush pilot (PNG), Stevokinevo, Niko & The flying report. Great content on your Chanel so keep up the great work

Hi Stef, nice vid as (almost) always! One of my fav. aviation channels here, beside yours, are: FlyWire- scott perdue and Martin Pauly. Cheers!

Stef yours is one of my favourites and Ryan from missionary bush pilot and stevokinevo

Was just thinking a few days ago how cool it would be to film my flight training, this video couldn’t have been more perfect timing!

Awesome video. I find it hard to know when to turn the camera off (if you only have 1) because you don’t want to miss anything during the flight. So for me it’s a bit of a juggling act. But I think as you say, have a good plan, in particular planning your topic it will be easier. (Great tip!) Fave channel.... yours, Learn to Fly (Melbourne, my flight school) and... MINE... I’m just starting, so I really like where I’m headed with it!! Thanks for another awesome, informative and fun video Stefan. I know you’ve done a piece on radios, but I’d love it if you were able to share VFR flying - radio tips, and how to not sound like a total tool... I went to Bendigo via Essendon (full stop at YMEN) and I requested “taxi to Bendigo” would love to hear any advice. Thanks again!!

As a photog...video and still great stuff..love a bts .cheers .

nice video mate

Can't say that I have one favorite. Yours, Niko's Wings, Trent Palmer, Aviation101, S1K, The Finer Points, Jonas Marcinko, Mike Patey, etc. I'm still finding more all of the time. One channel leads me to another.

Thanks Stef and very useful as always. TouTubers for me as well as yours on the mega popular list, Backcountry 182, Stevo1Kenivo, Premier 1 driver, Niko, Pilot Bambi and on the lesser known or unknown list, Me and my flying machine, The Flying Reporter and then my own channel, of course 😆

You and Flight Chops are the best. :-)

Favorite aviation channels... Trent Palmer, 310 Pilot, Premier 1 Driver, Flight Chops, and of course Stefan! It's funny how after a while you pick up on the callsigns and as soon as you hear ATC call "Echo Yankee Zulu" or "Zero Golf Mike" it's like, better pay attention, this one is for "us".

My favourite small channel used to be yours, but as you're approaching your first KZfaq play button I would say Airplane Academy I recently discovered :)

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Great video and explanation of the whole filming world. Have you ever thought of mounting a camera to the tail ring of the airplane for a view from underneath

I think i want to make videos now thanks Stefan