Whale spotting in this tiny red plane

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Stefan Drury

Stefan Drury

2 жыл бұрын

Flying a Bushcat taildragger I experience an aviation first. Something that's never happened in all my years of flying. Flying a light sport bush plane down the Gold Coast, low level along the beaches, a scenic flight along Surfer's Paradise and in and out of Heck Field, a local airstrip in Queensland.
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@Igamerfellow
@Igamerfellow 2 жыл бұрын
Loved this - I was fortunate enough to find a pod of whales on my first area solo! Followed them all the way down the coast to the edge of the training area. Awesome stuff, Mr Drury!
@glennllewellyn7369
@glennllewellyn7369 2 жыл бұрын
Same on my first solo! Only there were a dozen 10 foot bronze whalers about 50 metres off the beach where people were walking. YMER
@liftcreator
@liftcreator 2 жыл бұрын
Finally the whale saga has concluded! With their annual northerly migration, you were bound to see some off the Gold Coast at this time of the year. Such a cool video (Errol and his plane too)!
@O_Dingo77
@O_Dingo77 2 жыл бұрын
Congratulations on the whale spotting Stefan. I still remember my first from an airplane in the late 70's out of Sydney heads. Speaking of whale spotting thought I'd share a unique magical moment I had in Tasmania. I was on a rock climbing weekend camping trip in Freycinet Peninsular and sat on a cliff edge at night to eat my dinner. I looked down and phosphorescence from the waves was everywhere below me. Then I witnessed something truly amazing, the phosphorescence of thousands of krill being driven to the surface and a whales mouth coming up from underneath, breaching and engulfing them. All of it lit in bright green.
@MaverickAussie
@MaverickAussie 2 жыл бұрын
Welcome to Queensland, Stefan! Was wondering when you were gonna get up here! I love flying the Goldie area; if you scoot over around Moreton Island and the Bay you can often see dolphins, turtles, dugong and sharks. I bet you'll be back more often - it's perfect flying in winter!
@rustyknight6190
@rustyknight6190 2 жыл бұрын
Always nice to get a video you can grin your way through. Nice job, thanks!
@BrynPrice
@BrynPrice 2 жыл бұрын
Finally seen whales! Well done Stef, you must be ecstatic
@AnthonyGriz
@AnthonyGriz Жыл бұрын
Congrats on seeing your first whales! Never seen them from a plane before myself, but definitely seen them off the beaches on the south coast of NSW a few times whilst I was there. That Bushcat looked like a ton of fun too.
@GamesandGopros
@GamesandGopros 2 жыл бұрын
I’m actually live in Queensland, it’s great to see you up here!
@StefanDrury
@StefanDrury 2 жыл бұрын
I had a great visit, hope to be back again soon. Thanks.
@keagang10
@keagang10 2 жыл бұрын
I reckon a whale spotting trip off the east coast of New Zealand’s South Island is in order! Not to mention the spectacular scenery and a good stretch of the Cirrus’ legs 😉
@adoptedegg_3392
@adoptedegg_3392 2 жыл бұрын
Haha! This is so cool! Would love to have an Animal Planet type documentary from the air!
@StefanDrury
@StefanDrury 2 жыл бұрын
It's such a unique perspective from up here hey? Such a fun morning of flying.
@nsw72
@nsw72 2 жыл бұрын
Wey-hey! Finally! Whales! 👍👍👍
@simonabunker
@simonabunker 2 жыл бұрын
We can see whales from our kitchen window at breakfast time. Admittedly they are quite a lot further away than flying directly over them! That looks like a fun aircraft!
@davegrundgeiger9063
@davegrundgeiger9063 2 жыл бұрын
Congratulations! I also especially enjoyed this one because my daughter and son-in-law live in QLD, up in the Sunny Coast. (I live in Los Angeles, but will be visiting in September.) I'm a student pilot out of KWHP, and I love your content. Keep up the great work!
@StefanDrury
@StefanDrury 2 жыл бұрын
That's good to hear, thanks Dave. Hopefully you can get a flight along the Gold Coast when you visit, it's a fun way to see the city from low level along the beach.
@bruceharper8149
@bruceharper8149 2 жыл бұрын
I seriously love your stuff Stef!
@TAS609
@TAS609 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks, really enjoy your videos
@StefanDrury
@StefanDrury 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Michael, that's a really kind thing to do. I am very grateful for your support and really glad that you're enjoying the videos. Cheers, stef
@JBAviation
@JBAviation 2 жыл бұрын
Awesome Stef! Glad you got to experience seeing a whale from the air!
@romyferreira7134
@romyferreira7134 2 жыл бұрын
Thought I saw you in Surfers Paradise the other day. My wife and I went to say 'hi' and compliment you on your videos, but you turned in to Strike Bowling. I am lucky to call Heck Field home, and see the whales during the migration season. Keep up the great work! 👍
@MrJames_1
@MrJames_1 2 жыл бұрын
Congrats Stef 🐋😁
@davevanbeers6944
@davevanbeers6944 2 жыл бұрын
Awesome 😎
@Balthazar744
@Balthazar744 2 жыл бұрын
Love the whales. Great video mate, thank you.
@ardmore0017
@ardmore0017 2 жыл бұрын
Wasn’t expecting this Stef, it has been a dream of me to fly a bush plane. Nice vid Btw
@R2robot
@R2robot 2 жыл бұрын
Cool plane! And WHALES!!
@lachlanmcmahon6070
@lachlanmcmahon6070 2 жыл бұрын
Im so happy for you that your dream came true to see the whale's when flying also great video stef it. I like to also be in Gold Coast what a great plane nice weather and lots of things to do
@tomwills9058
@tomwills9058 2 жыл бұрын
great vid Stef! keep it up
@StefanDrury
@StefanDrury 2 жыл бұрын
Cheers Tom
@glennllewellyn7369
@glennllewellyn7369 2 жыл бұрын
Nice!
@lachlanmckenzie8208
@lachlanmckenzie8208 2 жыл бұрын
If you’re excited for whales you need to come up to Exmouth in WA. Currently getting 40+ whales a day, whale sharks, turtles, various other shark species and have even been lucky to catch Orcas a couple of times!
@reubenmorison8149
@reubenmorison8149 2 жыл бұрын
I thought my 20ish a day was good out of Airlie Beach😂
@WX4CB
@WX4CB 2 жыл бұрын
LOVE the bushcat... i fly one at the school i go to.. only thing i dont like is the throttle on the left lol
@KTWardlaw
@KTWardlaw Жыл бұрын
Nice video!😎👍🏼
@maydayay
@maydayay 2 жыл бұрын
This plane is quite affordable. Gives new enthusiasts a hope to buy it some day.
@mjotd8670
@mjotd8670 2 жыл бұрын
Nice one Stef, great vid as per, pretty clear you that you had a whale of a time! Keep up the great work! Cheers
@StefanDrury
@StefanDrury 2 жыл бұрын
Haha, puns are very much welcomed on this channel. 10/10
@galiyarr3694
@galiyarr3694 2 жыл бұрын
Damn, You literally flew over the top of me Stef! Heck field is also where I was getting my license. Shame I didn't know you were up here ad I would of loved to say hi! Hope you enjoyed your holiday though 😁
@pilotkayayan2171
@pilotkayayan2171 2 жыл бұрын
You’re so funny ! Cheers for such a beautiful video
@StefanDrury
@StefanDrury 2 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks
@thomasheffernan7101
@thomasheffernan7101 2 жыл бұрын
As soon as I saw the title, I thought whales! Nice one Stef, great video!
@StefanDrury
@StefanDrury 2 жыл бұрын
Cheers Thomas
@bryan.meijer
@bryan.meijer 2 жыл бұрын
Wahoo Whales!!
@andrewedgar380
@andrewedgar380 2 жыл бұрын
Looks like you had a whale of a time....well done :-)
@rodneyskennedy3163
@rodneyskennedy3163 2 жыл бұрын
A lot fun that wee Bushcat, not sold here in Ireland yet unfortunately.
@angelodepasquale6636
@angelodepasquale6636 2 жыл бұрын
That’s awesome
@leifekstrom1828
@leifekstrom1828 2 жыл бұрын
Hey Stef, welcome to sunny Queensland…most of the time😁 Awesome experience scooting up the South Stradie beach at low level isn’t it! I’ve done that on more than one occasion! You probably won’t have time, but you should pop up to Archerfield and see my Cirrus friendly friends at Flight One and Tisdall Aviation Group.
@StefanDrury
@StefanDrury 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Leif, nice to be in QLD and I'm hoping to get back up here again as soon as EYZ's upgrade is finished. Thanks for the tips and watch this space...
@tomdchi12
@tomdchi12 2 жыл бұрын
Congrats on seeing that whale! Also, love the fuel gauge! (It's crazy to me that normal gauges aren't reliable except near empty!)
@dommycool100
@dommycool100 2 жыл бұрын
30Knt climb I love that. My airspeed doesn't even come alive until 40 lol
@AudioTones67
@AudioTones67 2 жыл бұрын
Welcome to Queensland Stef 🐋
@EddyOtway
@EddyOtway 2 жыл бұрын
There was whales in Port Campbell yesterday 👌🏼
@Combatants1
@Combatants1 2 жыл бұрын
Wooooo finally!!!!
@StefanDrury
@StefanDrury 2 жыл бұрын
I know right? Finally I can tick that off my list.
@Combatants1
@Combatants1 2 жыл бұрын
@@StefanDrury we’ve had sightings everyday since Monday in warrnambool and Portland. But haven’t had the weather to fly in :(
@deanwalker2682
@deanwalker2682 2 жыл бұрын
Need to come for a fly with me, offshore from Port Albert to Lakes Entrance there are a lot of whales. My Tecnam is no Cirrus but she's a delight to fly.
@CHARLESCRANFORD
@CHARLESCRANFORD 2 жыл бұрын
When I saw your Instagram post, I though you had given up on updating EYZ and got a simple aircraft. Maybe one of these will be next. Nice video and congratulations on seeing whales from the sky.
@StefanDrury
@StefanDrury 2 жыл бұрын
I like my glass cockpit too much to give up on EYZ, but it was a lot of fun getting back to stick and rudder flying again. Reminds me that a mix of the two is not only fun but good for improving skills as well.
@CHARLESCRANFORD
@CHARLESCRANFORD 2 жыл бұрын
@@StefanDrury I'm sorry, I didn't mean "give up" on EYZ I just meant that I thought you were tired of waiting on EYZ to be finished, with supply chain issues and other delays. It is a lot different flying an aircraft that doesn't need much rudder input compared to one that does.
@joecastro2153
@joecastro2153 2 жыл бұрын
Great video Stef! Wow a whale? That you don’t see every day! Love it 😍 Funny note: for a minute I thought you were filming driving in the wrong side hahaha… then I remembered you’re in AUSTRALIA 🤦🏻‍♂️😂😂
@StefanDrury
@StefanDrury 2 жыл бұрын
What do you mean the wrong side, it's the US that is on the wrong side :) Thanks Joe, I appreciate the support.
@joecastro2153
@joecastro2153 2 жыл бұрын
@@StefanDrury lol
@MrJames_1
@MrJames_1 2 жыл бұрын
In my pretend life (MS FS 2020) I fly my Honda Jet out of Southport airport and can see the tag for Heck field but it’s so small I can never make out the runway.
@Darcy_prince
@Darcy_prince 2 жыл бұрын
Yet another example of how lucky us pilots are!
@StefanDrury
@StefanDrury 2 жыл бұрын
Agreed! We are the lucky ones seeing the planet from up here.
@marsgal42
@marsgal42 2 жыл бұрын
Nice! I've never seen any whales from the air thanks to that pesky "gliding distance to land" requirement. It's quite common to see whales and porpoises from BC Ferries. Porpoises like to play in the ship's bow wave.
@arcanondrum6543
@arcanondrum6543 2 жыл бұрын
Whales have tremendous hearing. Before man decided to noise up the ocean, whales could hear each other from Pole to Pole using their lower frequency calls. Whales BTW have much larger brains than we have .
@sangeerth_c
@sangeerth_c 2 жыл бұрын
Achievement unlocked
@amcconnell6730
@amcconnell6730 2 жыл бұрын
Flight below 500" AGL ?? IS that legal now? - it's a long time since I flew in Australia.
@Hothand621
@Hothand621 2 жыл бұрын
certainly looked lower than 500' to me as well
@StefanDrury
@StefanDrury 2 жыл бұрын
Hello, the magnified field of view settings on the 360 cam (exterior shot) and the turbulence dipping the left wing makes it look closer to the ground than we were. No rules were broken, and as soon as we saw people on the beach I climbed up to 1,000 feet again as you see at the end of that beach sequence.
@aekpani
@aekpani Жыл бұрын
I learn flying at heck field
@branislavbabic4579
@branislavbabic4579 2 жыл бұрын
How wide this cabin is? Very nice plane...
@dariusbriers
@dariusbriers 2 жыл бұрын
1.3 meter wide. One of the widest in LSA range.
@branislavbabic4579
@branislavbabic4579 2 жыл бұрын
@@dariusbriers even in entire GA range 😉 I wish I have money for year Cirrus maintenance cost, then I would fly this pussy cat 😄
@lukastiatoa2033
@lukastiatoa2033 2 жыл бұрын
this looks like the plane isaw at brisbane airshow
@serverlan763
@serverlan763 Жыл бұрын
How much is Tri Undercarriage model with basic avionics ?
@jasonbarnhart8056
@jasonbarnhart8056 2 жыл бұрын
What are your thoughts on electric aircraft?
@StefanDrury
@StefanDrury 2 жыл бұрын
Hey Jason, I made a video flying an electric plane here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/q7Oif6uWsLClaGQ.html
@robinbaass1825
@robinbaass1825 2 жыл бұрын
0.4 psi tyre pressure??
@Mike_Costello
@Mike_Costello 2 жыл бұрын
I can totally see you running back to Q1 exclaiming to Jacqui how you saw whales and not a single mention of the aircraft.
@StefanDrury
@StefanDrury 2 жыл бұрын
This was exactly the conversation we had as I showed her videos from my phone.
@gianluigi7619
@gianluigi7619 2 жыл бұрын
Why couldn't you write what you saw in the title?? Let the viewer know so THEY can decide if it's interesting for them or not.
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