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David Geers
Добавлен 18 июл 2010
Day 9 / 10 Around Australia seaplane adventure
On day 9 / 10 of our Around Australia seaplane adventure, we fly from Portland to Kangaroo Island with a stopover at Goolwa for Fuel and to fix a flat tyre. We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves staying in some rustic accommodation on this spectacular island.
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Runway Dinner Part 2 2024
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Part two of our runway dinner adventure to the Whitsundays. The runway dinner was a blast, great company, food, drinks and entertainment what else could one ask for. The following day is perfect weather for a picnic at Whitehaven Beach / Hill Inlet with Cheryl's brother Damien and girlfriend Britney. And then, the following day, we head back to Brisbane, tracking over the beautiful Queensland c...
Runway Dinner 2024 Part1
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Part 1 of our adventure to the famous Whitsunday runway dinner on the Great Barrier Reef at Shute Harbour airport. It's great to have my wife Cheryl back on board for this fun weekend and stunning scenery as we fly up the Queensland coastline. Thanks for joining us. We hope you enjoy the trip. Don't forget to subscribe if you want to be the first to see Part 2 coming soon. Cheers.
Day 7/8 Around Australia Adventure official launch at Point Cook
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Days 7 and 8 of our adventure are the arrivals at Michael Smith's property, Rothwell, and the official 100th-anniversary date of the departure of the first flight around Australia from Point Cook. It's the first time we gather as a group of seaplanes and fly together to the official launching pad at Point Cook. I have been trying to keep these episodes short, which was difficult for this one as...
Day 6 around Australia seaplane adventure Marlo to Melbourne
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Day 6 finds us flying from Marlo to Melbourne, landing just outside Melbourne at Michael Smith's property, Rothwell, where we spend a day getting ready for the official launch at Point Cook. Three other seaplanes join us for the short journey to Point Cook.
Day 5 Around Australia Seaplane adventure Moruya to Marlo
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Leaving Moruya we follow the coastline south over some of the most spectacular scenery and beautiful towns, crossing over the New South Wales border into Victoria and landing at that picturesque Marlo for the night stopover.
Riviera Weekend at Kooringal
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The R Marine Jones Winter Weekend at Kooringal. Got some great footage from the plane and the drone.
Day 4 Around Australia adventure in 2024 Moruya In Fast forward.
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Day four of our round Australia adventure is a relatively short flight between Wollongong and Moruya; once again, beautiful coastal scenery in near-perfect weather. Landing at Moruya, we stay with Brett Thompson in his 5-star hanger, thanks, Brett.
Day 3 Sydney of our Around Australia adventure in 2024 In Fast forward.
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We leave Rathmines seaplane base and track down Victor One. This spectacular flight takes us through Sydney Harbour using the restricted airspace for seaplanes and helicopters Romeo 405. We then head south to Wollongong to visit the HARS museum.
Day 2 of our 58 day round Australia adventure in 2024 In Fast forward.
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After a wonderful night's stay with Ross and Kim at their beautiful property and Airstrip Playstation, we depart for Rathmines Seaplane Base, famous for its World War 2 involvement in maintaining Seaplane aircraft, mainly the Catalina flying boat.
Day 1 Around Australia Seaplane Adventure 2024 in Fast forward
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100 years since the first flight around Australia, we set off from Caboolture Day one of our Around Australia adventure 2024 in Fast Forward.
Controlled tower: Round Australia Seaplane adventure update.
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Controlled tower: Round Australia Seaplane adventure update.
Around Australia - Australian Seaplane Adventures - Episode 2
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Around Australia - Australian Seaplane Adventures - Episode 2
Lake Eyre Seaplane Incident (Trailer)
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Lake Eyre Seaplane Incident (Trailer)
Searey landing and step taxi heavy!
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Searey landing and step taxi heavy!
Around Australia - Australian Seaplane Advenutures - Episode 1
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Around Australia - Australian Seaplane Advenutures - Episode 1
This is so great to watch ! Thank you fo sharing this. Sneaky little shot of Stefan Dury @4:21 :)
Thank you for your comments, I appreciate your feedback.
Fantastic trip, beautiful aircraft👌
Excellent. Thank you for sharing your trip with us. Would it be easy to add a little map in the corner that traces your path?
cool!
Great scenery great adventure Seaplane freedom👍🎯 i am checking out the Vickers Wave in NZL this oct it is close to production 🤷♂️
Very beautiful video 👍
Looks great ✈️
Hi, great following you. I'm a little surprised you did not think Sea Cliff Bridge was worth a a few seconds , but I understand you must be frugal with your resources. When were you at YSHL, I would have bought you a coffee.
There is a lot of footage I would have liked to have added, but time doesn't allow it, and we were about a mile offshore when passing the Sea bridge, which didn't make it look as impressive as it is. Next time. Thanks for your comments.
Awesome vid i am checking out the Vickers WAVE in NZ This October will let you know all about it the ICON A5 im done with its over.
What an awesome adventure and the WX looked perfect. Truly a perfect trip for a SeaRey.
Beautiful! Thanks for taking us along 😎
very cool
Hervey Bay
Awesome video....thank you
beautiful
👌👌
That wide angle lens really plays with your mind! Now I have to go change my nappy lol
wow!
Works, what a trip!
Love the SeaRay content! Maybe try hard cuts between views, the rapid panning makes us dizzy!
Nice vid! Keep up the work!
Hows the new engine going Dave? Mark Kyle
Glad you got your aircraft back flying again. I can imagine it would be difficult to tell how hard that surface would be unless you had tundra tires you had no hope of landing in those soft conditions.
Superb - I got to stop procrastinating and get my seaplane license
Congratulations !
Great vid Dave! 😮
Hi from the UK. What an epic story. The plane now looks really good. I'm glad you recovered the plane off the lake. well worth it. Thanks for sharing.
Unbelievable. Why take a risk like that???
Eh kinda worth it 8:23
Lol 2:15 "Can you just stand by for a moment" N E G A T I V E M A T E
How much longer do I have to wait for the next episode? what happened to Doug, ARGHHH!!!!
David, forgot to say thanks 🤭 Is the Facebook page of the trip still active, and if so can you please post the link to it?
Hi Murray, yes it is Australian Seaplane adventures. And I think there is already a link to episode two. Glad you enjoyed it. Take care.
Waiting for Episode Three 🤗
Fabulous! I can hardly wait to see your 2024 Adventure!
Hi David - a fellow Searey pilot from the US sent me the link to your page - very nice! I don't suppose you might like someone to fly with you from time to time? I live on the far south coast of NSW.
Hi Helmut. Sorry for the late reply but only just got your message. Would love to chat to you regarding flights. Ring me whenever convenient. 0418 103 535 cheers
Wow, what a mess.
Absolute stupidity
You was soooo bloody lucky to of got her out
Fantastic story. Sorry you had so much trouble guys. With respect, I have wondered for quite some time now, why there does not seem to be any airboats in Australia. We have them in Florida, and I know of them traveling from water to hard dry land, and anything in between with ease. You guys down under have some extreme tide areas for example which can strand boats into dangerous situations. An airboat would have been very handy on those salt flats too. I think that an airboat would have worked to tow your plane to hard ground . Maybe one of you Ausies will build one for rescue. Anyway, glad to hear that all worked out for you In the end! And thanks for sharing your story.
Hi Tony thanks for your reply, a hovercraft would have been handy, unfortunately, an airboat would not have been any assistance as the lake is not title and can be dry for years on end. Also as we were over 100 km in a straight line to the closest town it would have been a very difficult recovery using a ground crew. What was interesting is that the lake started to flood a day after we recovered the plane which was the second time in that year, which is very unusual. Sometimes it can be up to 10 years before the lake floods. Here's some interesting information about Lake Eyre en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Eyre Cheers David
@David Geers wow, a very tough place indeed. It's a given that situations like yours must be rare in that place, but I can't help but to think that there must be viable rescue alternatives for the area .In any case, none of that would have helped you out since there were no alternatives at the time. As regards air boats, these things are custom made . There are places in Florida which run them large enough to carry more than twenty people, and some of them fully enclosed, so a bit of math, would prove out whether my suggestion is really viable.Still imagination and a bit of know how could yeild an alternative for others going forward. Maybe. And I still don't know if that could have helped your situation, given the distance, evenifthey had them at the time. The flat bottoms are perfect for those soft surfaces , and yeah, a hovercraft is a nice idea too.
I don't know what is wrong wih me but this video inspired me to buy a SeaRey. Thanks for posting David, I hope to meet you one day after I finish my kit. Great video thanks.
I don't get it, the helicopter overheated so they landed and stayed there? Were they just being nice and waiting for you? What stopped them from waiting for it to cool down and taking off again? For that matter from taking off with you with them. Did they _really_ overheat it, like to the point where it needed to be overhauled before it could be flown again? That's what happens when you let girls fly choppers 😒
At least you knew someone knew whst happened and where you were. The other pilot made the right call, if he didn't make it back you might all be screwed, and he couldn't do any good for you there. Every minute he stayed there increased the chances of something going wrong.
29:51 see all those birds ....not good
Enjoyed that. Working on a little chopper to fly around Australia. I imagine I will have some issues like this, hopefully not. So much for turbine engines being reliable with the Bell overheating.
Awesome David!
Your camera mount would like some details to put on on my Searey. :-) thank you
Hi Calvin, more than happy to help out send me an email to d@geers.com.au
What a story! Almost too interesting to be true
So many lessons! Thanks for sharing and congratulations on your persistence.
Big, fat tyres. Need huge tires
Damn helluva story.... at least you got stranded with a couple of young female pilots 😻bet the wives weren’t too thrilled about that part lol!