How a helicopter saved our coastal flying mission

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  • Опубликовано: 29 окт 2024

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  • @generickiwi
    @generickiwi 2 месяца назад +32

    Yet another free trip through the skies courtesy of my favourite online aviator. Thanks for taking us along Stefan!

    • @StefanDrury
      @StefanDrury  2 месяца назад +4

      Hey GK, thanks as always for the support. Good to have you along on the journey with us.

  • @VL3Sim
    @VL3Sim 2 месяца назад +22

    You should do this with Australia Stef! That’s be awesome make it like a good series traveling the coast of Oz Visiting the big cities etc

    • @StefanDrury
      @StefanDrury  2 месяца назад +16

      I would absolutely love to do a series like that, never say never, maybe I'm already planning it... :)

  • @minitrundle
    @minitrundle 2 месяца назад +14

    Stef Voice Over: We're in a bit of a predicament this morning
    Stef in the video: We're in a bit of a predicament this morning. Hahah

    • @Grashalm
      @Grashalm 2 месяца назад

      Liked that one too :)

  • @737787
    @737787 Месяц назад +1

    Brilliant stuff.
    So good to see our local Melbourne lad doing this stuff. Especially after the medical “pause”
    Warms my little heart. Hope to meet one day.

  • @drfaus454
    @drfaus454 2 месяца назад +13

    Circum navigating Australia sounds great! Will be an interesting challenge to get from remote airports to remote extreme points!

    • @DaBoomDude
      @DaBoomDude 20 дней назад

      I've always wanted to fly to the border post between SA and WA, they have an airstrip there. And they sell fuel.
      Honestly this is something I'd do after getting my pilots licence

  • @mxyzptlyk
    @mxyzptlyk 2 месяца назад +3

    Very nice video and there was someone with a camera walking past when the helicopter landed on the western point. What a stroke of luck! The flying was excellent and the scenery striking. It takes me back to my flying days. One sad flight took us over Lockerbie soon after Pan Am 103. We had tickets on Pan Am 103 but we had to change due to a work commitment. I learned to fly at Blackpool, obtaining my PPL at COMED Aviation in 1988. Bill(?) Robinson was the Examiner who took me for my PPL flight test. "Robbo" flew a Cessna 172 off Southport beach for pleasure flights and, after my flight test was over and I had passed he asked if I'd mind doing a low pass over the beach so he could asses the conditions for the next day's pleasure flights. I didn't mind at all!

  • @matt8418
    @matt8418 2 месяца назад +2

    I love that he was still keen to help you get the helicopter arriving and departing shots!!!

  • @Airniner0001
    @Airniner0001 2 месяца назад +8

    Hey Stef, great to see you back in the pilot's seat again! Hope you well, wishing you good luck for your endeavour.

    • @StefanDrury
      @StefanDrury  2 месяца назад +2

      Thank you Airniner, I appreciate that, great to be flying again.

    • @Airniner0001
      @Airniner0001 2 месяца назад +1

      @@StefanDrury Cheers mate, it's just good to see you back.

  • @steve_wilson
    @steve_wilson 2 месяца назад +5

    Who wouldn't want to fly with these guys?? Am I right??

  • @vengermanu9375
    @vengermanu9375 2 месяца назад +3

    Been enjoying this little series and look forward to the final episode. Also, you landed at one of my favourite airports in MSFS 2020 i.e. EGEO (Oban) in this episode so nice to see what it's like in real life!

  • @Mike7478F
    @Mike7478F 2 месяца назад +1

    Amazing journey so far gents. What a bonus chopper flip.

  • @Dannsandiego
    @Dannsandiego 2 месяца назад +3

    If you ever get the chance, pop in to the Oban Distillery. They make and serve some fine Scottish whisky.

  • @philoshaughnessy906
    @philoshaughnessy906 2 месяца назад +1

    Random bits of knowledge. That's what makes us great.

  • @JodelFlyer
    @JodelFlyer 2 месяца назад +1

    Another great video Stef. You two have a great time together and it’s fun to watch. Well done to Charlie! 😎

  • @oliverschiller1927
    @oliverschiller1927 2 месяца назад +1

    Such a great series Stef - Once I get my ppl I will certainly attempt 👍👍

  • @andybryant6145
    @andybryant6145 2 месяца назад +2

    Charlie is a star 🙌

  • @robcrabtree5164
    @robcrabtree5164 2 месяца назад +2

    Loving this series! My parents were actually in the Oban area at the time with their boat, but the R66 is definitely the right tool for the job!

    • @StefanDrury
      @StefanDrury  2 месяца назад +1

      Ah no way, perhaps we spoke to them, we called a lot of boat companies! Thanks as always Rob.

  • @catherinekilgour2563
    @catherinekilgour2563 2 месяца назад

    Brings back so many memories of my trip around that part of Scotland so many years ago. I definitely need to make a return journey.

  • @loremaable
    @loremaable 2 месяца назад

    Nice to know you are back a flying captain

  • @James-me6dx
    @James-me6dx 2 месяца назад +1

    Awesome video yet again, you don’t miss!

  • @Grashalm
    @Grashalm 2 месяца назад

    The flying is amazing but can I just say that the editing and flow of video, well, flows really nice!

  • @And_Rotate
    @And_Rotate 2 месяца назад +2

    Everyone in the comment: do an Aussie circuit, Stef: hold my beer

  • @henryjohnreid
    @henryjohnreid 2 месяца назад

    Very cool loving the series so far!

  • @cavok1984
    @cavok1984 2 месяца назад +2

    Absolutely loving this little series Stef! Looks like it was a lot of fun to do

    • @StefanDrury
      @StefanDrury  2 месяца назад +1

      Thank you, yes this was a brilliant experience.

  • @kamaouk
    @kamaouk 2 месяца назад +1

    Thanks for sharing your adventures.. arriving on that Western point in style!

    • @StefanDrury
      @StefanDrury  2 месяца назад

      Thanks Kamaouk, yes a very lucky way to get there for sure.

  • @mjotd8670
    @mjotd8670 2 месяца назад

    Enjoying this adventure series Stef, good challenge!..Great seeing the heli pilot giving you both a "joy ride"

  • @OVTraveller
    @OVTraveller 2 месяца назад +1

    The aviation community in Scotland really demonstrated some excellent goodwill. Fabulous stuff getting to the western point of GB. Cutting off the Mull augurs all kinds of thoughts and expressions, but not on this family oriented flight record?!

  • @amfwelsh
    @amfwelsh 2 месяца назад

    This was absolutely awesome. Loved every minute

  • @Garythefireman66
    @Garythefireman66 2 месяца назад

    Who knew we'd get treated to a 🚁 ride in this episode? Well done Stef!

    • @StefanDrury
      @StefanDrury  2 месяца назад +1

      We certainly didn't until 15 minutes before it happened!

  • @ScottishT
    @ScottishT 2 месяца назад +1

    These are brilliant 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💙

  • @grahamlwilson
    @grahamlwilson 2 месяца назад

    What a magnificent adventure you are enjoying Stef.

    • @StefanDrury
      @StefanDrury  2 месяца назад

      Thanks Graham, yes we're having a pretty fun time doing this!

  • @John-pn4rt
    @John-pn4rt Месяц назад

    brilliant series. I love picking out the places you haven't captioned like Turnberry golf course @13:03

  • @craigwillis9066
    @craigwillis9066 2 месяца назад +1

    Great video mate well done
    xx

  • @nigelcresswell3630
    @nigelcresswell3630 2 месяца назад

    Really enjoying your trip love to see many more.

  • @franwoon
    @franwoon Месяц назад

    absolutely brilliant! Huge shout out to "R66 Red Charlie". ❤

  • @yonatanh2044
    @yonatanh2044 2 месяца назад +1

    Amazing!

  • @georgeswindel8367
    @georgeswindel8367 2 месяца назад

    Excellent. Love it ! But still very jealous!

  • @MelbourneFlyer
    @MelbourneFlyer 2 месяца назад

    Another great video Stef! Loving the UK content, and seeing the great country side!

  • @sandyhumby88
    @sandyhumby88 2 месяца назад

    Another fantastic episode - keep them coming!! ✈️🙂✈️

    • @StefanDrury
      @StefanDrury  2 месяца назад +1

      Many thanks Sandy, still a lot of coastline to come!

  • @dennish5590
    @dennish5590 2 месяца назад

    I’ve just started following you. These videos are great❤

  • @kirsteneasdale5707
    @kirsteneasdale5707 2 месяца назад

    The Black Isle comes from Scots Gaelic ‘eilean dubh’ meaning ‘dark island’ which refers to its dark fertile soil.
    The coastline of mainland Scotland is 6,160 miles (increases to 11,602 miles if you include our islands). The coastline of England is 1563 miles.
    I’m glad you got the opportunity to see some of our beautiful coastline here in Argyll thanks to the friendly helicopter pilot.

  • @TomAV75
    @TomAV75 2 месяца назад

    Really enjoying this series so far Stef!

    • @StefanDrury
      @StefanDrury  2 месяца назад +1

      Thank you Tom, it's been such a fun trip so far, I'm glad you're enjoying the adventure too.

  • @nicolad8822
    @nicolad8822 2 месяца назад +1

    The Black Isle is a peninsula mostly surrounded by the waters of the Moray and Cromarty Firths hence the idea of an island. One story is “Black” Isle because the snow melted quicker than the surrounding land.

  • @smith12whu
    @smith12whu 2 месяца назад

    Loving this series! Great work old boy!

    • @StefanDrury
      @StefanDrury  2 месяца назад

      Many thanks Dan, I appreciate that.

  • @G0RXA
    @G0RXA 2 месяца назад

    Well done, another brilliant video.

  • @blairsaviationchannel
    @blairsaviationchannel 2 месяца назад +2

    i spotted that helicopter in a field in dundee Saturday 17 August

  • @sassythesasquatch101
    @sassythesasquatch101 2 месяца назад

    Very interesting to see you land at my local airport

  • @JDtheBushwalker
    @JDtheBushwalker 2 месяца назад

    Thanks for sharing Stef. It's fantastic to see you back as PIC! I love your almost goofy humour - sometimes, I laugh harder than I should 😂

    • @StefanDrury
      @StefanDrury  2 месяца назад +1

      Ha thanks JD, life's too short to take it too seriously!

    • @JDtheBushwalker
      @JDtheBushwalker 2 месяца назад

      ​@StefanDrury, my apologies, I just watched the latest vid in the series and now realise that you're not PIC. You know what they say about assumption...
      So it's great to see you back in control of an airplane and can't wait to see the rest of the series and you back as PIC when the time comes.

  • @downunderdave5417
    @downunderdave5417 2 месяца назад +1

    Great Thanks
    D

  • @foxiedogitchypaws7141
    @foxiedogitchypaws7141 2 месяца назад +1

    Love. These . Trips! But, Im not so sure if I could be in a helicopter. What a Beautiful area!!🛩️

  • @Ashton89YT
    @Ashton89YT 2 месяца назад

    Love this series

  • @LeaMedhurst
    @LeaMedhurst 2 месяца назад

    Brilliant vid, thanks, comedy on point "oh a bit behind the scenes, only 30 mile walk" :)

  • @YZJA15
    @YZJA15 2 месяца назад

    Looking forward to the south coast and Devon

  • @SimonH72
    @SimonH72 Месяц назад

    This series is great. You sooooo need to do the same NSEW points n Australia. Admittedly, it may take longer than a week! 😂

  • @jezkemp712
    @jezkemp712 2 месяца назад

    The adventure with Captain Stef Bigglesworth and Flight Sergeant Philippe continues...

  • @idlewise
    @idlewise 2 месяца назад +1

    Wow! An R66 Turbine!

    • @StefanDrury
      @StefanDrury  2 месяца назад +3

      Yeah makes a good sound doesn't it.

  • @kmcat
    @kmcat 2 месяца назад +2

    If you ever need a car for a day.
    Just to go a car sales room and ask for a test drive - they normally ask for the car back before they close .

    • @StefanDrury
      @StefanDrury  2 месяца назад +1

      I'll remember this tip for next time.

    • @nicolad8822
      @nicolad8822 2 месяца назад

      Mmm not so sure about that. And on a foreign Driving Licence? They nigh on wanted my life history just to go for an accompanied test drive last time I did one.

  • @AUserLivingSomewhere
    @AUserLivingSomewhere 2 месяца назад

    That helicopter ride 👌

  • @jfpilot7100
    @jfpilot7100 2 месяца назад

    nice following you around the UK. BTW would you land with an SR22 at Newhall Mains strip?

    • @StefanDrury
      @StefanDrury  2 месяца назад +1

      Yes I'd happily land EYZ there. Approach speeds and judging the wind correctly is important with a strip of that length, but I'd happily do it. As you saw in Ep2 just be prepared to go around.

  • @pjotrtje0NL
    @pjotrtje0NL 2 месяца назад

    12:49 so you missed flying past ol’ RAF Machrihanish, the place where in the 80ies and 90ies Aurora (the _mythical_ plane, not the light) was based 😉

  • @alexanderbogander2671
    @alexanderbogander2671 2 месяца назад

    I'm a pilot from the Black Isle, and yes, it's a peninsula, not an island!

  • @smokingspitfire1197
    @smokingspitfire1197 2 месяца назад

    Fantastic! I’ve been trying to reach out to you Stef if you’re still in the UK to see if you fancy filming with an ex-military jet. I have the pleasure of operating one just north of London and would love to take you up!

    • @StefanDrury
      @StefanDrury  2 месяца назад +1

      Ah thank you, jump on my website (stef747.com) and there's a contact form there for any media / general enquiries.

    • @smokingspitfire1197
      @smokingspitfire1197 2 месяца назад +1

      @@StefanDrury Will do!

  • @brissiAU
    @brissiAU 2 месяца назад +1

    Well if Charlie ever goes to Melbourne, Australia then you owe a flight lol.

    • @StefanDrury
      @StefanDrury  2 месяца назад +2

      Absolutely, happy to take him.

  • @LucGrenier
    @LucGrenier 2 месяца назад

    Just fyi, the black isle despite not being an isle or black is named so because of all the dark trees on a hill it sometimes looks like a black "island" compared with the land around it from the point of view of Inverness. The more you know!

  • @matsfrisk3653
    @matsfrisk3653 2 месяца назад

    👍

  • @jamesleicher
    @jamesleicher 2 месяца назад +1

    Mach Loop next trip?

    • @StefanDrury
      @StefanDrury  2 месяца назад +1

      In the SR20, yes good idea!

  • @WhiteHawk77
    @WhiteHawk77 2 месяца назад

    I hope with what you said you’re not going to make big cuts with Wales.

  • @stephen_1987
    @stephen_1987 2 месяца назад

    When are you going to try fly the Coastline of Australia in a week? :)

    • @StefanDrury
      @StefanDrury  2 месяца назад +3

      Going to need a pretty fast plane to do that in! Vision Jet at 1,500 would be fun though.

    • @stephen_1987
      @stephen_1987 2 месяца назад

      @@StefanDrury I did say *try*.
      One of the ex-RAAF PC-9's would have been fun, no idea what they went for at Auction though.

  • @daveyg34
    @daveyg34 2 месяца назад

    How does he not know Morecambe and Wise?!

  • @nicolad8822
    @nicolad8822 2 месяца назад

    Sellafield is a nuclear waste processing and storage facility these days I believe.

  • @kierz52
    @kierz52 2 месяца назад +1

    New to your content and channel, really enjoying it! This series got me hooked! being from Newcastle I enjoyed your request to head up to Gosforth!

    • @StefanDrury
      @StefanDrury  2 месяца назад +1

      Thanks, and welcome to the channel, nice to have you travelling along with us.

  • @Blaze_Power
    @Blaze_Power 2 месяца назад +2

    First

    • @StefanDrury
      @StefanDrury  2 месяца назад +2

      Thanks for being here early!

    • @Blaze_Power
      @Blaze_Power 2 месяца назад +2

      @@StefanDrury no problem

  • @jjsmallpiece9234
    @jjsmallpiece9234 2 месяца назад

    Rather lost the point of the video series with missing out Campbeltown etc. Could have diverted and landed, rested and refuelled at either Glasgow or Prestwick.