My wife's unusual aviation request

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A cloudy flight after my wife asks for a favour. Watch me flying a Cirrus SR22 from Melbourne through low clouds and some overcast weather. Join me on today’s flying adventure where I’ll share tips on how to fly, insights into learning to fly, and the wonders of general aviation. Whether you’re a seasoned pilot or an aviation enthusiast, this was a fun journey across the state and through the clouds. Don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe for more flight content like this.

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43 thoughts on “My wife's unusual aviation request”

  18. Good 👍 Great Pilot.
    She would have felt amazing, if the weather was better, and you could have done the pick up. She'd have had bragging rights.
    Most wineries do transportation for a few bucks, so all good.

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  19. Stef, what you said about letting the kids watch aircraft take off and land is so true!

    We used to often stay with family friends in a small town on school holidays when I was a kid 40+ years ago. I’d ride my bike a couple of kilometres to the local airport often to do just that. I couldn’t get enough of it. It helped that the family we stayed with had a son-in-law who was getting his hours up in around ‘79-‘80 if memory serves for a commercial licence… we got a few free joy flights in a C172, including one where the radio stopped transmitting, but could still receive. In hindsight, that failure may have been due to the rough nature of the “airport” we had flown to and were returning from that day… a low pass was required to scare the sheep off first and make sure no cars were driving on the “road” across the middle of the runway… 🤣

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  22. Tocumwal is a lovely stop. Best enroute cafe between Sydney and Adelaide (but still not a patch on Aldinga).

    I stopped for fuel on the way home in early February and (ta-da!) the bowser wasn’t working because a 4G phone outage prevented it from clearing credit cards. “Oh well,” saddled up again and proceeded to Wagga for fuel instead.

    … but not before a coffee and a Reuben Sandwich for lunch in the cafe.

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  32. Niko once said in one of his videos facing similar weather conditions: "You don't have to be anywhere in aviation, you just have to be safe." I had to quote that a few times to my testing officer before a flight test, and he later said after I passed: "You made the right decision on those days."

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  33. Hey Stef, I’ve been hanging out for this video to come out, I was on FlightAware the other week and just for fun I put your tail number in and saw you were on the way to Tocumwal. You should come to CTA (Cootamundra) one day, send me a PM and I’ll show you around and take you to one of our numerous caffeine fulfilment centres, we even have one that does their own roasting.

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  39. Thanks Stef. As a VFR pilot, I was fascinated watching you negotiate IFR and cloud. Any excuse for flying is good but to visit a nice place and have coffee is even better. I loved the video

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