FLYING TO A WEDDING IN TUSCANY - Around the World in a DA42

[00:00:36][music] >> made the song. And then they do the stitching of how exactly how you said.

[00:01:24]>> Mark and I are on our way to a co-worker's wedding in Tuscany, but since we have a few extra days, we figured we'd visit some family and explore Normandy.

[00:01:34]>> Ooh, what have we got here?

[00:01:38]>> Okay, so we're in Deauville Airport in uh Normandy. And unlike the US where you can just kind of take off whenever you want, under Euro control, you actually have to file and get a slot time.

[00:01:49]Your slot time is a is a time window, you know, generally plus or minus 5 to 10 minutes where you can take off and proceed on your flight plan.

[00:01:57]So, our slot time is in about 45 minutes. So, we're going to hang out here for another 15 to 20, then go start up the plane. We've already done our pre-flight and head towards Con. Here's the plane.

[00:02:11]It's about a 3-hour flight, but should be a good flight and a little bit of weather taking off and should get better as we go.

[00:02:17]>> Center November 1836 Tango request climb flight level 90.

[00:02:22]>> November 1836 Tango climb flight level 90.

[00:02:26]>> Up to 90 November 1836 Tango.

[00:02:31]>> And November 1836 Tango, do you have visual on the ground?

[00:02:35]>> 1836 Tango affirmative, we can see the ground.

[00:02:38]>> Perfect November 1836 Tango because after Abdilla, you'll be below my minimum radar control area.

[00:02:50]So, you will be responsible for avoiding the ground.

[00:02:55]>> November 1836 Tango copy after Abdilla, we will be responsible for terrain avoidance. 1836 Tango.

[00:03:00]>> Thank you 1836 Tango. Otherwise, you have to climb level 100.

[00:03:09]>> November 1836 Tango will take flight level 90 for now and will avoid the terrain.

[00:03:14]>> Perfect 1836 Tango.

[00:03:17]And November 1836 Tango, the ground the terrain alert is after after Montelimar between Montelimar and Abdilla.

[00:03:28]>> 36 Tango copy.

[00:03:30]I'll map >> Runway 17.

[00:03:32]>> Yeah, so good.

[00:03:33]>> Runway 17.

[00:03:35]>> Left traffic for 17.

[00:03:37]>> Just make sense. That's what we did last time.

[00:03:41]>> November 1836 Tango descend 5,000 ft QNH 1016.

[00:03:47]>> Down to 5,000 at 1016 for 1836 Tango.

[00:03:52]At 10, we're passing our transition altitude 7,000 1016.

[00:03:56]>> Hotel Alpha Whiskey turn left direct to Barcelo. Climb level 100.

[00:04:01]>> Yes, Barcelo climb level 100 Alpha Whiskey.

[00:04:06]>> Con's actually around that little ledge right there.

[00:04:09]>> Oh, so cool.

[00:04:10]>> Excellent.

[00:04:12]And down to 5,000 now.

[00:04:15]>> Wow.

[00:04:17]What a view.

[00:04:18]>> Right.

[00:04:22]>> November 1836 Tango descend altitude uh 3,000 ft.

[00:04:27]>> Down to 3,000 ft 1836 Tango.

[00:04:31]>> You want a sterile cockpit?

[00:04:33]>> I will go sterile cockpit now.

[00:04:37]Where that's our approach right there.

[00:04:41]>> Uh November 1836 Tango turn left inbound to Obota.

[00:04:46]>> Left inbound to Obota November 1836 Tango.

[00:05:27]>> Approach control 82 Echo bonjour descend flight level 140 heading 135 information Oscar.

[00:05:35]>> Green 782 Echo bonjour let me know when you are clear of weather for a left turn descend initially level 90 and expect RNP Zulu 4 left.

[00:05:44]November 1836 Tango descend 2,000 ft I'll call you back shortly for the approach clearance.

[00:05:48]>> Down 2,000 ft, 183610.

[00:05:53]>> For information, the proceeding traffic is just on very short final.

[00:05:57]>> 183610.

[00:05:58]>> 183610, you are now cleared for the RNP alpha 17 approach.

[00:06:02]>> We are now cleared for the RNP 17 approach, 183610.

[00:06:11]We're coming down to 2,000, which is going to be our final altitude here.

[00:06:14]We're looking for the runway and we're going to call it out when we see it.

[00:06:31]Touching the runway.

[00:06:33]Oh my god.

[00:06:42]>> November 183610, contact Canada 118.625, bye.

[00:06:47]>> Over to Canada, thank you for your help, 183610.

[00:06:50]Canada tower, November 183610, RNP 117.

[00:07:21]We're at Luxor 2,000 ft and 1015 for 183610.

[00:07:35]All right, speed check, we're going landing gear down.

[00:07:43]>> And 183610 maintain downwind. I'll call you back to turn base.

[00:07:47]>> 236 Tango, maintain downwind. You'll call base.

[00:08:01]>> Now, as much as I'd like to say I never made a mistake on this trip, that simply wouldn't be true. There were a few, and this was one of them. If sharing these mistakes helps another pilot avoid them, it's worth talking about.

[00:08:14]Each country's aviation authority publishes its own AIP, which explains how aviation actually works in that country. These documents are thousands of pages and include supplements to every airport that don't show up in ForeFlight.

[00:08:27]For Khan, there are protected villages you should not fly over.

[00:08:32]I was notified that I flew over one of them, and they received complaints.

[00:08:36]Whether or not there were really complaints, I'll never know. But, as much as you you prepare, it's possible to miss things like this. In these situations, a sincere apology and a little kindness can go a long way.

[00:08:49]>> 236 Tango, turn left to the final and report short.

[00:08:52]>> Left to the final and report short, 236 Tango.

[00:08:57]They were really making us wait for that, weren't they?

[00:09:10]>> 058, latest wind 160 degrees, 11 knots from runway 17, cleared for takeoff.

[00:09:17]>> 17 cleared for takeoff, 058.

[00:09:36]>> November 1836 Tango, runway 17 clear to land wind 160 degrees 10 knots.

[00:09:42]>> 17 clear to land 1836 Tango.

[00:09:49]>> Curaçao 58 contact East approach 120655 bye-bye.

[00:09:54]>> 120655 Curaçao 58.

[00:10:17]>> A bit of a crossing from the left.

[00:10:41]Dynamic braking.

[00:10:43]>> [bell] >> All three bells all three comes off.

[00:10:46]Steel pumps comes off. Flaps are >> That's an incredible landing.

[00:10:52]>> Yeah, one second.

[00:10:55]Contact ground. Good afternoon November 1836 Tango is clear of the active at Alpha 5.

[00:11:01]>> November 36 Tango taxi left line one then two.

[00:11:04]>> Taxi left line one then two 1836 Tango.

[00:11:27]>> [music] [music] >> So, tomorrow we're going to do the trick challenge with Siena, which is a VFR only airport. The weather looks great, although right now it looks like it's completely socked in.

[00:11:50]But, tomorrow should be good in the morning and uh we have an alternate if we can't get in, so feeling good about that. We'll fly over Corsica.

[00:11:58]And what else?

[00:12:01]Yeah, we're doing okay on oxygen. We're doing great on deice fluid. Um and after Hal and Laura's wedding in Siena, I'll probably try to do a longer leg, a 5 and 1/2 hour, just to kind of test the Turtle Pac system again. And we'll go directly to uh we're going to skip Malta Mount Etna erupted, but also it's just kind of out of the way at this point and we'll go straight to uh Greece, Crete.

[00:12:26]So, excited for that and uh yeah, we'll uh see you guys in the next Okay, so we are in Nice, we're in Cannes actually.

[00:12:36]Today we are headed [music] to Siena, Italy.

[00:13:00]>> Cannes Tower, number 1836 Tango, holding short 17 alpha 1 ready for takeoff.

[00:13:04]>> Number 1 836 Tango from alpha 1, line up on the 17, cleared for takeoff. Wind 160 at 4 knots, report steady 2,000 ft.

[00:13:15]>> Cleared for takeoff 17 from alpha 1 and report 2,000 ft for 1836 Tango.

[00:13:30]>> It's 170 on the paint.

[00:13:32]I see 170 on the HSI. We'll go heels to the floor and full power.

[00:13:41]Air speed set. Air speed alive.

[00:13:43]Engine are in the green.

[00:13:57]76 will rotate.

[00:14:00]Positive rate. Tap the brakes. Gear's coming up.

[00:14:22]We'll go heading. We'll go FLC.

[00:14:30]We'll go autopilot on.

[00:14:46]We'll come back to max continuous power.

[00:15:10]Okay, we're going to go climb the cruise checklist now. Gear is up.

[00:15:14]Flaps are up. They are.

[00:15:16]Fuel pumps Two off. No change.

[00:15:21]Air conditioning I have it.

[00:15:24]Return air.

[00:15:26]Uh not right now. Landing lights uh will turn off.

[00:15:31]All right, climb to cruise checklist is complete. We're reporting 2,000 ft.

[00:15:43]Level off at 2,000 ft. Contact Nice November 1836 Tango. Thank you.

[00:15:55]November 1836 Tango 2,000.

[00:16:01]Right turn heading south. Climb to flight level 80 1836 Tango.

[00:16:21]Uh we're back in the climb. We're going to go power back up.

[00:16:41]130.830 1836 Tango.

[00:16:47]Nice departure November 1836 Tango 4,300 climbing flight level 80 180 heading assigned.

[00:17:01]Climb flight level 110 1836 Tango.

[00:17:04]All right, she's given us up to our final altitude which is 11,000 ft today.

[00:17:11]I'm hoping they give us on track, but you see the Nice airport Left turn 130 1836 Tango. Man, >> right as I mention it, what does she do?

[00:17:21]She calls and helps us out.

[00:17:27]You should see uh uh Corsica soon.

[00:17:31]Quite hazy today.

[00:17:35]>> Yeah, very hazy, yeah.

[00:17:39]Uh it's beautiful from our point of view.

[00:17:44]Feel like you know a lot of the camera doesn't really capture nice views, to be honest.

[00:17:48]>> Yeah.

[00:17:52]I never seen Corsica before uh like this well.

[00:17:58]>> Yeah.

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