Crossing the Pond in a Diamond DA 62

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Re: Crossing the Pond in a Diamond DA 62

by CFIDave » Wed Mar 13, 2019 3:23 pm

I was VERY surprised to see that I'm included in the final episode. As the 2 pond-crossing anthracite DA62s arrived at the London factory on September 27, my customer and I just happened to be out on the Diamond ramp that afternoon preparing his blue DA62 for a short flight departing to Port Huron, MI -- so we could import the new plane and clear US Customs at KPHN, and then fly it to the new owner's home airport in MI.

It's a small world...

Re: Crossing the Pond in a Diamond DA 62

by Derek » Tue Mar 12, 2019 11:05 pm

Fantastic plane. Diamond did an amazing job. Well done!

Re: Crossing the Pond in a Diamond DA 62

by jbrauertn » Tue Mar 12, 2019 9:14 pm

Loved the series! I recently purchased a new DA62 and thoroughly love the plane and watching/reading about them. Great job on very good production!

Re: Crossing the Pond in a Diamond DA 62

by NDCDA62 » Mon Mar 04, 2019 4:01 pm

Final Episode 6 and arrival RWY 15 Diamond Aircraft London, Canada.

A great series showing the capabilities of the DA 62.

Happy landings!

Nigel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xk9WS39XKLk

Re: Crossing the Pond in a Diamond DA 62

by NDCDA62 » Mon Feb 25, 2019 4:27 pm

Crossing the Pond in a Diamond DA 62 - Episode 5

https://youtu.be/wpMhicg6Kb0


Some superb aerial video footage in the latest episode.

Re: Crossing the Pond in a Diamond DA 62

by Braden19 » Tue Feb 19, 2019 3:31 am

The weather was VMC on top, so no real need for the Pitot Heat. As for the Sat phone, the number was listed in the flight plan, although there were large stretches with no VF coverage at all, which is pretty typical in that area and also in Northern Canada. Once we start moving south from Frobisher Bay, we fly IFR in uncontrolled airspace for most of that flight. That is a different experience for sure. And, since we switch from Edmonton Center to Montreal Center, that creates a bit of a new wrinkle as well. I hope they show that in the next video, and make sure you brush up on those procedures if you ever plan on flying in that part of the country.

Braden

Re: Crossing the Pond in a Diamond DA 62

by jb642DA » Tue Feb 19, 2019 3:18 am

I think I heard them say they would SAT call the controller if they needed to talk - hopefully they gave the controller their SAT number? Long stretch over Greenland to be out of VHF or any other kind of coverage!

Looking forward to the next two episodes!

Re: Crossing the Pond in a Diamond DA 62

by CFIDave » Mon Feb 18, 2019 10:13 pm

Anyone else notice they flew Iceland to Greenland with pitot heat turned off?

Also there didn’t used to be VHF radio coverage on the east coast of Greenland so we had to rig up an HF radio in my DA42. (Also I was told Canada wouldn’t let you enter their oceanic airspace without an HF radio 5 years ago.)

Re: Crossing the Pond in a Diamond DA 62

by Braden19 » Mon Feb 18, 2019 7:59 pm

That was a pretty cool leg, lots of icebergs on the east coast of Greenland. The Diamond guys used their own oxygen even though both machines had factory oxygen systems installed. They prefer to use a portable bottle and the mountain sky system. I assume that this is because it’s part of their ferry “kit”, so they don’t have to worry about taking a machine that doesn’t have a factory system, they know that they always have oxygen on board.

I used the factory system in my plane and it worked like a dream.


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Re: Crossing the Pond in a Diamond DA 62

by NDCDA62 » Mon Feb 18, 2019 6:50 pm

Episode 4 with some spectacular video footage over Greenland.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8G5pWK6uu54

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