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DA62 in flight.

Flight / direct2

The perspective of a working pilot.

DA62 ferry work joins commercial flying, aircraft knowledge and a visual record of flight.

DA62 in flight.
My role
Contract pilot · Aircraft maintenance
Time & place
November–December 2022
Project
Selected portfolio work

Chapter 01

Understand the whole aircraft.

Flying and maintaining aircraft are connected disciplines. Direct2 work drew on commercial multiengine qualifications and an FAA Airframe and Powerplant certificate.

Aircraft inspection.
Aircraft inspection.

Chapter 02

Make every leg count.

The contract included DA62 ferry flying. The photographs bring the aircraft, cockpit and terrain into the same story, documenting the experience from preflight to flight.

The DA62 cockpit.
The DA62 cockpit.

In motion

Watch the work.

Original film from the portfolio archive.

The visual record

A closer look

Select a photograph to look closer.
Formation above the mountains.
On the ground at sunset.
Above mountain terrain.
Preparing the aircraft.

Keep exploring

There’s more to the story.

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