Really low landing approach... anyone seen this yet?

[Mustaine]

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=d7d_1355730953

I'm not around much, but thought some here would like to see this wild approach and landing. It looks more like something we all did / do online here than a real life landing.

[RedBull1]

What a noob 

If he had left his gear up he could've gotten the land a damaged plane achievement!

[Scherf]

It's one of those skydiver planes - what a surprise..

[cpxxx]

Here's the view from inside:

http://youtu.be/HRhWv5Hg3O4

Looks like one my approaches. Maybe not quite as low though!

Funny thing. This is getting all sorts of negative comments on various forums. Yet if I put up a video of Bob Hoover dead sticking his Shrike Commander. Everyone would be saying 'Way to go.' This is guy is clearly good at what he does, knows his aircraft intimately and can fly like...........well Bob Hoover.

As a skydive pilot, it doesn't look that radical to me until the last turn onto final. I've done similar except a bit higher and not so close to the runway. But then again I land on a short bumpy grass strip in something a bit lighter.

The thing to remember is that the aircraft is empty with minimum fuel. He'll be carrying a lot of speed in the turn and as a skydive pilot he might have thousands of hours and landings in that particular aircraft.

He's clearly on top of his game.

[MrRiplEy[H]]

I'm sure that pilot has been playing too much AH2 and only realized what happened after he lost his license 

[GScholz]

Tante Ju !!! 

[Seanaldinho]

Nothing to see here. Just a damn good pilot beating his jumpers down. 

[FireDrgn]

Nothing to see here. Just a damn good pilot beating his jumpers down. 

Yep when I was skydiving it was pretty common .  Leaves no room for error tho.

[Babalonian]

Nothing to see here. Just a damn good pilot beating his jumpers down. 

This.  I wouldn't say common (it does take a good bit of skill and at an airport/region with no traffic or very accomidating controllers., etc.) but it's a classic and equivalent to an old-hand (the pilot) making a quick $20/50/100/lunch/6-pack off a greenhorn (the newbie/rookie skydiver) because they think they know better.

From the inside it didn't look too low (neither from the outside), just fast.

[homersipes]

just a basic combat landing

[Seanaldinho]

This.  I wouldn't say common (it does take a good bit of skill and at an airport/region with no traffic or very accomidating controllers., etc.) but it's a classic and equivalent to an old-hand (the pilot) making a quick $20/50/100/lunch/6-pack off a greenhorn (the newbie/rookie skydiver) because they think they know better.

From the inside it didn't look too low (neither from the outside), just fast.

I almost got roped into buying lunch for a jump pilot down at Z-hills. Luckily a jumper took mercy on me and advised me not too. 

They do this stuff at Z-Hills all the time in much bigger birds.

[cpxxx]

This is a video from inside a Pilatus Porter:

http://youtu.be/hTJ9Cv73P08

Jump forward to 2.0 to see the view on short finals. You think, no way he can make it. But gets in easily landing halfway down the runway. Beats all the skydivers down. In some dropzones using turbines they can reload and on the way up pass the previous load still under canopy. I don't fly at the dropzone or a turbine but can get down from 10k in about 4 minutes usually beating the tandems but not the solos. Usually turn finals under a mile out at about 130kts, shedding the speed to touch down at about 60kts into a bumpy 2000' grass strip. You can also used a curved approach shedding the speed in the turn and levelling just over the threshold just like in the original video but not so low. When there's a long runway you can lose the speed in ground effect.

You could do this up to sixteen times a day. You can literally wear a groove in the grass runway you hit the same spot so often. The airport owners had to ask us to vary our touchdown point as it was making a hole.

Skydive flying has to be the best stick and rudder flying out there these days.

[B4Buster]

I've flown a few descents like that in a Twin Otter...landings weren't like that though...the strip is 30' wide and crooked/uneven tucked between some trees.

[Seanaldinho]

This is a video from inside a Pilatus Porter:

http://youtu.be/hTJ9Cv73P08

Jump forward to 2.0 to see the view on short finals. You think, no way he can make it. But gets in easily landing halfway down the runway. Beats all the skydivers down. In some dropzones using turbines they can reload and on the way up pass the previous load still under canopy. I don't fly at the dropzone or a turbine but can get down from 10k in about 4 minutes usually beating the tandems but not the solos. Usually turn finals under a mile out at about 130kts, shedding the speed to touch down at about 60kts into a bumpy 2000' grass strip. You can also used a curved approach shedding the speed in the turn and levelling just over the threshold just like in the original video but not so low. When there's a long runway you can lose the speed in ground effect.

You could do this up to sixteen times a day. You can literally wear a groove in the grass runway you hit the same spot so often. The airport owners had to ask us to vary our touchdown point as it was making a hole.

Skydive flying has to be the best stick and rudder flying out there these days.

Looks fun!

Agreed though, not many places to fly small planes. The only things that come to mind are banner towing, skydiving, sightseeing, and amphibious charters. Unless you live in Alaska 

[colmbo]

You could do this up to sixteen times a day.

Wimp!!  27 loads in a 206, 5 jumpers per load, all loads to 12,500AGL.   

Was a very, very long day.