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Title: wow! short takeoff and landing!
Post by: SkyRock on March 03, 2008, 05:55:19 PM

http://www.break.com/index/world-record-shortest-takeoff-and-landing-457631.html

Title: wow! short takeoff and landing!
Post by: RATTFINK on March 03, 2008, 06:09:05 PM

Awesome!  :aok

Title: wow! short takeoff and landing!
Post by: evenhaim on March 03, 2008, 06:10:55 PM

nice job on the pilots half but im sure a great deal of wind was involved
:aok

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Post by: Yknurd on March 03, 2008, 06:30:04 PM

haxxor

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Post by: Coshy on March 03, 2008, 06:47:21 PM

You can clearly see he was on a conveyor belt and had magic wheels.

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Post by: Gowan on March 03, 2008, 07:08:45 PM

they had wind, therefore we should have wind

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Post by: colmbo on March 03, 2008, 08:19:25 PM

That was Valdez, Alaska and that is far from any record.

In Gulkana one year a Super Cub got off in 21' - that's about one fuselage length.

A 172 got off in 42'.

I know a guy that landed a Helio Courier in Kotzebue and used zero runway -- but he did have 50 knots of wind.

Title: wow! short takeoff and landing!
Post by: Iron_Cross on March 03, 2008, 10:25:09 PM

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Originally posted by colmbo
That was Valdez, Alaska and that is far from any record.

In Gulkana one year a Super Cub got off in 21' - that's about one fuselage length.

A 172 got off in 42'.

I know a guy that landed a Helio Courier in Kotzebue and used zero runway -- but he did have 50 knots of wind.

Thank you colombo, I was about to post that they were Alaska bush pilots.  They make their living by ferrying supplies/people to remote outposts/villages.  One thing that they encounter often is a distinct lack of prepared facilities for them to land/take off from.  What that video showed was a vital skill in their daily lives, plus a little showing off.  100' of level ground is like the Ritz, for these guys.

Oh, and the over-sized tires are to prevent them from sinking into the marsh-like thawed layer of permafrost during the summer.

Title: wow! short takeoff and landing!
Post by: colmbo on March 04, 2008, 09:53:16 AM

Yeah, Alaska is the place to be if you're into flying.

I used to take my 182 into this strip -- about 700' of rough rock.

(http://home.gci.net/~sncdfalk/flypics/ghmidfinal.jpg)

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Post by: Krusty on March 04, 2008, 09:56:11 AM

Harrier. 0 length take-off and landing :t

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Post by: colmbo on March 04, 2008, 11:16:41 AM

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Originally posted by Krusty
Harrier. 0 length take-off and landing :t

Eh-- Jets are for kids!!

Title: Re: wow! short takeoff and landing!
Post by: JimBeam on March 04, 2008, 02:12:13 PM

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Originally posted by SkyRock
http://www.break.com/index/world-record-shortest-takeoff-and-landing-457631.html

the a/c taking off looked alot like the new carbon cub much lighter than regular cub but with 220 HP compared to the 150hp or whatever the regular cub has.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5226677992630020282 video of the carbon  cub

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Post by: VansCrew1 on March 04, 2008, 02:32:35 PM

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Originally posted by Yknurd
haxxor

:rofl :rofl :noid

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Post by: C(Sea)Bass on March 04, 2008, 03:15:06 PM

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Originally posted by colmbo
Yeah, Alaska is the place to be if you're into flying.

I used to take my 182 into this strip -- about 700' of rough rock.

(http://home.gci.net/~sncdfalk/flypics/ghmidfinal.jpg)

what strip?
I see trees and an old driveway

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Post by: DmonSlyr on March 04, 2008, 03:44:26 PM

yeah my dad was telling me about those guys when he was in the coast guard in alaska. he told me about what iron cross said. thats really cool tho.

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Post by: Airscrew on March 04, 2008, 04:08:02 PM

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Originally posted by C(Sea)Bass
what strip?
I see trees and an old driveway

:lol