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Exciting backcountry airstrip landing

submitted by SFOGuy

9 years 8 months 1 week ago

Nice demonstration of a very tricky approach into a back country airstrip somewhere in the Idaho wilderness.

Pilot gets pretty close to the trees on the approach---and the final part is blind and uses the river. Pretty the exact opposite of a "stabilized" approach.

Would not want to see this tried in anything other than excellent weather.

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some *skillful piloting there!

Adding video to channels (Skillful) - requested by ChaosEngine.

Looks more like the 8th hole at Augusta.

LOL. Not as wide on the approach shot and more protected by trees than the 8th hole (joking).

The more I watch this approach the more insane I think it is.
And I can't see another more elegant way in given his constraints of how fast he has to fly to keep the plane in the air without stalling and how steeply he can descend at any one place.

Looks more like the 8th hole at Augusta.

Here is the type of plane: Britten Norman Islander

I was really surprised to read they have a minimum controlling speed of only 45mph. Perfect for tricky approaches I guess.

Planes are a lot lighter than they look. 45 mph is surprisingly low tho.

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