Good stuff (and thanks to SJBill for the link).
Update: There are a lot of different rules to live by in the aviation business. One of the fundamentals rules is that you ought never to fly in the same airplane with anyone braver than you. Another is to avoid flying in an airplane piloted by a medical doctor – they tend to have much more money to burn on complex equipment than time to spend learning how to use it. Add to that the fact that their professional tendency towards a “master of the universe” ego – difficult though the complaint may be coming from a fighter pilot – the fact is that it can get in the way.
This reporter breaks both rules at once.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNFNFZq2BFY[/youtube]
Golly (and a H/T to JMH).
Whazza matter, Lex?
You saying you’re not up to it?
I waz thinking some broken struts would be a star feature of the last moments before touchdown…with great filming of the belly scrapping to follow…
Hmm…Not being a “real live naval aviator”, forged in the mold of our host, I don’t speak with a whole lot of authority. But, I imagine the landing adds a whole new meaning to the term “ramp strike”.
Correct me if I am wrong here, but it appears from the commentary of the landing provided by the esteemed doctor that they utilize a carrier-style approach to land at that field: maintain airspeed with AOA, maintain glideslope with throttle and fly into the runway. Am I way off here? I haven’t flown in many years, but the last time I flew a GA aircraft I recall that the mandate was control glideslope with the nose and airspeed with the throttle. Pretty cool video.
Michelle, we have a saying about old pilots and bold pilots – you only get to choose one career track
And I think you’re probably right, Chuck – a power on, precision landing would be just thing and to do so we are trained that “nose attitude controls airspeed, power controls rate of descent.” I believe the GA types learn it the other way around, but then again I’m not the right guy to ask on that.
A tailhook and a cat would be handy up there.
Seems to me I’ve seen that strip in a James Bond movie somewhere.
That air strip reminds me of some of the strips in SE asia you see in the old war movies. The step and a ski jump att he downhill side would sure make for interesting use on both ends of a flight.
Dave
Your admonishments bring to mind the recent loss of one of the D.r. Mayo’s and friends with his new fancy plane.
I was once a GA type, and was taught attitude for airspeed, power for altitude. That’s a right sporty little airstrip there.
Fields like that go a long way in explaining why the Swiss came up with Flying Platypusses [sic]
“nose attitude controls airspeed, power controls rate of descent.”
As a born and bred “Fly Over Ferguson’s” (a moniker given to us by certain Derring-Do Types oft seen wearing gold striped blue flightsuits that are usually a bit too tight), thats how I got taught in a low speed, high wing Cessna…
I learned pitch for airspeed, power for vertical speed in a 172; when transitioning to the 182, the reverse seemed to work better on the ILS.
Other versions:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFzP9CRFdWw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hzhrvq7V6W0&NR=1
Cheers
A bit like Telluride, CO, but, er, more interesting.
Another video at Courchevel, shot from the inside of a Pilatus PC-12 (oh, if I could win the lotto …):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxfpfrVyJDg
Had time to watch the video again, and the flat approach to landing reminded me of this other dicey kind…
In both cases there is no chance of a go around. Landing short is probably not good for your actuarial standing. Of course the gent in the latter had only a single, slower responding engine. Likely less fuel anyway.
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