needles 1,013 Posted October 23, 2012 Report Share Posted October 23, 2012 Hi Guys, Just received this today. Apologies if you have already seen it. Pause at 18seconds. Amazing no-one was hurt. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=002_1350495356 Cheers Link to post Share on other sites
stu7708 244 Posted October 23, 2012 Report Share Posted October 23, 2012 Looks like one of my landings Must have been a scary moment for those guys with cameras on the side of the road.. looks like the right prop passed straight over their heads in the photos below the video.... Link to post Share on other sites
Viking 1 Posted October 23, 2012 Report Share Posted October 23, 2012 That was one close call .... .... glad everyone around survived that insident to tell the tale...!...peew Link to post Share on other sites
britfrog 180 Posted October 23, 2012 Report Share Posted October 23, 2012 where i used to fly out of popham we alawys used to get reggies blocking the access road, i used to take great glee in descending to about 2 feet out of the field on the other side of the road then pick the plane up to about 8 feet, pass over the parked cars and spread eagled reggies, then plonk it on the runway, they eventually got the hint not to park there. In this case i think as the runway started close to the road i will give the pilot the benefit as the road was about 3-4 feet higher than the runway, but i am surprised there wasnt a displaced threshold however it can be difficult to judge exactly where your wheels are when you are 30 feet above the ground. Needless to say it is not a question of if this will happen at queen juliana but when. Link to post Share on other sites
hurricanemk1c 195 Posted October 23, 2012 Report Share Posted October 23, 2012 Another version of the touch and go is developed..... Link to post Share on other sites
brett 2,316 Posted October 23, 2012 Report Share Posted October 23, 2012 Thanks for posting this video Brian. I'm with Stu as far as having a few of these under my belt too. I remember a landing just like that one the first time I flew the B-52 in the sim, the runway looked awful small and the AC is bigger than I thought. It also drops out of the sky very fast at slow speeds. Looks to me like he bumped the hill a bit before the road. A real close call for the spectators, I would probably stand a little further away next time I went for a photo op. Hard to forget those props whizzing by your face. Do pilots get chastised in any way when something like that happens in the RW or do they just get razzed by their fellow aviators? Link to post Share on other sites
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