Big planes, small airports.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKuJG5z_ji8
This video is from CYQS St. Thomas, ON during the Wings N' Wheels airshow in 2009. The main runway is 5050' X 100' and the C-17 uses about half of the length. I was working for the airport at the time and went out to do a FOD check before the Snowbirds did their show as they were the next act. Glad we did as the first 600' of runway lights and threshold lights were obliterated due to the high thrust. I have a half melted runway light lens cap as a souvenir paperweight.
P.S. St. Thomas is having it's bi-annual airshow on June 29 and 30th. Check out http://greatlakesinternationalairshow.ca/ for more information!
This video is from CYQS St. Thomas, ON during the Wings N' Wheels airshow in 2009. The main runway is 5050' X 100' and the C-17 uses about half of the length. I was working for the airport at the time and went out to do a FOD check before the Snowbirds did their show as they were the next act. Glad we did as the first 600' of runway lights and threshold lights were obliterated due to the high thrust. I have a half melted runway light lens cap as a souvenir paperweight.
P.S. St. Thomas is having it's bi-annual airshow on June 29 and 30th. Check out http://greatlakesinternationalairshow.ca/ for more information!
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Here's a DHC-5 on our 3000 x 75 runway. Length wasn't a problem, but width was.....
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Big(ish) airplane... No airport.
Oh wait, maybe this is an airport.
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=c5a_1258 ... comments=1
Oh wait, maybe this is an airport.
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=c5a_1258 ... comments=1
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Took a C-130 in and out of CFB Borden. Does that count!
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Flyboy 757,
Don't know whether it counts or not.
Ummm a Cessna 130 in Borden... No don't think so..
A Herc into Borden... You should snag the GPS on that plane...
Doesn't sound too reliable...
Oh wait, you mean you actually wanted to land there???
http://www.military.com/video/military- ... 044600001/
Don't know whether it counts or not.
Ummm a Cessna 130 in Borden... No don't think so..
A Herc into Borden... You should snag the GPS on that plane...
Doesn't sound too reliable...
Oh wait, you mean you actually wanted to land there???
http://www.military.com/video/military- ... 044600001/
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Wow - some pretty nice technique there, particularly the big-time flare after he'd planted the mains.EA757 wrote:Big(ish) airplane... No airport. Oh wait, maybe this is an airport.
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=c5a_1258 ... comments=1
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YUP, actually wanted to land there. To depart had to open the rear ramp and back up til the loadmaster stopped us with the mains at the edge of the asphalt! Remember...runway behind you is no good..........EA757 wrote:Flyboy 757,
Don't know whether it counts or not.
Ummm a Cessna 130 in Borden... No don't think so..
A Herc into Borden... You should snag the GPS on that plane...
Doesn't sound too reliable...
Oh wait, you mean you actually wanted to land there???
http://www.military.com/video/military- ... 044600001/
While an ATCer at YED working the Sunday day shift had a civil plane land and taxi clear. When he saw all the C-130`s on the ramp, realized...whoops...wrong airport. Taxied back to the rwy and took off. Never a word from him. Turned out he was looking to land at YEG, 20 mi south! In those days all 3 Edmonton airports, YEG,YXD and YED had the same runway orientation 11/29. He eventually found YEG safely and sent an apology thru the tower guys at YEG
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I remember flying into Melville Hall in Dominica was pretty tight considering an overrun would put you off a cliff into the atlantic. At the time they were running 727's in there.
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75 feet is plenty for the mighty -5, what's the story?iflyforpie wrote:Here's a DHC-5 on our 3000 x 75 runway. Length wasn't a problem, but width was.....
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He was trying to land across the runway.Donald wrote:75 feet is plenty for the mighty -5, what's the story?iflyforpie wrote:Here's a DHC-5 on our 3000 x 75 runway. Length wasn't a problem, but width was.....
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Turning around for the backtrack....Donald wrote:75 feet is plenty for the mighty -5, what's the story?iflyforpie wrote:Here's a DHC-5 on our 3000 x 75 runway. Length wasn't a problem, but width was.....
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Aerodynamic braking...when you have a slick/soft surface like grass, wheel brakes on something that big aren't as effective...YYZSaabGuy wrote:Wow - some pretty nice technique there, particularly the big-time flare after he'd planted the mains.
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Is it just me or did it seem like there was a significant amount of the landing roll with the plane skidding sideways (nose left, towards the right side of the screen)?
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BIIIIG plane!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmD5w7z8iDk
It landed in 450 meters at the Paris Air Show this year.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmD5w7z8iDk
It landed in 450 meters at the Paris Air Show this year.
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I think the DC-10 into Carp could beat that one. After all they had 5,600 feet at QRA. Carp is 3,900 feet.Redneck_pilot86 wrote: Hard pressed to beat this one.
http://youtu.be/NiLJqziNW44
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These are some really impressive landings. They got me thinking, how many of these were hand flown? With no auto thingys or NAV aids and what not? Most responders here seem equally impressed at how well these landings turned out, but over in another thread some Bananna man poster gets a new one ripped because he was talking about hand flying aproaches in some big jumbo jet. I don't quite understand you pilot folk. Now I really don't know anything about airplanes so please correct me if just have no clue at all. were any electronic gizmos used to land these big planes in small airports?