Interesting takeoff from a road in the Congo

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Interesting takeoff from a road in the Congo

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Amazing!

I've been flying in the Congo but I never had to do such a stupid take off...

Thanks for posting!

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Didn't really see anything wrong with that, and judging by the bunch of planes on the left as he rotated, it's a commonly used spot.

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Post by TG »

As someone is saying in the comments:

"That looks like the cockpit view of a rally car when he does that turn"

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I'd love to see video of a floatplane doing the same thing on a river.
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What type of A/C is that?

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Post by JBL »

I believe it's a Let 410

I landed and took off from a logging road north of River's Inlet in a Goose about 10 years ago. The wing tip clearance from the trees at times was no more than 20-25 feet. The road was sign posted as being used by aircraft. It looked similar to this video with the difference being a gravel road.
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Post by snowshoe »

hi Nacho--in pic #4 are those atomizers on the turban Thrush a Micronair unit or are they some other design? how much h2o was going on that crop? (soybeans, I think)
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Post by nacho »

On #4 I'm not spraying , just goofing off.. the grass at the edge is the runway and the boss had just arrived for a base check, so wanted him to see the airplane reallt close!

Those rotary atomizers are made over there and are a copy of the AU5000. Insecticides could be as low as 2 liters /hectare. (50 to 6o meter swath)
High volume work on fungicide is 20 liters/hectare and we work that at 40 meters swath. You get to cover a lot of ground in one day, I have sprayed up to 3000 hectares in one day.
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Post by Mr. North »

I'd love to see video of a floatplane doing the same thing on a river.
I have some vids back home I'll put up.. Thats nothing compared to some of the rivers I've been into (He didn't have to dodge any dead-heads).
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