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Title: Short Take-Off & Landing
Post by: PegLeg45 on February 01, 2016, 05:27:56 PM
And I mean REALLY short..... video is from last year, but this guy is pretty good. I figured he had a heavy headwind, but The Alaska Life FB page reported it was only a 5-10 mph headwind.


Bobby Breeden's fourth consecutive win and reported new world record for combined take-off/landing!
24 foot takeoff and 20 foot landing:



Title: Re: Short Take-Off & Landing
Post by: Solus on February 01, 2016, 07:10:51 PM
Slow Flight.  Full flaps, nose high, throttle low...barely moving.

My flight instructor landed a Cessna 150 on the warm up pad next to the runway of the small field belonging to Miami University, Oxford OH.

He commented that I should practice shortening the distance for my slow flight touchdowns and roll outs and I said  "Well, how short can they be?"  He showed me.
Title: Re: Short Take-Off & Landing
Post by: tombogan03884 on February 02, 2016, 06:08:00 AM
Get the wind tight and they can land backwards.
Title: Re: Short Take-Off & Landing
Post by: Big Frank on February 02, 2016, 11:17:53 AM
Alaskan bush pilots always amazed me how they can find a flat spot on the side of a mountain and land on it. Those guys don't need runways.
Title: Re: Short Take-Off & Landing
Post by: PegLeg45 on February 02, 2016, 12:12:33 PM
Alaskan bush pilots always amazed me how they can find a flat spot on the side of a mountain and land on it. Those guys don't need runways.

Yep.

I have a 20' x 20' steel building sitting on a 21' x' 30' concrete slab....if the building was gone, the guy in the video could take off and land on that slab with room to spare.
Title: Re: Short Take-Off & Landing
Post by: les snyder on February 13, 2016, 09:06:03 PM
the MAC terminal at Udorn RTAFB was adjacent to the Air America compound.... watching the T-28s and Pilatus Porters take off was in strange contrast to the F-4s
Title: Re: Short Take-Off & Landing
Post by: billt on February 22, 2016, 06:40:26 AM
And then there is this:

Title: Re: Short Take-Off & Landing
Post by: Jim Kennedy-ar154me on February 22, 2016, 08:58:18 AM
I wonder in the pilots had to change their under ware. I would have.
Title: Re: Short Take-Off & Landing
Post by: billt on February 22, 2016, 09:09:46 AM
I wonder in the pilots had to change their under ware. I would have.

If not, I'll guarantee you these guys did.



Title: Re: Short Take-Off & Landing
Post by: Jim Kennedy-ar154me on February 22, 2016, 09:11:40 AM
I wonder if they had to pay for the fence. 8)