kudos to the pilot. as a pilot and owner of vintage aircraft, i love to watch this modern stuff. As for the shortest run way for RPT sure no doubt arguable ,for comercial ops, umm, for this size plane, sure. My Tigermoth has operated off 480' strip and a xwind only makes it feel longer, mind you, as apassenger flying in to saba, nah, give me a chopper.
i'm not a pilot, the closest i ever got was flight sim, i know that's not near real, but why do people who are not pilots, like myself, have to get on here and try to act like they are the greatest pilots in the world, even though they probably haven't even been on an airplane. the landing looked great to me, i'd let this guy fly me somewhere, all you others, haters. ha
@etmaule I agree with you. Besides, with the looks of that air strip, I'd be happy with being alive after landing. There's an old adage - any landing you can walk away from is a good landing! :)
@Lucassandro25 It's ordinary to stall before touchdown. Light Weights do it all the time, you want to be close to stall speed, because you don't want the aircraft taking off again.
that sound you heard just as the aircraft was flared is the sound you would want to hear at that particular moment of the flight. It happens when you the aircraft is close to stall speed. In this case, when you flare, you are pretty close to stall speed so therefore when you pitch the nose up just before touch down (flare), the aircraft warns you of that possible stall zone approaching. Meaning you are at a good speed and you wont just lift off again when you pitch up because of overspeed.
I love being corrrected on this site; all I can tell you is with all the many happy hours I had in the twin otter, thats the sound of an impending stall. No matter how you look at it , it was enjoyable to watch. The End.
@Teo97b If I may be clear, he never did stall. He hit turbulence about 1/4th of the way there. That beeping was the "Pull Up" sound, everyone was perfectly safe. You: Then why did it say PULL UP!?!?! HUH!?!?!?!?! Me: Because it was coming down on final, it's not like the plane knows it going to land. The detection beeps whenever he gets to low, therefore, coming down at LOW altitudes to land, it beeps. Simple as that.
@TheBalnket As a licensed pilot, the beep sounded more like a stall horn to me. It'd be kind of pointless to have a pull up warning at 10 ft above the ground. In any case, there is nothing wrong with getting close to stall (or stalling) during the flare for an aircraft like this so close off the ground. On a 1300 ft runway like TNCS, a good pilot would want the aircraft as slow as possible and touch down with hardly any airspeed for flight. Prevents bouncing and good for stopping.
@RocketBird120 Well, I would HATE to have you as my pilot if I was a passenger. You never want to stall during the landing. Atleast, in flight school, if you do that, your in trouble... I may as well say this, since you are expercienced (or so you speak,) I cannot disagree nor agree. Right now in Flight School, if I was to do that, that would reflect badly on me, so I figured thats what happened. My plane (it is a crappy one) does that. It will tell me to pull up on 10 FT, its gay i know........
@TheBalnket Thanks for the blunt punch in the gut, really nice of ya. In any case, I don't think you quite understand the need to be at a minimal airspeed while flaring. You try touching down too fast in a light aircraft and you will likely bounce, and that will get you into more trouble than your 10 ft-up near-stall flare (and will probably look worst on you in flight school). The point: keep the aircraft off the ground until it no longer flies so that it can touch down gently.
@TheBalnket That's because too many flight schools teach you how to drive airplanes, not fly them. Any instrustor that would scold you for hearing a stall horn on touchdown needs his head examined.
@TheBalnket What? You are full of shit, you have clearly never landed a plane. I am licensed single engine land. My brother is too, and between us we used probably 8 or nine instructors, not one of them would agree with you.
"shit," first off, where the HELL do you come in, in this conversation, and also, your "instructors," must be dumb as hell. That is all I have to say about that...
He landed the plane causing a perfect stall before touch down, the aircraft barely moved forward. That guy must know very well both the machine and the approach, outstanding. Bravo!
Saba's runway is the shortest commercial airport runway in the world. It is 400 meters (1300 feet) in total length. The span of runway between the white lines demarking the "usable" runway length measures just under 1000 feet. There are not any overrun areas on either end of the paved runway where shear cliffs immediately drop off over 200 feet into the sea. Officially, the runway is permanently closed to all air traffic as is designated by the "X" on each end.
at 0:50 he stalls the aircraft, you never do an excellent landing by stalling a plane, and thats the reason why he finishes landing and stops the plane with plenty of runway, BUT in that fu*** airport everything is allowed.
@senshitincho You are totally wrong. The airplane SHOULD be in a complete stall by the time the main landing gear touches the ground as stated in the FAA airplane flying handbook, in Chapter 8. This landing was near perfect and could not have been done any better, especially on a short field.
One part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands that I won't be visiting any time soon. You'd probably have to fly via St. Maarten anyway, another one of those fun landings.
@daddi1991 Stall horns typically come on about 5 knots before the stall. So I would say, no, but it was very close to it on touch down. If a short field landing is done right, the stall horn should go off right before touchdown.
I would think that quite often, as you get over the threshold of the runway and you're clear of the mountain on the right, you get a huge gust of a crosswind. Nice job!
@FSXHD92 Yes that was the stall warning warn. However the aircraft was not in danger of stalling. The stall horn goes off a few knots above the speed at which the plane will stall. Plus the aircraft was at the point of the flare in the landing phase. The best landing is one in which you stall the plane right as you touch down. In this case he is trying to do that becuase of the shortness of the runway. Becuase excess speed will cause floating. Floating = BAD at SABA.
es un genio y el avion lo permite, cuando era nino tenia estas experiencia en aviones similares en pequenas pistas de tierra, era lo maximo para mi amo los twin otters
Speaking of STOL: when you are leaving Saba, I recommend you go outside and watch the incoming aircraft. The approach is great to watch, and since the plane has such great lift, it appears to be moving ridiculously slowly and hanging in the air (I think final is about 40 knots indicated, and if there is a wind, the groundspeed is less than the 40 kt).
@NKCrime: Sigh. Of course, a carrier moves; I know that.I was attempting to describe the experience. But, you're right: Saba is somewhat stationary during the approach to landing. While no tailhook is used, after landing, expect a rapid stop (easy to do with a STOL airplane).
@KartKing4ever the pilot did not stall the aircraft! The buzzer you heard was a stall warner i.e. it warns you just before you enter the stall. If the aircraft had stalled it would have been a very ugly mess!!
@torqueset Okay know-it-all! :P Stalling the aircraft a few feet--or inches-- above the ground is COMMON practice. Let the pilots make the know-it-all comments:)
u guys @ winair are the best. my first landing on Saba, i thought i was about to soil my pants, lol. the best part, in the airport, there are t- shirts on sale with the words ' i survived the landing' lol
u guys @ winair are the best. my first landing on Saba, i thought i was about to soil my pants, lol. the best part, in the airport, there are t- shirts on sale with the words ' i survived the landing' lol
This was a bit of a 'stall' landing, although it is normal for this kind of approach. A small, safe stall is appropriate for this kind of approach, especially to these short runways ^_^
@ibnfe2 the perfect landing is actually at the Vref speed which is 1.3 times the stall speed. At this speed the stall warner would not sound. Get your facts straight!
Another fun thing (be a passenger on the right side): as you land, the fire trucks come out of the firehouse and once they see that the landing is ok, they reverse back in. The whole thing takes seconds to happen.
the end of the runway is a cliff. I recall that it was a drop off of 100 or 200 feet.
So you get an aircraft carrier experience landing and taking off.
i think i understand wat was meant...but one thing i got to say i went there bout 2 yrs ago and that was one of the scariest flights ive ever had..i mean i was so freaked out i asked a guy on the opposite of me is that the end of the runway and he's like yh and im like oh shit..lol lol..and that was so normal to everyone else on the flight except me...i mean a runway that short...damnn...
well buddy its the shortest ive ever landed on...not the most dangerous though..think i saw one more dangerous than this..but i assure u..its short and creepy..i think wat creeped me out is the fact that i didnt kno that the runway was that length..so i guess thats wat made it scary...
airplanes are amazing
90QuattroKid 1 week ago
Only uses half of that 400m runway...
DesertEagle323 1 week ago
OK. That was nuts!
nyczumazooma 3 weeks ago
Was it a stall warning just when he landed ?
qsop95 3 weeks ago
You know the landing strip is crazy when you have to stall the plane to land on it! =)
TrueVideo 1 month ago
@TrueVideo LoL, didn't notice your comment :) So it was a stall warning ?
qsop95 3 weeks ago
is that a gruman goose that ur flyin
socksy1999 1 month ago
looks like a helicopter landing....very impressive
88bruno 2 months ago
@1ssdx Dutch caribbean
winky4u 2 months ago
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winky4u 2 months ago
where is the saba?
1ssdx 2 months ago
The runway looks as short as one on an aircraft carrier.
rocksinger45 2 months ago
I take my hat off to you sir.
jqdsilva 3 months ago
very nice! i read that the first officers only get 4700 dollars a year! now that's terrible!
arsenalfeet 3 months ago
If I'm not mistaken, the pilot only needed 200...
rschotman 5 months ago
kudos to the pilot. as a pilot and owner of vintage aircraft, i love to watch this modern stuff. As for the shortest run way for RPT sure no doubt arguable ,for comercial ops, umm, for this size plane, sure. My Tigermoth has operated off 480' strip and a xwind only makes it feel longer, mind you, as apassenger flying in to saba, nah, give me a chopper.
benmerkenhof 6 months ago
I visited Saba in `92. Some people in the plane started to cry when they saw the landing strip.
winky4u 6 months ago 27
@winky4u I visited Saba as well and can picture that happening. The take off is just as nerve wracking.
ScentedAir 5 months ago
@winky4u where is saba
1ssdx 2 months ago
WinnAir for the win!
sigmundandfreud 6 months ago
Crosswind landing very well executed well done pilot "Kudos"
TheMiningWarrior 6 months ago
i'm not a pilot, the closest i ever got was flight sim, i know that's not near real, but why do people who are not pilots, like myself, have to get on here and try to act like they are the greatest pilots in the world, even though they probably haven't even been on an airplane. the landing looked great to me, i'd let this guy fly me somewhere, all you others, haters. ha
etmaule 6 months ago 2
@etmaule I agree with you. Besides, with the looks of that air strip, I'd be happy with being alive after landing. There's an old adage - any landing you can walk away from is a good landing! :)
djpeterson83 6 months ago
why is he stalling just before touchdown?
Lucassandro25 7 months ago
@Lucassandro25 It's ordinary to stall before touchdown. Light Weights do it all the time, you want to be close to stall speed, because you don't want the aircraft taking off again.
DeadlyInertia 6 months ago
that sound you heard just as the aircraft was flared is the sound you would want to hear at that particular moment of the flight. It happens when you the aircraft is close to stall speed. In this case, when you flare, you are pretty close to stall speed so therefore when you pitch the nose up just before touch down (flare), the aircraft warns you of that possible stall zone approaching. Meaning you are at a good speed and you wont just lift off again when you pitch up because of overspeed.
cmuska51 7 months ago
I love being corrrected on this site; all I can tell you is with all the many happy hours I had in the twin otter, thats the sound of an impending stall. No matter how you look at it , it was enjoyable to watch. The End.
XBoeingCapt 7 months ago
this plane stalled
Teo97b 7 months ago
@Teo97b If I may be clear, he never did stall. He hit turbulence about 1/4th of the way there. That beeping was the "Pull Up" sound, everyone was perfectly safe. You: Then why did it say PULL UP!?!?! HUH!?!?!?!?! Me: Because it was coming down on final, it's not like the plane knows it going to land. The detection beeps whenever he gets to low, therefore, coming down at LOW altitudes to land, it beeps. Simple as that.
TheBalnket 7 months ago
@TheBalnket Ok I understand
Teo97b 7 months ago
@TheBalnket As a licensed pilot, the beep sounded more like a stall horn to me. It'd be kind of pointless to have a pull up warning at 10 ft above the ground. In any case, there is nothing wrong with getting close to stall (or stalling) during the flare for an aircraft like this so close off the ground. On a 1300 ft runway like TNCS, a good pilot would want the aircraft as slow as possible and touch down with hardly any airspeed for flight. Prevents bouncing and good for stopping.
RocketBird120 6 months ago 2
@RocketBird120 Well, I would HATE to have you as my pilot if I was a passenger. You never want to stall during the landing. Atleast, in flight school, if you do that, your in trouble... I may as well say this, since you are expercienced (or so you speak,) I cannot disagree nor agree. Right now in Flight School, if I was to do that, that would reflect badly on me, so I figured thats what happened. My plane (it is a crappy one) does that. It will tell me to pull up on 10 FT, its gay i know........
TheBalnket 6 months ago
@TheBalnket that was a stall horn
StuartRedman1 6 months ago
@TheBalnket Thanks for the blunt punch in the gut, really nice of ya. In any case, I don't think you quite understand the need to be at a minimal airspeed while flaring. You try touching down too fast in a light aircraft and you will likely bounce, and that will get you into more trouble than your 10 ft-up near-stall flare (and will probably look worst on you in flight school). The point: keep the aircraft off the ground until it no longer flies so that it can touch down gently.
RocketBird120 6 months ago 2
@TheBalnket That's because too many flight schools teach you how to drive airplanes, not fly them. Any instrustor that would scold you for hearing a stall horn on touchdown needs his head examined.
pietenpol2010 5 months ago 2
@TheBalnket What? You are full of shit, you have clearly never landed a plane. I am licensed single engine land. My brother is too, and between us we used probably 8 or nine instructors, not one of them would agree with you.
sherlockboneman 1 week ago
@sherlockboneman Full of
"shit," first off, where the HELL do you come in, in this conversation, and also, your "instructors," must be dumb as hell. That is all I have to say about that...
TheBalnket 1 week ago
nice job. I used to love flying the otter; got the stall just about touchdown, bravo!
XBoeingCapt 7 months ago
@XBoeingCapt Didn't stall... read my comment to Toe97b
TheBalnket 7 months ago
what about the white X? isnt that supposed to tell you to NOT land there?
xXJeeXTeeXAyeXmanXx 7 months ago
Not a stall at all, it's a stall warning sound. To inform the pilot it's nearing the stall. Loads of planes land with the buzzer going off.
oo0Spyder0oo 7 months ago
perfect landing....
peternoize 7 months ago
Pouso perfeito, seguido de aviso de stall.
DiegoPalinskiRS 8 months ago
Text book! Doesn't get any better than that - nope! N-6395T
mmichaeldonavon 8 months ago
simply perfect because its flying an DH6 twin otter the hummer of the air !!!!!
ranjung 8 months ago
24 people disliked the video.... Total morons. This vid is awesome.
lerrysan 8 months ago
i bet security here is TIGHT! u have to be there hours in advance lol
PIMPMACHINE90210 9 months ago
He landed the plane causing a perfect stall before touch down, the aircraft barely moved forward. That guy must know very well both the machine and the approach, outstanding. Bravo!
MrMouns63 9 months ago
twin otter doesnt need a runway Xd
xazns0ulx 9 months ago
you try a crosswind landing on a short strip. it can be a real challenge.. that was text book. nice
stevegauth30 10 months ago
@stevegauth30 itts a twin otter old but useful plane man
futurepilotkid 9 months ago
Why are the throttles hanging from the roof???
Nopresnik 10 months ago
Saba's runway is the shortest commercial airport runway in the world. It is 400 meters (1300 feet) in total length. The span of runway between the white lines demarking the "usable" runway length measures just under 1000 feet. There are not any overrun areas on either end of the paved runway where shear cliffs immediately drop off over 200 feet into the sea. Officially, the runway is permanently closed to all air traffic as is designated by the "X" on each end.
bilshut 10 months ago
Belo Pouso.
heathow 10 months ago
at 0:50 he stalls the aircraft, you never do an excellent landing by stalling a plane, and thats the reason why he finishes landing and stops the plane with plenty of runway, BUT in that fu*** airport everything is allowed.
senshitincho 11 months ago
@senshitincho You are totally wrong. The airplane SHOULD be in a complete stall by the time the main landing gear touches the ground as stated in the FAA airplane flying handbook, in Chapter 8. This landing was near perfect and could not have been done any better, especially on a short field.
Rizzo12388 9 months ago 6
Simply PERFECT!
lw4dbe 11 months ago
Simply PERFECT!
lw4dbe 11 months ago
They used about half the runway @@"
justgetmeaname 1 year ago
fucking airport!
giga849 1 year ago
That had my attention and I'm only watching the video!...Not too shabby at all
Ralph111417 1 year ago
Why is the approach lined up?
Is that just how it was or is it done on purpose due to terrain?
sk8drumdie0116 1 year ago
pretty easy to do in a Twin-Otter
mrpilot102 1 year ago
fuck that is some SKILL!!!!!!!!!
appleglory 1 year ago
but you have to ask yourself the question, if you barely can make room for a airstrip on the island... is it really necessary, maby....maby not.
but atleast its fun=)
TheGlobalflight 1 year ago
Huh? He don't use the whole length to stop ? thumbs up !
MrGranousty 1 year ago
Nice stall
sebih104 1 year ago
stall landing :O
FSXPiilots 1 year ago
perfect landing...not crazy at all...
superfestiva 1 year ago
This is one heck of an island...I mean i would prefer other Caribbean Islands over this any time !
smartdon007 1 year ago
No wonder even LIAT doesn't go here.....
smartdon007 1 year ago
Wow, are those the throttle levers on the overhead?
GyGergely 1 year ago
@GyGergely yhup
8justin88 1 year ago
What airplane is that? and Nice landing!
willettgarrett 1 year ago
@willettgarrett DHC-6 Twin Otter.
RipFlm 1 year ago
@willettgarrett, i think its a dhc-6 twin otter
jsmykal 1 year ago
Very nice vid! Just sub'd. Please do the same. THANKS!
Vrod33123 1 year ago
OMG!
msebulke 1 year ago
0:50 what's the bell mean?
TheOriginalClip 1 year ago
@TheOriginalClip stall warning
cosminx2003 1 year ago 18
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bigfootcock 1 year ago
most excellent landing compaired to other videos of this runway this pilot must do this as a regular
rhemity 1 year ago
Wow Nice. He didn't even use half the runway. Impressive!
jb42682 1 year ago
Wow, this guy had some runway left!
oldaardvark 1 year ago
One part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands that I won't be visiting any time soon. You'd probably have to fly via St. Maarten anyway, another one of those fun landings.
SeverityOne 1 year ago
nice landing
oscarcaliop1987 1 year ago
pilots experts in short landing....each day better
papapardal1 1 year ago
its not that hard to land a helicopter...
ihm1917 1 year ago
wow it looked like he stopped the plane in like 10 feet.
utgfilms 1 year ago 28
VETOL Landing hehehe
hlfrazpaz 1 year ago
short field landing (Y)
polak4lyf 1 year ago
such a short stopping distance, great landing
leezaal 1 year ago
did it stall during???
daddi1991 1 year ago
@daddi1991 Aye lad, that it did.
pingpongpung 1 year ago
@pingpongpung it did - but then it wouldn't have landed if it didn't. Normal for the stall warning to sound as the plane flares for landing.
1000Crates 1 year ago
@daddi1991 Stall horns typically come on about 5 knots before the stall. So I would say, no, but it was very close to it on touch down. If a short field landing is done right, the stall horn should go off right before touchdown.
Superb landing.
lowanfast 1 year ago
excellent landing ! hits the numbers and gets on the taxiway no prob whatsoever. Another perfect landing for this guy watch?v=lGP8VsrH8ts
petrolhead82 1 year ago
500foot marker??? hahahah....
kelvinhenry9 1 year ago
i loooove Twin Otters!!! Such a great airplane... and lets you feel the bumps in the air too :P
Spetsop 1 year ago
How long is that runway???
AcepilotC172 1 year ago
0:48 What is this peeps for, Stall alarm I guess ??
aaelborollosy 1 year ago
@aaelborollosy I think that's sound that confirms that wheels are on the ground...
MrkizaBrate 1 year ago
@MrkizaBrate Nope, that's the stall warning. They fly just above it on the approach, and the flare sets it off.
ianfortepiano 1 year ago
@MrkizaBrate this should be on a pilot's jokes or quotes website :DDDD
Baalika 1 year ago
cooooool landing Goooood job
CrazyPiRossi 1 year ago
Nice to see someone else who takes the meaning of "Straight to the numbers" as seriously as I do.
archer49d 1 year ago
I would think that quite often, as you get over the threshold of the runway and you're clear of the mountain on the right, you get a huge gust of a crosswind. Nice job!
plsniper 1 year ago
Congratulations to the very skilled pilots.
timmhg 1 year ago
Great landing.
matthewsellers919 1 year ago
o yer real fucking short only fucking mono planes can land u dick head
hayden33421049 1 year ago
Holy crap room to spare too!
aa2p 1 year ago
holy f whas that the stall warning
FSXHD92 1 year ago
@FSXHD92 Yes that was the stall warning warn. However the aircraft was not in danger of stalling. The stall horn goes off a few knots above the speed at which the plane will stall. Plus the aircraft was at the point of the flare in the landing phase. The best landing is one in which you stall the plane right as you touch down. In this case he is trying to do that becuase of the shortness of the runway. Becuase excess speed will cause floating. Floating = BAD at SABA.
Kanis91 1 year ago
@Kanis91 yes i know i know you don t have to write a esay lol
FSXHD92 1 year ago
es un genio y el avion lo permite, cuando era nino tenia estas experiencia en aviones similares en pequenas pistas de tierra, era lo maximo para mi amo los twin otters
robyyy44 1 year ago
dang that thing slowed down in like 2 seconds
tranman978 1 year ago 2
Speaking of STOL: when you are leaving Saba, I recommend you go outside and watch the incoming aircraft. The approach is great to watch, and since the plane has such great lift, it appears to be moving ridiculously slowly and hanging in the air (I think final is about 40 knots indicated, and if there is a wind, the groundspeed is less than the 40 kt).
mbaumwell1 1 year ago
@NKCrime: Sigh. Of course, a carrier moves; I know that.I was attempting to describe the experience. But, you're right: Saba is somewhat stationary during the approach to landing. While no tailhook is used, after landing, expect a rapid stop (easy to do with a STOL airplane).
mbaumwell1 1 year ago
congratulations! you just passed carrier quals!
EduEnYT 1 year ago
I knew he was gonna have to step on that rudder pretty hard. Must have been a real small plane
kozmon0t 1 year ago
really short landing...
osquitar2807 1 year ago
see what he did? you have to stall the plane and pretty much float to the runway
KartKing4ever 1 year ago
@KartKing4ever the pilot did not stall the aircraft! The buzzer you heard was a stall warner i.e. it warns you just before you enter the stall. If the aircraft had stalled it would have been a very ugly mess!!
torqueset 1 year ago
@torqueset Okay know-it-all! :P Stalling the aircraft a few feet--or inches-- above the ground is COMMON practice. Let the pilots make the know-it-all comments:)
Zachey2001 1 year ago
@Zachey2001 well put sir.
FlyingPhoAddict 11 months ago
u guys @ winair are the best. my first landing on Saba, i thought i was about to soil my pants, lol. the best part, in the airport, there are t- shirts on sale with the words ' i survived the landing' lol
malikhadad32 1 year ago
u guys @ winair are the best. my first landing on Saba, i thought i was about to soil my pants, lol. the best part, in the airport, there are t- shirts on sale with the words ' i survived the landing' lol
malikhadad32 1 year ago
u guys @ winair are the best. my first landing on Saba, i thought i was about to soil my pants, lol.
malikhadad32 1 year ago
que loco
muy bueno
alilopez088 1 year ago
nothing crazy about this. excellent landing.
romajo 1 year ago 80
@romajo but very risky 1
01723000042 1 year ago
@romajo
i think he ment crazy in a good way?
1stop3 1 year ago
Awesome Video! :D
aznfilipinoboi 1 year ago 4
This was a bit of a 'stall' landing, although it is normal for this kind of approach. A small, safe stall is appropriate for this kind of approach, especially to these short runways ^_^
CX135pilot 1 year ago 3
@CX135pilot no no no! The buzzer you heard was a stall warner i.e. it warns you a few knots before you enter the stall.
torqueset 1 year ago
Like a carrier landing minus the tail-hook.
plugg999 1 year ago
150 meters to spare. Awesome!
AdamJLemon 1 year ago 3
lol this guy even vacated before the end of the runway , but he got a stall warning not too close to the ground , hard landing :P
kharyee1 1 year ago
its a De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter
beer129 1 year ago
Been there it is definitly a Twin Otter!!!!
I survived landing there twice...:-)
Heynsbergen 1 year ago
I think it's Grumman Goose.
2698015 1 year ago
NoNo Grumman Gosse has similar cockpit, but it isn´t Goose
TopperQo 1 year ago
Awsome dude :D
Raxel8911 1 year ago
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ndreyes11a 1 year ago
@ndreyes11a : Twin Otter i would say ;-)))
Frildo17 1 year ago
my teachers name is saba
The1234567890mj 1 year ago
@Sanjoe93: Yes, Stall Warning horn. One concept of a perfect landing, is to have the stall warning horn sound right as the tires make contact.
ibnfe2 1 year ago
@ibnfe2 the perfect landing is actually at the Vref speed which is 1.3 times the stall speed. At this speed the stall warner would not sound. Get your facts straight!
torqueset 1 year ago
@torqueset
Vref is the final approach speed, NOT the touchdown speed, stop being a know it all and enjoy this PERFECT landing.
DevilDog68145 1 year ago 20
That's enough to give you the creeps.
stnicholas54 2 years ago
Another fun thing (be a passenger on the right side): as you land, the fire trucks come out of the firehouse and once they see that the landing is ok, they reverse back in. The whole thing takes seconds to happen.
the end of the runway is a cliff. I recall that it was a drop off of 100 or 200 feet.
So you get an aircraft carrier experience landing and taking off.
mbaumwell1 2 years ago 31
@mbaumwell1 You should go to Sumburgh, Shetland Isles in Scotland with a Falcon 20. That's funny.
ee000011 1 year ago
@mbaumwell1 not really, a carrier is moving
NKCrime 1 year ago
@mbaumwell1 ... Without an arrestor (sp?) hook? :P
adzer45 1 year ago
@mbaumwell1 That would be funny, and nw thinking of it, arrestor cables could b a good idea there
AlphaAlphaLima 1 year ago
What country in the Carabien is this in?
bolnalamo 2 years ago
@bolnalamo the netherland artillies
drummerboy5192 1 year ago
was that a stall warning at the end? :P
Sanjoe93 2 years ago
although its very short that plane landed in only half of the whole runway
stealhty1 2 years ago 2
Nice landing captain and thank God for beta! What kind of plane anyway, anyone figure it out?
flyurway 2 years ago
@flyurway twin otter
Marcvs101 2 years ago
It's a nervous landing.
jmarcl089 2 years ago
why dont land on the other side?
specialpalamig 2 years ago
wat do u mean..um that runway is the only one and there's rocks on both sides of the runway..landed there once..dont want that trip again..
java360 2 years ago
@java360 what i mean is u-turn
specialpalamig 2 years ago
oh ok...
java360 2 years ago
@java360
I think "specialpalamig" was talking about the approach on finals as the aircraft isn't established on a typical straight in.
ChrizRockster 2 years ago
i think i understand wat was meant...but one thing i got to say i went there bout 2 yrs ago and that was one of the scariest flights ive ever had..i mean i was so freaked out i asked a guy on the opposite of me is that the end of the runway and he's like yh and im like oh shit..lol lol..and that was so normal to everyone else on the flight except me...i mean a runway that short...damnn...
java360 2 years ago
Its not short to be honest, its just the fact that before and after the threshold there is sea!
There are countless runways smaller than this, but because there is no typical grass surrounding the runway it seems shorter.
ChrizRockster 2 years ago
well buddy its the shortest ive ever landed on...not the most dangerous though..think i saw one more dangerous than this..but i assure u..its short and creepy..i think wat creeped me out is the fact that i didnt kno that the runway was that length..so i guess thats wat made it scary...
java360 2 years ago
@ java360,
I can understand that - i've just been spoilt with my home aerodromes 3877ft runway and no jagged rocks and sea around the outside!
I wouldn't attempt a landing there, although I wouldn't say no if the RHS was offered to me!
ChrizRockster 2 years ago
it is actually the shortest commercial RWY in the world!!!....ICAO code name is TNCS....
fwedsxm 2 years ago
Hence its famous name, youtube videos-galore and comments! 8o)
I bought the FlyTampa St. Maarten add-on for fsx, which gives you Saba and St. Barts etc, as a bonus. Very fun practising STOL procedures.
ChrizRockster 2 years ago
@specialpalamig
Great to keep away from the rocks, cliffs, etc. Especially if the crosswind has a tendancy to gust and put you off track.
ChrizRockster 2 years ago
wind direction
laliux32 1 year ago
im thinking its a grumman goose because of the overhead throttle quadrant...correct me if im wrong. very nice landing btw
blueflame53 2 years ago
@blueflame53 this is a dhc6 twin otter an STOL-plane ... sorry for my bad english
Chenge001 2 years ago
cool thanks for the heads up man,
blueflame53 2 years ago
@blueflame53 same
mandolinplayer13 2 years ago
nah its a dhc 6 twin otter...
java360 2 years ago
You landed by stall! Nice! 5*
DarthBasti 2 years ago
ha the twotters stall horn sounds like a party popper!....awesome landing and great vid..
FSXISCOOL 2 years ago