Lukla - Airport take off

[ibogeyman]

nice short field takeoff!

[wazzap496]

there is absolutely NO WAY anyone is making ME get on a plane thats flying from Lukla...not unless im flying it!!!

[yynnmmbb]

I swear by everything holy, if I ever end up in that airport, I will walk down the fucking mountain.

[ACxaY]

that plane is pretty noisy

[KosukiFire]

Please just call a helicopter. I dont wanna go on the plane, I dont wanna go on the plane :"(

[jwm239]

...ah!...gravity-assisted takeoff! just like in foot-launched hang gliding!

[wfreireec]

viisiiiijueeee

[vgmaster777]

Its probably a scary take off but looks cool

[SkillCandy]

Anyone know when they paved the runway?

When I was there in 1981. you landed on a grass runway.

[IndianSettler]

@SkillCandy It was paved around year 2004.

have a nice day!

[boomdeyadaa]

I'm going climbing in Nepal in the new year and will definately be scared out of my mind on this runway! But the view looks amazing! :)

[spannerworks1]

The runway is at a 12 degree angle and at the end is a 700 meter drop.

I know I have just come back from climbing Everest.

Richard

[TripleKanwar]

@spannerworks1

Hi when did you climb everest? how tough it is ? i am very much interested to climb and how much did you pay?

[TOKYOJOE]

kinda like ski jump

[RafTheDrifter]

LOL!!!!!! its a sloped runway!!!!

[LtdBudgetProductions]

To me that would be better than flying a 744 or a A330. No huge screens or long hauls just beautiful scenery analog controls and an exciting landing every time.

[hearts76100]

@LtdBudgetProductions

Oh yeah, totally agree!

Just like the old days! You would be shitting yourself too.....

[mishakiler]

@LtdBudgetProductions yes and 30% chanse to chrash on landing

[deltafan909]

what is the airport icao of this airport

[18vallancel]

VNLK

[fanofgordon]

It's VNLK

[Clubhouse729]

what if a 737 lands and take off there?? lol...

[Pkarchpray16]

look at the size of it, not possible

[Clubhouse729]

that's why,,, (what if)... lol

[viva0la0utube]

its bigger than the runway maybe?

[MaDahTh]

Booooom! ^^

[johnayerger13]

wow seriously? that messed up!

[SavioB747A380]

That is a really neat plane

[Airplanesaremything]

thats a crazy airport.......lol

[Spanduer90]

are these powerlines I am seeing throughout the preflight checklist?

[xcamxx3]

yes, but....at this airport, u can only land and takeoff one way due to the cliffs behind the runway. so, it does not get in the way.

[Spanduer90]

ahh, must be purdy exciting to land/takeoff  here

[chilltower]

That's cool, but you should have seen it 20 years ago when I was there - same airfield but not sealed, so the plane had to negotiate rocky gravel, dirt and grass for a runway - now that was exciting!!

[amediastintas]

I want to rectify my runway length i just checked it and was suprised to find out it was 2000 usable and it grass strip in rainy season and dirt when it doesnt rain. my dad built the runway in 1992 or 93 but it has no slope and with a stock 182 is a reaaaalllll hard runway to fly. by about a mile and a half out if you dont go around your commited. you have to land

[amediastintas]

Nice runway easy compared to what i fly in mexico in a cessna 182. I used to fly one that now is destroyed by the military cerro de la bandera mexico 3000 ft long and 9200ft one way in one way out drops into a canyon 40 ft trees on either side. hard part in nepal is that everything around is 16thousand feet high

[ragethesystem]

neplease are brave dude!!!

[koyruru]

I took this flight a couple months ago, my mom was bein a bitch in the seat behind me, so i couldnt fully enjoy the ride

lol it's cool u posted this video, thank you, i was born there!

[CJReport]

Wait till the friction cant hold the aircraft anymore and let go, then pull your nose up... how cool is that, this is like fighter planes taking off from a carrier ship, without the figther and the carrier ship!

[pjvenner]

Planes taking off from a carrier have a catapult to assist them. They should install a catapult/arrestor at Lukla so you can take a modified A380 there lol.

[1100elevenhundred]

Why is there an airport in a so small village?

[Deepanija]

This village is the gateway to the Everest Base Camp..so lot of peoples come for trekking and everest view....in overall...popular tourist destination in NEPAL.

[Aerolineas747]

Also the fact that air travel is really the only reasonable way to get there.

[messyhair42]

One of the most fun flight's I've ever had, the trek was the most amazing thing i've ever done

[vladastorian]

hello , matter of fact i am going there this october at the Everest base camp and i am not looking forward flying there lol.

[MADhasi]

I hope you didn't fly there, because there was a plane crash (12 people killed) right after your post in october. Are you still living? I hope so.

Its horribly dangerous. I wouldnt fly there, I think.

[DrASPIRINPLUSC]

Sry that i must correct you: 12 of the dead people were Germans, then there were 2 Australians and 3 Vietnamese people said the news...

greetings

[vladastorian]

Well matter of fact i was at the Kathmandu airport waiting to take off for Lukla , when they said a plane had crashed..not a good feeling, but oh what a ride when we got there!!! those pilots are heroes every single day, they fly by visual,one pilots tried to push the envelop and failed....

[koem40]

it is nice

[radzroka]

I salute nepalese pilots for this kind of bravery flights which they make every day and risking their life. I hereby declare, Nepalese pilots are the worlds most courageos pilots, dont believe?? U BET !!

[bs5750]

Of course these pilots are brave, but they have a great responsibily to there passengers. There job is to balance risk, and not to demonstrate how good a pilot they are. Test pilots who take an aircraft to understand a problem, who deliberately and cooly take an aircraft into a dangerous part of the flight envelope, get my deepest respect. Type in 'Bob Hoover', see a master at work.

[radzroka]

I salute nepalese pilots for this kind of bravery flights which they make every day and risking their life. I hereby declare, Nepalese pilots are the worlds most courageos pilots, dont believe?? U BET !!

[Gurgstar]

I took this flight a few months ago... makes my stomach churn again just watching the video.

[Pilot5000]

4 of 5. cool take off.