Buccaneer II Amphibious airplane dead stick landing

[ludo0077]

Good landing!

btw: Nice Rolex :p

[iseesquares]

lol a "little hard" ??

[netscion]

rotax engine?

[sscobalt815]

that glide ratio is unbelievable...

[FlightLevelHeaded]

They should rename the Rotax 912 the Rotax 911 because that's what you end up dialing after every flight.

[mdickinson]

The airplane in this video is NOT a Lake Buccaneer; it's a homebuilt airplane called a "Buccaneer II." --Lake pilot

[davidredhawk]

excellent. want to trade my pietenpol for one.

[SledHeadNE]

WOW nice video lakes are beautiful aircraft how are they to fly?

[HRMOKeefe]

on my 2nd lesson 1963 FI Tom Teasley (RIP) pulled the mixture in a50 out of S Miami's old Aero Country Club, and asked "what now?" I think I replied "we fly directly to the scene of the crash?"

knew you guys were too sharp to run out of gas

[vk5aw]

Nice, real nice! Thanks.

[reiko15]

great job, now thats aviation for you

[LkOutMtnMan]

That looked like the Top of the River Resturant in Guntersville,Al, you can float right up to the dock or roll up on land ,they have a ramp! Good place to eat also! Good video by the way!

[dovesmagic]

"Hey, the engine started working again." The best line ever! That's a comment that was normal (and serious) back in the 80s when everyone was using the Cuyuna engines. Thank god Rotax saved the day!

[notar1]

now thats what i call saving on fuel. but now you have to clean your shorts....

[ultralightflyer2002]

great job, I'd done it no different

[kitfoxflyer]

Good stuff, should be part of every flight test :-)

[DeathAndMajesty]

I thought it was a requirement to land dead stick?

[DeathAndMajesty]

Not every time of course, just to know how to do it is what I meant.

[Clearly69]

True, as a pilot, you would want to know how the aircraft handles, rate of decent and what not, if the engine ever quit; which is very possible and has happened to many, many pilots more then once. The training these guy's are doing, is the best thing any good pilot would do.