Planes Landing On Autobahn NATO Exercise "Highway 84" West Germany 1984

[frizstyler]

"portable facilities,including control tower ,firefighter & ambulance service,refuelling and radar equipment transformed the autobahn into a FUCKING AIRFIELD"

[TheVWPaddy]

That is in Germany,Autobahn A7. Das ist in Deutschland Autobahn A7 Neumünster Richtung Kiel.Das haben sie früher gebaut als Not landebahn in Hitler´s Zeiten.Gibt es Heute noch.Man muß nur die mittel leitplancken endfernen.Sehe ich jeden Tag die landebahn.100% ...Das ist alles noch da für den Notfall.Genau so wie die kleine Pinau brücke vor der Stadt Bilsen auf der Kielerstr richtung Kiel,da ist eine Spreng Brücke die im Notfall gespregt werden kann extra beschrieftet.

[TheVWPaddy]

@TheVWPaddy Ist genau Brücke Mühlenweg die im Bild ist,und gefilmt wird Richtung Hamburg näste Ausfahrt ist Owschlag.Wenn man Owschlag richtung Dänemark fährt,also rauf auf die Autobahn dann nach 400m kommt die landebahn.Das ist bei Alt Duvenstedt und Borgstedt in der nähe.

[PolskaUrban]

@TheVWPaddy Inkorrekt! Das ist der NLP der A29 in Niedersachsen. Dreieck Ahlhorner Heide - Wilhelmshaven!

NLP wurden erst im kalten Krieg angelegt. All die NLP's wurden restlos zurückgebaut.

[farrukh19]

Pakistan is also from one those countries who are using motorways/freeways for the rapid response in a conventional/nuclear war. :)

[iPlissken]

Poor sound mix, the aircraft overpowered the narration. Very interesting though.

[Crawlerz2468]

wait wait wait THIS IS REAL!? holy mother of jebus that pilot should be careful not to hit his ginormous cojones on the autobahn!

[Jimmac789]

Autobahns were built with concrete and solid foundations. They can take a jumbo jet if needed. Good thing they were built during a time when raw materials were cheap!

[frizstyler]

@Jimmac789 they were cheap because slaves made them

[leon21021998]

That is Special and also Great !!! ;) :) ;)

[SkyHawk024]

holy mother of god that is awsome the usaf was there hehe we are the leading air power of the world.

[lanier2k5]

M561 6x6 gama goat at 1:07.....

[Fraer9]

"Cause of Freedom" - LOL

[brandond707]

1:00 "transformed the Autobahn into a fucking airfield"

LMFAO

[anisocoro]

German Autobahns must sustain, by building specifications, the weight of a 56ton truck with four wheels, and this pressure allows, at least for some duration, aircraft operations. Of course after few days of them them asphalt should be re-made at all!

[longsweep1]

the West is the best

[CoonBabble]

0:21 nice spoilerons

[starshock01]

lol only in germany

[gojkob99]

USA > Germany > England....

[Interpol10020]

Long Live Germany, Hail The Republic.

[amazingaviation101]

Kool!

[BRIANROX1]

Sweet. A-10s landing on the Autobahn.

[AlansTips]

crazzy

[airboyd]

Check out this BitLy link 93GzX1 on Highway Airfields

[asutoshpanda]

Why not Germany attacking to England AGAIN ?? In order to prove the Supreme!

[asutoshpanda]

Why not Germany attacking AGAIN to England ??

[asutoshpanda]

Why not Germany attacking AGAIN to England ??

[deutsche747]

that is totally awesome, i never could imagine or know that this hot exersice ever happened

[bebe6478]

Wow, that´s amazing!

[crapper1]

dang look at that turn at the end

[elskerstine]

I have drived there!

[rickya350]

Pretty nice!

[GeneralofFlight]

wow

[gplex86]

I know the US highway system was built to allow our military to move quickly. I wonder if it's also usable for large aircraft?

[airboyd]

@gplex86 I've seen them designated the Dwight D. Eisenhower System of Interstate and Defense Highways before. Would not surprise me.

[waltersaf]

@airboyd actually that is exactly what the eisenhower highway system is for 1 mile out of ever 5-10 is required to be perfectly straight and level for emergency aircraft use

[waltersaf]

actually thats exactly what the eisenhower highway system mentioned by airboyd is for 1 mile out of every 5-10 is required to be straight and level for emergency aircraft use

[drewren1231]

@gplex86 They are not built to the correct standards. The weight of a large aircraft would crush the asphalt.

[Sphynx25]

@drewren1231

define large aircraft. They used anything up to a C-130 on them. They weren't built to host a C-5 for sure... But well, what would you take - a emergency highway strip or nothing at all? ;-)

[aescobar32]

@gplex86 the easyest way ti tell is by the lightposts, if you see the highway and the area around it has been flattened and has no light or telephone poles, they might be emergency runways

[BRIANROX1]

@gplex86 probably...i couldnt see anything larger then a C-130 landing on the highway here in the states. a C-17 maybe just barely but i highly doubt it and a C-5 is like a really fat guy getting on an elevator...it just aint happening.

[bowlingwithzombies]

@gplex86 He really wanted it for the army, because he was in a Transcontinental motor convoy, which it took MONTHS for him to get across the U.S.

[franthree]

@gplex86 --Too many 'Potholes" on US interstate highways I would think? German autobahns are famous for being paved smooth as silk! You do not want to hit a pothole at 200 klm!

[stonerscolony]

@franthree I dunno where your getting your facts but living in the Netherlands and having visited Germany more times than I can count I can officially say smooth as silk is total cod sh!te lol. For a good part of the road system especially towards border areas are famous for "bumped road (double hill triangle)" signs everywhere.

[franthree]

@stonerscolony --Ok-man-but how do the Germans drive a Porsche Carrera on the Autobahn at 280 kph--without a perfectly paved road? ;)

[stonerscolony]

@franthree Because the Autobahn is hundreds of M/KM long. There are some VERY VERY nice flat stretches but the majority of it is not.

[franthree]

@stonerscolony --So the Autobahn must have speed limits in some places huh?

[stonerscolony]

@franthree some areas have slow areas but for a large part it's down too common sense keeping an eye on the passing road signs.

[TylerReifenberger5]

@gplex86 With some of the highways I have seen I really wouldn't trust landing the small F-16 on US Highways I have seen some crap ones before.

[4g63attack]

@gplex86 I wouldn't risk it.... look at the freeways in Los Angeles... their are so many cracks, patch up jobs that its a nightmare

[cattleman6420012000]

That is amazing. I never knew they landed on the Autobahn.

[DudrickStudios]

thats awesome

[immortalisblog]

Cold war...hot exercise. :D

[RoboTekno]

f**king awesome

[d2gizzo]

Very interesting. Although I cringed when the C-130 came in - the engines looked so close to the divider of the motorway. xD

[PERIZ99]

Excellent..!