Landing 'backwards' at St. Barts

[alberticoswfc97]

and 'backwards' meaning not coming in over the hill.

[alberticoswfc97]

islanders and trislanders are great planes! trislanders fly to the channel islands and mainland England!

[MrOzwinner]

this is not landing backwards you fukn douche!

[StuartRedman1]

@MrOzwinner Do you not understand quotation marks.....DOUCHE

[ryanhaart]

The pilot did not change his mind. The approach was to RWY 28 from the outset. And stop the zooming in. Learn how to use a camera.

[TheVineyarder]

the pilot is amazing..I have landed many times at st barts and it is ALWAYS a hair raier..even when landing in the normal up and over the hill and road manner

[sdrawkcab96]

This was NOT landing backwards. Landing backwards is Throttle on to make the halfway point on the runway, then going to idle and having a strong enough headwind to push you backwards aloft, reverse controls, and touching down. I've only seen it once and it was in either a Cessna or Piper. Can't remember. Sadly havn't seen it done since and can't find a video of anyone else doing it!

[Vorox144]

wat plane u imn

[caleb20091]

good landing

[Immaculite]

i remember these fuckin SCARY ASS planes. the aero commander they call them. it's like flyin in a fuckin HURSE!!

[legoman05]

@Immaculite Thats a BN-2 Islander...

[Immaculite]

@legoman05 oh right! yea. 

[pricelessppp]

@legoman05 do thay stell make them

[FlightSimulatorXATC]

these guys really do have the best job in the world. i dont care if you think you got the best job. this guys is like 1000x better than any other job period. 

[MrPhipper]

:54 where's the hold short??!?!?!

hahaha

[JoblessDerrick]

Bn-2 Islander)

[Luis7771000]

you should have filmed the wheels during touch down.....how much is it to fly from princess juliana to there?

[DiegoCookie]

What kind of plane is this???

[flightTime123]

what do you mean by backwards?

[ellonysman]

Please, learn from shooting this great video, which was good otherwise....DO NOT zoommmmmm in so far when in a moving aircraft, it almost made me nauseated...nauseated?, ya, sic, looks nice otherwise...

[Flight8695]

@ellonysman totally agree !

[hmfy]

its all to do with from where the wind is blowing! u need to land into wind this would allow u to have a slower approach would help u slow down and stop.. if the wind is blowing from the side or is calm then u can use either direction! with st bart runway 10 has a more difficult approach due to the hill with the road.. the other direction 28 is easier!

[krlos116]

aerocomander ?

[monkeyMSV]

O.o. nice

[kaeleon1111]

plis tell me what aircraft is this???

5/5

[ooganblat]

Brittan Norman Islander

[jpyates54]

How fantastic was that Landing ? I cant wait to go this year , I want THAT pilot !

[AngryBeaver295]

That is a Winair Brittan Norman Islander.

[calz1272]

why dont they always land that way ? , much safer than having to nose dive down the hill and land

[flyguy281]

Because of wind direction. Who cares about terrain when when you have a 10 knot head or tailwind

[tatercito]

@flyguy281 you´re toooooootally right !

[detpilot]

Not really... at least you have the option of going around. Landing the other way, there is no go around.

[OrangeSFO]

Chicken! Why not 10 ?

[Aerobatique]

Is that St. Barth Commuter?

[iriwan]

i think that's the new runway 28 right hand ciruit lol

[jackgrocks]

no. left circuits

[zacsg1]

awesome video!!!