Assault landing at Airventure 2007

[mrsds44th]

Stop and back that thang up!

[brettv8]

Some good engineering, that is quite some stress. Best combat landing on youtubes.

[D001SPADE]

Now If only my flights could be as quick and efficient as this

[Orangebike666]

I have a question. I always forget how tall the tail section of the plane is until I see it on the ground. Does its size and or position have anything to do with its landing and takeoff capabilities?

[pommyrooter]

fuck that bird stopped fast. Damn.

[paco291]

she must've been light.... like really really light.

[zoomie8]

@paco291 She was light, but the C-17 was designed to land in insanely short distances.. you can see the thrust reversers open after touchdown

[maxf130]

no

just no

a thing that quick cannot just brake that fast

and since when do planes go backwards

just credit to whoever designed this thing

[TheSupreme0993]

@maxf130 Since They have "Thrust reversal" too slow te planes down quickly, Almost all planes have it. Definitly the bigger ones, even props could reverse too slow it down quicker. This plane's got awsome thrust reversal, that why it slows down that quickly and is cappable of reverse at pretty decent speeds. So yes the designers defintly deserve some credits. Awsome Piece of enginering :)

[thefsxandREALpilot]

Pilot:ok cleared to land and will exit on bravo...

ATC: sir you missed the taxiway

Pilot: hmmm...sorry we'll go back to it...

beep beep beep

[ebutouy11ify]

if the landing zone is that short, how does the aircraft takeoff again? do they take it apart and truck it away, or do they install a catapult from an aircraft carrier in the ground? (virtually impossible, you need the nuclear reactor to power it)

[horneism]

@ebutouy11ify nice random guess. the catapult on an aircraft carrier is steam driven which does not necessarily rely on nuclear power but is readably available on an nuclear carrier.

I imagine they either push it back with a tow, or reverse thrust it back the way it cam depending on the amount of FOD and dust.

[MrDanieldb]

must have picked up those brake linings at Schucks......

[Loveyourdisk]

just like a little chessna...

[K4rt80y]

I was there. It was fun to see the trash haulers get to hotdog it.

[eceflyboy]

Incredible! Cannot imagine how much G-force they endure inside the plane to stop so quickly!

[pilotjanmanpeterpan]

WOW what did i just see O_o

[laliux32]

600ft?? or less??

[Shuyin360]

just WOW

a plane that performs a touchdown-stop manouver that quickly :)...

[HellzNord]

damn, must have some brembo brakes lol

[kzs19880515]

wow...Not bad!realy big plane

[PaganEgyptian]

Thats probably one of the best ones I have seen... besides being in one when it is being done. its hard to be stable sitting sideways while its being performed.

[kidjim25]

the c-17 Globemaster III can fly with the thrust reversers open at be stable at a 70 degree approach angle and thus land with very little forward momentum as you can see here. Hence the 500 foot roll out

[SenorSpode]

Correct, as well as achieve a tactical descent of up to 13,000 feet per second if necessary using the reversers on engines 2 and 3. That's a pure vertical desent of 147 miles per hour. And snozdog is right: tactical landing.

[attomicUSA]

What is the airspeed on final approuch? I 've seen this plane back its self up with only engines but this totally awesome!

[madchef]

thats insane

[mobius1aic]

Holy Jesus

[migkiller001]

My brother's Camaro doesnt even stop that fast.

[FL4ME5]

@migkiller001 thats cause camero's are shit

[snozdog]

Lol its called tactical landing not assault landing :P no military on earth could assault somewhere by landing its plane on the airfield, esp a C17. Nice video though.

[iowa61]

Unfreaking believable.

[gangster3591]

Spectacular!

[bigred2989]

Holy shit. Can you say "whiplash"?

[gunnerman22]

kik ass go america haha

[totalmuppet]

I saw this at an air show in Denmark, where the US Airforce was there to demonstrate it - they called it an Assault landing, when they did this... they didn't back up that much though... the point is to unload a tank and some men.

It took 9 secs... the anouncer said "Count with me people" just before touch down, and it came to 9 sec

[bodyboardkid1]

but if you actually count touchdown to stop, its six seconds.

[treetopflyer06]

holy god! 6 seconds from touchdown to stop. the C-17 is amazing!

[JustifyJustin]

Beautiful aircraft. I'm not quite sure if that qualifies as a true assault landing though - seems more like a short landing.

As I understand it, an assault landing uses a steep glide slope to avoid small to medium ground arms fire. A usual glide slope would put the aircraft in range for much longer?

[woolygoldfish]

I think your right mate, from what i can remember there allowed to chuck the inboard buckets out, nosedown then assult decent and just flair out at the bottem of the g/s full reverse on touch, but don't qoute me on it.

[CHECHENVIP20002000]

crew assault landing...

[zoomie8]

This type of landing is used when landing in confined spaces usually in a combat zone..

[ebutouy11ify]

@zoomie8 if the landing zone is that short, how does the aircraft takeoff again? do they take the plane apart and truck it away, or install a catapult from an aircraft carrier in the ground?

[zoomie8]

@ebutouy11ify They would turn the airplane around and do a Short Field takeoff.. the C-17 is capable of a VERY short takeoff roll and very steep climb out to get away from enemy fire

[camerongoll]

@ebutouy11ify no if they need to takeoff again, they simply throw it into reverse thrust and push the plane back. which was deminstrated in this video.

[8D9B5L]

@ebutouy11ify youtube.com/watch?v=H0dTQGf0z7­w&feature=related

This does a great job at showing how amazing the C-17 is.

[MingGuoLi]

Holy crap that was fast, 4 plane lengths? What's an assault landing?