Beech Baron landing at Courchevel Airport, France

[kayakschoolmexico]

amazing landing

[wingnutzster]

Fantastic skill and professionalism, truly inspiring flying - we have similar 'mountain slope' runways here in Africa where you end up parking higher up than what your approach altitude was, not only special aviators but special airplanes make these landings possible.

[stonecoldpes6]

LOL , my god !

[GuIfstreamGV]

I say, very British!

got it sussed tho'

[Pilotech17]

The airplane is not mine and I feel sorry for it after that landing

[underverser]

He's truly smashing the plane on the runway... AWESOME!!!

[rafaelmdiaz11]

AWSOME FLYING !!

[markuslebt]

balls of steel....

[lovelylindsay1000]

hmz Hey guys

[tom201090]

how do they get the fire engines and snowplows etc up there?

[Eryan82]

It's Helicopter !! :D

[AreaQNH870]

Greased it.

[sonyplaystationrules]

NOTHING CAN FKNG BEAT LUKLA IN NEPAL

[granzukakoko]

@sonyplaystationrules Fuck of

[sonyplaystationrules]

@granzukakoko FU TOO ASSHOLE

[marjis3]

viihde.foorumi.eu

[loveilybabi9159]

lol tell me your fantasies, spare no details and let's have a good time

[BlckCnG]

I'm French and I have to say that his accent sucksssssssssssssssssssss!!!!!

[20Sharpshooter08]

Fuck I'm going here at Christmas! :(

[bajesus666]

the idea of landing there is dont grease it, get it the fuck on the ground! lol

[flyman639]

kaplunk! as we aviators say when you feel the gear strut go up your fanny...

[mustachos1993]

Chuck Norris could land an a380 there!

[MrArtyy]

Way too long video, it should have less than 2 minutes #FAIL

[larsjake]

@MrArtyy Not everyone needs ritalin.

[Angolaviators]

This airport is very very very very dangerous. The pilot didnt even land safe, but he landaded.

[straighttailpilot]

any airport you can put a beech 58 is an easy runway.

[DDbRowN67]

that just looks scary.

[bombardierdude15]

lukla is courchevel on stereroids

[bombardierdude15]

do pilots there ever worry about stopping short on landings, rolling back down the runway, and jumping the cliff?? xD

[chrisiglehart]

I would just take a helicopter

[apriliakawasuzuki]

you bet !

[nissancubepartyplay]

hard landing :O

[perpetualjuggernaut]

I have to share with this with my brother, he is an aviator and he would find this interesting i beleive, who doesnt like a new challenge everyday, im amazed with the very idea that has been turned into reality by these man and woman

[scoota666]

Haha.. Hard landing!!! I can do better-:

[Coderoid]

@scoota666 Sure :P

[IMER1112]

I've been there!

[Marcus666Sund]

3.00 - "I gotta check the slopes out so they look ok. I dont wanna land if its not Manchester slopes" xD

[FatJedi1892]

@littelG333 d-day was in 1944 :)

[Kpj7466]

Wow is one chance to land no go around DAMN i will never fly there sorry i walk.

[avengedNOOB]

Imagine u land but ur parking brakes fail. Back down the runway u go

[FrankCerank]

@avengedNOOB Or you could just power on up the runway

[ProChoiceJesus]

@HelloHansSolo Imagine you're face-to-face with the stranger(s) you blindly throw insulting filth at, instead of hiding behind a computer monitor. Imagine that you are kind and have manners. Imagine that you are grown-up. Imagine that you don't know anyone on You Tube, so the things you say are all lies. Imagine your childish trash is all a ploy to give you a false sense of security & comfort. Imagine that you have issues with anger & you need to change. Now imagine that's all reality.

[drewmagoo1]

That terminal is absolutely adorable. It's like a little house with a lookout point! =D

[TheophagousMonkey]

Wow. Great lesson on speed and attitude control. Very cool.

[formber]

I think I would prefer the 6+ hour drive lol

[viper8177]

@formber Me too! I'd prefer to drive their in a rear wheel drive car on British summer tyres LOL. The no second chances airport.

[BustaJonesGavin]

COOL SOUND QUALITY DUDE.

[windycloud23]

BANG!!!

[lytee]

think they surely crazy

[koshermal]

"And now we're flying straight at that snow bank...."

:P

[MaksimGarmash]

Такое впечатление, что садишься на большой лыжный трамплин.

[letzteschlact2]

unreal ... makes carrier landings seem simple.

[nodonjuan]

Is that supposed to be a speed bump or is it a really bad design flaw.............

[Doubleddog]

youch! smacked that one in pretty hard

[jfjenofhrenon]

at 4:42 it looks like he's about to shear the wheels off... scary stuff

[maskedhedgehog]

it's final, not finals :(

[Coderoid]

@maskedhedgehog haha! thought I was the only one who noticed :P

[Callabris]

that shuttering noise was pretty annoying to be honest. Besides that. That's a talented pilot

[apriliakawasuzuki]

Positive landing, isn't it ? those doctors, it's well known, have the money

but not the skills ...

[Coderoid]

@apriliakawasuzuki Have you got either?

[cicerof1]

That put a big smile on my face!

[Edoardo566]

Hello, nice video ! What would be the ground speed at landing at that altitude?

[Loki95531]

Is that the runway they used in GoldenEye? the buildings are not right but those could have been temporary buildings in the movie.

[Flyertt09]

wow skilled landing ! Good job!

[rangelso]

genius, tiny stripe of concrete in the middle of snow desert approaching at much too fast !

[steve1428]

ummm,

you dumped it onto the runway pretty bad

[miller298]

@steve1428 - at an airport like that, you can't afford to mess around with a nice soft landing - positive and safe!

[DoctorProperty]

Now that's a great pilot and a perfect landing.

[Aussiephil99]

looks pretty easy to me

[faadar]

I know of a B200 that landed but.. he broke the wings so badly the engines touched the ground hell of a "Hard Landing" To recover the plane they had to saw off the wings remove the tail for the transport. After straightening the fuselage and a new wing from Raytheon the airplane flew again 2 years later!

[Nachalnika]

yeah im trying this in fsx hell yeah !

[Tedescman]

Wow!!! Great view frpm the airplane!!! Awesome airport!!!

[Piano1515]

wow you cant go around

[montbard]

Man, it is a one shot mission!!!!!

[LockerzUnlocked]

are you given a clearance to land or is it like any uncontrolled airport?

[kidvid92]

@LockerzUnlocked Did you watch the video? Did you not see and hear the Tower Controller speaking? Or the reporter talking about permission to land? Best yet did you not see the CONTROL TOWER?! Come on Man!!

[LadyFlusterbustle]

Wow hairy! Well landed Dr Rose. I skied past it yesterday and didn't realise how tricky landing a light aircraft might be.

[zbsr]

holy moly, what a ride.

[KhmerSerey1]

You must do a pretakeoff contamination check to make the wings and control surfaces are free of frost,ice or now..

[MrStevethepilot]

students pilots should land their if they succeed they will pass

[WakeUpDummies]

lol

[4YaPloNo1]

old friend of mine is flying helicopters in the R.A.F ... wouldve been me as well had it not been for my eyesight...i have nothing but respect for the people that fly....as for this video? fantastic have never seen a better video on youtube....thanx fjghy

[johnking4505]

Reminds me of that scene in Air America where they land the Pilatus on the side of the mountain. Of course, this is not a Pilatus, that would have been easier.

[XxXDELTAxFOXTROTXxX]

Talk about a motorized sleigh ride. ;)

[scottster97]

was this on tv??????

[oggybodoggy]

read description!!!

[FSim4ever]

WOW .... not bad ! ;=)

[Ben123planes]

that was a brilliant landing, but anwhere else, that would have been awful.

[Transam941]

That doctor has a great life! +1 for him. I would love to fly up there.

[KeyToSucceed]

Great flying but there is one serious and potential risk  in the pilots procedures, the airfield is at 6,500 feet and on his short approach he takes the mixture to full rich! This can pontentially cause a power loss at that altitude, not a very good idea!! I think the Doc. needs to rethink this. All The Best Everyone , Chris from San Diego , ATP

[Salac0]

Great vid, but that noise in the background is really annoying!

[OKDANTE]

iz not pozible...

i wanna shetz on ma bed...

yo better not shit on the bed...

[TADahar]

Son of a beech....

[TonyAirlines]

mother fokker

[TADahar]

Yes, what about that matriarch of the Fokker family? Do you know her?

[peejay1943]

Anyone any idea what the hit rate is for Courcheval in real life? I mean are the mountains ahead or is it a close run thing?

[PhilipDK5800]

WTF?! A Ski slope runway? :O

[arumdevil]

Respect!

[wolpjame]

I've landed a King Air at a similar private strip in Wyoming. Departing @ max weight on a hot day at high elevation is much scarier than landing!

[KeyToSucceed]

It shouldn't be scary if you checked the performance graph (aircraft manual) to see if you are in the safe envelope for take off or landing! All The Best Wolpjame, Chris from San Diego, ATP

[tom080955]

Only the French would put a hump in the runway....hey keeps the riff raff out!!!

Lmao.

[playstationrox999]

@tom080955 It slows the plane down a lot so basically that was a smart idea to use gravity to stop the plane - I guess the french are pretty smart.

[Kortxero]

@tom080955 "No hump = bump into the mountain" (the slope sure helps to reduce speed).

[mmtot]

I think I could land there.

[061tclos]

i have been there ! its very cool to watch the aircraft land but very cold lol

[charltonsREDARMY]

wow fuck the flair lol :P poor tires

[azimuth361]

That better be some GREAT skiing.

[drummingpilot]

man, try it yourself on simulator.

it is very difficult.

first try smal planes like pipers, and beechcraft.

But if you want a real challenge, try the Dash-7.

it is de biggest plane that can land there, only once in 2 or 3 weeks there coms one flight from orly.

ciaao

[ryderfly]

damn i never seen such an airport *****

[billybe123]

Damn!! Forget shuttling skiers!!!

[betojet]

What Focka Runway...

Only the bests can survive in there!!!!

[Tijger2099]

This is very tricky, due to the short runway you do not want to approach to fast cause your gear might come off if you hit to hard but secondly you need to have a decent speed cause else you will not make it to the top of the slope, roll back and fall down into the valley ^^

[Flyawaywithme11]

skilled pilot

[ShelbyGT500TT]

@Flyawaywithme11 dont you mean skilled pilots?! hahahahahah

[djknightmare666]

he made a potentially dangerous move by putting them mixtures rich at such an high altitude he could of lost an engine which then he will be fucked as one engine wont keep him up in the air

[mpjswart]

The Baron has like the Bonanza mixture control which compensates for pressure altitude if I remember correctly, hence selecting the mix at rich is in this case correct.

[djknightmare666]

fair enough comment never knew that about the baron

[KeyToSucceed]

I recomend not to go by automatic mode as the automatic mixture control compensation might not work in such a critical landing!( remember the old saying, if it can it will, just a matter of time) I would rather put my life in a standard procedure format in this case. All The Best mpjswart, Chris from San Diego, ATP

[mpjswart]

Hi Chris,

There is no choice between manual or automatic mode in this case. It's just as it is I'm afraid. You are damn right about the 'main stream' types of engines like the ones on an Arrow 4. I'd made a mistake once near the Mont Blanc at 11000 feet, I've put the mix at rich to climb a bit more and after a huge puff and a few involutary heart beats, I decided to lean a bit.

[hayhowrevop90]

cool my dad just got this plain

[jfktower]

maybe rather than buying a plane, your dad should invest in some hooked on phonics for you.

[hayhowrevop90]

well i don't know why you would assume i need a higher standard of education but i have a 4.1 gpa and most of my classes are ap so don't assume a person has a lower intelligence from how they present a statement on youtube! o and i have a full ride to wsu

[rhettski999]

yep he should invest in your ed

[DigitalGrotto]

4:44 SMASH!!!

[356pilot]

Superb! Thanks for sharing. You made it look easy, I know it isn't...

[speedbird297]

As he was flying over the ridges, those were some orgasmic moments there, absolutely beautiful...

[RellyOhBoy]

I can never on the first shot in Flight Simulator...

[BALTAZARFAP]

me three

[youtrein]

Awesome landing!

[Abbasi123456789]

I think only a handful of hardcore pilots would go there simply because there is no going around. You have only one shot and if you don't make it...

[aaron8862006]

Oh. My God. Terrifying!

[FFTVAviation]

This is seriously amazing! We filmed a Baron 58 just missing the roof of a multi million pound house for our internet show. The guys has to do it everytime to land in the field behind his house.

[IVAOpilot]

respect in flight sim i need 4 approch's for this airport

[a0p0a070]

wow. that was an ... interesting landing .

[fayik123]

A helicopter would be easier for for this kind of terrain. If i was going on a sking trip into the mountains i'd choose a chopper

[geremgold]

Approche difficile!!

[debiassi]

fayik123?

[sgabriel]

Great video. Thanks! Any chance of improving the quality?

[debiassi]

for those who criticize, you probably do your flying on flight simulator and get smooth everytime without the fear of failure. you clearly know nothing of mountain flying and in any event any landing you walk away from with the aircraft intact is a good landing.

[OrangeSFO]

who's criticizing??

[soxeyer]

boo!

[golfcharlie232]

I landed in Courchevel last winter, with a Jodel D140 from l'Alpe d'Huez altiport, it was amazing ! I've seen some big twin turboprop aircrafts in Courchevel, and it used to have a direct flight to Paris flown by a Dash 8 with short landing and takeoff capabilities.

Great video btw

[CraigBMM]

very  cool . thanks for sharing

[fayik123]

i'm sure he could of touched down smoother

[VikVaughan]

A prompt safe landing, as required, exceeds a smooth landing in importance, no exceptions.

[FlyingWing92]

Damn, when the pilot was just passing over the runway threshold it looked like he was going to rip off the landing gear. That was pretty damn close though!

[djasperSR22]

Very nice video, but a shame for the quality.

Could you reupload this vid?

Btw, most beautiful landing spot in the world!

[dan64456]

Shortfield landing... They usually are kinda firm. He was on the mains, so he was fine. As long as you don't put loads on the nose gear. I've seen (and done!) much harder by the way. lol

[fayik123]

that landing looked very a very hard touchdown. is the gear designed for that kind of stress.

[fayik123]

do some twin engine aircraft have a feature where in a dual engine failure the ram air spining the props charges the battery to keep the gyroscopic instruments alive for a landing. IF you feathered the props to early could this be dangerous

[ksa5223]

that was cool

[peanuts2105]

I have had a pleasure flight from here and I can promise you it is as alarming as he says, especially the snow bank on the threshold. This is coming from a glider pilot who knows about steep angles or two on finals!

Happy flying

[bid2k8]

i live in bournemouth!!!

[aluisious]

Fix the audio.

[JSAirways]

what if u didn't make it all the way up the hill on landing? Would the plane have enough power to pull it's self up or would the pilot have to put in the parkbrake and let someone tow him up?

[Britton100]

Could easily pull itself up

[FlyingWing92]

Yes, I agree, especially the twin engined aircraft with all it's power.

[kokotisk]

It depends on the type of aircraft.

[Synaps4]

"It looks like we're heading for that bank of snow; which I suppose we are, really."

NOT a comforting thing to hear your pilot say!

[musico81986]

Is there anyway you can get rid of that static noise?!

[Lehmann108]

Holy Sh*t!! Talk about a high pucker factor on the approach.

[crapper1]

pilot who land here have major cahonies ans skill

[MAYINSANTI]

....MY BARON 58 IS NOT READY YET!

[allth3s4me]

This runway is a french joke :S

[IMCOnAir]

my fully respect, not only for this pilot same for all air or sea captains challenging daily such tricky situations. If you would come from outer space you might say: These human beings on two feet are really crazy.

[jonathan1stewart]

Wow, that looks crazy. Check out that snow bank lip right before landing. Still, to me, a non-pilot, I think there is less margin for error in the Lukla airport. There is no chance of going around there, you're in a deep valley, fully committed and the runway is shorter with a big mountain at the end.