Alien Landings 1

Bruce "Rotten" Paylor pulls off a perfect one-wheel landing in this Sneak Peek from Fearless Widget Productions' soon-to-be-released DVD, "Alien Landings"; a surreal, slo-mo look at the world of antique, classic & grassroots flying.
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Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• alien
• landings
• taildragger
• one
• wheel
• airplane
• flying
• aviation
• fearless
• widget
• citabria
• slo-mo

[fearwidge]

Well stated, Coxairman. As a matter of fact, Michelle Goodeve (Alien Landings 2) DID have her right gear come off (as a result of a cold weld) and managed to keep damage to a minimum because she knew how to land (& take off) on one wheel.

As for engine failures, I've had 21! (I fly very old aeroplanes.) So I make every landing an emergency practise. Come in high. Chop the power turning base. Slip in to land on the button.

[nmbnutz]

This pilot is a master of control!! Is this a Citabria? Has anyone tryed this with a Luscombe with 35 ft.wing span and no flaps??

[fearwidge]

Yup. This is a Citabria.

Yup, you can do it with a Luscombe. I know that for a fact as I learned how to do this on our 1940 Lusc 8C, then passed on the technique to "Rotten" - who does it here. You can use the same X-wind technique in practically any taildragger.

[xXDAVIDROWEXx]

i work on planes and this is realy hard on them (not the plane its self but the gear and bearings) but its your plane ........ so doo what you want .........................((P.S­. I also have my private pilots licence so dont say that im an idiot))

[fearwidge]

Understand your point, but I'll simply respond by saying that in 42 years of flying more than 140 aircraft this way, I've never had a gear or bearing problem. But your point is valid and I always pay special attention to inspecting the gear before I fly.

FYI - in that same time, I've seen two gear failures on other taildraggers - one was from intenernal corrosion and the other was from a cracked fitting caused by a cold weld.

[nmbnutz]

WOW!!!!! What a slip!!  How many hrs do you have flying???

[fearwidge]

Rotten's been flying since he was 12. But he had this technique down in the first few weeks. Once you learn it, the technique becomes 2nd nature. Just remember - practice HIGH.

[Abanoub55]

Its not a 172, Just so ya know....

[FG11ST12]

It is in slow-motion..

Look in the description it says:

"a surreal, SLO-MO look at the world of antique, classic & grassroots flying"

[dnlperlin]

that's not an alien-like landing, that's just a cross-wind landing, ether that, or a front slide (or slip, I don't remember) maneuver landing

[plokij121]

Lol, Airplane wheely

[migkid]

nothing alien about that

[aerotranslados]

It is hard on the landing gear, but it was a really nice footage! congrats!

[RandySRT]

This is really the best way to land any high wing aircraft. High wings dont land as well with the 'crab and kick' as they do with the 'dipped wing' method. Also it will teach you better x-wind correction on touchdown to learn this method. It will really help you grease your high wing landings.

[ilovekittykat]

An airshowman in the 1940s-50s (forgot his name) flying a Cub would intentionally lose one main wheel on takeoff, do some aerobatics, then do a touchdown on the other main gear and the tailwheel, and come to a complete stop before the plane settled on the bare axle.

[skazhiprivet]

He can also mow the lawn with the propeller...

:P

[breua88]

Awsome!!

[ferrarif40owner]

Yea sounds alien too....It has a digital motor....