Extreme Landing on a mountain - D140

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Altiport Alpe d'Huez (France), February 2008.
Aircraft : Jodel D140, with skis and wheels, 180 hp fixed pitch propeller.
Runway : 450 x 40 m covered with snow, slope : 10.5 to 16 %, mean 13%.
Runway elevation : low 5940 ft, high 6100 ft.

Alpe d'Huez is one of the main skiing station in the French Alps.

Pilots need to hold a special qualification to use the so-called "altiports".

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[nagrom355]

Somewhere in Alaska?

[golfcharlie232]

@nagrom355 French Alps, Europe. I'd love to fly over Alaska, it must be incredibly beautiful!

[DanTheCaptain]

Courchevel?

[leneanderthalien]

@sh4dy49

This is absolutly not dangerous in slow wind: the runway climb, so the aproach must be a bit faster than normal, but the airplane stops fast: realy easy in this conditions...UL pilots take this without training!

[sh4dy49]

Awesome. One of the most dangerous landings I've seen.

[lisalay]

@WM737

LFHU

Alpe d'Huez

[rhymeandreasoning]

very nice and very impressive.. :-)

Kirk..Montreal, Canada

[Apachoman]

it is normal procedure for this altiport.

NOTHING DRAMATIC !!!

[GranCoyote]

Beautiful!!

[buenacossa]

maybe it was dramatic for someone LOL